# The "Yeah, but....." thread game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 3, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366 "2015-10-03T15:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/1 "2015-10-03T15:11:49Z")
Because we all know that “Yeah, butt…” totally justifies any human action whatsoever. So respond to the previous poster with a “Yeah, but…” answer. “Yeah, but you killed 14 children and 29 cats…” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/2 "2015-10-03T15:12:52Z")
Yeah, but they’d been possessed by demons… ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/3 "2015-10-03T15:52:31Z")
Yeah, but they weren’t hurtin’ nobody… ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/4 "2015-10-03T16:13:31Z")
Yeah, but sometimes you need to hurt someone to help them… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/5 "2015-10-03T16:41:43Z")
Yeah, but corpses smell bad… ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/6 "2015-10-03T16:59:53Z")
Yeah but, they are good compost. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/7 "2015-10-03T17:00:58Z")
Yeah but the growing season is over… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/8 "2015-10-03T17:58:51Z")
Yeah, but things that grow in the winter also need compost… ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/9 "2015-10-03T18:08:52Z")
Yeah, but now is the winter of our discontent… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/10 "2015-10-03T18:19:36Z")
Yeah, but who can understand Shakespeare’s language? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/11 "2015-10-03T18:56:23Z")
Yea, verily, but what hath thou wrought? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/12 "2015-10-03T18:56:53Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/13 "2015-10-03T20:18:29Z")
Yeah, but isn’t cast iron more durable than wrought iron? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/14 "2015-10-03T22:45:14Z")
Yeah, but the blueprints called for cold riveted girders with cores of pure selenium… ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/15 "2015-10-03T23:04:59Z")
Yeah, but the contractor substituted aluminum cores, which caused galvanic corrosion… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/16 "2015-10-04T01:34:18Z")
Yeah, but what else could you expect from cut-rate cheapo contractors? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/17 "2015-10-04T01:35:55Z")
Yeah, but how can you explain the Twinkie then? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/18 "2015-10-04T13:31:19Z")
Yeah, but you can’t really compare apples to oranges, can you? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/19 "2015-10-04T14:03:19Z")
Yeah, but this is a meatball. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/20 "2015-10-04T14:14:25Z")
Yeah, but its dry… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366.md?page=2)