# 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:** 88
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1742 "2023-07-24T10:50:21Z")
**Resolved, that using “karen” as an pejorative is off limits Called by last name?** ::::Sigh::: Okay, I guess. “I ran into a huge Johnson at the grocery store the other day”. Better? ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1743 "2023-07-24T14:39:43Z")
Do you dress and groom for yourself or for others? Are Aliens Visiting Earth? I ain’t a-puttin’ on a shirt and shoes to impress no goddam aliens. 🤬 ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1744 "2023-07-24T17:33:48Z")
**Another divorce/lottery question** **Should I use a whetstone to sharpen my knives?** ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1745 "2023-07-24T21:35:01Z")
Drinking your urine in an emergency situation Should I use a whetstone to sharpen my knives? Dude, you got a flat tire on the Interstate. Chill and call AAA. ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1746 "2023-07-25T12:28:06Z")
**Drinking your urine in an emergency situation** **Two questions about European plumbing** ---
**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 25, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1747 "2023-07-25T13:51:51Z")
**Are Aliens Visiting Earth?** **Talentless people riding on a family member’s fame.** [Klingon] That **E.T.** wasn’t all that great! I could’ve done what he did if my “fix-it” finger wasn’t broken. And if I didn’t hate Earth kids… [/Klingon] ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1748 "2023-07-27T18:07:56Z")
**Why are you always late?** **I’m not saying it’s aliens, but … it’s aliens** “Just _one_ more probe, they said.” ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1749 "2023-07-29T14:21:37Z")
Where do these stains on my pants come from? Bloater paste - anyone ever eaten it? (shudder) ---
**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 29, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1750 "2023-07-29T15:11:23Z")
**Where do these stains on my pants come from?** **I’m not saying it’s aliens, but … it’s aliens** ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1751 "2023-07-29T16:54:09Z")
UFO’s in Recent Navy Videos Speed camera question How good are extraterrestrials when it comes to paying speeding tickets? And how many light-years does it take for citations to arrive? ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1752 "2023-07-29T17:21:17Z")
**I had a very vivid dream about Cecil** **Where do these stains on my pants come from?** Ewww! ---
**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 29, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1753 "2023-07-29T17:27:02Z")
Tour de France 2023 When do you fuel up? Only before the hilly parts. They’ll never know. ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1754 "2023-07-29T20:57:02Z")
**“Loosely patterned after a Greek myth,” Joe Haldeman wrote** **A Centaur and a Cyclops Walk into a Bar…. finish the joke (Xena reference)** _Very_ loosely. ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1755 "2023-07-30T00:28:15Z")
**Florida man (atee) killed by rough sex with his brother** **I’m not saying it’s aliens, but … it’s aliens** To be fair, that would explain most Florida news items… ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1756 "2023-07-31T17:39:45Z")
**Two sentence horror stories** **What did you do with the ashes?** I don’t want to read the second sentence. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1757 "2023-08-02T02:34:42Z")
Need answer fast: What to do in and around Toronto? Are Aliens Visiting Earth? Yes, and they’re easily bored. 😬 ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1758 "2023-08-03T20:44:05Z")
How often did you fly as a child? If God was stoned? As I recall, he was demoted from co-pilot and got stuffed in the overhead. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1759 "2023-08-04T13:32:10Z")
**Mass Killings in the US (2023)** **I’m not saying it’s aliens, but … it’s aliens** E.T. is pissed. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1760 "2023-08-05T14:17:48Z")
Tackiest Souvenir? Do a second PhD? You’ll want _something_ to commemorate all those wasted years in school. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906/1761 "2023-08-06T09:02:38Z")
**Cousins who look alike** **The Rise of “Karens”?** …and of Patty Dukes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906.md?page=89)