# 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:** 32
**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:** [January 13, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/621 "2009-01-13T21:57:02Z")
Is this an all-out gross-fest now? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/622 "2009-01-14T00:01:23Z")
Isn’t there any way we can stop the madness? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/623 "2009-01-14T00:10:16Z")
Can you go first? ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/624 "2009-01-14T03:28:19Z")
Are we really doing this again? SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/625 "2009-01-14T03:50:35Z")
Wait, is there a prize for killing this monster of a thread? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/626 "2009-01-14T05:27:19Z")
If there is, have I won yet? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/627 "2009-01-14T05:43:46Z")
Wouldn’t a Mod win it? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/628 "2009-01-14T12:36:44Z")
If I’m the boss, why do I have to leave the house before dawn in -10 weather? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/629 "2009-01-14T14:37:00Z")
Did you say “Bye, Opal!” before you left? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/630 "2009-01-14T18:08:45Z")
Don’t you think even Opal is tired of that schtick by now? ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/631 "2009-01-14T19:37:08Z")
Why do you always say “tomfoolery” instead of “schtick”??? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/632 "2009-01-14T20:09:35Z")
But he didn’t, did he? ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/633 "2009-01-14T20:12:46Z")
Aren’t they basically the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/634 "2009-01-14T20:36:33Z")
Can’t we say something else instead of the cliched “Hi Opal”? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/635 "2009-01-14T21:09:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > But he didn’t, did he? Why do you keep on assuming I am a man? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/636 "2009-01-14T23:40:02Z")
Wait… didn’t we resolve this issue? Did we get it wrong? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/637 "2009-01-14T23:42:57Z")
Should we really be drawing the attention of the mods? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/638 "2009-01-14T23:43:59Z")
And if we do so, does second to last post win the thread? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/639 "2009-01-15T03:07:32Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > Wait… didn’t we resolve this issue? Did we get it wrong? Maybe you should go back to the pertinent posts and read for comprehension? That didn’t come across as snarky, did it? You know I wouldn’t mean it that way, right? ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/640 "2009-01-15T03:23:38Z")
Are you being mistaken for Dan Fisha again? SSG Schwartz [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911.md?page=33)