# 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:** 4
**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 6, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/61 "2007-08-06T01:46:37Z")
Unpossible! I’d have heard lyric ballads devoted to a killing…nay…a _slaying_ like that. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/62 "2007-08-06T01:50:54Z")
Ok, so it was the sorta MMP. But it had possibility… It was developing a life of it’s own. Then I had to tell a fishing story. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428429&highlight=fisha](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428429&highlight=fisha) Nothing but crickets. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/63 "2007-08-06T01:58:11Z")
Seems to me that we ought to be studying the ways in which threads die. For one thing, there’s the response that’s so banal that it proves that there truly is nothing more to say. Then there’s the response that’s just other-worldly enough to show a disconnect by the last poster’s thinking, but not interesting enough to pursue or refute. I am quite capable of making such responses, I’ll have you know. Your eyelids are growing heavy… you find yourself without the will to press ‘post’… ---
**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 6, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/64 "2007-08-06T01:58:14Z")
Did you use the crickets for bait? ---
**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 6, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/65 "2007-08-06T01:59:43Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] Ok, so it was the sorta MMP. But it had possibility… It was developing a life of it’s own. Then I had to tell a fishing story. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428429&highlight=fisha](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428429&highlight=fisha) Nothing but crickets. [/QUOTE] It lasted 5 days, **fisha**. The MMP would have died anyway. It was only more comfortable thanks to your contribution. SSG Schwartz ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/66 "2007-08-06T02:04:53Z")
Think this will make it to 5 days? We should put it out of its misery and let it go now… ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/67 "2007-08-06T02:05:22Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] It lasted 5 days, **fisha**. The MMP would have died anyway. It was only more comfortable thanks to your contribution. SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] Right, like in a “Here, lie down on this couch. Let me adjust this pillow for you…” kind of way. Hell, **SSG** , I’m killing one of your threads right now, as we type… ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/68 "2007-08-06T02:10:22Z")
I’m the most prolific thread killer in board history on another message board. I’m just giving credentials…that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/69 "2007-08-06T02:17:11Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I’m the most prolific thread killer in board history on another message board. I’m just giving credentials..that’s all. [/QUOTE] Don’t you have to go to your bunk or something? Let us professionals do our job. ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/70 "2007-08-06T02:24:05Z")
I killed this thread before in my bunk, missy. Stand aside. Let me show you how a man kills a thread. ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/71 "2007-08-06T02:24:28Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] Hell, **SSG** , I’m killing one of your threads right now, as we type… [/QUOTE] That thread is not dead it is [resting like the parrot](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2846693558275420165&q=monty+python+parrot&total=198&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0) SSG Schwartz ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/72 "2007-08-06T02:25:20Z")
Oh, I think it’s pining for the fjords. ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/73 "2007-08-06T02:32:02Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Oh, I think it’s pining for the fjords. [/QUOTE] No, no it’s stunned SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/74 "2007-08-06T02:33:04Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I killed this thread before in my bunk, missy. Stand aside. Let me show you how a man kills a thread. [/QUOTE] Oh, you men and your killing. We women can suck all the joy and happiness out of it’s existence, and make it long for quick death. ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/75 "2007-08-06T02:33:45Z")
It’s nailed to the perch! We don’t want that, **fisha**. Now that you’ve seen the error of your ways, you’ll promptly flee the thread. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/76 "2007-08-06T02:44:43Z")
Your 6th grade psychological ploys won’t work with me, **LOUNE**. ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/77 "2007-08-06T02:45:47Z")
7th grade. Get it right or pay the price. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/78 "2007-08-06T03:15:22Z")
Not yet. Wait for it…wait for it. ---
**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 6, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/79 "2007-08-06T03:25:08Z")
There’s no need to wait. It goes…about now. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/80 "2007-08-06T03:43:02Z")
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