# The boring and unimaginative thread title pit thread.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-and-unimaginative-thread-title-pit-thread/300334>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 20, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-and-unimaginative-thread-title-pit-thread/300334 "2005-04-20T23:31:18Z")\
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**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:** [April 20, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-and-unimaginative-thread-title-pit-thread/300334/1 "2005-04-20T23:31:18Z")

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I was just thinking, and I think being told to write meaningful thread titles has stuck. Because ever since, my thread titles have been crap. Other dopers create witty newspaper pun type titles or plays on words, or their title uses a wit in some way to partially obscure the meaning and make the reader intrigued.

But my titles are utter rubbish and even when I do try a clever title I am compelled to put something in brackets explaining it.  
“Roles you can’t imagine anyone else doing”

“Accumulated advice thread”

“Something quirky I love about the SDMB”

Most dopers could do something clever with those titles. I am intelligent, but I don’t seem to possess the power of wit.

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**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-and-unimaginative-thread-title-pit-thread/300334/2 "2005-04-20T23:38:30Z")

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☹  
Kidding. I give you kisses.

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**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-and-unimaginative-thread-title-pit-thread/300334/3 "2005-04-20T23:41:52Z")

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> [@Lobsang](#):
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> “Roles you can’t imagine anyone else doing”

Could Woody Allen have played the lead in Terminator 2?

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> “Accumulated advice thread”

Lucy’s Advice Booth: Spend A Nickel / Earn A Nickel

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> “Something quirky I love about the SDMB”

You People Are Nuts, and 1,000 Other Reasons I Luv Ya

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**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:** [April 20, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-and-unimaginative-thread-title-pit-thread/300334/4 "2005-04-20T23:45:17Z")

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> [@JohnBckWLD](#):
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> Could Woody Allen have played the lead in Terminator 2?Lucy’s Advice Booth: Spend A Nickel / Earn A NickelYou People Are Nuts, and 1,000 Other Reasons I Luv Ya

See!

Nice titles **JBWLD** 😉

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-and-unimaginative-thread-title-pit-thread/300334/5 "2005-04-21T00:00:28Z")

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So … you’re askin’ us t’ pit the title of your pit thread title thread, or what? 😉

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-and-unimaginative-thread-title-pit-thread/300334/6 "2005-04-21T00:22:21Z")

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Could be worse. Your OP could be weak as hell.

:rereads OP:  
Um…so…lovely weather we’ve been having lately, isn’t it?

😃

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**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:** [April 21, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-and-unimaginative-thread-title-pit-thread/300334/7 "2005-04-21T01:08:16Z")

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Propsed new title:

“It doesn’t get any more boring than this.”