# 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:** 79
**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:** [December 15, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1561 "2018-12-15T22:53:32Z")
**Poll: Government Shutdown 12/22: Real Shutdown, Bullshit Shutdown, or No Shutdown? Tell me about your colonoscopy** Based on what I remember about colonoscopy prep, it was the opposite of a “Bullshit Shutdown”. \*\* Occasional MGB problem Machinists, any way to get coolant smell out of clothes? Very odd car behaviour\*\* Never mess with an MGB. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1562 "2018-12-17T04:28:04Z")
\*\*Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2018 Who has baby Jesus? \*\* Whoever it is, remember, it’s Christmas _and_ His birthday, so get Him something nice! (And gold, frankincense, and myrrh are _so_ First Century.) ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1563 "2018-12-17T13:44:02Z")
\*\* Fucking NJ Dems Fucking employers, fucking health insurance, fuck all of it \*\* “…and those whales. Fuck them!” ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1564 "2018-12-17T14:32:19Z")
**Communication: Substitutes for colloquial usage: retarded Polish Jokes.** Not Politically Correct ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1565 "2018-12-17T15:55:11Z")
\*\*New and Unimproved Workplace Rants Fucking employers, fucking health insurance, fuck all of it \*\* ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1566 "2018-12-17T18:21:04Z")
**Dead guy on the freeway Using parachutes: why jumping to conclusions was wrong.** Apparently, he _did_ jump to his conclusion. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1567 "2018-12-17T22:51:56Z")
**What’s your favourite Christmas carol? Christmas Cookies!** You mean [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDCmeKs8Zpk)? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1568 "2018-12-17T23:02:03Z")
This isn’t on SDMB, but it’s too good not to share. From CNN’s front page: **This is the most-distant object found in our solar system Scientists identify a new species of salamander that can grow to at least two feet** I was worried about extraterrestrial salamanders becoming our new amphibious overlords; but I think we can handle ones under a metre long. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1569 "2018-12-18T00:00:19Z")
**Meaning of ‘my muse’ Ho, Ho, Ho! or O come, all ye faithful?** Your muse must have … inspired … quite a few people. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1570 "2018-12-18T00:14:54Z")
**Using bags of concrete to dam a small stream? Safe for pets, deadly for humans?** Yep, your ducks will be fine, but everyone downstream will die of CONCRETE POISONING! :eek: 😉 ---
**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:** [December 18, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1571 "2018-12-18T05:21:51Z")
**Is there a place for non-politically correct speech? Tell me about your colonoscopy** Are you saying to shove it up your ass?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1572 "2018-12-18T11:42:49Z")
**Meaning of ‘my muse’ A battle to the death of mammals** It’s much more inspiring than a battle to the death of cnidarians! ---
**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:** [December 18, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1573 "2018-12-18T15:17:13Z")
\*\*How to reply to “I say Merry Christmas!!1!”? Is there a place for non-politically correct speech? \*\* ---
**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:** [December 19, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1574 "2018-12-19T00:04:58Z")
\*\* Sleepless in Seattle this weekend, what to do? A battle to the death of mammals\*\* Can’t you just drink a glass of warm milk? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1575 "2018-12-19T03:53:37Z")
\*\* Tell me about your colonoscopy What is it like to have servants?\*\* Beats hell out of the DIY version. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1576 "2018-12-19T15:25:21Z")
\*\* Polish Jokes. Is there a place for non-politically correct speech? \*\* I think Alex Trebek would rule that a wrong Jeopardy answer (though it is in the form of a question) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1577 "2018-12-19T18:04:25Z")
\*\* Extremely long term environmental changes and evolution Melting down pennies\*\* Eventually the sun will get hot enough that it will melt our pennies, even though that is against the law. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1578 "2018-12-19T19:18:43Z")
\*\* Random misspellings you’ve encountered in the wild Man translates holy books into DNA and injects it into himself \*\* Unfortunately, he misspelled “tabernacle”, and now his left hand doesn’t work right. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1579 "2018-12-19T19:24:36Z")
\*\* Tell me about your colonoscopy Self driving cars are still decades away\*\* “In a triumph of miniaturization, Dr. Brunswick and I will scale down to less than an inch in height, get into our teeny-tiny Hyundai and set off on our round-trip journey from the anal verge to the ileocecal valve to see what’s what. Make sure you’ve had all your Miralax, because our windshield wipers have been on the fritz.” ---
**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:** [December 20, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/1580 "2018-12-20T13:31:42Z")
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