# These sequential threads see in 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671 "2019-12-31T15:51:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/322 "2020-04-30T18:06:15Z")

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**Perfect Name For a Gay Bar  
Beck and Betsy the Beagle see a bad, bad, bad thang!**

Nah, too long to fit on the sign, and answering the phone would be a pain.

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**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/323 "2020-04-30T19:36:58Z")

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**How to make biscuits – need answer fastish  
Need buttermilk ideas. (Other than biscuits)**

I guess the answer didn’t come fast enough, and the biscuits didn’t work out.

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**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:** [May 1, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/324 "2020-05-01T03:36:57Z")

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**YOUR misheard lyrics  
Why don’t we eat hear more about mushrooms?**

If that’s what you think Richard Harris was singing in “MacArthur Park” we’d better get you in for testing, pronto.

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**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:** [May 1, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/325 "2020-05-01T12:30:11Z")

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\*\* Happy birthday, Colonel Tom!

Turning 100 at least\*\*  
The Colonel’s _old_.

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**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:** [May 1, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/326 "2020-05-01T12:45:54Z")

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**Catastrophic work of intelligence agencies in relation to Kim Jong Un  
Do you think a normal guy would ever wear women’s undies ?**

We’ll know soon enough. The C.I.A. has seized records of all Victoria’s Secret shipments to the Hermit Kingdom since the late '90s.

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**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:** [May 1, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/327 "2020-05-01T15:50:49Z")

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\*\* The Smithsonian

Perfect Name For a Gay Bar\*\*

That could work. You could cover the walls with historical objects (real or faked) and dioramas. Bonus points if you slant them towards gay themes (Like, say, a bar stool from the Stonewall)

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**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:** [May 2, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/328 "2020-05-02T00:49:44Z")

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\*\* Apparently I will never receive my stamps.

What happened to the post office attempting to deliver mail?\*\*

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**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:** [May 3, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/329 "2020-05-03T14:47:22Z")

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**Bizarre graduate degrees  
I, a 39-year-old man, just learnt how to shave properly**

Congratulations on your receiving the coveted D.S.T. (Doctor of Shaving Technique). We look forward to publication of your thesis.\*

\*_Lancet_ or _Proceedings of the National Academy of Lather_ would undoubtedly be interested.

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**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:** [May 3, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/330 "2020-05-03T15:01:48Z")

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**Rent strike in the USA  
What’s the Difference Between an Exorcism and a Prayer of Exorcism?**

“You owe $1800 on back rent.” _“Cast out demons!!!”_

Yeah, that’ll work. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/331 "2020-05-03T20:33:28Z")

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**You have 102 billion dollars and have to give 100 billion away, what do you do with it  
How accurate do like your wristwatch?**

Cause you can get a _really freakin accurate_ wristwatch for 1, 2 mill, tops, so you could give away 100,000 of them to railroad engineers so they won’t run into each other for lack of an accurate like they are wont to do these days.

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/332 "2020-05-04T00:29:03Z")

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**You have 102 billion dollars and have to give 100 billion away, what do you do with it**  
\*\*Please tell me about owning chickens \*\*

You can get a lot of them for 100 billion?

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**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:** [May 4, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/333 "2020-05-04T02:45:00Z")

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\*\* Moving is awful. What do I do with all this stuff??

The Smithsonian\*\*

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**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:** [May 5, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/334 "2020-05-05T01:23:05Z")

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**Best casket to use for a mausoleum burial?  
There must be other alternatives to farmers slaughtering livestock, right?**

Cremation will save you a bundle over a fancy cow-sized casket.

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**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:** [May 5, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/335 "2020-05-05T01:33:05Z")

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\*\* Sounds you don’t want to hear  
Fungus among us and a Virus near us!\*\*

Just STFU, Dr. Fauci. :mad:

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**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:** [May 5, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/336 "2020-05-05T18:44:15Z")

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Separated by one:

\*\*How do I save this plant?

Plant ID please\*\*  
We can’t help your plant without a valid ID

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**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:** [May 5, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/337 "2020-05-05T19:12:07Z")

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**You want Fries with that? Stripper Fast Food Drive Through   
Fungus among us and a Virus near us!**

_Somebody’s_ not using their PPE!

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**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:** [May 5, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/338 "2020-05-05T19:48:16Z")

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**With Lockdown, How Can I Spend My $1,200?  
Just got my free book from Tom Cantor**

You can get a _lot_ of free books for $1200!

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/339 "2020-05-05T21:20:20Z")

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**Why am I getting ads for…  
Gifts you’d rather not get**

Because Alexa doesn’t hear the “don’t” when it keeps hearing them say “I don’t want you to give me any more ugly sweaters for christmas!”.

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**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:** [May 6, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/340 "2020-05-06T03:04:53Z")

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\*\* Gifts you’d rather not get  
Best casket to use for a mausoleum burial?\*\*

We thought you’d be _thrilled_. You’re not getting any younger, you know.

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**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:** [May 6, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671/341 "2020-05-06T03:17:03Z")

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**How do I save this plant?  
How do I kill these trees?**

Welcome to “Gardening With Jekyll & Hyde”.

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