# The Reverse Thread (You can do it!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959 "2000-10-06T14:36:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/1 "2000-10-06T14:36:15Z")
Criminy, does EVERY thread dissolve into a flirt fest? ::throws water pistol into trash:: Dangit, why do I always have to clean up the mess? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/2 "2000-10-06T14:37:46Z")
Hey Mr. Cyn…wink wink… kidding:) ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/3 "2000-10-06T14:40:00Z")
I’ll bet someone now jumps in with a Monty Python line. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/4 "2000-10-06T14:43:06Z")
:: opening the door:: Welcome to the party, vanilla! Come on in, and give me that water pistol! ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/5 "2000-10-06T14:45:27Z")
Look ssskugiii, I have to end it here. There’s just no chance that I will ever be able to do that IRL. I know this will break your heart, even after all you have professed your undying love for me. i love hypergirl and thats just the way it is. xisor will be more than enough for you. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/6 "2000-10-06T14:49:29Z")
Hey…turn down the music. I think there’s someone at the door. By the way, any John Cleese fans at this party? Hold that thought, it’s my turn in the orgazmatron. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/7 "2000-10-06T14:50:04Z")
Dear Mullinator, I am sorry to inform you that I am no longer able to continue our heated e-mail correspondence. I hope you will understand. With Love, Coldfire ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/8 "2000-10-06T14:52:45Z")
thats not a water pistol… ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/9 "2000-10-06T14:52:46Z")
Y’know, now that I think about it, I really _do_ miss Ronald Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/10 "2000-10-06T14:52:56Z")
:eek: 😛 :ducking and running, er, walking (!!): \ Damned wet floor. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/11 "2000-10-06T14:56:09Z")
**MoldBuyer** , dude, **Mullerwearer** ’s crying over your love tryst’s end. Shouldn’t you write him a Dear John or something? Screech-Owl! What is that crap you just put on the radio? Ah-Ha’s greatest hits? Someone get a rope! ::kicking over mop bucket:: ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/12 "2000-10-06T14:58:07Z")
C’mon, think about it…remember when Reagan fell asleep during that staff meeting? Wasn’t that great? ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/13 "2000-10-06T14:59:03Z")
_Falls on the couch after doing too many shots_ ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/14 "2000-10-06T14:59:45Z")
Will everyone please remember to mop out the orgazmatron when you are done! ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/15 "2000-10-06T15:02:51Z")
You know…that’s the second time the goat has gone through the buffet line. Hey what’s this stuff on the floor? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/16 "2000-10-06T15:03:49Z")
Yes, but Reagan didn’t wake UP again for a few years. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/17 "2000-10-06T15:06:11Z")
Shots? Hmmm, I’ve never had one before. I don’t drink very often. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/18 "2000-10-06T15:07:15Z")
OK, the fire’s out… I’m keeping the discharged extinguisher as a souvenir. ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/19 "2000-10-06T15:13:30Z")
It’s a real shame that you did that. I would have thought that you had more sense. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959/20 "2000-10-06T15:14:24Z")
Hey how about some new tunes! There’s a whole stack of CDs. :grabs one at random: “Gordon Lightfoot - The Missing Years” featuring “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - house mix” Maybe later. Oooh, here’s something you’ll like. \ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reverse-thread-you-can-do-it/35959.md?page=2)