# a **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850 "2003-01-25T12:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 114
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2261 "2003-02-25T14:18:47Z")
**I** don’t really know. But, all good things must come to and end. ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2262 "2003-02-25T14:25:34Z")
**J** ust you wait. This thread is going down in history. Which means it WILL go down. Even if I have to take it down myself. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2263 "2003-02-25T14:36:35Z")
**K** eep it going, we _must._ **L** et me tell you: I DON’T want to be the one to have made the final post. Do you want to be know as the killer of the Dope universe’s longest thread? ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2264 "2003-02-25T14:42:16Z")
**M** ust we? I’ve been following it from the beginning. **N** ot that I don’t like it or anything, but it’s gotten rather **O** ld. **P** ossibly too old. **Q** uite a possibility, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2265 "2003-02-25T14:45:05Z")
**R** egardez vous, the new poster whose post count is about half posts to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2266 "2003-02-25T14:46:24Z")
**R** idiculous! **S** urely this thread should reach 100 pages! **T** hat’s it \*destiny. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2267 "2003-02-25T14:47:20Z")
**U** h-huh, that’s the problem with getting the record. There’s nothing left to shoot for. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2268 "2003-02-25T14:48:30Z")
**U** h, **Twicks** , you say that as if there were something wrong with it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2269 "2003-02-25T14:50:23Z")
**V** atchu talking about, Villis? I just meant – considering this person is posting as obsessively as the rest of us, why is he or she saying the thread is getting old? ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2270 "2003-02-25T14:50:48Z")
**W** hy oh why did I just click to see that weather forecast? What exquisite torture. Hopping the next plane to Hawaii… ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2271 "2003-02-25T14:51:47Z")
**X**. Again. ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2272 "2003-02-25T14:54:05Z")
I apologize for the pathetic post. That’s maybe the 4th time I’ve had X. E **X** actly why I shouldn’t take part in such a thread. :wally ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2273 "2003-02-25T14:55:32Z")
**Y** ou’re right. I over-reacted. Sorry, sore toes, you see. Given that maybe t hree-quarters of my own posts have been to this thread… ---
**Author:** ![montana\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@montana\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montana_cricket)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2274 "2003-02-25T14:57:24Z")
**Y** ou all who are complaining about the weather… **Y** ucky weather abounds here this a.m… 10 degrees below **Z** ero…Oooooh! ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2275 "2003-02-25T15:02:57Z")
**A** completely thrilling post. Simply fantabulous. ---
**Author:** ![montana\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@montana\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montana_cricket)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2276 "2003-02-25T15:05:29Z")
**B** ut let’s not get **C** omplacent here folks…keep on working! ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2277 "2003-02-25T15:08:11Z")
**C** ruising by to _sigh_ mournfully knowing that my **swampy** won’t be posting for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2278 "2003-02-25T15:08:13Z")
**D** on’t be daft. We ARE working:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2279 "2003-02-25T15:09:14Z")
**D** idn’t notice the “C” in Big Sky insect’s post. ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2280 "2003-02-25T15:11:08Z")
**E** xactly why you should Preview first, Homebrew 😉 :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=115)