# Unanswered questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 17, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350 "2004-11-17T21:50:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/121 "2004-11-21T17:46:38Z")

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Did you have a boyfriend  
that looks like a girlfriend  
that I had in February  
of last year?

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/122 "2004-11-21T17:49:37Z")

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Is she really going out with him?  
Is she really gonna take him home tonight?  
(If my eyes don’t deceive me, there’s something going on round here! …(Round here!))

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**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/123 "2004-11-21T18:08:58Z")

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Do you think your mother lives here?

What’s it all about?

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**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/124 "2004-11-21T18:13:07Z")

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Do I dare? Do I dare? Disturb the universe?

Do I dare to eat a peach?

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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/125 "2004-11-21T23:50:11Z")

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If a tree falls in the forest and crushes a mime, does anybody care?

if a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

if con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress

a plane crashes on the border between North and South dakota, where do you bury the survivors?

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/126 "2004-11-22T01:21:52Z")

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Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

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**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/127 "2004-11-22T02:24:37Z")

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> [@ccwaterback](#):
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> Mrs. Bates?

No, she’s gone out to the shops.

Isn’t it her son, Master Bates?

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/128 "2004-11-22T04:07:20Z")

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> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#):
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> No, she’s gone out to the shops.
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> Isn’t it her son, Master Bates?

I was thinking of the scene at the end of the movie Psycho. :eek:

Not only is he Master Bates, he’s a great fisherman, therefor a Master Baiter. 😃

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**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/129 "2004-11-22T04:11:54Z")

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Will you still love me tomorrow?

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**Author:** ![voice\_of\_reason\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4bbf92/32.png) [@voice\_of\_reason\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voice_of_reason_1)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/130 "2004-11-22T04:40:32Z")

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What is this “ebriated” I’ve heard so much about, and why am I in it?

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/131 "2004-11-22T17:35:43Z")

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[Should I stay or should I go?](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Should-I-Stay-Or-Should-I-Go-lyrics-The-Clash/49018F2FE45022AC482568AB0031961D)

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/132 "2004-11-22T18:32:09Z")

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[When did man visit the Marian’s trench and how long did he stay?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5420880&postcount=1)

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/133 "2004-11-22T19:02:16Z")

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Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party?

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**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/134 "2004-11-22T19:21:31Z")

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How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/135 "2004-11-22T19:24:47Z")

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If time flies like an arrow, what do fruit flies like?

How many Frenchman can’t be wrong?

What’s the capital of North Dakota? What’s the capital of the Chase Manhattan Bank?

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

What’s the difference between a duck?

If tin whistles are made of tin, what are foghorns made of?

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

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