# Classic topics Hall of Fame **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 12, 1999, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438 "1999-09-12T11:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/41 "2000-04-10T01:09:00Z")
Hey, thanks for the mention, sunbear. Much obliged. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/42 "2000-04-18T21:41:00Z")
As you can see, Iā€™m mining this thread for links to put in our new Threadspotting feature on the main screen, which changes every Tuesday and Thursday. If you come across a thread that you think is worthy of this incredible honor, post a link here. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/43 "2000-04-20T21:50:00Z")
Well hell, Ed. I drop the humble act for a moment and promote myself. [Word Game or Amutterance](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/003783.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/44 "2000-04-20T23:25:00Z")
Well, if UncleBeer can promote himself, I can also. What I consider my finest hour on this boardā€¦[thanks to Coldfire](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/006884.html) Not that I feel a burning need for validation or anything. * * * Coming soon to a sig line near you! Relive the mundane highs, the flaming lows, and the pointless posts in between. Announcing the debut of the best of Mullinator. Because itā€™s not just a sig, itā€™s an adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/45 "2000-04-21T05:48:00Z")
Please, please, please, change the name of this thread to: ā€œPut your coffee cup down on your desk before reading.ā€ Truly wicked funny. Thanks Sunbear for collecting. * * * Are you driving with your eyes open or are you using The Force? - A. Foley ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/46 "2000-04-22T01:58:00Z")
Well, as long as shameless self-promotion is being encourages, hereā€™s what I like to think of as The One Where Kat Posts Essentially The Same Message Over And Over And Still Gets Positive Comments, aka [HEY! Who should I know here???](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/006642.html). Itā€™s also got a spontaneous unsolicited reference to **Irishman** , which is always good. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/47 "2000-05-03T00:34:02Z")
Well, as most of you have noticed, our recent MB software upgrade has scrambled all the existing links, including those in the above thread, upon which we were shamelessly relying to provide grist for our Threadspotting feature. In the spirit of getting as much possible work out of the Teeming Millions for free, therefore, we are humbly and respectfully requesting persons interested in having themselves immortalized on the main screen, or at least puffed for a coupla days, to see what you can do in the way of updating the aforesaid links. Or submitting new ones, which shouldnā€™t be tough, because in my opinion we are currently at a high tide of classic thread production. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/48 "2000-05-03T01:31:39Z")
Golly, Ed. I tried to help you out by startin a new [Threadspotting Nominations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23235) thread for use with the new software, but nobody took me up on it and it is sinking like a stone. And now you bump up sunbearā€™s thread rather than mine. Sheesh. You must like sunbear better than me. And you welcomed aha to the board, not me. Maybe you donā€™t like me. Iā€™m gonna go sulk. Before I go off to sulking, Iā€™ll reiterate my nomination of the [Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23098) thread, for the reasons that I stated in the thread you so cruelly ignored. By the way, thanks for all of your hard work (and that of the heroic jdavis) in getting the new software up and running. O.K. Iā€™m gonna commence sulking now. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/49 "2000-05-03T02:03:10Z")
Hey, Billdo :::fake punch to shoulder::: how the hell are ya? Welcome to the board, etc. Now suck it up and quit sniveling, I didnā€™t even KNOW you had posted a separate thread, although itā€™s just as well it sank like a stone because I have enough trouble keeping track of one thread let alone multiples. As for the new MB software, I am pleased to accept your congratulations but feel obliged to note that my contribution was to go out of town on vacation during the change, which is why thing went as smoothly as they did. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/50 "2000-05-03T02:09:30Z")
[/sulking] No problemo. Sometimes the biggest contribution someone can make to a project is to get out of town when the real work needs to be done. Iā€™m pleased to learn you fall into that category. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/51 "2000-05-06T04:15:47Z")
If posts that make you cry are eligible, Iā€™d like to nominate [this one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23572) Itā€™s Coldfireā€™s, and boy, is it ever a winner. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/52 "2000-05-06T05:38:42Z")
Well Christi beat me to nominating the [May 5, 1945 - We shall remember](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23572) thread (And beatle nominated it on my Threadspotting Nominations thread as well), so Iā€™ll just have to nominate another. [Where do YOU stick it at night](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=16165) starts out as one of our usual bodily parts threads, with the usual goofy miscommunications, until Ukulele Ike shows up and brings it from the ridiculous to the sublime. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/53 "2000-05-09T17:49:02Z")
Iā€™d also like to nominate my favorite thread of the moment, which asks [Did whispering on submarines really make a difference?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23287) Bill ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2000, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/54 "2000-05-15T11:30:17Z")
This might be a little too newā€¦but I think after it ages a bit, it would make a good fun thread for Threadspotting: Play Dr. With Tater [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24430](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24430) Hi-larious! ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/55 "2000-05-16T15:40:26Z")
I canā€™t believe this hasnā€™t been nominated yet. Isnā€™t his how we all came to know and love Satanā€™s ass? ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/56 "2000-05-16T16:06:33Z")
Definitely **Xfiles**. Our classic (only) **MonoPoster** , someone who only posted once. (Unlike me, who has to post twice to memember the frickerinā€™ link!) **Please help me help him out** , so he doesnā€™t have to post again and ruin a classic thread. \*\* [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=activate&username=S-Pricks&password=esprix](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=activate&username=S-Pricks&password=esprix) \*\* \*\* Xfiles, youā€™re as cute as all git out, but donā€™t git out just yet!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/57 "2000-05-16T16:24:14Z")
Definitely **Xfiles**. Our classic (only) **MonoPoster** , someone who only posted once. (Unlike me, who has to post twice to memember the frickerinā€™ link!) **Please help me help him out** , so he doesnā€™t have to post again and ruin a classic thread. \*\* [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24460](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24460) \*\* \*\* Xfiles, youā€™re as cute as all git out, but donā€™t git out just yet!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Sangria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Sangria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangria)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/58 "2000-05-16T17:08:55Z")
I think this was a great idea. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2566](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2566) ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/59 "2000-05-16T17:43:05Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15773](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15773) Thatā€™s for Satanā€™s famous thread. This one is ā€œYou learn something new every dayā€ [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=17028](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=17028) ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438/60 "2000-05-16T17:48:29Z")
Satan, are you influencing my ability to post this link? Iā€™ll try once moreā€¦[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15773](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15773) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-topics-hall-of-fame/1438.md?page=4)