# This thread is just about this thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908 "2003-08-22T12:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/181 "2003-08-26T19:19:32Z")
Macrame’ West Don Knots Tied Cobb Thread Ryder ---
**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:** [August 26, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/182 "2003-08-26T20:26:10Z")
In _Blade Runner_ one of the coolest characters was played by Rutger Hawser. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/183 "2003-08-26T20:29:31Z")
Lord of the Strings ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/184 "2003-08-26T20:35:52Z")
Die thread die. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/185 "2003-08-26T20:39:12Z")
This thread has become an incredible phenomenon, wildly exceeding any expectation of the OP. Witness these Google results: “this thread” - 1,840,000 “that thread” - 85,700 “all other threads” - 5,370 Unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/186 "2003-08-26T20:43:36Z")
Far from out! Righteous even. You be cool, **lainaf**! ---
**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:** [August 26, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/187 "2003-08-26T20:43:55Z")
Hank Twilliams Mark Twine Days of Twine and Roses The twine-dark sea ---
**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:** [August 26, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/188 "2003-08-26T20:47:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lainaf \* > \*\*This thread has become an incredible phenomenon, wildly exceeding any expectation of the OP. Witness these Google results: > “this thread” - 1,840,000 > “that thread” - 85,700 > “all other threads” - 5,370 > > Unbelievable. \*\* “Happy’s threads”- don’t even show up as a blip on the radar. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/189 "2003-08-26T20:49:03Z")
Rope, rope, rope your bight Minnesota Twine You know the difference between a violin and a fiddle? A violin has strings. A Fiddle has strangs. I Got The World On A Strang Zang Went The Strangs Of My Harp The Thread Matrix ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/190 "2003-08-26T22:41:33Z")
Thred ---
**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:** [August 26, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/191 "2003-08-26T22:47:56Z")
Thread Hot Mama The Thread Badge of Courage Thread Buttons Thread Auerbach Little Thread Ridinghood The Thread Sea And last (of course) the Thread Sox! (Well, you wouldn’t expect them to be in first, would you?) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/192 "2003-08-26T23:14:01Z")
12 Angry Threads ---
**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:** [August 27, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/193 "2003-08-27T03:15:24Z")
Don’t forget Mohammed Ali’s “Rope-a-Dope” Ain’t that just perfect? A rope. On The Dope. **Rope-a-Dope** Man, I’m cooler than Satan Claus, baby. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/194 "2003-08-27T03:44:50Z")
J. Thread Muggs for monkey underpants I wandered lonely as a thread… Thread sales in the sunset The Thread River Valley Thread McMurray Thread Bear ---
**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:** [August 28, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/195 "2003-08-28T23:47:26Z")
Darn it! This thread has unraveled! Has the dreaded Thread Slasher been at work? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/196 "2003-08-28T23:53:24Z")
Thanks for the CPR, **EddyTeddyFreddy**. This thread is breathing again. Thought it was a goner. Not yet. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/197 "2003-08-28T23:59:30Z")
(Blushing) Aw, shucks, twarn’t nuthin. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to floss the lint out of my teeth… ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/198 "2003-08-29T00:05:18Z")
Methinks this thread is immortal and shall never die… Unless, of course, there’s ANOTHER thread out there, lurking with a mightier sword… I really must stop watching Highlander re-runs. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/199 "2003-08-29T00:36:06Z")
Before this post there were 197 posts to this thread. Only two more posts will make 200 and this thread will be into the fifth page of exciting and tantalizing posts that any thread would be proud to own, but only this thread does. Who will make 199 and 200? Will it be you or the one who comes after you? I’m betting it will be YOU. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/200 "2003-08-29T00:44:27Z")
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