# 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:** 60
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1182 "2022-04-29T11:12:04Z")
**What To Do Or Say When A Doctor Examines Your Privates? Do you have a preference for small or large dogs?🐕** …if you know what I mean. ---
**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 29, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1183 "2022-04-29T19:22:42Z")
**What was your most tortuous school activity - as a parent?** **Golfing for snakes** ---
**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 30, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1184 "2022-04-30T18:02:55Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > **What was your most tortuous school activity - as a parent?** > **Golfing for snakes** I tried to enjoy father-son golf tournaments, but no matter how I lined up putts, the snakes kept wriggling past the hole. ---
**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, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1185 "2022-05-01T13:35:13Z")
What To Do Or Say When A Doctor Examines Your Privates? What do you think will happen when the water level at Lake Mead falls below 1050 feet? What’s this gummy stuff on my clothes after I wash them? Either is a good conversational gambit to lighten the moment. But the latter question might lead to unnecessary medical tests. Tiny, unimportant things that folks get all bothered about Grasshopper in my arugula ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1186 "2022-05-02T13:27:57Z")
**What is extremely common in TV or movies but almost never happens in real life? Brain Trauma resulting in genius?** ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1187 "2022-05-02T18:09:13Z")
**Tiny, unimportant things that people get all bothered about Cervical cancer** Nooo, I think that’s a legit reason to get upset. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1188 "2022-05-02T18:27:01Z")
**Another “old doggie nearing the end” thread (long) (and sad): update, dog has improved Happy 96th, Your Majesty {2022‐04‐21}** Bit disrespectful, I think… ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1189 "2022-05-02T21:36:13Z")
**What To Do Or Say When A Doctor Examines Your Privates?** **Tell me about the Christian flag** “We just call it the foreskin.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1190 "2022-05-03T13:24:48Z")
**How does one get the Hells Angels off your back? A plastic glass, an online paper, and other material contradictions** “Hey tough guy, why is your whiskey glass called a glass when it’s made out of plastic?” “I don’t kno…Aiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeee!” ---
**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:** [May 4, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1191 "2022-05-04T01:48:53Z")
**What’s the Deal With Shen Yun’s Latest Tagline?** **They wouldn’t fly now** “…but they would have flown before Communism!” ---
**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 4, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1192 "2022-05-04T19:57:16Z")
How does one get the Hells Angels off your back? American Motors, Rambler, Nash, etc Guys, take it from me, you’ll look _way_ cooler riding in a pack of vintage Nash Ramblers. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1193 "2022-05-06T01:55:04Z")
**The ‘Flos Carmeli’ Has Never Failed For Me ONCE** **Why do so many people still believe in God?** There’s _one_ reason. ---
**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, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1194 "2022-05-06T15:34:36Z")
How does one get the Hells Angels off your back? Do you use a different accent or dialect, depending on who you speak to? In this case, I’d drop the affected upper-class British accent. ---
**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 9, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1195 "2022-05-09T14:09:52Z")
Leaving food on your plate When you’re late for work “Youcangivemyomelettothedoggottarunbye!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1196 "2022-05-13T13:56:24Z")
**Will residential solar panels hold resale value?** **The U.K. receives less sunlight than almost all of the USA?** ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1197 "2022-05-13T16:03:47Z")
Please explain Buy - Borrow - Die to me Planning a trip to NYC in mid-Oct You’ve got an excellent chance to Buy or Die in NYC. Just don’t expect to be able to borrow stuff from random strangers. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1198 "2022-05-14T14:19:30Z")
**Phrases/terms that aggravate the hell out of you** **Had to return adopted doggo** ---
**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:** [May 14, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1199 "2022-05-14T14:24:06Z")
**Why are docs and hospitals still using faxes?** **Pet pictures!** ---
**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 16, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1200 "2022-05-16T16:02:30Z")
**Advice on which cat bed to get** **Can humans take a lesson from canines?** Yeah. The dogs say “Don’t worry about getting a cat bed. The cat will just steal _your_ bed.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VbUGRAilNYg/hqdefault.jpg "Best Of Funny Cats Stealing Dog Beds Compilation || NEW HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUGRAilNYg) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y9n65j2iIwE/maxresdefault.jpg "Cats Stealing Dog Beds 2015 [NEW]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9n65j2iIwE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lTHLPLiqB38/maxresdefault.jpg "Dogs React To Finding Cats Sleeping In Their Beds") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHLPLiqB38) ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1201 "2022-05-17T12:41:49Z")
**Quick, what’s your current earworm?** **Music to relieve the pressure** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=61)