# The Fall Of The House Of Sequential Threads **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 15
**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 6, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/281 "2013-10-06T19:49:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > **The Creepy People > Congressman vs. reality** Was just about to post that. You beat me to it. ---
**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 6, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/282 "2013-10-06T22:24:38Z")
\*\* Just Saying Hi… I’m New Why did I not get stung?\*\* Haven’t yet posted in the Pit, I see. ---
**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 6, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/283 "2013-10-06T22:34:11Z")
\*\* What did our Grandparents use for sexual lubricant? Airport baggage\*\* This is why I avoided commercial flights until the 1980s. ---
**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 6, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/284 "2013-10-06T22:36:54Z")
\*\*The NYC biker gang beat down The Creepy People \*\* ---
**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 7, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/285 "2013-10-07T00:45:31Z")
\*\* Ronald McDonald vs. Big Bird and Grimace vs. Mr. Snuffleupagus Congressman vs. reality [/V] I’d watch this, especially for the Final Showdown, whether it’s Congressman vs. Big Bird or Reality vs. Grimiss\* If Snuffleupagus shows up in the final, my money’s on the big brown pachyderm-like thing. It’d beat either a Congressman _or_ Reality. \*not _Grimace_ ---
**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 7, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/286 "2013-10-07T01:19:13Z")
\*\*I just don’t understand Ronald McDonald vs. Big Bird and Grimace vs. Mr. Snuffleupagus \*\* Can’t say I understand it either. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/287 "2013-10-07T02:40:52Z")
**I just got laid off Call me Happy.** That must have been a really lousy job. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/288 "2013-10-07T03:55:18Z")
**I actually want my cat to die. Actually die. My cat died recently…** Well, that worked better than I expected! ---
**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 7, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/289 "2013-10-07T12:49:59Z")
\*\* What have you accomplished today? Switching gmail settings\*\* You da man! ---
**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 7, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/290 "2013-10-07T13:36:52Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > **I actually want my cat to die. Actually die. > My cat died recently…** > > Well, that worked better than I expected! Is it bad that I’m a cat lover \*and \*I found that funny? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/291 "2013-10-07T14:09:19Z")
\*\*What’s the weirdest reason you stopped watching a show? Gravity! \*\* ---
**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 7, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/292 "2013-10-07T14:30:05Z")
\*\* Male orgasm without physical stimulation - possible TMI I found what I want for Christmas… \*\* Guess who’s coming for Christmas! ---
**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 7, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/293 "2013-10-07T15:15:01Z")
\*\*My teeth are rotting out of my mouth Could things stop being awful? \*\* Yep, that is pretty awful. ---
**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 7, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/294 "2013-10-07T16:30:33Z")
\*\* Working on live high tension distributor cables Water slides that just dump you into deep water–good idea? \*\* "Wheee! zz **ZZZ** zzt Y’know, maybe there are better ways for an electrician to cool off. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/295 "2013-10-07T17:44:46Z")
\*\* Is French more terse than English? Moving in spaaaaace \*\* French doesn’t have as many big vowel clusters. ---
**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 7, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/296 "2013-10-07T18:09:00Z")
\*\*How did/do you pass time in church? Male orgasm without physical stimulation - possible TMI \*\* Idle hands ARE the devils playthings, after all… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/297 "2013-10-07T19:09:23Z")
\*\*New range - what is “Sabbath Mode” for? Moving in spaaaaace \*\* Yeah, I couldn’t make that last hyperjump until I was able to find enough scrolls to let me enter Sabbath Mode. ---
**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 7, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/298 "2013-10-07T22:43:57Z")
\*\*What’s out there that it didn’t occur to you even existed? Intellectual property and monster cereals. \*\* ---
**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 8, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/299 "2013-10-08T00:04:41Z")
\*\*My boss is a “Dick,” literally!! So now Slate has decided to suck \*\* ---
**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:** [October 8, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/300 "2013-10-08T00:08:43Z")
\*\*How are you reacting, personally, to the shutdown/default threat? Colonoscopy in a week \*\* As long as I’m takin’ it up the ass from Congress, I might as well go ahead and get it all over with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806.md?page=16)