# Please Don't Respond - Just Let This Thread Sink Like a STONE

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**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")\
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**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, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/61 "2003-04-30T23:01:20Z")

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[crunch]

[munch munch munch]

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**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/62 "2003-05-21T14:51:47Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Hoopy Frood \*  
> \*\*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? \*\*

Yeah, and eventually somebody will mention Hitler.

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**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/63 "2003-05-21T16:12:52Z")

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Hitler?

where? where?

😉

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