# Threads that are certain to recur. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234 "2005-08-02T00:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/41 "2005-08-03T11:47:41Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > I have a two-foot-long railroad spike embedded in my skull. Should I see a doctor? You just made my day! Good thing I wasn’t drinking coffee while reading that, or I would have spit it onto the monitor 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/42 "2005-08-03T21:23:30Z")
TMI…zit squeezin’/tonsil stone snorkin’ Batman, if he’s prepared Where’s the center of the universe? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/43 "2005-08-03T22:46:23Z")
“What’s the perfect food” seems to recur every now and again, in fact there’s one in GQ now. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/44 "2005-08-04T00:11:19Z")
What are you reading right now? What are you listening to right now? What are you watching right now? What did you eat for breakfast/lunch/dinner/tea/midnight snack? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/45 "2005-08-04T00:38:50Z")
Almost forgot this one: “My friend is worried; what size should [del]my[/del] his penis be?” “Hypothetically, if someone wanted to cheat a drug test, how [del]should I[/del] would they do it, hypothetically? PS this is urgent.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/46 "2005-08-08T12:12:53Z")
‘Glass: liquid or solid?’ ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/47 "2005-08-08T12:41:18Z")
Dear [Strong Bad](http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/super_powers) : How do you type with boxing gloves on? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/48 "2005-08-08T23:06:48Z")
**Mangetout** Yes, as you probably know the “Is glass a liquid” question is making the rounds again in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/49 "2005-08-08T23:54:36Z")
I’ve got _x_ days in location _y_. Where do I go/What do I do? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/50 "2005-08-09T03:43:52Z")
In CS, Simpsons threads come up constantly. LOTR threads had a good run for awhile, too, but they seem to have died down. Another common CS thread: “Help me identify this song/album/artist” ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/51 "2005-08-09T03:55:01Z")
Unbelievable !!! The very first topic I listed in posting #1 has reared its ugly head again !!! > **[Three English words that end in -gry](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329300)** > > Linky Wait wait! Put away the keys (at least for now!) It appears that Cecil knew about the “joke” concerning -gry, as he ended the article saying the answer is “three” But nowhere in the article, nor in the comments appended thereto was the joke... ARRGGHHHHHH !!! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/52 "2005-08-09T10:46:00Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > Unbelievable !!! The very first topic I listed in posting #1 has reared its ugly head again !!! > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329300](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329300) > > ARRGGHHHHHH !!! Now the question must come up: which came first, the returning topic or this thread? I vote for this thread. It reminds me of one of those Polish Proverbs: Rise to the occasion and the occasion will surely turn up. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/53 "2005-08-12T14:04:51Z")
In GQ they’re debating whether 12 a.m. is noon or midnight, another hardy perennial which is always good for about 100 posts. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/54 "2005-08-26T18:08:01Z")
Mars Attacks (again) > **[Where be Mars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=331972)** > > I understand Mars is pretty close to the earth right now. If I’m facing north where is it in the night sky? If I point at it, whats the horizontal angle between due north and my finger? Or the vertical angle between my finger and the ground? What’s a... That E-Mail really gets around. ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/55 "2005-08-26T19:00:18Z")
And don’t forget **What happened to _this sock_** **What happened to _this sock_’s thread** **This board sucks, I’m leaving** **This thread shouldn’t’ve been closed** **Do my homework for me** **My family is crazy** ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/56 "2005-08-26T19:48:31Z")
**xbuckeye** And in a related vein: \*\*Why haven’t the moderators moved this thread to (whatever forum they think it belongs). \*\* ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/57 "2005-08-26T20:13:55Z")
- TMIx10 description of horrible yuk fluids oozing from horrible yuk parts of the body followed by ‘You guys think I should I see a doctor?’ - Evolution… Is! Isn’t! Is! Isn’t! Is! Isn’t! (loop forever) - Questions and lengthy, detailed discussions about Klingon foreheads - Here are pictures of my cute new kitten / puppy / whatever… - Gun control… Is! Isn’t! Is! Isn’t! Is! Isn’t! (loop forever) - Please explain how to… followed by a subject that is _clearly_ not going to survive to Instant Mod Scythe Of Termination (IMSOT), with a final add-on para attempting to explain why the Poster’s interest is pure, sweet and innocent - Some excitable reference to a TV show that no-one outisde of half of North America has ever even heard of, let alone seen, apparently based on the _assumption_ that everyone else in the world knows what the heck the OP is on about - I have pet X. I am thinking of acquiring pet Y. Will they fight? - Favourite lines in… (TV show or genre) - An ‘Ask the ??? Guy…’ thread that starts in quite an interesting way but peters out because the OP only revisits about once every 12 days and soon realises he just can’t be bothered keeping up with the Qs - That quiz where the answers seem duh! obvious but aren’t (e.g. Q. Where are Panama hats made A. Ecuador). We seem to get someone relatively new posting it, or a link to it, that every once in a while - Links to ‘screaming postcard’ sites, despite the policy - 23 page discussions / rants about why a thread was closed down, that give even greater prominence to all the Danger Stuff the Mods sought to contain by locking and closing than the original thread did - The Beatles… over-rated? Elvis… over-rated? And so on. Choose your historical cultural icon and loop forever - Please explain what has happend in the last 50 years of (insert name of favourite comic book strip or character) - (Insert name of new blockbuster summer movie) Sucks! Doesn’t! Sucks! Doesn’t! Sucks! Doesn’t! (All about 6 weeks before the movie even opens) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/58 "2005-08-26T20:23:03Z")
Let’s make a list of any song/artist/album that has some bizarre set of characteristics. Seriously, why is that the most frequent form of musical discussion on this board? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234/59 "2005-08-27T21:16:24Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > I am appalled about a horrible thing I just read in the news Actually, it’s usually: “Inspired by this article (summarize the event with hyperbole): WTF!!!” Note: the exclamation marks are mandatory. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-are-certain-to-recur/315234.md?page=2)