# 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:** 18
**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:** [November 29, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/341 "2017-11-29T12:57:12Z")
\*\*The Great Ongoing General Aviation Thread And my budgie flock doubles in size! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/342 "2017-11-29T13:05:19Z")
\*\*In this country the question to ask your doctor when having a heart attack is not can you help me… Where’s davidm? In the hospital recovering from a medical screwup.\*\* ---
**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:** [November 29, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/343 "2017-11-29T17:11:51Z")
\*\* How did you learn to manage money? Getting ratted out for cheating… \*\* It’s tough getting a lesson in the School of Hard Knocks ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/344 "2017-11-29T18:54:31Z")
\*\*One afternoon and evening in Vegas Should I have plugged this tire? \*\* Why not? What happens in Vegas… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/345 "2017-11-30T00:51:33Z")
\*\*federal government shutdown Electric eels? \*\* The government is shut down \*because \*of the electric eels? or is electric eels the answer to the shutdown? ---
**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:** [November 30, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/346 "2017-11-30T04:43:28Z")
**Where does the Right think that job growth comes from? primatene mist** Well, that explains quite a lot, really. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/347 "2017-11-30T13:19:37Z")
**Nora, Theo, and… My brothers girlfriend had been cheating on him for a long time??** With each other! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/348 "2017-11-30T15:19:22Z")
**Net neutrality: now what? Now, Al Franken** ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/349 "2017-11-30T17:48:36Z")
**What draws British comedians to do the panel shows? The answer to your question is Garrison Keillor** ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/350 "2017-11-30T17:59:23Z")
**Logistics of the OR Where does this cord go?** Don’t touch that it’s connected to my pacema ---
**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:** [November 30, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/351 "2017-11-30T20:14:17Z")
\*\* Nora, Theo, and… Prince Harry to marry Meghan Markle \*\* The Royal Family has gotten awfully progressive of late. \*\*Where’s davidm? In the hospital recovering from a medical screwup. Barber cuts hair much shorter than directed \*\* Oh, come on – a bad haircut isn’t _that_ serious. You can always grow it out again. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/352 "2017-12-01T15:14:46Z")
**Where does the Left think economic growth comes from? GoFundMe, Kickstarter or IndieGogo?** Probably all three. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/353 "2017-12-01T20:10:01Z")
\*\* Nora, Theo, and… My son just came out to us as trans\*\* ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/354 "2017-12-01T21:09:55Z")
\*\*Nora, Theo, and… Color Names We Love \*\* “Put the Nora vase on the Theo cabinet next to the Blue one.” \*\*Help me do the Republican thing Why the hell did I get a fundraising appeal from Donald Trump? \*\* I suppose the Republican Thing would be to send the Orange Monster money, but I hesitate to recommend it. \*\* aceplace57, what the fuck is wrong with you? Fuckin fuck fuck fuck \*\* ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/355 "2017-12-01T21:43:00Z")
\*\*Dumb pets I feel the earth move under my feet \*\* But it turned out it was just the cat trying to trip me again. (Hey fuzz-brain, if I die, you still don’t have opposable thumbs, so who’s going to feed you, huh?) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/356 "2017-12-02T01:18:02Z")
**Nora, Theo, and… The Food Courts are Expanding** They should really stop going to the food courts so much. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/357 "2017-12-02T06:22:31Z")
What are UPS, Fed Ex and the Postal Workers, policies on bathroom breaks? So, Can I Take a Bath With My Space Heater? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/358 "2017-12-02T16:43:41Z")
\*\* I feel the earth move under my feet Why do women dress to expose their Belly Buttons?\*\* Control yourself, Congressman. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/359 "2017-12-03T03:19:09Z")
**Weird things you’ve found in books Dumb pets** I’m going to have to tie up the dog when I leave the house. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631/360 "2017-12-03T04:41:51Z")
**"How was your flight?" - “A bit bumpy above the Azores, but fine otherwise.” “The door was on the latch” - what does that mean?** Aha - so _that’s_ why the flight attendant never showed up with the drink cart. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads-part-mxlvii/796631.md?page=19)