It all started with a perfectly innocuous thread by AuntiePam called “Thread Killers,” posted on April 29, 2000, right after the board changed over to vBB software. The OP:
Soon, casdave said:
MysterEcks shot right back with the following:
And so a word was coined, and a monster created…
And it went on and on…
For 5 pages.
At some point, somewhere along the way, MysterEcks said:
Which brings me to the point of this thread: It has been almost 6 months (Happy birthday, Talkinquirrel) since the thread has seen any action.
It is now time to see who the poster is who wields such molosting power, that he was able to molost the thread-that-would-not-die:
**…and the king of the molosters is… BEATLE ** !!!
Who finally molosted the thread on May 24 with this priceless gem:
I’m sorry, but beatle doesn’t get the glory. The thread was locked–it didn’t die by itself, which is a violation of the principles of molosting. Therefore the will of the people was subverted, and that result is hereby declared void according to public policy.
Alas, yes, it was locked–at the request of AuntiePam, who was basically pressured into it by those who objected to the continued vitality of the thread for assorted nefarious reasons. The sad Last Day of Thread killers:
AuntiePam, 05-24-2000 08:30 PM:
To which I replied, 05-24-2000 10:32 PM:
Then beatle came out with, 05-24-2000 10:56 PM:
And then one of the mods–presumably Euty or Uncle Beer, since it was in MPSIMS–locked it.
I am reminded of the song The Sad Cafeby the Eagles:
[ul]Oh, it seemed like a holy place,
protected by amazing grace.
Where we could sing right out loud,
the things we could not say.[/ul]
Which in turn reminds me of The Greeks Don’t Want No Freaksfrom the same album:
[ul]There was beer all over the dance floor,
and the band was playing rhythm and blues.
You got down and did the Gator,
and half and hour later,
you were barfin’ all over your girfriend’s shoes.[/ul]
And that, in turn, reminds me I need to go get another Coors.
Goodness! I didn’t realize the poor thing had been locked! Since there was no message from a mod, I figured it had died a natural death. That is very sad.
I hereby nominate Beatle as the Honorary King of the Molosters. After all, whether by chance or design, he was the most last poster of that thread.
And to Jester and particlewill:
It ain’t the length of the thread, it’s the quality.
I think someone should go through all of MPSIMS and tally all the last posters from every thread. Then we could determine a true King of the Molosters.
