# Predict the Tread UncleBeer Locks Next **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131 "2003-11-13T23:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/1 "2003-11-13T23:15:49Z")
My money’s on this one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/2 "2003-11-13T23:16:24Z")
I second that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/3 "2003-11-13T23:17:03Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lesser\_Elvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@The\_Lesser\_Elvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lesser_Elvis)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/4 "2003-11-13T23:18:45Z")
Same here. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/5 "2003-11-13T23:18:54Z")
Tread … as in Goodyear, Pirelli, or Michelin Of course I meant **THREAD**!!! ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/6 "2003-11-13T23:20:04Z")
He’ll tread on your thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/7 "2003-11-13T23:21:49Z")
And grind our bones to make his bread… ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/8 "2003-11-13T23:23:14Z")
Grumpy and frumpy he’ll close your thread down… ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/9 "2003-11-13T23:23:18Z")
I thought he got dissolved in acid in another thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lesser\_Elvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@The\_Lesser\_Elvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lesser_Elvis)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/10 "2003-11-13T23:23:54Z")
He’ll huff and he’ll puff and… aw, skip it. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/11 "2003-11-13T23:25:55Z")
Ha! My thread is SO gonna get closed first! I’ve taken the irrelevence of random bad humor and squared it! ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/12 "2003-11-13T23:32:53Z")
I wouldn’t do that countdown thingy cuz they frown on that but… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/13 "2003-11-13T23:33:22Z")
Hmm … and you _DO_ have seniority here, **Incubus**. I still say it’s mine! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/14 "2003-11-13T23:44:56Z")
Oy. One shouldn’t taunt the moderators… ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/15 "2003-11-13T23:44:58Z")
Wow, already lasted longer than I thought it would. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/16 "2003-11-13T23:56:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Simple Dreamer \* > \*\*Wow, already lasted longer than I thought it would. \*\* It’s all because you’re here, **Dreamer**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/17 "2003-11-14T00:03:18Z")
Nah. I don’t think he’ll bother to close it before everyone gets bored with it and it sinks like a stone off the board. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/18 "2003-11-14T00:06:42Z")
**FisherQueen** , I think you underestimate our tenacity. And our outrage. ---
**Author:** ![IvaHD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@IvaHD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvaHD)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/19 "2003-11-14T00:08:07Z")
He seemed to be mostly interested in the very long ones. I was sad. ☹ So far 1 hour and still kicking! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131/20 "2003-11-14T00:10:04Z")
They weren’t all long ones. Seemed pretty arbitrary to me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-tread-unclebeer-locks-next/213131.md?page=2)