# This thread goes backwards **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769 "2019-09-06T02:22:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/1 "2019-09-06T02:22:06Z")
Well, I can’t top that, might as well end this thread. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/2 "2019-09-06T02:22:50Z")
Behold the glory that is the penultimate post. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/3 "2019-09-06T02:42:01Z")
Look back here. I’m behind you. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/4 "2019-09-06T02:56:00Z")
My phone rang and I answered. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/5 "2019-09-06T03:33:47Z")
Don’t bump this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/6 "2019-09-06T03:53:11Z")
I’m thinking about bumping this thread…whaddaya think? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/7 "2019-09-06T04:06:08Z")
What are you thinking about right now? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/8 "2019-09-06T04:16:57Z")
Can’t we quit dwelling on the past? Concentrate on the present. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/9 "2019-09-06T04:17:22Z")
Just becuase there are things I don’t remember doesn’t make my actions meaningless. The world doesn’t just disappear when you close your eyes, does it? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/10 "2019-09-06T04:37:51Z")
That’s the third time you’ve said that, and it still doesn’t make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/11 "2019-09-06T04:44:24Z")
FYI, you’re replying to a poster who passed away in 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/12 "2019-09-06T05:07:44Z")
In case anyone’s still interested, the answers to the OP issue are: 1. Probably 2. Yum yum 3. Run! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/13 "2019-09-06T05:28:57Z")
Nitpick: Ruapehu erupted in 2007, not 2006. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/14 "2019-09-06T05:38:08Z")
Our thoughts and prayers are with **Kiwi Jim** and his family. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/15 "2019-09-06T06:19:48Z")
Seems pretty quiet around here. Maybe _too_ quiet? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/16 "2019-09-06T06:40:46Z")
> [@Kiwi Jim](#): > > We’re headed out to Ruapehu tomorrow for our annual picnic. Should be a blast! Pics or it didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/17 "2019-09-06T07:21:43Z")
I’m past all that. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/18 "2019-09-06T08:31:22Z")
Oh, for pete’s sake, it’s not that big a deal! Is this really the argument you want people remembering you for? ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/19 "2019-09-06T10:12:03Z")
In a frying pan you say? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/20 "2019-09-06T10:57:09Z")
Oh come on, after an insult like that, you think I’m going to stick around this thread? You can stick it in a frying pan, mate. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769.md?page=2)