# Summertime Sequential Threads **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983 "2011-06-01T17:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/221 "2011-06-27T22:31:02Z")
**With the “end of the world” in 2012 fast approaching, let’s consider… Playing chicken with the debt limit?** May as well borrow and spend all we like, really… ---
**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:** [June 27, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/222 "2011-06-27T22:33:33Z")
\*\*For kids who have just come to the US, what should they learn about our culture and history? Conservapedia’s Greatest Conservative Songs \*\* Wouldn’t be my first choice. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/223 "2011-06-28T01:05:44Z")
\*\* You’ll never guess how I got out of debt! Zipper Keeps Falling Down \*\* we’re getting a lot of mileage outta that zipper thread title. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/224 "2011-06-28T09:53:35Z")
\*\*Wow… truth is stranger than fiction - “Could this be happening? A man’s nightmare made real” I just broke up with my boyfriend \*\* I think you’re overestimating your appeal just a _little_ bit. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/225 "2011-06-28T11:54:30Z")
\*\*Where does the electricity on ones body go when we die? Do I really need to remove my alternator to have it properly tested? \*\* ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/226 "2011-06-28T12:17:23Z")
**Poll: Were you good at high school mathematics? How many pairs of shoes do you have?** Let’s see, arrange all the shoes on the x-axis, square the soles, carry the five…half a loafer? I guess I wasn’t all that good in math. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/227 "2011-06-28T12:47:05Z")
\*\*What a thunderstorm in Champaign, IL last night Really… Horse semen? \*\* Thunder, lightning, hail, and splooge! ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/228 "2011-06-28T14:15:52Z")
\*\*Wow… truth is stranger than fiction - “Could this be happening? A man’s nightmare made real” Canada moves closer to eliminating the penny \*\* ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/229 "2011-06-28T14:27:21Z")
\*\*Tell me some interesting trivia that no one else knows at the SDMB In Florida, Shark jumps YOU \*\* ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/230 "2011-06-28T14:37:37Z")
**Poke holes in my Business Idea, please! Poll: On buying condoms.** Sort of defeats the purpose, if you ask me. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/231 "2011-06-28T17:45:13Z")
\*\*Do you still use a “phone book”? How do I get them to stop delivering one? What processes are unbelievably antiquated? \*\* Phone books, but try getting them to stop delivering one. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/232 "2011-06-28T19:03:44Z")
**What can I legally do to your car, purse, etc? Earth, Wind & Fire & Water** Don’t forget the grievous swarm of flies and hail of locusts, which also make excellent practical jokes. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/233 "2011-06-28T19:42:29Z")
\*\*Sometimes, a little help goes a long way… Super-vision or super-hearing? \*\* Now, I don’t have to buy a newspaper. I just read the neighbors paper in his kitchen from the comfort of my living room. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/234 "2011-06-28T20:12:22Z")
**Fingernails scraping on a blackboard Easter Bunny** Hippity, hoppity, _SCREEEEEEE!_ Easter’s on its way… ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/235 "2011-06-29T00:46:29Z")
**You’ll never guess how I got out of debt! Rest in peace, Maggie** You collected on the insurance? ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/236 "2011-06-29T12:52:51Z")
\*\*Poll: Hypothetical Road Trip: Aggressive Vegan vs. Extremely Pregnant Woman Poll: Do dating couples still sit close together in the car? \*\* "We weren’t really fighting, officer, just having a disagreement. _“Get away from my carrots! I’ve got cravings!!!”_ ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/237 "2011-06-29T13:06:07Z")
**Song lyrics I misunderstood bake a frozen crust first???** If that’s what you’re getting out of “Helter Skelter”, you need to cut back on the drugs, man. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/238 "2011-06-29T13:14:16Z")
\*\*I just broke up with my boyfriend Need alibi for giant gash on forehead/Share tales of conspicuous wounds earned while inebriated \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/239 "2011-06-29T15:12:01Z")
from CNN’s home page: \*\*What is beauty and who has it? ‘Ugly Betty’ gets married \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/240 "2011-06-30T00:37:17Z")
**Suggest make-up for a clown bride What have you never done?** Nor will I ever. **Whitey Bulger, finally arrested at 81 I think I really missed out on something. Well, that was unexpected** **Vivid dreams in which a full-formed mythology springs out of your subconscious - ever had them? Parents, "Wow, I wish someone had warned me about that!"** **I need to find a company to print a magazine Is this sociopathic?** It depends on the content. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983.md?page=13)