# 3 c needed to a l **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797 "2007-01-05T08:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/21 "2007-01-05T22:42:37Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Not even close. [This thread has 78,516](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=24960). [/QUOTE] I don’t even have to click the link to know what the thread in question must be. Is that a leg? 😛 Are YOU the SHERIFF? 😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/22 "2007-01-06T05:29:44Z")
I saw the thread (yeah _everyone_ knows which one) was getting a bit old and so I bumped it back to the top. It seems mittu has become more comfortable posting to other threads now that he _thinks_ we’ve forgotten about his little puzzle. I must admit his posting to the thread “Origin and Reason for Racing Stripes” shows he’s more interested in scholarly topics as opposed to this silly little word puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/23 "2007-01-06T05:54:10Z")
Ugh. I didn’t even post to the infamous thread although I’ve been following it faithfully. I believe a lynching would be entirely too kind… I’m thinking more of a slow, puzzling kind of death. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/24 "2007-01-06T23:09:24Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] Every time \*\*mittu \*\*posts, just quote it and write, “I’m not responding to you until you answer the 14 k of g question.” [/QUOTE] Or better yet, answer any post or thread with an arcane set of alpha-numeric characters. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/25 "2007-01-07T02:04:07Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] [QUOTE=Trunk] Every time \*\*mittu \*\*posts, just quote it and write, “I’m not responding to you until you answer the 14 k of g question.” [/QUOTE] Or better yet, answer any post or thread with an arcane set of alpha-numeric characters. [/QUOTE] Now now, no need to be so “in your face”. I’ve posted in that thread, and I don’t see why you both just can’t settle down. In fact, I promise not to type anything more about it. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/26 "2007-01-07T22:38:18Z")
[QUOTE=Nanoda] Now now, no need to be so “in your face”. I’ve posted in that thread, and I don’t see why you both just can’t settle down. In fact, I promise not to type anything more about it. [/QUOTE] Best… signature… ever… ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/27 "2007-01-08T19:29:53Z")
Perhaps we should ask someone to assassinate **Mittu**. To keep in theme, however, there would have to be no-one with the nickname of **Mittu**. We would all therefore be innocent of taking a life that did not exist. It seems to fit, somehow. -Cem ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/28 "2007-02-01T02:30:39Z")
Arg, stop posting in that goddam thread! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/29 "2007-02-01T02:55:09Z")
**SkipMagic** put it out of our misery. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/30 "2007-02-01T02:58:12Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] Arg, stop posting in that goddam thread! [/QUOTE] I agree! And whoever is forcing you to keep reading that thread should stop, too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/31 "2007-02-01T03:04:56Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] **SkipMagic** put it out of our misery. [/QUOTE] Yes, before I could ask the mods politely to DELETE that thread. Not just to lock it - but to physically make it disappear. Also, how about suspending **mittu** until he comes up with a satisfactory answer? 😃 Just kidding… well… maybe not… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/32 "2007-02-01T03:21:42Z")
[QUOTE=Doctor Who] Yes, before I could ask the mods politely to DELETE that thread. Not just to lock it - but to physically make it disappear. [/QUOTE] Please tell me you aren’t serious about this. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/33 "2007-02-01T03:21:44Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] I agree! And whoever is forcing you to keep reading that thread should stop, too. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] I can see the irritation. I’ve only been looking at that thread rarely, but I was hoping the reason it had been bumped was that the answer had been given. Quite frustrating to learn that wasn’t the case. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/34 "2007-02-01T03:27:08Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Please tell me you aren’t serious about this. [/QUOTE] Nope. My funny bone is still intact. How’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/35 "2007-02-01T03:29:00Z")
Sore. I blame it on the beating it’s taken by all the people with sticks up their asses around here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/36 "2007-02-01T06:04:43Z")
It seems **mittu** ’s failure to post an answer is having a deleterious effect on his recent postings. For example, **mittu** started a thread concerning Manual vs Automatic transmissions in America. **Usram** posted the very first reply: > [@](#): > > I don’t know, but I’ve heard that there are 14 kinds of gearboxes in American factories producing drivetrains. Maybe it’s just my imagination. Perhaps, **Usram** ’s reply was a genuine attempt to furnish an answer. When **mittu** started another thread (“Recommend a good migration consultant”), it received zero replies. You would think that this message board, whose membership includes some rather urbane, sophisticated, knowledgeable, and intelligent people that an answer would have been shortly forthcoming. Perhaps that’s one of the very few areas in which this board cannot supply an answer. I was ready to respond to that posting, but I only know incompetent migration consultants. 😃 So, maybe it’s just me but it seems as though **mittu** ’s popularity around here would get boosted a couple of hundred percent if he’d just post _some_ kind of answer. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/37 "2007-02-01T07:04:30Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] When **mittu** started another thread (“Recommend a good migration consultant”), it received zero replies. You would think that this message board, whose membership includes some rather urbane, sophisticated, knowledgeable, and intelligent people that an answer would have been shortly forthcoming. Perhaps that’s one of the very few areas in which this board cannot supply an answer. I was ready to respond to that posting, but I only know incompetent migration consultants. :D. [/QUOTE] I can think of a worthy place for him to migrate to – think flames and pitchforks – and as a special bonus, I can also suggest an activity for him to do to himself when he gets there. I’m a full-service migration consultant! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797/38 "2007-02-01T08:50:27Z")
I’m in wholehearted favor of the lynching. I had the misfortune to discover that thread on “Threadspotting” way before I even joined. I can’t tell you how many hours I spent trying to find the answer. I had this elaborate fantasy where I would rush in and present all Dopers with the solution and be crowned Supreme Overlady and lots of foot-kissing would ensue. Around 4am, my husband had to drag me to bed twitching. No mercy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-c-needed-to-a-l/386797.md?page=1)