# This is the title of this thread which perhaps is found in the thread itself **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454 "2008-05-07T17:42:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duhkecco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Duhkecco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duhkecco)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/1 "2008-05-07T17:42:13Z")
I’m sure that many of you have already read [A Self-Referential Story](http://consc.net/misc/moser.html), but I’m also sure that many of you have not. It starts like this: > [@](#): > > This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of this story, which is also found several times in the story itself. This sentence is questioning the intrinsic value of the first two sentences. This sentence is to inform you, in case you haven’t already realized it, that this is a self-referential story, that is, a story containing sentences that refer to their own structure and function. This is a sentence that provides an ending to the first paragraph. This is the last sentence of this post. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/2 "2008-05-07T18:58:06Z")
This is the first sentence in the first reply to the O.P. This sentence points out that the O.P. certainly is Mundane and Pointless, hence it is placed in the proper forum. This sentence is merely filler since I can’t think of anything else to comment on regarding the O.P, or indeed regarding the previous two sentences. This is the final sentence to the first reply to the O.P. It could also serve as the final sentence of the paragraph, of which there is only one. However, the sentence which is two sentences previous to this one, can no longer be the final sentence to anything, since I have written more sentences after it. This is the final sentence of both the only paragraph in my reply and of the first reply to the O.P., thereby serving a dual purpose. 🙂 This is a smiley stuck in for no other good reason, except to piss off people who dislike smilies. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/3 "2008-05-07T19:49:00Z")
My curt reply. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/4 "2008-05-07T20:09:12Z")
This is not a reply. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/5 "2008-05-07T20:29:12Z")
Sexual inyourendo. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/6 "2008-05-07T20:33:52Z")
:: description of poster’s reaction :: Puzzled expression. * * * _Ilidiro en nebonkonata lingvo._ Sig in obscure language. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/7 "2008-05-07T21:25:33Z")
- backing slowly out of the thread \* ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/8 "2008-05-07T21:42:16Z")
This first sentence is the first of a number of sentences. This is the second sentence which is one after the first. This is the fourth sentence, no sorry wait it’s actually the third. Fyord. ::spray’s various juices all over the thread:: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/9 "2008-05-07T21:53:00Z")
[This is not a pipe.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_is_not_a_pipe) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/10 "2008-05-07T21:55:04Z")
Is this a question. This is an answer? ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-title-of-this-thread-which-perhaps-is-found-in-the-thread-itself/448454/11 "2008-05-07T23:00:22Z")
Admission that poster has no idea what the thread is about but feels compelled by irrational need for others’ approval to participate anyway. Includes sig line, hoping to appear erudite or witty or somehow culturally aware.