# Predict the next "Predict the next" thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798 "2003-09-30T23:07:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 30, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/1 "2003-09-30T23:07:20Z")
**NoClueBoy** , you created a monster, which has started giving birth to more monsters. What will the next “Predict the next” thread be? ow! why did you kick me? ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/2 "2003-09-30T23:14:11Z")
Predict the next person to try to put a new spin on something that shouldn’t have ever begun. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/3 "2003-09-30T23:38:44Z")
Predict the next 1920s-style Catch-Phrase. ---
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/4 "2003-09-30T23:41:42Z")
Predict the next person to make an oblique and oh-so-subtle mention of … NO!!! ---
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/5 "2003-09-30T23:43:28Z")
Predict the next person to make an oblique and oh-so-subtle mention of … NO!!! just don’t ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/6 "2003-10-01T01:44:46Z")
Predict how many multiple posts you can get through by machine-gunning “Submit Reply” while the board hangs. Bonus points if each one has editing changes from the preceding version. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/7 "2003-10-01T01:49:30Z")
Predict the speed at which a mod will pop in and say no to that idea ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/8 "2003-10-01T12:55:53Z")
Predict the next big to-do over some number being approached, as in the 1,000,000th post in MPSIMS. That was followed shortly by the 200,000th thread. Somebody already said something about the 40,000th member. Which “big number” will cause the next fad of predictions? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/9 "2003-10-01T14:25:04Z")
a Predict the next “Predict the next thread” thread. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/10 "2003-10-01T14:45:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mikie \* > \*\*Predict the next 1920s-style Catch-Phrase. \*\* I think that’s already been done. Can’t be stuffed to locate it though. Predict how long certain newbies will last? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/11 "2003-10-01T15:09:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \* > \*\*I think that’s already been done. Can’t be stuffed to locate it though. > > Predict how long certain newbies will last? \*\* What? Hey!!! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/12 "2003-10-01T15:15:44Z")
How about: **Predict the next “Predict the next 'Predict the next” thread’ thread** ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/13 "2003-10-02T04:05:39Z")
Predict the next lockdown/troll/meltdown/trainwreck thread. Predict the next “Batman vs.” thread. Predict the next mod to return to member status. Predict the next inflammatory remark in one of Cecil’s columns. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/14 "2003-10-02T04:13:25Z")
Predict how long it will take your post to appear. Predict how many times per week the hamsters will eat your post. Predict the subject of the next “Damn you, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_! Damn you to hell!” thread in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/15 "2003-10-02T04:49:25Z")
Predict the next time **Lobsang** will post a “Predict the next ‘Predict the next’” thread. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/16 "2003-10-02T12:53:30Z")
Predict the next piece of prognostication gear **lel** will employ. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/17 "2003-10-02T16:07:09Z")
I feel Smaug. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/18 "2003-10-02T16:54:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*I feel Smaug. \*\* predict the next thread in which the word Smaug will be used. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/19 "2003-10-02T18:50:58Z")
Predict THIS. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798/20 "2003-10-02T19:44:08Z")
Predict the next time — OOOH!! Shiny thing!! What!? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-predict-the-next-thread/204798.md?page=2)