# On the 200th sequential thread of Christmas...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180>\
**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\
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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:** [January 7, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/121 "2010-01-07T18:42:51Z")

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\*\*You hit a dog on an interstate. What’s the right thing to do?

I met a dog on the interstate – what would you have done? \*\*

“Me, I’d hit it.”

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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 7, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/122 "2010-01-07T21:01:43Z")

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Separated by one (that I’ve eliminated) in Great Debates right now:

\*\* Japanese whale whores  
“Scientists say dolphins should be treated as ‘non-human persons’” \*\*

Sure, now that the Japanese have taught them prostitution!

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**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:** [January 7, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/123 "2010-01-07T21:13:29Z")

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\*\*What are the US’s biggest problems and how do we fix them

Japanese whale whores\*\*

Are Japanese whale whores the _problem_, or the _solution_? Or are they like alcohol, and a little bit of both?

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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 8, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/124 "2010-01-08T03:29:21Z")

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**Japanese whale whores  
No, you ignoramuses, this _isn’t_ racist (or, “Here we go again…”)**

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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 8, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/125 "2010-01-08T07:25:52Z")

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**You’re the President tomorrow- what’s the first secret thing you ask about?  
Ovals, circles and the definition of "round"**

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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 8, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/126 "2010-01-08T07:50:26Z")

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**How Newspapers Used To Describe Anal Sex  
The most Pittable event in your own personal history/lifetime**

Hey, SDMB slang makes the papers!

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**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/127 "2010-01-08T08:58:12Z")

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**The Best Deal I have Gotten Recently  
Ask the housecleaner who specializes in squalor recovery**

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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 8, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/128 "2010-01-08T14:33:54Z")

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**Can anybody make heads or tails of this article?  
How Newspapers Used To Describe Anal Sex**

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/129 "2010-01-08T15:29:10Z")

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\*\*Is there any way to ship packagtes overseas cheaply these dats?  
British capital ships and magazine explosions \*\*

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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:** [January 8, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/130 "2010-01-08T16:58:35Z")

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> **You’re the President tomorrow- what’s the first secret thing you ask about?  
> Ovals, circles and the definition of “round”**

“It’s not called the _Round_ Office, Mr. President.”

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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:** [January 8, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/131 "2010-01-08T17:11:03Z")

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\*\*I’m generally not a total idiot. But this one time…

Poorly Thought-Out Abbreviations \*\*

Yeah, “International Division of Internal Organization Tactics” didn’t turn out so hot.

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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 8, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/132 "2010-01-08T17:50:22Z")

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\*\*Reusable Menstrual pads…do you/would you use them?  
Renting vs Buying \*\*

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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 8, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/133 "2010-01-08T18:46:37Z")

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**Using reading glasses  
Cannot find page**

Get a better pair of glasses.

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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 9, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/134 "2010-01-09T00:49:29Z")

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**How will my computer be messed up come Monday?  
“My Computer”? Shouldn’t it be “Your Computer”? Or just “Computer”?**

It’s the computer apocalypse! :eek:

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/135 "2010-01-09T19:35:33Z")

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\*\* Church-goers: What do you get out of attending services?  
The opposite sex\*\*

It’s true, church is just one giant pick-up joint.

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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 10, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/136 "2010-01-10T00:51:16Z")

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\*\*we are earthlings, mars has martians…who are the rest?  
The opposite sex \*\*

No, hang on, that’s not how it goes. Men are from Mars, earthlings are from Earth, women are from… oh, forget it.

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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, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/137 "2010-01-10T20:50:55Z")

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**How would you go about diminishing corruption in third world countries?  
Conservatism, evolution, global warming, and the truth.**

Wow, that sounds pretty comprehensive.

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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 11, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/138 "2010-01-11T05:21:53Z")

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**How are you going to fix the United States?  
Conservatism, evolution, global warming, and the truth.**

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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, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/139 "2010-01-11T10:30:45Z")

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**Church-goers: What do you get out of attending services?  
The opposite sex**

Using a church as a pick-up joint just doesn’t seem right.

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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 11, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-200th-sequential-thread-of-christmas/522180/140 "2010-01-11T14:08:44Z")

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**My frogs make noise!  
6.5 earthquake off Cape Mendocino. Aftershocks continuing**

Better check on your guinea pigs. There’s a black hole developing off Alpha Centauri.

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