# Sequential Threads 2000 (and 18)!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697>\
**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:** 43

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/841 "2018-06-28T12:15:43Z")

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**Team Is Headquarterd In One State, Stadium Is In Another,Which State Gets Sales Tax On Tickets?  
Two fans strapped together - what happens?**

Depends, which state were they strapped together in, and are they still strapped in when they sit down for the game?

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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:** [June 28, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/842 "2018-06-28T12:38:14Z")

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\*\* Carnival shooting galleries with live ammo  
US Southerners/Kentuckians: What’s a “holler?”\*\*

It’s the sound a carny makes when you open fire before he has a chance to get out of the way.

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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:** [June 28, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/843 "2018-06-28T12:44:54Z")

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\*\*What would make you flee (or fight)?

Sun Tzu - The Art of War  
\*\*  
It always helps to have the User’s Manual!

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**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:** [June 28, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/844 "2018-06-28T13:27:42Z")

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**Couple of questions about Seinfeld  
Must you like an actor, comedian, or singer’s real-life personality to appreciate their work?**

No. I don’t like Seinfeld but the show is funny. Next question?

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**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:** [June 28, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/845 "2018-06-28T13:45:05Z")

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\*\* The Three not so blind Mice  
What is the worst possible job you’ve ever seen or done?  
Cataract Surgery\*\*

Cataract Surgery on Blind Mice? Eeeewwwww!

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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:** [June 28, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/846 "2018-06-28T15:14:21Z")

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It’s better now, IMHO:

\*\* The Three not so blind Mice MMP

Cataract Surgery  
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/847 "2018-06-28T17:10:13Z")

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\*\*Faking Agreement  
Is this a marijuana plant?  
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Yes.

**Can computer viruses form randomly from computer code?**  
Yes.

**Can viruses form randomly from decaying plants/animals?**  
Yes.

Anything else you want me to fake agreement on?

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/848 "2018-06-28T19:17:42Z")

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**Legal question: How is a dog “provoked”  
That’s what banks are for, nimwit!**

CD interest rates these days make my dog _seethe_.

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**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:** [June 28, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/849 "2018-06-28T19:41:58Z")

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\*\* A strange thing happened on my way to a business trip…  
Flight diverted due to the unbearable stench of a passenger \*\*

I hope the passenger was not you.

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**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:** [June 28, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/850 "2018-06-28T20:05:18Z")

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\*\* A strange thing happened on my way to a business trip…  
Shooting at a Maryland Newspaper\*\*

I hope the shooter was not you (Straight to hell for that one)

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**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:** [June 29, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/851 "2018-06-29T01:51:43Z")

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**Alternatives to The Straight Dope column  
Shooting at a Maryland Newspaper**

Now just calm down!!!

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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:** [June 29, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/852 "2018-06-29T13:27:54Z")

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\*\* Things you say upon feeding pets.  
Shooting at a Maryland Newspaper\*\*

So nobody better growl about the discount dry food. :mad:

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**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:** [June 30, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/853 "2018-06-30T13:33:02Z")

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\*\* Most common (non-sexual) fantasies that would be played in holodecks  
Planters Cheez Balls are coming back to stores. \*\*

Most any thread that follows the first one is going to be funny.

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**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:** [June 30, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/854 "2018-06-30T13:44:03Z")

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\*\* Carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney  
Deadpool 2! \*\*

Carpool, Deadpool…what’s the diff?

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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:** [June 30, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/855 "2018-06-30T15:28:20Z")

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\*\* Things you say upon feeding pets.  
Kidnapping? No, say accused kidnappers!\*\*

And until you stop this PETA activist crap, no more milk bones for _you_.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/856 "2018-06-30T17:53:46Z")

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**Things you say upon feeding pets.  
What’s new, Atlas? (AI, Robotics and tech thread)**

You don’t understand, Atlas is my dog!

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/857 "2018-06-30T18:17:29Z")

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**How Do Daredevils Do The ‘Box Of Dynamite’ Act?  
Gun-type atomic weapon**

That’s rather counter-intuitive.

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**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:** [July 1, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/858 "2018-07-01T04:04:45Z")

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**What Does a Supreme Court Justice Do All Day Long?  
Access memories of any one that has ever lived**

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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:** [July 1, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/859 "2018-07-01T16:46:08Z")

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\*\* Murdering reporters  
Sarah Huckabee Sanders deserves her own Pitting\*\*

Well, it does cut down on repetitive questions at press conferences.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/860 "2018-07-01T17:13:08Z")

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**Why don’t cars have foam-filled tires?  
Cramps causing actual damage**

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