# Sequential Threads 2000 (and 18)! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697 "2018-01-01T18:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/501 "2018-04-13T21:42:19Z")
**Kids these days - new way to talk on the cell phone? Again with the Bad Latin** He, I’d be impressed if they speak Latin on the cell phone at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/502 "2018-04-14T01:42:23Z")
**Shit just got real Again with the Bad Latin** _Malus Actualis Genitivo Acceleri_. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/503 "2018-04-14T06:18:21Z")
\*\*the mess in Syria is about to get messier Apparently people don’t die when their killed \*\* So Armageddon begins with an invasion of Syrian zombies? I’m down with that. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/504 "2018-04-14T13:03:35Z")
**How long until personal robots are commonplace in the home? How soon did you know your SO was The One?** When she blew my circuits, so to speak. :o ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/505 "2018-04-14T16:29:10Z")
\*\* Arm teachers with guns. What could possibly go wrong? 2018 Mass Killings in the United States \*\* Teachers with guns have killed 2,018 in the US? That’s just wrong. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/506 "2018-04-14T16:55:36Z")
\*\* Art Bell dead at 72 Art is basically a Tax Shelter\*\* Until he dies ---
**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:** [April 15, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/507 "2018-04-15T00:56:13Z")
**Good protest signs. Why do some groceries deliver, but not do store pickup?** Kind of wordy and entitled, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/508 "2018-04-15T12:49:32Z")
\*\*Art is basically a Tax Shelter The Persistence of Godzilla Art Bell dead at 72 \*\* The IRS doesn’t fuck around! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/509 "2018-04-15T18:55:36Z")
**What is the first sentence from the book you are currently reading? Art Bell dead at 72** Art Bell dead at 72. There is no doubt whatever about that. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/510 "2018-04-15T23:08:55Z")
**Pray as a legal term "May it please the court…"** ---
**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:** [April 16, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/511 "2018-04-16T03:11:18Z")
\*\* What is known about Socrates’ military career? Tomahawk Cruise Missiles\*\* So _that’s_ what he meant when he said “Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/512 "2018-04-16T05:18:28Z")
**the mess in Syria is about to get messier** **Anybody old enough to remember priveys…** ---
**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:** [April 16, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/513 "2018-04-16T11:55:36Z")
\*\* How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) I was addicted to escorts - ask me anything Canadian landscaper serial killer Takata airbag recall work \*\* All outstanding choices, except opportunities for advancement may be limited. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/514 "2018-04-16T14:59:29Z")
**When Good Goes Bad, or What does James Brown and Tootsie Pop have in common? The Weirdest Geocache** When I zeroed in on the coordinates, I was expecting something weird, but I wasn’t expecting a Tootsie Pop, an issue one of Detective Comics (half-eaten) and James Brown - not a record, but the actual person, contained Tardis-like within the small box. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/515 "2018-04-16T15:30:54Z")
\*\* Anybody still watching Young Sheldon? The Child in Time \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/516 "2018-04-16T16:00:20Z")
**why no more 1/4 ton pick ups? Tomahawk Cruise Missiles** And _definitely_ no 1/4 ton pick ups with 50 cals in the back. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/517 "2018-04-16T18:14:24Z")
**Explain to how my husband arranged for all these escorts Scored four $2 notes with a very young Queen Elizabeth!** They would have demanded more if he only had $2 notes with an old Queen Elizabeth. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/518 "2018-04-16T19:13:21Z")
**"Short-dicks every cannibal on the Congo"–what does this mean/imply? "May it please the court…"** It won’t, because size matters. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/519 "2018-04-16T19:17:57Z")
\*\* Name a fish that doesn’t have a “G” in it’s name. Cowboy Boots!\*\* I admire your enthusiasm, but I don’t think that’s a fish. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/520 "2018-04-16T19:50:22Z")
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