# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/61 "2005-11-25T01:46:18Z")
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44684&perpage=50&highlight=gallery&pagenumber=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44684&perpage=50&highlight=gallery&pagenumber=1)]]( [url) The Ultimate Straight Dope Art Thread ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/62 "2005-11-25T01:55:02Z")
> [@AlbertRose](#): > > [This one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37864) is **Homer’s** finest moment. No-no. There was a Pit thread in which he ranted & raged about minorities who stole his car radio. Much better. ---
**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 25, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/63 "2005-11-25T01:56:41Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > No-no. > > There was a Pit thread in which he ranted & raged about minorities who stole his car radio. > > Much better. Or his online mushroom trip, which was fascinating on many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/64 "2005-11-25T15:30:05Z")
Mmmmm…tonsil stones… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=218829&highlight=tonsil](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=218829&highlight=tonsil) ---
**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 25, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/65 "2005-11-25T15:56:59Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > The fabulous meltdown of [Beryl\_Mooncalf](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=211820) . Extra points for gratuitous colored text. Oh Ma Gawd ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/66 "2005-11-25T16:11:12Z")
Our Annual Holiday Tradition: [Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=48886&highlight=rudolph) ---
**Author:** ![Danja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@Danja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danja)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/67 "2005-11-25T16:12:26Z")
Not sure about you guys but I was rolling on the floor laughing when I read some of these: > **[I'm a sleep pisser...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289208)** > > But thankfully not a bedwetter. Not too long ago I woke up naked in my girlfriend’s guest bedroom. I had no clue why I was in there, but promptly snuck back into her bedroom and went back to sleep. I woke in the morning (around 8), said hello to her... ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/68 "2005-11-25T18:00:05Z")
Why ChiefScott is Afraid of Toilets [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=29861&highlight=ChiefScott+Toilet+blood](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=29861&highlight=ChiefScott+Toilet+blood) This I read when extremely sick for the last few years. It is so funny, I managed to laugh every reading. It was always a pick me up when down. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/69 "2005-11-25T18:15:38Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44684&perpage=50&highlight=gallery&pagenumber=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44684&perpage=50&highlight=gallery&pagenumber=1)]]( > [url) > The Ultimate Straight Dope Art Thread That link doesn’t work for me…try again, please? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/70 "2005-11-25T18:27:00Z")
Not to toot my own horn (too loudly), but I think that [Listen closely, people: parallel lines NEVER intersect!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=128186) really goes a long way towards showing off the culture of these here boards. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/71 "2005-11-25T18:44:28Z")
[In other fairy-tale news](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=265529) had me guffawing the whole evening. I still remember the interview with the shocked and indignant Jewish parents of the Big Bad Wolf, disowning their perv son for coveting, :: shudder:: _pork_. Or this one, where \*\*meek \*\*had a hard to cure case of [The Curse of the Verse](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300274) **WhyNot** , the Help-a-Doper threads are indeed classics. I remember the one in which people wanted to help **Polycarp** , who had fallen on some hard financial times. Speaking of Poly, the thread where he claims to know a boy in which the Messiah has been reincarnated is full of cliffhangers and \*noo…can’t be…no…but…what if…no-\*moments. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/72 "2005-11-25T19:59:33Z")
I just want to say thanks for a wasted afternoon, and thanks in advance for a wasted evening. Dopers are some witty folks. But, one small hijack: Why the enmity to the Mariannas Trench guy? That was an amazing and instant pile on. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/73 "2005-11-25T20:09:28Z")
Additionally, reading the threads, I found this [list.](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/classics.html) where someone started a similar collection. Time to read through that, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/74 "2005-11-25T20:16:09Z")
> [@PeterWiggen](#): > > Well, if you’re going to take the time, you MUST have this one: > > [How to kill Evil Nazi Groundhogs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15906) > > - Peter Wiggen Gotta agree Pete. One of the funniest I can remember! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/75 "2005-11-25T20:40:36Z")
Most of my favorites have already been posted, but **Master Wang-ka** has to deserve a couple in the top 101: [Penises: Sacred, Yet Profane](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155687) [The Horror In The Fourth Grade Classroom](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=227630) [Hookers Just Want Your Money](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=201012) [When Furniture Attacks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=194040) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/76 "2005-11-25T20:46:14Z")
Can anyone find the thread about big, coloured, text? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/77 "2005-11-25T20:59:29Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Can anyone find the thread about big, coloured, text? [Stop using massive fonts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287634&highlight=massive+fonts) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/78 "2005-11-25T21:07:46Z")
Speaking of **Master Wang-Ka** post #18 in this thread is worth the price of membership. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/79 "2005-11-25T21:10:11Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Speaking of **Master Wang-Ka** post #18 in this thread is worth the price of membership. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155187&highlight=jehovah's+witness](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155187&highlight=jehovah%27s+witness) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/80 "2005-11-25T21:39:24Z")
To simplify life for future SDMBiographers [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346360) should end up at 101. Now I recall in my early days here being enchanted by the Iron Chef threads but looking now can’t find one I like. Any better memories out there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552.md?page=5)