Thread Killer Champions: Franzbear & Moonbear

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The discussion revolves around the humorous concept of "thread killers" on a forum, where participants analyze who tends to end conversations with their posts. The top offenders identified include franznietzsche, Moonbear, and tribdog, with a playful tone suggesting a competition for the title of "thread killer." Participants debate the validity of counting last posts as a measure of thread-killing ability, arguing that it should be adjusted based on the total number of posts each user has made. The conversation shifts into a light-hearted narrative, likening thread-killing to a horror movie scenario, with participants playfully accusing each other of sabotaging discussions and attempting to "steal" the thread. The banter includes references to fictional scenarios involving dramatic rescues and humorous characterizations, maintaining a light and comedic atmosphere throughout.
  • #4,651
emptiness.. its not just a word that describes a lack of anything.. its a state of mind :frown:
 
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  • #4,652
Danger said:
Have you forgotten that entire conversation with Brewnog? No shepherd in his right mind would let a Welshman anywhere near his sheep! :eek:
Come to think of it, maybe that's why the sheep ran! :smile:

Math Is Hard said:
I guess that's better than having their cabers hanging out!
Says who?! :smile:
 
  • #4,653
Math Is Hard said:
Damn, Evo! I'm sorry! That sucks!
*stuffs Haagen-Daaz and fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies into Evo's computer*
Mmmm, ooh the cookies are warm and chewy. :approve:

oh, almost forgot.. hang on...
*stuffs clean pair of underwear into Evo's computer via UTP (underwear transfer protocol)*
Bless you my child. o:) (no Danger, they're not Candy Pants)

MIH, did you see your tech support post I made for you. I was hoping you'd get a chuckle out of it.
 
  • #4,654
Evo said:
How was your day?
Better than that. Sorry to hear about yours. I'm not sure that I'm going to express this properly, but I hope you weren't really close to the guy.
 
  • #4,655
Evo said:
Ever just had one of those days?

Today has been one. Started out this morning when my co-worker, male, aged 32, seemed in perfect health, keeled over and died. :frown: Makes you realize that you never know.
OMG.. how'd he die?
My work laptop is dead, and the replacement they gave me doesn't work.
what a depressing day...
Driving home in the pouring rain, it appears my brakes are almost gone
even worse...
I got home and had a letter from AARP letting me know that I now qualify for membership.

I knocked over my bedside lamp three times tonight, breaking the bulb each time and now I am out of bulbs. (I wonder if AARP membership gives discounts on lightbulbs)
Should you buy the bulbs or get your breaks fixed?
I broke my full length mirror.
I've had bad days, but are you all right?
All the recipes everyone posted in the recipe thread made me really hungry and all I have to eat is a can of tuna.
groceries, bulbs, or brakes?
I just realized that I have no clean underwear for work tomorrow.

I forgot the dog was in my bedroom and he peed on my favorite goosedown pillow. :cry: There is no saving it.
pillow, groceries, bulbs, or brakes?
How was your day?
Great!

I think all this happened because you're deressed about your co-worker.(except the brakes)
 
  • #4,656
Math Is Hard said:
Damn, Evo! I'm sorry! That sucks! :frown:
*stuffs Haagen-Daaz and fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies into Evo's computer*
oh, almost forgot.. hang on...
*stuffs clean pair of underwear into Evo's computer via UTP (underwear transfer protocol)*

Sorry to hear that Evo. I'll be right over to comfort you, and I'll bring lightbulbs. Just save some of that Haagen Dazs...that food thread made me hungry too and I just can't find anything to satisfy my pie craving!

(On a serious note, that's really sad about your co-worker. :frown: Did you know him well?)
 
  • #4,657
Evo said:
MIH, did you see your tech support post I made for you. I was hoping you'd get a chuckle out of it.
I did and that was wonderful! Thanks! I am going to have to share this at work tomorrow :biggrin: It made me feel a bit inadequate - I kept thinking, geez, that tech support person is so much more polite than I am. I really need to work on my attitude!

We went through this silly phase for a while where we were answering the phones with ridiculously bad Indian accents to prepare the users for our inevitable outsourcing. We had to knock it off finally, but shoot, it was fun while it lasted!:smile:
 
  • #4,658
Evo said:
(no Danger, they're not Candy Pants)
Rats...
 
  • #4,659
Danger said:
Better than that. Sorry to hear about yours. I'm not sure that I'm going to express this properly, but I hope you weren't really close to the guy.
Not close friends, he was my partner for awhile (we work on teams) and I speak to him everyday. His wife is due to have labor induced on Friday,they already have a two year old. My boss spoke to her trying to keep her calm. We guess it could be a brain aneurysm. At least that's how I'd like to go, just not that soon. You're talking to him one minute, then he's dead.
 
  • #4,661
Hey, a newbie!
 
  • #4,662
Moonbear said:
Sorry to hear that Evo. I'll be right over to comfort you, and I'll bring lightbulbs. Just save some of that Haagen Dazs...that food thread made me hungry too and I just can't find anything to satisfy my pie craving!

(On a serious note, that's really sad about your co-worker. :frown: Did you know him well?)
Yes, we worked closely on some large accounts. Hi office is close to mine. My boss predicts that we will all be dead from stroke, heart failure or brain aneurysm before long
 
  • #4,663
yomamma said:
Hey, a newbie!


GET HIM!

:smile:
 
  • #4,664
Math Is Hard said:
I did and that was wonderful! Thanks! I am going to have to share this at work tomorrow :biggrin: It made me feel a bit inadequate - I kept thinking, geez, that tech support person is so much more polite than I am. I really need to work on my attitude!

:smile: Yes, he was very polite. See how nice he was to the janitor? And clearing his manager's calendar so he could recover from his injury was very sweet of him too. :smile: I think my favorite part was where he unplugged his coffee pot and plugged in the server and told them to try again...another happy customer. :smile:

We went through this silly phase for a while where we were answering the phones with ridiculously bad Indian accents to prepare the users for our inevitable outsourcing. We had to knock it off finally, but shoot, it was fun while it lasted!:smile:
Grr...I'm pretty sure my long-distance carrier already outsourced. I had the most awful time trying to understand the customer service person who answered the phone last time I called to change my calling plan. I'm not even that bad at understanding accents, so I don't know how some people can understand her at all! I had to ask her to repeat everything about 3 times to understand. Of course it was only worsened that I was calling from my cell phone and the signal wasn't completely clear that day. Well, they'll find it's going to take a lot longer to get through each call if everyone has to ask them to repeat everything multiple times to understand them. (I wonder what will happen if my mom has to call...she's slightly hard of hearing and can't even understand a southern accent let alone a foreign accent!)
 
  • #4,665
Evo said:
Not close friends, he was my partner for awhile (we work on teams) and I speak to him everyday. His wife is due to have labor induced on Friday,they already have a two year old. My boss spoke to her trying to keep her calm. We guess it could be a brain aneurysm. At least that's how I'd like to go, just not that soon. You're talking to him one minute, then he's dead.

:frown: Wow, that's really sad. Somehow it always seems so much sadder to me when there's a kid on the way...poor kid will never even know his/her daddy. I think I'm going to cry now. :cry:
 
  • #4,666
yomamma said:
Hey, a newbie!

Congratulations, you just got promoted. You're no longer the thread newbie! So, what should we make Jason do? First, let's see if he can make decent coffee before we decide if we will let him stay. :biggrin:
 
  • #4,667
cronxeh said:
GET HIM!

:smile:
Should we ruin him now, or let him mingle for a few days?
 
  • #4,668
Moonbear said:
Congratulations, you just got promoted. You're no longer the thread newbie! So, what should we make Jason do? First, let's see if he can make decent coffee before we decide if we will let him stay. :biggrin:
Jason, you're in for a rough time. And I'm finally the onw who makes it for you!
 
  • #4,669
This is very much like what happened a few years ago, I had to spend three week in Atlanta for a Convention, so my next door lady, a few years younger than me and and had daughters my girls ages agreed to keep them. Everything seemed ok for the first days, then one night I was preparing for a presentation and my daughter called me at the hotel to let me know that they couldn't wake up the girls mother that morning, she had died during night. They were all alone in a house with a dead woman. :rolleyes:
 
  • #4,670
Evo said:
This is very much like what happened a few years ago, I had to spend three week in Atlanta for a Convention, so my next door lady, a few years younger than me and and had daughters my girls ages agreed to keep them. Everything seemed ok for the first days, then one night I was preparing for a presentation and my daughter called me at the hotel to let me know that they couldn't wake up the girls mother that morning, she had died during night. They were all alone in a house with a dead woman. :rolleyes:

I'm starting to rethink going to Disney World with you!
 
  • #4,671
Moonbear said:
I'm starting to rethink going to Disney World with you!
Nah, it will be fun! We will ply Zz with alcohol and both marry him. He sounds like he's man enough for both (plus we get fresh baked bread, strogonoff and blueberry cake. Hey, he's too good to let go of! :approve:
 
  • #4,672
want pancakes.. now..

so... feeling.. blue :frown:
 
  • #4,673
cronxeh said:
want pancakes.. now..

so... feeling.. blue :frown:
Then blueberry pancakes won't help a bit. You'd better stick to the buckwheat.
 
  • #4,674
Evo said:
Nah, it will be fun! We will ply Zz with alcohol and both marry him. He sounds like he's man enough for both (plus we get fresh baked bread, strogonoff and blueberry cake. Hey, he's too good to let go of! :approve:

:smile: Well, not quite the double-PF wedding we had been hoping for at the beginning of the year, but I suppose it will do. :biggrin:
 
  • #4,675
There are very few situations where reasonable discussion is both possible and productive. Most of the time, you're only fooling yourself.
 
  • #4,676
Evo said:
I forgot the dog was in my bedroom and he peed on my favorite goosedown pillow. :cry: There is no saving it.

Ah, maybe your pillow can be saved. I have an Arctic (down) parka which I have had to wash periodically, without strong detergents - and then let air dry.

My wife uses something called Odoban - we have had mulitple cats and a dog for years - and Borax.

Anyway, I used my parka as a cat bed for our oldest cat up until she died. As she got weak, she used the parka sometimes since she lost bladder control. I don't plan on throwing it out - the parka is designed for North Slope Winters.
 
  • #4,677
Moonbear said:
*cues music* "It always feels like, somebody's watching you, oh oh oh..." :biggrin:

...can't...get...bad...eighties...music...out...of...head... :cry: must...return...favor...


"Who can it be knocking at my door. *boom, boom, boom* Stay away, don't come 'round here no more.."

C'mon, you know the words.
 
  • #4,678
Evo said:
Not close friends, he was my partner for awhile (we work on teams) and I speak to him everyday. His wife is due to have labor induced on Friday,they already have a two year old. My boss spoke to her trying to keep her calm. We guess it could be a brain aneurysm. At least that's how I'd like to go, just not that soon. You're talking to him one minute, then he's dead.

Sorry about that news Evo. It always strikes a little too close to home when you hear about someone who has young kids and then is suddenly gone. Too scary to think about...
 
  • #4,679
I have a scathingly brilliant idea for killing off Franzbear!

Muaaaaaahahahhhhhhhaaaaaa! :devil:




Can't talk now. Too busy. Later.

Hehehehe! :devil:
 
  • #4,680
Artman said:
I have a scathingly brilliant idea for killing off Franzbear!

Muaaaaaahahahhhhhhhaaaaaa! :devil:




Can't talk now. Too busy. Later.

Hehehehe! :devil:
This bodes ill. :rolleyes:

Unfortunately, I also don't have time to do anything right now.
 
  • #4,681
DocToxyn said:
...can't...get...bad...eighties...music...out...of...head... :cry: must...return...favor...


"Who can it be knocking at my door. *boom, boom, boom* Stay away, don't come 'round here no more.."

C'mon, you know the words.

"Who can it beeeeee now, who can it beeeee now..." :smile:

Hey, Evo will appreciate this...DocToxyn has a very sexy voice in addition to that hot body! :biggrin: He knows my secret identity!
 
  • #4,682
I had a dream last night but I forgot what it was.
 
  • #4,683
Artman said:
I have a scathingly brilliant idea for killing off Franzbear!

Muaaaaaahahahhhhhhhaaaaaa! :devil:




Can't talk now. Too busy. Later.



Hehehehe! :devil:


If only we could refine enough "Anti-franzbear" and bring the two together, the resulting reaction might be enough to bring about the end of him and this thread.

(Apologies to any physics people if this is not a plausible scenario)
 
  • #4,684
DocToxyn said:
(Apologies to any physics people if this is not a plausible scenario)

Since when do we let plausibility get in our way in this thread. If we did that, the supersonic RV might be grounded too!
 
  • #4,685
Actually, I had a post last night but I forgot what it was.
 
  • #4,686
Now I remember. I have frequently stood up on the bus when I didn't feel like sitting, but usually I held onto one of the steel poles. But for the past two bus rides back, I tried standing up without holding on for balance. About 20 min bus ride, with a number of turns and many accelerations/decelerations, plus bumpy roads and hills. It was interesting, and I succeeded both times without mishap. Actually, on the ride just now, there was one time when the bus had to brake hard when I wasn't paying attention. I took two or three steps automatically and did not fall. I attribute this balance mainly to the bicycle.
 
  • #4,687
BicycleTree said:
I took two or three steps automatically and did not fall. I attribute this balance mainly to the bicycle.

and don't forget your vestibular system :wink: .
 
  • #4,688
Moonbear said:
Hey, Evo will appreciate this...DocToxyn has a very sexy voice in addition to that hot body! :biggrin: He knows my secret identity!

Yeah, I called Moonbear at work, she thought I was a stalker, but I would never do anything like that... :rolleyes:

*jots down the date and time of Moonbear's last post in log book of Moonbear's activities and lights another candle on shrine to the PF goddesses*
 
  • #4,689
DocToxyn said:
and don't forget your vestibular system :wink: .
Certainly, but it has to be trained. Have you ever tried to stand up on an accelerating/decelerating or turning bus? It isn't easy at first. I remember at the beginning of this year when I had trouble keeping my balance just because I stood up and walked down the aisle as the bus was coming to a stop.

I wonder if tai chi masters would have difficulty standing up on a moving bus.

A bike develops balance for at least four reasons: 1. When you mount and dismount the bike, you must plant one foot securely and swing the other leg over the seat. 2. When you stand up on the pedals, you have to balance on each pedal. 3. When you steer, it's mostly a function of your balance. To steer accurately involves shifting your weight very precisely. 4. Your legs become much stronger.
 
  • #4,690
Moonbear said:
But I'm seriously craving pie now that I've read MIH's thread! I'd go out and get some if the thunderstorm passing through right now didn't have hail with it.
I read that same thread and I felt a sudden urge to urinate.

Doc Toxyn said:
...can't...get...bad...eighties...music...out...o f...head... must...return...favor...


"Who can it be knocking at my door. *boom, boom, boom* Stay away, don't come 'round here no more.."

C'mon, you know the words.
Here's one that keeps me awake at night.
"I bless the rains down in africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had"

Where has Artman been lately? He's up to something dubious, that's for sure.
 
  • #4,691
Evo said:
Today has been one. Started out this morning when my co-worker, male, aged 32, seemed in perfect health, keeled over and died. Makes you realize that you never know.
How are you doing?

I'll be away this weekend (at least Saturday) for a family gathering. My aunt has been cremated and those of us that can make it are going to meet at her house.

I don't know what to say about your coworker. I feel for his wife and children. Would some sort of care package to his family be appropriate. Maybe even just some flowers and personal letters.

When I was in the navy there was a man that was in his late twenties. One night he died in the lounge and people found him in the morning. I think he had an aneurysm too. He didn't smoke, he exercised regularly and I doubt he was on drugs. Sometimes these things just happen.
 
  • #4,692
Huckleberry said:
I read that same thread and I felt a sudden urge to urinate.

Here's one that keeps me awake at night.
"I bless the rains down in africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had"

Where has Artman been lately? He's up to something dubious, that's for sure.
Still no time to divulge sinister plans.

Muhaaaahaaha.

Later.

:devil:
 
  • #4,693
BicycleTree said:
Certainly, but it has to be trained. Have you ever tried to stand up on an accelerating/decelerating or turning bus? It isn't easy at first. I remember at the beginning of this year when I had trouble keeping my balance just because I stood up and walked down the aisle as the bus was coming to a stop.

You don't need to be able to ride a bike to keep your balance standing up. That knee-jerk reflex is actually part of the response that helps you keep balance while standing. I'm rather short, so when I'm stuck standing on buses or trains, I often have difficulty reaching the strap (or my arm REALLY hurts from stretching for it), so I learned to balance without holding on, and you already know how much I don't[/size] love biking. It's a different type of balance and different muscles you need.
 
  • #4,694
DocToxyn said:
Yeah, I called Moonbear at work, she thought I was a stalker, but I would never do anything like that... :rolleyes:

*jots down the date and time of Moonbear's last post in log book of Moonbear's activities and lights another candle on shrine to the PF goddesses*

:smile: Hey, we should crash enigma's place when we're in D.C. He's not too far from there. :biggrin:
 
  • #4,695
Moonbear said:
You don't need to be able to ride a bike to keep your balance standing up. That knee-jerk reflex is actually part of the response that helps you keep balance while standing. I'm rather short, so when I'm stuck standing on buses or trains, I often have difficulty reaching the strap (or my arm REALLY hurts from stretching for it), so I learned to balance without holding on, and you already know how much I don't[/size] love biking. It's a different type of balance and different muscles you need.
Buses or trains? :rolleyes: Probably that means "trains."

A bus takes much tighter turns than a train does, and a train's acceleration is much less sporadic and sudden than a bus' acceleration. This was no ordinary reflex I'm talking about. I was actually looking out the window at the time, and the bus suddenly braked hard because the car in front of it turned into a parking lot.

You don't _have_ to ride a bike for balance, but it sure helps. A few weeks ago I surprised myself at how good my balance was, standing on a flat floor. I realized that I could stand on one foot and move the other foot all around me and do one-leg knee bends at the same time without wobbling at all. This was without having specifically practiced that, just spontaneously finding out I could do it.

The muscles are different between bus-balance and bike-riding but they are shared. Upper thigh muscles, for example, get very strong in bicycling and they are the same muscles you use to maintain a springy bent-knee posture against acceleration. Bicycling is a very whole-body workout.
 
  • #4,696
The idea came to me in a dream (honest, I am now dreaming of ways to dispose of Franzbear ) . It's just so simple. I'm surprized I haven't thought of it before now!

Muahhhaaahahahaha! :devil:

Later; got to run.



<chokes out high pitched evil laugh -- (think: Bill Murray in Caddyshack)>

Ehhhhehhhehhh! :devil:
 
  • #4,697
Artman said:
The idea came to me in a dream (honest, I am now dreaming of ways to dispose of Franzbear ) . It's just so simple. I'm surprized I haven't thought of it before now!

Muahhhaaahahahaha! :devil:

Later; got to run.



<chokes out high pitched evil laugh -- (think: Bill Murray in Caddyshack)>

Ehhhhehhhehhh! :devil:
This is why you were thinking of dreaming.
 
  • #4,698
You know what's interesting? Posts like that, all alone, have a "close this window" button at the bottom of them. Why?
 
  • #4,699
Anybody out there?
 
  • #4,700
No, it's just me.
 

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