# Thin Lizzy--thin thinking **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360 "2005-07-27T04:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/141 "2005-07-31T00:32:34Z")
I think it’s damn cruel the way you’ve been stringing him along. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/142 "2005-07-31T00:49:29Z")
You guys _tied_ on the humor meter. I kid you knot. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/143 "2005-07-31T08:11:22Z")
Strikes a cord with me. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/144 "2005-07-31T13:24:17Z")
And another thread unravels into punnery. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/145 "2005-07-31T14:39:40Z")
Wow. I’ve never seen the word “pluperfect” used in a simulpost before. Hell, I’ve never even _heard_ the word “pluperfect” until now! A Pit Thread devolves into a series of really bad puns…not once, but twice! Meanwhile, a five-year member with 7,000+ posts gets banned way back on page one…and nobody notices. I swear, you can’t beat this kind of entertainment for $7.48 / month. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/146 "2005-07-31T14:42:05Z")
Oops, forgot to add… According to a couple parents I’ve talked to recently, classic rock is making a BIG comeback among middle-schoolage kids. RaWK oN! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/147 "2005-07-31T18:31:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Meanwhile, a five-year member with 7,000+ posts gets banned way back on page one…and nobody notices. Well, this thread already had 143 posts before the banning took place. Once banned, the membership status changes on all posts on all threads (since it is dragged out of the profile database when you open a page). You can find me listed as a Mod in threads in 1999 even though I only achieved (sank to?) that position last Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/148 "2005-07-31T19:42:24Z")
FISH! … Uh, what do you mean, “I obviously don’t get it”? Hey guys, where are you going?! Wait for me! ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/149 "2005-08-01T23:43:06Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Meanwhile, a five-year member with 7,000+ posts gets banned way back on page one…and nobody notices. Actually, he had one post that he posted 7000+ times. There’s a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/150 "2005-08-02T00:25:57Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Clever punning is one of our morays. Extra credit for using a Plaiditude. You can’t carp on him for that. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/151 "2005-08-02T01:02:22Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Actually, he had one post that he posted 7000+ times. There’s a difference. Now _THAT’S_ funny. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/152 "2005-08-02T18:36:20Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Extra credit for using a Plaiditude. … Now that right there is funny, I don’t care who you are… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/153 "2005-08-02T18:37:35Z")
\ Jesus…\…and all the staving people in New Guinea. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/154 "2005-08-03T01:53:33Z")
**Thin’s** been here 7 days. In that time, he’s _started_ 53 threads, mostly in GQ. Over 7 per _day_. That’s over double the number I’ve started in 6 _years._ If they were worthwhile questions, that might be okay. Weird, but okay. But they aren’t worthwhile. Most are idiotic, and they bump more deserving questions from view. How many times a day is someone allowed to post in GQ before it’s considered excessive? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/155 "2005-08-03T02:05:44Z")
> [@Random](#): > > **Thin’s** been here 7 days. In that time, he’s _started_ 53 threads, mostly in GQ. > Over 7 per _day_. Roland did about the same when he first showed up; got pitted for it too. Fortunately **thin lizzy** isn’t quite so mind numbingly wierd. Some of his questions are even _interesting_. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/156 "2005-08-03T03:05:36Z")
In fairness, I owe **TL** one. My search for threads that I started led to a great trip down memory lane. For those who attended Chidope 2003, I recommend a review of the threads. Fun, although bittersweet at times, as a lot of the participants aren’t around anymore. (Do a search on threads I started - option available through my public profile. That’ll get you the first couple. Links in those lead to the rest, including the truly scary post-fest report. Can you believe that the Grafton actually let me in the next time I showed up?) ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/157 "2005-08-03T17:06:55Z")
> [@Random](#): > > How many times a day is someone allowed to post in GQ before it’s considered excessive? I don’t know why not ask Westley Clark? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/158 "2005-08-03T17:28:43Z")
I thought starting threads in GQ twice within a few days asking for identification of the same plant was excessive all by itself. Did he forget in a few days that **Blake** had identified it more or less instantly the first time? See [thread=328449]Here[/thread] and [thread=327460]here[/thread]. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360.md?page=7)