# 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:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/61 "2015-03-22T14:58:12Z")

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**California “death penalty for sodomy” proposal could appear on ballot.  
Oi! Get your finger outta me bum!**

Considering the silliness of it, that would be a great official title for the proposal.

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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:** [March 22, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/62 "2015-03-22T16:02:18Z")

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**Vocal Question—Vibrato  
Is it correct to say: "I am out of stock of meat?"**

The actual line is “O doloroso! I am outttttt of stock of meatttttttt!”. A great recitative from the opera “The Barber of Seville”.

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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:** [March 22, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/63 "2015-03-22T17:13:50Z")

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\*\*Oi! Get your finger outta me bum!  
Bachelor Party Stories \*\*

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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:** [March 23, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/64 "2015-03-23T00:32:28Z")

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\*\* Oi! Get your finger outta me bum!  
Tell me about your most unpleasant and/or scary airline flight\*\*

Because of those mandatory rectal exams in economy class, I switched to First Class, and the worst thing that’s ever happened there is the time they ran out of tonic water. :eek:

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/65 "2015-03-23T00:41:01Z")

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Separated by one.

**What “scary” movie/book do you want remade/rebooted?  
Rear Window – on the big screen**

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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:** [March 23, 2015, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/66 "2015-03-23T08:30:59Z")

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**Can you raise one eyebrow?  
What is a female version of a “cockblock” called?**  
:dubious:

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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:** [March 23, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/67 "2015-03-23T12:43:49Z")

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\*\* My dog pooped in the dog groomer’s shower–on two occasions.  
Who speaks for planet Earth?\*\*

**BAD DOG, BANDIT!!!** aroooo…

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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:** [March 23, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/68 "2015-03-23T15:30:58Z")

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\*\* Ask the Firearms Historian

Grammar question… Is proper english doomed?  
\*\*  
Can we shoot people who use improper grammar with a Flintlock?

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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:** [March 23, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/69 "2015-03-23T15:59:42Z")

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\*\* My hair is thinning. Any proven solution?  
Found a new feline Overlord…\*\*

Advantages: Warm, good coverage, interesting colors.  
Disadvantages: Tough to keep in place, especially when showering.

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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:** [March 23, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/70 "2015-03-23T19:05:40Z")

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\*\* What gives you hope?

New Motorcycle  
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My Harley has redeemed my soul!

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**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:** [March 23, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/71 "2015-03-23T20:08:11Z")

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**Picking up subtle social cues is hard  
Is my co worker interested…?**

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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:** [March 23, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/72 "2015-03-23T20:17:08Z")

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\*\*Another “Help with Dating Profile” Thread  
Hairballs. And puking \*\*

Yeah, no. Don’t mention that.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/73 "2015-03-24T00:20:44Z")

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**Robots, Explosions, and Time Machines  
I’m confessing: “50 Shades” made my bits tingle.**

:eek:

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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:** [March 24, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/74 "2015-03-24T00:52:00Z")

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\*\* Pain Pill Hangover??  
Toga Party! \*\*

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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:** [March 24, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/75 "2015-03-24T02:19:37Z")

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\*\*What gives you hope?  
Drinking culture \*\*

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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:** [March 24, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/76 "2015-03-24T02:32:27Z")

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**Why do black pupils in the US underachieve academically when one factors out poverty?  
Infinite series of cause and effect**

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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:** [March 24, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/77 "2015-03-24T02:43:00Z")

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\*\*Where the fuck are you?

Red Light District

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An oddly appropriate way to ask that question.

\*\* Steophan: ‘“Blacks are subhuman” is either true or false, and by itself has no moral component’

Don’t say “That’s awful white of you,” please.  
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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:** [March 24, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/78 "2015-03-24T06:26:05Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> \*\* Ask the Firearms Historian
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> Grammar question… Is proper english doomed?  
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> Can we shoot people who use improper grammar with a Flintlock?

I don’t know. Do many people use improper grammar with a Flintlock?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/79 "2015-03-24T06:47:09Z")

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**Idiotic Orthodox Jewish Tradition Leads to Death of Seven Children  
I’m sick of people who think it’s ok to use ‘The N-Word’ in front of me.**

:eek: That’s no reason to kill them.

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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:** [March 24, 2015, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/80 "2015-03-24T07:26:41Z")

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**My hair is thinning. Any proven solution?  
Can you raise one eyebrow?**

Can you raise it high enough to reach over the top of your head?

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