# Think about it....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155 "2001-08-14T05:03:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155/1 "2001-08-14T05:03:47Z")

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Is it possible for a question to be both hypothetical and rhetorical at the same time?

(Talk about MPS…)

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155/2 "2001-08-14T05:07:36Z")

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No.

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**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155/3 "2001-08-14T05:08:03Z")

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Was that a trick question?

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155/4 "2001-08-14T05:16:09Z")

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why not?

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155/5 "2001-08-14T10:01:00Z")

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Does the Pope copulate in the woods?

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155/6 "2001-08-14T10:08:04Z")

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In Tiger Woods ? - no wonder his game’s gone off.

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**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155/7 "2001-08-14T15:11:22Z")

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What if there was?

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-about-it/76155/8 "2001-08-17T02:24:29Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Scott \*  
> \*\*What if there was? \*\*

Actually my original question was meant to answer itself. (It was supposed to be both rhetorical and hypothetical) Unfortunately, when you all answered it, it became sort of un-rhetorical. However, Scott seems to have found one that works perfectly.