# There are now 42 threads with "Schiavo" in the title... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052 "2005-03-31T05:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/1 "2005-03-31T05:31:10Z")
Just thought you’d want to know. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/2 "2005-03-31T05:37:34Z")
Counting this one? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/3 "2005-03-31T05:42:50Z")
Wonder how many there are in the same period with ‘Minnesota’ or ‘Red Lake’ in the title? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/4 "2005-03-31T05:46:59Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Wonder how many there are in the same period with ‘Minnesota’ or ‘Red Lake’ in the title? To my knowledge I started the only Pit thread on that topic, and it didn’t contain those words. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/5 "2005-03-31T06:00:02Z")
Ah, but there are many other Schiavo-related threads that don’t for their part contain Schiavo in the title. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/6 "2005-03-31T06:02:55Z")
Point. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/7 "2005-03-31T06:09:12Z")
It is my fervent hope that soon, the big story in the world will be: **Schiavo Dead. World Continues To Turn**. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/8 "2005-03-31T11:51:47Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Counting this one? Yep. I found 41. I’ve not been here that long, but I don’t remember that many proliferating on one topic except during the election. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/9 "2005-03-31T11:57:01Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Ah, but there are many other Schiavo-related threads that don’t for their part contain Schiavo in the title. And [threads where the name is misspelled](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309537) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/10 "2005-03-31T13:12:31Z")
We really needed yet another thread just to reveal this truth nugget? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/11 "2005-03-31T13:16:28Z")
42 being such a significant number, she should look out for falling whales. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/12 "2005-03-31T13:23:05Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > We really needed yet another thread just to reveal this truth nugget? Probably not. Why don’t you open a pit thread about it? ---
**Author:** ![NotMrKnowItAll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6bbea6/32.png) [@NotMrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotMrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/13 "2005-03-31T13:25:46Z")
Now who was the whale and how many times did he die? ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/14 "2005-03-31T13:36:19Z")
The whale only died once. You are thinking of the flower pot, which died hundreds of times. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/15 "2005-03-31T14:27:31Z")
… whereas there are 683 threads with “fuck” in the title, and, presumably, many more where it is discussed but not entitled. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/16 "2005-03-31T14:27:59Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > The whale only died once. You are thinking of the flower pot, which died hundreds of times. More specifically, the flower pot was one incarnation of a fellow who had several lives and was always killed by Arthur Dent. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/17 "2005-03-31T14:34:52Z")
Oi, you can’t hold the flower pot against him. Not his fault the improbability drive did that. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/18 "2005-03-31T14:42:37Z")
**This Year’s Model** makes obligatory appearance in a thread with “Schiavo” in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/19 "2005-03-31T19:08:35Z")
You know if Terri had married Scott Petereson it could have saved us a lot of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052/20 "2005-03-31T22:07:40Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Yep. I found 41. I’ve not been here that long, but I don’t remember that many proliferating on one topic except during the election. In the days following 9/11 a majority of threads on the front pages of a majority of forums (perhaps a bit of an exxaggeration (sp?) but not that much) were at least related in some way to those events. (wish I could join in the HHG fun but it’s been too long. man, I gotta dust that one off one time before the movie) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-now-42-threads-with-schiavo-in-the-title/297052.md?page=2)