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.
  • #3,841
DocToxyn said:
Speaking of kids, where's little franzbear? Moonbear, did you forget to let him out of the -20°C cold room in your laboratory again? Better get some blankets and hot water bottles...

Yeah, franzbear, bring mommy some hot water bottles, she's cold. Now, be a good little thread and go back in the walk-in freezer to catalog those samples, all of them, and stop walking in an out, you're letting the heat back in!

(It always used to make me nervous that our walk-in freezer in one department I worked in had a note stuck on the inside of the door with instructions of how to remove the side panel to open it if you got stuck inside! Fortunately, there was always a nice big bucket of something that had melted down and refrozen and smelled awful but nobody ever claimed that we used to prop the door from closing behind us completely, just in case it didn't open from the inside. I wonder if it should make me more nervous when there aren't any such instructions?)
 
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  • #3,842
Moonbear said:
Yeah, franzbear, bring mommy some hot water bottles, she's cold. Now, be a good little thread and go back in the walk-in freezer to catalog those samples, all of them, and stop walking in an out, you're letting the heat back in!

(It always used to make me nervous that our walk-in freezer in one department I worked in had a note stuck on the inside of the door with instructions of how to remove the side panel to open it if you got stuck inside! Fortunately, there was always a nice big bucket of something that had melted down and refrozen and smelled awful but nobody ever claimed that we used to prop the door from closing behind us completely, just in case it didn't open from the inside. I wonder if it should make me more nervous when there aren't any such instructions?)
Franzbear is helping Moonbear; how sweet! :smile:

Franzbear, be a dear and hand Uncle Artman that paper with the writing on it taped inside the freezer. Thanks. o:) That's sweet! He's so helpful. :smile: Now, uncle Artman needs that bucket. You know, the stinky one. Thanks...Oh quick I need one more thing, it's in the box in the very back of the freezer, behind some other boxes, hurry before the door closes! o:) Now I'm going to go away for a few hours, but I'll be back later. He's such a sweet little thread. :smile: :devil:
 
  • #3,843
Artman said:
Franzbear is helping Moonbear; how sweet! :smile:

Franzbear, be a dear and hand Uncle Artman that paper with the writing on it taped inside the freezer. Thanks. o:) That's sweet! He's so helpful. :smile: Now, uncle Artman needs that bucket. You know, the stinky one. Thanks...Oh quick I need one more thing, it's in the box in the very back of the freezer, behind some other boxes, hurry before the door closes! o:) Now I'm going to go away for a few hours, but I'll be back later. He's such a sweet little thread. :smile: :devil:


You know, I'm kinda hungry, maybe i should look in the freezer for some food...ooh look a pizza...hmm, why is franzbear sitting there shivering? Meh, must be some kind of holiday. Oh well. *locks freezer door behind him*
 
  • #3,844
franznietzsche said:
You know, I'm kinda hungry, maybe i should look in the freezer for some food...ooh look a pizza...hmm, why is franzbear sitting there shivering? Meh, must be some kind of holiday. Oh well. *locks freezer door behind him*

Somebody really should do something about that odd noise the freezer keeps making. It seems the door just keeps rattling. Well, I wouldn't want the door to rattle open over a weekend and have all the samples inside ruined. *places heavy bookcase in front of freezer door to hold it shut*
 
  • #3,845
Why franzbear, what are you doing back out here? A cat was chasing after you and got caught in the freezer? I guess having you hide under Danger's dining table wasn't such a good idea after all. Were you being naughty to that cat? Where did you get such ideas? From the pictures I showed you?

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  • #3,846
Oh, that poor kitten! :eek:
 
  • #3,847
Moonbear said:
Oh, that poor kitten! :eek:
I wonder if they discouraged that kid before he started hocking up hairballs.
 
  • #3,848
Danger said:
I wonder if they discouraged that kid before he started hocking up hairballs.

From the look of that cat, I doubt it would have been much longer before the kitten took matters into its own paws (or claws).
 
  • #3,849
Moonbear said:
From the look of that cat, I doubt it would have been much longer before the kitten took matters into its own paws (or claws).
I don't know if any of you real scientists bother looking at Scientific American, but they had a picture of a Tasmanian devil last year that looked almost exactly like that cat except for a pointier snout. Maybe the parents were trying to teach the kid respect for animals the hard way. :eek:
 
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BicycleTree said:
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WTF is that bicycleTree?
 
  • #3,852
An exclamation mark's shadow... no, actually it's a test. Does that fit all on one line on your screen?
 
  • #3,853
BicycleTree said:
An exclamation mark's shadow... no, actually it's a test. Does that fit all on one line on your screen?

no, let me check it when I get home.

EDIT: no, you did something wrong, checked it on word.
 
  • #3,854
Darn... I'm thinking I may make a text picture that is that long but it wouldn't be worth it if most people can't see it.
 
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I did what?
 
  • #3,856
Danger said:
I don't know if any of you real scientists bother looking at Scientific American, but they had a picture of a Tasmanian devil last year that looked almost exactly like that cat except for a pointier snout. Maybe the parents were trying to teach the kid respect for animals the hard way. :eek:

Hey franzbear, its your uncle Toxyn again, time for your trip to the zoo! Here we are at the big cat exhibit. Guess what pal, I slipped the keepers a little cash so we could get a behind the scenes look at the kitties. Here, let me rub this on you before I open the cage door, I know it smells like hamburger, it's really just sunscreen, can't have you getting sunburn! In you go...Wow you run fast franzbear , that lion sure looks sad he didn't get to give you a big hug. Are you sure you don't want to go back in? OK, I've got another surprise for you. Here put these mice in your pockets, we're going to the reptile exhibit...you're sure to get some good hugs there :devil: .
 
  • #3,857
Danger said:
I don't know if any of you real scientists bother looking at Scientific American,
They pretty much pre-digest the articles found in Science (a good thing when Science goes over your head, still happens on topics outside my expertise). I used to enjoy it when I was in college and used to have the time to read it, but don't bother with it any more.

Maybe the parents were trying to teach the kid respect for animals the hard way. :eek:

They must be getting parenting advice from my mom. She'd think up something like that...let the kid get bitten, she'll learn not to do that again! Mom also believed that the only way to teach a kid not to touch a hot stove was to just let them do it once. :rolleyes:
 
  • #3,858
DocToxyn said:
Hey franzbear, its your uncle Toxyn again, time for your trip to the zoo! Here we are at the big cat exhibit. Guess what pal, I slipped the keepers a little cash so we could get a behind the scenes look at the kitties. Here, let me rub this on you before I open the cage door, I know it smells like hamburger, it's really just sunscreen, can't have you getting sunburn! In you go...Wow you run fast franzbear , that lion sure looks sad he didn't get to give you a big hug. Are you sure you don't want to go back in? OK, I've got another surprise for you. Here put these mice in your pockets, we're going to the reptile exhibit...you're sure to get some good hugs there :devil: .

Hey, wait! Don't forget to bring the catnip for those nice kitties! :biggrin:
 
  • #3,859
DocToxyn said:
Hey franzbear, its your uncle Toxyn again, time for your trip to the zoo! Here we are at the big cat exhibit. Guess what pal, I slipped the keepers a little cash so we could get a behind the scenes look at the kitties. Here, let me rub this on you before I open the cage door, I know it smells like hamburger, it's really just sunscreen, can't have you getting sunburn! In you go...Wow you run fast franzbear , that lion sure looks sad he didn't get to give you a big hug. Are you sure you don't want to go back in? OK, I've got another surprise for you. Here put these mice in your pockets, we're going to the reptile exhibit...you're sure to get some good hugs there :devil: .
:biggrin: :-p
 
  • #3,860
Evo said:
:biggrin: :-p

He's just such a natural with the kid, isn't he? :approve:
 
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  • #3,862
Bicycle tree, once again, you have failed...
 
  • #3,863
Failed at what? That wasn't supposed to be an image. It was another test, for the length of a bar versus the length of a lowercase l. For the Speedster thread.
 
  • #3,864
BicycleTree said:
Failed at what? That wasn't supposed to be an image. It was another test, for the length of a bar versus the length of a lowercase l. For the Speedster thread.

Could you at least add some text when you do stuff like that so we know you haven't gone off your rocker posting nothing but a bunch of lines?
 
  • #3,865
BicycleTree said:
An exclamation mark's shadow... no, actually it's a test. Does that fit all on one line on your screen?
It's 1 3/4 lines on mine. Does monitor size make a difference?

BicycleTree said:
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Hey! I see bars under the ?'s this time!

Moonbear said:
They pretty much pre-digest the articles found in Science (a good thing when Science goes over your head, still happens on topics outside my expertise). I used to enjoy it when I was in college
I guess I'll quit feeling dumb about reading it, then. I can't afford both, so I'll stick with the predigested one.

Moonbear said:
Mom also believed that the only way to teach a kid not to touch a hot stove was to just let them do it once. :rolleyes:
That can be pretty effective in a lot of cases, but there's probably a better way to impress them with 'Don't tease the crocodiles'.
 
  • #3,866
Moonbear said:
Could you at least add some text when you do stuff like that so we know you haven't gone off your rocker posting nothing but a bunch of lines?
I prefer to remain mysterious... :biggrin:
 
  • #3,867
Yeah, danger, I guess monitor size does make a difference. How did the bike not look like a mess to you?
 
  • #3,868
bicycle tree, I can't restrain any longer, where'd you get that stupid name?
 
  • #3,869
BicycleTree said:
Yeah, danger, I guess monitor size does make a difference. How did the bike not look like a mess to you?
Everything seemed to be where it was supposed to be, if the idea was to have bars wherever the bike wasn't supposed to be (like a negative). Instead of bars, though, it's all italicized question marks. It's just really hard to stare at something all curvy like that. It almost makes a moire pattern. Neither my eyes nor my monitor are that great to start with, so it's very uncomfortable to look at.
 
  • #3,870
BicycleTree said:
I prefer to remain mysterious... :biggrin:

Oh, in that case, you're doing a good job. :-p

Yeah, danger, I guess monitor size does make a difference. How did the bike not look like a mess to you?

Oddly, when you posted the bars in this thread, it wrapped them onto a second line without stretching the text box (although when yomomma quoted it, it did stretch the box it was quoted in), but when you posted the bicycle, it stretched the text box off the side of my screen, so I had to scroll to see the whole thing. At least it didn't wrap it and turn it into a mess. Or did you tell it not to break the lines?