# The Why Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033 "2008-06-24T09:21:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/1 "2008-06-24T09:21:39Z")

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My Kid: Hey Daddy, want to play the Why game?

Me: No.

My Kid: Why?

Me: Are you playing the Why game?

My Kid: Yeah.

Me: I said I don’t want to play the Why game.

My Kid: Why?

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/2 "2008-06-24T09:23:14Z")

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Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or… uhh… never mind.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/3 "2008-06-24T11:03:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Frylock]  
My Kid: Hey Daddy, want to play the Why game?  
Me: No.  
My Kid: Why?  
Me: Are you playing the Why game?  
My Kid: Yeah.  
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Your correct response at this point was “Why?”

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/4 "2008-06-24T12:25:43Z")

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“z.”

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/5 "2008-06-24T12:53:12Z")

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[QUOTE=Xema]  
Your correct response at this point was “Why?”  
[/QUOTE]

Ooh, you’ve done this before! 😃

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/6 "2008-06-24T12:58:50Z")

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[QUOTE=MsWhatsit]  
“z.”  
[/QUOTE]

Why would you post that?

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**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/7 "2008-06-24T13:25:11Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
Why would you post that?  
[/QUOTE]

Why not?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/8 "2008-06-24T13:38:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Madd Maxx]  
Why not?  
[/QUOTE]

Wyoming.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/9 "2008-06-24T13:59:25Z")

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Why ask why?

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/10 "2008-06-24T14:01:24Z")

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Because!

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/11 "2008-06-24T14:04:18Z")

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Ex-chromosome.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/12 "2008-06-24T14:09:13Z")

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Because I’m your father.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-game/454033/13 "2008-06-24T14:38:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Shodan]  
Because I’m your father.

Regards,  
Shodan  
[/QUOTE]

Why?

-FrL-

(uh oh…)