# Is this thread 55555?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-55555/55260>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 20, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-55555/55260 "2001-02-20T22:25:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-55555/55260/1 "2001-02-20T22:25:04Z")

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Why not?

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-55555/55260/2 "2001-02-20T22:28:14Z")

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O yeah I remember now.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-55555/55260/3 "2001-02-21T11:03:12Z")

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Thread 55555 had way more point to it than this turkey.

(My apologies if referring to a thread as poultry is a no-no – I’m still learning} 🙂

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-55555/55260/4 "2001-02-21T13:45:11Z")

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I thought this was MPSIMS (Mundane _Pointless_ Shit I Must Share)?

Here’s [Thread 55555](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55555). I don’t know about that!

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-55555/55260/5 "2001-02-21T19:12:43Z")

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> I thought this was MPSIMS (Mundane Pointless Shit I Must Share)?

So? You’ve shared, already. This stiff ain’t “mundane”, it’s “mindless”.

Quit wasting server space.

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-55555/55260/6 "2001-02-21T23:25:33Z")

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You…you…[newbie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60719)!

🙂

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-55555/55260/7 "2001-02-22T09:15:05Z")

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> You…you…newbie! 🙂

Yeah – that’s me! Ain’t life a jazz? :D:D:D

Have a fun weekend, **RM**.