# Are you a Threadkiller? (Game)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669>\
**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\
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**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/121 "2008-03-27T19:11:02Z")

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This thread needs a little something. A little…

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**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/122 "2008-03-27T19:12:37Z")

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_de-pants **Cluricaun** _

There. there’s your “little”…

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**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, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/123 "2008-03-27T19:14:11Z")

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> [@Cluricaun](#):
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> Hey cool, I didn’t know that Warner stuff was online. Sweeeeeet.

Not as sweet as your mom last night.

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**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, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/124 "2008-03-27T19:14:37Z")

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My shame, let me show you it.

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/125 "2008-03-27T19:20:59Z")

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Back to work, it shan’t kill itself.

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**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/126 "2008-03-27T19:23:00Z")

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Hmmm…what if we antagonize the thread until it kills itself. Good work Irishman.

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**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/127 "2008-03-27T19:25:38Z")

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Let’s poke the thread with sharp pointy stucks to see if it dies that way. I’ll start.

/poke

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/128 "2008-03-27T19:26:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Wargamer]  
Let’s poke the thread with sharp pointy stucks to see if it dies that way. I’ll start.

/poke  
[/QUOTE]

While you try stucks, I opt for sticks.

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**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/129 "2008-03-27T19:28:22Z")

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I think stucks are a better way to start.

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/130 "2008-03-27T19:28:45Z")

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I’m not an Irishman, I’m an Ottoman.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/131 "2008-03-27T19:29:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Cluricaun]  
I think stucks are a better way to start.  
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But I thought we were trying to end this thread, not start it.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/132 "2008-03-27T19:29:56Z")

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/poke  
/poke  
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no - it’s still alive

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**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/133 "2008-03-27T19:34:11Z")

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I think it peed a little though.

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**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, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/134 "2008-03-27T19:53:33Z")

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[QUOTE=An Gadaí]  
I’m not an Irishman, I’m an Ottoman.  
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Does this mean we can put our feet up on you?

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**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, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/135 "2008-03-27T19:59:01Z")

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No, that would mean he’s a Hassock, which is a kind of Cossack.

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**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/136 "2008-03-27T20:01:03Z")

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Did you just call him a nutsack?

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**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/137 "2008-03-27T20:04:06Z")

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An outdoor ottoman

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**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/138 "2008-03-27T20:16:26Z")

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That’s a tuffet then.

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/139 "2008-03-27T20:18:33Z")

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I’m a buffet.

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**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-threadkiller-game/430669/140 "2008-03-27T20:21:28Z")

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What would Jimmy say?

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