# Yes Virginia, there are stupid questions

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 11, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-virginia-there-are-stupid-questions/670950 "2013-10-11T04:10:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-virginia-there-are-stupid-questions/670950/21 "2013-10-14T18:06:42Z")

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Cool use of a 100 year-old reference! I think it’s somewhat akin to Obama asking for our downed spy plane back from Iran. He knew there was a low probability of success, but he had to at least ask. My condolences for your loss.

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