# The truly great threads in SDMB history **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879 "2009-03-01T15:31:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/41 "2009-03-03T23:49:15Z")
I don’t know how “great” it was… But one on the funniest threads I remember was something along the lines of “how are beer and jesus the same/different?” or something like that. Circa 2001 give or take a year. One guys idea of an ad for nails had me crying with laughter. Second only to goat porn IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/42 "2009-03-04T01:54:28Z")
In the old days there used to be some wickedly great limerick/poetry threads (not much anymore - why?), but one of the all-time best was the **Korean Grocery Poetry Jam**. It got disappeared for a long time, thought to be a victim of Our Winter of our Missed Content, but it awoke briefly like Oliver Sacks’ patients, only to go away again. It was awesome. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/43 "2009-03-04T02:56:48Z")
Some of my faves: [A New Evil Is Upon Us: Hello Kitty Haiku Contest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278752) [Cooler of Death](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177712&) [Parliamentary hockey](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287367) (Disclaimer: I started this one, but didn’t expect it to be the modest success it was. [In other fairy tale news](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=265529) [Top ten times in history when using the F-word was appropriate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=123118) And… [The Top 101 StraightDope Threads…Of All Time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346360) From 2005. I’m sure there have been more. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Someone asked for help with writing a report on To Kill A Mockingbird. We killed that book with some totally bizarre ideas, including one that Boo & Dill eventually started the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA). > > The OP said his teacher was surprised because she did not know that. Someone else responded “Why so surprised? Wasn’t Dill always trying to get Boo to come out?” > > I laughed harder at that post than at anything else I have ever read on the Internet. I still crack up every time I think of it. > > I wish I could find that damn thread. I should have bookmarked it. I’ve been looking all over for it as well. I thought I bookmarked it, but no. Bother. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/44 "2009-03-04T03:37:17Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Some of my faves: > > [A New Evil Is Upon Us: Hello Kitty Haiku Contest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278752) > [Cooler of Death](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177712&) > [Parliamentary hockey](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287367) (Disclaimer: I started this one, but didn’t expect it to be the modest success it was. > [In other fairy tale news](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=265529) > [Top ten times in history when using the F-word was appropriate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=123118) > And… > [The Top 101 StraightDope Threads…Of All Time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346360) From 2005. I’m sure there have been more. > I’ve been looking all over for it as well. I thought I bookmarked it, but no. Bother. Excellent finds, **Sunspace**! That one about “The Top 101 StraightDope Threads…Of All Time. From 2005” is the one I had been trying to locate! Thanks for the additions. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/45 "2009-03-04T05:40:58Z")
I summon the awesome brainpower of the Dopers to find this one. Some poster got annoyed because his/her OP’s ended up being belittled and highjacked, usually with people posting recipes. So he/she tries another OP, admonishing that he/she did not want recipes in responses. The very first response was a recipe. I wonder if the person still hangs out here. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/46 "2009-03-04T09:36:55Z")
Can’t fine id - it was started by CheifScott, was quickly hijacked into the ultimate musical dreck threads _EVAR_ ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/47 "2009-03-04T09:38:31Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > That was me, but I don’t remember what the thread was. Everybody was excited about what would happen if you got one of those white powder terrorist envelopes. I alerted them. If you get flu-like symptoms and a strong desire to ride passenger trains, see your doctor immediately. You could have Amtraks. I think that is one of the funniest things I have ever seen on here. I need to find that and re-read it. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/48 "2009-03-04T11:04:06Z")
This one showed up in a similar thread some time ago. Short ‘n’ sweet: [Ask the ambiguous guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28450). ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/49 "2009-03-05T06:39:31Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > This one showed up in a similar thread some time ago. Short ‘n’ sweet: > > [Ask the ambiguous guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28450). LMAO ---
**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:** [March 5, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/50 "2009-03-05T13:14:20Z")
[Halvsie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51807) ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/51 "2009-03-05T20:23:09Z")
Well, they weren’t _funny_ like most of these, but I get a _lot_ of pleasure re-reading the Very Vaguely Creepy threads… ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/52 "2009-03-05T20:38:28Z")
The phrase “death by flung” stands out as belonging to a noteworthy thread (crazy poster flameout?) from way back before even my lurking days. I had no luck finding it. Maybe someone else knows what the heck I’m talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/53 "2009-03-05T22:16:05Z")
[I hadn’t read this one before, **Solfy** , but here you go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2372577) ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/54 "2009-03-05T23:54:35Z")
[The Telemarketer Speaks. I Respond](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51270). **Cervaise’s** classic. [Cthulu v. Og: The Battle of the Gods!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104146) [If life is a rock and the radio rolls me…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106748) Someone mentioned this upthread, silly song lyrics started by **ChiefScott**. [Fun and games with Mr Austin Wemba](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=242804) \*\* Mangetout’s\*\* classic scammer-baiting. [Please do not post complete lyrics to songs!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120313) A mod posts a rule, hilarity ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/55 "2009-03-06T00:45:38Z")
I got a huge kick out of [Ruin A Joke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=322326) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/56 "2009-03-06T01:11:04Z")
If I may: this is still, to date, my only pitting of another member. He had…[anger issues](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=120051). This is the origin of “Fucko Off!” Then he came back with something like four socks and tried to stir things up, but unfortunately I can’t recall any of his sock names… ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/57 "2009-03-06T01:30:01Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155187&highlight=salt+ochre](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155187&highlight=salt+ochre) Post #18 is Master Wang-Ka’s epic tale of an encounter with some “door to door” type folks… ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/58 "2009-03-06T01:32:13Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > [Fun and games with Mr Austin Wemba](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=242804) \*\* Mangetout’s\*\* classic scammer-baiting. This was the one that got me started on scambaiting. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/59 "2009-03-06T01:39:10Z")
Unleash the Incendiary Pigs! [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279280&highlight=pigs+flaming](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279280&highlight=pigs+flaming) ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/60 "2009-03-06T14:45:51Z")
The one about the death of a famous French mime artist. I’ve never laughed so hard at some of the posts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879.md?page=4)