# The Top 101 StraightDope Threads...Of All Time. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552 "2005-11-24T05:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/21 "2005-11-24T08:44:49Z")
Ok, a few more, and I’m done: Firstly, [If Lord of the Rings had been written by someone else](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138905), an undisputable contender for top billing here at the SDMB. Secondly, and I don’t expect this to really make the final 101, but it at least deserves honorable mention: well, actually, it’s a few threads kind of rolled up into one long saga: The Colossal Monumental **Fenris** vs. **Scylla** Battle for the SDMB!!! First, each man concocts his own [plan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=76057&page=1&pp=50) for [domination](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=76302). Then, the gauntlet is thrown down by [then-mod Eutychus](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=76326). [Scylla’s thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=79439) of destruction and supreme expression of power, followed shortly by [Fenris’ reply](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=80300) of total scorn and disdain. ---
**Author:** ![Rashaverak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@Rashaverak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashaverak)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/22 "2005-11-24T10:33:48Z")
The showdown: Mary Poppins vs. Bedknobs and Broomsticks [Fenris, you ignorant slut.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=168929&highlight=fenris+ignorant+slut) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/23 "2005-11-24T11:08:05Z")
I wasn’t a member, but I remember in my lurkings coming across **Velma** ’s [Cooler of Death](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177712&) thread. I laughed. I cried. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/24 "2005-11-24T12:34:29Z")
Two come to mind, among many, many others: **Bodypoe** ts [That’s it. Let’s have a comfort party.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=164917) Best. Virtual. Sleepover.Party. Ever. **Davebear** was a poster who contributed the two ultimate flirt threads here on SDMB. Spit or Swallow, and its successor, [Oh, My Freaking God (Looong!)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=197284). It was the third-longest thread on SDMB after the LOTR-thread and the “a”-thread, lasting three months, 70 pages, and attracting over 43.000 views. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/25 "2005-11-24T12:49:50Z")
I’d like to see a couple of the threads that made me realize what wonderful people the Dopers are, in addition to how witty they are. There was one, someone’s going to have to help me with, where a poster asked how to survive on the cheapest food possible for a month or so, having absolutely no money. It turned into a truly touching thread where Dopers reached out to help one of their own financially. Anyone else remember it? Secondly, the “Pay for my membership” thread. It’s not Shakespear, but it shows our community in good light, and really highlights why this message board is different from 98% of the boards out there. Finally, I’m going to throw humility to the winds and nominate a thread I started myself: [Emergency C-section and a 23 week old infant. Ugh.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302685&highlight=emergency+c-section) It’s also not Shakespear, but a wonderful example of how Dopers come together and support one another in times of personal crisis. And do it with wit and wisdom, and without becoming maudlin in even the most extreme of circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/26 "2005-11-24T13:28:08Z")
[Funny things said during love making/intimate moments…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24960) Still cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/27 "2005-11-24T13:50:59Z")
An all-time grand champion: [**The TMI Thread**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=44749) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/28 "2005-11-24T14:12:52Z")
One more, which is epic for **Broomstick** ’s amazing abcess story alone (which spans multiple posts): [**Favorite pimple stories (maybe TMI)**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106449) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/29 "2005-11-24T14:15:57Z")
Two possibles: Chronolicht’s [Do they make PVC big enough to launch a goat out of?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41020) and [Are scalar weapons for real?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225), source of the infamous “1920’s -style death ray”. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/30 "2005-11-24T14:21:12Z")
[Smut Shop Employees](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=30135&page=1&pp=50) This thread _really_ picks up on page three. [Nurlman’s “Thread”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=26280) Got something to say? Find it in here. [Dateline 2007: STA\_D \_0 THE \_UCK\_\_G R\_GHT! What does it mean?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=125786)Witty escalator catharthis. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/31 "2005-11-24T14:32:55Z")
[a](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158752) and [I stuck my wedding ring up my nose](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=209087). ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/32 "2005-11-24T14:36:43Z")
[Do You Have A Prehensile Rectum?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80957&highlight=prehensile+rectum) - **Borborygmi** ’s post may be the best I’ve ever seen on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/33 "2005-11-24T14:44:29Z")
[I Met The Lowest Common Denominator at Winn-Dixie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=156156) by **Sauron** , the scheming bastard. In fact, there’s probably a few posters who deserve their own sections, such as **Sauron** , **Scylla** , **Sampiro** , and a couple of others I’m sure I’m forgetting. ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/34 "2005-11-24T14:48:08Z")
Can’t forget one of our Mascots! [Halvsie, the two-legged dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51807) ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/35 "2005-11-24T15:12:00Z")
[Farewell Pink Blankie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=311875) by Sauron. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/36 "2005-11-24T15:24:11Z")
My nominations: LNO’s classic [My Rage Burns With The Fire Of A Hundred Suns](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=62082&highlight=rage+burns+fire) Dante’s [Insurance For The Cataclysmically Stupid](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=236970&highlight=dante) Classics all! Also, I second or third or fourth Sampiro’s Woman behold thy daughter, daughter thy mother, & BOTH OF YOU LOSE MY NUMBER! It’s just a helluva read is all I can say. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/37 "2005-11-24T15:31:55Z")
Everytime we get a thread like this I try to ask fellow Dopers if they can help me locate a thread about vile bathrooms. It became known as the “dead junkie” thread because one poster spoke of opening a door to a toilet and finding a dead guy in it. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/38 "2005-11-24T15:33:38Z")
I nominate Maureen & her tales of the monstrous co-worker who amongst other things, decided she deserved to win a boombox far more than the actual winner. Classic! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/39 "2005-11-24T15:38:12Z")
Forgot to add **lieu** ’s “When deer take a stand” thread. He has several classic poop threads, hard to choose between them, but this was my favorite. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=150992&highlight=deer+stand](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=150992&highlight=deer+stand) ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/40 "2005-11-24T15:42:58Z")
Anyone remember a good thread from **Wally**? I tried searching, but he isn’t a member… ☹ I mean, we should have something for the man who gave us :wally -Tcat [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552.md?page=3)