# The Longest Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 1999, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710 "1999-09-15T10:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/1 "1999-09-15T10:05:00Z")
Things that must go: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000092.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000092.html) 156 posts - Closed - OP: Diane Random Occurances: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000060.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000060.html) 155 posts - OP: Rilchiam I’m posting from the state of: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000788.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000788.html) 143 posts - OP: Contestant #3 Movie Quotes You Use [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000240.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000240.html) 136 posts - OP: Shirley Ujest Whats Up With That? [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000024.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000024.html) 129 posts - OP: TheArtist Whats your hooker name? [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000682.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000682.html) 126 posts - OP: Flora McFlimsey What do y’all do? [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000515.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000515.html) 115 posts - OP: beatle The Simpsons: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000743.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000743.html) : 113 posts - OP: 647 Unusual book on your shelf: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001039.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001039.html) : 110 posts - OP: Greg Charles Funny Names [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000083.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000083.html) : 109 posts - OP: SadisticWeasel The CONTINUING story of your alias: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000457.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000457.html) : 102 posts - OP: Melin Worst moive ever… [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000327.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000327.html) 102 posts - OP: Utinni! Poster you’d most like to see a picture of…: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000888.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000888.html) : 101 posts - OP: handy Animal Emergency [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000068.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000068.html) 101 posts - OP: Michelle The Story behind your alias [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000429.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000429.html) 93 posts - Closed - OP: voguevixen * * * Congratulation to our winners, this list is complete for the forum MPSIMS. I have excluded any specific MPSIMS threads. This list is of all the threads longer than 100 posts with the exception of the alias thread that I included to illustrate the length of two combined threads. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/2 "1999-09-15T11:06:00Z")
Good work. May I plug another list? : [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000195.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000195.html) I included yours there, though it only has 2 posts so far. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/3 "1999-09-15T12:15:00Z")
156 posts is the record? Where’s Ruda Duda when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/4 "1999-09-15T13:37:00Z")
Ha! Pikers! For the really long threads, check out Great Debates. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/5 "1999-09-15T18:06:00Z")
Check out the smoking threat on the flame board. Four pages and counting. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/6 "1999-09-15T18:10:00Z")
Indeed, as DavidB. said, check out Great Debates. The ‘S.E.T.H.’ thread is almost 5 full pages with 235 posts. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/7 "1999-09-15T18:42:00Z")
In addition to the one DIF mentioned, there are also: Stupid Bible Questions at 101: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000311.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000311.html) Gun Control at 160: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000213.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000213.html) Black Miss American Pageant at 171: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000239.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000239.html) NAACP and Confederate Flag at 158: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000162.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000162.html) Kansas Vote on Evolution at 191: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000219.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000219.html) Time Out vs. Butt Busting at 116: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000206.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000206.html) The “Life in Heaven” trio, coming in at Part 1, 100: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000156.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000156.html) Part 2, 100: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000169.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000169.html) Part 3, 121: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000182.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000182.html) Biblical Errancy at 102: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000168.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000168.html) Is “In God We Trust” Unconstitutional at 135: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000164.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000164.html) Abortion: Pros and Cons at 100: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000157.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000157.html) What We Believe and Why, Part 1 at 97: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000078.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000078.html) Part 2, 44: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000130.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000130.html) The Great God Debate infamous thread: Part 1, 149: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000006.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000006.html) Part 2, 107: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000031.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000031.html) Part 3, 96: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000042.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000042.html) Part 4, 90: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000048.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000048.html) Part 5, 79: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000063.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000063.html) Part 6, 19: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000101.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000101.html) Some UFOs might be alien craft. I think that it’s possible. at 109: [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000020.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000020.html) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/8 "1999-09-16T09:06:00Z")
I agree with Mike King. Ruda Duda and the original MPSIMS on the AOL board were far longer than anything we’ve seen here. For one thing, they were continually active threads for longer than this whole board has been in existance! Ruda Duda was about…what… 6 months? MPSIMS was about a century… * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” OpalCat’s site: [http://opalcat.com](http://opalcat.com) The Teeming Millions Homepage: [fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) ---
**Author:** ![Moonshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Moonshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonshine)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/9 "1999-09-16T09:32:00Z")
Sheesh OpalCat, and there was me thinking that you couldn’t be even nearly aged enough to join in this Old Timer thread about how much better everything was back in the old days… 😉 * * * It only hurts when I laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/10 "1999-09-17T11:14:00Z")
What kind of a format did AOL have? Yahoo, for instance, has topics 10 0000 posts long, but since it shows 40 at a time, it does not take forever to load a topic. Doesn’t look like THIS is going to be a very long thread. How do I find threads from April when the search thing is useless as it is now? ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/11 "1999-09-17T19:06:00Z")
You find 'em by setting your screen to go back a full year in showing topics – and then looking by hand. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/12 "1999-10-01T11:57:00Z")
[“Who Murdered JonBenet Ramsey?”](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000356.html) by **Contestant #3** is getting up there too. _112 posts_ as of \09-30-1999 11:11 PM\ [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000356.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000356.html) ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/13 "1999-10-01T12:29:00Z")
\More Recent Long Threads from Great Debates\ \Threads with more than 100 responses\ [Jews for Jesus](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000334.html) \102 posts; OP ARG220\ [Salvation 101](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000350.html) \165 posts; OP Polycarp\ [Kansas vote on Evolution](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000219.html) \197 posts; OP Timoleon\ [God’s personality](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000346.html) \110 posts; GregAtlanta\ Ya notice a re-occuring trend here, folks? But I think I beat this horse into a gooey enough pulp. \Thank you and good night\ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-thread/8710/14 "1999-10-01T22:01:00Z")
The format on AOL was to see one post at a time, and it had next/previous post and next/previous thread buttons on each, in addition to “reply” etc. It wasn’t web based at all, incidentally, it is proprietary AOL stuff. * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” OpalCat’s site: [http://opalcat.com](http://opalcat.com) The Teeming Millions Homepage: [fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions)