# win this thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309>\
**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:** 9\
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**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, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/21 "2008-12-31T17:03:17Z")

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sadly, this is not [me](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Kandy_Man.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/22 "2009-01-01T08:02:17Z")

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…someone called me?

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**Author:** ![spockerel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@spockerel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spockerel)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/23 "2009-01-01T17:30:38Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> 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 would prefer not to.

Anyone?

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**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:** [January 1, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/24 "2009-01-01T17:31:45Z")

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Oh, **Lobsang** , I was going to give you honorable mention because I love crustaceans so!

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**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:** [January 1, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/25 "2009-01-01T17:48:38Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> Oh, **Lobsang** , I was going to give you honorable mention because I love crustaceans so!

Once again. I fail to get the cultural joke. ☹ I think I get it now.

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**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/26 "2009-01-02T04:36:35Z")

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> [@Hap\_Shaughnessy](#):
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> And bacon can help, but [heeeeyyyyyy…](http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l311/unknown_exception/gaf/fry-see-what-you-did-there.jpg)

Does Fry actually say this on an episode? I’ve seen this all over the dope but didn’t know where it came from.

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**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/27 "2009-01-02T06:26:58Z")

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Been busy. Never started a drifting thread before.

I’m cool with that. And thanks for playing.

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**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/28 "2009-01-02T10:08:47Z")

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> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#):
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> Does Fry actually say this on an episode? I’ve seen this all over the dope but didn’t know where it came from.

Nope, Fry never says that line.

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**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:** [January 2, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-this-thread/479309/29 "2009-01-02T13:32:54Z")

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> [@spockerel](#):
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> I would prefer not to.

Thank You!

-sniff- i knew that i would be understood here!

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