# 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:** 61

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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:** [September 22, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1201 "2018-09-22T16:34:08Z")

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\*\* What does “GOP” stand for these days?  
Saying Hot Chick = Being A Misogynist Asshole\*\*

That’s a helluva mean thing to say about Chuck Grassley. ☹

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**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:** [September 22, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1202 "2018-09-22T17:49:09Z")

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**How to get dog to Stop chewing everything up?!?  
A few days in Cincinnati.**

'And if you don’t stop chewing everything, I’ll send you _again!_ :mad: ’

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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:** [September 23, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1203 "2018-09-23T00:29:29Z")

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\*\* Selling grandpa’s old collection of …  
Panama City Beach bar/restaurant suggestions\*\*

Yeah, he had a big ol’ jar full of them. But I always went to the first one with a sign saying “All You Can Drink - $5”.

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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:** [September 23, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1204 "2018-09-23T17:29:09Z")

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\*\*Is there any way to get rid of squirrels  
Halloween Pumpkins? \*\*

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1205 "2018-09-23T19:50:26Z")

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\*\*Have you ever been in or near a war zone?

Is there any way to get rid of squirrels \*\*

StG

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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:** [September 23, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1206 "2018-09-23T23:33:56Z")

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\*\* bon, c’est bon, bon, bon, c’est bon, bon, what does it mean?  
Does Starbucks spike their coffee?\*\*

I’m gonna say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, mais oui, yeah, yeah, gimme a refill.

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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:** [September 24, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1207 "2018-09-24T15:13:00Z")

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\*\* Why do people confuse the original offense with non-compliance follow on penalties?  
You’ve served your time-Now pay your bill\*\*

The time was for the original offense, but you still have to pay the penalties!

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1208 "2018-09-24T19:07:22Z")

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\*\*Dumb pets  
Halloween Pumpkins? \*\*

Yup, on par with the Pet Rock.

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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:** [September 25, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1209 "2018-09-25T14:22:08Z")

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\*\* If I had a Monty Python-inspired username, it just might be…  
Land of Cheese.\*\*

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1210 "2018-09-25T14:32:22Z")

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**Aliens - so what were the Colonial Marines actually prepared for (tactically)?  
E.T. The Extraterrestrial.**

“E.T. phone-” _BOOM_

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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:** [September 25, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1211 "2018-09-25T15:17:46Z")

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\*\* How do I get out of my car loan with minimal pain?  
Chronic carbon-monoxide poisoning?\*\*

To hell with getting out of the car loan. Get out of the freaking car!

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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:** [September 25, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1212 "2018-09-25T15:56:01Z")

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**What old technology won’t you give up  
Going to the library**

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1213 "2018-09-26T05:44:08Z")

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**The French are fighting sexual harassment**  
**Starving Artists thinks attempted rape is not "all that serious"**

Ergo, **Starving Artist** is not French.

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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:** [September 26, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1214 "2018-09-26T17:47:02Z")

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\*\* The guillotine: Not a bad way to go?  
How Is The Blood Supply In The US?\*\*

Well, that’s one way to encourage high-volume donations. And you don’t have to give them orange juice and cookies afterwards.

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**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:** [September 26, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1215 "2018-09-26T19:38:41Z")

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**Dating at 70  
The world laughs at Trump**

‘Um… No. You’re married, your hair is funny, and anyway, you’re seventy-_two!_’

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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:** [September 27, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1216 "2018-09-27T12:14:14Z")

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\*\* The guillotine: Not a bad way to go?  
Speak now or forever hold your peace\*\*

Unless you’re a Stephen King heroine.

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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:** [September 27, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1217 "2018-09-27T13:16:01Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> \*\* The guillotine: Not a bad way to go?  
> Speak now or forever hold your peace\*\*
> 
> Unless you’re a Stephen King heroine.

Saying “She was holding her head in her hands” takes on a completely different meaning under those circumstances.

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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:** [September 27, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1218 "2018-09-27T15:48:15Z")

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**Dunkin’ Donuts changing to just Dunkin’ (yes, with the apostrophe)  
I am looking for a triangle donut maker**

Yeah, we’re just going to have to start making our own damn donuts now.

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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:** [September 27, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1219 "2018-09-27T17:01:42Z")

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\*\* So tell me about you.

I am looking for a triangle donut maker

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\*\* What3Words - problem.seeking.solution?

“Girls Ruin Everything”

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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:** [September 27, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1220 "2018-09-27T17:12:07Z")

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**My cat needs veterinary work, but …  
Is it worth being in this relationship for the kid’s sake?**

Nope. Just put fluffy to sleep,it’s not worth it to pay for his $50 distemper shot.

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