# Do you remember the title of the first topic you made here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088 "2008-09-05T00:15:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/41 "2008-09-05T16:39:42Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > [hijack] > Hey, our old threads are back! > > (Either that or search has been screwed for a long long time). > > I’m finding threads that have been MIA for years! I seems to recall Jerry saying that some, but not all of the archived threads have been restored. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/42 "2008-09-05T17:37:42Z")
Mine was called “Which is better for the environment - hand dryers or paper towels?”, or something very similar. It’s not really interesting enough to bother searching for, but garnered a good few interesting replies. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/43 "2008-09-05T17:50:00Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Searching all my posts only takes me back to the last 750 posts…what gives? Search will only provide 750 references. This was true pre-upgrade, and I guess that hasn’t changed with the new version of vBulletin. If you want to see your first 750 posts, go to Advanced Search and select “Any Date” and sort by “Ascending Order”. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/44 "2008-09-05T17:53:12Z")
Search says ‘easy ways to make money?’ Ah, the joys of being poor. I’m kinda surprised I’ve only started 68 threads. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/45 "2008-09-05T17:56:32Z")
I just went to the “List Subscriptions” link in my profile, and then went to the last page to find the first of the threads I had started myself. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/46 "2008-09-05T20:21:42Z")
My first thread was responding to the Blinded by the Light column, mentioning that it refers to masturbation. Didn’t link to the original column either–a double-auspicious start. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/47 "2008-09-05T21:50:45Z")
I _think_ mine was something like, “What do you call a person who hates fat people”, or something similar. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/48 "2008-09-05T21:52:20Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Search will only provide 750 references. This was true pre-upgrade, and I guess that hasn’t changed with the new version of vBulletin. If you want to see your first 750 posts, go to Advanced Search and select “Any Date” and sort by “Ascending Order”. It’s still not working. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/49 "2008-09-05T21:53:07Z")
I remember I was mad about Tennis or some such thing. I try not to look back because there are a number of posts of which I’m embarrassed. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/50 "2008-09-05T21:57:53Z")
Title? No. Subject? Probably I started a thread wondering whether people who were not Christians ever went around giving talks on the statistical unlikelyhood of the universe supporting human life, and then saying “And therefore my faith is the one true faith and you should believe it too” ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/51 "2008-09-05T22:10:28Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > It’s still not working. ☹ [Here you go](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=3603475). ---
**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:** [September 5, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/52 "2008-09-05T23:15:42Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Search will only provide 750 references. This was true pre-upgrade, and I guess that hasn’t changed with the new version of vBulletin. If you want to see your first 750 posts, go to Advanced Search and select “Any Date” and sort by “Ascending Order”. Tried, because I cannot remember my first post. Did not seem to work. Hmmm. :dubious: Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/53 "2008-09-05T23:39:01Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Tried, because I cannot remember my first post. Did not seem to work. Hmmm. :dubious: > > Cartooniverse Did you try my “List Subscriptions” technique? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/54 "2008-09-06T00:03:42Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > Did you try my “List Subscriptions” technique? My list of subscriptions doesn’t go back as far as the thread I linked to earlier, which I am still subscribed to. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/55 "2008-09-06T00:10:11Z")
Weird [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=2192) is my first response. Is glass a liquid? [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=10848) is my first thread. Is there underwater basket weaving? [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=72537) is the Witness Protection Program thread I thought was my first, but didn’t turn up in my search. You see how pathetic the response was. I can’t find that battery thread at all. Since I lurked so much in the early days, I very quickly come to pretty recent posts. I seriously lurked alot for many years. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/56 "2008-09-06T11:34:40Z")
Apparently I didn’t lurk long. I’ve been a member since April 2000 and made my first thread on April 9. I didn’t remember what it was so I had to search. Apparently I asked for advice on steeping tea bags such that they don’t end up with a air bubble inside them, which makes them float annoyingly on top of the hot water instead of happily swimming at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/57 "2008-09-06T11:41:18Z")
O yes, it was something to do with ‘what did you become once you grew up?’ because I was having a career dilemma. And the replies were very helpful, thank you 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 9, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/58 "2008-09-09T21:22:34Z")
Nope. Couldn’t get it to work, which is a shame. Now I’m curious !!! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/59 "2008-09-09T22:01:47Z")
I registered specifically to post a question, “Did Bill Clinton ever really say, ‘I feel your pain’?” There was a lot less info on the Internet then, and Googling had only turned up one vague reference. So I asked away. Of course, somebody immediately posted the one reference, and that shut off further discussion. I should have said beforehand, “All I got from googling was this vague reference–does anyone know more?” I learned my lesson. The quote has since been included in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations–he said it to ACT UP during the 1992 primary campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088/60 "2008-09-10T12:58:01Z")
“Guns and stuff”, but I can’t find it in my list of threads created. Looking back at my past threads, it’s pretty clear that I hadn’t bothered with Google or discovered Wikipedia when I started posting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-title-of-the-first-topic-you-made-here/462088.md?page=4)