# Sequential threads -  You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 19, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276 "2010-11-19T23:25:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [December 22, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/301 "2010-12-22T03:22:23Z")

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**Poll: Colognes for men  
Ghost raising rituals**

Some colognes stink enough to raise the dead, that’s for sure.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/302 "2010-12-22T03:56:07Z")

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**so I have a broken ankle  
Boston Dopefest**

Guess you’ll miss it!

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**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:** [December 22, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/303 "2010-12-22T04:04:07Z")

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**You are present to witness the downfall of civilization. What’s your witty one-liner?  
Well I Finally Got Scammed Errrrrrr**  
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I have goblins in my pants, please Straight Dope, tell me a factual answer to getting rid of them.  
Snarky responses to well-meaning Thread Titles\*\*

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/304 "2010-12-22T07:16:12Z")

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**I got a letter from my ex-girlfriend…from prison!  
What should I do about this?**

Well I don’t know, why don’t you start a thread about it?

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**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:** [December 22, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/305 "2010-12-22T12:33:22Z")

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**Should I get me a Scooba floor washing robot?  
Straight Males and Homosexual Experimentation**

Something new for them to see in Emergency.

**I’m giving away my cat and having second thoughts  
Chinese Spam**

Chinese Spam may be made of cats instead of pig snouts, but I would just give the cat away.

**Seen on a sign  
My lousy birthday**

This is not the way to change that either.

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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:** [December 22, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/306 "2010-12-22T12:51:59Z")

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\*\*Post about your normal healthy spousal relationship here.

Why don’t people do crazy things? \*\*

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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:** [December 22, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/307 "2010-12-22T13:32:58Z")

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**What is your Christmas present to yourself?  
Living in a motel for a week. What to bring for food.**

I suggest some cold mac & cheese. You’ve obviously been a _very_ bad boy.

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**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/308 "2010-12-22T15:00:40Z")

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\*\*Any good Nazis?  
Can I bake a cake in a toaster oven? \*\*

It wasn’t cakes that Nazis are known for baking in ovens …

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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:** [December 22, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/309 "2010-12-22T16:40:54Z")

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\*\*What is your Christmas present to yourself?  
Straight Males and Homosexual Experimentation  
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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:** [December 22, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/310 "2010-12-22T18:27:36Z")

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\*\* Poll: Would you buy a book in the “For Dummies” series?  
How many times have you been to the emergency room?\*\*

I’m guessing that “Performing Your Own Abdominal Surgery For Dummies” didn’t work out too well.

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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:** [December 22, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/311 "2010-12-22T20:24:55Z")

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**Kid problem – wanna hear it?  
I am worried about my son’s sexual orientation - need advice**

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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:** [December 22, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/312 "2010-12-22T22:42:29Z")

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**Bad advice from dopers  
“Fun Facts” you made up**

If you text during the movie you’ll go blind. It’s a fact.

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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:** [December 23, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/313 "2010-12-23T00:08:57Z")

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**Results of violating linguistic formality  
Any good Nazis?**

The only good grammar Nazi is a dead grammar Nazi, or at least one that’s been whopped with a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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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:** [December 23, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/314 "2010-12-23T17:25:27Z")

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\*\* Why Are Big Cities in America So Liberal  
Zionism \*\*

Yes, blame the Jewish people for everything!

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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:** [December 23, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/315 "2010-12-23T21:17:14Z")

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**Anyone here work at Hermes or Louis Vuitton?  
What dog breed do you recommend?**

Labradors. Their pelt makes a lovely water-resistant suitcase fabric, in black, cream or chocolate.

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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:** [December 23, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/316 "2010-12-23T21:28:08Z")

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**"Fun Facts" you made up  
My boyfriend just broke up with me and I’m heartbroken**

That doesn’t sound fun at all.

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/317 "2010-12-23T21:43:36Z")

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**It’s 2045, and you are going to a 2010 retro party. What to wear, bring, do?  
left wing oriented falsehoods**

That’s going to be kind of hard to depict, innit?

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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:** [December 24, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/318 "2010-12-24T01:02:48Z")

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**Should I send this email to my boss?  
Ape domestication**

“Dear Boss: We would like to take you shopping for a nice suit so your jacket sleeves aren’t always dragging the ground.”

Nuh-uh, I don’t think so.

> [@descamisado](#):
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> **It’s 2045, and you are going to a 2010 retro party. What to wear, bring, do?  
> left wing oriented falsehoods**
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> That’s going to be kind of hard to depict, innit?

You could go wearing a George Bush mask, chewing gum and stumbling and falling down a lot, but that’d get tiresome after awhile.

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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:** [December 24, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/319 "2010-12-24T05:46:49Z")

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**Planning a Disney vacation  
Author of pedophile book arrested**

Aw, I’m sure he was really looking forward to it.

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/320 "2010-12-24T08:41:43Z")

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\*\*Should I send this email to my boss?  
“This stops NOW!” \*\*

Dooooo eeeeeet! What’s the worst that can happen? 😃

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