# Thank your favorite thread-starter of the week! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079 "2003-08-23T02:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/1 "2003-08-23T02:33:32Z")
It just struck me that I often come upon brilliant threads that I really enjoy, and never thank the OP. So, I would like to thank the following folks for brightening my week: **matt mcl** , **casdave** , **rexnervous** and **StarvingButStrong** - for the Fantastic Feline threads. **MonkeyMensch** and **Whuckfistle** - for leading the countdown to 1,000,000 posts. **Zenster** , **Bullwinkle** and **Johnny L.A.** - for making me laugh out loud. Here’s your chance to thank the creative thread-starters who made you smile this week! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/2 "2003-08-23T03:41:13Z")
I’d like to thank **Eve** for the [farting nun organ.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206464) I didn’t post to the thread, but I sent the link to all my near and dear. I also laughed out loud at [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206007) from **Silly Dog**. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/3 "2003-08-23T04:23:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by koeeoaddi \* > \*\*I’d like to thank **Eve** for the [farting nun organ.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206464) I didn’t post to the thread, but I sent the link to all my near and dear. > > I also laughed out loud at [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206007) from **Silly Dog**. \*\* Excellent choices! ---
**Author:** ![boobah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@boobah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boobah)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/4 "2003-08-23T05:43:38Z")
Thank you **Zeldar** for [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206379) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/5 "2003-08-23T10:57:26Z")
Thank you, **ralph124c** , for [Old Ad Jingles You remember](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=205054) which was a fun stroll down memory lane. And thanks to you, **boobah** , for the favorable reaction to that silliness. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/6 "2003-08-23T11:00:54Z")
Oh, and thanks to **Blonde** for a damned fine idea! Perhaps we could expand the horizon of the choices to something like three months, or six, or maybe even a year. It would take the old-timers who have stuck with it all this time to be able to judge, maybe even to nominate, the Best Ever SDMB Threads. But the idea has great appeal to me. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/7 "2003-08-23T11:11:04Z")
the Best Ever SDMB Threads! That’s a good idea. There have been some great ones. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/8 "2003-08-23T11:59:17Z")
I promised her a shout-out, so here it is: I nominate **hillbilly queen** for [Sex would be cool if we had prehensile tails.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=205811&highlight=prehensile) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/9 "2003-08-23T12:32:22Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225&perpage=50&pagenumber=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225&perpage=50&pagenumber=1) Everyone who contributed to this thread, making it an Instant Straight Doper Classic. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/10 "2003-08-23T13:26:43Z")
**Phlosopher** and his threads lately have been very good, and I am still sad he didn’t go really maniac, only money manic. 😃 **Lobsang** deserves a shout out too as his threads are always a good hit. A special mention, I feel, should go to, **hyperjes** for her recent thread on finding her birthdad. That was a edge of the seat happening for me. And then, the irrepressible **lieu** and his " could you fart so hard you get whiplash" thread. Damn near peed my pants over the title alone. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/11 "2003-08-23T15:21:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > **[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225&perpage=50&pagenumber=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225&perpage=50&pagenumber=1)** Thank you for showing my where the whole ‘Death Ray’ thing started. I’ve been trying to figure it out for _days_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/12 "2003-08-23T15:44:28Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=206225&highlight=death+rays](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=206225&highlight=death+rays) Here’s the follow-up ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/13 "2003-08-23T18:05:25Z")
> [@](#): > > **Zenster** , **Bullwinkle** and **Johnny L.A.** - for making me laugh out loud. Thanks, **Blonde**. Now if only I could _remember_ what I say! (Things tend to come out of my mouth or off of my fingers without a filter.) ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/14 "2003-08-23T18:10:55Z")
Your **Jokes? I Got Nun.** thread - very amusing (bet a few Catholics are in confession for posting to it)! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/15 "2003-08-23T18:16:20Z")
:smack: I had forgotten about that one! BTW, I cut and pasted the jokes that were there as of yesterday morning and sent them to a couple of guys in the office. One of them in particular likes Catholic humour. He has pictures of himself that he has altered with white-out and black markers to make himself look like a nun. I found an ad in the paper a few weeks ago, for a Catholic comedy that featured a guy in a habit. The guy looked _exactly_ like my co-worker. I cut it out and gave it to him. I’m not Catholic, so I don’t know the traditions; but he cut the photo from the ad and put it in a little folder and wrote “Sister Mary Rene” on it. Hm. Maybe I should start a thread about Coworker Antics? ---
**Author:** ![Bullwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Bullwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/16 "2003-08-24T04:59:44Z")
**Blonde** you’re very welcome. Thank you for a very thoughtful thread. B.W. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/17 "2003-08-24T06:29:37Z")
**Eve** for the Farting Nuns All involved in the 1,000,000 countdown and the Scalar Weapons thread. **Flamsterette\_X** for the Bubble Tea thread. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/18 "2003-08-24T16:01:05Z")
That bubble tea thread meant that much to you, **Mudshark**? Wow… all I can say is that I didn’t expect to have my name mentioned in this type of thread! Thanks! I have to go now, otherwise I’d sit around and think about MY favorite thread-starters of the week. Maybe I’ll come back to this thread later when my poor home computer is cooperating! (I’m currently posting from my brother’s computer) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/19 "2003-08-24T17:22:28Z")
**Phlosphr** for his kitty thread. I’m wondering if the little darling is still clawing the walls, though. Time for an update. Of course, **autie em** for the missing co-worker thread, which is now the stuff of legend. **Lobsang** for his story thread, which got surreal, but was still fun, and of course, **Dave** , who hasn’t started anything recently, but has two threads nearing the 1,000 post mark each. **Scylla’s** waterbed of doom and mexican bordello threads were hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079/20 "2003-08-25T06:38:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\*That bubble tea thread meant that much to you, **Mudshark**? Wow… all I can say is that I didn’t expect to have my name mentioned in this type of thread! Thanks! > > \*\* I enjoy “What type of \_\_\_\_ are you?” things. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-your-favorite-thread-starter-of-the-week/197079.md?page=2)