# Threadkillers 2001! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015 "2001-01-01T21:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/141 "2001-01-02T17:38:51Z")
Puppy guts. Yick. Gives new meaning to the phrase ‘kibbles and bits…and bits…and bits…’ Y’know, once this is all over–if that ever happens–I have a new killers goal. Most uninspiring thread. I’ve already got the technique mastered. My last few threads have been so bad that even I don’t feel like posting to them. Maybe I’ll have to apply my talents to this thread and see what I can do… ---
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/142 "2001-01-02T17:39:57Z")
**Jester** , a serious question…if the thread exceeds official thread-length & is closed…will the winner be the person who posted last before it was closed or will you open up a continuation thread starting with the previous person’s post quoted? We need to decide now, so that we don’t get demands for a recount and half the boarders keep complaining that they felt that the decision was not due and…ooops, sorry wrong subject! 😛 So official decision, Judge Jester (she says, putting the black hat on his head instead of the bells and hiding the experiment kit till she gets an answer…) ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/143 "2001-01-02T17:44:37Z")
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…c’mon, **fierra**! Since when does organizing a contest mean I have to make actual _decisions_ about it? Well, fine. I suppose that I’ll start a continuation thread, quoting the last post in it, and letting it roll from there. That way, we can have a definite winner, moreso than arguing over whether the last post was made by a mod or not. That alright with everybody? ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/144 "2001-01-02T18:08:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fierra \* > \*\* > Sim…what have you got against Canadians? \*\* Nothing **Fierra**. I love those shiny little canadians, with their beady little eyes and flapping heads. Their proud and noble beaver, and their ability to speak both French, English, and some other strange language that consists of what seems to be a lot of barking. I loves me some canadians. No offense **Odie**. 😉 Apparently I don’t love them enough to capatalize canadian tho’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/145 "2001-01-02T18:18:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fierra \* > \*\*Saint Zero - if you write a batch file to autopost to the thread every 23hours, then I’ll admit that you’re sad…till then, nope, zip, de nada… > \*\* Man, this is a tough crowd. Can’t do anything to get sympathy. 🙂 [sub]I think perl for win32 is out…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/146 "2001-01-02T18:27:22Z")
Believe me I’ve been trying to get some sympathy out of this crowd for ages…and if a master whiner like me can’t get how can you expect a master debater like you to gain some sympathy… ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/147 "2001-01-02T18:30:15Z")
Well, after my devilish plan of passing out, waking up late for work, and driving 70 miles to find out that I don’t have to work today failed, I have a new plan to kill this thread! I’m gonna start singing oldies…ahem…Blluuueee Moooon you saw me standing alone… That’ll teach 'ya! ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/148 "2001-01-02T18:37:29Z")
Oh man. That was devilish. You have a fine voice, though. Thanks for the serenade. Know any Cole Porter? C’mon…there’s a knish in it for you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/149 "2001-01-02T18:47:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by struuter \* > \*\*Oh man. That was devilish. > > You have a fine voice, though. Thanks for the serenade. Know any Cole Porter? C’mon…there’s a knish in it for you. > 😉 \*\* Gimme my knish! Times have changed And we’ve often rewound the clock Since the Puritans got a shock When they landed on Plymouth Rock. If today Any shock they should try to stem 'Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock would land on them. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/150 "2001-01-02T18:56:43Z")
I’ve got to share this, it’s too precious: For a going away lunch for one of the execs here, they took him (and everyone, including Mr. Consultant/me) to a Chucky-Cheese type place. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/151 "2001-01-02T19:00:33Z")
Gladly. Thanks for the song. Here’s your knish…and a special spork just for you. Mmmmmmm. Cole Porter. I would sacrifice everything, Come what may… For the sake of having you near… wow. ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/152 "2001-01-02T19:13:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by struuter \* > \*\*Gladly. Thanks for the song. Here’s your knish…and a special spork just for you. > \*\* ummm, I’m not allowed to play with sporks. I know, it may look harmless to you, but in the right hands the “spork” is an incredible weapon of power. I’m a 3rd degree spork-belt. It took intense physical and mental training to reach that level, but alas ever since the great “Spork Incident” of 1987 I have resigned myself to plastic spoons. They’re not quite as deadly, but they make a neat “thwap” sound when wielded correctly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/153 "2001-01-02T19:16:03Z")
I both bore and become bored quickly. Yet I’m stubborn (and Canadian). This often leads me to misery, which quickly becomes familiar and comfortable. We on this thread have no lives outside the screen we peer at. Yes, this makes us peers in this peering. ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/154 "2001-01-02T19:21:58Z")
nothamlet, you are peerless in your peering…to be sure. I know the face of boredom. I fear it not. For I am a Nebraskan. Cobra…these talents…do you use them for good or evil? Have you considered what a well-planned spork attack on this thread might do? Think about it… ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/155 "2001-01-02T19:35:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by struuter \* > \*\* > Cobra…these talents…do you use them for good or evil? Have you considered what a well-planned spork attack on this thread might do? Think about it… \*\* Sure, try to lead me to the darkside. First it’ll be sporks, then potato mashers. You don’t wanna see the potato mashers…It won’t be anything but ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/156 "2001-01-02T19:35:36Z")
Ding dong the thread is dead! ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/157 "2001-01-02T19:37:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by struuter \* > \*\*You know, before this is all done, knish is going to become a euphemism for something ENTIRELY different. > > I’m not sure how I feel about that… > 😃 > > (I’m gonna be sorry for this, I can tell…) > …So, who wants some knish? \*\* Well, in the future, if someone gets mad and says “Shove it up your knish.” we’ll have this thread to look back on… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/158 "2001-01-02T19:47:00Z")
Hey I always wanted to be a part of history, now here is my chance( P.S. Mauvaise, I went to the doctor and my inadvertant smilie problem is much better 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/159 "2001-01-02T19:48:49Z")
Yeah lurker, I can see a whole mess of Pit threads with that very phrase in them. 😃 Actually, I was thinking along the lines of…‘Hey, you got a nice pair of knishes there.’ Or, ‘You bet your sweet knish!’ Cobra, potato mashers?! Ye gads, what next? Paring knives? Turkey basters? Pizza cutters? I, myself, have been known to weild a few dangerous kitchen utencils…but we need not speak of that now. And FWIW, I would never dream of leading you to the dark side. I am the maker of knishes. I use my abilities for good. ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015/160 "2001-01-02T19:54:53Z")
struuter, Imagine the possibilities… The “maker of knishes” and the “wielder of sporks” fighting injustice. Wow! We could get a tv series I bet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadkillers-2001/48015.md?page=9)