# 'Tis a silly thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238 "2008-10-09T21:42:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/1 "2008-10-09T21:42:16Z")
I’m in a silly mood. Are you? Let’s be silly. I’ll start: [http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251c88c18fdb00cdf7e4e2bc094f-500pi](http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251c88c18fdb00cdf7e4e2bc094f-500pi) Tra-la-la ::skips off:: ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/2 "2008-10-09T21:44:54Z")
I’m feeling pretty silly, although probably only because I’ve had _several_ glasses of Chardonnay this afternoon. So I’ll be interested to see what else crops up in this thread! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/3 "2008-10-09T21:48:07Z")
[This is silly](http://www.icanhasforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/star-wars-darth-vader-sense.jpg) and always makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/4 "2008-10-09T21:54:29Z")
[In Soviet Russia, dance break you! (with sound, actually very cool video)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA&eurl=http://www.b3ta.com/links/Russian_Hip_Hop) ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/5 "2008-10-10T00:16:57Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I’m in a silly mood. Are you? Let’s be silly. I’ll start: > > [http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251c88c18fdb00cdf7e4e2bc094f-500pi](http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251c88c18fdb00cdf7e4e2bc094f-500pi) > > Tra-la-la ::skips off:: Fat people are always a barrel of laughs. But not like monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/6 "2008-10-10T00:20:33Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > [In Soviet Russia, dance break you! (with sound, actually very cool video)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA&eurl=http://www.b3ta.com/links/Russian_Hip_Hop) Damn, that’s like _You’ve Been Served: The Prequel_. Those guys were pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/7 "2008-10-10T00:39:35Z")
Well, I was actually thinking of sharing this video I’d found with it’s own thread. But I think it will go better here. I give you [Irving Berlin, with lolcatz!](http://revver.com/video/1129048/oh-how-i-hate-to-get-up-in-the-morning-1918-irving-berlin-with-lolcats/) ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/8 "2008-10-10T00:55:32Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > [In Soviet Russia, dance break you! (with sound, actually very cool video)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA&eurl=http://www.b3ta.com/links/Russian_Hip_Hop) This is why I love the internet. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/9 "2008-10-10T01:19:33Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > [In Soviet Russia, dance break you! (with sound, actually very cool video)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA&eurl=http://www.b3ta.com/links/Russian_Hip_Hop) How can those guys dance with those grotequely over-developed quads? ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/10 "2008-10-10T01:25:46Z")
Bring me… a shrubbery! ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/11 "2008-10-10T01:27:20Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > [In Soviet Russia, dance break you! (with sound, actually very cool video)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA&eurl=http://www.b3ta.com/links/Russian_Hip_Hop) That is the Nutcracker; thanks, it broadened my appreciation of dance and music. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/12 "2008-10-10T02:45:03Z")
I made [this](http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=2242642) at the lolcat website the other day; it seems to fit into this thread pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/13 "2008-10-10T03:02:52Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > [In Soviet Russia, dance break you! (with sound, actually very cool video)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA&eurl=http://www.b3ta.com/links/Russian_Hip_Hop) I’m sending that to all my friends! I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/14 "2008-10-10T03:09:43Z")
[If this does not make you laugh, you have no soul.](http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1774319) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/15 "2008-10-10T05:12:33Z")
[This](http://users.softlab.ntua.gr/~sivann/pub/swf/fight.swf) was silly yet it was also kinda cool and amused me for a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/16 "2008-10-10T05:46:34Z")
Kythereia, thanks for the best laugh I’ve had in weeks. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/17 "2008-10-10T14:17:34Z")
Excellent morning + killer Russian dance vid = a very happy **freekalette**!! [Here’s my contribution.](http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5611594.html) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-a-silly-thread/467238/18 "2008-10-10T14:40:03Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > [If this does not make you laugh, you have no soul.](http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1774319) Now we all know the origin of the expression “a ripping good time.”