# The struggle begins anew...in 4 days. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521 "2000-12-28T16:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/1 "2000-12-28T16:30:03Z")
On January 1, the coming of a new millenium shall bring with it a creature of unimaginable horror. A creature so vile, so disgusting, and so terrible that it can only be repressed by the greatest Dopers among us. The struggle will be long, hard, and dangerous, but, in the end, one person shall stand victorious, and hold their throne until the next year. Who will it be? Will it be the returning champion, a newcomer, or one of last year’s contestants, back and thirsty for revenge? Who will deal the final blow? Who will rise above the throngs with the distinction of… the one, the only… _ **Super-Mega-Threadkiller-o-Doom** _? \ In 4 days, the world will know. _ **Threadkillers 2000** is coming!_ \ ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/2 "2000-12-28T16:33:09Z")
Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/3 "2000-12-28T16:42:21Z")
I just wanted Heloise to know that her response was absolutely perfect. I’m hurting over here from laughing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/4 "2000-12-28T16:42:27Z")
Oh, I get it. No, wait I…um… Is this the… Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/5 "2000-12-28T16:45:15Z")
You would have had to be a part of the original unkillable thread to really understand the horror. I was a contender briefly, but it became obvious that I didn’t have the stamina to outlast the horrible, slime-covered thing. So, Jester…you think particlewill can do it twice in a row? ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/6 "2000-12-28T16:45:27Z")
You TRY to be dramatic and dark and whimsical, and what do you get? “Huh?” \ I guess I’ll come clean. I was hoping that one of the original participants would step forward, but, apparently, they’re all to shamed by their association. My dear **Heloise** , “Threadkillers” was a largely inconsiquential, but fun, thread a while back, begun by myself. You can find the original [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=36448), if you care to. Basically, the contest focused on being the last poster to the thread, and therefore being dubbed **Super-Mega-Threadkiller-o-Doom** \. The contest starts officially about half way down page one, and goes for 8 more pages after that. I’m trying to make it an annual event, but that will be quite impossible if nobody’s interested. Hence the teaser. Clear now? Good. \ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/7 "2000-12-28T16:47:30Z")
If anyone can do it, Jester can. I tried in the original thread, but I couldn’t make it past the first page. I have faith in you, Jester. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/8 "2000-12-28T16:52:41Z")
I stand prepared to fight. During my last quest, victory was within my grasp when it was cruelly snatched away by the evil ISP who shall remain nameless and was unavailable duriing the last crucial hours. I shall be avenged!!! ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/9 "2000-12-28T16:54:43Z")
Oh, J. don’t get all upset. You know how we all are–it always takes us a while to get here, but we’ll make it. Have a little faith in the old crew. And I just want to state right now that I’m having this whole affair catered. That way we’ll be well fed. I won’t kill anything, most likely, but I’ll be here til the end. Rest assured. BTW, I thought your OP was very dark and mysterious. Very effective. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/10 "2000-12-28T17:06:01Z")
\ Hmmm…, mindless ramblings. Check. Jokes that aren’t funny. Check. The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics. Check. \ ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/11 "2000-12-28T17:18:32Z")
Alright, I’m in. I can’t keep a thread going, I kill the ones I post to, I’m a regular Typhoid Saint. Let’s see if I can kill this. ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/12 "2000-12-28T17:26:35Z")
So, let me get this straight…people just keep posting until…umm…until…no one can post anymore and a mod closes it? So it’s just keep posting Mundane Pointless Stuff We Must Share? Weird… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/13 "2000-12-28T17:54:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kaz \* > \*\*So, let me get this straight…people just keep posting until…umm…until…no one can post anymore and a mod closes it? So it’s just keep posting Mundane Pointless Stuff We Must Share? Weird… \*\* Uhm yeah that. . . just about sums it up. [Antonio Banderas voice] So, Let’s play [/Antonio Banderas voice] ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/14 "2000-12-28T17:56:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Jester \* > \*\* > In 4 days, the world will know. > > _ **Threadkillers 2000** is coming!_ > \*\* Uh, shouldn’t that be “Threadkillers 2001” or something more applicable? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/15 "2000-12-28T18:11:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Jester \* > > \*\* > > In 4 days, the world will know. > > > > _ **Threadkillers 2000** is coming!_ > > \*\* > > Uh, shouldn’t that be “Threadkillers 2001” or something more applicable? :rolleyes: \*\* Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…crap. It’s not my fault! Really! I couldn’t see from under the hood of my ominous-looking robe, and the smoke from the eiree candles was in my eyes, and…crap. Well, per thinksnow’s very well-justified observation, the contest is _ **Threadkillers 2001** _, as it should be. Dammit, boy, you couldn’t just let it go, could you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/16 "2000-12-28T18:20:46Z")
on the other hand, one of us could still kill this thread, giving him a leg up on the competition. We’ve got 4 days, ya know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/17 "2000-12-28T18:25:01Z")
\ Aha. I can see we’re all getting pretty serious about this threadkilling. I guess I’d better start limbering up my homicidal tendancies. Is this a free-for-all? Or are there rules of engagement? Doesn’t matter, I know…It’s all in the timing. Say, thinks–thanks for the award. You’re the hottest snowman ever. Anybody want a knish? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/18 "2000-12-28T18:41:48Z")
Now **struuter** , you _know_ I’m down for knish! And no, **Jester** , I couldn’t let the year thing slide, it’s not often I catch errors before others here! I’m just glad i dind’t screw something up in my correction post, as is so often the case 🙂 WRT the theme of threadkilling, I’ve noticed that I’m usually not the killer, per se, rather I’m about two or three post removed…convenient, eh? Mwuuhhahahah! ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/19 "2000-12-28T20:48:36Z")
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Not even through the first page and already the posts are dwindling. A fine bunch of threadkillers you are. Where is the dedication? Where the resolve? Where the vicious clanging of thread battle? Hmph. I’m just going to sit right down here and finish off this knish. \ Helloooooo? \ (that oughta get somebody going…there’s no way I can win this easily) ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521/20 "2000-12-28T20:50:53Z")
I was waiting for **Jester** to post the actual threadkiller thread. I didn’t know if this was actually it or not. If it is, consider it dead now. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-struggle-begins-anew-in-4-days/47521.md?page=2)