# 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:** 266
**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:** [March 17, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5301 "2003-03-17T02:13:03Z")
**V** ery proud of my roughly 0.1708984375% Irish blood. **W** elcome new page. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5302 "2003-03-17T02:50:21Z")
**X**! Again I get X! [sub] **Y** ou may have the impression that I already said that–and you would be right.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5303 "2003-03-17T02:52:05Z")
**Z** ounds – sometimes it seems like this thread is nothing _but_ deja vu. **A** nd yet – here we are, still. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5304 "2003-03-17T02:52:24Z")
**X** ’s & O’s to the end of the thread. **Y** ou’re welcome. **Z** ipitty do-dah… zipitty-eh … my oh my what a wonderful day… plenty of sunshine heading our way… if we can only end the thread “a”. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5305 "2003-03-17T02:52:24Z")
**Z** ero creativity tonight, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5306 "2003-03-17T02:55:07Z")
**B** ut… but… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5307 "2003-03-17T02:55:13Z")
\*\*B[/]b]ite your tongue, **Curious** – this is the thread that will never die! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5308 "2003-03-17T02:56:24Z")
**C** ollisions again and again!!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5309 "2003-03-17T02:57:04Z")
**C** oding – coding’s for squids. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5310 "2003-03-17T02:58:19Z")
**D** elightful though this has been, I think I’m going to take a shower and go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5311 "2003-03-17T02:58:19Z")
**D** eadly collisions infest this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5312 "2003-03-17T03:00:03Z")
**E** ven the hamsters are tiring of it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5313 "2003-03-17T03:03:01Z")
**F** ortunately it’s a virtual kind of deadliness. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5314 "2003-03-17T03:03:48Z")
**F** orgoing “The Big Lebowski” to post here. Can’t sit through it again just yet. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5315 "2003-03-17T03:05:06Z")
**G** ee, **sperfur** has been quite rare today. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5316 "2003-03-17T03:06:26Z")
**A** las the end is coming. **B** e brave. **C** ome on people. **D** on’t you all know that to save the hamsters it is the right thing to do? **E** very good thing should end before it’s beauty is taken for granted and left unappreciated for the marvel it was. **F** or all time already, this will end up as the greatest thread ever. **G** o on, try and think of another one. **H** ilariously funny, and simple in its beauty. **I** think however it is time to face facts. **J** ourneys are menat to end in order to be appreciated and remembered. **K** illing this thread is the best way to save it. **L** ove and let go. **M** ove on. **N** ow is the time to sit back nad relax at a job well done. **O** nly time away from the “a” thread will allow you to see the true beauty it posesses. **P** lease, people. **Q** uarantine it. **R** emove it so that the hamsters may once again breathe. **S** atisfy yourelf in knowing that you were a part of Straight Dope history. **T** reat this not as an ending, but as a new beginning. **U** nderstand that your contributions were wonderful, but the time has come to end it. **V** igilence now is the key until a Mod comes to losk it for posterity. **W** e must try to refrain from posting further. **X** xxxxx and Ooooooos to all, lots ofhugs and kisses to everyone. **Y** ou did well. **Z** might be the last letter of the alphabet, and hopefully the end of this thread, but it shall live on in our hearts. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5317 "2003-03-17T03:15:42Z")
**A** hhhh, you’re full of it. This thread shall _never_ end! Never, I say! ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5318 "2003-03-17T03:59:47Z")
**B** ut I’m here now, sexy **Q.E.D.**! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5319 "2003-03-17T04:02:09Z")
**C** aught several open houses today - first house I’ve seen the inside of that I actually liked. **D** idn’t finish my yard yet - but he did a great job with what he did get finished. I’m going to pay him an extra $20 when he does finally finish. **E** very box I’ve packed was dropped of in storage today, as well. I’m pooped. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/5320 "2003-03-17T04:07:37Z")
**F** unny, I was reading through the early days of this thread last night, and noticed my darlling **Q.E.D.** was one of the naysayers in the beginning. My how times have changed. (And I’m so glad!) 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=267)