# Deck The Halls With Sequential Threads!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 9, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879 "2013-12-09T08:01:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/461 "2014-01-30T21:49:30Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> \*\* Free unlimited energy is here, now what?  
> SSM and Marijuana are legal (kind of). What’s next?\*\*
> 
> Party!!!

Hours later, they’re still right next to each other. On the other hand, I don’t think of people smoking pot as having lots of energy to spare.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/462 "2014-01-31T02:29:39Z")

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Flipping through the TV Guide channel, I just noticed this sequential listing:  
\*\*  
It’s Always…  
Groundhog Day\*\*

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/463 "2014-01-31T13:27:39Z")

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\*\*Why get upset if someone parks in front of your house?  
Amanda Knox \*\*

It’s gotta be either lurid sex or a Satanic conspiracy…either way she’s up to no good.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/464 "2014-01-31T19:17:04Z")

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\*\*Viking funeral on Lake Superior Need answer…

Can a submarine turn upside down?  
\*\*  
Modern Vikings Use Subs!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/465 "2014-01-31T20:23:46Z")

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**Man goes through woodchipper and survives  
Former TSA Blogger reflects on his old job.**

Which was checking the inside of wood chippers for contraband.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/466 "2014-01-31T22:39:06Z")

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**Amanda Knox  
1/28/86 - Where were you when the Challenger exploded?**

Hey, don’t try to pin that on her as well.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/467 "2014-02-01T00:27:36Z")

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**Going without toilet paper: Meet the adults switching to a reusable cloth  
Don’t call it the S-p-rb-wl…**

How about the Really Icky Bowl?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/468 "2014-02-01T19:16:36Z")

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**Life without TV  
The Curse of Oak Island**

Beware the Curse of Oak Island! No cable, no signal, no video playback devices. Come to Oak Island and be damned!

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/469 "2014-02-02T00:29:21Z")

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\*\* A giraffe walks into a bar…  
Getting my 90 year old mother into assisted living \*\*

…while being chased by a pride of hungry lions. Now _that’s_ reality TV!

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/470 "2014-02-02T04:18:49Z")

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\*\*Why don’t subjects in 19th and early 20th century photos smile?  
Onanism in the military. \*\*

“How can I feel any joy when I think of our poor brave soldiers and sailors, forced to resort to the most shameful and degrading forms of self-abuse?”

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**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/471 "2014-02-02T16:37:04Z")

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**Movies in which the Statue of Liberty is destroyed or ruined  
So I’ve been on a TVTropes kick lately, recommend a good/funny page…**

Sometimes you don’t even have to wait for the answer

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/472 "2014-02-02T21:05:03Z")

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\*\* Firearm/Ammunition Question  
how effective are RFID wallets?\*\*

They won’t penetrate a sweater vest. For a sure takedown, whack 'em with your handbag.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/473 "2014-02-02T23:49:36Z")

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**Onanism in the military.  
How would the USMC do it today?**

“This is my rifle. This is my gun. This is for fighting, and this is for fun.”

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/474 "2014-02-03T01:42:45Z")

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\*\*Don’t call it the S-p-rb-wl…  
I guess pro journalists suck at spellchecker too. \*\*

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/475 "2014-02-03T03:18:52Z")

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\*\* What Makes a Christian?

The mystery of the trinity  
\*\*  
That’s part of it…

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/476 "2014-02-03T06:06:41Z")

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**Dreams, compulsions or desires you can’t explain even to yourself  
Getting to Brussels indirectly**

I dream of going there via Tokyo, Brampton, and Timbuktu.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/477 "2014-02-03T12:03:54Z")

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\*\* Why does it feel so good to use cotton swabs the wrong way?

Onanism in the military.  
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/478 "2014-02-03T13:22:18Z")

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\*\* Is it illegal to forge currency of unrecognized states?  
How would the USMC do it today?\*\*

“I don’t know but I’ve been told  
My fake currency’s solid gold”

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/479 "2014-02-03T13:26:10Z")

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\*\* How many people were dropped as a small child?  
Did I Ask Too Much of a Real Estate Agent?\*\*

“Here, hold the baby while I check out the bathroom.” **PLOP** “Damn.”

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-sequential-threads/675879/480 "2014-02-03T13:39:44Z")

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\*\*How would the USMC do it today?

PIN and Chip Credit Cards  
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