The Question-Question Thread

[bookem]

Wouldn't that be punishable by death?

 

[Zammy-Sam]

Is death really a punishment?

 

[CaptainQuark]

Is your glass half empty, Zammy-Sam?

 

[Arden]

If it is, can you get a new one with more beer this time?

 

[CaptainQuark]

How cheeky are you, Arden?

 

[bookem]

Hasn't anyone got anything a bit harder than beer?

 

[CaptainQuark]

Would a bottle of glögg suffice?

 

[Zammy-Sam]

Who invented letters such as ä, ö, ü? Germans?

 

[CaptainQuark]

ü is definitely German; ä is used in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian; ö is used in Swedish, but the Danes and Norwegians use ø; the larger Scandinavian languages also use å; does that answer your question?

 

[bookem]

Haven't we been here before?

 

[CaptainQuark]

I don't know –*have we?

 

[Zammy-Sam]

Who is going to click through the 45 pages?

 

[CaptainQuark]

Exactly –*so why are you asking such daft questions?

 

[bookem]

Do we need to define exactly what a daft question is so we don't misuse this thread?

 

[CaptainQuark]

Do we need to define exactly what a daft question is so we don't misuse this thread?

How's that for a definition of a daft question?

 

[bookem]

So what wouldn't be a daft question?

 

[Cat]

Is this a rethorical question?

 

[pds]

If it were a rhetorical question, would it be any less worthy of another question?

 

[CaptainQuark]

Does a fish need a bicycle?

 

[bookem]

Has anyone ever bothered to ask one?