# 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:** 5

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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:** [February 21, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/81 "2012-02-21T15:24:51Z")

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**Most tasteless thing about Whitney’s Funeral?  
The death of the most interesting man in the world?**

“I don’t always get loaded on beer, fall into the punch bowl and drown, but when I do it’s on Dos Equis.”

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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:** [February 21, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/82 "2012-02-21T15:50:29Z")

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\*\*Do People Usually Have Obituaries?  
An observation on having fractured a couple of toes \*\*

Being a little dramatic, aren’t we?

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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:** [February 21, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/83 "2012-02-21T19:58:54Z")

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\*\*Accidental freebies through the post.  
Colonoscopy advice \*\*

Man, you wouldn’t believe what happened to me when I opened the mailbox…

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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:** [February 21, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/84 "2012-02-21T20:17:20Z")

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**In honor of the Simpsons 500th episode…  
Colbert Report abruptly suspends production**

Well that’s nice and all, but seeing as how the Simpsons is on the weekend and the Colbert Report is on weekdays it really wasn’t necessary.

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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:** [February 22, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/85 "2012-02-22T02:17:19Z")

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**Any experience with sofa covers?  
Pushing Too Hard at the Gym?**

You’re doing it wrong!

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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:** [February 22, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/86 "2012-02-22T03:10:36Z")

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**How do you deal with your car in the shop if you live alone  
Help Me Buy A Pistol!**

Carjacking can be fun, but really it’s less stressful to take the bus.

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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:** [February 22, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/87 "2012-02-22T13:30:38Z")

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\*\* What is the most elaborate conspiracy ever actually discovered?  
Mysterious metallic object between flaps on Boeing 757  
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Oh, that’s the chemtrail dispensers.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/88 "2012-02-22T15:34:53Z")

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**Most tasteless thing about Whitney’s Funeral?  
Japanese Internment**

Yeah. Look, I understand that Bobby Brown needed their seats, but locking up all the Japanese guests in the basement? That’s just going too far.

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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:** [February 22, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/89 "2012-02-22T18:14:47Z")

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**A question about Snowball Earth: was there enough water?  
What’s wrong with our water?**

I only asked if there was enough!

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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:** [February 22, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/90 "2012-02-22T19:29:20Z")

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**Really weird, mysteriance occurances  
Why are beds elevated?**

You dummy, “The Exorcist” is just a _movie_.

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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:** [February 23, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/91 "2012-02-23T02:08:29Z")

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\*\*Is there a tactful way to tell someone that they have bad breath?  
Strangers in the office \*\*

“Hi, I don’t work here but someone in one of the neighboring cubicles asked me to tell you that you really, really need to use mouthwash.”

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/92 "2012-02-23T12:46:18Z")

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**How often do you get caught staring where you shouldn’t?  
Most tasteless thing about Whitney’s Funeral?**

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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:** [February 23, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/93 "2012-02-23T12:54:02Z")

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Separated by one right now:  
\*\*Poll: Ladies: skirt pulled up or down when using the toilet?

Potty Privacy!  
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Yeah! They shouldn’t be taking that Poll!

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/94 "2012-02-23T13:04:31Z")

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\*\*Just got a giant ass flat screen. Any must see movies?  
Nude scenes by actresses you don’t expect to go nude \*\*

What? Oh, I’m sorry, I misheard you. I thought you said “I want to see a giant ass on my flat screen”.

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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:** [February 23, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/95 "2012-02-23T13:58:54Z")

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Now they’re after the guys!  
\*\*Potty Privacy!

Poll: Gentlemen: How do you wee?

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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:** [February 23, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/96 "2012-02-23T16:48:10Z")

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**Why is it that the super-rich are given breaks?  
Potty Privacy!**

Yeah! That’s why I’ve joined the “Occupy Warren Buffett’s Toilet” movement.

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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:** [February 24, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/97 "2012-02-24T02:04:08Z")

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**Train commuting in the U.S. and around the world?  
A cow can climb up stairs…**

Great, but they still take up too much space on the subway. Let 'em van-pool.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/98 "2012-02-24T03:33:40Z")

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**What is your greatest fear aside from death?  
Throwing rice at weddings.**

What can I say, I’m a [gamophobe](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gamophobia)\*and \*an [oryzaphobe](http://www.chacha.com/question/what-is-the-name-for-the-fear-of-rice).

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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:** [February 24, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/99 "2012-02-24T13:36:51Z")

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**Our cat is VERY affectionate  
Dopers, I need your relationship advice!**

You must be firm, and tell her you’re not ready to take it to the next level.

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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:** [February 24, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531/100 "2012-02-24T15:13:49Z")

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**Our cat is VERY affectionate  
Tell me about your affair?**

That’s it…I’m calling PETA!

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