# 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:** 32
**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 18, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/621 "2004-05-18T19:59:45Z")
You know, Hal Briston and kittenlm both stopped posting suddenly yesterday afternoon. It’s not like them. I hope it’s nothing serious. Since I don’t know yet if anything is wrong, and I can’t be accused of insensitivity, I am going to speculate that this is what happened: kittenlm: (thinking) you know, I should eat a big ol’ spoonful of mustard and then kiss Hal Briston right on the mouth! - meanwhile… Hal Briston: (thinking) you know, I should eat a big ol ’ spoonful of peanut butter and then kiss kittenlm right on the mouth! - a few minutes later… kittenlm and Hal Briston (in unison): Oh, honey… KA-BOOOOM!!! (mushroom cloud over NJ) ---
**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 18, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/622 "2004-05-18T20:46:41Z")
I wonder if we can change the thread title to “The Thread That Cannot Die.” Damned zombie thread. Oops! Sorry, that’s un-PC. I meant, Damned living impaired thread! ---
**Author:** ![kittenlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kittenlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenlm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/623 "2004-05-18T20:56:10Z")
> [@](#): > > You know, Hal Briston and kittenlm both stopped posting suddenly yesterday afternoon. It’s not like them. I hope it’s nothing serious. Nothings wrong…my sister graduated from college today. So, last night we drove up to East Bumblefuck, NJ…got a hotel room…stayed the night…got up ridiculously early this morning…and watched her graduate…then drove allll the way home :rolleyes: But thanks for caring enough to notice 😛 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/624 "2004-05-18T21:15:03Z")
I just figured they were getting their freak-nasty on. Graduation, huh. Go figure. 😃 ---
**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 18, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/625 "2004-05-18T23:51:35Z")
> [@kittenlm](#): > > my sister graduated from college today. So, last night we drove up to East Bumblefuck, NJ Did she graduate from the East Bumblefuck Technical Institute? or East Bumblefuck Community College? On an unrelated note, did you and Hal Briston kiss each other with mustard and peanut butter breath and cause a chemical explosion, or was that just my imagination? ---
**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 18, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/626 "2004-05-18T23:59:39Z")
It was East Bumblefuck State. And the chemical explosion was just your imagination (but damn, that was a good one :)). And no, **harmless** , there was no freak-nasty going on. Damnit. ☹ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/627 "2004-05-19T00:24:02Z")
So sorry to hear, **Hal**. Naughty **kitty**! You play nice, nice with **Hal**! 😃 But guess what! I’ve come up with a **MASTER PLAN**. :dubious: \<–(sneakiest looking smiley we have : shrug : ) That’s right. **A MASTER PLAN** This thread has grown to ungoogly porportions and now it needs a purpose. I say we now drag this thread all through the SDMB! You heard correct! We are going to hit **The Pitt**! We are going to take **Debate**! We _will_ have **General Questions**! You get the idea! We will snowball this thing until the hamsters scream for mercy, or more money, whichever comes first! WHO’S WITH ME? : crickets : ---
**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 19, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/628 "2004-05-19T01:11:32Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > We are going to hit **The Pitt**! > We are going to take **Debate**! > We _will_ have **General Questions**! Why does this sound as if it needs a Howard Dean-style screech at the end? But sure, what the hey…I’ll start by mentioning this thread in several _other_ threads! Oh, wait. Already done that (just don’t ask for cites…tired hamsters make for slow seaching…no patience for it right now :p). ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/629 "2004-05-19T03:14:40Z")
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaa ha? Like that? We’ve done the **Mundane** , where shall we go next? I Pit thee, **Lando Griffin** , because we haven’t heard from you since 12:23 am! Where’s your dedication? > [@Lando Griffin](#): > > Ah. Ah? Ah? This is the bit of wisdom we get? You make me ill to my zombie core! TTHTHHHTHTHTTHTTPPT! :wally We’re safe from Lynn in MPSIMS, right? ---
**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 19, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/630 "2004-05-19T03:42:58Z")
I’ll handle turning this into “About This Message Board”. I’ve been curious how this would look. If my experiment is correct, it’ll appear blank. And then all kinds of fun could be had. \ ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/631 "2004-05-19T15:11:24Z")
What a clever idea! Now we don’t have to talk in code anymore! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/632 "2004-05-19T15:20:12Z")
Following the herd… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/633 "2004-05-19T15:36:19Z")
WHAT? Can’t hear you, **Honey**! Speak up! 😛 ---
**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 19, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/634 "2004-05-19T15:55:45Z")
Ok, very good. That works nicely (don’t want to overdo it, though). Secret coded message for _IHKATAM_-ers: So, which area is slated for takeover next? Gather at Checkpoint Charlie, two clicks north of SD HQ at 2300 hours, Friday… And, by “takeover”, I mean that in the most innocuous manner, of course. …then await futher instructions on your official \*IHKATAM \* secure radios. After all, this is nothing more than meaningless banter. Nothing going on in secret here, nope nope nope… The message boards \*will \* be ours! Viva Revolution!! ---
**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 19, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/635 "2004-05-19T16:08:36Z")
I have a Genreal Question: How likely is it that anyone who has not read this thread will bother to take the time to read this 13+ page thread that is about absolutely nothing? I mean, wouldn’t it be like finally deciding to watch Seinfeld after it’s been on for 7 seasons already? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/636 "2004-05-19T16:30:38Z")
And what’s wrong with that? :dubious: The one on Fox yesterday was funny! With the “I can’t spare a square”! Some of us didn’t catch it the first time around. 😛 But see, what I forgot to mention in the **MASTER PLAN** was that the purpose was to literally drag the thread all through the message board. Make the thread so geared to one discussion group that it would have to be moved by a moderator. 😃 But, yeah, that probably won’t happen. A zombie can dream, can’t she? **LANDO**! Get your chaffy, good-for-naught, meritless, negligible, no-account, no-count, no-good, nugatory, otiose, paltry, pointless, rubbishy, sorry, superfluous, tinsel, trashy, trifling, trumpery, valueless, wasted booty in here and be properly Pitted! Your feet stink, too! Nyyaaahhhhh! ---
**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 19, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/637 "2004-05-19T17:13:56Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I’ll handle turning this into “About This Message Board”. I’ve been curious how this would look. > > If my experiment is correct, it’ll appear blank. > > And then all kinds of fun could be had. \ When I thought this was blank, I was going to say that I assumed this was to be filed under ‘Great Debates’, but I see now that this is something far more diabolical. And fun, too. 🙂 ---
**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 19, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/638 "2004-05-19T17:24:20Z")
Hmmm…didn’t even consider that a “reply” (as opposed to a “post reply”) would reveal the secret of the blank posting. Uh oh…ummm…nobody “reply” my previous post. Nothing to see there…dum de dum… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/639 "2004-05-19T17:43:38Z")
**Hal** , I believe you were looking for: :smack: :wally ---
**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 19, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558/640 "2004-05-19T18:00:42Z")
I pit you, **harmless** , for having more posts than me because you’re more interesting. And for eating my friend, Bob. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-killed-a-thread-all-month/239558.md?page=33)