# Poll - Best unintentionally funny thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 13, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827 "2003-08-13T04:21:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/1 "2003-08-13T04:21:27Z")
This will probably be a very short thread, but I’ll give it a shot. What is your favorite most unintentionally funny thread(s)? Threads that started out as serious, at least in the OP, but then, because they were lame, or stupid, or whatever, got only smart ass replies which made the thread hilarious? My vote is for [“Wassup” with black men?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202813/) Second place would go to [The rock in the box: I burning your dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=203185/) ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/2 "2003-08-13T05:43:30Z")
I’m afraid I don’t have any to contribute, but thanks for posting those! I’d never seen them and they have given me endless giggles. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/3 "2003-08-13T05:46:05Z")
Yeah, they’re probably the only two that are unintentionally funny, but I’m hoping that some others will be listed too. Yeah, the first one is absolutly hillarious. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/4 "2003-08-13T06:15:24Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202723&highlight=WhoreSky)thread took awhile to completely degenerate but by the middle of the second page it was a complete trainwreck… ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/5 "2003-08-13T06:43:36Z")
[Silly season](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225) was in full swing here. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/6 "2003-08-13T07:24:50Z")
Good ones, those. A small request: could posters please also type the thread title, so I know when I’ve already read it. I know I can click on it, but with current board (lack of) speed that takes a while and consumes precious scarce resources. Thanks! That said: this one was ill-fated from the very start: [Going off topic-boooooo!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=193289). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/7 "2003-08-13T20:24:42Z")
The scalar weapons thread is outstanding… that’s almost surely the hardest I’ve laughed at anything on these boards. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/8 "2003-08-13T21:06:48Z")
Someone came in and ranted about how it’s not nice to kick guys in the nuts. It had me doubled over a couple of times cuz he was just so darn earnest in his assertion. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/9 "2003-08-13T21:53:21Z")
Are you saying you enjoy kicking a good nut? 'Cause that just isn’t nice. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/10 "2003-08-13T23:46:15Z")
No contest, it’s got to be [I Am Going to Blow People Mind’s At My Funeral](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80870&highlight=funeral+and+gotcha). ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/11 "2003-08-14T03:04:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkyBum \* > \*\*[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202723&highlight=WhoreSky)thread took awhile to completely degenerate but by the middle of the second page it was a complete trainwreck… \*\* Wow, who knew that there could be so many whore jokes? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/12 "2003-08-14T03:08:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rick \* > \*\*[Silly season](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225) was in full swing here. \*\* Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Death Rays”. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/13 "2003-08-14T03:11:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tusculan \* > \*\*Good ones, those. A small request: could posters please also type the thread title, so I know when I’ve already read it. I know I can click on it, but with current board (lack of) speed that takes a while and consumes precious scarce resources. Thanks! > > That said: this one was ill-fated from the very start: [Going off topic-boooooo!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=193289). \*\* Hehehe, I thought about making some joke about going off topic, but then I realized…that would be lame. Anyway, funny thread though. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/14 "2003-08-14T20:42:04Z")
**jjimm’s** [I just ate a clock of cheese the size of a car battery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=128055) was pretty darn funny. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/15 "2003-08-16T03:59:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > \*\ ***jjimm’s** [I just ate a clock of cheese the size of a car battery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=128055) was pretty darn funny. \*\* Hehehe, yeah, that was pretty darn funny. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/16 "2003-08-16T04:14:18Z")
Need. To Hide. The Word. ‘clock’. Causing. Fits. At work. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/17 "2003-08-16T06:47:29Z")
The “a” thread was a history-making example of this. It started off as someone hitting “new thread” when they meant “post reply,” quickly got hijacked, and ended up being the longest thread ever on the boards - over 100 pages. Unfortunately, the title’s too short to search for. Just “a”. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/18 "2003-08-16T13:00:04Z")
you could probably find it if you searched for words like xylophone. WHich raises the question - does the search feature search for the thread as it was before being posted? Meaning we could put the bold code in our search to find things. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/19 "2003-08-16T13:03:51Z")
In other words, if my search string was “ **Z** ” (without the quotes) would I findposts with **Z** in them. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827/20 "2003-08-16T13:10:48Z")
[a](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158752) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-best-unintentionally-funny-thread/194827.md?page=2)