# Summertime...and the sequential threads are sleazy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 20, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788 "2012-06-20T21:21:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 20

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 14, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/381 "2012-08-14T17:10:56Z")

</div>

\*\* Poll: What should I do with a captured raccoon?

A platonic date you wish weren’t  
\*\*  
Ooooh, you look so cute with that dark band across your eyes. Like a little thief.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 14, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/382 "2012-08-14T17:30:15Z")

</div>

\*\*Gay Pride Comes to Vietnam!  
Sexy Bikini Romp Nets Fine for Vietnamese Carrier  
\*\*

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 14, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/383 "2012-08-14T21:32:00Z")

</div>

\*\*Pro-lifers: What would you do if you were in charge?  
Screw weed, legalise crack and smack \*\*

As long as they didn’t cause a miscarriage.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 15, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/384 "2012-08-15T03:22:27Z")

</div>

\*\*What do you personally do to get people to like you?  
Useless consumer products \*\*

“Here–I got you a Salad Shooter[sup]TM[/sup]!”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 15, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/385 "2012-08-15T05:51:57Z")

</div>

**What should I do with a captured raccoon?  
What do you think, should I get a pixie cut?**

That would be one heck of a weird looking raccoon.

\*\*  
What about reverse mortgages?  
The nightmare next door\*\*

I take it the answer is “bad idea”.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 15, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/386 "2012-08-15T07:16:18Z")

</div>

**What can I expect for my first Triathlon?  
7 Days - Did it ever get any better?**

That’s a little longer than most people take.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/387 "2012-08-15T13:14:30Z")

</div>

**Daily Mail publishes new Penn State allegations.  
Is Harry Reid a pederast? It seems the burden of proof is on him.**

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 15, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/388 "2012-08-15T13:39:43Z")

</div>

\*\*Habaneros DO have a fruity flavor  
Who’s Hot - and Who’s Not? \*\*

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/389 "2012-08-15T13:44:21Z")

</div>

\*\*You have 1 date to woo your hollywood crush. You go…  
Recommend some Breckenridge hiking trails  
\*\*

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 15, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/390 "2012-08-15T13:56:25Z")

</div>

\*\* An ignorant question about Pearl Harbor  
In a emergency, could a dog be used as a water filter?\*\*

“Tora! Tora! Tora!” “All dogs report for emergency water filter duty, _on the double_!”

Funny, that wasn’t in the movie.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 15, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/391 "2012-08-15T17:34:24Z")

</div>

\*\* How does a birth certificate prove one’s identity  
Can this snake be identified\*\*

No certificate, but check out the birth announcement in the Honolulu Times…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 16, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/392 "2012-08-16T10:22:30Z")

</div>

**Why wont the US resolve issues?  
God**

Partisan gridlock is _divinely ordained_.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 16, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/393 "2012-08-16T12:05:59Z")

</div>

\*\* How to rid down booties of foot odor  
Aren’t embassies inviolate under international law? \*\*

“We’re here to arrest the embassy staff for stinky booties.” “Diplomatic immunity!” **BLAM**

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/394 "2012-08-16T12:14:21Z")

</div>

> [@Jackmannii](#):
>
> \*\* An ignorant question about Pearl Harbor  
> In a emergency, could a dog be used as a water filter?\*\*

Maybe I’m overthinking it but that’s pretty funny.

“In an emergency, could a dog be used as a water filter?”  
“Sure”  
“Well, Pearl Harbor’s just been attacked. Get all the dogs down to the docks right away!”  
“But, we have plenty of wa…”  
“You said we can use them in an emergency, It IS an emergency!”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/395 "2012-08-16T13:42:07Z")

</div>

\*\*What do you want?  
senseless death  
\*\*  
When do you want it?  
FUS ROH DAH!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 16, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/396 "2012-08-16T13:44:45Z")

</div>

> [@Ludovic](#):
>
> \*\*What do you want?  
> senseless death  
> \*\*

Fairy Godmother: And what do you want for your _second_ wish, Mr. **Ludovic**?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/397 "2012-08-16T14:32:19Z")

</div>

\*\*What should I do with a captured raccoon?  
Business trip to Brussels next week  
\*\*  
I don’t know… Do you really want a raccoon representing your company abroad? I’ve heard they don’t pick up on local customs that well.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/398 "2012-08-16T15:59:59Z")

</div>

**I’m Sorry, I can’t hear you. I have a spider in my ear  
Mutant Butterflies from Radiation from Fukushima in Japan  
A damned Disney Movie!**

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [August 16, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/399 "2012-08-16T16:33:52Z")

</div>

\*\*Gun based suicide Temple vs Mouth  
Was Budd Dwyer factually guilty, innocent, or what? \*\*

Whether he was or not, he made his opinion on the gun position clear.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/400 "2012-08-17T00:31:55Z")

</div>

\*\*Do you volunteer your dog? What’s it like?

“Can I pet your dog?” No. \*\*

Not the volunteering type, I take it.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788.md?page=19)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788.md?page=21)
