# 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:** 62
**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:** [June 7, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1222 "2022-06-07T18:24:09Z")
**NYT article - Do Swedish People Feed Their Guests?** **Idea(s) to reduce expenses while traveling** Don’t stay with people in Sweden. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1223 "2022-06-08T21:52:09Z")
**Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across** **What Queen Elizabeth carries in her handbag** I have a low threshold of “interesting” ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1224 "2022-06-09T15:47:33Z")
Working on a PHD? How many of your fingers would you be willing to sell? To raise enough money to get your thesis by the examination committee, expect to sell up to three fingers. But if you want to be published in a top-tier journal, you’ll need to put a kidney on the market. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1225 "2022-06-09T20:07:26Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > To raise enough money to get your thesis by the examination committee, expect to sell up to three fingers. But if you want to be published in a top-tier journal, you’ll need to put a kidney on the market. That’s not bad considering grad school cost me an arm and a leg. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1226 "2022-06-09T22:30:54Z")
**Words that are their own opposites Bad, Bad, Bad winning** ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1227 "2022-06-10T09:20:40Z")
**I feel bad…I killed a cat today** **New puppy coming soon** ---
**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:** [June 10, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1228 "2022-06-10T15:27:27Z")
Another question about evolution? I like bananas a bunch Hark! It’s the Missing Link!! ---
**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:** [June 10, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1229 "2022-06-10T15:29:05Z")
**How does France protect the identies of the Foreign Legion?** **Attempted Murder of Justice Brett Kavanaugh** [puffs on cigarette] Monsieur Kavanaugh, he knew too much… ---
**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:** [June 10, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1230 "2022-06-10T18:50:28Z")
**How (theoretically) can metal detectors be defeated?** **Advanced dinosaur civilization** ---
**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:** [June 10, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1231 "2022-06-10T18:59:44Z")
Separated by one: **Magic: Making Big Things Disappear** **What is the world’s largest living organism?** Oohhh. I sense a challenge! ---
**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:** [June 11, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1232 "2022-06-11T07:33:35Z")
**Coffee making a buzzing sound** **I Fell in a Vat of Chocolate** Ya know what? That probably wasn’t coffee!\* \* And that probably wasn’t chocolate, either. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1233 "2022-06-11T12:16:37Z")
I Fell in a Vat of Chocolate Catfish, evidently, swallow The stuff of nightmares. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1234 "2022-06-11T12:57:16Z")
Advice on how my wife and I can save the country and the world OK to Ignore an Infected Toenail Sacrifices must be made. You can take a day off for norovirus, though. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1235 "2022-06-14T19:13:06Z")
Advice on how my wife and I can save the country and the world Polygamy advocacy Suddenly the Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t seem all that bad. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1236 "2022-06-15T20:34:20Z")
**Please explain bullet sizes for guns (and other ammo jargon)** **Are Objects With Mass Moving Through Me At All Times?** Only very, very small bullets ---
**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:** [June 16, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1237 "2022-06-16T11:57:20Z")
**Words You’ve Never Heard Pronounced** **It’s GAYLORD! GAY- LORD!** ---
**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:** [June 16, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1238 "2022-06-16T17:54:16Z")
**Help us name our 3rd kitten!** **That cat ain’t 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:** [June 17, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1239 "2022-06-17T02:24:41Z")
Which animals will you kill, or have killed on your behalf? How to deal with bloodsucking bastard ticks? Binding arbitration? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1240 "2022-06-17T03:01:57Z")
**Man Wards off Emus with Pool Noodles** **Tourist vs wild beef …. the beef usually wins** Nature, red in tooth and claw… ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1241 "2022-06-17T22:19:28Z")
Advanced dinosaur civilization How accurate are the counterweight scales typically found in Drs office? “You’re 13 tons today, Mrs. Stegosaurus, give or take a ton or two. I’m putting you on a low-cycad diet, and lay off the Little Debbie snack cakes.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=63)