# 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:** 38

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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:** [June 1, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/741 "2012-06-01T04:52:34Z")

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\*\*Ever been shocked at what some people don’t know?  
Snake Handling Pastor Bitten; Dies-Why?  
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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:** [June 1, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/742 "2012-06-01T05:28:03Z")

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**Everybody makes fun of NJ for being awful. What does NJ have that’s the best you can get anywhere?  
Cultural references you’d find quite handy if only anyone else knew them (with bonus questions!)**

Bonus question 1: OK, forget best. Does NJ have anything that’s good?

Bonus question 2: OK, OK, forget good. Does it have anything half-way decent?

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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:** [June 1, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/743 "2012-06-01T11:54:20Z")

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\*\*Things You Never Thought You’d See  
Infernal bird \*\*

I’ve heard the legends of the Infernal Bird, but I’ve never actually seen it.

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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:** [June 1, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/744 "2012-06-01T11:54:45Z")

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\*\*35 years later, how many Kuntas/Kizzys are there?

I had a few too many last night…

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You can never have too many Kuntas and Kizzies!

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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:** [June 1, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/745 "2012-06-01T11:57:42Z")

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From CNN’s home page:

**Body parts suspect called ‘creepy’  
Cops: Man ate roommate’s brain, heart**

Gee, ya think?

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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:** [June 1, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/746 "2012-06-01T13:13:45Z")

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\*\*Something’s crapping in the basement window  
Looks like it’s time to visit the fertility specialist. \*\*

The sextuplets will be able to help with cleanup in a few years.

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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:** [June 1, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/747 "2012-06-01T13:25:24Z")

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\*\*You’ve GOT to be shitting me!! Names.

Something’s crapping in the basement window

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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:** [June 1, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/748 "2012-06-01T18:17:36Z")

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**Physical descriptions in a post racial world  
John McCain is President… Obama lost… How different does America look right now?**

Older…whiter…bad skin.

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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:** [June 2, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/749 "2012-06-02T00:15:53Z")

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**Would the LSD Face Eater have been deterred if he knew his victim was armed?  
Devices they need to hurry up and produce**

Tired of being menaced by face-eating drug zombies? Get the FEDZ gun! It’s a taser - it’s a firearm - and it tenderizes meat, too! Only $199.95.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/750 "2012-06-02T00:48:17Z")

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Right now:

\*\*Where has Skald run off to?

I think my cat is pregnant.\*\*

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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:** [June 2, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/751 "2012-06-02T03:01:21Z")

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**AB+ blood type  
Heads on sticks. How long do they stay fresh?**

_Comparative freshness of severed heads on sticks stratified by blood type. A case report and review of the literature._ Ann. Cannib. 11(4): 1968 pp.3-27.

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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:** [June 2, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/752 "2012-06-02T22:10:52Z")

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**Why do people throw their arms up in triumph?  
What is the net worth of the Rothschild family?**

“Why does Bobby Rothschild keep doing that silly thing with his arms?”

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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:** [June 3, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/753 "2012-06-03T15:37:39Z")

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**Whats the deal with the number 41?  
Shabbes candles**

“41 Shabbes candles” is the lesser known tribute to 16 candles.

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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:** [June 3, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/754 "2012-06-03T16:16:34Z")

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**Hypothetical Prostitution/Bartering Question  
Did you ever write a letter to your favorite celebrity?**

If you’re going to barter with Charlie Sheen, offering hookers is definitely the way to go.

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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:** [June 3, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/755 "2012-06-03T18:59:15Z")

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\*\* Is a rattlesnake bite always/usually fatal?  
Is there a quick and painless death?\*\*

One out of two, maybe.

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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:** [June 4, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/756 "2012-06-04T07:03:21Z")

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**Luka Rocco Magnotto   
Earth May Have Barely Avoided a Mass Extinction Event In 1883**

There are times when I think it would have been better if we’d _had_ the #%€\*£ Mass Extinction Event.

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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:** [June 5, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/757 "2012-06-05T05:34:49Z")

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**Did you ever do something that made you feel really dumb?  
I think my cat is pregnant…**

:eek:  
**Herman Cain to replace retiring Neal Boortz on radio  
Are the headlines (and stories) getting weirder?**

They probably will.

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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:** [June 5, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/758 "2012-06-05T09:13:11Z")

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**Why are we alive?  
The Georgia Guidestones  
Another Example of Atheists Destroying Christian’s Rights**

“We’re alive because of _GOD!!!_ Not because of some weird-ass monument in the middle of East Bumfuck, Georgia, you heathen!!!”

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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:** [June 5, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/759 "2012-06-05T14:03:21Z")

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**Question about jury duty.  
There is nothing shameful about having a mental illness.**

I know, but if you think the prosecutor is a vampire and hold up a crucifix every time he walks by, the judge is gonna get antsy.

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/760 "2012-06-05T14:57:07Z")

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**Where should my family travel to in your state?  
Basketball hoops at the end of the driveway**

Your state’s a bit on the boring side, is it?

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