# It's my birthday, so I get to start a new Sequential Thread thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798 "2010-06-03T17:17:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 9, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/81 "2010-06-09T19:59:03Z")
**How is the Relief Well supposed to work? a contentious question about hymens** I expect BP to announce that solution next - seal the leak with the world’s biggest underwater hymen, _then_ drill a relief well. ---
**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 9, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/82 "2010-06-09T21:12:17Z")
\*\* Bad neighborhoods you’d like to live in Does God live in the Pleiades Star Cluster? \*\* Oooh – the Pleiades is a pretty bad section. I hear that Mars and Venus got trapped there once! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/83 "2010-06-09T21:29:50Z")
\*\* I need marriage advice for someone Do you use salve or an ointment? \*\* ---
**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 9, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/84 "2010-06-09T22:06:36Z")
**A Load of Cobblers Things you don’t say around the dog** Seems like a nice euphemism to me. “Dammit, Buster, that’s the second time this week you’ve left a load of cobblers on the living room rug!!” \*\* “Midwest” Better not Fornicate in Florida ;)\*\* So, you’d prefer that Ohio lives in sin with Arizona? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/85 "2010-06-10T01:58:35Z")
\*\* Our oldest cat is going to be euthanized \*\* **Things you don’t say around the dog** ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/86 "2010-06-10T05:28:48Z")
**In which I awaken an ancient evil Cinderella dressed in yella** :eek: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/87 "2010-06-10T05:58:37Z")
**In which I awaken an ancient evil** **Your favorite sushis** Aw, c’mon, Japanese food isn’t THAT bad. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/88 "2010-06-10T06:00:55Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > **In which I awaken an ancient evil** > > **Your favorite sushis** Tekka Maki! Tekka Maki! ---
**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:** [June 10, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/89 "2010-06-10T12:10:47Z")
**Original art: my early father’s day present. Pictures of Celebrities looking unrecognizable** ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/90 "2010-06-10T12:16:18Z")
**It’s my birthday, so I get to start a new Sequential Thread thread! In which I awaken an ancient evil** ---
**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 10, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/91 "2010-06-10T12:41:42Z")
\*\* Property is theft Why no extension cords? \*\* Somebody stole them all ---
**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 10, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/92 "2010-06-10T15:18:54Z")
**In which I awaken an ancient evil Van der Sloot’s killed again** Next time, don’t open the oblong box with the odd carvings on the cover. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/93 "2010-06-10T17:07:10Z")
**Cinderella dressed in yella People from \_\_\_\_\_: Noun vs. Adjective** Is she from Santa Nella? ---
**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 10, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/94 "2010-06-10T17:36:54Z")
\*\* Need help (inspiration) stopping drinking Who else is drunk? \*\* I don’t want to insult the first poster, struggling like that, but the paired threads _are_ funny, by association. ---
**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 10, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/95 "2010-06-10T18:31:59Z")
\*\* Your thoughts on your children Baby hedgehogs! \*\* Yes, they’re sweet and cute but prickly to handle. ---
**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 10, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/96 "2010-06-10T18:36:46Z")
\*\* Am I paranoid to refuse to tutor girls in any location that is not publicly visible? Poll: Ages acceptable to refer to women as “girls?” \*\* Just so we’re all clear on this. ---
**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 10, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/97 "2010-06-10T19:16:40Z")
\*\* What if every business had to be called… Baby hedgehogs! \*\* The economy would be paralyzed by the cuteness and squee. Also, nobody would know where to get actual _baby hedgehogs_. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/98 "2010-06-10T19:41:23Z")
**You’re a fine example of a cop dude. Really. Can we shoot back?** ---
**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:** [June 10, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/99 "2010-06-10T19:58:01Z")
\*\*Roman gladiator cemetery found in England. Fractures that don’t heal (TMI) \*\* I imagine they found quite a few unhealed fractures. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798/100 "2010-06-10T22:30:08Z")
From CNN’s home page: \*\*Girl missing on round-world solo sail Van der Sloot: Toss my confession \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798.md?page=6)