# Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 2, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210 "2000-06-02T14:49:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
**Page:** 15

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/281 "2011-12-08T14:16:16Z")

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How cool! I thought this had been dead long ago.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/282 "2011-12-08T14:41:33Z")

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Post asking why this thread was zombified. Didn’t the poster notice the date it was started?

Post answering that the thread must have come up in a google search and the new post was by a new member who didn’t notie the original date.

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**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/283 "2011-12-08T15:01:10Z")

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Tenuous explanation regarding this thread being referenced in another thread, and poster (maybe mistakingly) thinking it may be funny to add zombification to this thread’s tropes.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/284 "2011-12-08T16:17:38Z")

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Exasperated moderator note regarding resurrecting zombies for no good reason. Notation that thread is being left open due to extremely creative extenuating circumstances.

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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/285 "2011-12-08T16:23:35Z")

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Deleted post, once poster thought better of it.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/286 "2011-12-08T17:50:06Z")

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“Brains” joke.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/287 "2011-12-08T17:56:17Z")

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Coats

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**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:** [December 8, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/288 "2011-12-08T17:58:20Z")

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:: checks watch ::  
_pause_  
:: checks calendar ::

Delighted response to see thread revived.

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**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:** [December 8, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/289 "2011-12-08T17:59:55Z")

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Thread presently to be opened in ATMB asking why there have been so many zombie threads lately.

Responses linking to several other threads which have recently been started about the very subject.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/290 "2011-12-08T18:09:49Z")

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Expression of disappointment after first thinking that the OP was again an active contributor, but then realing that notion was both premature and inaccurate.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread/21210/291 "2011-12-08T18:23:29Z")

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Reporting of thread, acorn-style.

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