# The Recurring Threads Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 8, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822 "2013-12-08T15:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/21 "2013-12-10T19:46:36Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > You forgot the “I _know_ the origin of the whole nine yards” which pops up at least annually in the Comment on Cecil’s Column. Not what’s asked for in this thread: > [@Zakalwe](#): > > 🙂 You know, I should have put a note that “recurring” in the sense of “we get something on that subject every so often” doesn’t count (at least for my purposes). ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/22 "2013-12-10T20:33:50Z")
Wait, then what does “recurring” mean? Is the OP’s distinction that once-or-twice-a-year isn’t “recurring enough” but something more frequent is? I’m going to stick with my suggestion of the Colonoscopy topic, which seems to come up multiple times every year. So much so that I’ve compiled an extensive collection of links to them, which I’ve posted several times lately. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/23 "2013-12-10T20:41:07Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Wait, then what does “recurring” mean? Is the OP’s distinction that once-or-twice-a-year isn’t “recurring enough” but something more frequent is? Didn’t you look at the examples given? Once a year is sufficient. > [@](#): > > I’m going to stick with my suggestion of the Colonoscopy topic, which seems to come up multiple times every year. So much so that I’ve compiled an extensive collection of links to them, which I’ve posted several times lately. Like **Sparky’s** example, that doesn’t count per the OP’s intent. I think you need to read the whole thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/24 "2013-12-10T20:47:50Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m going to stick with my suggestion of the Colonoscopy topic, which seems to come up multiple times every year. So much so that I’ve compiled an extensive collection of links to them, which I’ve posted several times lately. When will the next colonoscopy thread be posted? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/25 "2013-12-10T20:50:40Z")
GQ - How is it legal to make porn in America, when prostitution is outlawed? - Why do some American military uniforms display the flag back to front? - Could I send a message faster than light if I had a really long pole/ rope? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/26 "2013-12-10T20:53:45Z")
Thanks Colibri! Maybe I should have called it the Schedule Recurring Threads Thread? Here’s the updated list with a couple of additions and some cleanup: **Elections** [ul] [li]The Presidential Election - quadriennally [/li][/ul] **Café Society** [ul] [li] **Khadaji** ’s Whatcha Readin’ - monthly[/li][li]SDMB Weekly Bible Study - weekly[/li][li]SDMB Short Fiction Contest - monthly[/li][/ul] **The Game Room** College FB [ul] [li]AP Top10 losers - weekly during the season[/li][li]CFB Football Belt - annual[/li][li]Bowl Picks - annual[/li][/ul] MLB [ul] [li]Discussion - monthly during the season - includes playoff/world series threads[/li][li]Hot Stove League Offseason Discussion - annual[/li][li]Fantasy - SDMB Big League - annual[/li][li]Fantasy - Auction League - annual[/li][li]Fantasy - Melting Pot League - annual[/li][li]Hall of Fame Discussion - annual[/li][li]Various Awards (Cy Young, Rookie OTY, MVP, etc) - annual[/li][/ul] NFL [ul] [li]Discussion - weekly during the season[/li][li]Fantasy - Oak’s NFL Football - annual[/li][li]Fantasy - He Hate Me - annual[/li][li]Fantasy - SDMB Big League - annual[/li][li]Fantasy - All-Pro League - annual[/li][li]Fantasy - Dynasty League - annual[/li][li]The **Khadaji** Memorial Steelers March to the Super Bowl - annual[/li][li]Which team will go 0-16 this year? - annual[/li][/ul] Other Sports [ul] [li]NCAA March Madness - annual[/li][li]NHL - monthly during the season[/li][li]SI Sportsman of the Year - annual[/li][/ul] General Games [ul] [li]Botticelli - monthly[/li][li]Poker Results - monthly[/li][li]Celebrity Death Pool - annual[/li][li]Seattle Pub Trivia - annual[/li][li]_Feud - weekly (inactive)_[/li][/ul] **MPSIMS** [ul] [li]The MMP - weekly[/li][li]CanaDoper Cafe - annual[/li][/ul] **The BBQ Pit** [ul] [li]Mini Rants - monthly[/li][li]The various Stupid Idea of the Day threads should probably get an Honorable Mention[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/27 "2013-12-10T21:02:36Z")
Do the various **Ask the…** count? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/28 "2013-12-10T21:19:47Z")
There are recurring Cafe Society threads (with different fill-in-the-blank components) to such things as – ID this song from “bump-de-bump-de-bump-bump-bump” – What movie was it that had that guy doing that thing to that other guy? – Who is that looks like \_\_\_\_\_\_ but is always a jerk? Variations abound. There must be dozens of similar themes that pop up at more-or-less regular intervals. There are also random efforts to add to _The Truly Great Threads_. But to call them recurring would be a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/29 "2013-12-10T21:33:34Z")
I think they’d only count if it was the same song/movie being asked for. There have been several different people asking for an ID on the story set on a planet where it rains all the time and the sun only comes out once every seven years. That might count. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/30 "2013-12-10T21:37:53Z")
Is it my imagination, or is there an annual gardening thread somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/31 "2013-12-11T02:53:27Z")
I think we are looking for SCHEDULED recurring threads. The MMP, for instance, is weekly. You can set your calendar by it. You know there will be a new one next week. Should we count the Gift Cards for Dopers and Gift Exchange threads? They come up every December, and are planned as such. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/32 "2013-12-11T13:53:17Z")
There are annual recurring threads for: - 9/11 - the Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Christmas Special (they differ slightly in tone) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/33 "2013-12-11T14:00:34Z")
[We shall remember](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=23572) It doesn’t reccur, but this thread has been posted to every August since 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/34 "2013-12-11T17:45:40Z")
It would be unfair to overlook the great and continuing tradition of Sequential Threads, which are updated semi-seasonally. Then of course there are threads which pop up like toadstools on an irregular but recurring basis, i.e. Why are we so overly respectful towards the military, doggone it? and What causes people to be conspiracy theorists? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/35 "2013-12-11T18:38:13Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Should we count the Gift Cards for Dopers and Gift Exchange threads? They come up every December, and are planned as such. > [@Skammer](#): > > There are annual recurring threads for: > > - 9/11 > - the Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Christmas Special > > (they differ slightly in tone) Yep, those all count. All in MPSIMS I assume? > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > [We shall remember](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=23572) > > It doesn’t reccur, but this thread has been posted to every August since 2000 Dammit! Thank you! That was actually the thread that spawned this idea, but I couldn’t remember the name of it and a search failed to turn it up. Awesome - added as an honorable (very honorable) mention. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822/36 "2013-12-11T18:58:38Z")
Missed the edit window, but I just want to reiterate: I am NOT looking for the “toadstool” threads - that is threads on common subjects that appear at random intervals (.9999=1, etc). If someone wanted to make a list of those (the Frequently Posted Topics list) I would contribute ideas, but that’s not what this is supposed to be. Also, **Tapioca Dextrin** , I missed this: > [@](#): > > Do the various Ask the… count? There’s already a sticky for those in this forum. **Idle Thoughts** put a ton of work into it. Also those don’t tend to be recurring (although some subjects might, but not on a schedule). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recurring-threads-thread/675822.md?page=1)