# Help me find a thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/775609>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 25, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/775609 "2016-12-25T18:28:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/775609/1 "2016-12-25T18:28:09Z")

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There was a thread in GQ awhile back (maybe 2-3 years ago, maybe more), asking to identify a strange lighted sign outside of a theatre (I think), from the turn of the century (the last century, not 2001). The sign had characters displayed on it, but they weren’t letters, and it was never conclusively decided what the sign was for, but the consensus was it was some type of “tape a number” sign for horse-drawn carriages. I think I posted in the thread, but I can’t find it.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/775609/2 "2016-12-25T18:56:45Z")

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I’m bored, so I looked. I think it’s [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=642010).

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/775609/3 "2016-12-25T19:01:11Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> I’m bored, so I looked. I think it’s [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=642010).

Thanks for that.  
I couldn’t find the right incantation to summon the thread…

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**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:** [December 25, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/775609/4 "2016-12-25T19:43:05Z")

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Since the question has been answered, I’m closing this.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator