# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/161 "2003-08-25T20:02:16Z")
What the hell is this thread about anyway? I think we need more descriptive thread titles. name this thing Right Said Thread. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/162 "2003-08-25T20:07:44Z")
You people are out of control. I think this thread belongs in the Pit now. Moderator please move this thread. ---
**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 25, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/163 "2003-08-25T20:14:45Z")
I burning your thread! ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/164 "2003-08-25T20:16:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zeldar \* > \*\* > > **vl\_mungo** , was Point a name nomination or a comment on this thread? \*\* I just didn’t want this thread (name forthcoming) to be pointless. Upon further consideration, I retract my Point and instead will refer all and sundry to **TJdude825’s** entry (if quizzed upon the Point of this tread (which I probably won’t be)). ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/165 "2003-08-25T20:50:24Z")
this thread confuses me this thread confuse me 😕 ---
**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 25, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/166 "2003-08-25T20:57:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Happy Scrappy Hero Pup \* > \*\*So a thread walks into a bar and says, “I’d like a double bourbon, please.” > > The bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve threads in here.” > > (sorry, couldn’t resist.) \*\* So he goes outside, ties himself around himself, and carefully unravels both ends of himself. Then, he goes back into the bar and orders a double bourbon. Bartender: “Hey, didn’t I just tell you we don’t serve threads? Are you a thread?” Thread: “Nope. I’m a frayed knot.” ---
**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, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/167 "2003-08-26T02:37:26Z")
> [@](#): > > You people are out of control. I think this thread belongs in the Pit now. I suppose barbecued thread might be tasty, but don’t you think it would be, well… kinda stringy? :dubious: ---
**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 26, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/168 "2003-08-26T02:49:46Z")
Removing the lowercase letter “m” from my varsity chest [ouch! Where the heck is my sweater?], I subtly change the word “thread” to “fire monkey underpants.” It’s a word It’s a plan It’s Letterman! weeknights after your local news ---
**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, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/169 "2003-08-26T10:24:43Z")
As this thread reaches out into the vastness of ideas beyond reality to keep its mission on track (which is as far off-track as possible) it is finding the strain almost unbearable. At times the direction and flow work marvelously in a fractal and tangential way so that the connections are not apparent and perhaps even non-existent. Then, as with most human endeavor, it becomes like water swirling around a big rock in the stream of consciousness, where eddies will form as the waters struggle to keep going but the attraction of the rock holds them back until they almost sink into the abyss from convoluted connectedness. Let’s toss the rock that has bound us to the whirlpool of sense, and seek things that have virtually no apparent connection to each other. This thread seeks freedom! This thread wants new life and energy. Make mine filet of aardvark tongue. I’m hungry for that slight aftertaste of ant. ---
**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, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/170 "2003-08-26T12:57:05Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Zeldar \* > \*\* This thread wants new life and energy._\* Perhaps if we tried something a little different :wink :wink . How about if I tie you up with this thread? ---
**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, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/171 "2003-08-26T12:59:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lainaf \* > \*\*Perhaps if we tried something a little different :wink :wink . How about if I tie you up with this thread? \*\* I’d just break loose and hide behind this pomegranate. Then what would you do with your thread? ---
**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, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/172 "2003-08-26T13:14:08Z")
Is this thread aware of this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206888](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206888) And what is this thread going to do about it? Or is it apples and oranges? ---
**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, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/173 "2003-08-26T13:19:55Z")
The main thing is to catch and banish the threadkiller before he or she has a chance to strike. The best safeguard against a threadkiller is a threadsaver. Never be the last to post! (A new bumper sticker for the brave.) ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/174 "2003-08-26T14:57:03Z")
_We’re not worrying at all! We’re just listening for his call… **Here I come to save This Thread!** We know that ThisThreadSaver’s saving thread!_ ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/175 "2003-08-26T15:50:34Z")
\*\*You can help save This Thread by linking to This Thread in other threads that you post to! \*\* ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/176 "2003-08-26T16:18:12Z")
Better yet, link to this thread from every other thread. ---
**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, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/177 "2003-08-26T16:20:01Z")
Okay, okay! No need to shout, dammit. The cotton tufts were just getting settled in for naps and you woke them up. Mama Thread is NOT PLEASED. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/178 "2003-08-26T16:26:02Z")
You might even say she’s fit to be tied. (Man, am I ON or what?!?!?) ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/179 "2003-08-26T19:08:15Z")
“I never met a thread I didn’t like.” – Twill Rogers. ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-is-just-about-this-thread/196908/180 "2003-08-26T19:16:23Z")
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