# Are you a Threadkiller? (Game) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 20, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669 "2007-12-20T04:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/41 "2008-03-27T00:25:04Z")
Question: Can something that never was really alive die, and, if so, how many of our beloved theories would this destroy, were it ever to take place? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/42 "2008-03-27T00:26:50Z")
I killed a thread once. In 1960. For twenty minutes. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/43 "2008-03-27T00:39:36Z")
Pshaw. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/44 "2008-03-27T01:29:21Z")
That’s not even a real post. ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/45 "2008-03-27T02:01:27Z")
I am very interested in this thread. Do you have any information on where I could get more information on threads like this one? Seriously this is fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/46 "2008-03-27T02:08:28Z")
[QUOTE=Mongo Ponton] Do you have any information on where I could get more information on threads like this one? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/47 "2008-03-27T02:28:55Z")
Actually I was reading the last one of these that we did and I was cracking up. There’s some weird shit in that thread. I blame LOUNE. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/48 "2008-03-27T03:02:40Z")
I “Blame it on the rain” ya, ya. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/49 "2008-03-27T03:07:00Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] I “Blame it on the rain” ya, ya. SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] Really? ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/50 "2008-03-27T03:08:48Z")
Blame it on the stars…They burn so bright. Whatever you do, gonna put the blame on you… SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/51 "2008-03-27T03:14:03Z")
Oh Please. You’re amateurs. For I am **INANE THREADKILLER** friend of the fatuous initiator of the insipid producer of puerile and vacuous nothingness on message boards everywhere! Francis Granger’s descendants write _me_ fanmail…I just haven’t gotten them yet. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/52 "2008-03-27T03:14:17Z")
Is a pumpkin still a pumpkin if you scoop out all the guts and fill it with watermelon instead? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/53 "2008-03-27T04:01:57Z")
A Pumpermelon? That sounds like something a lonely guy does with a drill, a canteloupe, and a microwave. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/54 "2008-03-27T04:13:37Z")
And the goat. Don’t forget the goat. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/55 "2008-03-27T04:27:41Z")
Did its exclusion get your goat? ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/56 "2008-03-27T05:15:46Z")
Reminds me of the joke that ends with the line… Christ! It’s midnight already ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/57 "2008-03-27T05:59:22Z")
Is it too early in the thread to start this? When I started the first monster “thread killer” thread I did it by accident. Now it’s a game? What are the rules? Don’t know what I mean? Check your history. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/58 "2008-03-27T07:48:58Z")
All right, all right. We had our fun, time to go home everybody. Don’t worry, I’ll clean up here. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/59 "2008-03-27T08:42:46Z")
We can’t go home yet, no one has reached Mornington Crescent yet. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/60 "2008-03-27T11:58:24Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] We can’t go home yet, no one has reached Mornington Crescent yet. [/QUOTE] Sure? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669.md?page=4)