# Who wants to play "Answer a Question with a Question"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498 "2005-09-13T22:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/1 "2005-09-13T22:17:23Z")
Well? ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/2 "2005-09-13T22:18:38Z")
Who’d want to do that? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/3 "2005-09-13T22:19:54Z")
What do you mean by “that”? ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/4 "2005-09-13T22:50:53Z")
Is “that” what I think it is? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/5 "2005-09-13T22:53:49Z")
Don’t we all have better things to do with our time? ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/6 "2005-09-13T22:58:09Z")
What would you have us do? ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/7 "2005-09-13T23:00:46Z")
Don’t you have anything better to do with your time? ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/8 "2005-09-13T23:01:34Z")
> [@raz](#): > > Don’t you have anything better to do with your time? What do you think? Tripler C’mon, you think I’ve got time for this? ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/9 "2005-09-13T23:03:09Z")
When does the game start? ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/10 "2005-09-13T23:07:00Z")
Didn’t it start with the OP? ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/11 "2005-09-13T23:08:49Z")
Do you think the OP is serious? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/12 "2005-09-13T23:14:06Z")
Do you really think I can answer that? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/13 "2005-09-13T23:14:51Z")
Can I play? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/14 "2005-09-13T23:18:56Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Can I play? Does a bear confess in the woods? ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/15 "2005-09-13T23:26:02Z")
What’s this thread all about? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/16 "2005-09-13T23:26:14Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Does a bear confess in the woods? Where else would a bear confess? ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/17 "2005-09-13T23:29:06Z")
Whose turn is it? ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/18 "2005-09-13T23:30:48Z")
Would a statement terminated by the phrase “, don’t you think?” be considered a question? ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/19 "2005-09-13T23:35:49Z")
Do you have reason to believe otherwise? ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498/20 "2005-09-13T23:38:29Z")
Well, that would make it a little easy to com eup with so-called questions, don’t you think? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-play-answer-a-question-with-a-question/321498.md?page=2)