# The Backward Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320 "2005-04-01T23:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/1 "2005-04-01T23:00:39Z")
Ok, I’m giving up on this one. Four pages of _that_ is waaaay more than the OP was looking for! :eek: \ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/2 "2005-04-01T23:11:23Z")
Umm…Hal? Was it supposed to turn out this way? With the noise and the smoke and the screaming? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/3 "2005-04-01T23:12:44Z")
I still can’t believe you guys are discussing this at all. Its amazing a mod hasn’t come in here cracking skulls. ---
**Author:** ![bclouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@bclouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bclouse)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/4 "2005-04-01T23:13:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, it’s not the first time I entered a smoke-filled room covered with cheese and surrounded by Cubans. You got to cut out with all the sleeping pills. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/5 "2005-04-02T00:07:41Z")
Well, at least that disaster was averted, albeit narrowly… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/6 "2005-04-02T00:19:02Z")
I’m glad it was only a warning and not a banning. It would have been a shame to have seen **[insert favorite poster name here]** punted over that. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/7 "2005-04-02T00:36:28Z")
Well, it’s not the first time I entered a smoke-filled room covered with cheese and surrounded by Cubans. They grinned in evil anticipation, but luckily I still had the RoboGoat Mark V and it couldn’t possibly fail me. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/8 "2005-04-02T01:07:34Z")
I told y’all if you let the herrings loose they’d go after the rabid yak covered in cream cheese. I oughta take all of ya to the pit, right now! Though I am glad **Hal** was able to win back his wife’s diamond earrings in that strip poker game before she found out what **silenus** was going to do with em. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/9 "2005-04-02T01:09:58Z")
I would just like to point out that this is almost certainly the last post I shall make to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/10 "2005-04-02T01:16:16Z")
[Homer Simpson voice] Mmmm. Cuban goat cheese. [/voice] ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/11 "2005-04-02T01:27:55Z")
Sorry, that was, of course, in reply to the post just before the last one. Preview is my friend. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/12 "2005-04-02T01:29:02Z")
The same thing happened to me once when I was five. I’m not sure the scars have ever healed. ::sobs:: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/13 "2005-04-02T01:41:24Z")
C’mon people – aren’t we getting a little off-topic here? The OP clearly asks _when_, not _whether_ to raise the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/14 "2005-04-02T01:48:31Z")
I think this thread sets the record for being the one I’ve posted the most in. ---
**Author:** ![monkeyfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@monkeyfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeyfist)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/15 "2005-04-02T02:00:38Z")
Forget what I just posted, I didn’t read the entire thread, sorry :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/16 "2005-04-02T02:00:52Z")
Well I certainly never would have thought it was possible with a _whole_ watermelon. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![monkeyfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@monkeyfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeyfist)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/17 "2005-04-02T02:04:15Z")
I think it’s really up to the individuals involved, and whether or not the watermelon is seedless is immaterial, because it can be used whole. ---
**Author:** ![bclouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@bclouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bclouse)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/18 "2005-04-02T02:07:43Z")
Hal, it was cool that you realized Silenus was cheating but not before you were totally naked, but you really shouldn’t have done what you did with the Cuban farm animals and the melons. ☹ Some people might not take to kindly to that. Just trying to help out. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/19 "2005-04-02T04:24:35Z")
See!!?! What did I tell you! Right on cue! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320/20 "2005-04-02T04:26:24Z")
Ahhh, but the only way _both_ of them could have had ace-kickers, when I had an ace and **tick** was holding a pair, was if someone was cheating. The ironic thing was that **Silenus** was the only one who didn’t realize it was him. He thought it was just a tutorial program, not a hack. Go figure. Good thing we figured it out then…I was just about broke (actually, is it really “broke” when it’s just virtual cash? I dunno…I think I might prefer the term “wiped”…or maybe “naked”). So anyway, since I quit smoking, I wound up using the illegal cigars that **harmy** sent up in my Old MacDonald diorama. Turned them into little horses, cows and such…came out really cute-looking. Oh, and thank you very much…yeah, we’re really psyched. Although she keeps complaining about what it’s doing to her boobs…I guess I should probably lay off on the constant pinching. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backward-thread/297320.md?page=2)