Lardstick? Wouldn’t a yardstick made of ‘pig iron’ be more appropriate?
All kidding aside, wouldn’t the existence of recognized quality standards (for instance, densities at 70F) work for all? 
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Recognized by whom?
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Could it be the National Institute of Standards and Technology (in Maryland) formerly known as the National Bureau of Standards?
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What’s the safe word here? Is it ok to take a break if I want to?
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Surely you aren’t running out of questions, are you?
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If you’re traveling at the speed of light and turn the head lights on… do they work?
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At that speed surely you can’t get out to check?
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How did you get from taking a break to running out of questions?
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How will I be able to indicate a rhetorical question on this thread when there’s a requirement that I attach a question mark?
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Don’t rhetorical questions use question marks?
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Has anyone ever seen a rhetorical question with a period or an exclamation point???
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ?
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Should one take the risk of including a question mark on a rhetorical question when that would incorrectly indicate to a reader that the question is not rhetorical?
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Aren’t all questions here rhetorical?
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If so, then how are we to explain the (direct and otherwise) responses to such questions when the questions themselves appear with question marks?
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Isn’t the topic title explanation enough?
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Doesn’t the topic title only contain one proper question?
Did we go wrong from the start?
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Or did we go right? Or maybe considering this crowd left?
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Can one imagine me – now – frothing, all aquiver, and rebellious… aching to impishly post something on this thread sans question mark?
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