# The 'Fantasy Thread' Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantasy-thread-thread/76039 "2001-08-13T15:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantasy-thread-thread/76039/1 "2001-08-13T15:09:39Z")
Consider this a game, a public service, a bit of nonsense, or whatever, but here’s how it works. This thread is for people to post ideas you’ve had for threads, which didn’t get used because a) they would have died immediately; b) they would have pissed off the mods; or c) they were a complete waste of bandwidth. For example: An entire thread consisting of nothing but the word “bump”. A thread where consecutive posters’ screen names start with a subsequent letter of the alphabet ( **Astro, Broomstick, Coldfire** , etc.). A thread using no punctuation whatsoever. And so on. So here’s your chance to get it out of your system. Remember, we’re not starting the threads themselves, just posting the concept of the thread. Surely some of you must have had ideas you didn’t follow up? [sub]Someone? Anyone? Bueller?[/sub] And as a postscript: what better place to mention that this thread was in lieu of the thread celebrating the fact that I’ve now reached 1000 posts for the **second time** , having had my post count rolled back over the line after the Meltdown this weekend. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantasy-thread-thread/76039/2 "2001-08-13T15:48:16Z")
I wanted to start a thread where everybody role played their favorite loony. Can you imagine ScOoGuy and Jack Dean Tyler debating if Sid Barret would have gone insane if he hadn’t been circusized? I decided that it was **NOT** a can of worms that I wanted to open. ---
**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantasy-thread-thread/76039/3 "2001-08-13T16:48:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > **this thread was in lieu of the thread celebrating the fact that I’ve now reached 1000 posts for the second time, having had my post count rolled back over the line after the Meltdown this weekend.** So this is really a 2 thousand post party, right? Congrats, and I can relate. I had my big beer bash when I turned legal at 18; I had another one when I turned legal at 21. (They raised the age in the interim and didn’t grandfather anyone.) > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Beeblebrox_\*\* > circusized\*\* He was circus sized?:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantasy-thread-thread/76039/4 "2001-08-14T04:45:42Z")
I’ve thought about starting a thread on the internal inconsistancies of the TV program _Boy Meets World_, but as a 40 year old, with no children, mind you, I thought that explaining why I watch _Boy Meets World_ often enough to notice the internal inconsistancies would just be too much for the board to bear. Or how about a thread devoted to great quotes from the playwright Henrick Ibsen? That would be a barnburner!! I play both ends of the culture scale. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantasy-thread-thread/76039/5 "2001-08-14T08:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kallessa \* > \*\*I’ve thought about starting a thread on the internal inconsistancies of the TV program _Boy Meets World_, but as a 40 year old, with no children, mind you, I thought that explaining why I watch _Boy Meets World_ often enough to notice the internal inconsistancies would just be too much for the board to bear. > > Or how about a thread devoted to great quotes from the playwright Henrick Ibsen? That would be a barnburner!! > > I play both ends of the culture scale. \*\* Now if you could just combine the two, **that** would be impressive… ---
**Author:** ![Cumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumber)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantasy-thread-thread/76039/6 "2001-08-14T09:55:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > **An entire thread consisting of nothing but the word “bump”.** Are you a closet [ACOLyte](http://www.planetacol.com)? I have SEEN such a thread. More than once. I think I’ve seen one that got to around 400 posts, too. ---
**Author:** ![Pnuk\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Pnuk\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pnuk_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantasy-thread-thread/76039/7 "2001-08-14T10:19:06Z")
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