# Please Don't Respond - Just Let This Thread Sink Like a STONE **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 12, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250 "2003-04-12T13:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/41 "2003-04-28T14:46:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aslan2 \* > \*\*What is a partisan? \*\* Well, since **Happy** ’s already taken my Parisian idea… A partisan is a form of double bladed halberd. A good picture of one can be found here: [http://www.adrax.com/watsons/partizan.htm](http://www.adrax.com/watsons/partizan.htm) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/42 "2003-04-28T15:03:33Z")
I’ll trade you 3 al-Tikritis for a rookie Usay. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/43 "2003-04-28T15:08:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*I’ll trade you 3 al-Tikritis for a rookie Usay. \*\* But how the hell am I s’posed to get him in the spokes of my bike? ---
**Author:** ![Aquarius\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@Aquarius\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquarius_guy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/44 "2003-04-28T15:09:13Z")
Most baseball games I go to have the fireworks AFTER the game, not during… except that one time, and believe me that suprise came way out of left field. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/45 "2003-04-28T15:16:45Z")
Have the Cubs been mathmatically eliminated from the playoffs yet? ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/46 "2003-04-28T20:13:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*Have the Cubs been mathmatically eliminated from the playoffs yet? \*\* Hey, hey, holy mackerel. No doubt about it. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/47 "2003-04-28T23:00:11Z")
Don’t forget that partisans of the native civilization appear around the city when it’s first captured, but if the original civilization recaptures the city, partisans of the conquering civilzation do not appear. So if Saddam’s forces somehow retake Baghdad, we can’t count on any American partisans, so we’ll have to airlift some more armor and mech.inf. to the nearest friendly city. Or we could send a spy to buy Baghdad, or at least cause some civil unrest. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/48 "2003-04-28T23:31:32Z")
So, did this thread die yet? ---
**Author:** ![teleute12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@teleute12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teleute12)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/49 "2003-04-29T00:05:43Z")
It doesn’t _look_ like it, but maybe it has. Whadda I know, I’m just a newbie. ---
**Author:** ![MusicJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/50 "2003-04-29T05:38:24Z")
Seems alive from here. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/51 "2003-04-29T13:40:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Satisfying Andy Licious \* > \*\*Hey, hey, holy mackerel. No doubt about it. \*\* This is the year Dammit! _snif_ ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/52 "2003-04-29T14:39:30Z")
It’s not dead, but it certainly smells funny. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/53 "2003-04-29T17:14:52Z")
It’s feeling much better. I think it will go for a walk. ---
**Author:** ![Parrothead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@Parrothead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parrothead)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/54 "2003-04-29T21:03:54Z")
… the thread goes for a walk… **POW!** Hit by a Greyhound bus. What a shame. ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/55 "2003-04-30T04:27:22Z")
“THE YANKEES’ WON THE PENNET! THE YANKEES’ WON THE PENNET! THE YANKEES’…” [Ducks and runs] Patty ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/56 "2003-04-30T04:34:54Z")
[beavis] Huh huh. You said yanky. [/beavis] ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/57 "2003-04-30T14:20:03Z")
Isn’t it one of the unwritten rules of any message board that making a request for no responses to a post/thread inevitably leads to more replies than if the request wasn’t made in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/58 "2003-04-30T16:26:20Z")
'Ere Kitty, Kitty, Kitty. 'Ere Kitty, Kitty, Kitty. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/59 "2003-04-30T18:47:49Z")
Zoid, Zenham and Zebra. This page has a ZZZ top. Zoinks! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/60 "2003-04-30T22:14:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*So, did this thread die yet? \*\* Well, it was coughing up blood last night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250.md?page=4)