# The Kiss of Death **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880 "2005-11-20T04:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/1 "2005-11-20T04:18:32Z")
This thread is predominantly for **Cajun Man** and **Skip Magic** , to alert them to a valuable resource. Of late, whenever I post in MPSIMS, that thread immediately does its best imitation of the _Titanic_. It didn’t use to be that way, but it seems I now have the magic touch. So, gentlemen, whenever you need a thread closed, don’t bother with the padlock; that only overworks the hamsters. Instead, e-mail me, and I’ll be glad to post to it, and work my magic. The rest of you, I know you really don’t want to respond to this. So don’t feel compelled to. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/2 "2005-11-20T04:20:56Z")
I just stopped by to rearrange the deck chairs for you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/3 "2005-11-20T04:21:47Z")
I always thought that ‘The Kiss Of Death’ was when she says, ‘Aw, you’re_sweet!_’ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/4 "2005-11-20T04:24:15Z")
No, it’s when she says, “You’re such a nice guy.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/5 "2005-11-20T04:30:48Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > No, it’s when she says, “You’re such a nice guy.” Same thing. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/6 "2005-11-20T04:32:35Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > No, it’s when she says, “You’re such a nice guy.” No, no; it’s “I love you like a brother.” ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/7 "2005-11-20T04:37:48Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > No, no; it’s “I love you like a brother.” I got that once; my reply was “I’m Southern.” ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/8 "2005-11-20T04:47:36Z")
…and just realized, all these months later, that the even better reply would have been “_We’re_ Southern” as she is an Oklahoman. Damn it. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/9 "2005-11-20T04:53:13Z")
You’re all wrong. The kiss of death is when she says, “Too bad you’re not a guy.” ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/10 "2005-11-20T05:02:08Z")
Jeez, you’re all wrong. The kiss of death is when she says that ‘she doesn’t like BBQ’ That’s the time to kick her out! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/11 "2005-11-20T09:16:40Z")
So what song do you want the band to be playing? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/12 "2005-11-20T09:28:37Z")
No, [Kiss of Death](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113552/) came out in 1995–although I could have sworn I saw it in a second-run theater in 1994–and starred David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel Jackson, Helen Hunt, Stanley Tucci, et al. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/13 "2005-11-20T12:41:41Z")
I thought the kiss of death was when she says “I know it was you Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!” ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/14 "2005-11-20T13:56:00Z")
“Imagine a person, tall, lean and feline, high-shouldered, with a brow like Shakespeare and a face like Satan, a close-shaven skull, and long, magnetic eyes of the true cat-green. Invest him with all the cruel cunning of an entire Eastern race, accumulated in one giant intellect, with all the resources of science past and present, with all the resources, if you will, of a wealthy government-- which, however, already has denied all knowledge of his existence. Imagine that awful being, and you have a mental picture of Dr. Fu-Manchu, the yellow peril incarnate in one man.” "He died of the Zayat Kiss.” “We know now what causes the mark of the Zayat Kiss.” You must read The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer, if you wish to know what causes the mark of the Zayat Kiss. Free etext [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/173](http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/173) Free Audio [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7873](http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7873) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/15 "2005-11-20T15:09:57Z")
Sorry mate, but the real kiss of death is when **I** post to a thread: your posts complete a thread; mine just kill it. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/16 "2005-11-21T00:28:07Z")
See - it’s now nine hours later and nary another response. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/17 "2005-11-21T00:47:14Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > See - it’s now nine hours later and nary another response. 😃 [Hammer Time!](http://realityslap.com/~flex/digital/My%20Music/R&B_Rap/M.C.%20Hammer%20-%20Hammer%20Time.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/18 "2005-11-21T01:15:20Z")
You act like killing a thread is a bad thing. Whenever I kill a thread, I realize that it is because of one of the following: 1. My argument is so powerful and compelling that my opponents don’t know how to counter it. 2. That joke I posted made everyone laugh so violently that they can’t do anything, let alone post a reply. 3. I answered the question so definitively that further responses risk diluting the power of what I said. Maybe it is the same with you. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/19 "2005-11-21T03:14:35Z")
So I start a thread to mock-bemoan that I’ve become a thread-killer, and of course in classic Doper irony, people flock to respond to it. :smack: Okay. It serves you all right: > [@](#): > > Every night on my screen > I see you. I read you. > That is how I know you post on. > > Far across the distance > And spaces between us > You have shown the Dope does go on. > > Near, far, in M. P. and Sims > I believe that my thread does go on… ::: exits hurriedly amidst a hail of decaying vegetation emitting spores from **Anastaseon** ’s thread ::: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/20 "2005-11-21T18:20:30Z")
Can’t let you be last, **Poly**. 😃 Try again to kill this thread…it look like it’s going to be tough. Have you brought the dynamite and the harpoon? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880.md?page=2)