# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/841 "2007-08-21T02:34:19Z")
No thanks, I quit smoking in January. ---
**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 21, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/842 "2007-08-21T02:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] No thanks, I quit smoking in January. [/QUOTE] Congrats. I quit about 18 months ago and I still miss it sometimes. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/843 "2007-08-21T02:39:05Z")
Is there anyway you could get this thread to quit smoking? It’s getting in my eyes. ---
**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 21, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/844 "2007-08-21T02:41:37Z")
Right. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/845 "2007-08-21T02:44:42Z")
[QUOTE=Rufus Xavier] Is there anyway you could get this thread to quit smoking? It’s getting in my eyes. [/QUOTE] The non-smoking threadkilling section is over there. Git. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/846 "2007-08-21T02:48:43Z")
Over here? ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/847 "2007-08-21T02:49:46Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] Oh, sure, and then you say, That’s not it. Seems my death was only passing. 😃 SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] 'Twas but a flesh wound? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/848 "2007-08-21T02:50:21Z")
On second thought, if we make this thread quit smoking, it might live longer… ---
**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 21, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/849 "2007-08-21T02:54:43Z")
In that case…bring the Lucky Strikes! ---
**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 21, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/850 "2007-08-21T02:55:37Z")
That is it, I’m going to my room. I trust this will be dead by morning. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/851 "2007-08-21T02:57:05Z")
That reminds me! ::lights up:: ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/852 "2007-08-21T02:57:58Z")
Was that an order sir? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/853 "2007-08-21T02:58:33Z")
Do you smell what I smell? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/854 "2007-08-21T03:02:32Z")
Smooooth ::hack:: :wheeze:: ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/855 "2007-08-21T03:03:11Z")
That depends. What do you smell? ---
**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 21, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/856 "2007-08-21T03:03:26Z")
Hm. You shouldn’t smoke. Let the thread smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/857 "2007-08-21T03:05:18Z")
This thread ain’t smokin’, it’s on FIRE! ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/858 "2007-08-21T03:10:02Z")
Fire, fire, fire, heh heh. ---
**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 21, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/859 "2007-08-21T03:18:12Z")
We don’t need no water, let the motherfucker burn. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800/860 "2007-08-21T03:24:46Z")
On the other hand, waiting for this thread to die of a smoking-related illness will be a slow and painful process. I have a better idea. Let’s get the thread drunk and send it to the Belgrade Zoo, where it might just decide to strip naked and cavort drunkenly in the polar bear exhibit. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/20/bear.death.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/20/bear.death.reut/index.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-threadkiller-tm/413800.md?page=44)