# 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\
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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:** [August 30, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/481 "2012-08-30T19:07:55Z")

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\*\* Organizing a memorial service. Help?  
A used car salesman?\*\*

“I’ll discount Uncle Bob’s funeral 20% and throw in your next month’s rent, if you’re ready to bury NOW. Say, ever think about rustproofing the coffin? Lifetime guarantee!!”

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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:** [August 30, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/482 "2012-08-30T22:27:20Z")

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**I say “Christianity” What’s the first thing you think of?  
A used car salesman?**

“And here we have a like-new Messiah, fresh from being refurbished! Took only three days in the shop.”

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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:** [August 30, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/483 "2012-08-30T22:50:09Z")

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**I say “Christianity” What’s the first thing you think of?  
School projects, Stepford children, and coping with feelings of inadequacy**

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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:** [August 31, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/484 "2012-08-31T12:08:55Z")

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\*\* Suppose the Catholic Church made amends for the scandals. What would you like see them do?  
A used car salesman? \*\*

It has a certain appeal…nah, too perverse.

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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:** [August 31, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/485 "2012-08-31T21:02:03Z")

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**I say “Christianity” What’s the first thing you think of?  
Are day traders parasitse?**

And lo! Jesus threw the day traders out of the temple. Then He had lunch with a bond salesman.

\*\* I say “Islam” What’s the first thing you think of?  
Tell me about your robot vacuum! \*\*

It only travels towards Mecca. ☹

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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:** [September 1, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/486 "2012-09-01T08:11:14Z")

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**Are tattoos way overplayed by now?  
Tell me about your hysterectomy**

OK, now the body modification craze is just going too far.

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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:** [September 1, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/487 "2012-09-01T12:43:37Z")

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**I say “Christianity” What’s the first thing you think of?  
Crazy screaming lady**

Oh, you’ve met my neighbor?

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/488 "2012-09-02T00:02:51Z")

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\*\* Just who is getting shot/killed?

Young inner-city males and work\*\*

Well, that’s a little racist, innit?

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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:** [September 2, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/489 "2012-09-02T15:24:22Z")

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\*\*Stuff that took you too long to realize  
Apparently, I work part-time. \*\*

I could have saved myself all that showing up at nine and hanging around until five every goddamned day.

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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:** [September 2, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/490 "2012-09-02T17:01:55Z")

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> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> **Are tattoos way overplayed by now?  
> Tell me about your hysterectomy**
> 
> OK, now the body modification craze is just going too far.

Once again, the Dope is superseded by [the real world](http://www.kentuckymalpracticeinjury.com/2010/09/doctor-faces-malpractice-suit-after-branding-name-into-uterus.shtml).

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**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:** [September 2, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/491 "2012-09-02T17:07:02Z")

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\*\*I’m getting exiled to Pliocene Europe, and I’m bringing…  
Romney Sons, Weird? \*\*

Yes, that’s a very odd choice.

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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:** [September 2, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/492 "2012-09-02T17:59:50Z")

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\*\* I’m getting exiled to Pliocene Europe, and I’m bringing…  
Movie Quote Free Association\*\*

“Hey, in exchange for some of that mastodon meat, would you like to hear my favorite quotes from _Chinatown_?”

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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:** [September 3, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/493 "2012-09-03T01:57:30Z")

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\*\* a question for lesbians - Something I’ve never understood…  
I think my apartment is causing nosebleeds, what do I do\*\*

😕

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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:** [September 3, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/494 "2012-09-03T05:35:54Z")

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**What Do Cats Do That Annoys You?  
Existential Cat Wins Award**

…and then Fluffy started quoting Heidegger. Totally ruined the mood, especially since she was on the litter box at the time. We never mentioned that last part to the judging committee.

> [@GESancMan](#):
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> **Questions about Muslim funeral. Need answers fast  
> Why kill the bear?**
> 
> Christ, what goes on at these things?!

I don’t think Christ is the right one to ask…

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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:** [September 4, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/495 "2012-09-04T04:34:30Z")

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**So, how’s your baby?  
Ask the guy using Dragon speech recognition to write his posts**

“My baby is so coot, she’s bin crawling awl over and just leaned to sai Da-Die.”

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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:** [September 4, 2012, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/496 "2012-09-04T06:13:08Z")

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**My sister died yesterday, relatively unexpectedly  
The expiration date is not important!**

You’d feel differently if it were your sister, bub.

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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:** [September 4, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/497 "2012-09-04T12:25:26Z")

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\*\* At the bottom of the ocean, is there any current?  
Obama’s Deficits\*\*

Yeah, I know, and the Social Security lockbox is down there too. But that doesn’t really answer the question.

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**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/498 "2012-09-04T17:31:38Z")

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\*\*I think my apartment is causing nosebleeds, what do I do  
Go downta’ da corner der and get a quarta’ milk der from da machine der \*\*

Dat 'ill solve da prob’em

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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:** [September 4, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/499 "2012-09-04T19:51:49Z")

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**So, How Does One Find a Sugar Momma?  
Woman Plagued by "Furious Masturbators"**

They’re just advertising.

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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:** [September 5, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/500 "2012-09-05T12:33:56Z")

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\*\* Why are there no large breasted women in television commercials?  
Consequences of Iran-Israel War?\*\*

Peace now! Peace now!

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