# 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\
**Page:** 29

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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:** [March 12, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/561 "2013-03-12T14:18:40Z")

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Separated by one:

\*\*I think my friend is pregnant, but she’s in denial. How can I be a better friend?

Poll: Do you believe mandatory abortion should be a legally enforceable contractual clause?  
\*\*

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**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/562 "2013-03-12T14:32:30Z")

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**Neat useful tricks that you think most people are not aware of**  
\*\* Grammatical rules for quotation marks.\*\*

Judging by the amount of posts this topic generates, grammar awareness in general seems to be low.

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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:** [March 12, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/563 "2013-03-12T17:11:32Z")

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\*\*Getting Used to Contact Lenses

Looking for socks

\*\*  
Onvce you’re comfortable looking socks, you can work your way up to shoes.

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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:** [March 12, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/564 "2013-03-12T18:05:31Z")

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\*\* Universal Gun Background Checks: How would this work?

To Spank or Not To Spank…  
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“I’m afraid this ID doesn’t march your driver’s licence. You’re going to have to bend over…”

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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:** [March 12, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/565 "2013-03-12T20:40:52Z")

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\*\* Tell me about your colonoscopy  
Is the 15K mile service a rip off?\*\*

It sure was. They skimped on the lube, and spent only two minutes in my sigmoid colon. ☹

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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:** [March 12, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/566 "2013-03-12T23:15:41Z")

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**I hope my neighbors get eaten by wolverines  
No, that’s not hacking**

It’s _chewing_.

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/567 "2013-03-13T09:39:18Z")

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**What would you WANT the #1 cause of deaths for 15 to 24 year olds to be?  
Taking leftover beer home from a party.**

“New study shows acute alcohol poisoning leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds.”

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/568 "2013-03-13T12:13:22Z")

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\*\* Ok, Kim Jong Un, you stupid son of a bitch

Enough already with Dennis Rodman

\*\*

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/569 "2013-03-13T12:38:36Z")

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Separated by five, but worth it:

\*\*Poll: Principal removes army men from 3rd grader’s cupcakes. Right or wrong?

I need lots of little plastic toy soldiers!

\*\*  
Are you a Principal?

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/570 "2013-03-13T12:39:56Z")

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\*\* Is CNN Running Out of Teens?

getting old sucks

\*\*

…especially if it means you can’t be a teen for CNN anymore.

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/571 "2013-03-13T16:11:22Z")

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\*\*So I’ve decided to run for pope  
That one dream you never got to do - and likely never will \*\*

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/572 "2013-03-13T16:13:45Z")

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\*\* How do you deal with living with a maniac?  
Is there a Gunsmith in the house?\*\*

Yeah, that’ll work.\*

\*I’m getting an odd sense of deja vu here.

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**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:** [March 13, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/573 "2013-03-13T18:02:16Z")

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**Bye, Opal  
Probably the best obituary I have ever read!**

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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/574 "2013-03-13T18:50:24Z")

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**I wanna create an anti-social network  
Share your current Facebook status**

I guess you have to start somewhere.

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/575 "2013-03-13T19:51:40Z")

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\*\* Which animals respond to human facial expressions?

Dog Lips

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/576 "2013-03-13T23:15:03Z")

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**That one dream you never got to do - and likely never will  
So I’ve decided to run for pope**

Sadly, you likely never will be pope.

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**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/577 "2013-03-14T01:48:47Z")

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**Is there really such a thing as a “Chillicothe Sandwich”?  
Why does anyone buy that premade?**

Especially if it doesn’t exist

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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:** [March 14, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/578 "2013-03-14T11:39:41Z")

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\*\*What would your papal name be?

Jack Batty: Home Owner  
\*\*

Naaahhhh – it lacks that Papal ring

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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:** [March 14, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/579 "2013-03-14T12:13:31Z")

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\*\* How did David Copperfield reassemble this Honus Wagner card?  
How Much Power Does the Pope Have?\*\*

As his first act, he tried to reassemble an Oliver Perez card, but you can still see the seams. ☹

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**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:** [March 14, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads/644983/580 "2013-03-14T13:14:07Z")

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\*\*Your stupid questions about other countries and cultures  
In modern day America, we all live on the streets and eat coffee made from snow! \*\*

But first, some stupid questions about our own culture.

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