# It Came From The Crypt (Sequential Threads 2019)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 1, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052 "2019-01-01T18:39:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [June 11, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/721 "2019-06-11T16:58:28Z")

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\*\* How effective are drug-sniffing dogs, and how are they certified?  
Neptunium doesn’t have an explosive personality?\*\*

No, Neptunium is actually the nicest German shepherd you’ll ever meet. He _will_ take a big steaming dump on your drug stash, though.

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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:** [June 11, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/722 "2019-06-11T17:06:07Z")

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\*\* Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz shot in back and hospitalized  
Why I don’t watch sports\*\*

The penalty for stealing bases has gotten _lots_ more severe. ☹

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/723 "2019-06-11T18:39:45Z")

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**Gobekli Tepe: What do we really know?  
US weapons in WWII  
Hypothetical trouble with the Secret Service . . .**

It’s not hypothetical any more, bub, we’re on to you!

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/724 "2019-06-11T20:11:30Z")

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**Hypothetical trouble with the Secret Service . . .  
Law - What is this “list” I keep hearing about?**

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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:** [June 12, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/725 "2019-06-12T13:23:36Z")

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\*\*There was a 4.0 earthquake near here yesterday.

The Metric system is the tool of the devil!  
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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:** [June 12, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/726 "2019-06-12T15:51:10Z")

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\*\* Do you totally suck at anything?  
Do you excel at anything?\*\*

I’ve been moderately successful at avoiding these threads.

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**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/727 "2019-06-12T16:36:46Z")

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Yanking on power sockets too hard  
Porn is gradually becoming ridiculous

Sure, you’re yanking your “power socket”…

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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:** [June 12, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/728 "2019-06-12T19:47:25Z")

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\*\* Sucidicial thought  
Suggestions for trip to Italy.\*\*

Ever considered diving into Mt. Etna? Or you could drive in Rome. :eek:

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/729 "2019-06-13T03:15:34Z")

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**Last week of (public) school  
Why do I get these bumps on my skin?**

I imagine it’s anticipation of … _summer vacation!!_

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/730 "2019-06-13T12:16:28Z")

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**WHy do old people…  
Help me get back into computer programming**

Because they’re not hip enough to get you back into app programming!

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/731 "2019-06-13T12:37:43Z")

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\*\* Switching the Race of Characters  
Black mirror -why?\*\*

It should always be _white_ mirror amirite?

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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:** [June 13, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/732 "2019-06-13T12:55:18Z")

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**How Can You Gain 278 lb. in 6 Weeks?!  
Was this chicken toxic?**

Wow, I’d sue the pants off the Colonel. :mad:

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/733 "2019-06-13T13:33:36Z")

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**The ERA being interpreted as an amendment to make women equal to men…but…  
Let’s play doctor. (Couple dies from mystery illness in Fiji.)**

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**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:** [June 13, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/734 "2019-06-13T13:48:01Z")

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\*\* My cat doesn’t want to eat.  
Ants in the cat food what do I do?\*\*

Get some fresh cat food and see if your cat eats it.

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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:** [June 13, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/735 "2019-06-13T15:30:49Z")

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\*\* When Was the Last Time You Picked Up a Hitchhiker?

New Attacks on Oil Tankers

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Oil Tankers should Just Say No to Hitchhikers!

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**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:** [June 13, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/736 "2019-06-13T16:33:23Z")

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\*\* Most Virtuosic yet Manipulative Literary Trick Pulled by an Author  
Switching the Race of Characters\*\*

Yeah, the murderer is supposed to be an old white guy, but in the end it’s revealed he’s really a young black dude.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/737 "2019-06-13T17:49:57Z")

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**Gobekli Tepe: What do we really know?  
What does the word epicenter mean?**

I don’t know anything about Gobekli Tepe but I know what “epicenter” means.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/738 "2019-06-13T20:13:19Z")

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**The Outsiders: Did Gangs Ever Really Do This?  
Salt on Melons (esp. Water Melon)**

When you’re a Jet you’re a tough big time felon  
From your first knife fight dance to your last salted melon.

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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:** [June 13, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/739 "2019-06-13T21:01:11Z")

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\*\* How Can You Gain 278 lb. in 6 Weeks?!  
How many cats of a certain age?\*\*

You’ll need to eat at least 175 adult cats or 400 kittens, and make sure they’re deep-fried.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/740 "2019-06-14T01:06:22Z")

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**What kinds of things do you keep in your attic?  
Buddhism and Loneliness**

They’re right next to the clowns.

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