# To sequential thread or not to sequential thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 11, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121 "2005-09-11T18:45:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/41 "2005-09-17T08:35:13Z")

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**I won a trip to Dublin  
So, I Went To The Melanoma Clinic**

Might want to look into a different guide book, because I have a feeling you’re missing out on some of the sites.

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**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:** [September 17, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/42 "2005-09-17T15:08:45Z")

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In MPSIMS

**Are you…“spongeworthy”?  
My 30-day trial ends tomorrow**

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**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:** [September 18, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/43 "2005-09-18T00:16:55Z")

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MPSIMS:

**There is no virtue in singlehood.  
I have welcomed my pussy overlord.**

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**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/44 "2005-09-18T05:33:30Z")

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In **MPSIMS:**

Should I tell my boss I’m looking elsewhere?

I’m thinking…Greece…

A good choice.

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/45 "2005-09-19T05:16:51Z")

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**They should’ve hired a pro web designer**

\*\*Oh what tangled webs we weave. \*\*

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/46 "2005-09-19T07:23:20Z")

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Why am I so lazy?  
Is there a name for this internet law?

Probably.

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**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:** [September 19, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/47 "2005-09-19T13:07:05Z")

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\*\*Giant Penis? How’d it get so big?  
Youngest self-made billionaires in history \*\*

If you knew how to do it, you’d be a self-made billionaire in a week.

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/48 "2005-09-19T13:56:16Z")

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**Using phrases from idealogies you don’t believe in  
Does anyone feel like White Elephanting?**

Yea, I don’t believe in the Great White Elephant, either, but you gotta admit, it’s a handy term to use.

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**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/49 "2005-09-19T13:57:25Z")

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And yet another just popped up:

**Are You “Spongeworthy” ?**

and

**There Is No Virtue In Singlehood**

😃 Well _I_ found it funny…

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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:** [September 20, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/50 "2005-09-20T17:38:44Z")

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\*\*What are matrix calculations good for?

Miles, kilometres, and England\*\*

I had to fix “matric” in the original. It’s the math geek in me.

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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/51 "2005-09-21T04:25:09Z")

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In IMHO:

\*\*Tattooed or tattoo artist dopers–when to tip?  
tipping a hotel maid  
Tipping the “to-go” person  
\*\*

-foxy

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**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/52 "2005-09-21T05:07:34Z")

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in MPSIMS:

Ask the 50’s Dad

Strange inappropriate product endorsements

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/53 "2005-09-21T12:14:17Z")

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**What the FUCK is THIS shit?  
A toilet paper conundrum**

Eww…

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/54 "2005-09-21T15:11:34Z")

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Threefer in MPSIMS:

\*\*Creepiest thread EVAR! (moreso than Rubber Johhny- cuz it is real)  
Creepy Change Guy  
The most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen on TV \*\*

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/55 "2005-09-22T22:13:43Z")

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**How do religions spread?  
Peak Oil + The Second Little Ice Age + The Avian Flu Pandemic; or just pessimism?**

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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:** [September 23, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/56 "2005-09-23T01:27:51Z")

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On the SDMB main page:

**Ways you coped with a fundie upbringing  
Boobies! Boobies boobies boobies!**

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/57 "2005-09-23T02:59:39Z")

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GQ:

**Is excessive sun or age that makes a woman’s face leathery like this?  
hard boiled eggs and heat retention**

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**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/58 "2005-09-23T04:18:49Z")

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From the “got milk?” department:

**Dinner suggestions: What should we eat this week?  
Boobies! Boobies boobies boobies!**

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/59 "2005-09-23T08:22:51Z")

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**First time using the Urinal?  
Whoa, that was a long time ago!**

Ahh, these kiddie rites of passage… 🙂

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-sequential-thread-or-not-to-sequential-thread/321121/60 "2005-09-23T12:03:56Z")

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MPSIMS:

**Part 1: Your life’s main parts are divided into Before and After what?  
First time using the Urinal?**

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