# Rhetorical question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 30, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178 "2000-09-30T20:17:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/21 "2000-10-01T06:46:27Z")

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The Beatles- Abbey Road  
Metallica- Master of Puppets  
Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin II

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**Author:** ![The\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@The\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stranger)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/22 "2000-10-01T07:50:21Z")

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Beatles “Abbey Road”  
Nine Inch Nails “The Downward Spiral”  
Eric Clapton “From the Cradle”

Plus, I would smuggle others in. If your tried to search me, I would sue for sexual harassment. :eek:

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**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/23 "2000-10-01T13:02:00Z")

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CSN&Y “So Far”  
Billy Joel “An Innocent Man”  
Joni Mitchell “Court and Spark”

Much as I love NIN and my collection of various classical and instrumental music, I think I’d need the singing to keep me occupied.

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**Author:** ![yESTERDAY\_mAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a87d85/32.png) [@yESTERDAY\_mAN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yESTERDAY_mAN)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/24 "2000-10-01T14:00:40Z")

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The Last Tour on Earth by Marilyn Manson  
The Lost Highway Soundtrack  
Sailing the Seas of Cheese by Primus

I would definitely miss the rest of my collection, though.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/25 "2000-10-01T14:30:10Z")

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**Amarok** by Mike Oldfield  
**Burnt Weeny Sandwich** by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention  
**Dreaming from the Labyrinth** by Tish Hinojosa

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**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/26 "2000-10-01T17:10:29Z")

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Dookie by Greenday  
Ride the Lightning by Metallica  
Life is Peachy by Korn

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> \*Originally posted by The Stranger \*  
> \*\*Plus, I would smuggle others in. If your tried to search me, I would sue for sexual harassment. :eek: \*\*

Me too. 😛

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**Author:** ![Malarky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Malarky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malarky)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/27 "2000-10-01T22:42:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by aztec \*  
> \*\*Pearl Jam, “No Code”  
> Sublime’s self titled CD  
> any Celine Dion CD (this one is just in case i decide to commit suicide on the island and am having trouble) \*\*

Good taste in music AND a sense of humor! 😃

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/28 "2000-10-01T23:21:39Z")

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Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa  
Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider  
Loud Family - Interbabe Concern

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/29 "2000-10-02T03:21:44Z")

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_Gord’s Gold_(Greatest Hits, Volume 1), Gordon Lightfoot.

\*Late For The Sky,\*Jackson Browne.

\*Bella Donna,\*Stevie Nicks.

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/30 "2000-10-02T06:09:33Z")

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Something by Bach

Leonard Cohen’s greatest hits, part two

The first Stooges album

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/31 "2000-10-02T06:11:21Z")

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The first to remember God

The second to remember man

The third to remember the animal

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/32 "2000-10-02T16:36:01Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Purd Werfect \*  
> \*\*Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa  
> …  
> Loud Family - Interbabe Concern
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> \*\*

Very good choices.

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/33 "2000-10-02T17:28:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by lissener \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Purd Werfect \*  
> > \*\*Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa  
> > …  
> > Loud Family - Interbabe Concern
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> Very good choices. \*\*

Thanks! If you like those, you may very well enjoy the mentioned Sparklehorse release if you haven’t yet heard it.

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**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/34 "2000-10-02T20:27:14Z")

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VENT- Papa’s Dojo  
FenixTx- Self-titled  
Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/35 "2000-10-03T00:50:05Z")

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I think I could survive happily with Taj Mahal’s 3-CD set, _In Progress and In Motion_  
FTR: OrcaChow, it’s spelled Scheherazade. Also if you want some really great music, try the album by the same name by a 1960-1970s band called Renaissance. Amazing stuff

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/36 "2000-10-03T01:03:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by hypergirl \*  
> \*\*Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat  
> The Beatle’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band  
> Savage Garden’s Affirmation \*\*

Will you marry me?

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**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/37 "2000-10-03T01:48:52Z")

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“Undertow” by Tool

“Vapor Transmission” by Orgy

“The Three Calamities” by Switchblade Symphony

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**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/38 "2000-10-03T01:53:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by iampunha \*  
> \*\*
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \*  
> > \*\*Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat  
> > The Beatle’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band  
> > Savage Garden’s Affirmation \*\*
> 
> Will you marry me? \*\*

I take it you like my taste in music. But that’s not all a marriage is based on. Although you do look good with your shirt off, so I’ll have to think about it.

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**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/39 "2000-10-03T01:54:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by iampunha \*  
> \*\*
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \*  
> > \*\*Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat  
> > The Beatle’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band  
> > Savage Garden’s Affirmation \*\*
> 
> Will you marry me? \*\*

Ugh, I’m insulted.  
I wouldn’t choose. There’s too much beautiful music in the world to narrow it down to 3 cds. I’d rather just be able to listen to them all in my memory than only have a few to hear over and over and over, ad nauseum.

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**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-question/35178/40 "2000-10-07T09:42:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \*  
> \*\*_Gord’s Gold_(Greatest Hits, Volume 1), Gordon Lightfoot.
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> \*Late For The Sky,\*Jackson Browne.
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> \*Bella Donna,\*Stevie Nicks. \*\*

MysterEcks! I just KNEW that we had some sort of psychic connection! I LOVE Gordon Lightfoot, and Jackson Browne! (And you even spelled Browne correctly, what a guy!) I like Stevie Nicks, too.

I have seen Gordon twice in concert, and Jackson once.

Where in North Dakota did you say we should meet?

Now that you have seen fit to correct your stance on the Mariners, that is.

🙂

Scotti

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