# Where are the sequential threds of yesteryear?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 11, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742 "2015-03-11T04:08:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/301 "2015-04-26T17:56:26Z")

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\*\*Long term effects of “bad” teachers?

Spelling Albuquerque \*\*

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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:** [April 26, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/302 "2015-04-26T18:40:54Z")

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\*\* Innocent things you did as a child without repercussions, that would get you suspended today  
Spelling Albuquerque\*\*

Hell, in today’s schools you can get spanked for using adverbs.

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**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/303 "2015-04-26T19:52:00Z")

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**"I’m so rich that I…  
I hit my weight loss goal today!**

Yeah, if I could afford to have a personal chef cooking for me, I could lose all my weight too.

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/304 "2015-04-27T04:27:15Z")

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**Bruce Jenner is becoming a woman  
Maximum the Hormone - Japanese Punk**

So that’s how it’s done. I guess that explains why a band called ‘[boy] Knife’ was all-female.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/305 "2015-04-27T04:44:33Z")

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> [@Hopeful\_Crow](#):
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> Yeah, if I could afford to have a personal chef cooking for me, I could lose all my weight too.

That’s not how it works. What you want is to be so rich that you can pay people to eat all your food for you.

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**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/306 "2015-04-27T05:34:32Z")

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\*\*How to fail at Twitter in one easy step…  
Veterinarian brags about killing a cat  
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/307 "2015-04-27T13:14:01Z")

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\*\*What can we do about the enormous amount of wasted food?  
How tough is it, really, to eat for $30.00 / week? \*\*

Less wasted food, I tell you.

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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:** [April 27, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/308 "2015-04-27T13:19:08Z")

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\*\* What words do you often see in print but never hear in spoken communication?  
I guess I _do_ cause animal deaths when I eat pre-killed meat.\*\*

Or, how to get kicked out of Burger King.

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/309 "2015-04-27T15:13:34Z")

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6-Letter Word-Change one or two letters make a new word  
Which car should my wife buy?

Jaguar -\> Hummer -\> Nissan -\> Subaru -\> Shelby -\> Pagani

[sub]I might not know how to play this game correctly[/sub]

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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:** [April 27, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/310 "2015-04-27T16:05:54Z")

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\*\* Dutch banker fired for working as a prostitute “on the side”  
Chinese Government cracking down on Strippers at Funerals\*\*

Next, they’ll be going after nude car washes. :mad:

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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:** [April 27, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/311 "2015-04-27T18:25:12Z")

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\*\* "I’m so rich that I…

I coulda been a STAR in the MMP!!

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[Marlon Brando] …instead of a bum, which is what I am![/MB]

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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:** [April 27, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/312 "2015-04-27T21:14:31Z")

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\*\* Seeking suggestions for a week in San Diego  
How tough is it, really, to eat for $30.00 / week?\*\*

No problemo! And Bob’s-Under-The-Overpass still has rooms available at $10 a night.

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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:** [April 27, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/313 "2015-04-27T21:18:36Z")

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\*\* Question about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  
Was it ever a crime to shout the word “celery”?\*\*

No, but if you shout “Rutabaga!” at Palestinian women, there’s bound to be trouble.

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**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/314 "2015-04-27T23:04:54Z")

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\*\*Odd sex questions that starts with some sort of complaint about previous threads

Long term effects of “bad” teachers? \*\*

Clearly the Cameron Diaz type teachers.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/315 "2015-04-28T12:32:06Z")

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**Long term effects of “bad” teachers?  
I’d love to participate in this kind of study  
Stupid Things You Never Expected To Do**

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**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/316 "2015-04-28T14:17:59Z")

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**Is cursive dying?  
Everyone’s a winner**

Except cursive

**How many Honus Wagner cards were produced and not destroyed by the manufacturer?  
I’d love to participate in this kind of study**

At least, if I get a Honus Wagner card out of it

**Could the POTUS pardon every single felon with “the stroke of a pen”  
Stupid Things You Never Expected To Do**

If you’d told me I was going to pardon every felon, I’d have said you were crazy.

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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:** [April 28, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/317 "2015-04-28T14:31:46Z")

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\*\*Poll: How many medications do you take each day?

Do we have an “overly medicated society”?

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\*\* I’m so poor that…

"I’m so rich that I…  
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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:** [April 28, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/318 "2015-04-28T17:01:25Z")

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\*\* I’m so poor that…  
These headlines are practically indistinguishable!\*\*

Whaddaya mean, “Republican Elected President” and “Democrat Elected President” are _way_ different!

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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:** [April 28, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/319 "2015-04-28T20:27:16Z")

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Ignoring one between the first and the last:  
\*\* Elephant Bird Egg up for Auction

Tiny Cows and Printed Meat

Little things that bug you  
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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:** [April 28, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/320 "2015-04-28T21:36:23Z")

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\*\* Have you ever tried worm “charming” or “grunting” to harvest worms?  
Do you get irrationally irritated by accents / voice traits?\*\*

There’s nothing worse than a Cockney worm charmer.

“Oi! Come 'ere, you 'effin Lumbricus terrestris!”

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