# When in discourse of sequential threads **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906 "2020-06-22T17:57:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 110
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2182 "2024-07-09T01:46:31Z")
**Witnessing your own mental decay** **I’m hatching salamander eggs!** First, stand up and step away from the nest. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2183 "2024-07-09T02:31:00Z")
**What is the maximum potential of the average person?** **Three days in Banff/Lake Louise** They still talk in hushed whispers about that one guy who lasted four days. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2184 "2024-07-09T19:35:48Z")
**How would you react to foxes with no fear of people?** **Goose Step** I guess the straight leg step keeps them away while you’re escaping but I probably would have gone for a Foxtrot myself. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2185 "2024-07-09T20:20:06Z")
**What the hell is so attractive about fascism?** **Goose Step** ok… ---
**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:** [July 10, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2186 "2024-07-10T01:22:35Z")
Stop Panicking! Say the weird thing \*ph’nglui mglw’nafh R’lyeh Bid’en wgah’nagl fhtagn." ---
**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 10, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2187 "2024-07-10T11:24:15Z")
**What the hell is so attractive about fascism?** **Baby Robins** We wouldn’t have gone along with the trampling of individual rights ordinarily, but the baby birds were so _cute!_ ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2188 "2024-07-10T17:25:35Z")
[Harvey Weinstein faces yet more accusations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-faces-yet-more-accusations/1003969) [Meatloat! Yep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatloaf-yep/1003975) #meatloaftoo ---
**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:** [July 10, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2189 "2024-07-10T20:22:45Z")
**Suggestions for camping food?** **Meatloaf-yep** ---
**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:** [July 10, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2190 "2024-07-10T22:22:24Z")
How would you react to foxes with no fear of people? Say the weird thing Just shout “OOMAGOOMA OOMAGOOMA! VREBISHAR HORTILIGUNTUS! SCAT!!!” Works every time. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2191 "2024-07-11T10:53:35Z")
You could interview one and report back the answers. Then we’d all know what the fox says. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2192 "2024-07-11T13:04:05Z")
What exempted Bob Dylan from military service? Things that make you shorter, as a teen? Yes. He spent months in a sauna shrinking down to 5’3" so they wouldn’t draft him. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2193 "2024-07-12T14:48:07Z")
Planning a One-Week Stay in New York with my Daughters - Summer 2024 Let’s talk about CHEESE! Yeah, screw Broadway, the Statue of Liberty, museums and restaurants. I know where you can get a wheel of fabulous Gorgonzola. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2194 "2024-07-12T19:58:58Z")
**Is there a place for superheroes in our world?** **How high should a toilet seat be?** High enough to leap in a single bound. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2195 "2024-07-13T23:13:53Z")
What exempted Bob Dylan from military service? Physical limits on heat? “Sorry, but my doctor says I can’t do physical activity in any country where it gets over 65 degrees.” ---
**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:** [July 15, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2196 "2024-07-15T15:35:02Z")
Would you host a time traveller from the past? What the hell is so attractive about fascism? Benito, if you insist on being served raw garlic at every meal, you’ll have to sit at the far end of the table. And Adolf, eat your veggies and stop ranting. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2197 "2024-07-16T13:14:23Z")
**What exempted Bob Dylan from military service?** **Need some help with a trigonometry problem** Sure, I could see that means he doesn’t get into an engineering MOS but one doesn’t need trig to be a swabbie. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2198 "2024-07-16T14:33:31Z")
Obsolete camping advice How would you react to foxes with no fear of people? Old-timers hurled flaming cans of Sterno to repel unwanted wildlife, but modern guides have switched to propane. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2199 "2024-07-17T11:48:31Z")
**Six found dead in Bangkok hotel** **any-i-was-doing-it-the-hard-way-stories** I like my vacations to include a challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2200 "2024-07-17T12:06:34Z")
**When the doc asks “Did you fall?” - what do they want to know? How high should a toilet seat be?** ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2201 "2024-07-17T16:46:01Z")
**Did you ever run away from home?** **How would you react to foxes with no fear of people?** Befriend them, go on a series of adventures, and sell our story to the Brothers Grimm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=111)