# Sequential threads - Daily seeing more of the light.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 31, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934 "2010-12-31T12:23:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 17

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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:** [January 28, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/321 "2011-01-28T15:00:44Z")

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\*\* Tell me about your unplanned pregnancy.  
I’m getting married! \*\*

Anyone got a shotgun?

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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:** [January 28, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/322 "2011-01-28T15:10:52Z")

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\*\*Didn’t see that one coming!  
The Nanny Fran Drescher and her ex-husband Peter “I’m out of the closet” Jacobson on Oprah today. \*\*

When he came out, my jaw dropped.

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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:** [January 28, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/323 "2011-01-28T15:35:05Z")

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\*\*How hard is it to get rich writing?  
Did J. D. Salinger live mainly off of the royalties of Catcher In The Rye \*\*

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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:** [January 28, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/324 "2011-01-28T19:00:16Z")

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\*\* How did you leave home?  
9mm or .40 cal? Your choice and why\*\*

Sometimes your folks have to be “persuaded” that you’re ready to leave.

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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:** [January 28, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/325 "2011-01-28T19:30:49Z")

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\*\*Covered by a woman?  
Charlie Sheen in trouble again!! \*\*

😃

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/326 "2011-01-28T20:44:17Z")

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**New Geico commercial (does it take 2 to tango?)  
Positive portrayals of atheism in Hollywood**

Yeah, I think those atheist dancers were portrayed positively.

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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:** [January 28, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/327 "2011-01-28T20:46:12Z")

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\*\*my alien abduction experience

Now tell me about your pad \*\*

Is it a Launching Pad?

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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:** [January 28, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/328 "2011-01-28T21:03:04Z")

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**What’s wrong with Home Schooling?  
Protests in Egypt**

Yeah, like they don’t have enough to worry about.

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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:** [January 29, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/329 "2011-01-29T05:32:16Z")

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**How do you carry on a conversation with a kid?  
9mm or .40 cal? Your choice and why**

Now listen, you little bastard…

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/330 "2011-01-29T05:56:56Z")

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**Translate some German for me? Tractor pull explosion  
I’m getting married!**

So, “explosion” means “marriage” in German? No wonder that German lady was so offended when I ran away screaming from her.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/331 "2011-01-29T06:18:16Z")

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**I’m getting married!  
My Divorce Saga Part II**

Ah, the alpha and omega, together at last.

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**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/332 "2011-01-29T06:18:38Z")

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**I’m getting married!**  
**My Divorce Saga - Part II**

Hope it doesn’t turn out that way!

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/333 "2011-01-29T06:23:24Z")

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Crud. I was going to post that. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/334 "2011-01-29T13:46:57Z")

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**Tell me about your unplanned pregnancy.  
I came downstairs to an open (not merely unlocked) door – or, s**t my teens do\*\*

:dubious: OK, still a bit sketchy on the details here… but so far I’m intrigued.

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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:** [January 29, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/335 "2011-01-29T16:14:06Z")

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**Dell needs to do something about its quality control  
my alien abduction experience**

“It came out of the monitor!” Well, it’s your own fault for not updating security settings.

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**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/336 "2011-01-29T17:24:02Z")

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**Death by Spam  
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!**

“Come on!”

“That’s what it says.”

“Look, if he was dying, he wouldn’t bother to write ‘aaargh.’ He’d just say it.”

“That’s what’s written in the thread title.”

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/337 "2011-01-29T17:35:05Z")

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**What do the various Ulster Defence/Freedom/etc groups actually do day-to-day?  
How Long Do Hearses Last?  
Are there a lot of automatic weapons around?**

I assume that’s the kind of stuff they are concerned with, yeah.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/338 "2011-01-29T20:11:13Z")

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**"If you don’t believe in God, why don’t you steal and murder?"  
OK you made your point, fat boy: NOW MOVE THE FUCKING CAR**

I sure hope you complained to that valet’s supervisor.

**Yet another SWAT raid death and no charges filed  
Manhunt for cop shooter turns out to be a hoax**

:eek:

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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:** [January 29, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/339 "2011-01-29T21:12:59Z")

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**I’m getting married!  
100 ways to love a cat**

That’s kind of old-fashioned. You don’t need to get married to get pussy.

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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:** [January 30, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-daily-seeing-more-of-the-light/565934/340 "2011-01-30T00:01:28Z")

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**Does space have a boundary?  
Is there a word for this?**

“Ow! My nose!” Alright, three words.

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