# 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:** 40

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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 8, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/781 "2012-06-08T14:50:32Z")

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\*\*My crappy, boring life…

Ask The Guy With Machine Guns

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If he has a Crappy Boring life and he has machjine guns, can I ask him from the next state, over the phone?

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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 8, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/782 "2012-06-08T17:18:43Z")

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\*\*How obvious (or not) is this visual joke?  
Hot Dogs \*\*

Every visual joke I’ve seen involving hot dogs has been pretty damn obvious.

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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 8, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/783 "2012-06-08T17:23:34Z")

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\*\* Need anything looked up on [Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com)?

My crappy, boring life…

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Naaah — not if it’s _boring_

Gettin’ a lot of mileage out of that thread.

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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 8, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/784 "2012-06-08T19:06:20Z")

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\*\*How to make the guilty party confess?  
Feeding a German teenage boy?  
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Dieter won’t eat until you confess to your hideous crime of jaywalking with intent to mope!

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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 8, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/785 "2012-06-08T21:45:37Z")

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\*\*What do you do with your awesome God powers?  
Avenging Your Death \*\*

“If you strike me down now, I will only become more powerful than you can imagine. I will have awesome God powers! And then you are in _big_ trouble!”

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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 9, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/786 "2012-06-09T02:59:55Z")

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**I’ll Have Another: Risk of running Vs certainty of studding  
2012 World Series of Poker**

Whatever his prowess at stud, he’ll make millions selling Horses Playing Poker prints.

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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 9, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/787 "2012-06-09T13:53:35Z")

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**Historic examples of “Fools! I’ll show them all!” or “With Blackjack, and Hookers!”  
Id this politician?**

David Vitter? Barney Frank? Jerry Springer? Eliot Spitzer? C’mon, we need more hints.

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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 9, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/788 "2012-06-09T22:59:40Z")

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\*\* Ear cartilage pain?  
Is Malta a good vacation spot?\*\*

Yes, except word has gotten around, and now Malta is full of people holding their heads funny and saying “Ow!”.

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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 10, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/789 "2012-06-10T02:13:17Z")

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\*\*What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done?  
Fun, Ridiculous Websites \*\*

:dubious: Boy, you’ve led a charmed life, haven’t you?

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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 10, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/790 "2012-06-10T03:11:46Z")

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**Any of you not qualified for your present position?  
Ask The Guy With Machine Guns**

Ah, no, of _course_ you’re qualified. :smack:

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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 10, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/791 "2012-06-10T18:52:58Z")

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\*\*UGA professor arrested for transvestite prostitution  
I pit southern girls  
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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 11, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/792 "2012-06-11T09:34:26Z")

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**My husband worked on something neat!  
Jerry Sandusky’s Jury**

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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 11, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/793 "2012-06-11T11:44:06Z")

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\*\*How would the US government deal with an alien landing?  
Camping and Hiking in Scotland (Advice Needed)  
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Aliens landed on the White House lawn? Screw that, I’m off to the highlands.

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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 11, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/794 "2012-06-11T11:46:40Z")

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\*\*Single Mom needs Shaving Lessons fo 16yo son  
What’s your “doing it” music?  
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Probably “Shave and a haircut”

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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 11, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/795 "2012-06-11T12:07:38Z")

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\*\*The worst marketed movies of all time.

John Carter (of Mars)  
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Only too true…

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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 11, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/796 "2012-06-11T13:54:20Z")

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\*\*UGA professor arrested for transvestite prostitution  
Listen, when you call me at 1:30 AM…  
Is it took much to ask that you take a flattering picture  
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Cause if you don’t, I’ll get arrested!

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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 11, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/797 "2012-06-11T14:34:07Z")

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\*\*Airplane hours  
My cat is a LOLcat! (picture of course)  
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Is it a catcopter?

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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 11, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/798 "2012-06-11T15:15:26Z")

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\*\*Listen, when you call me at 1:30 AM…  
Jack Hanna is still a moron.  
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He was a moron when you called me at 10 PM, now let me sleep!

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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 11, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/799 "2012-06-11T17:49:45Z")

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**How do I prevent these wrong number calls to my home?  
B-52 bombers**

After the fourth wrong number in a row, it would certainly be tempting…

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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 11, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/800 "2012-06-11T21:45:09Z")

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**Poll: Are you better off than your parents?  
Why is there a crawfish living in my basement?**

Alright, you’re **not** better off than your parents.

\*\*Tourists in US: complaining about food  
Where should my family travel to in your state? \*\*

Inner city Cleveland, around 2 a.m. There’ll be lots of nice folks to help you find a well-cooked meal.

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