# Threads you were going to start but decided not to **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104 "2009-03-11T19:13:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/1 "2009-03-11T19:13:38Z")
In searching through some older threads for ideas to recycle, I ran across [Mention the threads you were going to start but rejected.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204024) which got 52 posts from 08-12-2003, 06:51 AM to 08-14-2003, 07:29 AM . Rather than post to that zombie, I thought I’d let it serve as a starting point for this thread. This thread’s title and the gist of that old thread ought to be description enough for what this one is about. Have at. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/2 "2009-03-11T19:43:05Z")
This one. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/3 "2009-03-11T19:49:06Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > This one. Curse you Red Baron!!! :mad: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/4 "2009-03-11T19:59:45Z")
Links below. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/5 "2009-03-11T20:29:23Z")
Almost started today, but I thought better of it: Are cats vain? (GQ) At least I don’t have glaucoma (MPSIMS) Is it insulting to call someone a monster? (IMHO) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/6 "2009-03-11T20:31:10Z")
“Name the Doper at whose door you would most like to show up dressed only in Saran Wrap.” ---
**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:** [March 11, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/7 "2009-03-11T20:34:30Z")
“Two Mice, One Computer” - A GQ on how to get two mice to work simultaneously on one PC. Then I discovered the answer: Plug them both into the computer. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/8 "2009-03-11T20:35:40Z")
One that I have done at least a little research for: _ **What word has never been used in an SDMB thread?** _ I thought “carbuncle” had a chance but I got over a page of hits. I know “bodacious” would fail because I use it myself at times. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/9 "2009-03-11T20:50:07Z")
Well, with the interest in my wolf cub, I thought about doing an “Ask the” thread, but honestly I don’t know if there would be enough interest, so although I am bored out of my skull at work, I didn’t post it. At Christmas, a rant about my husband’s lack of ability to understand that I can be upset that I got him every single item on his wish list and he didn’t get me a single thing on mine and still like the the things he did get me. But he reads the boards occasionally and I just didn’t want anymore drama over it. A few others but ya figure if I can’t even remember them, it’s probably good I didn’t post them, right? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/10 "2009-03-11T20:59:40Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > “Two Mice, One Computer” Bet this made you so frustrated you almost vomited! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/11 "2009-03-11T21:17:28Z")
Having recently discovered the awesome name Ruutu (last name of a hockey player on the Sens, though I then discovered that he has a brother that plays for the Hurricanes), I have been contemplating the Letter U to Other Letter ratio of his name (an impressive 3:2), and wondering what other names out there have a striking amount of a single letter, and what those ratios are. I think a thread about it would sink like a stone, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/12 "2009-03-11T21:28:26Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > One that I have done at least a little research for: > > _ **What word has never been used in an SDMB thread?** _ > > I thought “carbuncle” had a chance but I got over a page of hits. > > I know “bodacious” would fail because I use it myself at times. > > Any ideas? There has been some \*\*fremescence \*\* around this board of late. > [@mnemosyne](#): > > Having recently discovered the awesome name Ruutu (last name of a hockey player on the Sens, though I then discovered that he has a brother that plays for the Hurricanes), I have been contemplating the Letter U to Other Letter ratio of his name (an impressive 3:2), and wondering what other names out there have a striking amount of a single letter, and what those ratios are. I think a thread about it would sink like a stone, though. That actually sounds fun, maybe if you created a point system, combining the ratio, with extra value for more letters in the name into some algoritm that gives a numeric score ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/13 "2009-03-11T21:40:28Z")
Ask the Amatuer Theologian Is Asexual just as valid as Hetero, Homo, and Bi? (Related: Help me figure out my sexual identity, may be TMI). What do you think about in the privacy of your head? I wish I had fur. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/14 "2009-03-11T21:50:26Z")
OK, I’ll mention one that is kind of really embarrassing but seemed like a possibility. It was going to be about phrases you always replace when you sing along with a song, and with what. But the only example I could come up with for myself was: Simon and Garfunkel I hear the drizzle of the rain Like a memory it falls Soft and warm continuing Tapping on my dick and balls and it seemed too creepy to post. But I’m glad I’ve now gotten it out of my system. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/15 "2009-03-11T22:02:53Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > OK, I’ll mention one \ > > But I’m glad I’ve now gotten it out of my system. 😃 So glad I could be here for you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/16 "2009-03-11T22:09:15Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Is Asexual just as valid as Hetero, Homo, and Bi? (Related: Help me figure out my sexual identity, may be TMI). Yes. Or rather, it’s a different dimension. There’s the range of preference and then there’s the range of libido. > [@](#): > > What do you think about in the privacy of your head? You don’t want to know. > [@](#): > > I wish I had fur. Me too. I’ve thought about starting up a mini Ask Me where anybody could contribute and anybody could ask. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/17 "2009-03-11T22:50:22Z")
Who was the best president in your lifetime? (IMHO) Is the song “Cry, Little Sister” about incest? (CS) Most inappropriate songs to sing in public (CS) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/18 "2009-03-11T23:15:48Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > I’ve thought about starting up a mini Ask Me where anybody could contribute and anybody could ask. That would be kinda cool, I think. I’ve occasionally thought about starting an ask-me thread about medieval cookery, but I suspect it would sink like a rock. I occasionally think about creating dish-specific recipe threads, like the one about mac-and-cheese currently in CS. I recently read a glurgy christian novel [The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity: William P. Young: 9780964729230: Amazon.com: Books](http://www.amazon.com/Shack-William-P-Young/dp/0964729237/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236813031&sr=1-1) (my parents both read it, and then gave me their copy. I worried if I didn’t read it they’d want to talk about it) I wanted to start a CS thread about it, but didn’t as I thought it would be seen as trolling. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/19 "2009-03-11T23:21:26Z")
Oh, I have all sorts of ideas about posting topics, but given the political bent of this board, I’ve decided discretion is the better part of valor. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104/20 "2009-03-11T23:29:28Z")
I considered making \*\*“Why is the racial slur about blacks eating fried chicken and watermelon considered an insult by racists ?” \*\*- something that bothered me for some time. I mean, “They eat babies !” makes sense as an insult to me, but “They eat fried chicken !” . . . doesn’t. I searched though, and found several previous threads; the main consensus being that it’s because that is or was poor people food in the South. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-you-were-going-to-start-but-decided-not-to/489104.md?page=2)