# Riddle me this...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 20, 2003, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150 "2003-12-20T08:51:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/41 "2003-12-31T03:58:03Z")

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Well I was gonna go with “are you awake” but are you dead works even better 😉

Who’s next?

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/42 "2003-12-31T10:47:34Z")

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I have no difficulty answering “yes” when someone asks me if I’m awake other than the urge to throttle them for asking bloody stupid questions.

It’s a bit harder to answer “yes” when someone asks me if I’m asleep.

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