I killed three threads in a row.

fierra, we’ll have to hold off on the corrosives. I’m just dying to hear what steelie has to say, and I wouldn’t want to give him lockjaw at this point. However, I don’t see any harm in snarfing down some snausages! I’ll just wrap a few in some of these pancakes I brought, and make little wolfie pigs in a blanket.

:: looks around ::
Hmmm. Am I going to have to eat all this IHOP food myself? It’s a good thing I brought coffee, 'cuz I’m tired. Must…resist…urge…to sleep. I’ve been up all night pacing, checking this thread, anxiously awaiting this surprise. I can’t yawn wait for stee…

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ::thud::

<walks in, hollering>
Hey everybody! Today’s the day! Big mystery revealed!

Oh sh*t!
<whispers>
Oh, isn’t that the cutest thing? Aw…he looks so peaceful in his sleep, with this little claws all retracted and his tails all fluffy.
What’s that grease around his mou…
<slips on a discarded snausage and falls on her @ss>

Gonna be one of those days…

ahem …his TAIL all fluffy.
Just one.

The Mystery, Finally Revealed

this is the moment you’ve all been waiting for…
:drumroll please:

What does everything on this planet have? Can’t think of the answer? Well I’ll tell you the answer. Every single thing on this planet has an arch nemesis. A complementary opposite. There’s peanut butter, right. Then there’s jelly. Tom had Jerry. Austin Powers and Dr. Evil. There’s communism and capitalism. Jehova’s witness and well, every other religion. The intestine has tapeworm. Gore and Bush. Pepsi and Coke. Broccolli and pezpunk, ears and Tyson…well, you get the point by now. The big secret has to do with the one thing on this planet that has no arch nemesis, but desperately needs one. The Illuminati, that’s right. I’m just as scared as you are.

The Illuminati has accomplished quite a bit since it was founded by Weishaupt in 1776. If you want proof check out this brief chronicle of Illuminati activity. I was charged with a divine (read: made up) mission to give balance to the planet by assembling a group of humans capable of arch nemesesizing (that’s a verb) the Illuminati. Sure the control the entire European and American Economy and are solely responsible for the formation of the United Nations and the Council on Foreign Relations. Sure they have a 230 year headstart on us. Sure they have the media in their pocket, maybe even including :gasp: the SDMB message board. So what, they’re powerful. But if anybody can handle this job, it’s a rogue group of thread killers.

Think about it, we have everything we need. Aside from the innate ability to destroy threads, we, as a group have so many other great qualities that will prove invaluable in our quest. We have a seemingly unending supply of breakfast foods. Everyone always says breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so imagine how powerful we would be if we ate breakfast at every meal. If we got everybody from this thread in the same room together, there would be so much cynicism in the air that the unaccustomed would suffocate upon taking their first breath. Collectively, we can do it. With all the talent there is alying around here, the skies the limit.

DireWolf, well…do I even have to say anything? I mean, you’ve got a tail for Pete’s sake. particlewill has the unique trait of being a guy named will made up of particles. Not everybody can say that. Not to mention you’re access to surplus stealth paint. Then there’s struuter, perhaps the most important member of the group who can whip up food like no other. There are countless others of you out there whose services would be invaluable. Quasar: keeper of threadkill legend. InternetLegend: already a legend even though the internet has only been around for a few years.

We can do it if we all remain united as threadkillers.

At this point I would like to motion that we make the organization official. Is there a second? Anyone? Guys? :coughing heard in the distance:

Of course we’re gonna need a name for our squad, and positions for everybody. struuter is unquestionable executive in charge of sustenance preparation. You will have a full staff…chosen by you of course. The rest of the titles are up for grabs.

We are always looking for new recruits, but not the pansy-ass kind that turn tail and run at the first sign of turmoil (I think DW is the only one with a tail, though). We need dedication, we need perseverance, we need ingenuity, but most of all we need freaks. People with special talents or traits. I, for example, have titanium (not steel, I know my name is misleading) reinforced jaws. Screws, plates and everything. We need everyone we can get, as the Illuminati is already great in numbers. Oh and if any of you can summon spirits from the past to come and help us, it would be greatly appreciated.

So let’s take 'em down.

I think we should do a practice run and try to take over, say Canada, since the Illuminati already controls the U.S., and Europe. Any Canadians out there who want to help out, inquire within. We need to start by gathering a vast amount of information about there economy, government, and social structure. Any contributions will be appreciated. I know that snowboarding is great there, and they manufacture Molson beer. That’s a start.

Anyway, I’ll ask again. Who’s with me?

Don’t forget, we need a name, and everybody needs official titles.

[sub]by the way, I might be dead by the time you read this[/sub] but hopefully not.

<raises hand tentitively> Um…question? Do I have to stay in the kitchen? Because that would really…uh…suck.

Also…I have this if you think you could use it. <holds out large, black pouch>
<smiles wickedly, whispering>
It’s a bag of holding.

Am I cool now?

to answer your question struuter, no. You don’t have to stay in the kitchen. That’s why you will have a staff. Do you think that if Cecil was the keeper of all human recipes, he would be in the kitchen all the time. Nope, that’s why he’s got the SDstaff.

Ooooooooooooh, a bag of holding. What’re you gonna put in it first.

<whispering into steeljaw’s ear> it’s not what you put INTO it…it’s what you take out of it.

Great googly-moogly. “They” are obviously monitoring your activity, titaniumjaw - “they” took down the link. Unless you think this is a secret message (do you have your secret decoder ring handy?)…it says…ready?

“The server is down or not responding. Please contact your network administrator”

We all know what “network administrator” really means, right? (wink wink, nudge nudge)

Lock your doors, hide the kids, and for cryin’ out loud, make sure you wash behind your ears!

Aw dang. Does this mean I gotta turn in my Illuminati Membership card? ack [sub](Did I say that out loud? Crap!)[/sub] I mean, Ok! sounds like fun!
But I am outta Stealth paint. We used it all on the barn.

At least I think we did. We might have gotten some on the outside of the cans. Would explain all the misterious toe stubbing lately.

Oh, and it’s my birthday today, but I have to work. crap.

Happy birthday, pwill…if it is your birthday & you didn’t get stealth paint on the dates on the birth certifcate!

I obviously can’t join since my important contribution has been overlooked by he of the misnamed metallic orifice :eek:

Well, that settles it. If fierra’s not invited to smite threads, then I’ll just stay here with her. :wink:

If I’m lucky, maybe I can get some of Anthracite’s KC BBQ sauce on a snausage or two, maybe? Huh? Huh?

Ya know, as I remember from the last Mongo killed thread, the person who’s post was the last one for more than a day was declared the killer of that thread.
Check the dates here.

particlewill
Member

Registered: Aug 2000
Posts: 183

12-15-2000 07:59 PM

then,

fierra
Member

Registered: Jun 2000
Posts: 681

12-17-2000 05:28 PM

Looks like I did it again! All bow down before me The TRUE Master Killer of threads!!!

DOUBLEUNFAIR! I was being held by the Illuminati for questioning for the last 48 hours, as I suspect everyone else who had posted to this thread was… except the possible double agent in our midst… pw!

My secret mutant powers are bafflement (non sequitars, american surrealism, disinformation and Wackosity™) coupled with a keen fashion sense. I would like to volunteer to be the best dressed Minister of Truth a conspiracy ever had.

Nope. Sorry. This here’s a dead thread. Gonna have to take yer illuminatti bustin’ butts elswhere. This one’s a gonner. Stick a fork in it, it’s Cooked. Takin’ the ol’ Dirt Nap. Passed on. Bought the farm. Flatlinin’. Pushing up the daisies. Dearly Departed. Kaput. It is an ex-thread. R.I.P.

We need a dead smiley with lil’ x’s in its’ eyes.

Well, in that case pwill, Giraffe killed it on the first page…
(UK times given…)
12-09-2000 01:26am Giraffe
12-10-2000 01:53pm Steeljaw
which is more than 24 hours…but as I posted below

Perhaps not, but I killed it on a Friday! The 15th was a FRIDAY and no one posted on saturday. By the time sunday rolled around, the thread hadn’t been posted to in almost TWO days, not the 24 hours you suggest…
Face it. It’s dead, Jim.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but some clarifications are due. According to the Official Internet Thread Killing Rulebook, a thread is considered deceased 24 hours after receiving its last unanswered post, as you correctly stated. Now, onto what you conveniently omitted. Quoting from the aforementioned source, section 4.3. ii:

"A dead thread can be resurrected by two different means:

–An influx of 15 additional posts, posterior to the time of official death or,

–The reception of an amount of posts equivalent to 10 % of the thread’s total posts prior to its death.

Resuscitation by any of these methods can occur only if accomplished within a one-week period, starting from the official time of death. Any attempts to breath life into a thread after this time would be futile, as the thread’s soul would have by then migrated to either Celestus (thread heaven) or Infernus (what else? thread hell), depending on the criteria established on Section 5.7.iii of this very same manual. "

As you can see, my esteemed particlewill, its too soon to jump the gun. In its due time, you might be able to add this thread to your already legendary trophy case. Unfortunately, that seems highly implausible. Take me for example. I plan to join the conspiracy against The Illuminati. A pursuit as noble as that will probably encounter many more valiant volunteers. The grand task that such a revolution implies will no doubt require a great deal of coordination and strategic planning in order to deploy a highly prepared strike force capable of blasting the Illuminati into oblivion by means of a single, surgical, inescapable blow. This thread shall be our war room, the place where the Anti-illuminati Movement is not only born, but grown into the arch-nemesis and ultimate Illuminati destroyer, that steeljaw prophetically visualized.

So, particlewill, as I don’t want to extend myself further, I give you this sage piece of advice: this thread refuses to die, its illuminati-annihilating impulses provide it with unusual stamina and superior life-sustaining abilities. This is the wolverine of threads, the self-healing entity that can not be killed until its mission is finally accomplished. As such, it would be more efficient to redirect your thread-exterminating efforts into weaker, moribund threads. May the force be with you and be your guide in your noble quest.

dark quasar: Thread Killer by day, Illuminati Destroyer by night. The conspiracy has begun, are you in or are you out?

Quasar - it may also be reincarnated as a successor thread, phoenix-like, when it reaches 10 pages…

p-will, thou doth protest too much. Are you trying to distract us from the true nature of our inquiry? Perhaps you are a member of the Illuminati. I offer this evidence:

From your sig, as seen in things you post online:
“I have nothing against Texas. It’s Texans I can’t stand.”

Then this, via a web search:
“Welcome to Illuminati Online. We are a full-featured Internet service provider, with local access in the Austin and Houston, Texas, areas.”

Coincidence, p-will? I think not.

DW! My Hero! Care for some BBQ snausages as a reward?