# 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\
**Page:** 84

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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:** [October 30, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1661 "2015-10-30T16:58:27Z")

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\*\* Is it me?

My obesity: Finally an answer that makes sense!

“Do you think I’m fat?” \*\*

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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:** [October 30, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1662 "2015-10-30T21:21:52Z")

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\*\* What color are your pants? What’d you eat for lunch?  
Do you like your kids’ names?\*\*

I always wondered what Mister Rogers would’ve been like as a Gestapo interrogator.

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**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:** [October 30, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1663 "2015-10-30T22:34:03Z")

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**’Gift’ is a noun.  
Lethal force justified?**

Yes, lethal force is justified. So stop turning nouns into verbs.

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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:** [October 31, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1664 "2015-10-31T12:36:27Z")

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\*\*Just once, I’d like to hear…  
Support for my Husband \*\*

C’mon, Husband! _stamps, claps and cheers_

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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:** [October 31, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1665 "2015-10-31T12:52:25Z")

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**The name Olive for a girl  
Do you like your kids’ names?  
Lethal force justified?**

No jury will convict you! No, wait, it’s the other thing. \*Every \*jury will convict 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:** [October 31, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1666 "2015-10-31T14:54:58Z")

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\*\* Positive Gun News of the Day  
I lost my kitty [donation request]\*\*

So, you need to buy more ammo?

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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:** [October 31, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1667 "2015-10-31T15:35:21Z")

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\*\*Things you assumed would happen in life, based on sitcoms/movies  
Supergirl  
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1668 "2015-10-31T16:11:09Z")

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**tomndebb, please explain why I was noted for saying Jew-bros.**  
**Is this actually racist?**

Well, **tomndebb** says it is.

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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:** [October 31, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1669 "2015-10-31T18:06:50Z")

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\*\* When Did “mounds” Candy Cease Being "Peter Paul Mounds?  
When did “beet” become “beetroot”? \*\*

When did Thanksgiving at your house become “Fuck No!”?

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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:** [October 31, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1670 "2015-10-31T18:10:03Z")

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\*\* Am I a self-hating Negro?  
Is this actually racist?\*\*

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1671 "2015-10-31T18:23:31Z")

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**It’s illegal in my state, but…  
sex eyes closed**

Keep out of my bedroom, you government types!

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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:** [October 31, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1672 "2015-10-31T19:56:34Z")

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\*\*Favorite thing about Halloween?  
Mass shootings and news reporting \*\*

Not to ruin your fun, but the trick-or-treating in your town may be getting out of hand.

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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:** [October 31, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1673 "2015-10-31T22:38:53Z")

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**POLL- Is it OK to dress as Hitler for Halloween?  
What “innocent” group of people can you simply not stand?**

If it’s the Jews, then you’re OK.

Sorry.

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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:** [November 1, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1674 "2015-11-01T00:02:54Z")

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**Movies or TV that Terrified you as a kid  
"Your mother was a tribble and your father smelt of prune juice!"**

Scariest _Twilight Zone_ episode ever.

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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:** [November 1, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1675 "2015-11-01T02:31:17Z")

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**POLL- Is it OK to dress as Hitler for Halloween?  
US tries again to extradite Roman Polanski, this time from Poland.**

“Trick or treat! Give us Polanski, or we invade!” Hey, it might work.

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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:** [November 1, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1676 "2015-11-01T08:25:51Z")

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**Just once, I’d like to hear…  
Anti-Rape Activists Having a Hard Time Dating**

Yup, I’d like to be a fly on the wall for that. 😃

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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:** [November 1, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1677 "2015-11-01T15:11:15Z")

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\*\*Your favorite Richard Thompson song  
“Your mother was a tribble and your father smelt of prune juice!” \*\*

It’s not well known.

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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:** [November 1, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1678 "2015-11-01T16:36:03Z")

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**Anyone else doing National Novel Writing Month 2015?  
"Your mother was a tribble and your father smelt of prune juice!"**

Whoever that is, it ain’t Salman Rushdie.

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**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:** [November 1, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1679 "2015-11-01T23:46:54Z")

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**Cinnamon Imp- It’s A Baby Girl  
Fred Thompson has died**

One dies, another is born. And sometimes the Dead’s soul takes over the body of the newborn! Mwahahahahaha!

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1680 "2015-11-02T02:27:33Z")

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\*\* Fred Thompson has died  
The world’s tiniest violin plays for you man\*\*

Oo, _harsh_.

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