# What is the most interesting thread ever started on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732 "2004-04-13T05:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/1 "2004-04-13T05:16:27Z")
I’ll be flattered if someone puts one of mine on this list!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/2 "2004-04-13T05:28:39Z")
Any of **Master Wang-Ka** ’s story threads are certainly up for the award, as is the “Funny things said during intimate moments” thread and probably several of the threads that spawned SDMB cliches, like the “1920s-style death ray” thread–this was the first thread that really got me on to the board. Yes, it’s played-out now, but it was hilarious the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/3 "2004-04-13T05:37:14Z")
“Guy Stuff” ran forever. I think it was approaching 1000 posts when it finally got locked down. Scylla’s thread about being attacked by an inflatable toy blimp was so popular it began appearing on other message boards. And sex threads are perennial favorites. We currently have fish feeding and commando waitresses collecting views by the hundreds. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/4 "2004-04-13T05:42:21Z")
The fish feeding thread is the funniest thread I’ve read. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/5 "2004-04-13T05:55:16Z")
The thread that **satan** started about whether or not he should let his girlfriend use a strap-on on him was a riot. Why **satan** thought it would be a good idea to bring this up on SDMB and ask our opinion remains the biggest mystery? Nazi Groundhogs got me hooked on the dope and was started by **scylla**. Now the OP is specifically asking for the most \*interesting \* thread. I’m not quite sure if the sex threads or funny threads should really be among the most interesting. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/6 "2004-04-13T07:48:16Z")
Hey! Have you guys seen [THIS THREAD](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=250644)??? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/7 "2004-04-13T13:18:42Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=86458&page=1&pp=50) thread is the only one I have bookmarked. It’s interesting reading history as it happened. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/8 "2004-04-13T14:16:56Z")
Can’t beleive no one has mentioned the Lord of the Rings one yet. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/9 "2004-04-13T14:56:36Z")
_Please!_ :rolleyes: The project we discussed for launching a goat into orbit from a PVC cannon was clearly the greatest. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/10 "2004-04-13T15:05:34Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > the “Funny things said during intimate moments” thread Link? Please 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/11 "2004-04-13T19:19:32Z")
Here are a few of my favorites. Preface from **Czarcasm** [from some other thread somewhere]: > [@](#): > > Link to them. > Read them. > Enjoy them. > > But puleeese do NOT respond to them, o.k.? Reviving old threads just adds to the workloads of the Administrators, Moderators, and the Almighty Server. > > Thank you. [How To Kill Evil Nazi Groundhogs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15906) [The Horror Of Blimps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851) [Cervaise and the Telemarketer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51270) [The Monkey Butler Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37864) [Can We Induce Morality in SeaMonkeys?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=65105#thread65105) [Halvsie, the Two Legged Dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51807) [Funny Things Said During Intimate Moments](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24960) [Goat Porn](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33909) [The Office Space Appreciation Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=100900) [The TMI Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44749) [Guy Stuff](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=18972) [I just saw Star Wars…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=184247) [Stuff The Youngsters Will Scratch Their Heads Over](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31236) [The Goat Cannon Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=41020) [Watershed Moments of the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118749) (contains links to many of these threads) [Classic Posts [from Fathom]](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/classics.html) (there may be repeats here too, I didn’t check first) ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/12 "2004-04-13T19:24:19Z")
I forgot to qualify my list. As **China Guy** points out, the most _interesting_ thread is not necessarily the funniest thread. My list above contains humorous threads. The threads I’ve found most interesting might be completely boring to others. For example, the Exploding Cannonall thread, or the Pivotal Moments of WWII, etc. were fascinating to me because I learned a lot. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/13 "2004-04-13T19:35:25Z")
Thanks for the links. I don’t even recall what the thread in general was about, but the most interesting post had to be the story of a poster’s classmate that would never take a shower in gym class. The boy managed to go quite a while skipping showers, but eventually the gym teacher forced him into the shower and pulled off his towel (or gym shorts?) revealing that ther boy didn’t have a penis. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/14 "2004-04-13T20:25:27Z")
My all time favorite has to be , and I cannot think of the exact title, " What would the Onion do for the WTC headline" It was so catharthic for me to participate in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/15 "2004-04-13T20:43:37Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > And sex threads are perennial favorites. We currently have fish feeding and commando waitresses collecting views by the hundreds. Omigosh! I’m popular for the first time _ever_! Well, not me, per se, but at least I have something interesting to talk about! 😃 That thread has been more fun than I anticipated. The TMI threads are way up there for me, though. Is there something wrong with me that I seem to be attracted to knowing way more than I should? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/16 "2004-04-13T20:45:01Z")
I loved [OK, Who ordered the Pheonix???](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=192612) ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/17 "2004-04-13T20:54:24Z")
> [@Cinnamon Girl](#): > > Is there something wrong with me that I seem to be attracted to knowing way more than I should? 😕 Regardless of right or wrong, rest comfortably in the fact that you’re accompanied by teeming millions in this strange attraction. 😉 **Shirley Ujest** , I can’t find the Onion thread you referred to. I wonder if it was lost in The Winter Of Our Missed Content. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/18 "2004-04-13T21:03:15Z")
My vote goes to **auntie em’s** Missing Coworker threads. A mystery inside a riddle inside a laugh riot: [Part One](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=190562) and [Part Two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=191723) Where is **auntie em** these days, anyhow? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/19 "2004-04-13T21:11:46Z")
[Possible Onion Headlines for 9/11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=87707&pagenumber=7) I couldn’t find it through the conventional search engine, but it was linked in another thread . ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732/20 "2004-04-13T21:14:02Z")
[This would be the first page of it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=87707&page=1&pp=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-interesting-thread-ever-started-on-the-sdmb/239732.md?page=2)