# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/141 "2010-12-04T22:49:51Z")
I thought a doctor posting about being convinced to quit smoking was funny enough, but **Convince me to stop smoking!** Doctor \*\*I quit smoking 15 hours ago! I feel weird. Can’t focus. 😮 \*\* That’s not very convincing… ---
**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 5, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/142 "2010-12-05T03:27:15Z")
**What would you order from this menu? Spaghetti sandwiches** ---
**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 5, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/143 "2010-12-05T05:11:09Z")
**Can I go to a formal event without pantyhose? need answer fast 😉 Suggest a source for FUNCTIONAL fully fashioned stockings and garter belts?** Wow, those Promise Keepers meetings are getting to be pretty wild affairs. ---
**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 5, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/144 "2010-12-05T15:17:10Z")
**Ever put action figures in the Nativity scene? I suck at job interviews** Some questions are plain stupid in interviews. Say yes and move on. **Dotted-i costs two lives Spanish to Lose a Couple of Letters** The language butchers the tourists, but the tourists get justice. **Vulcan Pick Up Lines Crimes you have witnessed** ---
**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 5, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/145 "2010-12-05T16:19:52Z")
\*\*I hate Conservatives. Why does my smoke alarm keep going off? \*\* Something to do with the steam coming out of your ears? ---
**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 5, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/146 "2010-12-05T21:22:29Z")
**Poll: Could you have a satisfying sex life with a partner who would only do oral & manual? Poll: Was sex anywhere near McCain’s mind in selecting Palin as VP, in your view?** I think you’re misinterpreting the phrase “joint appearance”. \*\* I quit drinking 15 days ago. Am I over the worst of it? My dad called me drunk again. \*\* Maybe 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 5, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/147 "2010-12-05T21:29:21Z")
**What should I do while in Japan? Prepare for your next flight!** Few people realize this, but you can have a terrific vacation and never leave the airport. Food, shopping, comfy seats - what more do you want? ---
**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 5, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/148 "2010-12-05T21:38:58Z")
**Two firms fight for Hooters LAP-ing is not allowed.** **Obama=Hitler Guy: The Saga Continues! He responded to my response Does your paper report this from time to time (punching a stranger with no apparent motive)?** ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/149 "2010-12-06T04:48:54Z")
**So… have you killed anybody? RIP pkbites…** It wasn’t me I SWEAR! ---
**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 6, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/150 "2010-12-06T05:22:53Z")
From the New Posts list:\*\* 7th annual plea to stop smoking Poll: So… have you killed anybody?\*\* Yeah - MORE PEOPLE THAN HITLER!!!1!1!111!! ---
**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 6, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/151 "2010-12-06T06:37:41Z")
**Amazing Race 12/05 Live Goose To Oven (Amount of Time)** I’m thinking it takes several hours at least. The cook is faster, the goose has the incentive to stay ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/152 "2010-12-06T10:26:48Z")
**Definitely mundane, but possibly not pointless observation about using a foreign language Skipping Letters When Writing…** Don’t. OK, I guess that was less of an observation and more of a warning. ---
**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 6, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/153 "2010-12-06T18:05:20Z")
\*\*My co-worker doesn’t believe I’m American The Internet thinks I am a Jewish woman My 15-year old probably has Asperger’s & his school thinks he’s a stoner \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/154 "2010-12-06T18:18:18Z")
\*\*Would you stay with your spouse/partner if s/he unexpectedly changed sex? How would you illustrate the word “Indifferent?” \*\* I’d draw a picture of a spouse in bed with a partner who’s just unexpectedly changed sex. ---
**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 6, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/155 "2010-12-06T18:25:53Z")
\*\*I can’t have a dog! My girlfriend is secretly trying to turn me into a cat-lover. \*\* ---
**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 6, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/156 "2010-12-06T19:11:24Z")
**How would you illustrate the word “Indifferent?” Cats and bathrooms** Well, cats, sure, I get that, but what difference does it make where they are? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/157 "2010-12-06T21:13:51Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/158 "2010-12-07T03:04:27Z")
\*\* U.S. Doper needs Vegemite, help! What disgusts other people but not you? \*\* ---
**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 7, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/159 "2010-12-07T03:08:13Z")
**So… have you killed anybody? [Blank] is Dead** ---
**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 7, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276/160 "2010-12-07T09:21:36Z")
\*\*What disgusts other people but not you? Mens cologne \*\* Bad smell + bad punctuation makes for a two time loser. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276.md?page=9)