# A late addition to the closed 'parody' thread... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 15, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994 "2002-07-15T03:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/1 "2002-07-15T03:10:40Z")
…an old _Doonesbury_, done in the same style. [Doonesbury, May 29, 1977](http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.cfm?uc_full_date=19770529&uc_daction=X) ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/2 "2002-07-15T03:22:05Z")
Lest I call down the mighty smackith from above… …why was that thread closed? It was kinda fun. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/3 "2002-07-15T03:23:38Z")
'cause joke threads (even funny ones) don’t go in the Pit. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/4 "2002-07-15T03:52:57Z")
Does it really matter that it was closed, since another thread was opened to continue the closed thread in the same forum? ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/5 "2002-07-15T03:59:01Z")
Just asking. Thank you for the response. I’m gonna go run and hide now, 'scuse me… ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/6 "2002-07-15T04:22:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Does it really matter that it was closed, since another thread was opened to continue the closed thread in the same forum? \*\* No one ever accused pit denizens of being real bright. Pit Denizen Ben ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/7 "2002-07-15T10:18:06Z")
This shoulda been in the OP, but I got high: [the “Parody” thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125509) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/8 "2002-07-15T13:28:20Z")
I guess sarcasm is lost on some people. RTFirefly, if a moderator closes a thread in a forum, why would you immediately start a thread on the same subject in the same forum? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/9 "2002-07-15T13:32:54Z")
You shoulda never opened this thread, cuz you know why? Because you got high, because you got high because you got hiiiigh. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-late-addition-to-the-closed-parody-thread/118994/10 "2002-07-15T17:18:04Z")
FTR, it wasn’t meant to be a joke thread. I do hate parody pit threads. But how do you parody a parody?