# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/161 "2018-02-04T00:44:17Z")
\*\*Any landmarks visible from your house? Impending sinkhole in Carlsbad, NM\*\* The caverns. For now, anyway ---
**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:** [February 4, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/162 "2018-02-04T13:16:38Z")
_Share a story_ **Johnny L.A.** _Sleep formula._ **CastletonSnob** C’mon, **Johnny L.A.** isn’t that boring. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/163 "2018-02-04T15:56:09Z")
From my subscribed threads list: **Terrible songs that never deserved to be hits Someone Tried to Take a Peacock on an Airplane** And I’d fry it up if it comes back but I don’t think I’ll ever have that recipe again. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/164 "2018-02-04T17:10:18Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > From my subscribed threads list: > > **Terrible songs that never deserved to be hits > Someone Tried to Take a Peacock on an Airplane** There’s a peacock on my jet plane Don’t think that I’ll be back again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/165 "2018-02-04T17:18:09Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > **Terrible songs that never deserved to be hits > Someone Tried to Take a Peacock on an Airplane** > > And I’d fry it up if it comes back but I don’t think I’ll ever have that recipe again. or even to another tune … Grandma Tried To Take A Peacock On An Airplane Heading home to our house Christmas eve You can say there’s no such thing as Santa But as for me and grandpa we believe ---
**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:** [February 4, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/166 "2018-02-04T17:49:18Z")
**What’s for dinner? Boiled eggs for dummies… I’m a dummy, please advise.** To be clear, I’m not looking for ‘instructions for dummies’. We’re having boiled eggs _for_ dummies. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/167 "2018-02-04T18:39:12Z")
**Why don’t we hear more from the President’s cabinet? Unscrewing tub drain** Because the tub drain is a higher priority. **How to beat North Korea Ever met or known a Mafia member?** ‘Little Kim. Understand this isn’t personal. It’s just business.’ . ---
**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:** [February 4, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/168 "2018-02-04T20:12:13Z")
**Why don’t we hear more from the President’s cabinet? Tongue and Tongue, Groove and Groove Lumber** It’s designed to keep them locked up securely. But if you listen closely, sometimes there are thumping noises. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/169 "2018-02-05T14:03:35Z")
\*\* Songs that contain the name of the band - except… I’m late. I resign in disgrace.\*\* ---
**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:** [February 5, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/170 "2018-02-05T14:33:18Z")
**What’s a misconception you had when you were a kid? I’m pretty danged smart** A lot of kids have that miconception ---
**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:** [February 5, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/171 "2018-02-05T16:37:32Z")
\*\* Intermittent wi-fi connection Would having large breasts be a major disadvantage in a gun fight?\*\* No, but if they’re keeping you from logging into Facebook, it’s time to take action. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/172 "2018-02-05T17:50:40Z")
**Let’s plan an Occasion in the MMP!! The Incident** A planned ‘incident’ shows malice aforethought. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/173 "2018-02-06T01:55:30Z")
**What’s the advantage of having softer facial features? Access to Public Records?** The clerk didn’t want to let me see the marriages on file until she noticed my rounded forehead and smoothly sculpted cheeks. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/174 "2018-02-06T02:47:16Z")
**Presidential Portraits; aka “Is Nixon’s in the White House?” How do I find out if a painting I have is worth anything?** I can guess the answer is “not that much.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/175 "2018-02-06T14:30:30Z")
**Is it still reading if… A Trucker Went Off-Roading on the 2,000-Year-Old Nazca Lines** It’s still reading, but don’t do it while driving! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/176 "2018-02-06T15:12:45Z")
Separated by one: \*\*Head crash of a laptop hard drive, does it scratch stuff off the disk? What’s the advantage of having softer facial features? \*\* When your face is softer, it’s less likely you’ll get scratches from a Head Crash. D’uh! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/177 "2018-02-06T21:25:24Z")
**Inbred families in Appalachia? Or elsewhere? Is male pattern baldness inherited? Who’s to blame?** Well, if your father’s side of the family is also your mother’s side of the family … ---
**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:** [February 6, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/178 "2018-02-06T23:15:26Z")
\*\* Admittedly, I don’t have kids… What “problem” do theoretical megastructures “solve”? \*\* Well, they’re a great way to use up all those extra Lego blocks. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/179 "2018-02-07T13:58:50Z")
**Did you get a flu shot this year? Did you get the flu? Admittedly, I don’t have kids…** Otherwise I probably would have gotten the flu. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697/180 "2018-02-07T14:22:12Z")
\*\* Help me use one quart of cocktail onions in a recipe Eating When Ill\*\* Eating a quart of cocktail onions would make me too ill to eat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-2000-and-18/805697.md?page=10)