# 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:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1701 "2015-11-03T19:57:04Z")

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**How might you build an “updated” Iowa class battleship, today?  
Replacing a sliding patio door.**

Yeah, modern battleships always use french doors.

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1702 "2015-11-04T12:15:09Z")

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\*\* What Do I Do When I Agree with a Fuckhead?

Fuck Windows  
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Seems kinda extreme…

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1703 "2015-11-04T12:43:59Z")

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\*\* Ant mound in garage - need answer kinda fast…

How do I find the dead cat in my house?

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Let the ants into your house. Problem solved.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1704 "2015-11-04T12:58:41Z")

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\*\* It’s illegal in my state, but …  
Won’t you take me down to Zippertown?  
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…IF you know what I mean.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1705 "2015-11-04T14:00:30Z")

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**The De-Clutter and Clean Up Support Thread  
My ability to misplace things is unrivalled in the history of humankind**

So, still some work to do, then.

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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 4, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1706 "2015-11-04T14:10:52Z")

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\*\* It’s illegal in my state, but …  
New font should make it easier for dyslexics to read and write\*\*

Maybe if you make the font really small, the cops won’t notice.

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1707 "2015-11-04T14:19:41Z")

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\*\* Women, would you date a 40-year-old man who was NOT a virgin, but only had one sexual partner?  
Again with the right hand hair part for men  
What do you think about men shaving their armpits? \*\*

One sexual partner, right hand hair part and shaved pits? Sounds dreamy.

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1708 "2015-11-04T14:28:35Z")

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\*\* A Man Who Kills a Man  
Is this actually racist?  
Women Against Feminism  
How would 9/11 be different if it was done in the name of gender inequality? \*\*

Killing people for any reason is wrong. And so is the generic “man” to use people. And racism. And women against feminism. And 9/11.

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1709 "2015-11-04T15:26:52Z")

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\*\*Haiku Madness  
Describe this actor’s character’s persona in two words!  
Tom Swifties! \*\*

Describe this actor’s  
Character’s persona in  
Two Words: Tom Swifties!

Absolute perfect haiku!

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1710 "2015-11-04T15:33:49Z")

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\*\* Stupid Gun news of the day…  
Man Left Granddaughter, 5, in Desert With Loaded Gun \*\*

No caption needed.

\*\*Stupid Republican idea of the day  
Confederate patriot bombs Wal-Mart because it stopped selling Confederate flags  
What Do I Do When I Agree with a Fuckhead? \*\*

Again, NCN.

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1711 "2015-11-04T16:52:12Z")

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\*\* What to do [seeking marital advice]

Lethal force justified? \*\*

Probably not, but it’s tempting, isn’t it?

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1712 "2015-11-04T17:00:18Z")

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\*\*The world’s tiniest violin plays for you man  
The BBC’s plans for announcement of nuclear war  
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I don’t think we’re taking this seriously enough.

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1713 "2015-11-04T17:13:50Z")

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Separated by one:

\*\* Records from ancient Babylonia and Assyria  
How important to shred?\*\*

Please don’t.

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1714 "2015-11-04T18:10:53Z")

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\*\*  
WTF is going to Hit the Earth within a month(?)  
My ability to misplace things is unrivalled in the history of humankind \*\*

Well, one thing you misplaced may have been found.

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1715 "2015-11-04T18:11:49Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> Separated by one:
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> \*\* Records from ancient Babylonia and Assyria  
> How important to shred?\*\*
> 
> Please don’t.

Do you have any idea how hard clay bricks are on shredder blades?

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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 4, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1716 "2015-11-04T18:30:02Z")

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**Posters who love to bring up the same things time and again  
Stupid Republican idea of the day  
Stupid Gun news of the day…**

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1717 "2015-11-04T18:35:49Z")

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\*\*WTF is going to Hit the Earth within a month(?)  
The next big automotive scandal? \*\*

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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 5, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1718 "2015-11-05T01:31:15Z")

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**Do erectile dysfunction pills work for persons who just want to masturbate alone?  
Help Me Help My Timid Assistant**

Ask him on a date instead? Maybe you can help him be less timid.

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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 5, 2015, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1719 "2015-11-05T11:16:04Z")

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**Do erectile dysfunction pills work for persons who just want to masturbate alone?  
How many hours a week do you use your cell phone and/or text for personal use**

:dubious:

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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:** [November 5, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-sequential-threds-of-yesteryear/714742/1720 "2015-11-05T14:12:53Z")

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\*\* Driving across West Virginia

Have you or haven’t you hit a deer? \*\*  
If not, you probably just haven’t driven far enough yet.

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