# Is there a monster at the end of this thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793 "2003-02-18T03:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/1 "2003-02-18T03:21:39Z")
I’ve heard some pretty nasty rumours. I must CAUTION you against POSTING to this thread. Nothing official, you understand. But I URGE you to take this very real and sinister threat seriously. Think of the risk benefit ratio – what can you gain from posting here? What would the rest of us do if you were eaten by… I can’t say it. NAIL NAIL NAIL NAIL NAIL NAIL NAIL NAIL NAIL NAIL NAIL NAIL ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/2 "2003-02-18T04:08:18Z")
As long as I’m not wearing a red shirt, I’m going to be OK. \ Uh-oh. ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/3 "2003-02-18T04:19:21Z")
Just in case there is something, I suggest that we split up and wander in the dark with only a dying flashlight or candle to find our way. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/4 "2003-02-18T04:22:31Z")
OOooo, I’ll be the ditzy blonde that goes to the basement without a flashlight! Ok, ok, I know I’m a brunette but I just wanted to play too…'k? ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/5 "2003-02-18T04:24:56Z")
Do not turn the page! ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/6 "2003-02-18T05:37:23Z")
That was my favourite book as a child. 😃 _gets out the bricks and mortar_ ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/7 "2003-02-18T06:23:31Z")
Hey everybody - if we don’t let the thread end, the monster can’t get us! Post, everybody! Post for your lives! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/8 "2003-02-18T06:24:01Z")
You’re all being a bunch of idiots. There’s no such thing as monsters. Personally, I don’t give a fuck what the rest of you do but it’s a beautiful night and I’m not going to spend it indoors. I guarantee you that you’re going to feel pretty damn foolish tomorrow. Now get the hell out of my way, I’m going outside to check out the stars. Late. Haj ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/9 "2003-02-18T06:41:07Z")
Grover? Is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/10 "2003-02-18T06:45:21Z")
Well, there is now a **Monstre** at the end of this thread. GGGGRRRRrrrrrrrrrrroooooooowwwwwwwrrrrrrrffffffffff… ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/11 "2003-02-18T06:54:53Z")
Don’t you guys think it’s weird that we’re all here, 20 years _to the day_ after [Genentech, Inc. reported that both revenues and net income increased for 1982](http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/detail.jsp?detail=4195)?!?! ---
**Author:** ![CrazyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@CrazyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/12 "2003-02-18T07:00:09Z")
you talking to me? ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/13 "2003-02-18T07:10:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manduck \* > \*\*Hey everybody - if we don’t let the thread end, the monster can’t get us! Post, everybody! Post for your lives! \*\* No! You’ve got it all wrong! Every post gets us _closer_ to the end of the thread! Don’t post anything! Of course, with the way I can kill threads, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy… ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/14 "2003-02-18T07:14:26Z")
If you would like to turn the page, click reply. If you wish to die painfully, then look in the closet. If you wish to read another book, click new topic. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/15 "2003-02-18T07:15:26Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Dr Paprika_ > What would the rest of us do if you were eaten by… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*As long as I’m not wearing a red shirt, I’m going to be OK. > \ Uh-oh. \*\* _eats Duke_ ---
**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:** [February 18, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/16 "2003-02-18T07:15:59Z")
And if you wish to continue this very important quest, go to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/17 "2003-02-18T07:42:29Z")
You forgot to say “xyzzy,” **Czarcasm**. You’re liable to get et up by a grue, fooling around like that. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/18 "2003-02-18T08:19:08Z")
Maybe it won’t get us if we offer it pie. ---
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/19 "2003-02-18T08:32:37Z")
:eek: I just woke up from a nightmare @ 3:00am. I couldn’t go back to sleep so I decided to surf, and saw this thread. I can tell you that there IS a monster at the end of this thread! ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793/20 "2003-02-18T09:06:17Z")
Quoth the disembodied pirate head: “Fairly warned ye be, says I.” If we can’t take _his_ word for it, than there’s nothing left for us. I’m going to sit in this odd little raft and hope it takes me somewhere safe… woah! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/155793.md?page=2)