# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/21 "2005-11-21T23:41:28Z")
I’ve killed a few threads. I was pretty upset when it seemed I had killed the testicular-themed kitchen thread, it went limp after my post and was about to droop off the second page, but eventually it rose up again and swelled with posts. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/22 "2005-11-22T03:51:47Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > This thread is predominantly for Cajun Man and Skip Magic, to alert them to a valuable resource. If you don’t spell my user name correctly, **Poly** , I’m not gonna kiss you at _all_. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/23 "2005-11-22T05:02:01Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > If you don’t spell my user name correctly, **Poly** , I’m not gonna kiss you at _all_. Wreaks havoc with the vanity searches, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/24 "2005-11-22T06:01:19Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > 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. Well, that explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/25 "2005-11-22T06:11:29Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > 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: Truly one of the intrinsic beauties of this place. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/26 "2005-11-23T15:34:06Z")
**DancesWithCats** has thread cooties! Sure, now _I’ll_ be the thread killer. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/27 "2005-11-23T17:55:43Z")
_Sung to the tune of “Killing Me Softly.”_ [sub]With apologies to **Roberta Flack** [/sub] Strumming my pain with his fingers Stinging my life with his words Killing it softly - with his post Killing it softly - and it’s wrong Smelling the whole thread - with his words Killing it softly and it’s wrooooooooooongggg… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/28 "2005-11-23T18:32:25Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > If you don’t spell my user name correctly, **Poly** , I’m not gonna kiss you at _all_. I’ll gladly kiss **Polycarp** … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/29 "2005-11-24T00:41:09Z")
Well, it’s time for me to post, 'cause I seem to be the newbie thread killer around here… I guess it’s officially dead now… (taps plays softly in the background, fog rolls in, fade to black…) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/30 "2005-11-24T00:51:26Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I got that once; my reply was “I’m Southern.” I used to say “Incest is best” in response to “I love you like a brother.” I’ll kill the dern thread since no one else has. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/31 "2005-11-24T06:41:26Z")
Oops, sorry, pushed the wrong button… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/32 "2005-11-24T13:36:33Z")
This is great. Let’s never, ever kill the thread, just to prove **Polycarp** wrong. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/33 "2005-11-24T20:49:42Z")
I’m up for that! ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/34 "2005-11-25T17:00:50Z")
Bring out your dead! ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/35 "2005-11-25T17:49:13Z")
Man, is this thing still alive? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/36 "2005-11-26T05:59:54Z")
It’s pinin’ for the fjords. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/37 "2005-11-26T21:23:07Z")
Hello? :: echo :: Hello hello hello ---
**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:** [November 26, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/38 "2005-11-26T21:29:16Z")
[Beatles] You say yes, I say no. You say stop and I say go go go, oh no. You say goodbye and I say hello Hello hello I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello Hello hello I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello. [/Beatles] ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/39 "2005-11-26T21:33:56Z")
Do not submit meekly to the final toast! Rage, rage against issuing the ultimate post! Apologies to Rudyard Kipling, his heirs and assigns, everyone who has ever read any of his works, people who look like him or anyone with the initials R.K. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880/40 "2005-11-26T23:13:37Z")
> [@Rhubarb](#): > > Do not submit meekly to the final toast! > Rage, rage against issuing the ultimate post! > > Apologies to Rudyard Kipling, his heirs and assigns, everyone who has ever read any of his works, people who look like him or anyone with the initials R.K. Rudyard Kipling wouldn’t be offended at all. Dylan Thomas, I believe, would be _very_ offended. 😉 Hey, guys, how about a singalong? “This is the thread that never ends, yes, it goes on and on, my friends…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kiss-of-death/331880.md?page=3)