# Why is my thread dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 28, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213 "2000-07-28T15:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/1 "2000-07-28T15:02:04Z")
One of my best threads! It wouldn’t turn up with the search engine, but I remember linking to it in another thread- that’s the only way I was able to find any link to it. It’s called Nasty Food, and if you go to [this thread](http://www.snopes.com), you’ll see about half way down where I posted a link to it. But the link doesn’t work any more! It goes to the forum list. When I try to modify a URL to reflect the thread ID = 000813, I get a thread about the columbine murderers. The URL to the link is: [http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000813.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000813.html) Que pasa? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/2 "2000-07-28T15:07:01Z")
Que pasa, indeed? Your first link, that says “this thread”, goes to the Snopes Home Page. Your second link, that says it’s supposed to be a thread, goes to the Straight Dope Main Forums Page. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/3 "2000-07-28T15:09:31Z")
Tell us what forum you posted it in and we’ll help you look for it. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/4 "2000-07-28T15:57:54Z")
So we tanned his thread’s hide When it died, Clyde, And that’s it a-hangin’ on the shed. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/5 "2000-07-28T16:33:18Z")
opus, at the time of the vBulletin upgrade, all links to threads posted under UBB became invalid. Your best bet is to use the search engine, it works at a decent speed. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/6 "2000-07-29T14:49:33Z")
Okay, when I said _this thread_, I meant [THIS THREAD](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=20237). The search engine is of no avail. I have a copy of my original post so I know exactly which key words to search for. According to the search engine, there are **several** threads that contain the following words: dachshund phlegm wads zucchini souse loaf gag-reflex However none of them are my thread. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/7 "2000-07-29T15:57:31Z")
When I did a search for **dexahydroxide brominate** your thread was one of the two listed, so I think the search function does find this thread, at its new location. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/8 "2000-07-31T15:01:31Z")
Um, what? My original thread, entitled “Nasty Food” does _not_ contain the phrase **dexahydroxide brominate** , so I’m not sure what you are referring to. The question remains: why is my thread dead? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/9 "2000-07-31T16:58:56Z")
It’s possible that it was archived prior to the vBulletin switchover. If that’s the case, you can’t get to it right now. The old archives have not been brought on-line. The infamous Flat Earth thread starring Phaedrus is in the same state of limbo. Sorry 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213/10 "2000-07-31T18:05:12Z")
Hell with getting the flat earth stuff thread back…we want GUY STUFF, Unc! 😉