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.
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isn't it amazing how threads get off-topic?
That's pretty much the whole point of it... :biggrin:
 
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franznietzsche said:
Advice: Never drink a whole bottle of it on your own the night before your last final. Finals on hangovers are not fun.

Hangovers while giving finals are nearly as bad...worse...you don't get to sit down. When I was still a grad student and a TA, there were several TAs assigned to each exam room for finals and one who was "in charge" (the one who read the instructions and made the judgement calls on handling any problems that came up). Well, the TA "in charge" had a bit too much to drink when we all went out the night before the exam to celebrate the course being over. To her credit, she did make it to the exam room, and was thrilled when I brought her a gift-wrapped bottle of Excedrin (we were good friends and I knew how she was going to be feeling). She read the instructions and then kept disappearing out of the room. We thought it best not to inform the course coordinator that she spent most of the exam in the ladies' room vomiting. We decided in future years to have the end-of-year party AFTER the final. :biggrin:
 
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Moonbear said:
Hangovers while giving finals are nearly as bad
I don't get hangovers. :approve: (There should be a smiley for gloating.)
 
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Danger said:
I don't get hangovers. :approve: (There should be a smiley for gloating.)

That's just not fair! :cry:

I didn't used to get hangovers. I really don't get them much anymore either because I don't drink enough to get that drunk anymore, but there was a time in my late 20's when I realized my youthful resiliance was slipping away.
 
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Hangovers suck. SO much.

So incredibly much.
 
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franznietzsche said:
Hangovers suck. SO much.

So incredibly much.

They do. I haven't heard any recent stories of your drunken escapades. Has she been keeping you occupied with better things lately? :wink:
 
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Moonbear said:
Has she been keeping you occupied with better things lately?
Bloody hell, woman... don't bring that up again! You know what he was doing, right?! I figured it out last night. I had this damned thread on its last legs, and Nietzsche got into this whole girl thing just to keep me distracted while Artman stuffed it full of chocolate and nursed it back to health. A pox on both your houses!
 
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Danger said:
Bloody hell, woman... don't bring that up again! You know what he was doing, right?! I figured it out last night. I had this damned thread on its last legs, and Nietzsche got into this whole girl thing just to keep me distracted while Artman stuffed it full of chocolate and nursed it back to health. A pox on both your houses!

Both my houses? Cool, when did I get a second house? Can you give me the address? :biggrin:
 
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Moonbear said:
They do. I haven't heard any recent stories of your drunken escapades. Has she been keeping you occupied with better things lately? :wink:


Well, being back home has kept me out of alcohol for a week. a week before last friday i was hungover during my last final though :frown: Not a pleasant day that was.
 
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Moonbear said:
Cool, when did I get a second house? Can you give me the address? :biggrin:
Well... it's not... I mean... if you really want to get technical about it... it's not exactly a house. Kinda more like... well... an imaginatively decorated corner of my basement... :redface:
 
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Danger said:
Well... it's not... I mean... if you really want to get technical about it... it's not exactly a house. Kinda more like... well... an imaginatively decorated corner of my basement... :redface:
Oooh, you're getting creepy too (I've been known to creep myself out from time to time.). :-p
 
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This reminds me of that movie about Andy Kaufmann (sp?) staring that other comedian, whatshisname. Jim Carrey.
 
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Artman said:
Oooh, you're getting creepy too (I've been known to creep myself out from time to time.). :-p
Getting creepy? Your bio doesn't mention a birth date, but since you're still married and still working, I was probably creepy before you were born. :biggrin:
BicycleTree said:
This reminds me of that movie about Andy Kaufmann (sp?) staring that other comedian, whatshisname. Jim Carrey.
Another Canuk export. 'Man On the Moon', from whence arose a truly enjoyable title song...
 
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Danger said:
Getting creepy? Your bio doesn't mention a birth date, but since you're still married and still working, I was probably creepy before you were born. :biggrin:

Creepy. :bugeye:
 
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I like Andy Kaufman as depicted in that movie. I think I understand him. Maybe I was Andy Kaufman in a past life. Or maybe not.

I also like that song.
 
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BicycleTree said:
I like Andy Kaufman as depicted in that movie. I think I understand him. Maybe I was Andy Kaufman in a past life. Or maybe not.

I also like that song.
I actually saw the original real Andy do that Latka/Elvis transformation and it was incredible. I doubt that you were him in a past life (aside from the fact that I don't believe in reincarnation); you would pretty much have to have been born after he died.
 
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I never looked up when Andy died until now. May 16, 1984. I was born in October 1984!
 
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BicycleTree said:
I never looked up when Andy died until now. May 16, 1984. I was born in October 1984!
:bugeye:
 
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Danger said:
you would pretty much have to have been born after he died.


And most people on this forum were born after he died.
 
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BicycleTree said:
I never looked up when Andy died until now. May 16, 1984. I was born in October 1984!

:eek: Thanks for making the rest of us feel old.
 
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franznietzsche said:
And most people on this forum were born after he died.

You too.

(That's a reference to the post just above this one).
 
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Moonbear said:
You too.

(That's a reference to the post just above this one).

You should be used to it by now, you never get any pop culture references made here any more :-p :wink:
 
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franznietzsche said:
You should be used to it by now, you never get any pop culture references made here any more :-p :wink:

:cry: I'm old! I don't know what those young whippersnappers are talking about anymore! :cry:
 
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BicycleTree said:
I never looked up when Andy died until now. May 16, 1984. I was born in October 1984!
Hey Franz! Now is the time to say 'creepy'. :eek:

Hey! Wait a minute... he can't be the reincarnation of Andy. Andy was funny.

Evo, I love the way you choreographed those little squeeky toys in your post.
 
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franz is going to be very funny as an old man. I am sorry I won't be around to see it.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
franz is going to be very funny as an old man. I am sorry I won't be around to see it.

:smile: You're right. I can't wait until it's his turn! :devil:
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I am sorry I won't be around to see it.

Yeah, me too.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
franz is going to be very funny as an old man. I am sorry I won't be around to see it.
You've already booked your Florida retirement trailer? (Or is that just a Canuk thing too?)
 
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Danger said:
You've already booked your Florida retirement trailer? (Or is that just a Canuk thing too?)

I don't know where they keep finding more room in Florida for all those trailers the old people retire to. You could retire to Arizona instead and hang around with SOS if you wanted. That's the other state that seems to acquire a lot of retirees.
 
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Moonbear said:
I don't know where they keep finding more room in Florida for all those trailers the old people retire to. You could retire to Arizona instead and hang around with SOS if you wanted. That's the other state that seems to acquire a lot of retirees.

Darn snowbirds.