# Oldest on-going thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-on-going-thread/575909>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 25, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-on-going-thread/575909 "2011-03-25T00:37:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-on-going-thread/575909/1 "2011-03-25T00:37:02Z")

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What’s the longest going thread (current/all-time) (game/discussion) that never became a “zombie”?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-on-going-thread/575909/2 "2011-03-25T00:52:14Z")

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Contender  
[We Have Pigeon Eggs!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467835&highlight=eggs)

Started 5=12=2008  
Last Post-This morning.

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-on-going-thread/575909/3 "2011-03-25T01:06:35Z")

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Oops, forget I spoke. I went for a long thread rather than a long-running one. (Stupid Republican Idea of the Day started in 2009, much later than the above one.)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-on-going-thread/575909/4 "2011-03-25T01:48:46Z")

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The Order of the Stick [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530128) has been running continuously since August 30, 2009.

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**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:** [March 25, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-on-going-thread/575909/5 "2011-03-25T13:46:04Z")

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I started a thread on [Obvious things about a creative work you realize after the millionth time](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=525685) on July 24, 2009. It keeps getting resurrected.