# 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:** 123
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2442 "2025-03-13T22:53:44Z")
**What’s this thing that came out of my toilet?** **Will my coffee stay hotter if I wait a bit before milk?** That ain’t coffee. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2443 "2025-03-14T02:05:55Z")
What’s this thing that came out of my toilet? Invention of the telephone “Mr. Watson, stay right where you are. Don’t come any closer.” ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2444 "2025-03-14T22:01:06Z")
Cruise ships: why does the ship gather your bags and then deliver to your room? Are we already capable of going to Mars this very instant but just unwilling? We could go, but NASA charges $50 million for every bag that won’t fit in the overhead. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2445 "2025-03-17T02:56:24Z")
What’s this thing that came out of my toilet? Was this definitely a vasovagal syncope episode? [Yes, I’d say so..](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-hissing-snake-toilet-arizona-woman/). ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2446 "2025-03-18T15:17:35Z")
In my Suggested threads: **Ozempic, the bowel paralyzer** **How long should a toilet flapper last?** The longer you take the med, the less strain on the flapper, surely? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2447 "2025-03-19T17:46:38Z")
**Invention of the telephone** **“Call a doctor if you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours”** “Mr. Watson, come here…I want to see you…badly…” ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2448 "2025-03-19T20:12:35Z")
**NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4)** **Ohio wants your drivers license to view online porn** Yep, that’s a stupid idea all right. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2449 "2025-03-23T02:43:49Z")
Death in the White House You get caught with a dead body, are you going to prison? Lots of good lines come to mind, but I think I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2450 "2025-03-24T01:56:15Z")
Paquito D’Rivera and his apostrophe “Call a doctor if you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours” What really gets me excited are asterisks. 🤩 ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2451 "2025-03-25T12:31:03Z")
**What would you do differently for the next pandemic?** **You get caught with a dead body, are you going to prison?** This time, I’m hiring a better lawyer. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2452 "2025-03-25T14:38:29Z")
You get caught with a dead body, are you going to prison? Easy, simple, intuitive drafting software for small projects I always use HideBody7.0. It has great features, like providing alerts if a homicide unit is within a half-mile of my vehicle, showing the best remote sites and soil conditions for easy burial and a guide for when decomposition odors can be expected to start. Quick download and easy to use. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2453 "2025-03-25T16:14:32Z")
**What music are you listening to right now** **The Paradox of ancient, crumbling abandoned cities in stories set in the ancient world** It’s the B-side to “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave Grooving With a Pict.” ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2454 "2025-03-25T17:17:28Z")
**What would you do differently for the next pandemic?** **Routers and firewalls** Gotta stay virus-free! ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2455 "2025-03-25T23:00:10Z")
“Call a doctor if you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours” Why isn’t this big news? (New battery) “It keeps going, and going, and going…” ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2456 "2025-03-30T13:39:07Z")
Do you dress up/down to exercise? Answering the phone “Hello, I’m Buck Naked!! So, what are you selling today?” ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2457 "2025-04-03T21:45:26Z")
Movie Marathon (Part 3) I’m going to undertake a six-month Kabbalah ritual - ask me anything Do you expect that seeing “Showgirls” 180 times will lead to a spiritual awakening? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2458 "2025-04-03T23:38:41Z")
**What do you think is the goal of this economic chaos?** **Lyme Disease** ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2459 "2025-04-05T22:19:06Z")
**Pronouncing “Content”, a woman’s name?** **Tetrahedral Pyramid** No, no - it’s pronounced “throatwobbler mangrove.” ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2460 "2025-04-05T22:24:07Z")
Emailing v texting Is There Any Practical Way to Increase the Birthrate? A Zoom mating is how the young folks are getting it done these days. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/2461 "2025-04-08T12:52:24Z")
**Are there any cheap cuts of meat we can buy or is it all expensive? The cu\*t word** Fine. “Are there any cheap slices of meat we can buy?” Better? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=124)