# Sequential threads

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 24, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983 "2012-12-24T05:08:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/1 "2012-12-24T05:08:38Z")

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I haven’t seen a sequential thread thread for a while. This struck me as funny in Comments on Cecil’s Columns/Staff Reports today:

“One in nine Americans over age 12 takes antidepressants”

“I like circus peanuts”

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### Author: ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/2 "2012-12-24T12:55:20Z")

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\*\*Help me save Christmas!  
\*\*  
**Two funerals in my city today**

Well… that didn’t go so well, did it?

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### 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, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/3 "2012-12-25T00:05:59Z")

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\*\*So… [just joined the board]  
Let’s talk about my cock \*\*

Off to a good start.

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### Author: ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2012, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/4 "2012-12-25T09:06:29Z")

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You ain’t been looking, OP - there’s always one on the go, and the previous one was called “Season of mists and mellow sequential threads”, people seemed to find it OK. But that was an autumn-themed title so it’s had its day. Here’s one:

\*\* Semen contamination of computer mice.  
Is this the creepiest photograph in the history of the world?\*\*

No, but it’s a contender…

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### 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, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/5 "2012-12-25T10:19:09Z")

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\*\*Give Me An Example Of Sarcasm  
I like you guys. \*\*

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### Author: ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/6 "2012-12-25T20:19:56Z")

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**Man sets fire to own house, then murders two firefighters.  
Merry Christmas Everyone!**

sigh. Yup. ☹

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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 26, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/7 "2012-12-26T13:58:31Z")

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\*\* Armed school personnel  
God must be a sadist \*\*

Yeah, in my day we just had detention.

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### 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: [December 26, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/8 "2012-12-26T14:57:30Z")

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**Effing “MEEP” and the Effing Aholes who Designed IT!  
For the lava god, you dumb bitch…**

Lava gods have broader interests than I thought.

\*\*  
Who’s going to have a white Christmas?  
Ask the conspiracy theorist\*\*

Everyone will, once the Illuminati have their weather control machines ready and cover the world in ICE!!

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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 26, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/9 "2012-12-26T17:02:41Z")

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\*\* Ask the conspiracy theorist  
Are there any advantages to having a baby face?\*\*

Yes! If you’re cute and have dimples, no one will believe you’re a shape-shifting alien reptile. :eek:

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### Author: ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/10 "2012-12-26T17:41:36Z")

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**Sad news from the North Pole  
We Have Pigeon Eggs**

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### Author: ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/11 "2012-12-26T18:02:11Z")

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In Cafe Society:

**Can anyone tell me who this is?  
Jack Klugman - RIP**

In The Game Room:

\*\*Haiku Madness

Thomas Was Alone…  
total genius! Best game I’ve  
played for a long time\*\*

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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 26, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/12 "2012-12-26T19:56:21Z")

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**Dog Park Etiquette  
Suing a tailgater for endangerment?**

Dogs don’t consider it “tailgating”. 🙂

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### Author: ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/13 "2012-12-27T05:00:52Z")

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\*\*Merry Christmas, I’m So Hungover \*\*

\*\*Happy New Year! (from the US Embassy) \*\*

\*\* D’oh! \*\*  
Somebody slept in.

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### 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: [December 27, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/14 "2012-12-27T07:33:36Z")

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**There must be basic training for sailors, right? What’s in it?  
Water math question**

“Now, listen up, you maggots! You’re in a compartment that measures eight feet from the deck to the overhead; ten feet from the port bulkhead to the starboard bulkhead; and fifteen feet from the aft bulkhead to the forward bulkhead. Water is entering this compartment at a rate of 30 gallons a second…”

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### 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: [December 27, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/15 "2012-12-27T09:08:49Z")

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\*\*Your “I’m a grown-up now” moments  
Santa brought me gallstones for Christmas \*\*

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### Author: ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/16 "2012-12-27T09:51:39Z")

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MEBuckner, those were both awesome, I literally laughed out loud.

**Why is the US Political system the way it is?  
What is psychosis like?**

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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 27, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/17 "2012-12-27T12:51:17Z")

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\*\* Give Me An Example Of Sarcasm  
Hi Everone…!!!\*\*

Dang snarky newbies.

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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 27, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/18 "2012-12-27T16:20:50Z")

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On CNN’s home page:

**Winter storm creating travel nightmare  
What if we go over cliff?**

Don’t worry, I drive this road all the time, doesn’t matter if visibility is zero, I could drive blindfo…OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU…

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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 27, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/19 "2012-12-27T18:52:41Z")

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\*\* Spanish translation–“I really have to go [to the bathroom]”  
German speakers: Um berufen?\*\*

Brits: “Out of my way you stupid git, there’s the W.C.”

\*\* Post Your Local Gun Incident Here  
Where did THAT come from?\*\*

Yes, that’s it exactly.

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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 27, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/20 "2012-12-27T20:49:47Z")

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\*\* What is psychosis like?  
Getting back together with an ex-spouse  
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That could be considered psychotic

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