# 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:** ![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:** [January 10, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/421 "2012-01-10T21:50:22Z")

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**CNN’s idea of professional journalism  
So it’s fucking war then**

Odd, I don’t remember Wolf Blitzer sounding that pissed off when we went into Afghanistan.

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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:** [January 10, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/422 "2012-01-10T22:18:47Z")

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**Fun/Original/Entertaining Bachelor Party ideas?  
Las Vegas Dopefest!**

Well, it is original, and kind of sounds fun, but I don’t know…

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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:** [January 10, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/423 "2012-01-10T23:30:46Z")

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**ebay bidding for luxury items  
If an Nimitz class aircraft carrier was found in a cornfield in Kansas…**

Shipping’s gonna be a _bitch_.

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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:** [January 11, 2012, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/424 "2012-01-11T09:01:50Z")

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**I am creeped out by parents thinking babies and toddlers are gay  
Take the Heterosexual Questionnaire…**

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/425 "2012-01-11T18:09:29Z")

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\*\*Parents inadvertently scare you for life?  
So, who wants to help me surprise my kid? \*\*

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/426 "2012-01-12T00:30:51Z")

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**Poll: How old is too old for your kid to see you naked?  
How often do you use a bath towel?**

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/427 "2012-01-12T01:15:10Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> \*\*Parents inadvertently scare you for life?  
> So, who wants to help me surprise my kid? \*\*

Look six up, to post #419

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/428 "2012-01-12T02:17:39Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Look six up, to post #419

That one’s the other way around.

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/429 "2012-01-12T07:36:16Z")

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**For what, exactly, was Galileo threatened with torture?  
Refusing an Airport Screening**

See? Not much has changed since the Renaissance.

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/430 "2012-01-12T08:43:10Z")

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**Pick the Republican Veep  
I think Ron Paul could pull it off**

That would be the best position for him actually. Instead of having anything to do with policy decisions he’d be spending all of his time shaking hands, kissing babies, and attending funerals.

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/431 "2012-01-12T10:22:22Z")

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**Who is assassinating Iranian Nuclear scientists?  
Too much protein?!**

Yeah…that the ticket…

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/432 "2012-01-12T12:09:08Z")

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\*\*Same-sex marriage a threat to humanity? I KNEW IT!  
Take the Heterosexual Questionnaire… \*\*

…and so the inquisition begins.

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/433 "2012-01-12T13:07:56Z")

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**Boners!  
So, who wants to help me surprise my kid?**

This can’t end well.

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/434 "2012-01-12T13:10:44Z")

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**10 predictions from 1900 which came true…  
Not all Christians are assholes**

:dubious:

> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> **For what, exactly, was Galileo threatened with torture?  
> Refusing an Airport Screening**

🙂

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/435 "2012-01-12T13:22:00Z")

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\*\*Simple Pitting of my Dear Husband  
Pit Bull Attacks Go On? \*\*

You know, maybe you should just consider a divorce.

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/436 "2012-01-12T13:30:45Z")

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**sources for “Which is taller, Mt. Everest or K2?”?  
Cecil and LSD**

Well, that explains why he gave the answer using “giant space weasels” as a unit of measure.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/437 "2012-01-12T15:15:30Z")

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**Allen Gregory cancelled.**  
**Things that make you wonder what planet writers live on?**

The fact that that show existed ever would be one answer.

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/438 "2012-01-12T16:01:17Z")

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**Faith is not an admirable thing  
Premiss: “Atheism” is for people who can’t handle “Religion”.  
Why did Judas commit suicide?**

It was the only way he could get some peace and quiet.

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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:** [January 12, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/439 "2012-01-12T18:11:14Z")

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\*\* The sun will go out tomorrow!  
It fizzed! It bubbled! It foamed! \*\*

ETA: Now it’s

\*\* Viva Las Vegas  
Take the Heterosexual Questionnaire…  
Same-sex marriage a threat to humanity? I KNEW IT!  
Boners! \*\*

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/440 "2012-01-12T18:14:42Z")

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\*\*What’s It Like To Have A “Real” Nanny?  
Boners! \*\*

If by “Real” you mean “Really Hot.”

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