# Springing the new Sequential Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531 "2012-02-11T17:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 11, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/1 "2012-02-11T17:40:58Z")
OK, it’s still Winter for another month, but the Holly Jolly Sequential Thread has gone on longer than most people keep up their Christmas lights, so I’m springing a new thread for a new season. **Ask the person who lives in a tiny country Ask the person from an even smaller country. It’s a small town I live in, and sometimes things make no sense…** ---
**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:** [February 11, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/2 "2012-02-11T17:44:46Z")
**Large Animals In Alaska You Could Survive Inside Of! Traveling for pleasure: How big a part of it is to try food?** It’s a hotel! It’s a buffet! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/3 "2012-02-11T17:56:44Z")
\*\*Are you weird? Ask the Psychiatrist\*\* Duh! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/4 "2012-02-11T18:01:47Z")
And you missed one there. We now have: \*\*Think You’re Important? Here Is Scale Of The Universe! Ask the person who lives in a tiny country:rolleyes: Ask the person from an even smaller country.:rolleyes: It’s a small town I live in, and sometimes things make no sense… :(\*\* [Smileys inserted] ---
**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:** [February 11, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/5 "2012-02-11T18:06:37Z")
**Ebay Question re: Buy It Now Airlines not taking cash** You have won the bidding on Item #948576254759, INFLIGHT BLANKET RENTAL. PayPal only. $100 deposit required within five minutes. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/6 "2012-02-12T17:23:26Z")
**What killed Whitney Houston? The Anxiety is Killing Me!** ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/7 "2012-02-12T18:11:44Z")
**What Was the Most You Ate in One Sitting? Valentine’s Day dinner** I ate my girlfriend! :eek: ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/8 "2012-02-12T18:28:13Z")
**What brings a smile to your pointless existence? An Announcement** It doesn’t matter what. It just makes me feel good that someone takes the time to let me know something. [Eeyore] Thank you for noticing me. [/Eeyore] ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/9 "2012-02-12T19:25:37Z")
[b When _this_ celebrity dies, _that_ song will be played endlessly Whitney Houston Dies \*\* And IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Will Always Love YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ] ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/10 "2012-02-12T21:16:28Z")
**Where has Skald run off to? Meeting in Houston?** Maybe he’s under the couch! ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/11 "2012-02-12T21:32:47Z")
**Cutesy mispronunciations from your own childhood Words that just sound funny.** ---
**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:** [February 13, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/12 "2012-02-13T15:13:55Z")
Thanks, **Johnny**. The Christmas themed thread is getting on my nerves every time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/13 "2012-02-13T15:53:26Z")
\*\* Need a stargazer’s help Where has Skald run off to? \*\* I always knew he was out there. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 13, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/14 "2012-02-13T19:40:36Z")
**The worst practical joke/stunt you’ve pulled. Wearing a heart monitor** Hey, it got me into Studio 54. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/15 "2012-02-13T19:44:12Z")
\*\* Worst Cooks in America Whitney Houston Dies\*\* So who else ordered the pufferfish? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/16 "2012-02-14T02:30:08Z")
**Wearing a heart monitor Personalized power cut** Yeah… You might want a back-up power supply. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/17 "2012-02-14T13:25:30Z")
\*\*Ask the person who lives in a tiny country Personalized power cut \*\* They give you very specific attention in those small countries \*\*I have discovered the secret to canine bliss… Wearing a heart monitor \*\* ---
**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:** [February 14, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/18 "2012-02-14T13:31:29Z")
**I just blew that, right . . . (dating whiff, probably boring) Girls are like apples on trees.** Get right back out there…a windfall is waiting for you. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/19 "2012-02-14T14:39:57Z")
\*\* What would happen if you put a platypus and a cat in a room together? Psychological basis for furries \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/20 "2012-02-14T22:22:50Z")
**I have discovered the secret to canine bliss… We’re getting a St. Bernard!** _Some_ people like other kinds of dogs, you know. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531.md?page=2)