# 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:** 3
**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, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/41 "2004-04-14T10:18:59Z")
No. This thread, like the others, will die by default when a Mod finally shuts it down. I give it another five hours to live… ---
**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 14, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/42 "2004-04-14T12:45:44Z")
{Walks up, pokes thread with stick}. “Is it dead yet?” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/43 "2004-04-14T13:29:21Z")
I haven’t killed a thread in at least 8 hours. My powers of doom are clearly waning. If this keeps up, I’ll end up in GD or GQ…GAHHHHHHH! No NO NO NO! ---
**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, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/44 "2004-04-14T17:35:09Z")
I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. **This thread is mine if I have to take you all down with it.** Now be gone, mere mortals. I have spoken. ducks and runs ---
**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, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/45 "2004-04-14T18:46:36Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > I’ve said it before. > I’ll say it again. > > **This thread is mine if I have to take you all down with it.** > > Now be gone, mere mortals. I have spoken. > > ducks and runs I think you got it wrong. Begone is [one word](http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/begone) , not two words. ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/46 "2004-04-14T21:20:29Z")
> [@Engineer Dude](#): > > I think you got it wrong. Begone is [one word](http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/begone) , not two words. Would you settle for shoo!? 😉 ---
**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 15, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/47 "2004-04-15T14:40:44Z")
Funny thing . . . there’s no way to graciously concede defeat in this thread. Much as I’d like to say “hats off to you, **Harmless** , you have done the deed”, I know that the act of doing so would undo my doing of it. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/48 "2004-04-15T15:07:33Z")
> [@rimshotgdansk](#): > > Funny thing . . . there’s no way to graciously concede defeat in this thread. Much as I’d like to say “hats off to you, **Harmless** , you have done the deed”, I know that the act of doing so would undo my doing of it. Or something. Well, the “thought” was appreciated anyways…or something 😉 ---
**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 15, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/49 "2004-04-15T15:17:25Z")
> [@rimshotgdansk](#): > > Funny thing . . . there’s no way to graciously concede defeat in this thread. Much as I’d like to say “hats off to you, **Harmless** , you have done the deed”, I know that the act of doing so would undo my doing of it. Or something. I guess the next best thing to measure success, then, would be to see how long there is between one post and the next. So far, **Harmless** wins with post #15, with 18 hours between his post and the next one. ---
**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 15, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/50 "2004-04-15T15:18:14Z")
Think nothing of it. You’ve earned it. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/51 "2004-04-15T15:21:32Z")
> [@Engineer Dude](#): > > I guess the next best thing to measure success, then, would be to see how long there is between one post and the next. So far, **Harmless** wins with post #15, with 18 hours between his post and the next one. **Her** , actually. But Woo Hoo! Now see what not having a life will get you, kiddies? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/52 "2004-04-16T15:59:53Z")
Wouldn’t you know it, the very next post I made after starting this thread, killed a thread. It’s a curse. A curse, I say! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/53 "2004-04-16T16:18:40Z")
> [@Danalan](#): > > Wouldn’t you know it, the very next post I made after starting this thread, killed a thread. It’s a curse. A curse, I say! LOL! You can kill every thread but your own. 😉 Woo Hoo! Up to page 2! None of my threads have ever made it this far. 😃 ---
**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 17, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/54 "2004-04-17T00:08:56Z")
[Bad Johnny Cash impersonation] I started a thread just to watch it die. [BJCi] ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/55 "2004-04-17T07:48:20Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > [Bad Johnny Cash impersonation] I started a thread just to watch it die. [BJCi] Damn, you, **racer72**! I opened this thread and read through the whole f\*ing thing just to make sure nobody else beat me to posting “I shot a thread in Reno once, just to watch it die.” ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/56 "2004-04-17T12:59:39Z")
There once was an old thread, that was intended to die, I don’t know why the guy wanted it to die… I guess I’ll try. Can you guess the tune? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/57 "2004-04-17T13:54:41Z")
_bump_ ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/58 "2004-04-17T13:59:10Z")
> [@Jomo Mojo](#): > > _bump_ [anouncer voice]_I’m sorry! That was incorrect. The answer we were looking for is…There was an old lady who swallowed a fly!, Yes, a fly! Thank you for playing. You will be leaving with some wonderful parting gifts!"_[/av] ---
**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:** [April 17, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/59 "2004-04-17T15:20:55Z")
Am I late? ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/60 "2004-04-17T17:20:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Am I late? No, you’re just in time to watch this die. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558.md?page=4)