# Summertime Sequential Threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983>\
**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:** 45

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**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:** [September 1, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/882 "2011-09-01T04:47:21Z")

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\*\*Giant house spider!  
Hostage of a spider \*\*

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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 1, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/883 "2011-09-01T12:27:55Z")

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\*\*Whoever vs. Whomever  
“Difficult” Languages \*\*

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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:** [September 1, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/884 "2011-09-01T12:54:05Z")

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\*\*Would a world with a known, confirmed god necessarily stagnate? And its corollary . . .  
What about Algeria?  
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Algeria’s stagnating, too.

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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 1, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/885 "2011-09-01T12:56:20Z")

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**Why don’t businesses treat us as adults any more?  
Could I have handled this customer complaint better?**

You mean they didn’t appreciate the lollipop?

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**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/886 "2011-09-01T14:30:24Z")

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**Alternative to Cremation  
Paying $10,000 for a gaming table**

Decisions, decisions… have mom cremated, or get a nice new gaming table? Eh, screw it - dump her in the river.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/887 "2011-09-01T15:40:49Z")

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**Help! I’m going to Key West**  
**How do you pronounce “Caribbean”?**

Ask them when you get there.

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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 1, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/888 "2011-09-01T18:14:41Z")

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\*\*Swarm of bees outside my window.  
Watering the butterflies  
Hostage of a spider \*\*

Your devotion to the lesser invertebrates is…admirable. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/889 "2011-09-01T19:06:41Z")

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**Alternative to Cremation  
I’m Quitting Smoking Who’s With 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 1, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/890 "2011-09-01T20:48:03Z")

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\*\*Jeez, I leave the country for 3 weeks, and . . .  
Woman punches bear in the face to save her dog \*\*

Really, can’t you control your bears, women and dogs by yourself for just a little while?

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**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:** [September 1, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/891 "2011-09-01T21:45:20Z")

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**It’s almost too good not to share  
Giant house spider!**

Did you see the size of that thing? There’s _plenty_ to share!

(And who doesn’t like pictures of spiders?)

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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 1, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/892 "2011-09-01T22:33:15Z")

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**What, if anything, can cops not lie about  
How healthy IS Vietnamese food.**

“You have the right to remain silent, and to know that your Vietnamese stir-fry contains dog noses and MSG.”

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**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:** [September 1, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/893 "2011-09-01T23:09:58Z")

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**Section of office smells like poo - Need answer sortof fast  
Did Marilyn mess up again (column about evaporative cooling)?**

She just shits all over the facts, doesn’t she!

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**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:** [September 2, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/894 "2011-09-02T01:55:20Z")

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**Giant house spider!  
What’s it like living in the Seattle area?**

Yeah, they’re common up here.

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**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:** [September 2, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/895 "2011-09-02T02:20:28Z")

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**What’s it like living in the Seattle area?  
t’s almost too good not to share**

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**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:** [September 2, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/896 "2011-09-02T04:14:48Z")

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**Everyone hates it, it’s notoriously bad, yet you love it.  
New great white shark at Monterey Bay Aquarium**

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/897 "2011-09-02T06:02:26Z")

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**Jesus Christ as your fantasy dinner guest  
Christians: What is your best evidence for the literal, historical resurrection of Jesus**

Well, he was my dinner guest.

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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:** [September 2, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/898 "2011-09-02T12:05:55Z")

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**Would a world with a known, confirmed god necessarily stagnate? And its corollary . . .  
Atheists, why debate christians?**

We’re just trying to prevent world stagnation.

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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 2, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/899 "2011-09-02T14:10:01Z")

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\*\*What’s the point of regional chains?  
Fear \*\*

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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, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/900 "2011-09-02T14:11:29Z")

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**Offbeat places to visit in DC  
Experiences with Washington DC Metro Rail?**

It’s hip and edgy, especially after midnight.

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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, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summertime-sequential-threads/583983/901 "2011-09-02T17:31:15Z")

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**Would a world with a known, confirmed god necessarily stagnate? And its corollary . . .  
Is this racial profiling?**

“Sorry God, I’ll need to see picture ID and have you take a drug test before you can be considered a known, confirmed god. Till then you’ve gotta hang out in the waiting room with Zeus and Bubba. I mean, Buddha.”

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