# On the 200th sequential thread of Christmas... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180 "2009-12-22T08:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/21 "2009-12-25T21:48:27Z")
**My Christmas present: unemployment finally comes through So, what did you get for Christmas?** ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/22 "2009-12-26T00:16:27Z")
\*\*Things that happened to you as a child that would be now considered scandalous Adolescent growth spurt \*\* Well, maybe not scandalous. Weird, surely. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/23 "2009-12-26T09:18:06Z")
**Verizon cell phone mavens - recommend me a phone menopause (women only)** Introducing the new Verizon menopause cell phone for women. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/24 "2009-12-26T13:33:46Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > **Verizon cell phone mavens - recommend me a phone > menopause (women only)** > > Introducing the new Verizon menopause cell phone for women. Instead of ringing, its temperature suddenly rises by 20 degrees. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/25 "2009-12-26T15:23:46Z")
\*\*I’ve got a crockpot! What now? Health care horror story #13848732 \*\* That Boutulism Stew might need a bit of work. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/26 "2009-12-26T19:04:35Z")
**2009 Holiday Family Drama Thread Explosive Device set off on US Airline** :eek: You win the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/27 "2009-12-26T23:59:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Instead of ringing, its temperature suddenly rises by 20 degrees. I tried to think of something funny, something along the lines of a \*\*hot \*\*phone with buttons that **flash** , or something like that, but I couldn’t think of a way to word it so that it sounded good. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/28 "2009-12-27T01:40:30Z")
**jewish dopers: Need some info help me place this quote The “bookmark” phenomena** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/29 "2009-12-27T01:47:58Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I tried to think of something funny, something along the lines of a \*\*hot \*\*phone with buttons that **flash** , or something like that, but I couldn’t think of a way to word it so that it sounded good. You’re obviously not a woman of a certain age. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/30 "2009-12-27T01:49:54Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > You’re obviously not a woman Nope > [@](#): > > of a certain age. 😉 And double nope. 🙂 ---
**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 27, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/31 "2009-12-27T19:24:24Z")
\*\*You’re the President tomorrow- what’s the first secret thing you ask about? why do people own decorative plants? \*\* 'Cause I’ve always wondered about that. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/32 "2009-12-28T16:59:52Z")
\*\*Is There A Place In The USA Where It Only Snows Around Christmas? It’s Snowing in the Dallas Area! \*\* I’d have to say “yes” … ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/33 "2009-12-28T17:33:01Z")
**You’re the President tomorrow- what’s the first secret thing you ask about? Are you fat?** ---
**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:** [December 28, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/34 "2009-12-28T18:34:54Z")
\*\*They like me! They REALLY like me! Sibling rivalry at its finest \*\* ---
**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:** [December 28, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/35 "2009-12-28T18:54:04Z")
**What’s the most disgusting or deranged thing you have ever heard of/been witness to? The Rise and Decline of Bookstores** The horror, the horror… ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/36 "2009-12-29T00:37:11Z")
**You’re the President tomorrow- what’s the first secret thing you ask about? How Do I Ethically Sell a Crap Car?** ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/37 "2009-12-29T00:41:52Z")
**Poll: talking cats, or talking monkeys? Why are 1940s/early 1950s Christmas songs so popular?** :eek: 1940’s and 50’s songs were sung by cats and monkeys? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/38 "2009-12-29T01:21:03Z")
**You’re the President tomorrow- what’s the first secret thing you ask about? Why is it OK for dogs to spend huge stretches of time penned up in crates?** ---
**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 29, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/39 "2009-12-29T02:30:19Z")
\*\*A kitty and a dead brother… what’s the link? Sibling rivalry at its finest \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/40 "2009-12-29T10:29:11Z")
**Atheism is DEAD…FOREVER!!! For the LAST TIME… Health care horror story #13848732** Oh crap, that just leaves those of us who are religious or agnostic. And we could be next. We need health-care reform people, chop chop!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180.md?page=3)