# I haven't killed a thread all month **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558 "2004-04-12T03:51:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/281 "2004-05-06T03:03:22Z")
Well, my thought was like this…“She’s relatively new. Maybe, just _maybe_, when the thread isn’t on the front page, I’ll be able to convince her that the thread officially died, and I was the winner”. Then **Lando** had to go and crap all over my master plan! :wally ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/282 "2004-05-06T03:11:15Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > \ _ **Racial!** _ :smack: It took me a week to notice that. :smack: , I say. ---
**Author:** ![kittenlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kittenlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenlm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/283 "2004-05-06T03:28:14Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > :smack: , I say. Watch your ring!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/284 "2004-05-06T03:33:49Z")
Oh, you won’t be getting rid of me that easily 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/285 "2004-05-06T03:51:46Z")
Ok then, let’s try the basics…ummm…Hey **Lando**! Look, over there! A shiny thing! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/286 "2004-05-06T04:00:48Z")
> [@kittenlm](#): > > Watch your ring!!! 😛 Nonono, it’s ok. Take a look at Smacky - it’s the right hand, see? —\> :smack: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kittenlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kittenlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenlm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/287 "2004-05-06T04:06:00Z")
Alrighty then…another day without this thread dying…it must be some sort of accomplishment 😃 Good night, all! We’ll have to try again tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/288 "2004-05-06T04:08:00Z")
Well, you _do_ realize that “trying to kill the thread by posting to it” is a pretty futile effort, right? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/289 "2004-05-06T04:14:39Z")
Hey, there never was anything shiny, was there? ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/290 "2004-05-06T06:32:47Z")
I saw it **Lando** , so keep looking. Right over there. If you can’t find it, it means you didn’t go far enough. Thanks for the dance, **Hal**. 'Twas fun. Hey, wait a minute, I’m the only one awake now, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA The thread is mine, all mine. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/291 "2004-05-06T06:36:55Z")
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/292 "2004-05-06T10:30:22Z")
I stand corrected. You are all _stubborn_ weirdos. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/293 "2004-05-06T13:22:06Z")
Yes, but keep in mind that for 2 hours, 54 minutes, _you_ were the threadkiller in charge. Thereby making you one of us. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/294 "2004-05-06T13:23:17Z")
Hmmm…looks like my BIOS clock is two minutes off from the Dope’s clock. They should fix that. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/295 "2004-05-06T13:47:53Z")
NEWS FLASH: I’ve got new socks on! It’s a **TRUE FACT** [sup]TM[/sup]. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/296 "2004-05-06T14:04:16Z")
Well, now that 5 de Mayo is over, we can safely let this thread die. Yea, right, like _that’s_ ever gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/297 "2004-05-06T14:16:06Z")
Hey, how did you get back in? I thought I locked the door. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/298 "2004-05-06T14:24:29Z")
Oh, is that what that was? I thought you were trying to keep out you-know-who … 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/299 "2004-05-06T15:25:12Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Well, you _do_ realize that “trying to kill the thread by posting to it” is a pretty futile effort, right? 😛 Huh? What are you trying to say here? You mean the thread can’t die if people keep posting to it? So if we don’t post to the the thread, it will die, but if we do post to the thread it won’t die? Well, then we should all stop posting to it! Starting now! Ready, go! Unless you don’t want this thread to die. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/300 "2004-05-06T16:22:34Z")
But, if it dies, where will I post things that I have no other place to post? Like this: * * * Some background: A year or two ago, New Jersey sanctioned a bear hunt in the northern part of the state. It seems a bear population explosion, coupled with overdevelopment, drove a number of bears to forage in people’s back yards. This situation promped this conversation between my sister-in-law and myself: **SIL:** Well, if they have to hunt them, I sure hope they do something good with them. **Me:** Like what? **SIL:** Well, they could donate the meat to homeless shelters. Can you eat bear meat? **Me:** Yeah, I had it a few years ago. **SIL:** How was it? **Me:** Kinda grizzly. * * * HA! I kill me… 😃😃😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558.md?page=16)