# win this thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309 "2008-12-31T02:27:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/1 "2008-12-31T02:27:10Z")
I keep seeing people declaring that some poster has won a thread. How is this honor bestowed? I like lots of posts, when do I get my judgeship? Win this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/2 "2008-12-31T02:33:08Z")
You win a thread when your reply cannot be bettered. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/3 "2008-12-31T02:42:17Z")
It’s the fine print that gets you. It’s great to win a thread but then you find out you have to go to the office of Creative Loafing Media, Inc. in person during business hours to pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/4 "2008-12-31T03:06:26Z")
Click. Yes. I win. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/5 "2008-12-31T03:09:21Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Click. > > Yes. I win. You delicious bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/6 "2008-12-31T03:17:27Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Click. > > Yes. I win. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499355&highlight=bacon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499355&highlight=bacon)… [Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes - BBQ Addicts](http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/) … [http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/images/bacon-12.jpg](http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/images/bacon-12.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/7 "2008-12-31T03:28:59Z")
Mmmmmm…baaaaaaacoooooooonnnnnnnnn… ---
**Author:** ![Write\_Handed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Write\_Handed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Write_Handed)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/8 "2008-12-31T03:49:20Z")
Is anyone else getting a weight loss ad to go with the bacon? ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/9 "2008-12-31T05:17:02Z")
So bacon always wins? Fair enough. I like Bacon-Bits ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/10 "2008-12-31T05:49:48Z")
> [@timbicile59](#): > > So bacon always wins? Fair enough. > > I like Bacon-Bits Well, not always. It won this time, though. It’ll probably win next time, until someone can post tits. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/11 "2008-12-31T05:53:15Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Well, not always. It won this time, though. It’ll probably win next time, until someone can post tits. It will win until someone can disparage a Postmaster General. heh, heh, heh.😉 SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hap_Shaughnessy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/12 "2008-12-31T09:38:20Z")
Threadwin occurs if a particularly unique or witty reply is posted within an arbitrarily short time, (which can be measured in real time, or reply#, depending on the nature of the forum.) Threadwin can be ironic, sarcastic, FAIL!, or other, depending on the forum, subject matter, and sometimes just how epic the linkage of 'O’riginal –\> 'P’ost happens to be, and perhaps how closely seemingly irrelevant quotes / graphics / your mom can be linked to the source. And bacon can help, but [heeeeyyyyyy…](http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l311/unknown_exception/gaf/fry-see-what-you-did-there.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/13 "2008-12-31T14:30:20Z")
I can get behind any recipe that begins [Weave Bacon](http://foodproof.com/photos/view/bacon-cheese-roll-1290) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/14 "2008-12-31T14:39:18Z")
> [@bartleby](#): > > I can get behind any recipe that begins [Weave Bacon](http://foodproof.com/photos/view/bacon-cheese-roll-1290) And I declare that **bartleby** has won. Mainly because I love his name. Try saying it over and over again. It’s like a mantra. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/15 "2008-12-31T15:20:21Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > And I declare that **bartleby** has won. Mainly because I love his name. Try saying it over and over again. It’s like a mantra. As this thread is mostly about bacon, and less about thread winage, bartleby wins for the bacon thing with cheese. But you don’t win a thread simply because somebody loves your name. It has to be a win in the context of the thread, and it has to be a reply that… well… wins. (because it’s better than all the rest) For example, if someone started a thread whining about how they spilled their coffee at a restaurant and it was too hot. The win reply would be the one that puts across the fact that coffee is hot in the most humorous way, bonus points if it humiliates the stupid OP for his or her stupid idea to post a thread. Edit: There was a thread a while back where a cold-caller was ranting about people _not liking the fact that they’ve been cold called_ and being less than civil about it. Most replies were win potential (taking the side of the people the OP was ranting about) and there is probably a win reply in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/16 "2008-12-31T15:25:07Z")
> [@bartleby](#): > > I can get behind any recipe that begins [Weave Bacon](http://foodproof.com/photos/view/bacon-cheese-roll-1290) To not _fry_ bacon is to commit a heinous crime. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/17 "2008-12-31T15:46:47Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > To not _fry_ bacon is to commit a heinous crime. Unless of course you’re wrapping a pheasant up with it before roasting. [drool smiley] ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/18 "2008-12-31T15:53:51Z")
You can win the thread…but you _[just lost the game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game))_. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/19 "2008-12-31T15:55:49Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > And I declare that **bartleby** has won. Mainly because I love his name. Try saying it over and over again. It’s like a mantra. I’m scared. What if he’s like the candyman? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/20 "2008-12-31T16:00:27Z")
I’m afraid there is no winning this thread. There is only bacon. Bacon wins by default. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309.md?page=2)