# Sequential Threads - It's May now warm up. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514 "2011-05-02T21:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/141 "2011-05-20T23:29:39Z")
**How did Oprah become so powerful? Hot dogs** ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/142 "2011-05-21T01:01:20Z")
**If aliens receive digital broadcasts, will they be able to decode them? Funny, you don’t look Bluish . . .** That’s because it’s digital and not analog. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/143 "2011-05-21T06:04:54Z")
**Older people: amuse me with tales of your hardships in pre-tech days that would seem trivial today SSD Drives** Before they started making them with flash memory…well…I don’t want to talk about it. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/144 "2011-05-21T22:13:56Z")
**Am I Reading Too Much into this Rejection Notice? I think the world IS ending!** ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/145 "2011-05-21T22:17:34Z")
**Maria & Arnold calling it quits after 25 years Help me make up a Judgement Day playlist** Come on, their breakup isn’t that bad. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/146 "2011-05-22T17:37:49Z")
\*\*Abortion-clinic picketers. Sometimes we are just jerks. \*\* Sometimes??? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/147 "2011-05-23T02:57:30Z")
\*\*Amazon tribe with no abstract concept of TIME. Help! I’ve been stuck on the ceiling since 6. Should I have been outside for this? \*\* Or as they say in the Amazon, “I’ve been stuck on my hut roof since… huh… after dinner but before nightfall?” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/148 "2011-05-23T05:54:49Z")
**What is the most difficult sport to figure out? Pokemon Black and White Can someone who enjoys sports explain it to me?** ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/149 "2011-05-23T16:59:33Z")
**Admit it, you’re a little disappointed. I have never been delighted** ---
**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:** [May 23, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/150 "2011-05-23T17:51:17Z")
\*\*South Korean Man Crucifies Himself Admit it, you’re a little disappointed. \*\* Well, the Rapture _would_ have been cooler, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/151 "2011-05-23T20:45:10Z")
\*\*why does government get involved in “organic” brand certification? price of cattle \*\* Yup, certified organic cattle are too expensive! ---
**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:** [May 23, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/152 "2011-05-23T22:31:06Z")
**Amazon tribe with no abstract concept of TIME. Those EYES!** They have glimpsed beyond the limited, human concepts of time and space to perceive the mind shattering gulfs beyond!! ---
**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:** [May 24, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/153 "2011-05-24T01:36:59Z")
**I Want to Go Out With a Bang, Not a Whisper She is gone.** It’s wonderful when dreams come true. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/154 "2011-05-24T03:35:02Z")
**Advice on parenting a formerly battered child How painful is a sprained ankle? And what has turned out to be more painful than you expected?** ETA: **We Have Pigeon Eggs I’ve got lizards** :eek: Stay away from each other ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/155 "2011-05-24T13:40:47Z")
\*\* It’s Monday - but what interesting hobby-related things did you do over the weekend? Constant Rearrangement of Furniture\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/156 "2011-05-24T14:20:22Z")
\*\*In praise of Ichiro Suzuki Haiku Madness \*\* Yes, I know he’s from Japan, but isn’t that a bit presumptive? ---
**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:** [May 24, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/157 "2011-05-24T14:37:25Z")
\*\* What is your favorite ginger beer? Beer for a non-beer drinker \*\* Non-alcoholic ginger beer. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/158 "2011-05-24T17:13:06Z")
\*\*I Signed Up For Fencing lessons Me vs. the carpenter bees. The score is 30 to 0. Unfortunate names of real people Honey Bunches of Ridiculous \*\* ---
**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:** [May 24, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/159 "2011-05-24T19:56:24Z")
**Wheelchair zombies Do you think Maria Shriver is attractive?** Serao!? Mllurrba!!! (vrooom) There’s somebody for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514/160 "2011-05-24T20:53:13Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > \*\*I Signed Up For Fencing lessons > Me vs. the carpenter bees. The score is 30 to 0. > \*\* Let’s start another sequential thread. This one’s been won already 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514.md?page=9)