I remember when I first joined I actively searched out old threads of note to get a sense of the community. Every now and then I’ve seen reference to the SDMB’s Greatest Hits. As far as I can tell, however, there was never a thread by that name, but there was this.
All the links are broken now, but a couple favorites that I remember reading:
Scylla’s story on the flying blimp was already mentioned.
I’m sure one or more stories by Master Wang-Ka would be included.
There was a story about a man named Bubba, “mail order bride and sour honey”, by John Carter of Mars. Probably my favorite - couldn’t say why.
The infamously absurd, “Would you shoot child and kill your child in this situation?” thread.
Of course, the 9/11 thread.
(I think it’s probably time for a new “SDMB’s Greatest Hits” thread.)
~Max