# Call me ThreadKiller(TM)! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800 "2007-07-31T10:16:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/221 "2007-08-09T18:49:44Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] Just be careful where you put it. That would certainly kill it (or at least leave it untouchable) [/QUOTE] _The Untouchables_, now that was a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/222 "2007-08-09T18:51:06Z")
Quick! Everybody out! This thread is being quarantined, it has -erm, uh - Bubonic Plague! Yeah, that’s it! All of you go now! I’ll stay right here and protect this poor little thread… ---
**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:** [August 9, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/223 "2007-08-09T18:54:37Z")
But I’ve got nowhere else to go… _sad puppy dog eyes_ ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/224 "2007-08-09T19:05:02Z")
Have you guys seen this [game](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/bloxorz)? It’s really addicting. You may even be preoccupied for several days, thereby leaving you unable to post on the SDMB. Go ahead, try it. It’s fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun… muahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa…_cough_, er…it’s fun. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/225 "2007-08-09T19:12:25Z")
Ambles in, looks around, kicks the thread— Gah, not yet dead– continues to amble on… ---
**Author:** ![Trollhaugen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Trollhaugen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trollhaugen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/226 "2007-08-09T19:18:56Z")
I have decided to stop wishing death on this thread. I hug it and pet it and will call it George. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/227 "2007-08-09T20:46:10Z")
How about “dead George”? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/228 "2007-08-09T21:49:21Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] How about “dead George”? [/QUOTE] Nah, too twee. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/229 "2007-08-09T23:32:21Z")
Oh well. You can’t say I didn’t try. ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/230 "2007-08-09T23:33:26Z")
Unless a mod does something, this thing is gonna turn into one of those 47-page Something Awful threads. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/231 "2007-08-09T23:33:58Z")
Well, what do you want a mod to do? ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/232 "2007-08-09T23:50:51Z")
[QUOTE=Team of Scientists] Unless a mod does something, this thing is gonna turn into one of those 47-page Something Awful threads. [/QUOTE] As long as it is 47-pages something awful threads that ends with one of my posts, I am fine with that. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/233 "2007-08-09T23:53:06Z")
No you won’t. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/234 "2007-08-10T00:23:29Z")
Damn, this will not die. Hell, we may all die of old age before the thread does. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/235 "2007-08-10T00:38:54Z")
OK, you first. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/236 "2007-08-10T00:54:07Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer] OK, you first. [/QUOTE] That’s not nice 😉 . I had hoped this thread would last until 2107 and we would all be here for the millionth post to it. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/237 "2007-08-10T01:25:59Z")
OK, we need to lay down some rules for posting in here. First rule: Those not named **Team of Scientists** are forbidden from posting in this thread. Sorry, them’s the breaks. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/238 "2007-08-10T01:32:38Z")
[QUOTE=Team of Scientists] OK, we need to lay down some rules for posting in here. First rule: Those not named **Team of Scientists** are forbidden from posting in this thread. Sorry, them’s the breaks. [/QUOTE] Oops, damn, I broke rule number one, someone report this post, so a Mod can lock it. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Trollhaugen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Trollhaugen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trollhaugen)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/239 "2007-08-10T01:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] Oops, damn, I broke rule number one, someone report this post, so a Mod can lock it. SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] You rebel. I say let it live. Long live George! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/240 "2007-08-10T01:39:23Z")
In order to understand our selves, we must first understand the thread killer. In depth analysis of the thread killer can be an enriching experience. Though the thread killer is a favourite topic of discussion amongst monarchs, presidents and dictators, it is yet to receive proper recognition for laying the foundations of democracy. Often it is seen as both a help and a hinderence to so called ‘babies’, who are likely to form a major stronghold in the inevitable battle for hearts and minds. Here begins my indepth analysis of the glourious subject of the thread killer. Social Factors While some scholars have claimed that there is no such thing as society, this is rubbish. When The Tygers of Pan Tang sang ‘It’s lonely at the top. Everybody’s trying to do you in’ [1] , they saw clearly into the human heart. No symbol is more potent than the thread killer in society today. It bravely illustrates what we are most afraid of, what we all know deep down in our hearts. Status, Security, Fame - the thread killer, all revolve around this ‘golden fleece’. Just as a dog will return to its own sick, society will return to the thread killer, again and again. Economic Factors Is unemployment inherently bad for an economy? Yes. Of course, the thread killer fits perfectly into the Watkis-Teeth-Pulling model, a lovely model. Political Factors The media have made politics quite a spectacle. Politicians find it difficult to choose between what has become known in politics as - ‘The two ways’ - playing with a puppy and singing with a blackbird. In the words of a legend in their own life time, Augstin B. Adger ‘The success of any political system can only truly be assessed once the fat lady has sung.’ [2] I argue that his insight into the thread killer provided the inspiration for these great words. Both spectacular failure and unequaled political accomplishment may be accredited to the thread killer. I hope, for our sake that the thread killer will endure. Conclusion In conclusion, the thread killer is, to use the language of the streets ‘Super Cool.’ It brings peace, applauds greatness and most importantly it perseveres. Here with the final word is Hollywood’s Sigourney Spielberg: ‘My Daddy loved the thread killer and his Daddy loved the thread killer.’ [3] * * * [1] Tygers of Pang Tang - The Cage - 1982 MCR Records [2] Adger - Politics Per Day - 2000 Jinder Publishing [3] Your the thread killer - Issue 43 - Never Ever Publishing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800.md?page=13)