# The Greatest Thread Ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838 "2007-02-27T03:19:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![4JawChuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/f9ae1b/32.png) [@4JawChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4JawChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/1 "2007-02-27T03:19:55Z")
I need your help, as I want to make this The Greatest Thread Ever. Understand, if YOU help make it happen, YOU will forever be a part of The Greatest Thread Ever. I believe The Greatest Thread Ever will make you laugh, cry, think, love, hate. It will do so many other things. It will be powerful. It will have humility. I thank you all in advance. CRINZ ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/2 "2007-02-27T03:21:24Z")
[QUOTE=crinz83] I thank you all in advance. [/QUOTE] No no, thank _you_ for making this happen. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/3 "2007-02-27T03:23:07Z")
How’s it working so far? ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/4 "2007-02-27T03:23:59Z")
Now that I have I posted, it is done. Mods, feel free to close this thread. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/5 "2007-02-27T03:24:29Z")
Will there be free pickles for participants? ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/6 "2007-02-27T03:26:05Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Will there be free pickles for participants? [/QUOTE] I don’t understand the pickles sold in movie theatres that I saw in the US. Pickles are not movie food to me! Popcorn is! Ice cream is!But not pickles. ---
**Author:** ![nongoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@nongoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nongoog)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/7 "2007-02-27T03:47:33Z")
Isn’t it a paradox to declare yourself the best “ever”? Isn’t “ever” a condition only accurately decided in retrospect? ---
**Author:** ![4JawChuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/f9ae1b/32.png) [@4JawChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4JawChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/8 "2007-02-27T03:48:32Z")
So far, it is not going well. I believe I have bitten off more than I can chew. By the way, If there were pickles, I’d hope they’d be Klaussens. But I don’t think there will be any pickles at all. Gosh, I’m actually crying in shame. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/9 "2007-02-27T03:49:32Z")
Yes, change the title to The Greatest Thread So Far. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/10 "2007-02-27T03:55:22Z")
Can we get this moved to the Pit? It needs some curse words and at least one slam from the Ban Hammer. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/11 "2007-02-27T03:58:08Z")
Where’s Cecil? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/12 "2007-02-27T04:03:08Z")
You got a problem with pickles? Is that some Australian thing? Hey, at my local theater you can get baba ganoush. With a pickle! Tris ---
**Author:** ![4JawChuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/f9ae1b/32.png) [@4JawChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4JawChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/13 "2007-02-27T04:03:43Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] Yes, change the title to The Greatest Thread So Far. [/QUOTE] But ‘The Greatest Thread Ever’ would need that very title. If there are greater threads, then this is not The Greatest Thread Ever. It is merely a Pretender to the Throne. It may indeed be The Greatest Thread So Far, and many others will be greater. But I’m raising this child with extremely high expectations. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/14 "2007-02-27T04:04:51Z")
You know, Carl Jr.'s Six-Dollar Burger comes with those bread and butter (or sweet?) pickles, instead of dill. I find it refreshing and delightful, and always order extra pickles. ---
**Author:** ![4JawChuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/f9ae1b/32.png) [@4JawChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4JawChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/15 "2007-02-27T04:06:51Z")
[QUOTE=Hung Mung] Can we get this moved to the Pit? It needs some curse words and at least one slam from the Ban Hammer. [/QUOTE] Great idea. The Greatest Thread Ever will be beautiful, but it must have its darknesses, also. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/16 "2007-02-27T04:09:57Z")
I think the thread would be better if you gave out free drinks instead of pickles. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/17 "2007-02-27T04:10:14Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] You know, Carl Jr.'s Six-Dollar Burger comes with those bread and butter (or sweet?) pickles, instead of dill. I find it refreshing and delightful, and always order extra pickles. [/QUOTE] Can you ride one of those electric bulls? Tris ---
**Author:** ![4JawChuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/f9ae1b/32.png) [@4JawChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4JawChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/18 "2007-02-27T04:10:22Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] You know, Carl Jr.'s Six-Dollar Burger comes with those bread and butter (or sweet?) pickles, instead of dill. I find it refreshing and delightful, and always order extra pickles. [/QUOTE] It’s official. The Greatest Thread Ever will forever be AKA The Pickle Thread. How you folks knew that I’m CRAZY for great pickles, I’ll never know. And I’m not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/19 "2007-02-27T04:10:58Z")
I’m glad–nay, _proud_–to say that I’ve posted in the Greatest Thread Ever. To paraphrase the Bard: _But we in it shall be remembered We few, we happy few, we band of Dopers For the Doper today that posts along with me Shall be my brother or sister, be they ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle their condition. And Dopers who are now a-lurking Shall think themselves accursed they did not post And hold their status cheap whilst any speaks Who posted with us in the Greatest Thread Ever._ Adapted from Shakespeare’s _King Henry the Fifth_, IV iii 59-67. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/20 "2007-02-27T04:14:55Z")
No, this is not The Greatest Thread Ever. This a thread about The Greatest Thread Ever. The actual Greatest Thread Ever would have an open bar and buffet; five seperate soundstages; helicopters; celebrity guest appearances; a private screening room; monkeys; car chases; gratuitous sex scenes; pool and sauna privileges; explosions; an ocean view; cheerleaders; genuine leather upholstery; and fire trucks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838.md?page=2)