# 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:** 5
**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 11, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/81 "2013-09-11T12:33:41Z")
\*\* I saw the Dalai Lama yesterday Any advice to someone moving to Fairfax, Virginia?\*\* This is sort of like asking Vladimir Putin for his favorite barbecue recipe. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/82 "2013-09-11T19:25:18Z")
\*\*Do you agree with Reagan about aliens? Hitler’s Alternate Universe \*\* ---
**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:** [September 12, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/83 "2013-09-12T05:40:34Z")
\*\* Touring China: Advice please? Verbal Fluency\*\* Makes sense to me. ---
**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 12, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/84 "2013-09-12T13:31:45Z")
\*\* I’m looking for an iced-coffee maker What happens when I reach the edge of the universe?\*\* Well, any coffee you make out there is bound to be iced. The hard part is finding a really really long extension cord. ---
**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 12, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/85 "2013-09-12T14:58:48Z")
**Why Don’t Pentacostal Snake Handlers Get Bitten More Often? Cowboy sidearms: What’s the intended target?** “Shoot, that rattler’s got ahold of Clem!” **KA-BLAMM** “Durn. Sorry, Clem.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/86 "2013-09-12T15:08:42Z")
**Odd Things You’ve Learned Recently** \*\*What happens when I reach the edge of the universe? \*\* You fall off. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/87 "2013-09-12T18:39:58Z")
Separated by one: \*\* Spinoff of the “people dropping in unannounced” thread I have the opportunity to stop over in Iceland for 1 day or 2 days. Is it worth it? \*\* Announce it, first ---
**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 12, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/88 "2013-09-12T19:09:04Z")
\*\*The Fall Of The House Of Sequential Threads It’s unfortunate that I had to burn my house down \*\* …but it was based on sequential threads and had to go. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/89 "2013-09-12T19:45:04Z")
\*\*Thought experiment: We’ve built an interstellar probe. . . What happens when I reach the edge of the universe? \*\* ---
**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 12, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/90 "2013-09-12T22:08:02Z")
\*\*Ask the conspiracy theorist What color is my shirt? \*\* Well, the Illuminati _want_ you to think it’s green, but really it’s more of a cyan (blue-green) color. The important thing is that it’s not really 100% cotton–it’s made of advanced petrochemical polymers, which benefits Big Oil; it’s just _labelled_ as being 100% cotton–and furthermore, per secret Executive Order #127042, the fibers in your shirt incorporate advanced nanotechnology allowing the NSA to track your every movement and hear and see everything you or anyone around you say and do. ---
**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 12, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/91 "2013-09-12T22:36:09Z")
\*\* How to learn to be more confident around friends and girls? Why have one body when you can have five?\*\* I struck out with the first 4 bodies, but I know they’ll think #5 is hot! ---
**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 13, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/92 "2013-09-13T02:06:26Z")
**Nightclub girls on Facebook - What exactly do they do? Have you twerked? Do you spank?** ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/93 "2013-09-13T04:25:54Z")
**We are not going to be doing any interstellar space travel I haz a booboo!** The space program hits another unexpected snag. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/94 "2013-09-13T06:14:55Z")
**Who used poison gas in Syria? Human brainoids in a dish.** Damned mad scientists let their experiments escape again. \*\* Help Me Name My Legion of Doom I may need to file a lawsuit…\*\* _NOOOOOO!!_ :eek: ---
**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 13, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/95 "2013-09-13T11:42:01Z")
\*\* How will humanity end? Human brainoids in a dish. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/96 "2013-09-13T12:41:14Z")
\*\*Do you spank? How long have you been using the internet? \*\* I do. Ever since I’ve been using the internet. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/97 "2013-09-13T12:57:29Z")
\*\* How will humanity end? Teleportation would destroy the world \*\* ---
**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 13, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/98 "2013-09-13T18:01:51Z")
**Had my physical today. . . We are not going to be doing any interstellar space travel** Yeah, those pre-flight physicals are pretty stringent. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/99 "2013-09-13T20:27:52Z")
\*\*Do you spank? Stupidest way you have injured yourself \*\* One in a million, doc! ---
**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 13, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806/100 "2013-09-13T20:37:34Z")
\*\*Reverse SETI question: If You Could Send A Message…? How will humanity end? \*\* Humanity: “ha ha were number one GO EARTH!!! ALEINS DROOL HUMANNS RULE !!! WHOOOO!!!” And then they nuke us from orbit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-the-house-of-sequential-threads/667806.md?page=6)