# 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:** 30

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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 6, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/581 "2012-05-06T03:39:35Z")

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\*\*Have you ever explored an abandoned place?  
I need a simple glyph to bind evil \*\*

So…I guess that particular abandoned place should have been left unexplored then.

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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:** [May 7, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/582 "2012-05-07T07:50:33Z")

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**A nerd walks into a bar.  
I don’t drink**

Anybody mention your name, Poindexter?

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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:** [May 7, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/583 "2012-05-07T12:46:17Z")

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**Let’s play “Spot the Sociopath”  
Do fast food workers hate "special orders?"**

“I’ll be on break while I prepare this “special order”. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!”

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**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/584 "2012-05-07T15:41:33Z")

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A three-fer:

\*\*What is the adhesive on Scotch tape made out of?  
Animals that like us \*\*  
That’s not a very nice thing to do to our friends!

\*\*Somebody show me something that will make me laugh  
Murdered friends, relatives and co-workers \*\*  
You are one sick son of a bitch!

**Let’s play “Spot the Sociopath”  
I am Swiss. I have always been Swiss, and will always be Swiss.**  
That was too easy!

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/585 "2012-05-07T19:47:05Z")

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**The best part of the fact that The Avengers is about to make a gazillion dollars is . . .  
I hate 3d movies**

Make up your mind!

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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:** [May 8, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/586 "2012-05-08T04:07:19Z")

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**Canadian currency has naked ladies on it!  
What not to tell the RCMP**

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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:** [May 8, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/587 "2012-05-08T08:53:28Z")

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**Let Me Show You(How Your P**_y Works) by Brian McKnight  
Biggest possible opening weekend?_\*

Actually it’s the biggest possible opening any day of the week.

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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:** [May 8, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/588 "2012-05-08T12:21:25Z")

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\*\*What are the implications of the US natural gas boom?  
France’s Hollande ET disclosure - the only way to avert nuclear and planetary cataclysm? \*\*

It’s not _that_ kind of “boom”.  
\*\*Ask a young woman whose husband recently died  
Share your offensive jokes. \*\*

…Oh, _this_ will turn out well.

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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:** [May 8, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/589 "2012-05-08T19:49:16Z")

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**Where do you get your online news?  
Free association**  
Yup, I just type in whatever words come to my mind into Google and click “I’m feeling lucky”.

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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:** [May 8, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/590 "2012-05-08T21:37:25Z")

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**Animals that like us  
Composing music in dreams?**

Yeah, when my sleeping Labrador’s paws twitch, she’s actually conducting her “Concerto in A minor for Dogs and Small Furry Prey”.

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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:** [May 9, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/591 "2012-05-09T04:52:20Z")

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**Damnit, she’s only 18 months old, she’s gonna touch that hot plate no matter what you say!  
Stupid HURTS. (Photographic proof.)**

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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 9, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/592 "2012-05-09T08:27:33Z")

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\*\*Have you ever really KNOWN a crackhead?  
Do you follow what he says or his actions. \*\*

I’d recommend neither, actually.

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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:** [May 10, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/593 "2012-05-10T12:09:11Z")

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**Job seekers, what turns you off immediately?  
Permanent move to St. Helena (UK)**

“Want to get away from it all? Take this unique opportunity!”

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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:** [May 10, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/594 "2012-05-10T13:01:39Z")

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\*\*Dumber than…As nervous as…what _rural_ similes amuse you?  
Driving the Redwood Highway  
\*\*  
That’s more of a metaphor, but it’s still up there.

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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:** [May 10, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/595 "2012-05-10T13:12:30Z")

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**Your private, off the wall theories  
Why do people join fringe groups?  
Have You Ever Posted Something You Regret Posting?**

Well, my “Aspartame Causes Extreme Body Hair Growth And It’s Obama And The Lizard People’s Fault” thread went nowhere. ☹

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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:** [May 10, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/596 "2012-05-10T14:21:00Z")

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**What’s your fetish/ What turns you on?  
Job Seekers, what turns you off immediately?**

It’s a turn-off when the interviewer asks if he can fondle my shoes.

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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:** [May 10, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/597 "2012-05-10T15:00:14Z")

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\*\* Poll: Worst band of the Seventies?  
Cooking with Poo \*\*

Great Band Name

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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:** [May 10, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/598 "2012-05-10T17:02:21Z")

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\*\*What are your most silly and pointless small pleasures?  
I love my wife. \*\*

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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:** [May 10, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/599 "2012-05-10T18:33:39Z")

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Sequential [abcnews.com](http://abcnews.com) headlines:

**Romney Sorry for High School Pranks  
18 Headless Bodies in Mexico Tourist Area**

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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:** [May 10, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/600 "2012-05-10T19:03:23Z")

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\*\*Do you know a transsexual/transgender person?  
Do you follow what he says or his actions. \*\*

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