# Summertime...and the sequential threads are sleazy **URL:** \ **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:** 6
**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:** [July 7, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/101 "2012-07-07T14:40:56Z")
\*\* Another VA benefits question What are my VA Benefits?\*\* Better yet, _where_ are my VA benefits? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/102 "2012-07-07T16:05:01Z")
\*\* Query re. British royal succession Is the Pope allowed to retire?\*\* Yes, but in that case Sarah Palin becomes the next Queen of England. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/103 "2012-07-07T23:04:00Z")
\*\*What Is Your Taxonomic Classification Vindicated “Crank” Scientists of the Modern Age \*\* Human subspecies genetically proven! ---
**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:** [July 8, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/104 "2012-07-08T18:21:45Z")
**What feature do you wish your house / apartment had? Gun experts** Great idea! You hear strange noises downstairs in the middle of the night, so you consult the gun expert who lives in the spare bedroom (or panic room) to decide whether you need the Glock, the sawed-off shotgun or grenade launcher to repel the invaders. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/105 "2012-07-08T22:55:44Z")
**Mormons Vs Main Stream Religions Death Match** They put up a good fight, but are swarmed under. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/106 "2012-07-09T12:48:32Z")
\*\*What would you do if you were going bald? Death Match \*\* There can be only one! ---
**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:** [July 9, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/107 "2012-07-09T13:22:49Z")
A legitimate four-fer! \*\* How do you greet and/or part with family, friends, & strangers? People still here! Hi Everybody Hello People \*\* ---
**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:** [July 9, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/108 "2012-07-09T15:25:32Z")
**How much is “Any amount less than $100” worth? Universal Healthcare** It’s cheaper than you think. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/109 "2012-07-09T16:45:09Z")
**Snakes - do the make sense as a pet? Neighbors leaving puppy in yard. What can I do about this?** Hmm… ---
**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:** [July 9, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/110 "2012-07-09T16:47:59Z")
**Liberals: defend the mandate! But we already threw off the Admiralty!** And before that, we invented fire. We deserve some freaking time off. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/111 "2012-07-10T00:29:08Z")
From Comments on Cecil’s Columns: \*\*Is there a gender-neutral substitute for “his or her”? thou, thee, thine \*\* I don’t think that really works… “Each student should write his or her name at the top of his or her paper.” “Each student should write thou, thee, thine name at the top of thou, thee, thine paper.” Nope. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/112 "2012-07-10T01:57:28Z")
This one’s pretty sleazy: \*\*Poll: If you get off with a mermaid, is it bestiality? Is a ball just a ball? \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/113 "2012-07-10T05:56:18Z")
**Aaaah, aah, aah ah; Eeeee, ee, ee, ee \<-- WTF _is_ this, on radio??** **Celebrity names with many appearances of one letter** ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/114 "2012-07-10T12:06:23Z")
\*\*What is Herpes? Powder Steel for Knives Out of round tires Alligators…? \*\* No I don’t think that’s it. Keep guessing! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/115 "2012-07-10T13:34:03Z")
\*\*In your opinion, why hasn’t libertarianism come to pass? Gout Pain \*\* ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/116 "2012-07-10T16:46:15Z")
**What bizarre chimaeric organism would you engineer? Poll: Do you think Syrians/Lebanese look similar to any of these European populations?** Aaagh! It’s got the body of a Frenchman and the head of a Syrian! Run! Nope, not bizarre enough. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/117 "2012-07-10T17:28:38Z")
\*\*Once-scary childhood memories of pop culture Amnesia in fiction \*\* Remember that time I had amnesia? Boy, that was scary. Good thing there was a large prop mallet to bop me on the head with. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/118 "2012-07-10T20:30:33Z")
\*\*Absurdist jokes What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? I Got My Google Class Action Suit Settlement Check Today! \*\* Yeah, that’s pretty absurd. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/119 "2012-07-10T23:38:21Z")
\*\*Weird urges you get (non-sexual) My fantasy restaurant: Black-Thai Affair \*\* ---
**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:** [July 11, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/120 "2012-07-11T00:41:11Z")
**Housewarming gifts What bizarre chimaeric organism would you engineer?** Guy: “Hey, Carol! Look what I made for you!” _\_ Carol: “Aieeeee!!!” _\_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788.md?page=7)