# What is the record for zombie resurrections? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 16, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676 "2018-03-16T16:35:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/1 "2018-03-16T16:35:43Z")
Inspired by this thread: > **[Should I let my 13-year old listen to these heavy metal groups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=549506)** > > My son just turned 13 years old. Within the last year, he got the video games Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band 2 (both rated “T”; we don’t let him play games rated “M.”) This has exposed him to a lot of music he’d never heard before, and he’s now obsessed... does anyone know what the record is for a single thread being called back from the dead? I know a lot are well after the last post (say a gap of 15 years or more) but have any crawled their way back to the surface 10 or more times? Do any of the Mods toss the lock on a thread because one happens to be an oft-repeated offender? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/2 "2018-03-16T16:41:45Z")
[I think it might be this one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480139) I had a fit of insanity last time it popped up and actually catalogued it near the bottom. 43 bumps in total. ETA: 44! It was bumped one more time after I catalogued the bumps. ---
**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 16, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/3 "2018-03-16T16:48:47Z")
I nominate [Anybody Remember “Stewart Sandwiches”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480139) Looks like 25-30 (maybe more, I quit counting) resurrections. Some a few days or months apart but there’s a huge number of one-and-done posters. Most spammed is probably the"[protecting and cleaning your computer of malware](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538187)" thread in GQ. ETA:All that time counting-wasted! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/4 "2018-03-16T17:04:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > [I think it might be this one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480139) > > I had a fit of insanity last time it popped up and actually catalogued it near the bottom. 43 bumps in total. > > ETA: 44! It was bumped one more time after I catalogued the bumps. Make that 45. (Hey, _somebody_ was going to do it!) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/5 "2018-03-16T17:09:19Z")
It was inevitable, I suppose. The really wonderful thing about that thread is that the bumps are almost all in good faith. A lot of them are cute anecdotes or contributions of esoteric information about the sandwiches. Really cool. ---
**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 16, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/6 "2018-03-16T17:13:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > It was inevitable, I suppose. > > The really wonderful thing about that thread is that the bumps are almost all in good faith. A lot of them are cute anecdotes or contributions of esoteric information about the sandwiches. Really cool. That’s likely why is hasn’t been closed. Rather unique among zombie spawns. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/7 "2018-03-16T17:58:17Z")
I kinda wish people wouldnt post just to point out it is a zombie. Who really cares? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/8 "2018-03-16T18:02:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s likely why is hasn’t been closed. Rather unique among zombie spawns. 5 different people making their 1st, or 2nd post in that thread. Wonder if they thought there would be coupons for half off? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/9 "2018-03-16T18:25:14Z")
The thread on [naked swimming in high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=395612) doesn’t come close in number of bumps (I count 14 bumps with at least a couple week break between), but seems odder to me. I can understand people remembering Stewart sandwiches and doing a search for them, then wanting to contribute their own anecdote. But what search terms are leading people to a thread about swimming naked? Why all the interest? (I mean, I can guess the reason, but I choose to ignore it.) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/10 "2018-03-17T23:23:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I nominate [Anybody Remember “Stewart Sandwiches”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480139) > Looks like 25-30 (maybe more, I quit counting) resurrections. Some a few days or months apart but there’s a huge number of one-and-done posters. Usually I don’t call it a zombie until its been in the grave a month or so but that one is seriously impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-zombie-resurrections/810676/11 "2018-03-18T02:07:06Z")
My favorite is [The Alternate Ending to Big.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=109762&highlight=alternate+ending) It probably isn’t one of the leaders, but I did notice it had been bumped six times before I got to the bottom of the first page.