# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/101 "2006-07-14T09:02:05Z")
In MPSIMS \*\*Fake boobs. Hey! Look! Me!\*\* ---
**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 14, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/102 "2006-07-14T13:32:20Z")
A MPSIMS threefer (with apologies to **Only Mostly Dead & El Perro Fumando** ): \*\*Tonight, OMD and El Perro Fumando Wed! ever laugh at something you shouldn’t? OK, this is downright geeky & mildly disconcerting… \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/103 "2006-07-14T18:22:33Z")
What do you say to those annoying telesales callers ? Gosh. We’ve got police downstairs in the lobby, checking everyone’s ID ---
**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 14, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/104 "2006-07-14T20:41:43Z")
\*\*Going Abroad for the First Time Ever–What Do I Need? One word to describe yourself \*\* Don’t use anything like “smuggler,” “hiacker,” or “terrorist.” ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/105 "2006-07-14T20:44:15Z")
\*\*Fuck You Chrysler and Your WinXP boot process \>:( \*\* \*\*My co-worker is a fuckin’ moron Am I wrong to want less responsibility in my job? \*\* \*\*How should I market a gay porn URL? How much CAN a black hole suck? \*\* **Where does SciFi TV go from here?** (where else, but) **San Diego Comic Con 2006 \*\* \*\* Ask the Anosmic Fresno, California- is there anything good about it?** (Yeah, you can’t smell it!) \*\*By golly! I’m having a fantastic week. I know what happens to the missing socks \*\* ---
**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 15, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/106 "2006-07-15T12:32:51Z")
\*\* Send Up the Geek Beacon! Hey! Look! Me! Trivial things you’ve done this week no other dopers have For the first time ever, I didn’t leave a tip \*\* ---
**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 15, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/107 "2006-07-15T13:47:16Z")
Not the way to get a date… Send up the Geek Beacon! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/108 "2006-07-15T17:13:45Z")
\*\*Is there a precise antonym to “serendipity”? Legal slavery to your spouse? \*\* As two elements in an overheard dialogue, this has the sort of surreal quality I could relish! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/109 "2006-07-15T18:52:39Z")
Now appearing in IMHO: \*\* Nose piercings: share your thoughts Ask the Self-Injurer\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/110 "2006-07-17T04:54:04Z")
What works better? \*\*Hamster Wheel Gone Wrong… Needless killing of little creatures The grossest insect thingy I’ve seen in awhile…yecch Needless killing of little creatures\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/111 "2006-07-17T06:04:18Z")
From the Pit" **Humongous commercial toilet paper rolls** **To the marketers of Pepto-Bismol: Please stop.** ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/112 "2006-07-17T06:30:21Z")
**Humongous commercial toilet paper rolls.** **The Bar-B-Que Fart** Just now in MPSIMS. I’m gonna giggle about this all day. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/113 "2006-07-17T07:54:41Z")
\*\*Any night-owls around? Insomniacs unite!! aka (It is 1:AM, and I feel the need to post!) \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/114 "2006-07-17T12:01:43Z")
\*\*Ask the Self-Injurer what are my chances for surviving in the US? \*\* Generally OK as long as you don’t cut too deep. _::orders up the asbestos underwear::_ ---
**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 17, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/115 "2006-07-17T14:21:52Z")
Now in MPSIMS: **A Big Yellow Shiney Thingey Underpants?** No, probably not. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/116 "2006-07-17T15:18:26Z")
\*\*While being a guest in my house: Don’t wear your uniform to the fucking bar! \*\* ---
**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 17, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/117 "2006-07-17T15:37:20Z")
\*\*She may be dumb as a post and ugly, but there’s always a man willing to buy her body The grossest insect thingy I’ve seen in awhile…yecch \*\* ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/118 "2006-07-17T18:14:28Z")
For the first time, I didn’t leave a tip. Underpants? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/119 "2006-07-17T18:34:53Z")
Delivery room weddings. Got hell? ---
**Author:** ![jhinman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jhinman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jhinman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373/120 "2006-07-18T03:15:25Z")
What’s more painful than a contact lens stuck behind your eyeball? (poss. TMI) Underpants? Well if they are that uncomfortable then go commando. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sequential-threads-give-me-some-uh-pointers/363373.md?page=7)