# Your best thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157 "2007-06-07T18:24:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/1 "2007-06-07T18:24:52Z")
Time for some navel gazing… 😉 What is the one thread where you think your participation was spot on, where you contributed the most/best posting of your life? Perhaps you answered a question that likely saved somebody tens of thousands of dollars, perhaps you were just dead-on accurate with your arguments, leaving the rest of us trailing in your glory. Me, I like going back and reading **Fessie’s** [The SDMB Mommies Group (Daddies welcome)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273440) every so often. Of all the threads on all the message boards I have ever posted, that one has my favorite writing. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/2 "2007-06-07T19:12:30Z")
I liked the way my giant vertical ruler thread worked out. Initially I thought the answer would be simple and I would feel stupid for not realizing it. Then, the SDMB was stumped. Then, I got a chance to meet the ruler’s owner who, it turns out, is a very interesting guy. Finally, some very funny posters added mirth. It was a cool thread all around. > **[Giant vertical ruler on a house (picture)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422699)** > > There is a house-size vertical ruler on the side of a home in my area. Here is a picture taken as I drive by: Not the best picture, my apologies. The “ruler” is marked from 1 to 19, I assume these to be feet. ... ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/3 "2007-06-07T19:37:04Z")
I’ve only started 2 and they ended horribly. Both in the pit . Maybe I should try elsewhere. You think ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/4 "2007-06-07T19:40:57Z")
One of the most awesome threads I ever participated in was the Korean Grocery Poetry Jam, but soon after it was started it got sent to Guantanamo and hasn’t been seen since. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/5 "2007-06-07T19:52:02Z")
My recent Ask the Stripper thread went pretty well, and lasted for five pages. I think that’s kinda cool. And only one person insulted me and it did not end in the Pit, well, yet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/6 "2007-06-07T20:25:01Z")
My finest moment would have to be the time I repeatedly proved that [the Great Seal of the United States was designed by Satan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354767). ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/7 "2007-06-07T20:47:04Z")
[QUOTE=Indygrrl] My recent Ask the Stripper thread went pretty well, and lasted for five pages. I think that’s kinda cool. And only one person insulted me and it did not end in the Pit, well, yet. 😃 [/QUOTE] Somebody insulted you ? I’m apalled to hear that . I’ll bet if they walked even 10 feet in your shoes they would have some respect. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/8 "2007-06-07T20:47:12Z")
[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244421) had a bit of a false start, but once people realized what I was trying to do, we were off to the races. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/9 "2007-06-07T20:47:42Z")
I hardly ever start threads, so I don’t have much to choose from. My personal favorite is no longer on the board; it’s the thread wherein I describe, step by step, what LASIK surgery is like from the patient perspective. But the thread I thought was most fun, and had the most interesting replies (and which I’d really like to start again these many years later, because I bet it’d get some awesome stories), was **What’s the seediest hotel you’ve ever stayed in?**. I won’t link to the original, because it’s way too old. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/10 "2007-06-07T20:48:32Z")
[QUOTE=Mbossa] My finest moment would have to be the time I repeatedly proved that [the Great Seal of the United States was designed by Satan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354767). [/QUOTE] Thanks for sharing that --your a card ! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/11 "2007-06-07T21:18:18Z")
Define “best”? Is is merely the longest? Most notable in SDMB history? (those two would be one in the same, actually.) If that’s the case, then my _sigh_ plane on a treadmill thread wins. However, I assume you mean best in a “I look back on that thread favorably” kind of way, in which case I’ll have to say my [video game phrase thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334013) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/12 "2007-06-07T21:31:46Z")
Hmmm… My pit thread about my sushi chef experiences, and my fish-slapping silly-fest thread are both fond memories of mine. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/13 "2007-06-07T21:39:46Z")
Ok, maybe not the best in the grand scheme of things, or capable of fighting ignorance, but my two favorites are: [This one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369454) where I (drunkenly) post song lyrics as a thread title and heard some good stories. And [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351192) where I learned a lot of people definitions of sex, intimacy and some of the values of the Dopers. Just fun threads for me. Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/14 "2007-06-07T21:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] I’ll bet if they walked even 10 feet in your shoes they would have some respect. [/QUOTE] Or at least a blister or two. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/15 "2007-06-07T22:58:00Z")
Mine would have to be [Absence/Emptiness as a theme in art.](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showthread.php?t=355180) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/16 "2007-06-07T23:09:26Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] However, I assume you mean best in a “I look back on that thread favorably” kind of way… [/QUOTE] That’s pretty much it. It doesn’t have to be a thread that you started, just one in which you think you did a damned good job representing yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/17 "2007-06-07T23:26:06Z")
I didn’t start either of them, but I was always quite fond of my contributions to [**Toy Story: No Gun For Woody?**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=305728) in Cafe Society, and [**Art Installation Cleaned Up: Thought To Be Garbage**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366356) in MPSIMS. And I like my sig. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/18 "2007-06-08T02:40:48Z")
I was always fond of my reincarnation as an alternate life form in [Ask the 50s Mom](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336542) although it didn’t have the legs to become a classic. [My current, mundane pointless contribution in CS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423601) is already the most replied-to thread I ever started, and if 76 of you click on the link, it will be ther most viewed, as well. The most gratifying response I ever had was to my desperate call to the Teeming Millions about where to get business clothes for my petite-size daughter. As for threads I didn’t start, I’ve killed so many that all I can figure is that once I posted, my wit and brilliance were so dazzling that other Dopers just gave up. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/19 "2007-06-08T03:20:09Z")
One of the first I started when I joined for real: [Unwritten rules of the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=388545&highlight=unwritten+rules) I also had one which someone was going to nominate for Threadspotting, but I’ll be durned if I can remember the title of that one… ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157/20 "2007-06-08T03:38:32Z")
Some of the posts I was most proud of at the time are now rather embarrassing. The best thread I’ve done, I feel, was [Ask The Freemason](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=391621). Only one to make 3 pages. I’ve a thread with only two responses, one of which was myownself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-thread/407157.md?page=2)