# Sequential threads - You'll shoot your eye out, kid. **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 17
**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:** [December 24, 2010, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/321 "2010-12-24T09:11:27Z")
\*\*What’s your childhood best friend doing now? Ape domestication \*\* ---
**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:** [December 24, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/322 "2010-12-24T20:28:25Z")
**"This Stops NOW!" Sick of takeaway food** Well, you know, you could try cooking at home. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/323 "2010-12-24T20:30:42Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > \*\*Should I send this email to my boss? > “This stops NOW!” \*\* > > Dooooo eeeeeet! What’s the worst that can happen? 😃 We’ve got to find a way to get “merry xmas, your house is in foreclosure…” on the end of those. ---
**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 24, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/324 "2010-12-24T21:01:08Z")
**Merry Christmas everybody! Bricks and mortar in trouble?** Christmas is when Santa breaks everyone’s chimney. **Native American Tribes and Canadians Gay men and leather pants** They did wear leather. They must have all been gay. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/325 "2010-12-24T21:42:25Z")
**Why Are Big Cities in America So Liberal Are American workers just too downright lazy?** Yes, that’s one of the reasons. 😃 ---
**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 24, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/326 "2010-12-24T22:39:47Z")
**British, American different turns of phrase merry xmas, your house is in foreclosure…** Scrooge was British and blunt. In America we would say over the river and through the woods, to grandmothers house you go. ---
**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 24, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/327 "2010-12-24T23:29:33Z")
This is one I wish would happen. **Choose between amazing hand-eye coordination and ungodly vocal control I burned my hand and (I think) broke my toe within 30 minutes** You have bad hand-eye coordination, so I assume your screams are like a banshee. How more ungodly can they be than a banshee scream. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/328 "2010-12-25T04:08:10Z")
\*\*Any good Nazis? NFL MVP: Vick or Brady (or other)? \*\* Let’s keep politics out of sport! ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/329 "2010-12-25T05:40:17Z")
**2010 Secret Santa Exchange I love my wood stove insert!** That’s one Doper at least satisfied with the 2010 SSE … \*\*merry xmas, your house is in foreclosure… Happy Festivus: The Airing of Grievances \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/330 "2010-12-25T06:46:39Z")
\*\* I’m giving my son a rock for Christmas. This is easily my worst Christmas ever\*\* It’s your son I feel sorry for, to be honest ---
**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 25, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/331 "2010-12-25T07:04:49Z")
**Post about your normal healthy spousal relationship here. Can you sell somebody else’s soul to the devil?** I tried to sell Mrs. J.'s soul to the devil, but found I could get more for it on Ebay. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/332 "2010-12-25T16:52:16Z")
\*\*The Future of Money Hyperinflation \*\* :eek: Hope not! ---
**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 25, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/333 "2010-12-25T17:27:52Z")
**What did Santa bring you this year? Mens cologne China Wants Aircraft Carriers-How Long To Develop Naval Air Arm?** China can have a BIG bottle of cologne, but aircraft carriers won’t fit in your stocking. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/334 "2010-12-26T01:37:03Z")
**Have you ever edited Wikipedia? Let’s take Christ out of Christmas** ---
**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:** [December 26, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/335 "2010-12-26T16:34:47Z")
\*\*I’m giving my son a rock for Christmas. What did Santa bring you this year? \*\* ---
**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 26, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/336 "2010-12-26T17:26:43Z")
**WALMART Stuff That Pleasantly Surprised You good quality .22 semi automatic pistol** For an impulse purchase at check-out, not bad at all. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/337 "2010-12-26T23:29:39Z")
**The most overrated restaurant in your city SPAM® conquers the world!** It’s actually not bad. It’s just not worth the two-hour wait to get in. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/338 "2010-12-26T23:43:55Z")
**Life Inquiry from a Skeptic How do you prefer to die?** ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/339 "2010-12-27T00:59:40Z")
**What the fuck is wrong with Mexico? Why were the Japanese so cruel in World War II? What’s the Point of the Royals in Britain?** Yeah! Take that other countries!!! ---
**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 27, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/340 "2010-12-27T01:20:03Z")
**Why are bars so loud? Mental Illness/Violence question** And here I was going to blame karaoke. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276.md?page=18)