# Fall of the House of Sequential Threads, Part MXLVII **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631 "2017-09-18T13:16:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [October 22, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/181 "2017-10-22T14:47:34Z")
**Hyperglycaemia, weight loss, intermittent fasting, phentermine What if a politician’s wife isn’t into/or able to be a politician’s wife?** “Sorry honey, but we need the Polish vote. Have another kielbasa.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/182 "2017-10-22T15:54:56Z")
**For the old Geezers of the Dope Sammy Hagar Is 70!!!** Dammit, don’t remind me of how old I’m getting. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/183 "2017-10-22T17:46:26Z")
**For the old Geezers of the Dope Sexual assault isn’t funny** Dang it, first you took away all my ethnic jokes, and now _this?_ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/184 "2017-10-22T23:09:06Z")
**How does one define sexual freedom? Should I be Concerned About This Relative Joining the Navy** I hear there’s a lot of “sexual freedom” in the navy. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/185 "2017-10-23T10:55:22Z")
**Dopespotting: The Dog Semen Comic I call shenanigans on this recipe** ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/186 "2017-10-23T13:59:28Z")
**Translating Italian into English: what does “il crac” mean? Welcome Mat** ---
**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:** [October 23, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/187 "2017-10-23T20:25:28Z")
\*\* What underlies mania? Scotland and the British Empire\*\* Or, why some people go to see “Braveheart” for the 1,000th time. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/188 "2017-10-24T12:13:16Z")
**My Cat Attacked Me and I Am Sad So I got a Maine Coon kitten** Good move. \*\* What do you want as your epitaph? Bitcoin as an investment?\*\* “The hell with this 401k nonsense - put it all into bitcoins!” ---
**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:** [October 24, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/189 "2017-10-24T12:30:22Z")
\*\* How does one define sexual freedom? Are there small, ordinary, daily things that make you happy for a little while?\*\* Yes, but they’re getting awfully antsy about it at work. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/190 "2017-10-24T13:18:43Z")
\*\*MythBusters Proved This? Is the Monster Mash song the Monster Mash song? \*\* Yes. MythBusters proved it! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/191 "2017-10-24T23:03:06Z")
**Some People See Me as THE STRAIGHT DOPE How do I straighten my umbrella?** I’m the straight dope cause I can’t straighten anything! ---
**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:** [October 25, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/192 "2017-10-25T12:52:44Z")
\*\* Prepper type advice on looming war with N Korea sought War with North Korea Imminent?\*\* I’ll believe it when they evacuate the Kardashians to the Space Station. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/193 "2017-10-25T13:24:27Z")
\*\* Religious terminology, wrongly defined. I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain.\*\* But no man has seen God. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/194 "2017-10-25T13:33:33Z")
**Do you experience discrimination based on a group of which you are a member? Some People See Me as THE STRAIGHT DOPE** ---
**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:** [October 25, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/195 "2017-10-25T17:28:06Z")
\*\*Misread thread titles Antigravity? Do rocks float? When Trump Speaks, \*\* ---
**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:** [October 26, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/196 "2017-10-26T12:38:55Z")
**So, flys are spongy and taste like wine. Target holds off on Christmas marketing ----- NOT!** I can’t really get into the holiday mood until those jumbo bags of Candied Christmas Flies hit the shelves. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/197 "2017-10-26T18:37:25Z")
\*\* So this morning I killed my first mammal… Nigerian Man Dies When Charm Against Gunshots Fails to Work \*\* That’s harsh. Even if he thought his charm would protect him. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/198 "2017-10-26T20:17:32Z")
**Why does Utah have different concrete mixing trucks than everywhere else? Wine with “notes of asphalt”?** It’s cause it was transported in a mixer. Like [bucky](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Buckfast_tanker_lorry.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/199 "2017-10-26T20:28:34Z")
\*\*RIP-Fats Domino-Ain’t that a shame Poke \*\* No movement; must still be dead. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/200 "2017-10-27T14:20:19Z")
**So this morning I killed my first mammal… I’d forgotten how nice being an exempt employee was…** I didn’t realize that was one of the perks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631.md?page=11)