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1->''"Does it explain anything? No. But that is the best answer you are going to get."''
2-->-- '''[[https://dafukingsite.com/dafukdidiwatch/does-it-explain-anything-no-but-that-is-the-best Da Fuk Did I Watch?]]''''s ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' liveblog
3
4->''You know what’s frustrating? Answers that aren’t answers.''
5-->--'''Dagna''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''
6
7->'''[[TheGoodKing King Cailan]]''': Do [[PlayerCharacter you]] come from [[FantasticGhetto the Alienage]]? Tell me, [[WretchedHive how is it there]]? My guards all but forbid me going there.\
8'''[[EnslavedElves Elven]] [[PlayerCharacter Grey Warden]]''': [[BrutalHonesty I killed an arl's son for raping my friend]].
9-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''
10
11->'''Kosh:''' They are alone. They are a dying people. We should let them pass.\
12'''Sinclair:''' Who? The Narns or the Centauri?\
13'''Kosh:''' Yes.
14-->-- ''Series/BabylonFive''
15
16->'''Sheridan:''' Well, as answers go; short, to the point, utterly useless, and totally consistent with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon.\
17'''Kosh:''' Good.
18-->-- ''Babylon 5''
19
20->''So what do I do first? Do I play video games? Do I watch a Blu-Ray DVD? Do I download content from the online marketplace? The answer is of course, yes. Because I have three [=PS3=]'s.''
21-->-- '''Paul''', ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun''
22
23->''"I was busy suplexing a shark wearing a bolo tie when I should have been setting up sponsors! You may ask yourself: who was wearing the bolo tie? You or the shark? Answer: '''YES.'''"''
24-->--'''Mister Torgue''', ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}''
25
26->'''Roy''': Hello Judy. What can I do for you?\
27'''Judy''': '''[[NoIndoorVoice COMPUTER'S BROKEN.]]'''\
28'''Roy''': Is it a PC or a Mac?\
29'''Judy''': ({{beat}}) '''YES.'''
30-->-- ''Series/TheITCrowd''
31
32->[=*=]MAD DUMMY - ATK 30 DEF YES\
33[=*=]Because they're [[OurGhostsAreDifferent a ghost]], [[NoSell physical attacks will fail]].
34-->--[=CHECKing=] Mad Dummy, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
35
36->'''[[Film/IronMan1 Tony]]:''' ''[from inside rotor]'' Okay, tell me what you see!\
37'''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Steve]]:''' ''[staring at a bewilderingly high-tech panel]'' It seems to run on some form of electricity.\
38'''Tony:''' Well, you're not wrong...
39-->-- ''Film/TheAvengers2012''
40
41->'''Slang:''' [[{{Sssssnaketalk}} Ssssssssssso, ssssssssssssssir]]... v-vhich von do you like? [[MeaningfulFuneral Your vay of dealing visssssssssss deasssssssssssss]], or [[CheerfulFuneral our vay of dealing visssssssssss deassssssssssss?]]\
42''[beat]''\
43'''Nimja''': Yes.
44->'''Slang:''' YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS?! Zat'ssssssssss all you hafe to sssssssssssay?! Vat'sssssssssss zat efen ssssssssssssssupposssssssssssssed to mean?\
45'''Nimja:''' ''[chuckles]'' Oh, Slang... ''[he shakes his head, giggling]'' [[CallBack Do you remember]] when I told you about Boolean values?
46-->-- ''Fanfic/PokemonXNimjaPlayTheGame'', "These Are the Days"
47
48->'''Brom:''' Could you tell us which house Jeod lives in?
49->'''Angela:''' I could.
50->'''Brom:''' ''Will'' you tell us?
51->'''Angela:''' Yes.
52->''({{beat}})''
53->'''Angela:''' Of ''course'' I'll tell you! All you have to do is ask! Your first question was whether or not I ''could'' tell you, and the second was if I ''would'' tell you. But you never actually put the question to me.
54->'''Brom:''' ''([[ActuallyPrettyFunny smiling]])'' Then let me ask properly. Which house is Jeod's? [[BreathlessNonSequitur And why are you holding a frog?]]
55-->--''Literature/{{Eragon}}''
56
57->'''Cassie:''' We were blown through time, Jake. We aren't where we want to be. And we aren't when we want to be.
58->'''Jake:''' Did we go forward or back? Are we in the past or the future?
59->'''Ax:''' <Yes. It's definitely one of those two choices.>
60-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #11: The Forgotten''
61
62->'''Player 1:''' This is stupid. Why are we still looking for (''an NPC'')?\
63'''Player 2:''' Because we haven't found him yet, obviously.
64-->--Entry on ''Shit My Players Say''
65
66->''A characteristic of Vermonters (at least as portrayed in humorous stories) is that the Vermonter, when asked a question, gives accurate answers but often fails to include information which may be highly relevant and very important. A perfect illustration of this principle is the joke about one Vermont farmer who went to his neighbor’s farm and asked the other farmer, “Lem, what did you give your horse last year when it had the colic?” Lem replied, “Bran and molasses.” The farmer went home, returned one week later, and said, “Lem, I gave my horse bran and molasses, and it died.” Lem replied, “So did mine.” ''
67-->--'''Raymond Smullyan''', ''What is the Name of This Book?''
68
69->'''Odo''': How did you get in here?!\
70'''Koloth''': I am Koloth.\
71'''Odo''': That doesn't answer my question!\
72'''Koloth''': ''Yes, it does.''
73-->--''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''
74
75->'''Anonymous asked''': What dinosaur would be best for selective breeding to produce an animal with a lot of edible meat. What dinosaur could become a cow dinosaur
76
77-> The [[LampshadeHanging cop-out answer]] is, of course, "a turkey", since birds are dinosaurs. But we both know that’s not what you meant, [[SubvertedTrope so let's get into it!]]
78-->--''[[Blog/PalaeoFail Fossils and the People who Love Them]]'' [[https://jurassicsunsets.tumblr.com/post/183233858441/what-dinosaur-would-be-best-for-selective-breeding]]
79
80->'''Richard Dawson''': I said, "Name a time that most people get up." [[SarcasmMode And being the Einstein that you are]], you said, "Morning."\
81'''Fred''': That's when ''I'' get up.\
82'''Richard''': Our survey said:\
83''(buzzer)''\
84'''Richard''': Zip. And if that wasn't bad enough, I said, "Name a time that most people go to bed." You said, of course, "Night." Our survey said:\
85''(ding)''\
86'''Richard''': Two.
87-->-- ''Series/FamilyFeud''
88
89->'''Doctor''': Are you married, River?\
90'''River''': Are you asking?\
91'''Doctor''': Yes.\
92'''River''': Yes.\
93'''Doctor''': No, hang on, did you think I was asking you to marry me, or asking if you were married?\
94'''River''': Yes.\
95'''Doctor''': No, but was that "yes", or "yes"?\
96'''River''': Yes.
97-->-- [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang The Big Bang]], ''Series/DoctorWho''
98
99->'''Caller''': Do you have any other insurance? Secondary insurance?\
100'''Whitey Whitebeard''': (''long pause'') Yeah.\
101'''Caller''': Hello, are you following? Okay. So is it an HMO plan, or a PPO?\
102'''Whitey''': Mmm.\
103'''Caller''': No, I'm asking you, is it an HMO plan, the insurance that you have? Is it HMO plan, or a PPO?\
104'''Whitey''': Okay, yes.\
105'''Caller''': Um, what, okay, sir, I'm asking you what plan, an advantage plan, do you have? Is it HMO or PPO?\
106'''Whitey''': Yeah. Mmm, yes, yes.\
107'''Caller''': Why are you saying yes?
108-->-- Whitey Whitebeard, a bot from the Website/JollyRogerTelephoneCompany, strings along a Medicare scammer who wants to send him a back brace
109
110->'''Caller''': May I know your name, please?\
111'''Bot''': Yep, mm-hmm.\
112'''Caller''': May I know your name?\
113'''Bot''': Okay, mm-hmm.
114-->-- Another Jolly Roger bot, this time wasting the time of a Windows Support scammer
115
116->'''Sam:''' (''reading a sign on the White House lawn'') "Do not feed the submarine."\
117'''Max:''' What can you ''feed'' a submarine?\
118'''Sam:''' Nothing. Weren't you listening?
119-->-- ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMax Sam & Max Save The World]]''
120
121->'''Undine:''' That just leaves Gwen...\
122'''Gwen:''' [[StealthHiBye Yo.]]\
123'''Tessa:''' When did you get here?\
124'''Gwen:''' Earlier.
125-->-- ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain''
126
127->'''Kate''': Where are you taking us?\
128'''Richie''': Mexico.\
129'''Kate''': What's in Mexico?\
130'''Richie''': Mexicans.
131-->--''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''
132
133->'''Shadow:''' Where are we? Am I on the tree? Am I dead? I thought everything was finished. What's real?\
134'''Whiskey Jack:''' Yes.\
135'''Shadow:''' ''Yes?'' What kind of an answer is ''yes''?\
136'''Whiskey Jack:''' A good answer. True, too.
137-->-- ''Literature/AmericanGods''
138
139->'''Warner Siblings''': ''(as a response to "What are you?", meaning "What species are you?")'' "What we are, dear doctor, is cute."
140->'''Dr. Scratchandsniff''': "I'm sorry I asked."
141-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''
142
143->'''Creator/JerrySeinfeld:''' What kind of language do people use? What kind of language--\
144'''UsefulNotes/BarackObama:''' English. As a general rule.
145-->-- ''WebVideo/ComediansInCarsGettingCoffee''
146
147->'''Butarega:''' King Vegeta, I have urgent news!\
148'''King Vegeta:''' Speak, Butarega.\
149'''Butarega:''' Bardock has gone absolutely mad, Sire!\
150'''Bardock:''' ''(off in the distance)'' FREEZA!!\
151'''King Vegeta:''' What's all the commotion about?\
152'''Butarega:''' He's been telling everyone that Freeza plans to destroy Vegeta!\
153'''King Vegeta:''' Wait, my son, [[{{Egopolis}} the planet]], or me?\
154'''Butarega:''' ...[[LeaveNoSurvivors Yes]].\
155''(Butarega is blasted by King Vegeta)''\
156'''King Vegeta:''' [[OffingTheMouth Freakin' smartass]].
157-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
158
159->'''Shemp''': Anybody else?\
160'''Cantrell''': Sargent Cantrell.\
161'''Shemp''': How do you spell that?\
162'''Cantrell''': .....''correctly.''
163-->-- ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead''
164
165->'''Kairi''': Wait, is Ralts your name or your species?\
166'''Ralts''': [''telepathically''] Yes!\
167'''Larvitar''': [[PokemonSpeak Lar]].\
168'''Ralts''': Oh, he says yes, too. About being called Larvitar, that is. It'd be silly if he was called Ralts.
169-->-- ''Fanfic/ColosseumOfTheHeart''
170
171->'''[=RuPaul=]''': Where in England are you from, Adele?\
172'''Ginger Minj''' ''(as Music/{{Adele}})'': My house.
173-->-- ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''
174
175->'''Man:''' ''"When were you born?"''\
176'''Momo:''' (thoughtfully) ''"As far as I can remember, I've always been here."''
177-->-- ''Literature/{{Momo|1973}}''
178
179->'''Walter:''' ''(on the phone)'' Where is Jesse?\
180'''Mike:''' Jesse's with me. He's fine.\
181'''Walter:''' What, do you expect me to just ''believe'' that?\
182'''Mike:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I'm crossing my heart, Walter]].\
183'''Walter:''' ''Where is he?''\
184'''Mike:''' Hold on.\
185'''Jesse:''' Yo.\
186'''Walter:''' Jesse?\
187'''Jesse:''' Yeah. S'up?\
188'''Walter:''' Jesse, wh--wh--where are you?\
189'''Jesse:''' With Mike.
190-->--''Series/BreakingBad'', "Shotgun"
191
192->''When asked what his business consists of, Bob says, "Making money." Queried for details on how he makes this money he says, "By having revenues exceed expenditures."''
193-->--The '''Businessman's (Bob Brockler)''' ending bio, ''[[VideoGame/BurgerShop Burger Shop 2]]''
194
195->'''Church''': Caboose, did Command say who they were sending?\
196'''Caboose''': Uh... uh, yes! They definitely did.\
197'''Church''': ''(long pause, looks at Tucker, then back at Caboose)'' Okay? Do you remember who they-\
198'''Caboose''': No.\
199'''Church''': God-dammit.
200-->--''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''

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