# It Came From The Crypt (Sequential Threads 2019) **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 64
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1262 "2019-10-22T13:23:56Z")
**Used car decision: Subaru Outback vs Jeep GCL Poll: Preferred kind of dream car** Only if that dream is really a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1263 "2019-10-22T17:29:23Z")
**Flying over the Himalayas Getting bumped off a plane question.** If you get bumped off a plane over the Himalayas, you’ll only have to fall 10,000 feet instead of 25. ---
**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 22, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1264 "2019-10-22T18:23:58Z")
\*\* Flying over the Himalayas “This vehicle does not turn right on red” – why not?\*\* Because at 35,000 feet there are NO red lights. ---
**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, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1265 "2019-10-23T03:22:59Z")
\*\* What’s good in the toaster market? Spiders! Spiders! Spiders!\*\* Hey, I’m looking for _toaster_ recommendations, not the latest in hallucinogens. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1266 "2019-10-23T12:02:12Z")
A 3fer: \*\*Question regarding German Can somoeone explain High and Low German? Certain German names and Jewish Americans \*\* Deutschland über SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1267 "2019-10-23T12:56:36Z")
**I just saw a thing I wish I hadn’t seen. Wreck of IJN Kaga found!** I know someone who didn’t watch Titanic. ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1268 "2019-10-23T13:57:14Z")
\*\* Sigh, Sometimes life just sucks Instant bridge–just add disaster. [Breaking News!] Hotel collapse in New Orleans\*\* And sometimes life just sucks doubly ---
**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, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1269 "2019-10-23T20:29:02Z")
\*\* Can somoeone explain High and Low German? Why is “quid pro quo” such a key point?\*\* _Deutschland, Deutschland Quid pro quo Carpe diem Ergo sum_ That’s not how I remember it. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1270 "2019-10-24T18:47:36Z")
**Politely hurrying up someone who takes too long to get to the point Woke Me When It’s Over** I don’t think that’s very polite. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1271 "2019-10-24T18:59:01Z")
**What Keeps You Awake At Night? Ever heard of “quantum supremacy”?** Can’t sleep, quantum overlords will or won’t eat me. ---
**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 24, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1272 "2019-10-24T19:12:41Z")
\*\* “This vehicle does not turn right on red” – why not? seeing yellow\*\* ---
**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, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1273 "2019-10-24T19:15:47Z")
\*\* Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax Saving Copper Pennies\*\* That ain’t gonna cut it. Better save hundred dollar bills instead. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1274 "2019-10-24T19:34:05Z")
**Random thoughts What Keeps You Awake At Night?** Answered then asked. ---
**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, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1275 "2019-10-24T23:04:53Z")
**What’s the most interesting car you saw today? To the [Ratmobile](http://media.philly.com/images/RatMobile.jpg), Bobbin** ---
**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, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1276 "2019-10-25T01:25:27Z")
\*\*Humans will never live on another planet, says Michel Mayor What will the future be like for Edward Snowden?\*\* It won’t be on another planet, if Mayor’s right. ---
**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, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1277 "2019-10-25T14:01:37Z")
**Used car decision: Subaru Outback vs Jeep GCL Spiders! Spiders! Spiders!** Well OK, but off-roading [ain’t gonna be easy](http://fiatusa.com/spider.html). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1278 "2019-10-25T15:16:44Z")
Now it’s in the right order. **What Keeps You Awake At Night? Random thoughts** ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1279 "2019-10-25T22:35:07Z")
**What Keeps You Awake At Night? Ever heard of “quantum supremacy”?** Aw, crap! I have plenty of self-esteem issues without having to worry that the quanta are superior to me! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1280 "2019-10-26T01:23:25Z")
**What would the Republican argument be against putting people to work on our failing infrastructure? Spiders! Spiders! Spiders!** ---
**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:** [October 26, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052/1281 "2019-10-26T01:54:14Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > **What would the Republican argument be against putting people to work on our failing infrastructure? > Spiders! Spiders! Spiders!** Hey, you go building a bunch of new bridges and stuff, and then [_this_ happens](https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/10/23/columbus-bridge-covered-in-thousands-of-spiders). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-the-crypt-sequential-threads-2019/827052.md?page=65)