# Questions Only

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 9, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491 "2012-12-09T05:40:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1961 "2013-06-13T17:10:10Z")

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Cured or ill?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1962 "2013-06-13T17:45:10Z")

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Ill? What’s ill ham?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1963 "2013-06-13T19:20:28Z")

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Is it an ill wind that blows no food?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1964 "2013-06-13T19:29:37Z")

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Is that the legendary Fohn of Famine?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1965 "2013-06-13T19:49:55Z")

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Aren’t you getting just a bit full of yourself?

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1966 "2013-06-13T20:21:04Z")

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Who better to get full of?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1967 "2013-06-13T21:19:57Z")

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Isn’t this a place for wordplay?

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**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1968 "2013-06-13T21:30:18Z")

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Are not wordplays written by writeplays?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1969 "2013-06-13T21:31:56Z")

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Do they form sentenceplays?

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**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1970 "2013-06-13T21:34:27Z")

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_Can_ sentences play?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1971 "2013-06-13T22:36:37Z")

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Aren’t these very questions we are playing with sentences?

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**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1972 "2013-06-13T23:26:07Z")

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May I rephrase my question?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1973 "2013-06-13T23:34:04Z")

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Would you, please?

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**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1974 "2013-06-13T23:35:00Z")

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Are sentences capable of frolicking, as in joy?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1975 "2013-06-13T23:39:10Z")

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Well,  
it takes  
a bit of  
planning,  
doesn’t it?

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**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1976 "2013-06-13T23:54:45Z")

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Why did you type like that?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1977 "2013-06-14T00:42:13Z")

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Don’t you find it at all frolicsome?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1978 "2013-06-14T02:49:31Z")

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Er, should we have?

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**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1979 "2013-06-14T02:50:29Z")

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I suppose others might find it a bit cummings, right?

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**Author:** ![Mornac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mornac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mornac)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1980 "2013-06-14T03:17:29Z")

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Why  
would

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                        they?
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