# 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:** 4
**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 6, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/61 "2009-03-06T14:52:57Z")
Would that be [Marcel Marceau](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=437578&highlight=marceau)? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/62 "2009-03-06T15:53:40Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > I got a huge kick out of [Ruin A Joke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=322326) **Morbo** ’s post on page four is a killer. > [@](#): > > "Ya see that fence over there? I painted that fence with me own two hands. But do they call me ‘Duncan the Fence Painter?’ > > No. They call me ‘Duncan the Goat Fucker.’" I’d love to try my own version of this, but it’d be hard to top that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/63 "2009-03-06T16:04:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [I hadn’t read this one before, **Solfy** , but here you go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2372577) Yes! Thank you! Maybe not “truly great,” but I laughed. Again. ---
**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, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/64 "2009-03-06T22:22:19Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Morbo** ’s post on page four is a killer. Mod praise! W00t! ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/65 "2009-03-07T10:08:48Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Would that be [Marcel Marceau](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=437578&highlight=marceau)? Cheers,it was driving me round the bend trying to think of his name. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/66 "2009-03-07T16:36:05Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > I got a huge kick out of [Ruin A Joke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=322326) Thanks! I had forgotten that one and I posted in it! A great laugh going through it again. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/67 "2009-03-07T18:54:58Z")
> [@TroubleAgain](#): > > Well, they weren’t _funny_ like most of these, but I get a _lot_ of pleasure re-reading the Very Vaguely Creepy threads… I did a “thread titles only” keyword search on “very vaguely creepy” and got less than a page of hits going back to 2000. None of them had a great number of posts, and I just glaced at the oldest one. If you have a favorite (or more) in that group, or one without those keywords in the title, would you mind posting a link to it/them here? ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/68 "2009-03-07T21:32:54Z")
Here’s [Very vaguely creepy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30758), started by **Homer**. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/69 "2009-03-07T21:40:28Z")
[quote=“Wilson, post:68, topic:487879”] Here’s [Very vaguely creepy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30758), started by **Homer**. The link on the sequel might not be what you meant. 🙂 But if it is, that’s cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/70 "2009-03-07T22:25:13Z")
[The Ron Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495672). ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/71 "2009-03-07T23:52:23Z")
In the “short and sweet” category: [a monkey that i wish for.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37864) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/72 "2009-03-08T00:00:15Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The link on the sequel might not be what you meant. 🙂 But if it is, that’s cool, too. [He may have been thinking of this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33062) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/73 "2009-03-08T01:26:47Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [He may have been thinking of this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33062) I’ll bet you’re right, unless we were supposed to see the other as a bit of humor. **Homer** was before my time, and it’s good to see some evidence of his legacy at SDMB. Did **Handy** (another legend I never met) leave us any pearls? ---
**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 8, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/74 "2009-03-08T07:18:18Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > And the sequel, Very vaguely creepy, The Sequel > . WTF? ---
**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 8, 2009, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/75 "2009-03-08T07:19:25Z")
> [@ruadh](#): > > In the “short and sweet” category: > > [a monkey that i wish for.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37864) LMAO! ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/76 "2009-03-08T19:13:57Z")
I thought the [Oompa-Loompas vs Munchkins](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402857&highlight=munchkin) thread was great! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/77 "2009-03-09T00:48:13Z")
[There was more than one thread about Oompa-Loompas vs Munchkins.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=213441) ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/78 "2009-03-09T01:03:33Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > I got a huge kick out of [Ruin A Joke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=322326) That was a HILARIOUS thread! ---
**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 9, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/79 "2009-03-09T13:07:27Z")
To toot my own horn a bit, I almost didn’t start the thread [a person stole our cement mixer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=472876). I’m glad I did; the end results were hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/80 "2009-03-09T14:19:04Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The link on the sequel might not be what you meant. 🙂 But if it is, that’s cool, too. Oops… obviously I copy and pasted from the wrong link from the wrong tab… Here’s [the right link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=42075) to Very Vaguely Creepy, The Sequel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879.md?page=5)