# 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:** 4
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/61 "2015-10-07T14:41:36Z")
Yeah, but “half the human race” hardly counts as “selective” in my book. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/62 "2015-10-07T16:15:41Z")
Yeah, but Rosie Palms and her Five Sisters are always available… ---
**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 7, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/63 "2015-10-07T19:53:11Z")
Yeah, but what if you’re a double amputee? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/64 "2015-10-08T02:35:23Z")
Yeah, but you’d be amazed how much a horny dude can learn to do with his feet. ---
**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 8, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/65 "2015-10-08T13:43:59Z")
Yeah, but shouldn’t a man stand on his own two feet? ---
**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 8, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/66 "2015-10-08T13:57:02Z")
Yeah but between her legs… shoulders back… Nothing But Stump… ---
**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 8, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/67 "2015-10-08T14:53:02Z")
Yeah, but if you removed the manual appendages from the orchestra, have you stumped the band? ---
**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 8, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/68 "2015-10-08T14:54:20Z")
Yeah, but was the band worth listening to anyways? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/69 "2015-10-08T16:52:54Z")
Yeah, but there’s no such word as “anyways”. ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/70 "2015-10-08T17:02:00Z")
Yeah but \*you \*just used it in a sentence ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/71 "2015-10-08T17:11:18Z")
Yeah, but he’s just a hypocritical Grammar Nazi, so he can be safely ignored… ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/72 "2015-10-08T17:11:56Z")
Yeah, but putting it in quotation marks is standard form to indicate that it is not the words of the writer. ---
**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 8, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/73 "2015-10-08T17:37:36Z")
Yeah, but how many nits could a nitwit pick if a nitwit would nitpick? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/74 "2015-10-08T17:41:46Z")
Yeah, but what would the Junior Woodchucks have to say about that? ---
**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 8, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/75 "2015-10-08T19:07:04Z")
Yeah, but weren’t the woodchucks sold to the sixth sheikh’s sick sheep? ---
**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 8, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/76 "2015-10-08T19:11:42Z")
Yeah, but doesn’t he only have eyes for ewe? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/77 "2015-10-08T19:16:13Z")
Yeah, but what can a Junior Woodchuck _reall_y chuck? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/78 "2015-10-08T20:09:34Z")
Yeah, but wouldn’t the Disney censors have kept that out of the comics? ---
**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 8, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/79 "2015-10-08T21:11:20Z")
Yeah but there’s the special “Walt’s Cut” that usually involved naked ladies and chucking wood, ifyouknowwhatImeanandIthinkthatyoudo… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yeah-but-thread-game/733366/80 "2015-10-08T23:07:17Z")
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