# Nostalgia for old threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520 "2010-08-26T11:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/1 "2010-08-26T11:58:32Z")
I actually went hunting for one of the items on this list by way of a vanity search on my username and noticed quite a few oldies that might deserve a revival or a new thread to continue the topic. These all came from the earliest pages of the 30 I get in such a search. If you have similar oldies from your own contributions that are worth a second look, please post some link to them. By Srart Date: > **[Obsolete jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383395)** > > Why are hurricanes named after women? Because if they were named after men they’d be called himicanes. Obsolete jokes 08-09-2006, 08:14 PM > **[Edward Bulwer Lytton's 'The Lady of Lyons'](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461567)** > > According to theatrical legend, the shortest run in showbiz history was The Lady of Lyons in 1838. The curtain got stuck on the opening night, the audience went home and that was it. Thus speaks The Times today but I can’t find confirmation of this... Edward Bulwer Lytton’s ‘The Lady of Lyons’ 03-28-2008, 03:06 PM > **[Confusing posters as similar names. (astorian & asterion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503504)** > > I know \*\*astorian \*\*as he often posts in sports threads, especially baseball and of course Simpson threads. He is a charter member and has a fair amount of posts but not a huge number. Or do I know \*\*asterion \*\*instead? I just noticed for the first... Confusing posters as similar names. (astorian & asterion) 01-25-2009, 01:18 PM > **[The truly great threads in SDMB history](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508687)** > > Sort of a poll, but more of a survey of the really great threads of the past. May be “past” only in the sense of no longer visible on the front pages of the various fora. I’m most fascinated by the ones that suddenly spring to life with off-the-wall... The truly great threads in SDMB history 03-01-2009, 09:31 AM > **[What are your real life catch phrases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509968)** > > I have a few that I’m known for. The “not so much a catchphrase as something I say to excess is” anyway, anyway, anyway, the whole together being about one syllable, as I tend to digress in talking. Two I’ve become famous for with student workers,... What are your real life catch phrases? 03-11-2009, 03:41 PM > **[Let's all watch Google crawl the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510436)** > > Did you hear that Jerry is letting Google crawl the boards? It’s true, have a look at robots.txt. I’ve been watching and Google is catching on to this. The query is: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:boards.straightdope.com \[ul\] \[li\] Mar 13 -... Let’s all watch Google crawl the Dope 03-15-2009, 06:39 PM > **[One sentence summaries that miss the point -- The Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511067)** > > Although I didn’t contribute to the zombie portion of One sentence summaries that miss the point which was started 03-16-2003, 03:15 AM by 3trew and which has run for 5 pages up through 03-14-2009 02:48 PM (by The Tofu Kitty) with 236 Replies and... One sentence summaries that miss the point – The Game 03-20-2009, 09:59 AM > **[Your most successful threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511162)** > > Over the past few weeks I have started or participated in several threads where thread history and thread oddities have been the main topics of conversation. Some of those threads have pointed to the negative aspects of threads like which ones were... Your most successful threads 03-21-2009 > **[Acronyms in common usage with your own meanings](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511256)** > > In spite of this thread coming around it reminded me to try out another idea I’ve been meaning to post… probably been done before but eh, what the hell… it’ll be entertaining. Just think/search for common acronyms and come up with your own wording... Acronyms in common usage with your own meanings 03-22-2009, 11:19 AM > **[What music was popular the year you graduated high school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511279)** > > There may be better sites than this one to find the data for your year. There may even be some that would have the month’s top x-number. If you can actually remember any unassisted, more’s the better. Anyway, what are your favorites from that point... What music was popular the year you graduated high school? 03-22-2009, 02:30 PM ========================== I would especially recommend a second look at the second item on the list: Edward Bulwer Lytton’s ‘The Lady of Lyons’ It’s a bit of an inside joke, but it warms my heart. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/2 "2010-08-26T12:49:33Z")
Just to show the potential value to such looking back into the past, here’s an astounding coincidence: Without boring you with how I got there, links within this thread’s links led me to the thread: [They’re back! - the door-to-door salesmen from hell](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155187) where we find this post by Master Wang-Ka on 01-08-2003, 11:33 PM [Enjoy it again – or for the first time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2824520&postcount=7) Now, for the coincidence! Yesterday there was [Magazine salesman charged with sexual battery](http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=13042637) in the local news. See how valuable? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/3 "2010-08-26T13:38:12Z")
There was a really hysterical thead where someone asked for help with a report on To Kill a Mockingbird and we jut torched that book. I don’t have it bookmarked and I haven’t been able to find it. It was pure insanity. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/4 "2010-08-26T13:51:15Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > There was a really hysterical thead where someone asked for help with a report on To Kill a Mockingbird and we jut torched that book. I don’t have it bookmarked and I haven’t been able to find it. > > It was pure insanity. I see that your search for that thread has been met with blind alleys more than once. I tried a keyword search on “mockingbird dill” and have only found the request to locate the old thread, not the thread itself. Is there anything else in the way of date of the thread, other keywords, other people who posted in it? My curiosity is at a high level now! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/5 "2010-08-26T14:33:38Z")
I knoqw it made Threadspotting, but I cannot find it. Can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/6 "2010-08-26T14:45:40Z")
As for coincidences, the oldest thread in my lookback window is: > **[Band of the Dead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510746)** > > \[ul\]\[li\]The Rolling Bones\[/li\]\[li\]Death Leppard \[/li\]\[li\]Dead Zeppelin\[/li\]\[li\]The Booh!\[/li\]\[li\]Kurt Cobrain\[/li\]\[li\]Mummy Waters\[/li\]\[li\]Howlin’ Werewolf\[/li\]\[li\]Kill Collins\[/ul\]\[/li\] …who are your favourite dead/undead/horrific ensembles and... Band of the Dead! 03-18-2009, 05:03 AM Half Man Half Wit 03-20-2009, 02:06 PM Annie-Xmas Dead Dogs & Englishmen Plastic Oncoffin Band The Turning Blues Brothers Band of the Dead! Half Man Half Wit 03-20-2009 02:06 PM by Annie-Xmas 17 339 Cafe Society Showing results 726 to 750 of 750 Page 30 of 30 « First \< 20 28 29 30 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/7 "2010-08-29T05:51:43Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I knoqw it made Threadspotting, but I cannot find it. > > Can anyone help? Check your PM’s. I found something in the Archives. That it? They’re pretty time-consuming to search and I located a hit to the “find on this page” for “mockingbird” after maybe 30 tries! ---
**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/8 "2010-08-29T07:42:01Z")
Probably the same one Zeldar found - I’m assuming [this is it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=92133)? Pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/9 "2010-08-29T12:19:40Z")
> [@HardlySanguine](#): > > Probably the same one Zeldar found - I’m assuming [this is it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=92133)? Pretty funny. That’s the one. Does anybody know the drop dead date for stuff only being available as a archive? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/10 "2010-08-29T12:42:17Z")
While we’re feeling nostalgic for old threads, would any of you happen to have links to threads from Sept. 11, 2001? I’m doing a project and would like to have a copy of them. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/11 "2010-08-29T12:59:08Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > While we’re feeling nostalgic for old threads, would any of you happen to have links to threads from Sept. 11, 2001? I’m doing a project and would like to have a copy of them. No help, just an echo. I was going to point out how this amazing thread followed so closely on the horrors of 9/11. I will do a little archive poking though, and post whatever I can locate in this thread. Would a PM to that effect be adequate for your purposes? Help me, **HardlySanguine** , didn’t this one come in the first dozen or so numbers in the archive? I had started in the middle numbers and worked a few of them before I suspected the earlier numbers were more likely. Sure enough it was early on (low numbers). So Oct/01 oughtn’t be too far from Sep/01, right? If this helps, the actual URL for this Mockingbird oldie is > **[To Kill A Mockingbird. Dill.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=92133)** > > I need to do a character sketch on Mr. Charles Baker Harris, only problem is it’s hard to find information on Dill because he isn’t exactly a “main” character. Would you Dopers be kind enough to provide me with physical, personality, and emotional... Maybe try 90000 as a first stab and adjust based on results? I’ll be trying that sort of thing in case somebody finds a 9/11 post sooner. I should think an entire thread (new one, of course) pointing to those oldies would be valuable for all. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/12 "2010-08-29T13:02:26Z")
Paydirt! Poke around either side of [How much fuel does a large commercial plane carry, and how much explosive power? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=86500) How much fuel does a large commercial plane carry, and how much explosive power? 09-11-2001, 01:15 PM Anachronism ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/13 "2010-08-29T13:05:45Z")
This is even closer to the first thread from 9/11/01: > **[Fight Club Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=86449)** > > It’s funny, when I first saw this movie I thought it was only OK, but it has really grown on me, especially since reading the novel. One thing that struck a chord with me was Tyler’s idea of stepping back and not placing so much importance on the... Fight Club Appreciation Thread 09-11-2001, 02:20 AM Spoonbender ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/14 "2010-08-29T13:09:07Z")
Zooming on in: > **[Want a pissed off tall building? Planes hit Trade Towers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=86461)** > > 2 planes are being reported as hitting the individual World Trade towers in NYC this morning. Now THEY are 2 pissed off tall buildings… Want a pissed off tall building? Planes hit Trade Towers. 09-11-2001, 08:12 AM lurkernomore Guest Join Date: Jun 2000 2 planes are being reported as hitting the individual World Trade towers in NYC this morning. Now THEY are 2 pissed off tall buildings… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/15 "2010-08-29T13:37:39Z")
I highly suspect that the first _post_ alluding to the events of the day may be in a thread with an earlier start date. Finding The First Post of the tragedy my come more slowly. I’ll be looking… So as to attract more research help from other Dopers, I’m going to start a new thread on the topic “Lest We Forget” and point to this thread as the impetus for the theme. We ought to get some closure on this before the day is out. “This” being the search for 9/11/2001 commentary by Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/16 "2010-08-29T14:36:00Z")
On a substantially lighter note, while searching for that first 9/11 post, I ran across this which some of you may see the humor in: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=86442](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=86442) Turkish ice cream 09-11-2001, 01:18 AM Makes you wonder if we have an even bigger thread sharing that feature… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/17 "2010-08-29T14:50:27Z")
This is downright spooky: > **[Has anyone ever been hit by a falling penny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=86429)** > > …thrown off of the Empire State Building or by a bullet hot into the air? Has anyone ever been hit by a falling penny? 09-10-2001, 11:24 PM Sultan Kinkari …thrown off of the Empire State Building or by a bullet hot into the air? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/18 "2010-08-29T15:08:18Z")
Spookier! Read the thread: > **[Temporary angels, or how many in the air at a given moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=86402)** > > I really should have been working today, but instead sat around and thought of many stupid things. Perhaps the dumbest was this: I recently read (on this very board, if memory serves) that there are some 7000 commercial airline flights per in the... Temporary angels, or how many in the air at a given moment? 09-10-2001, 09:11 PM El\_Kabong ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/19 "2010-08-29T16:48:31Z")
I recall the Goat Cannon & Flaming Pig Launcher Threads with great fondness. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520/20 "2010-08-29T17:00:50Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I recall the Goat Cannon & Flaming Pig Launcher Threads with great fondness. Flaming Pig Launcher– [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279280&highlight=Flaming+Launcher](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279280&highlight=Flaming+Launcher) It starts tamely discussing Roman Military History, & get really weird. Do they make PVC big enough to launch a goat out of? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41020&highlight=goat+orbit+cannon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41020&highlight=goat+orbit+cannon) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgia-for-old-threads/551520.md?page=2)