# What, EXACTLY, is a "joke thread"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-joke-thread/216363>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 1, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-joke-thread/216363 "2003-12-01T22:51:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-joke-thread/216363/121 "2003-12-03T16:20:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Left Hand of Dorkness \*  
> \*\*Thanks, **Lynn** – you rock.
> 
> Daniel \*\*

Well Lynn you may rock but you don’t roll and you don’t have the common courtesy to reply to an e-mail I sent you over a week ago

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-joke-thread/216363/122 "2003-12-03T18:10:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \*  
> However, I’m NOT likely to change the rule.

No problem here, **Lynn** - so long as it’s easy to know what the rules are, I’m happy.

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