# 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:** [September 10, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/541 "2012-09-10T12:51:54Z")

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\*\* What Foods Will You Absolutely _NOT_ Eat?  
Yummy-Looking Foods That Taste Absolutely Awful  
Amtrak menus: food from trained chefs  
Coca Cola in Britain\*\*

Can’t argue with any of that.

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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:** [September 10, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/542 "2012-09-10T13:08:24Z")

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\*\*Wouldn’t a genuine Renoir be worth more than $ 100,000?  
Need advice on oil painting!!! (Beginner) \*\*

One of Renoirs early works, eh?

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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 10, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/543 "2012-09-10T13:10:18Z")

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**The expiration date is not important!  
OK, I feel old now**

So it _was_ important after all.

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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 10, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/544 "2012-09-10T16:56:59Z")

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\*\* What’s a polite way to say: “Please don’t text me”?  
Motion Sickness from Public Transit\*\*

“Bob, it’s stupid to text me when we’re sitting next to each other on the train. Stop it or I’m gonna barf.” Yep, should work.

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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:** [September 10, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/545 "2012-09-10T17:24:16Z")

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\*\*Holding Grudges  
Ask The Amputee \*\*

Ok, what are you holding it with?

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/546 "2012-09-10T17:57:48Z")

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**Castration Question  
Name something awesome your folks did for you.**

They stanched the bleeding?

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/547 "2012-09-10T18:17:30Z")

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\*\*Clitoris in Female Mammals/Apes  
The Ongoing Online Dating Advice Thread \*\*

Techniques from the college campus to the forest canopy.

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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 10, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/548 "2012-09-10T18:19:19Z")

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\*\* What does the U.S. get out of its alliance with Israel?  
Blacks and crime in America \*\*

Not sure why that’s a good deal…

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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 11, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/549 "2012-09-11T11:49:34Z")

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\*\* What’s a polite way to say: “Please don’t text me”?  
Can Your Kidneys Hurt?\*\*

Betty Jo wouldn’t stop texting me, and now she has a throbbing liver.

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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 11, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/550 "2012-09-11T14:37:40Z")

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**Diagnose my computer problem?  
Dead Human Body Fluids**

Much like smoking, chainsaw murders are a hobby best practiced away from electronic equipment. And you thought spilling some soda on the keyboard was bad…  
**How to decide which instances of opposition to gay marriage are hateful and bigoted  
Solitary Confinement**

Yeah, locking up someone in a box so they don’t get married probably qualifies.

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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 11, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/551 "2012-09-11T16:28:55Z")

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\*\* Name something awesome your folks did for you  
There is a picture of me in this month’s National Geographic\*\*

Hah, my parents got me a photo spread in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

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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:** [September 11, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/552 "2012-09-11T17:38:42Z")

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\*\*Pop-up Adverts: “Is your Mac running slow?”  
It’s not/it isn’t \*\*

Next question.

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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 11, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/553 "2012-09-11T17:39:57Z")

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\*\* Lake surface temperatures - why so inaccurate?  
Dead Human Body Fluids\*\*

Yes, they rise to the surface and, well, ick.

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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 11, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/554 "2012-09-11T20:54:51Z")

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\*\* Ladies: Would you get involved with a Saudi Arabian man?  
Tell me about your ventilator/respirator experience\*\*

“It wasn’t very romantic, but at least he didn’t keep interrupting me.”

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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 12, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/555 "2012-09-12T11:07:40Z")

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\*\*Who “invented” flying saucers?  
Dead things in airtight caskets \*\*

You need to be more specific. Are we talking vampire aliens, or zombie aliens?

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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 12, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/556 "2012-09-12T12:46:00Z")

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\*\* Anyone else have trouble interacting with people they find very attractive?  
How often do you rotate your tires?\*\*

That’s my favorite conversation starter when I meet supermodels.

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**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:** [September 12, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/557 "2012-09-12T14:10:59Z")

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\*\*Is Anika becoming a common girl’s name?

I just found out that Darth Vader is my father. \*\*

After Darth, Anika and Anikan declined in popularity.

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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:** [September 12, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/558 "2012-09-12T14:19:15Z")

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\*\*Which TV episode made you laugh so hard that you cried and what scene was it?  
Jerry Lawler Collapses During WWE Raw  
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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 12, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/559 "2012-09-12T17:58:57Z")

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**What will happen to the student loan bubble?  
"We are one year away from global food riots"**

It’s going to burst, and it’s going to burst _big_. :eek:

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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:** [September 12, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/560 "2012-09-12T18:17:28Z")

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\*\*Tell me about your ventilator/respirator experience  
Things that don’t seem gay, but are \*\*

All night long, it’s suck… blow… suck… blow. endless in and out, in and out…

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