# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/21 "2004-04-13T16:39:34Z")
There’s actually a term for people like you. It’s [molosters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=24126), which means MOst Last pOSTERS. That’s you (and you, and you) and now you have a title. YAY! There have been a few Thread Killer “contest” threads. Examples: [Thread Killers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=22524&pagenumber=1) [The Straight Doper’s Survivor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28365) [Who is the most stubbern person here???](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=32346) There was a huge thread (started by Jester, iirc) but I can’t find it now. ☹ Oh well. The point is that I am obviously the Most Likely to Kill a Thread here. Sorry guys, that’s just way it is. I don’t make the rules. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/22 "2004-04-13T16:58:59Z")
OK, **Silver Fire** , I concede. You win. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/23 "2004-04-13T17:04:13Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > OK, **Silver Fire** , I concede. You win. I for one think that’s very gracious of you, **Ponder Stibbons** , and I’m sure **Silver Fire** agrees; so much so that he doesn’t even need to respond, I should think. . . . now that we’ve settled that, let’s all go back to our regular lives. Nothing to see here, folks! Move along! Move along! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/24 "2004-04-13T17:14:08Z")
> [@rimshotgdansk](#): > > […] so much so that he doesn’t even need to respond, I should think. **She** , actually. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/25 "2004-04-13T17:26:23Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > **She** , actually. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/26 "2004-04-13T17:48:40Z")
Eh, that sort of thing happens all the time on the Dope. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mambozzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@mambozzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambozzy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/27 "2004-04-13T21:18:46Z")
I’m not wearing pants. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/28 "2004-04-13T21:23:07Z")
> [@mambozzy](#): > > I’m not wearing pants. Boy! Talk about a thread killer! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/29 "2004-04-13T23:49:17Z")
> [@rimshotgdansk](#): > > My apologies. Eh, it’s okay. It’s not the first time it’s happened or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/30 "2004-04-13T23:54:36Z")
What have I done? I’ve created a monster! This was not my intent! ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/31 "2004-04-14T00:01:33Z")
So there I was, with a Rolex up my ass, when she comes back in and wants to know how far apart her dog’s contractions are. Luckily, I’m elbow-deep in the dog trying to get the puppies out, so I’ve got an excuse not to tell her the time, but she saw right through it. Something about the gorgeous brunette nymphomaniac triplets just doesn’t say “Veteranarian’s Assistants”. And when it was all over, their “uncle” (the tall one, who promised to waive the fee if we’d tie him into the wheelchair and feed him a gallon of maple syrup while he watched) had the nerve to send me a bill, _and_ charge me for the mustard! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/32 "2004-04-14T00:11:31Z")
> [@Danalan](#): > > What have I done? I’ve created a monster! This was not my intent! You think that a thread with only one page (and it isn’t even full!) is a “monster”?! Did you not click any of my links??? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/33 "2004-04-14T00:53:09Z")
:sneaks up on thread with machete: I’m gonna get you sucka! YAAAAAHHHHHHHHH bloom, mayhem, thread everywhere. Pardon. :sneaks off to stalk another thread: ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/34 "2004-04-14T02:17:20Z")
Man, this thread has been resurrected more times than Jason. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/35 "2004-04-14T02:23:20Z")
> [@Engineer Dude](#): > > Man, this thread has been resurrected more times than Jason. But not enough times yet. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/36 "2004-04-14T02:29:49Z")
You want pathetic? The last 3 threads I started all died without a single response. I killed my own threads. Seeing my username in the last post by column is a sure way to watch a thread sink slowly into the West. ---
**Author:** ![mambozzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@mambozzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambozzy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/37 "2004-04-14T03:49:01Z")
Yeah, no doubt! I hate that! I even had a serious question…it was still a dead thread. I posted 70% of the posts. It sucked. Oh, and by the way…anybody that posts after this had a father who smelled of elderberries and a mother who spent most of her time up against walls with sailors. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/38 "2004-04-14T04:08:21Z")
No, you’ve got that backwards. We’re trying the “Tomato Sauce Removes Elderberry Stench” on Mother at this very moment. Will report back on results 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Thingol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Thingol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thingol)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/39 "2004-04-14T05:03:00Z")
Dude, I’ve only been here a couple of weeks, and I can already kill a thread just by starting it. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/40 "2004-04-14T05:57:40Z")
What if the thread seems dead, and then, years from now, someone posts? Does the old thread almost-killer get some credit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558.md?page=3)