# It's a Holly Jolly Sequential Threads Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 4, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837 "2011-11-04T12:28:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/221 "2011-12-07T06:04:44Z")

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**Falsifiability  
Is there a Cecil Adams?**

You can’t prove there is no Cecil Adams!

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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:** [December 7, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/222 "2011-12-07T17:58:44Z")

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\*\*Deck the hars with bars of horry fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra  
Don we now our _bright_ apparel? \*\*

Troll, the ancient You Tube Carol

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/223 "2011-12-08T01:10:21Z")

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**Do they still throw “mortgage-burning” parties?  
Home heating advice needed**

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/224 "2011-12-08T06:42:58Z")

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**Jobs that are easy to get?  
Plastic Surgery**

Yeah, nose jobs are pretty easy. And I imagine boob jobs are easy for the ladies too.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/225 "2011-12-08T10:14:05Z")

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\*\* What myth were they busting when they shot the house?

Penetrating Armor: speed vs mass \*\*

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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:** [December 8, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/226 "2011-12-08T14:24:15Z")

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\*\*What have you dropped recently?

Thread  
\*\*  
Me, too. It’s all over the place.

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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:** [December 8, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/227 "2011-12-08T14:43:26Z")

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\*\* Don we now our _bright_ apparel?  
Harry Morgan dead at 96 \*\*

Well, if that was what he requested…

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/228 "2011-12-08T15:18:06Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> \*\* Don we now our _bright_ apparel?  
> Harry Morgan dead at 96 \*\*
> 
> Well, if that was what he requested..

What makes this even better is, if you sing it, “Harry Morgan dead at 96” fits right in for “Fa la la la la la la la la.”

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/229 "2011-12-09T03:42:05Z")

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**We were promised jet-packs!  
What in the world possessed Obama to do this?**

Same reason politicians make any other campaign promise–to get votes.

**Senator Barack Obama, 2008:** “And furthermore, if I am elected, I promise that not only will every American have access to health care, but every American will have his or her very own JET PACK!” (_cheers, wild applause from crowd_)

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/230 "2011-12-09T14:38:01Z")

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\*\* I want to make boozy ice cream!  
Can I Substitute Walnuts For Pecans In Pecan Pie  
Favorite Christmas candies and desserts? \*\*

Boozy ice creamo n walnut pie sounds good.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/231 "2011-12-09T15:38:22Z")

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\*\*Christmas Bonuses  
We were promised jet-packs! \*\*

It’s official. You work at the best office ever!

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/232 "2011-12-09T17:41:44Z")

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\*\* To My Fellow Dopers: A Humble Yet Simple Request…  
We were promised jet-packs! \*\*

or at least coffee cups!

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/233 "2011-12-09T17:52:49Z")

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\*\*Shooting at Virginia Tech [December 8, 2011]  
Hunters, how did it go this year? [alt title: Collecting their mancards]  
\*\*

Most tasteless sequential threads ever.

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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:** [December 10, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/234 "2011-12-10T07:17:26Z")

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\*\*Things you have, but not for their original use.  
Time for the Christmas Stegosaurus! \*\*

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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:** [December 10, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/235 "2011-12-10T23:26:45Z")

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Harry Morgan dead at 96  
I have achieved gravy!

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/236 "2011-12-11T00:08:34Z")

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**Putin’s United Russia loses ground in parliamentary election**

Putin could be heard asking

**Why democracy has semi-sacred status?**

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/237 "2011-12-11T03:26:14Z")

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\*\*Woman escapes from shallow grave.

Father is in the hospital\*\*

Mom got her revenge.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/238 "2011-12-11T20:31:21Z")

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**Somebody “unfriended” me on FaceBook last night.  
What do you call your sicknesses?**

It’s a sickness to unfriend you? I think you’re too addicted to Facebook.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/239 "2011-12-12T04:43:36Z")

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**If Newt had said this:  
Most universal joke**

His secret electoral weapon.

\*\*What is the appropriate fix for the US Postal Service?  
Mormons and their [reputed] Lies \*\*

“Alright, first put on this underwear. It’ll make delivering the mail easier, trust me.”  
**Poll: Republicans: How satisfied are you with the current GOP?  
Poll: Have you ever self-injured?**

“32% of former and present Republican voters claim they occasionally cut themselves when they think of the current GOP”

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/240 "2011-12-12T05:22:15Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> **If Newt had said this:  
> Most universal joke**
> 
> His secret electoral weapon.

He better give the German version, “Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!”. The English version is just too dangerous.

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