# Springing the new Sequential Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531>\
**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:** 27

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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:** [April 28, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/521 "2012-04-28T15:48:15Z")

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**What “used to” power the sun?  
Motor bike tyres**

Your theories intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

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**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/522 "2012-04-28T19:06:52Z")

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What’s better than cat photos?  
Cat with lymphoma.

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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:** [April 28, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/523 "2012-04-28T19:57:26Z")

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\*\* Which performer’s physical appearance didn’t match your mental image the most?  
The Lingering Death Called Lindsay Lohan  
That show’s still on the air? \*\*

That show lingers.

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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:** [April 29, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/524 "2012-04-29T12:00:24Z")

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From CNN’s front page:

**Rape in Haiti: ‘Babies are not spared’  
Rap as French campaign theme?**

I didn’t know Dominique Strauss-Kahn was runn…oh, you said “Rap”.

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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:** [April 29, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/525 "2012-04-29T21:25:40Z")

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**What is the creepiest thing to have ever happened to you?  
Does a man subject himself to significant legal risk for rescuing a child in distress?**

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/526 "2012-04-29T21:53:22Z")

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**Do you know who Freddie Mercury is/was?  
NFL Draft 2012**

I didn’t know he still alive and playing football!

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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:** [April 30, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/527 "2012-04-30T00:32:08Z")

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**Poll: Ladies: Do you ever keep your cell phone in your bosom?  
Horrible Recurring Adult Nightmares**

"Lady, your breasts are playing “Quando, Quando, Quando.”

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**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:** [April 30, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/528 "2012-04-30T03:20:27Z")

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\*\*Parents who forget what it’s like to be a teenager

Horrible Recurring Adult Nightmares \*\*

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/529 "2012-04-30T09:14:46Z")

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\*\*The Last Time You Farted…  
I’m pretty sure no one else does this kind of thing \*\*

Yeah. I mean, I never fart.

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**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:** [April 30, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/530 "2012-04-30T09:34:26Z")

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\*\*What is the creepiest thing to have ever happened to you?  
D Is Fixing “Wiener Schnitzel” For Dinner!!!  
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Only if you recently lost your long, short dog.

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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:** [April 30, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/531 "2012-04-30T11:54:22Z")

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\*\*What are you looking at?

Why do some people get naked on PCP

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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:** [April 30, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/532 "2012-04-30T13:18:13Z")

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\*\*The Last Time You Farted…

1123 AD: The daring attempt to rescue the king of Jerusalem from the fortress of Khartpert

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Almst nine centuries is a little long to hold it in.

\*\*Skeletons in the closet – a scandalous MMP

Ask the (hopefully soon-to-be-former) Hoarder/Clutterer  
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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:** [April 30, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/533 "2012-04-30T13:34:43Z")

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\*\* If USA is a secular country, how come “in God we trust” is written on its money?

Who is the Messiah?

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George Washington?

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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:** [April 30, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/534 "2012-04-30T19:11:31Z")

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\*\* How do you turn off your brain before going to bed?  
Having a colonoscopy\*\*

:eek:

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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:** [April 30, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/535 "2012-04-30T20:51:55Z")

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**It’s 4:00pm and nobody’s said “Happy Birthday” yet. . .  
Drinking alone**

Well Happy Birthday, Mr. Popular!

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/536 "2012-04-30T21:04:49Z")

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**The “gay fix” is out  
Should parents tolerate children watching porn?**

Sure, if it’ll prevent their kids from turning out gay.

Why’s everybody giving me the evil eye?

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**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:** [May 1, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/537 "2012-05-01T01:54:04Z")

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**Can someone explain Furry Fandom to me?  
Things Normal People Do That You Never Do**

Has anyone ever explained the meaning of “normal” to you?

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**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:** [May 1, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/538 "2012-05-01T05:22:36Z")

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\*\* What unusual thing do you consider “art”?  
Having a colonoscopy\*\*

Who can forget Kirk Johnson’s big opening?

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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:** [May 1, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/539 "2012-05-01T07:17:17Z")

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\*\*What unusual thing do you consider “art”?  
Drinking alone \*\*

“In a daring new addition to his _oevre_ he moves beyond his previous ‘bourbon followed by cheap malt liquor’ forms to an explosive new mixture of Pabst Blue Ribbon, red wine, expensive cognac, and cheap gin, defying the ‘Liquor before beer, you’re in the clear’ adage as well as transcending both the ‘clear spirits/dark spirits’ and ‘upscale/rotgut’ categories.”

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**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:** [May 1, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/540 "2012-05-01T07:57:40Z")

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\*\*Need a name a barbershop quartet  
The Last Time You Farted… \*\*

… three toots and rip? … the Flatulents? … Methane Melody Makers?

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