# This thread goes backwards **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769 "2019-09-06T02:22:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/321 "2019-09-21T21:20:22Z")
Enough with the terrible jokes. Why don’t we transform this into a game thread or something? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/322 "2019-09-21T22:04:01Z")
Why can’t you starve in the desert? Because of all the sandwiches there. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/323 "2019-09-22T02:13:19Z")
Why is a cat in the desert like Christmas? He’s got sandy claws. Not sure if I told that right. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/324 "2019-09-22T02:33:28Z")
How bad can you tell a joke? ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/325 "2019-09-22T04:01:08Z")
Crap! Too late to edit! That should have been … what’s brown and \*sticky[/t] :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/326 "2019-09-22T04:03:29Z")
Can’t go past the classics… What’s brown and stinky? A stick! ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/327 "2019-09-22T04:31:19Z")
I generally avoid games with spoilers, just because I don’t know how to format a spoiler. Or strike throughs. Somebody asked in a thread how to do spoilers, but that never got answered. Now watch, some idiot will do a spoiler, just to show off. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/328 "2019-09-22T14:04:31Z")
I love games with things like spoilers. I understand that some people don’t know how to format them, but those people are idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/329 "2019-09-23T01:01:09Z")
That’s why threads with riddles or “guess the punchline” don’t really work well here. Every post has spoiler tags in it. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/330 "2019-09-23T03:02:42Z")
Newsflash, not everyone knows how to do spoilers. It’s not like we’re all proficient at HTML. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/331 "2019-09-23T03:46:34Z")
I guess I’m the only tech-disabled person here. Y’all so smart:) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/332 "2019-09-23T13:13:18Z")
If you want to do that, just use a spoiler. It’s simple. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/333 "2019-09-23T15:20:36Z")
I don’t know how to put it in a more discreet way, so fair warning: **SPOILER** \*\*\* **SPOILER** \*\*\* **SPOILER** \*\*\* There was no cheating: the two lumberjacks were married to each other, since one of them happened to be a female. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/334 "2019-09-23T16:32:51Z")
I don’t get it. Is this like the one where a doctor says he can’t operate on someone because it’s his son, but the doctor is not the kid’s father? And the doctor is the kid’s mother? Is it like that? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/335 "2019-09-23T16:45:18Z")
Is that even legal in the Pacific northwest? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/336 "2019-09-23T17:15:41Z")
I call shenanigans. Next thing you’re going to say is that Monty Python’s Lumberjack Song was based on a true story. :dubious::rolleyes::dubious::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/337 "2019-09-24T03:33:34Z")
I say every song, without exception, is based on some element of truth. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/338 "2019-09-24T04:16:31Z")
Panache, can you explain music to me? In one sentence. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/339 "2019-09-24T04:26:15Z")
Hey **Beckdawrek** , you should ask a dumb question of the wrong person. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/340 "2019-09-24T04:52:56Z")
On this other forum I’m on, there’s a thread that challenges posters to do stupid things. Think we should do that here? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769.md?page=18)