# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/141 "2005-12-01T15:24:32Z")
One that still gives me joy: [Rat Coffee Poetry.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301117&highlight=coffee+haiku) ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/142 "2005-12-02T02:32:03Z")
If someone can find the link to this one, one of my favorites was I believe a pit thread with a mythical confrontation between Emeril and some Eldritch horror (it wasn’t Cthulu for some reason, but another). It was a pitting of Emeril’s horrible cooking that would knock out even a mythical beast. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/143 "2005-12-02T03:20:29Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > [The rock in the box: I burning your dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185) Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner… For laughs, [The Return of Sarcastic Answer Theatre](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329395&highlight=Sarcastic+Answer) is a beauty and the _Mike Hunt For President_ thread (link in an earlier post by **Rick** ) was maybe the first to have me crying with laughter. I also recall [Woman gets a bloody fortune for “emotional distress” after her cat is mauled by a dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315889&page=1) fondly. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/144 "2005-12-02T04:30:46Z")
[I Kill You Filthy…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=232056) [That’s it, I’m getting the shovel](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=132109) There is also a thread where Scylla describes his toddler pooping on the family cat as it was asleep and the Ice Cooler of Death and the 18"IBDHJD thread. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/145 "2005-12-02T15:31:15Z")
Every thread I would nominate has been mentioned already. Except this one: [FYI: A lady’s corset provides minimal protection against a dildo attack.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266235) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/146 "2005-12-02T17:07:10Z")
The unforgettable [url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70667](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70667)”=A possible way to keep cats from falling. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/147 "2005-12-02T17:08:41Z")
Ack. [A possible way to keep cats from falling.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70667) ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/148 "2005-12-02T17:09:39Z")
> [@buns3000](#): > > For laughs, [The Return of Sarcastic Answer Theatre](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329395&highlight=Sarcastic+Answer) is a beauty and the _Mike Hunt For President_ thread (link in an earlier post by **Rick** ) was maybe the first to have me crying with laughter. Woo! One of mine! I’d like to nominate Eve’s mixed-up movie game : > **[Play Nia Vardalos' "Victor/Victoria Likes It Hot" Game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=250868)** > > Nia’s new movie, Connie and Carla, neatly splces Some Like It Hot (show-biz folk have to take it on the lam after witnessing rub-out) with Victor/Victoria (women find success as faux drag queens). Surely we can do as well! Mommie Dearest’s Bad Seed ... I also enjoyed : > **[Who named your privates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301690)** > > So, I was having this discussion the other day with my roomate. I named my penis years ago because, well, who better to name my penis? I know him better than anyone else, I spend the most time with him, and I’m pretty sure I care about him more... if only because of the exchange between myself and Rufus Xavier. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/149 "2005-12-02T23:22:37Z")
One of my favorites: [Straight Eye for the Gay Guy"](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=197992) ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/150 "2005-12-02T23:35:45Z")
I am voting for one of my own Pit threads, but only because I achieved the near-impossible by scoring 10.0 on the Fenris Rant-O-Meter. [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=105936) . ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/151 "2005-12-02T23:46:55Z")
There was a thread posted by a man, who in high school had been at the scene of a gang rape and was powerless to stop it. But I can’t remember the thread title or the poster. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/152 "2005-12-02T23:51:35Z")
It was **Master Wang-Ka** , [Sometimes, the bad guys win](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=213577). Very painful thread. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/153 "2005-12-03T23:43:12Z")
Man, I wish **Master Wang-Ka** had stuck around. He was, indeed, masterful. I wish I’d offered to pay his fees. Totally worth it for more of those posts. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/154 "2005-12-04T04:23:44Z")
[There is evil in my backyard. It’s in a cooler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177712) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/155 "2005-12-04T05:20:33Z")
> **[I try to become Gay for Science. (Warning, long, Gay)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347856)** > > Recently, I once again heard the strains of the tired debate regarding whether homosexuality is learned, or whether it is innate. According to one of the people that I was eavesdropping on (who I like to call Person A), homosexuality is a learned... ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/156 "2005-12-05T03:23:41Z")
[Stuffy’s Wedding: Bringing Alcoholics, Morons and Whores Together.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267056) The final installment makes me angry on his behalf, but the rest of it is a scream. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/157 "2005-12-05T14:55:48Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] [“Please do not post complete lyrics to songs!”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120313) “Okay, we won’t!” Although I took my sig from this thread, I haven’t read it since it was closed. Thanks for bringing it up again, I had a blast reading through it one more time. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/158 "2005-12-05T17:19:24Z")
Okay, last one: the thread that convinced me to join SDMB. I read, I laughed, and I never ever felt odd again: [**Wevet** ’s thread “Odd Little Habits You Have”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41543) **IdleThoughts** , would it be an idea to make another thread after this one, where we can’t make new nominations, but each Doper can vote for the five best ones or so? Or maybe one best in every category? It would be nice to see which tops the list. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/159 "2005-12-05T19:54:00Z")
I’d like to nominate one that wins the subcategory of Best Thread Title: [Pirates of the Caribbean: It’s rated “Arrrr!”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=196433) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552/160 "2005-12-07T04:23:31Z")
[This thread is just about this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=206379) Has to be on there somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-101-straightdope-threads-of-all-time/332552.md?page=9)