# Non Sequiturs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081 "2003-08-05T12:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/121 "2003-08-10T06:31:25Z")
a 6 3/4 envelope measures 3 5/8" by 6 1/2." my glasses are not tinted. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/122 "2003-08-10T07:02:30Z")
Did you hear about the American founding father who kept his wife locked in the cellar? Who? Why? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/123 "2003-08-10T15:02:21Z")
Dr. Garimendi, please report to the dance floor. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/124 "2003-08-10T15:19:47Z")
Clouds don’t deliberately look like other things like rabbits and bears and little children flying kites. They don’t really have the ability to think and decide what shapes people might be wanting to see at any given moment. It’s all they can do to keep from turning to rain or snow or hail or gloom of night. If you were in their position do you think you’d waste your time making hand puppets? I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/125 "2003-08-11T13:15:41Z")
All men are animals; but some make good pets! ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/126 "2003-08-11T17:32:17Z")
Why can’t I do the Lambert Walk? Why is Vernon Castle buried under the name “Blyth”? Am I right or am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Wyatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Wyatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyatt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/127 "2003-08-11T22:04:03Z")
so, to make a long story short, do you delete the actions or just the adjectives? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/128 "2003-08-11T22:10:29Z")
Following a trail is easy if somebody painted a great big yellow arrow or line on the ground for you. It’s harder if it’s all grown up in weeds. But it’s really hard if it’s under water and the water is murky and it’s frozen and there are all sorts of maneating critters in the water and the water stinks and it’s a long way from civilization and there are no guides to get you to it and there are no maps that show it and all that. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/129 "2003-08-11T22:14:56Z")
I’ve given up drinking. And I was really _good_ at it. Didn’t really mean too, it just sort of happened when I wasn’t looking. Well it’s been about 7 months now. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/130 "2003-08-14T02:29:25Z")
I hate to cramp your bliss **Zeldar** but **Evil Captor** mentioned Superman wearing a lead suit at the top of page 3, which **Amp** had already mentioned on page 1: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3799736#post3799736](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3799736#post3799736) In the spirit of the OP, though, did you know that the Latin name for the Humpack Whale roughly translates to “Big-winged New Englander”? ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/131 "2003-08-14T02:46:00Z")
I’ve never noticed a post about steel toe work boots. So how 'bout those things huh? What’s your favorite brand? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/132 "2003-08-14T06:22:08Z")
“Women. Can’t live with 'em, can’t fit more than three of them in a pickup truck.” Many years later, I still don’t understand the elegant kifaldemel in that. Perhaps I don’t have the inborn graalvstemp for that kind of life…Who cares? Certainly not you. I’ve seen your files! Ha! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/133 "2003-08-14T06:31:47Z")
Jesus _Christ_ I have to shit. And then go to bed. Hopefully in that order. ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/134 "2003-08-14T07:12:17Z")
If there’s anything that really gets my goat: 1. Don’t go with the monkeys; b. I haven’t got your money, so how bout you just eat them crackers; 2. No officer, that’s not my pickle. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Peter\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/135 "2003-08-14T11:01:09Z")
early winter snow leaves hidden mountain trails silvery spiderwebs ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/136 "2003-08-14T11:02:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph \* > \*\*I hate to cramp your bliss **Zeldar** but **Evil Captor** mentioned Superman wearing a lead suit at the top of page 3, which **Amp** had already mentioned on page 1: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3799736#post3799736](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3799736#post3799736) > > In the spirit of the OP, though, did you know that the Latin name for the Humpack Whale roughly translates to “Big-winged New Englander”? \*\* Your observant style is appreciated if not praised. It’s unavoidable that some violations of any rules will take place in any endeavor. We could call the game or dismiss the referee or set the offending players on fire. But the crowd wouldn’t eat any less popcorn or swill any less beer. It’s just how the game is played. There is no doubt that some of the same nouns and verbs have been used before in some post on some thread somewhere on SDMB, and that’s as it should be. Progress is made in steps and children learn from trial and error. Many a day has passed with little accomplished but the reward goes to the one who finishes the race and holds his or her or its head high in the storm. Unless we join together to fight the battle, the enemy has already won, and that’s not what we want. Justice shall prevail and every home deserves at least one large pedestal to place the family hero’s statue on. Let us begin here and now to admire the players and not the crowd. They get there rewards elsewhere. Cheers to the Red White and Blue. Honor. Glory. Victory. Peace and Silence. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/137 "2003-08-19T01:50:20Z")
Eggplant. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/138 "2003-08-19T02:01:35Z")
I need to make a decision. Should I go and buy fresh triple-A batteries for my TI-83 now, before school starts, because the old ones are dead? Or should I just make due with the scientific calculator on my palmpilot, and wait until I wear my math teacher down and she gives me some from the storeroom? Contact lense solution tastes bad. White out never looks quite white, it always looks very light gray to me. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/139 "2003-08-19T03:09:27Z")
I milked a cow on Saturday at the Indiana State Fair. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sequiturs/193081/140 "2003-08-19T04:28:13Z")
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