# 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:** [July 11, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/121 "2012-07-11T14:14:02Z")

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**Utterly mundane and pointless - I feel like a new name. Suggestions?  
Do you know your +4 Zip Code?**

Hey, 3097, want in on the office pool?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/122 "2012-07-11T16:35:36Z")

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\*\*Would you consider dating someone with herpes?  
Recommend a Good Free Virus Protector \*\*

Well, an ex-girlfriend of mine _swore_ that oregano had antiviral properties, and you could probably grow it in the yard - but you really should spring for the Zovirax, you cheap bastard.

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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:** [July 11, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/123 "2012-07-11T17:31:44Z")

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\*\* The crazy. It hurts.

Meep

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I’m seeingh the first on a sign held by a very battered cartoon coyote, and the latter spoken by a purple running bird.

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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:** [July 11, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/124 "2012-07-11T18:30:00Z")

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\*\* Gynecologists’ Smell Test  
Excellent Horse-Like Lady (Korean translation needed) \*\*

In medical Latin, it’s optimum equum-sicut domina ecch.

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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:** [July 11, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/125 "2012-07-11T22:26:29Z")

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\*\*Human Digestive System Vs Cat Brain  
Smart enough to know you’re dumb.  
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I guess cats need few more neurons, then.

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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:** [July 12, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/126 "2012-07-12T05:03:39Z")

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\*\*Things that people get Very Wrong  
Do you know your +4 Zip Code? \*\*

Well, that explains why my mail keeps going to Miami instead of Minneapolis…

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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:** [July 12, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/127 "2012-07-12T12:22:28Z")

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\*\* I Found a Ten Pence Piece In My Change.  
You might need that one day…hoarding.  
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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:** [July 12, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/128 "2012-07-12T13:08:35Z")

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\*\*You don’t get to vote unless:  
My friend believes he is a prophet  
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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:** [July 12, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/129 "2012-07-12T13:52:32Z")

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\*\* Yay! I found a wall!

You might need that one day…hoarding.  
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Keeping a wall you found sounds like the very definition of “hoarding”

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**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/130 "2012-07-12T14:30:03Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> \*\*You don’t get to vote unless:  
> My friend believes he is a prophet  
> \*\*

An even better one occurred about an hour later:

**Would you be offended if a friend called “authorities” on you for illogical beliefs?  
My friend believes he is a prophet**

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**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/131 "2012-07-12T15:48:35Z")

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\*\*What feature do you wish your house / apartment had?  
magical mushrooms  
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Now _that’s_ a feature.

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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:** [July 12, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/132 "2012-07-12T16:29:07Z")

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**SD Doctors and/or Pharmasists, why is this a bad idea?  
Speak to me of perimenopause**

You’re just delaying the inevitable - why not jump right into full-fledged menopause?\*

\*Look for the AARP membership application in the mail.

**People talking to themselves. What’s going on?  
Hypnosis**

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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:** [July 12, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/133 "2012-07-12T16:38:02Z")

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\*\*People talking to themselves. What’s going on?  
Hypnosis  
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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:** [July 12, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/134 "2012-07-12T18:06:39Z")

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\*\*You don’t get to vote unless:  
I am fed up with my sex drive  
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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:** [July 12, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/135 "2012-07-12T20:59:45Z")

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**Predict what my doctor will tell me (TMI)  
Masturbation etiquette**

“Well doc, I was on the N train during rush hour, and…” _“Nooooo!!!”_

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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:** [July 12, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/136 "2012-07-12T21:26:02Z")

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\*\*You don’t get to vote unless:  
You get one of a choice of superpowers  
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**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 13, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/137 "2012-07-13T06:32:55Z")

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**Hypothetical: Obama not only wins, but gains supermajority  
How Exactly does one make money online?**

E-mail spam. “How to avoid the coming Socialist New World Order Sharia Death Panels by buying gold and stocking up on guns and ammo!!! Order your copy today!!!”

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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:** [July 13, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/138 "2012-07-13T10:57:35Z")

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**You get one of a choice of superpowers  
Muscular Women**

“Summon Amazon Legion!” _\<poof\>_

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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:** [July 13, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/139 "2012-07-13T12:02:14Z")

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**modern day worship of greek gods  
What’s the nerdiest thing about you?**

Worshipping Proteus (a.k.a. “The Old Man Of The Sea”).

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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:** [July 13, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-and-the-sequential-threads-are-sleazy/625788/140 "2012-07-13T13:05:22Z")

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\*\*You get one of a choice of superpowers

Speak to me of perimenopause

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