# When in discourse of sequential threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906>\
**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:** 48

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/942 "2021-11-21T15:10:49Z")

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**Trying to come up with unconventional icebreaker-type questions for fellowship group**

**What’s the most interesting car you saw today?**

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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:** [November 21, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/943 "2021-11-21T15:13:25Z")

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When did paid and unpaid lunch breaks become such a deal?  
"He crossed state lines.”

“Suspect from Davenport was seen sneaking into a Chick-fil-A in East Moline. A struggle ensued.”

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/944 "2021-11-23T01:53:21Z")

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A couple of questions for World War II historians  
Fibonacci Numbers: Did Fibonacci just come up with the sequence as a lark? Or, did he derive it from something else?  
Science Fraud: What are Western Blots and How can they be Faked?

You know, if you keep this crap up you’re going to be banned from “Ask The World War II Historians”. 🤨

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/945 "2021-11-23T12:47:48Z")

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**Intriguing optical illusion  
“He crossed state lines.”**

Actually, if you measure it with a ruler, you’ll find he didn’t.

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**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:** [November 25, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/946 "2021-11-25T03:04:43Z")

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**2021 Secret Santa Christmas Exchange**  
**Ask Your Doctor**

She said my heart was probably strong enough for it, but wasn’t interested in participating herself.

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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:** [November 25, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/947 "2021-11-25T14:59:28Z")

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Tell us about something you have done on a stage  
Has anyone here used one of those Navage sinus cleaning machines?

So _that’s_ why the front row seats were heavily discounted…

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/948 "2021-11-26T07:56:25Z")

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**Not quite a unicorn farting rainbows…but close!  
My decorating dreams have been destroyed**

For some, it’s a look - de gustibus non est disputandum, and all that.

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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:** [November 26, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/949 "2021-11-26T18:34:21Z")

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**Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Let’s do it again!  
“Die Hard” a Christmas Movie?**

It’s a Christmas Movie, if you think about it laterally.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/950 "2021-11-26T19:30:26Z")

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**I blew up a Toastmasters group last night**  
**High Cost of Ammunition Question**

(in Latest Posts)  
They deserved it, but man, the cost of ammo these days!

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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:** [November 27, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/951 "2021-11-27T19:58:29Z")

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The Women’s Medical Fund has Renamed Itself  
Catholic Bishops can suck my ass

Those abortion rights types are a feisty bunch.

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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:** [November 30, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/952 "2021-11-30T11:46:18Z")

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**Simplifications you’ve made  
How to fax without a fax machine**

It really simplifies my life.

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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:** [November 30, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/953 "2021-11-30T14:24:06Z")

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Scammer calls. Does anyone actually fall for them?  
Cat losing hair

I.R.S. scams really freak out your domestic shorthairs, but Russian Blues could care less.

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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:** [November 30, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/954 "2021-11-30T14:31:38Z")

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**We’re Doomed – Robots can reproduce**  
**Your current first-world problems**

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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:** [December 2, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/955 "2021-12-02T15:01:31Z")

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A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers  
Are you tired of turkey?

The strutting and gobbling do get old.

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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:** [December 3, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/956 "2021-12-03T14:06:45Z")

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**If Rittenhouse had been disarmed by the victims, what would have happened to him?  
Food Feast**

It’s unfair to jump to that conclusion just because they were at a Cannibal Lives Matter rally.

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**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:** [December 3, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/957 "2021-12-03T22:23:56Z")

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**Advice on traveling long distance by Amtrak**  
**Share personal stories about your abortion**

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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:** [December 4, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/958 "2021-12-04T02:11:35Z")

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How many people on earth are having sex at any given moment?  
Changing LARGE Whole House Water Filters

Sounds messy.

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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:** [December 5, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/959 "2021-12-05T16:21:35Z")

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Describe breakfast in your childhood residence during your schooldays  
Frozen vs canned

Mom didn’t believe in making a fuss.

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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:** [December 6, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/960 "2021-12-06T12:28:00Z")

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**The Bundys are at it again.  
Hotel room pranks**

Leaving a disabled gun in the room pointing at the doorway was _almost_ as funny as when they glued the Book of Mormon to the back of the Gideon Bible.

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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:** [December 6, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/961 "2021-12-06T17:51:36Z")

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Describe breakfast in your childhood residence during your schooldays  
Your favorite fictional depiction of Hell

“You can have anything you want for breakfast, as long as it’s reheated brussels sprouts.”

“Aw, Mom!”

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