# What, IYHO, was your best post(s) and the most interesting thread(s) you've been in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262 "2012-12-27T07:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/1 "2012-12-27T07:50:39Z")
See subject. I’ve only been here three years, but: Posts: Finding an academic technical paper on optimizing the snack, crackle, and pop of breakfast cereals Thread: (Tie) A poetry thread, in GQ, no less, centering around moray eels A thread on the odds of someone on earth physically seeing a neutrino ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/2 "2012-12-27T08:03:49Z")
Sadly, one of the most interesting threads was the Umkay one… and it just got even more interesting after the whole big reveal that it was just a devotee who loved the attention pretending to be a quadriplegic. And the pitting and the Not Okay… it was all just like a big soap opera. But even still I feel like I learned a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/3 "2012-12-27T08:53:11Z")
So many threads are interesting and I learn so much here, but I’d have to say that so far the most interesting one to me has been a revived zombie thread, about “Can you envision a water wheel _and_ can you make it turn?” Of course I canvassed the family. What blew me away was that the two who think spatially, who can make/fix anything, couldn’t do it. And the two of us dependent on words could. What’s up with that? Unfortunately, my “best” posts are when I think it but refrain from saying anything. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/4 "2012-12-27T10:01:13Z")
Best Thread: This one. ETA: Best Post: This one (the after edit version, the original sucked) ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/5 "2012-12-27T17:19:09Z")
Post: [In defense of bodybuilding](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14276388&postcount=118) (I choose this because it prompted several PMs thanking me for standing up for something frequently ridiculed on here.) Thread: [The Infamous Umkay Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=652342) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/6 "2012-12-27T18:31:21Z")
My finest hour was certainly the thread exploring whether crossing your legs was offensive. I don’t think I’ve ever made it two pages before! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/7 "2012-12-27T18:34:11Z")
It’s been almost fourteen years, man! I hardly pay enough attention to recall what I typed this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/8 "2012-12-27T20:36:04Z")
It’s been a long time, but I really enjoyed participating in the [story of a five-dollar bill](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=144522) thread. Shared fiction rocks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/9 "2012-12-28T00:07:35Z")
I had fun running [this quasi-role playing exercise](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=641680)-might do it again once the holidays are over. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/10 "2012-12-28T01:21:55Z")
I’m not sure any of my posts really stand out. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/11 "2012-12-28T03:52:04Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I’m not sure any of my posts really stand out. I will never forget this post. ---
**Author:** ![alindallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@alindallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alindallas)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/12 "2012-12-28T04:11:42Z")
Favorite thread that comes to mind was “This turkey was killed by hand with a sharp knife”. Enjoyed posting, although I am no sharp knife. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/13 "2012-12-28T04:22:28Z")
Favorite thread-Any Botticelli I’ve been involved in. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/14 "2012-12-28T04:27:18Z")
I am most proud of identifying the discrepancy between intrade and other bookies about the US election. Sadly the thread was not especially well received. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/15 "2012-12-28T19:46:33Z")
Another great thread- **malden** ’s Civil War “as it happened” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/16 "2012-12-28T19:54:41Z")
My wittiest post was post #67 in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10550793). The thread was about Governor Blagojevich being kicked out of office and replaced by Pat Quinn. For those who don’t get the humor, it comes from a Manfred Mann song. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262/17 "2012-12-28T21:05:43Z")
**Sampiros** threads come to mind. First of all, the one musical thread describing his car wreck in rural Alabama.