You mean this
=FILTER(A2:A37,A2:A37<>"")
would freak them out, but this wouldn't
=ARRAY_CONSTRAIN(ARRAYFORMULA(IF(ROWS($C$3:C3)<=COUNT(A$2:A$236)+COUNTIF(A$2:A$236,"*?"),INDEX(A$2:A$236,SMALL(IF(A$2:A$236<>"",ROW(A$2:A$236)-ROW(A$2)+1),ROWS($C$3:C3))),"")), 1, 1)
?