# 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:** ![WilliamWilsonsDoppelgaenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@WilliamWilsonsDoppelgaenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilliamWilsonsDoppelgaenger)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/161 "2011-11-26T21:57:51Z")

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**Ask the guy in the 99.9th %ile for height**  
**I should get a giraffe…**

Yeah, definitely go for it.

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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:** [November 27, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/162 "2011-11-27T06:13:39Z")

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**Poll: What are your plans for Black Friday?  
Burial when living spouse re-marries**

Well, _that’s_ not going to help the economy.

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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:** [November 28, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/163 "2011-11-28T00:00:50Z")

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**Whose voice mannerisms can’t you stand?  
The Muppets!**

Vhet zee heck? I cun’t beleeefe-a thet.  
Bork Bork Bork!

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**Author:** ![missinformation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@missinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missinformation)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/164 "2011-11-28T00:07:17Z")

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MPSIMS:

I Got The Zombie Flu :eek: (feel better)

ER’s Get Busy in Holiday and Code Blue

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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:** [November 28, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/165 "2011-11-28T15:48:22Z")

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**Drug names that sound like comic book characters  
Rock-N-Roll Pumkhin**

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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:** [November 28, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/166 "2011-11-28T17:42:48Z")

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\*\*For you personally, what is the greatest work of art (visual art)?  
Looking for a dachshund poster \*\*

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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:** [November 28, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/167 "2011-11-28T17:51:09Z")

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\*\*How Does One Go About Getting A Gay?  
The Aldi/Trader Joe’s connection \*\*

They ship them in bulk.

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**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/168 "2011-11-28T19:38:56Z")

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\*\* What science fiction series have FTL travel but no intelligent alien life?  
The Muppets!  
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Not being a Muppets fan, I’d certainly agree there’s no intelligent alien life there!

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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:** [November 28, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/169 "2011-11-28T20:03:37Z")

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> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#):
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> \*\* What science fiction series have FTL travel but no intelligent alien life?  
> The Muppets!  
> \*\*  
> Not being a Muppets fan, I’d certainly agree there’s no intelligent alien life there!

Don’t forget [Muppets from Space](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158811/) (OK, depending on your definition of “intelligent”).

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/170 "2011-11-28T20:19:30Z")

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\*\* 47 Year-Old Man Looking At Kiddie Porn On A Flight: A “Cry For Help?”

Will someone more well-versed in assorted sexual practices help me out with this puzzler? \*\*

Well? I’m _waiting_…

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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:** [November 28, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/171 "2011-11-28T22:11:41Z")

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**I want to buy moonshine…  
How does “I want to see my lawyer” work?**

I imagine his first advice will be “Stop posting that stuff on the Internet!”

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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:** [November 29, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/172 "2011-11-29T12:44:19Z")

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\*\*A new dog? A new dog!

I should get a giraffe…

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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:** [November 29, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/173 "2011-11-29T13:12:15Z")

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**"Scientists say dolphins should be treated as ‘non-human persons’"  
Can the Western form of government really be called representative democracy?**

“I now yield to the Senator from the Marianas Trench.” (appreciative dolphin noises)

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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:** [November 29, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/174 "2011-11-29T14:09:42Z")

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\*\*Drunk Driving  
Did she pass peacefully?  
\*\*  
She did. But the screaming people in the oncoming car, not so much.

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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:** [November 29, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/175 "2011-11-29T14:54:24Z")

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\*\* Didn’t your mother teach you not to say “fucking” in a restaurant?

I Guess this Rich Fuckin’ Banker [Dominique Strauss-Kahn] is Too Cheap to Hire a Hooker  
\*\*

Keep your voice down! People are trying to eat!

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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:** [November 29, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/176 "2011-11-29T14:59:40Z")

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\*\*Subvert a Saying  
It’s a Holly Jolly Sequential Threads Thread \*\*

It’s rare for sequential thread threads to make the sequential thread thread so perfectly.

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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:** [November 29, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/177 "2011-11-29T15:54:48Z")

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**Stuff almost everyone enjoys that you don’t care for/about  
Your best friend just confessed to you that he/she boinked your SO before you met. Do you care?**

My best friend? Nah. But if she’s “stuff almost everyone enjoys”, that’s a bit much.

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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:** [November 29, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/178 "2011-11-29T18:16:29Z")

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\*\*Cryptic compiler error

Old Norse Translation?

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For 20 Bork! Bork!Bork!

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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:** [November 30, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/179 "2011-11-30T00:06:11Z")

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**Tell me about your parasitic, self-centered family member and I’ll tell you about mine  
Pick a dog, any dog**

Always bringing you their ball, demanding treats - yeah, that pretty much describes it.

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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:** [November 30, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-holly-jolly-sequential-threads-thread/601837/180 "2011-11-30T02:16:37Z")

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**From the folks who brought us Bacon Salt . . .  
Fish sauce**

Man, those guys are losing their touch.

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