# Is this the longest running thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 29, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314 "2025-03-29T17:37:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/1 "2025-03-29T17:37:43Z")
Yes, this thread was started by me. [Help me stock the ultimate (fictional) library](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-stock-the-ultimate-fictional-library/671444) I have been away for several years and, coming back, I was amazed that it still has recent replies So, not the most popular or most viewed, but (without being a zombie) the longest from OP to most recent post? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/2 "2025-03-29T17:52:54Z")
There’s no practical way to search for such threads, even after we agree on what constitutes “recent enough last post”. And what constitutes a “zombie”; how often does the thread have to be refreshed? But here’s a thread that beats yours. This thread dates from 2011 and gets multiple new posts almost every day. > [@The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other/600499): > > This is it. Your new home for discussion of General Aviation. Anything and everything about GA. Questions! Answers! Experiences! Bring it all to the table! There have been [a number](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=628292) of [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=628292) [recently](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624956) [centering on GA](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627831) that have been the inspiration for this one. I suppose an argument can be made for this to go in Cafe Society, and I’m open to the idea. At any rate, my hope is that this thread will grow and always be a place people can come to for discussing GA. Now have at it! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/3 "2025-03-29T18:08:11Z")
To be fair, your example thread was started by someone of dubious character. ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/4 "2025-03-29T19:58:08Z")
Of all the days to re-emerge, your 20th cake day! March 29, 2005 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/5 "2025-03-29T20:02:41Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Of all the days to re-emerge, your 20th cake day! March 29, 2005 I was summoned. Soon, I shall return from whence I slumber. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/6 "2025-03-29T20:34:37Z")
[May 5, 1945 - we shall remember.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-5-1945-we-shall-remember/18605/531) dates back to the year 2000 and is revived every year. I don’t count it as a zombie because of its continuing nature. ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/7 "2025-03-29T21:23:03Z")
There have been several multi-part threads which got sequels when they hit the magic 10K post mark, incl. quite a few in Thread Games (which didn’t exist 10 years ago IIRC). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/8 "2025-03-29T21:26:10Z")
How old is the Rudolph thread? I’ll try to find it. > [@"Rudolph" T.V. Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-t-v-special/43518): > > On the Island of Misfit Toys, in addition to Charlie-In-The-Box and a choo-choo train with square wheels (among others), there was a red-haired rag doll. What was her name and why was she a misfit? Also, the (flying) Lion King was named King Moon something Can anyone help here or do I need to impatiently await for some cable network to broadcast it? Thanks. Started Nov 30, 2000 So slightly younger than [May 5, 1945 - we shall remember.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-5-1945-we-shall-remember/18605/531) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/9 "2025-03-29T22:00:15Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > There have been several multi-part threads which got sequels when they hit the magic 10K post mark, incl. quite a few in Thread Games (which didn’t exist 10 years ago IIRC). Yep. but the OP’s question is about duration, not post count. When I made my post upthread I did some research. The “New Stupid Republican idea of the day” thread is now on part 4 at about cumulative post number 30,500. But the OP of part 1 dates from just Jun 2020. So 30,500 posts in 4-3/4 years. Compared to the OP’s thread from 2013 or the aviation one from 2011, the bitching about Republicans threads are a lot younger. I tried poking at other multi-part threads looking for real early start dates. None of them were very old. Certainly not 12 years. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314/10 "2025-03-31T13:18:31Z")
And there’s [this compendium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-stewart-sandwiches/460517) on the history of the “Stewart Sandwich” (2008) that keeps getting bumped.