# Can we please close this thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 15, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755 "2011-03-15T06:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/21 "2011-03-16T06:02:07Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Didn’t you learn as a child to always be a mother thanker? My parents taught me that. Isn’t there already a thread here about mummy thanking? I seem to remember something about all natural food, AA batteries and [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY4_g7wNK8Q) song (you tube link - listen at the 30 second mark) Link for those that need a [diagram](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598022&highlight=breast+feeding) ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/22 "2011-03-16T21:29:15Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Didn’t you learn as a child to always be a mother thanker? My parents taught me that. Um, your may have been a lot more liberal than mine. But this calls for: _ **My favorite “Mother Goose” rhyme.** _ There once was a youngster named Ra – Had a habit of goosin’ his Ma Go pester your sister She said when he kissed her I’ve trouble enough with your pa! _ **Place appropriate Rocky Horror Picture Show audience adlib here.** _ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/23 "2011-03-16T23:20:54Z")
While we’re at it, can we close [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597317&page=7) too, as it indeed seems to hew very closely to the “no personal blogs” line… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/24 "2011-03-17T01:26:51Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > Darn! You beat (um… I mean…) me to it! I was going to be “subtle” about it. As in: > > _Which word was that? “Please” … or did you mean the last word in the OP?_ > > 😃 Pleasturbate? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/25 "2011-03-17T12:52:03Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Miller for President 2012 The Dope Moderator Party will never fly. Conservatives will assume it’s drug related, and both extremes will misunderstand the word “Moderator”. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/26 "2011-03-17T14:32:50Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Pleasturbate? Hi. Pleased to meat ya’! ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/27 "2011-03-17T17:49:47Z")
I just wanted to come (no pun intended) into this thread to thank Little Nemo and Miller for braving hairy palms and putting us all out of our collective misery. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/28 "2011-03-17T18:01:32Z")
No need for anyone else to thank me. I did it to please myself. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/29 "2011-03-17T18:20:16Z")
It saddens me that this thread [Americans: did you know what the moon was before 7/20/69?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=600879) has not been closed and is higher in the page than the one it is parodying: [Americans: did you know what the World Trade Center was before Sept. 11, 2001?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=600757) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/30 "2011-03-17T19:37:45Z")
> [@trans fat og](#): > > place appropriate rocky horror picture show audience adlib here. meatloaf again ?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/31 "2011-03-18T00:16:56Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I just wanted to come (no pun intended) into this thread… Anytime anyone says “no pun intended”, what they really mean is “look at this great pun I made. Ain’t I clever”. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/32 "2011-03-18T00:29:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > It saddens me that this thread > > [Americans: did you know what the moon was before 7/20/69?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=600879) > > has not been closed and is higher in the page than the one it is parodying: > > [Americans: did you know what the World Trade Center was before Sept. 11, 2001?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=600757) Why? It’s a parody of another thread that deserved to be parodied. And it’s funny. Is there a rule against that? And what does this have to do with **Little Nemo** ’s OP? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/33 "2011-03-18T01:52:34Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > Why? It’s a parody of another thread that deserved to be parodied. And it’s funny. Is there a rule against that? > > And what does this have to do with **Little Nemo** ’s OP? No rule, but it doesn’t seem to be in the spirit of the Dope’s stated mission of fighting ignorance. Unless we are fighting ignorance by mocking it. It seems a little jerkish to me. I think it diminishes us. As for funny, I guess that’s a matter of opinion. I don’t find it humorous. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/34 "2011-03-18T03:31:50Z")
I thought it was very funny. That thread did need to be parodied but I thought parody threads belong in the pit. But what do I know. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/35 "2011-03-18T03:53:50Z")
Personally, I agree with cochrane. I didn’t see any need to parody the WTC thread. Somebody being a dick deserves to be taken down; somebody who’s just ignorant of something doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/36 "2011-03-20T02:03:37Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Unless we are fighting ignorance by mocking it. That’s always been Cecil’s stock-in-trade. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/37 "2011-03-20T08:04:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Personally, I agree with cochrane. I didn’t see any need to parody the WTC thread. Somebody being a dick deserves to be taken down; somebody who’s just ignorant of something doesn’t. I agree. People who were kids on 9/11 probably aren’t aware of the WTC’s significance as a financial hub. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/38 "2011-03-20T13:34:33Z")
It’s a stupid parody thread because there are people, including myself, who did not know about the WTC before this happened. It’s not a part of my life. I see the moon every night. For a parody thread to be funny, the comparison has to be either be apt, or so ludicrous that humor is in making fun of the perosn who started the parody. This is neither. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/39 "2011-03-21T21:25:33Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It’s a stupid parody thread because there are people, including myself, who did not know about the WTC before this happened. It’s not a part of my life. I see the moon every night. So it’s not funny because you didn’t get it? It doesn’t have to universally understandable to be funny to some of us. Now about that diet [del]blog[/del] thread… ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/40 "2011-03-23T16:29:42Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Unless we are fighting ignorance by mocking it. > [@Colibri](#): > > That’s always been Cecil’s stock-in-trade. And tell the pleasant prince this mock of his Hath turn’d his balls to gun-stones; and his soul Shall stand sore charged for the wasteful vengeance That shall fly with them: for many a thousand widows Shall this his mock mock out of their dear husbands; Mock mothers from their sons, mock castles down; And some are yet ungotten and unborn That shall have cause to curse the Dauphin’s scorn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755.md?page=3)