# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/121 "2007-03-04T07:07:08Z")
This thread is now like stale dog poop. Easy to pick up, throw away, and forget about. :: munches on a pickle :: ---
**Author:** ![4JawChuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/f9ae1b/32.png) [@4JawChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4JawChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/122 "2007-03-04T07:22:22Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] This thread is now like stale dog poop. Easy to pick up, throw away, and forget about. :: munches on a pickle :: [/QUOTE] \ Amen. It needs to end, ---
**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:** [March 4, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/123 "2007-03-04T07:25:42Z")
I’ve heard reports of ancient Egyptian tombs being opened with dill pickles still intact inside. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/124 "2007-03-04T07:25:47Z")
> [@](#): > > The mods accuse me of being too pointless, yet this thread and its evil twin still takes breathe? J’accuse. Auto, I think you need to realize that not all of us see the same correlation that you do between topics that are interesting and topics about what Autolycus did today. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/125 "2007-03-04T07:27:25Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Auto, I think you need to realize that not all of us see the same correlation that you do between topics that are interesting and topics about what Autolycus did today. [/QUOTE] Point taken. I guess I was just a little bitter. I still think my thread was better though :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/126 "2007-03-04T12:55:39Z")
You forgot to pickle it. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/127 "2007-03-04T13:10:37Z")
Cry Og for Harry, pickles and…oh never mind. ---
**Author:** ![4JawChuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/f9ae1b/32.png) [@4JawChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4JawChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/128 "2007-03-04T15:03:04Z")
Hey, finally… one of the ANAL MODS shut down my other thread. It was deemed too mundane, and too pointless. I love that. I will attempt to have more of a point next time. I will try to be less mundane. I will ignore irony. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838/129 "2007-03-05T02:24:27Z")
ANAL MODS? What, like a pierced sphincter or something? That would really hurt like a bitch when the pickle juice hit it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-thread-ever/393838.md?page=6)