# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/141 "2013-05-15T16:13:28Z")
Almost exactly one year since an update, but here are some I ran across today. They’re mostly list of other threads: > **[All-time favourite threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=97977)** > > Has this been done recently ? If so I’m sorry, didn’t see it. Anyhoo… I don’t know why I didn’t do this before but I’m only now adding my pick of the best threads to my IE Favourites list. In other words, I’m fishing because I don’t know where to... All-time favourite threads 11-08-2001, 08:02 PM London\_Calling > **[What is the most interesting thread ever started on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=250644)** > > I’ll be flattered if someone puts one of mine on this list!!! 😉 What is the most interesting thread ever started on the SDMB? 04-13-2004, 12:16 AM chefIL11 > **[Life, Death, and Exile (SDMB stats, extremely long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=263323)** > > That’s right, I’m back to inflict yet another mind-crushing run through the board’s statistics on everyone. On the slim chance that anyone was paying attention to me, this is the “larger study” that I’ve referenced on a couple of occasions... Life, Death, and Exile (SDMB stats, extremely long) 06-24-2004, 02:42 PM Earthling > **[50 Greatest Straight Dope Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=332231)** > > Best of lists are everywhere- whether for greatest films, greatest songs, greatest stand-ups, greatest tv moments, or VH1 productions on everything from greatest one-hit wonders to 50 greatest bowel movements of the pop stars. Okay, I made that last... 50 Greatest Straight Dope Rants 08-28-2005, 01:19 PM andrewdt85 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/142 "2013-05-15T16:16:47Z")
Thanks for putting this up. As a newbie, I appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/143 "2013-05-15T17:29:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Thanks for putting this up. As a newbie, I appreciate it. sure that’s what you say now. then in a week when you’ve done nothing but chase threads and meanders then you’ll sing a different tune. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/144 "2013-05-15T19:12:16Z")
Does anyone remember the brassiere fitter threads? The ones where the bloke in London applied at, I believe, Harrods for the position of brassiere fitter? Or was that part of the WOOMC? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/145 "2013-05-15T19:55:08Z")
One of my all time favorites: [Found my brother-in-law’s diary in my wife’s underwear drawer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562910) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/146 "2013-05-15T20:21:33Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > One of my all time favorites: > > [Found my brother-in-law’s diary in my wife’s underwear drawer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562910) Okay, I read it. I laughed. BUT when I got to the end to hear the rest of the story, the link didn’t work. What happened? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/147 "2013-05-17T20:29:20Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Does anyone remember the brassiere fitter threads? > The ones where the bloke in London applied at, I believe, Harrods for the position of brassiere fitter? > > Or was that part of the WOOMC? No one? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/148 "2013-05-19T00:04:44Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Well, there’s at least [I stuck my wedding ring up my nose](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=209087) started 09-04-2003, 07:40 AM by **jjimm** > > That the one? Oh my god. I just read that one and nearly choked to death laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/149 "2013-11-30T16:20:37Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m not sure that “truly great” really applies, but for 9 pages, 443 replies and 44,365 views tried to figure out what the hell [14 k of g in a f p d](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398132)was before the thread got locked! > > Did anybody ever get a reliable answer to this goddamn thing? > > Do you know of other such annoyances that captured the SDMB’s imagination for that many pages (or more) over something that trivial and funky? UPDATE! See > **[Winnie 'ther' Pooh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579421)** > > Does anybody know what ‘ther’ is supposed to mean? Is it a device used by the author to avoid having to explain things clearly or is there a known answer to this? My Google-fu is failing me on this one. Winnie ‘ther’ Pooh? 09-24-2010, 06:56 AM mittu and [this post:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16886940&postcount=46) #46 11-28-2013, 02:28 PM cochrane Quote: Originally Posted by Crotalus To the OP, I’m still waiting to find out what “14 k of g in a f p d” means. > **[14 k of g in a f p d](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398132)** > > What is the answer to this? It is one of those questions along the same lines of: 7 D in a W = 7 days in a week. but I can’t figure it out, any ideas? To lay this puzzle to rest, it’s **14 karats of gold in a Florentine pietra dura** (an art piece made of highly polished and inlaid colored stones). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/150 "2013-12-11T14:26:03Z")
Bump in response to recent comments elsewhere about other such threads. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/151 "2013-12-11T18:45:33Z")
[Nothing Is Wrong Witha Low Income Guy Getting An Escort](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=644543) was always one of my favorites. I still periodically think of wives and girlfriends as “free girls.” ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/152 "2013-12-11T18:53:53Z")
This thread reminded me of why I joined this forum. It was the blimp thread. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2943767&postcount=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2943767&postcount=1) Someday I will read all the rest of them listed here. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/153 "2013-12-11T23:25:10Z")
Has the horror in the basement (opossum) thread been cited? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/154 "2013-12-11T23:45:53Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Has the horror in the basement (opossum) thread been cited? Rather than read back through the whole thread I did a Yahoo! search to find [Something’s crapping in the basement window](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653516) started by **velvetjones** on 05-30-2012, 06:40 AM and running (so far) to 59 posts. That the one? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/155 "2013-12-11T23:57:33Z")
No. But curses to you for linking to it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/156 "2013-12-12T00:29:07Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > [Nothing Is Wrong Witha Low Income Guy Getting An Escort](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=644543) was always one of my favorites. I still periodically think of wives and girlfriends as “free girls.” That thread was the whore’s tits. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/157 "2013-12-12T11:02:14Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > That thread was the whore’s tits. I was always fond of the [blue jelly double headed dildo one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266235&highlight=blue+jelly+dildo). It helps that I both sew corsets and am in the SCA:p ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/158 "2014-01-24T23:58:16Z")
A brief but stellar performance: [Ask the intravert who’s taking an improv comedy course](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=713117) ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/159 "2014-01-25T01:45:34Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Lest we forget, [If other authors had written Lord of the Rings?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=138905&page=1&pp=50) This is the one I first thought of. Pure genius. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879/160 "2014-01-25T18:32:49Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Lest we forget, [If other authors had written Lord of the Rings?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=138905&page=1&pp=50) > [@SandyHook](#): > > This is the one I first thought of. Pure genius. Agreed. The repackaging of Mark Twain’s intro by “Huckleberry Finn” with few exceptions to the generalization that everyone tells some “stretchers” is worth a read alone. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truly-great-threads-in-sdmb-history/487879.md?page=9)