# The sequential threads; give me some, uh, pointers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373 "2006-07-06T15:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [July 13, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/81 "2006-07-13T01:21:56Z")
\*\*And the award for most likely to kill a thread goes to… Killer Kangeroos! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/82 "2006-07-13T08:07:53Z")
**ever laugh at something you shouldn’t? Fake boobs.** ---
**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:** [July 13, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/83 "2006-07-13T10:53:55Z")
\*\* And the award for most likely to kill a thread goes to… Kids today \*\* ---
**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:** [July 13, 2006, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/84 "2006-07-13T11:21:45Z")
\*\* Insert worst possible swear word here. Kitten in the office! \*\* Some of us have a pretty low tolerance for swearing ---
**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:** [July 13, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/85 "2006-07-13T11:31:17Z")
\*\* Would your spouse be upset if you went to a nudie bar? What would happen if we launched one? \*\* Mr. President, _we must not allow a nudie bar Gap!_ ---
**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:** [July 13, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/86 "2006-07-13T11:33:26Z")
\*\* How bad an idea is this? (Debt-related.) going off of caffeine \*\* ---
**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:** [July 13, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/87 "2006-07-13T11:49:20Z")
\*\* Insert worst possible swear word here. Fake boobs. \*\* Okay, this one I can relate to. I can see myself hitting my thumb with a hammer and cursing “Fake Boobs!”, the way Spongebob Squarepants says “Tartar Sauce!” ---
**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:** [July 13, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/88 "2006-07-13T11:51:08Z")
\*\* Bananas: the new target for thieves Finally, an “official” recognition of the effects of psychedelics \*\* And they said that banana-smoking thing was an urban myth! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/89 "2006-07-13T12:42:30Z")
\*\* If you could see ANY rock act in history… Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) Dies at 60 \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/90 "2006-07-13T13:17:44Z")
\*\* Finally, an “official” recognition of the effects of psychedelics Killer Kangeroos! \*\* If I saw killer kangeroos, I would wonder what I’d been smoking. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/91 "2006-07-13T13:38:44Z")
In IMHO: **why does everyone hate comic sans? What unshakable prejudices do you have?** ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/92 "2006-07-13T13:44:41Z")
**Would you hire a male babysitter? Are there sexual practices which automatically imply mental illness?** That’s just ill. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/93 "2006-07-13T14:22:08Z")
**Would you live in the “Star Trek” universe, if you could? Cheap Yummy Food** Yes, I suppose being able to say “Computer, please replicate one chateaubriande and a glass of Chateau d’Yquem” has its points… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/94 "2006-07-13T14:23:52Z")
And… \*\*Are there sexual practices which automatically imply mental illness? (Possible TMI) Something you do is made illegal–so do you stop? \*\* 😃 ---
**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:** [July 13, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/95 "2006-07-13T15:31:14Z")
\*\* Why would you NOT bring something to read?? Fake boobs. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/96 "2006-07-13T16:07:57Z")
\*\*What do you say to those annoying telesales callers ? Insert worst possible swear word here. \*\* You got it! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/97 "2006-07-13T18:26:55Z")
\*\*Fuck! My SDMB name should’ve been… Fake boobs. \*\* These sequential threads just keep popping up. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/98 "2006-07-14T02:16:56Z")
\*\*Delivery room wedding Why would you NOT bring something to read??\*\* Oh, I’d definitely either bring something to read or make sure I am not seated on the Bride’s side. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/99 "2006-07-14T04:34:42Z")
Finally, an “official” recognition of the effects of psychedelics I know what happens to the missing socks ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/100 "2006-07-14T08:40:48Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > \*\*What do you say to those annoying telesales callers ? > Insert worst possible swear word here. \*\* > > You got it! **Annie-Xmas** wins the thread. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373.md?page=6)