# The question game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911 "2008-11-29T09:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/301 "2008-12-14T19:15:47Z")
Oh, so you do have a method? ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/302 "2008-12-14T19:17:18Z")
Do I win anything for the 300th post? ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/303 "2008-12-14T19:18:20Z")
Can I count? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/304 "2008-12-14T19:23:06Z")
Did you think that was right? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/305 "2008-12-14T19:28:07Z")
We don’t have to give **TVC** the prize for the 300th post, do we? ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/306 "2008-12-14T20:08:45Z")
Do you think we should? Isn’t that just rewarding meaningless milestones? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/307 "2008-12-14T21:12:30Z")
Is there a prize for 307th post? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/308 "2008-12-14T21:27:59Z")
Isn’t this stimulating conversation enough for you? ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/309 "2008-12-14T21:48:21Z")
You call this stimulating? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/310 "2008-12-14T21:59:11Z")
Perhaps you are doing it wrong? ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/311 "2008-12-14T23:41:28Z")
Why shouldn’t you give it to me? Didn’t I, in essence, earn it? ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/312 "2008-12-15T03:08:20Z")
Is this still goin? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/313 "2008-12-15T03:29:06Z")
Do you think it should end? Why? ---
**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:** [December 15, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/314 "2008-12-15T03:47:36Z")
Well, why not? ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/315 "2008-12-15T13:50:18Z")
Can someone explain the difference between statements and questions to Ivan Astikov please? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/316 "2008-12-15T13:52:28Z")
I thought it was there in the inflection, and the way I raised my eyebrow? ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/317 "2008-12-15T13:55:12Z")
Don’t you know that inflection doesn’t come through in text? ---
**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:** [December 15, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/318 "2008-12-15T14:23:10Z")
Well, the question mark at the end of the sentence should give us a hint, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/319 "2008-12-15T15:56:53Z")
Could it be any clearer than that? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/320 "2008-12-15T16:59:40Z")
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