# The Fall Of The House Of Sequential Threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 2, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806 "2013-09-02T15:33:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [October 3, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/241 "2013-10-03T12:48:46Z")

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\*\*I don’t understand porn  
The things we do to amuse ourselves at work \*\*

I’m afraid your boss probably won’t understand that either. :dubious:

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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:** [October 3, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/242 "2013-10-03T12:59:23Z")

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\*\*Stupidest way you have injured yourself  
Preventing Boxers From Riding Up? \*\*

“So I grabbed the staple gun…”

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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:** [October 3, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/243 "2013-10-03T14:00:35Z")

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\*\* I don’t understand porn  
“A female’s intelligence etc. is irrelevant to me…”\*\*

That’s a good start.

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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:** [October 3, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/244 "2013-10-03T14:59:20Z")

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\*\*Never had a girlfriend and nearly 30.  
I don’t understand porn \*\*

_Surrrrre_ ya don’t. :dubious:

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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:** [October 3, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/245 "2013-10-03T15:53:56Z")

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\*\*What’s out there that it didn’t occur to you even existed?  
Chinese cookie fortunes \*\*

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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:** [October 3, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/246 "2013-10-03T16:02:53Z")

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> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> \*\*What’s out there that it didn’t occur to you even existed?  
> Chinese cookie fortunes \*\*

There are _fortunes_ in those things? No wonder the middle always tastes so yucky. ☹

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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:** [October 3, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/247 "2013-10-03T18:43:29Z")

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\*\*US Capitol Locked Down - Shots Fired  
Uncle Sam is now officially closed for business. But for how long? \*\*

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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:** [October 3, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/248 "2013-10-03T19:49:29Z")

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**Fathers being possessive of teenage girls, creepy?  
I don’t understand porn**

Try watching a less creepy genre of porn?

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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:** [October 3, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/249 "2013-10-03T20:26:05Z")

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\*\* The things we do to amuse ourselves at work  
What’s the most you’ve eat in one sitting (and without throwing up)?\*\*

The entire contents of the break room fridge. Man, that was nasty.

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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:** [October 3, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/250 "2013-10-03T22:24:52Z")

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\*\*What did our Grandparents use for sexual lubricant?

Aversion to cucumber and melon?  
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I don’t like these newfangled potpourri lubricants, Zeke. Don’t we have any more Kentucky jelly?

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/251 "2013-10-03T23:18:56Z")

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\*\*“A female’s intelligence etc. is irrelevant to me…”  
What? \*\*

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/252 "2013-10-04T04:14:05Z")

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\*\* Science Fiction Erotica   
What did our Grandparents use for sexual lubricant? \*\*

Eew.

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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:** [October 4, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/253 "2013-10-04T10:34:34Z")

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\*\*Just Saying Hi… I’m New  
Just saying hi. I’m new here too. \*\*  
Form an orderly queue, no pushing.

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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:** [October 4, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/254 "2013-10-04T11:52:03Z")

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\*\*Stupid Driver gets his comeuppance…  
The Prius is dead.

An almost porn moment at the Doctors office today.  
Call me Happy. \*\*

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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:** [October 4, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/255 "2013-10-04T13:02:34Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> \*\*Stupid Driver gets his comeuppance…  
> The Prius is dead.
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> An almost porn moment at the Doctors office today.  
> Call me Happy. \*\*

The first pair was already in post #195. I came here to suggest the second, of which I highly approve.

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**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:** [October 4, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/256 "2013-10-04T13:32:50Z")

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**What to do with car on long trip?  
Shooting Outside U.S. Capitol**

Coming up next in World’s Worst Advice Column…

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/257 "2013-10-04T14:05:55Z")

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\*\*What’s killing our moose?  
What did you have for breakfast? \*\*

I had pancakes with maple syrup and moose sausages for breakfast.

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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:** [October 4, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/258 "2013-10-04T14:06:09Z")

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**Poll: What is your favorite apocalypse?  
Poll: Have you ever dressed up as giant food?**

I like to dress up as an enormous eggplant and carry a sign that says “The Final Parmigiana Is Coming!!!”

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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:** [October 4, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/259 "2013-10-04T14:06:54Z")

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**Call me Happy.  
General Vo Nguyen Giap has died**

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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:** [October 4, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/260 "2013-10-04T15:50:34Z")

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\*\*Poll: Have you ever dressed up as giant food?  
Home Page Options \*\*

Yeah, like I’m going to use a tax preparation service where the chief accountant is dancing around on their homepage dressed as a giant zucchini. Although it wouldn’t be a stretch for a car dealership.

“Vegans! Check out the low low prices at Bob Diddley Subaru!”

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