# 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:** 63

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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:** [October 2, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1241 "2018-10-02T14:12:09Z")

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**Swedish speakers, can you help me parse this word?  
A Non-Possessive Last Name.**

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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:** [October 3, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1242 "2018-10-03T00:14:28Z")

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**We were not compassionate,…  
Clown Faces Painted on Eggs**

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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:** [October 3, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1243 "2018-10-03T13:42:48Z")

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**The TV trope of girls beating…  
Angry drill instructors**

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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:** [October 3, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1244 "2018-10-03T15:23:04Z")

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\*\* If I had a Monty Python-inspired username, it just might be…  
A delicious image of Trump shopped with a naughty carrot \*\*

I’d stick with Naughty Carrot.

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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:** [October 3, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1245 "2018-10-03T21:25:35Z")

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\*\* Question about Dentist and Dentist Visits  
Where do you draw the line, regarding unfriending on social media?\*\*

Jeez, just because I bit the dentist, that’s no reason for him to unfriend me. ☹

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1246 "2018-10-03T21:36:38Z")

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**Why do we pretend days, weeks, months exist?  
What kind of scam is this? What do they really want?**

Obviously a plot by Big Calendar to keep track of our “whenabouts.”

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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:** [October 3, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1247 "2018-10-03T23:18:32Z")

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\*\* I don’t think my FitBit really knows what sleep stage I’m in

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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…but his FitBit doesn’t know.

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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:** [October 4, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1248 "2018-10-04T09:16:39Z")

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**Share your “blackout while drunk” stories  
What happened to the test of the warning system?**

I was _sooooo_ drunk yesterday I don’t even remember what happened to the mass text!

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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:** [October 4, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1249 "2018-10-04T12:43:03Z")

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\*\* Peggy Sue Dead at 78  
Overweight sex is dangerous! \*\*

_Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue  
Ate too many Wendy’s triples Peggy Sue  
My Peggy  
My Peggy Sue  
She ate too much, but I loved my Peggy Sue_

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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:** [October 4, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1250 "2018-10-04T15:42:21Z")

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\*\*My Mother  
The Lion Sleeps Tonight \*\*

My Mother The Car needs an oil change.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1251 "2018-10-05T02:18:31Z")

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**Going to Quebec - What Should I Not Miss?  
The fallacy of extrapolating from professional athletes**

Ah yes, the Nordique school of statistical analysis.

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1252 "2018-10-05T13:01:38Z")

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\*\* Who’s the most famous person you’ve seen in real life?  
Does this mean that she is the true and rightful king? \*\*

Dianne Feinstein, I worship thee!

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1253 "2018-10-05T13:08:03Z")

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**When can I consider myself fit enough?  
The fallacy of extrapolating from professional athletes**

You do NOT have to be as fit as a professional athlete.

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1254 "2018-10-05T14:33:20Z")

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**Stupid liberal idea of the day  
Everybody must get groped…**

Eh, Franken and Clinton need _something_ to do in their spare time.

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1255 "2018-10-05T14:35:04Z")

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\*\*Does this mean that she is the true and rightful king?

If I had a Monty Python-inspired username, it just might be…  
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…Watery Tart

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1256 "2018-10-05T19:26:22Z")

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\*\* Mormons aren’t Mormons anymore

“Mormon Tabernacle Choir” is History  
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They’re all being LDS-ed out!

I blame the success of the musical _The Book of Mormon_

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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:** [October 5, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1257 "2018-10-05T22:56:56Z")

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**What new to you food most disappointed you?  
Adam’s Penis in the Sistine Chapel**

It tasted horrible! And such tiny portions!

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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:** [October 6, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1258 "2018-10-06T14:25:07Z")

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**Mormons aren’t Mormons anymore  
Why you need to reboot your fridge…**

Hooray! I can start stocking lots of booze and iced tea!

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1259 "2018-10-06T18:51:48Z")

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**Painting self destructs right after sale  
What happens after Skynet is defeated?**

First they came for the art, and I said nothing …

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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:** [October 7, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1260 "2018-10-07T16:48:22Z")

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**Generally, what can you expect from a housekeeper?  
Likeliest effect of Kavanaugh?**

When I hired Kavanaugh as a housekeeper, all of my beer went missing. :mad:

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