# Sequential Threads: Episode MCXXXLVII

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510 "2008-07-07T02:00:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/1 "2008-07-07T02:00:10Z")

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\*Commercials that make you want to hurl…?  
Not another One of “Those” Threads  
\*

I agree, too many threads about things going into or coming out of the body.

SSG Schwartz

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/2 "2008-07-07T02:32:45Z")

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**Commercials that make you want to hurl…?  
Really Horrible Experimental Flavors**

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**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/3 "2008-07-07T02:33:17Z")

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\*\*Covered in blackberries, I need recipes.

Why do obese women all dress the same?\*\*

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**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/4 "2008-07-07T03:00:39Z")

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From IMHO:  
\*\*How would you react to this wedding invitation?  
Good God, I hurt  
\*\*  
Maybe suggest the wedding be postponed?

SSG Schwartz

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/5 "2008-07-07T03:42:58Z")

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IMHO:

Child visitation advice needed: should you force kids to visit if they don’t want to?

So what exactly is “Game”, and why do you need it to ‘pick up’ a girl?

(also, side note: What is the number in the thread title and what is its significance? It doesn’t seem to conform to how Roman numerals are conventionally written, at least the XXXL part.)

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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:** [July 7, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/6 "2008-07-07T11:38:03Z")

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Separated by one, but worth it:

\*\*What the hell hit this plane?

Good God, I hurt

\*\*

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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:** [July 7, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/7 "2008-07-07T11:41:04Z")

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\*\*I resent it when strip clubs hire fat-ass bouncers.

Why do obese women all dress the same?  
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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:** [July 7, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/8 "2008-07-07T12:02:16Z")

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In **Comments on Cecil’s Columns** :

\*\*Does the President have food tasters?

Cannibalism  
\*\*

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**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/9 "2008-07-07T12:06:28Z")

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Ok, I know it’s not a sequential thread, but it was on the front SDMB page sitting there in the pit and it was irresistable so here it is:

**No I can’t use chopsticks  
by Left Hand of Dorkness - Today 06:59 AM**

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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:** [July 7, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/10 "2008-07-07T12:29:02Z")

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\*\* I am getting Divorced  
Dipping my toes in the water \*\*

I guess you are back in the Dating Pool.

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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:** [July 7, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/11 "2008-07-07T14:09:48Z")

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Separated by one:

\*\* Photos Capture Mass Migration of Golden Rays

Dipping my toes in the water

\*\*

Watch out for the rays. They have stingers.

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**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/12 "2008-07-07T16:59:30Z")

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\*\* My mailbox has been trashed…what now?

How does socialized medicine work in your country?

How does one prove their citizenship? \*\*

Sometimes you just feel like giving up…

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/13 "2008-07-07T18:06:22Z")

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**What are your hurricane experiences?**

**Thunderstorm!**

Well, yeah, naturally…

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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:** [July 7, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/14 "2008-07-07T20:03:35Z")

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\*\*Family booted from Southwest flight  
What the hell hit this plane? \*\*

Or a minute later, the other way round:

**What the hell hit this plane?  
Family booted from Southwest flight**

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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:** [July 8, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/15 "2008-07-08T12:24:51Z")

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\*\* A brown and white cat?  
How miserable would my cat be?  
Cocoa bean mulch and gnats, sweat bees

What celebrities have turned up in your dreams?  
Whoops - I thought she was on the menu

\*\*

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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:** [July 8, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/16 "2008-07-08T14:28:18Z")

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New Posts:

\*\* Blinded by the Light  
24 or 6 to 4 \*\*

Got a rock theme going on here

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/17 "2008-07-08T17:59:25Z")

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**What do you do with sweet cherries?  
Really Horrible Experimental Flavors**

Honest to god, I hate cherries.

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**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/18 "2008-07-08T20:46:50Z")

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**IMHO**

Lost Cat in NYC, what can I do?

Help the Obamas pick a dog!

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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:** [July 9, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/19 "2008-07-09T12:36:23Z")

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\*\*White people suck

Comcast can suck it

\*\*

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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:** [July 9, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-episode-mcxxxlvii/455510/20 "2008-07-09T14:55:20Z")

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\*\*Vomiting Trick  
What might happen to me if I drank…  
\*\*

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