# I'm a test thraed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 7, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491 "2012-03-07T04:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/1 "2012-03-07T04:47:55Z")
I’m done with this thread. It has no use anymore. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/2 "2012-03-07T13:58:57Z")
The thread has expired-it has ceased to be! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/3 "2012-03-07T14:03:09Z")
You weren’t testing your spell-check, were you? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/4 "2012-03-07T14:16:24Z")
spelling can be wrong and undetected in titles. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/5 "2012-03-07T15:32:28Z")
Where are the poll choices? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/6 "2012-03-07T15:45:59Z")
[sing along]I’m a test thread and I’m okay… [/sa] ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/7 "2012-03-07T15:49:17Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > spelling can be wrong and undetected in titles. Learn something gnu every day. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/8 "2012-03-08T02:10:33Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > [sing along]I’m a test thread and I’m okay… [/sa] [sa]I’m a little test thread, short and stout… [/sa] ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/9 "2012-03-08T03:43:47Z")
Better a thraed than a thraet, test or no test. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/10 "2012-03-08T03:54:32Z")
This is only a tset. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/11 "2012-03-08T03:59:14Z")
Maybe it’s a testes threat. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/12 "2012-03-08T04:10:41Z")
_BOOM_ \ This thread self destructed ten seconds ago. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/13 "2012-03-08T19:58:37Z")
I’m in ur test thraed, killin ur premiss. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/14 "2012-03-08T20:10:33Z")
Test threads are for sissies. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/15 "2012-03-08T21:27:44Z")
You know who \*else \*posted test threads? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/16 "2012-03-08T21:44:32Z")
I dunno who posted test threads. As you can plainly see, this is a test thraed; it’s a horse of another color entirely. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/17 "2012-03-08T22:16:45Z")
Don’t tread on me or my test thraed! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/18 "2012-03-08T23:01:32Z")
Never trust a Doper not to needle your threads, or thread your needles. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/19 "2012-03-09T03:04:53Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I dunno who posted test threads. As you can plainly see, this is a test thraed; it’s a horse of another color entirely. If we’re going to use British spellings like “thraed,” then we should probably also use “colour.” ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491/20 "2012-03-09T17:52:37Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > If we’re going to use British spellings like “thraed,” then we should probably also use “colour.” Does that mean we also have to use ‘humour’? 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-test-thraed/618491.md?page=2)