# 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:** 24
**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 29, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/461 "2013-10-29T00:26:18Z")
separated by two: \*\* Largest U.S. city you don’t know the location of Poll: Portland:Oregon or Maine? \*\* ---
**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 29, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/462 "2013-10-29T00:29:00Z")
these two were sequential earlier today, but I couldn’t post: \*\* Did Peter Paul Rubens time travel, or what? Michael Cera: Time Traveller \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/463 "2013-10-29T01:52:09Z")
**German musical phrase ??? Why do they give two keys with every rental car?** Volkswagens from Hertz come with C and E-minor ---
**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 29, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/464 "2013-10-29T20:37:55Z")
**An open letter to the public about my noisy kids They’re Back!** Just when we thought we could finally get some peace and quiet around here. ---
**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 30, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/465 "2013-10-30T00:14:04Z")
**Plumbing Pro’s: A Question For You Valid models for time travel?** I’m pretty sure you can’t travel back to the Renaissance by flushing yourself down the loo. ---
**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 30, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/466 "2013-10-30T04:39:45Z")
\*\*Rick Perry on how to grow an economy Son, it’s not just about the drugs. \*\* I mean, yes, Texas _is_ a major drug transshipment corridor, and I’d be lying if I said that the whole illicit drug smuggling from Mexico thing wasn’t tremendously beneficial to our economy down here, but we also have lots of other industries! ---
**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 30, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/467 "2013-10-30T08:10:48Z")
**Question for Atheists. How much is your monthly cell phone bill?** A lot less now, thanks, since we stopped getting all those collect calls from God. ---
**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 30, 2013, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/468 "2013-10-30T10:26:08Z")
**What will be this year’s tackiest Halloween costumes? Britney the Pirate Slayer robot vacuums** ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/469 "2013-10-30T13:56:39Z")
**Practical uses of Semen? YMCA Question** I would guess they might have a very large supply… ---
**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 30, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/470 "2013-10-30T16:51:05Z")
\*\* Women: Do you get horny? What’s your most recent dumb-ass move behind the wheel? \*\* Using both hands to flag down passing truckers on Dead Man’s Curve - not smart. ---
**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 30, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/471 "2013-10-30T23:12:30Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > **What will be this year’s tackiest Halloween costumes? > Britney the Pirate Slayer > robot vacuums** Thread winner. I think I’ll dress up as a singing pirate-slaying robot vacuum. ---
**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 31, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/472 "2013-10-31T00:31:26Z")
\*\* Plumbing Pro’s: A Question For You Can you run a power drain snake down a toilet?\*\* Y’know, those two fit together pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/473 "2013-10-31T01:52:20Z")
\*\*Life Lessons: What have you learned that you wish you knew when you were younger? \*\* **Symbolic Cannibalism** Of course it’s not a particularly useful skill. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/474 "2013-10-31T03:20:44Z")
**To the liberals who utterly dominate the season-ticket holding ranks for the Wash Nat Opera** **How common are remote starters on cars?** They’d probably only know about them on eco-car hybrids. ---
**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 31, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/475 "2013-10-31T12:12:27Z")
\*\*Abusive terms of endearment “Your child is, in my opinion, moderately obese and should not be consuming sugar and treats" \*\* ---
**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 31, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/476 "2013-10-31T12:20:11Z")
\*\* Valid models for time travel? Can you run a power drain snake down a toilet? \*\* At full power _you_ won’t go anywhere, but your toilet will travel to the 25th century. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/477 "2013-11-01T01:52:13Z")
**Can anybody identify my beach find? Maui or Oahu?** I don’t know…AIEEE! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/478 "2013-11-01T04:49:22Z")
**Buzzfeed’s 17 Deplorable Examples of White Privilege People as investments?** If it’s 3/5ths of people as investments, I’d tend to agree. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/479 "2013-11-01T12:22:14Z")
\*\* I got a pressure cooker… now what? Health insurance time - need answer fast!\*\* ---
**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:** [November 1, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/480 "2013-11-01T12:55:52Z")
\*\* An elderly person, a person on crutches, and a pregnant woman all get onto the train… Would you (possibly) endanger others’ lives to help someone?\*\* When the doors open at my stop, baby, it’s everyone for himself. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806.md?page=25)