# Anyone recall this classified ad from the Times? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729 "2009-03-08T12:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/41 "2009-03-13T14:18:58Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > I’m sorry I haven’t been supporting you recently in your endeavours, but will this help? Of course! I was beginning to feel like that guy in _Hard Hearted Hannah_! Have you been watching the Views counts through the day? It’s amazing. Bunch of curiosity seekers. Rubberneckers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/42 "2009-03-13T14:27:20Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Of course! I was beginning to feel like that guy in _Hard Hearted Hannah_! > > Have you been watching the Views counts through the day? It’s amazing. Bunch of curiosity seekers. Rubberneckers. 😃 I hadn’t heard of that; I had to google it. But which guy? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/43 "2009-03-13T14:29:40Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > I hadn’t heard of that; I had to google it. But which guy? The drowning one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/44 "2009-03-13T14:33:32Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The drowning one. 🙂 No, you’ve lost me. Google lists a song and a play. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/45 "2009-03-13T14:39:18Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > No, you’ve lost me. Google lists a song and a play. [http://www.mtv.com/lyrics/fitzgerald\_ella/hard\_hearted\_hannah/3587354/lyrics.jhtml](http://www.mtv.com/lyrics/fitzgerald_ella/hard_hearted_hannah/3587354/lyrics.jhtml) ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/46 "2009-03-13T14:44:57Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > [http://www.mtv.com/lyrics/fitzgerald\_ella/hard\_hearted\_hannah/3587354/lyrics.jhtml](http://www.mtv.com/lyrics/fitzgerald_ella/hard_hearted_hannah/3587354/lyrics.jhtml) Ah! ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/47 "2009-03-13T14:45:57Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Ah! That may be one of the shortest posts on the Dope. I suppose there must be single character ones… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/48 "2009-03-13T14:47:03Z")
! – wouldn’t take. Must be 2. Your turn. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/49 "2009-03-13T14:58:43Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > ! – wouldn’t take. Must be 2. Your turn. 'K ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/50 "2009-03-13T15:03:12Z")
This turkey is about to go to Page 2! Not bad for a loser. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/51 "2009-03-13T15:04:48Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > This turkey is about to go to Page 2! Not bad for a loser. But artificially, you must admit. And I am quite proud of my one letter answer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/52 "2009-03-13T15:08:54Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > But artificially, you must admit. > > And I am quite proud of my one letter answer. 🙂 No Shit! =========================== Who Posted? Total Posts: 51 User Name Posts Zeldar 24 NineToTheSky 16 Chez Guevara 4 mhendo 3 # kittenblue 1 Alastair Moonsong 1 Bites When Provoked 1 jjimm 1 A Mighty Conquest to be sure. I’ll back off now and hope others can kick this into overdrive! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/53 "2009-03-13T19:42:17Z")
Just spotted this and had to post it: Anyone recall this classified ad from the Times? ( 1 2) NineToTheSky Today 10:08 AM by Zeldar 51 1,000 Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) It happened! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/54 "2009-03-13T22:41:17Z")
I’m just really curious about something. The Views count is up to 1,027 now. Is there some special reason you folks taking the time to click on this thread to read it, don’t see any point in posting something? 1. Is it the pure thrill of _not posting_ that has you enthralled? 2. Is associating your name to something as pathetic as this something you just couldn’t live with? 3. Other Could you just post a number? How hard would that be? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/55 "2009-03-17T17:28:15Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > But artificially, you must admit. Not totally so. Allow me to link to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491562) which touches upon the views/replies phenomenon in a wider context. Post #6 in turn links to a thread started by **Earthling** some time back. Earthling, who is surely from another planet, goes into so much detail about thread dynamics that your mind may be irrevocably boggled upon reading it all. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/56 "2009-03-17T17:59:53Z")
> [@Chez\_Guevara](#): > > Not totally so. > > Allow me to link to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491562) which touches upon the views/replies phenomenon in a wider context. Post #6 in turn links to a thread started by **Earthling** some time back. Earthling, who is surely from another planet, goes into so much detail about thread dynamics that your mind may be irrevocably boggled upon reading it all. By artificially I meant that the motive for posting for some of us may, possibly, have been more for sustaining this thread than for discussing a classified ad. 😉 \*\*Earthling \*\*seems to have eventually worn himself out. His last post was in April 2005. I always think it’s a little sad when posters disappear. There should be a requirement that you say why you’re stopping. Did he get bored? Was he murdered? Did he become a mountain top hermit? So many lives, so many mysteries.. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/57 "2009-03-17T18:46:21Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > By artificially I meant that the motive for posting for some of us may, possibly, have been more for sustaining this thread than for discussing a classified ad. 😉 Not me, of course. 🙂 However, there is a way to put the thread back on track. Whereas many OPs would discourage off-topic content in their thread in order to keep it relevant, you could become the first person ever to ask for a change in title to reflect the actual content of the thread! ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/58 "2009-03-17T18:50:17Z")
> [@Chez\_Guevara](#): > > Not me, of course. 🙂 Of course not. 🙂 > [@](#): > > _However, there is a way to put the thread back on track. Whereas many OPs would discourage off-topic content in their thread in order to keep it relevant, you could become the first person ever to ask for a change in title to reflect the actual content of the thread!_ But, by doing that, I might kill all interest in the thread. Maybe it’s the title that’s drawing people to it. What alternative title would you suggest? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/59 "2009-03-17T19:11:35Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > But, by doing that, I might kill all interest in the thread. Maybe it’s the title that’s drawing people to it. What alternative title would you suggest? “Thread Theory”. If this comes across as vague, you can explain it as follows: _Thread theory is a developing branch of theoretical posting that combines data quantums and statistical output into a quantum theory of messaging. The threads of thread theory are one-dimensional oscillating lines, but they are no longer considered fundamental to the theory, which can be formulated in terms of views and responses alone._ It’s a bit like string theory only more difficult to grasp. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729/60 "2009-03-17T19:30:14Z")
> [@Chez\_Guevara](#): > > “Thread Theory”. > > If this comes across as vague, you can explain it as follows: > > _Thread theory is a developing branch of theoretical posting that combines data quantums and statistical output into a quantum theory of messaging. The threads of thread theory are one-dimensional oscillating lines, but they are no longer considered fundamental to the theory, which can be formulated in terms of views and responses alone._ > > It’s a bit like string theory only more difficult to grasp. You’re not selling it to me. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-recall-this-classified-ad-from-the-times/488729.md?page=4)