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.
  • #3,101
Artman said:
Are you kidding? it's me only more so. :-p :smile:
That's a vaguely frightening concept.
 
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  • #3,102
When did this thread pass 4000?

Where was I?

DAGNABBIT!

blearg...
 
  • #3,103
Danger said:
That's a vaguely frightening concept.
Nothing vaque, it's frightening. Be afraid, be very afraid. :smile:
 
  • #3,104
BicycleTree said:
I like standing on the hill in the city before evening in the summer. It is very beautiful. Everything is so distinct and sharp in the soft warm light. You can look down onto the bay and see the bridge and the birds flying before it, and everywhere you look there is so much detail and space.
I like that post. It paints a picture in my mind.
 
  • #3,105
franznietzsche said:
When did this thread pass 4000?

Where was I?

DAGNABBIT!

blearg...

You were off in that haze of newly discovered love. :biggrin: We passed it about a week ago.
 
  • #3,106
Math Is Hard said:
I like that post. It paints a picture in my mind.
All it needs is some ripe, juicy fruit and a comfortable breeze caressing your naked body as you sleep and...oops got carried away. :rolleyes: :-p :biggrin:

I mean, Yes, it is a nice post. It actually does a nice job conjuring a picture of a nice spring evening.
 
  • #3,107
Artman said:
I mean, Yes, it is a nice post. It actually does a nice job conjuring a picture of a nice spring evening.

It does. I can just smell the salt air. :cry: I miss the coast! This is the time of year we'd be getting the boat readied for summer; ah, the joys of playing with the lead paint scrapings that littered the sand in the boat yard (long after lead paint was banned as a housepaint, it was still available as bottom paint for boats).
 
  • #3,108
Moonbear said:
ah, the joys of playing with the lead paint scrapings
They're tasty, too! :smile:
 
  • #3,109
Math Is Hard said:
They're tasty, too! :smile:

Just think what a genius I might have been if I wasn't dumbed down a bit with lead paint as a child. You'd need sunglasses to shield your eyes from my brilliance. :cool: But, I guess my parents knew the world wasn't ready for that. :biggrin:
 
  • #3,110
Moonbear said:
But, I guess my parents knew the world wasn't ready for that. :biggrin:
Yeah, two omnipotent beings are too much for this puny planet. One of us would've killed the other if you'd reached your full potential.
 
  • #3,111
Smurf said:
Yeah, two omnipotent beings are too much for this puny planet. One of us would've killed the other if you'd reached your full potential.

Maybe, but until you post pictures, I'm still claiming I look better in a dress. (You do realize that you're NEVER going to live that down, right?). :biggrin:
 
  • #3,112
Danger said:
I don't know what kind of snorkel you've got, laddie, but I can't see mine from here. :shy:

Snorkel? My proboscis is perfectly normal, thank you very much. My eye stalks happen to be exceptionally long and I'm rather sensitive about that fact. You have no idea how much I was teased in grade school.

Moonbear said:
I hadn't thought about it that way before! What if the thread killer thread isn't a thread FOR thread killers, but a thread that kills other threads! Has the threadicide rate been increasing since the arrival of this thread?

Eventually the killer thread will become so huge that there won't be any room for anything else. It will achieve a critical mass and we will all be doomed!

Sunglasses at Night, Corey Hart 1979

How can I move a thread I creted to a new category?
 
  • #3,113
Danger said:
With one very notable exception, I'm not really into bears. :eek:
Unless it's a costume? :-p
Huckleberry said:
I had to throw that one in there. I'm partial to the pigeon one myself.
Speaking of which, the doves and finches have either been fighting over olives or trying to mate all over my back yard today.
Moonbear said:
...Has the threadicide rate been increasing since the arrival of this thread?
Ooooh...threadicide. I like it. We should add it to the favorite word thread. :biggrin:
Moonbear said:
P.S. Are you starting to chronicle a "Best Of" series of thread kills? :-p That reminds me that there's an unfinished story about Dave out there somewhere. So many threads, so little time. :rolleyes:
Yeh, I made a joke once about "string-jacking" and no one got it!
Math Is Hard said:
I like that post. It paints a picture in my mind.
Artman beat me to making the comparison with your earlier description, though he added the part about a naked body (such a guy), and I thought about embellishing the mating of birds in my yard, but never mind.
Moonbear said:
...ah, the joys of playing with the lead paint scrapings that littered the sand in the boat yard (long after lead paint was banned as a housepaint, it was still available as bottom paint for boats).
Yeh, and asbestos--though better than eating off lead plates like they did in the Middle Ages, and who know what may be discovered yet to explain generations younger than us.
Huckleberry said:
...Eventually the killer thread will become so huge that there won't be any room for anything else. It will achieve a critical mass and we will all be doomed!
It is frightening to wonder what Greg does with all our littering in his server(s).

Anyway, I was doing some cleaning today and found left-over Easter candy...

http://img47.echo.cx/img47/5265/easterbite5pm.jpg
 
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  • #3,114
Artman said:
Nothing vaque, it's frightening. Be afraid, be very afraid. :smile:
I think I'm safe enough. Mountains make fairly decent sound baffles. It's your poor neighbourhood that I'm concerned for.

Artman said:
All it needs is some ripe, juicy fruit and a comfortable breeze caressing your naked body as you sleep and
Quit teasing me, dammit! You know as well as I do that I couldn't figure out how to dress up as a breeze if I used every gram of creative genius at my disposal.

Moonbear said:
Maybe, but until you post pictures, I'm still claiming I look better in a dress.
I've never seen you in a dress, and I've never seen Smurf at all, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and cast my vote in your behalf. :wink:

Huckleberry said:
My eye stalks happen to be exceptionally long and I'm rather sensitive about that fact. You have no idea how much I was teased in grade school.
I believe there's a new treatment for that wherein they can simply shrink them back toward your face without having to excise segments. You should look into it (no pun intended).

SOS2008 said:
Unless it's a costume? :-p
Unless it's the lunar variety.


SOS2008 said:
Speaking of which, the doves and finches have either been fighting over olives or trying to mate all over my back yard today.
If you're not sure of the difference, I'd like to contest the ownership of some melons...

SOS2008 said:
Yeh, and asbestos--though better than eating off lead plates like they did in the Middle Ages, and who know what may be discovered yet to explain generations younger than us.
I fear that genetics alone will be sufficient.

SOS2008 said:
Anyway, I was doing some cleaning today and found left-over Easter candy...
:smile: :smile:
 
  • #3,115
Everyone can see his or her nose, particularly clearly with one eye closed. No eye stalks required.
 
  • #3,116
BicycleTree said:
Everyone can see his or her nose, particularly clearly with one eye closed.
I can't. With both eyes, it absolutely isn't visible at all. With either one by itself, I can see a flesh-coloured mass. If I have my glasses on so's I can see that close up, the frame is in the way. :-p
 
  • #3,117
Yay! Danger is now a contributor! :approve:

He's glowing in gold now. :smile:

(did you get your invitation to the secret wild parties yet?)
 
  • #3,118
Huckleberry said:
My eye stalks happen to be exceptionally long and I'm rather sensitive about that fact. You have no idea how much I was teased in grade school.
Overactive thyroid.

How can I move a thread I creted to a new category?
PM me if you really need one moved.
 
  • #3,119
Danger said:
I can't. With both eyes, it absolutely isn't visible at all. With either one by itself, I can see a flesh-coloured mass. If I have my glasses on so's I can see that close up, the frame is in the way. :-p

Prey often have their eyes set to the side of their heads for wider peripheral vision. Its alright though, this way you'll be able to see Artman coming from any direction. If you don't smell him first. :biggrin:
 
  • #3,120
Evo said:
Yay! Danger is now a contributor! :approve:

He's glowing in gold now. :smile:
Thanks, honey. I feel even more at home now. Does this mean that I can put a signature on? :devil:

Evo said:
(did you get your invitation to the secret wild parties yet?)
As a matter of fact, no. Please elaborate... :-p
 
  • #3,121
Evo said:
Yay! Danger is now a contributor! :approve:

He's glowing in gold now. :smile:

(did you get your invitation to the secret wild parties yet?)

I intercepted it. I was going to blindfold him and take him to one tonight as a surprise! :wink:
 
  • #3,122
Evo said:
Yay! Danger is now a contributor! :approve:

He's glowing in gold now. :smile:

(did you get your invitation to the secret wild parties yet?)
Yeh, baby, and fish! (Now we can look forward to avatars, signatures, etc. too!)
 
  • #3,123
Math Is Hard said:
I intercepted it. I was going to blindfold him and take him to one tonight as a surprise! :wink:
Let's just hope his heart is strong enough to take it. :-p
 
  • #3,124
Math Is Hard said:
I intercepted it. I was going to blindfold him and take him to one tonight as a surprise! :wink:
Oooooohhhh... I love surprises! :shy:

Evo said:
Let's just hope his heart is strong enough to take it. :-p
The lungs are shot to hell, but my heart's fine. (And I did pay that yogi a lot to teach me how to breathe through my ears.)



So can I use a signature now?! Huh? CannI, cannI...? :-p
 
  • #3,125
Math Is Hard said:
I intercepted it. I was going to blindfold him and take him to one tonight as a surprise! :wink:
I'm thinking a luau theme, with drinks that have umbrellas and garnish, and...(<-- a sisterhood fill-in-the-blank).
 
  • #3,126
Danger said:
So can I use a signature now?! Huh? CannI, cannI...? :-p
I'm afraid to see what it is.

Yes, you can use a signature now. :smile:
 
  • #3,127
SOS2008 said:
I'm thinking a luau theme, with drinks that have umbrellas and garnish, and...(<-- a sisterhood fill-in-the-blank).
:biggrin:
We should take him to that Tiki Bar over by the philosophy forums. He'd love it. :smile: :approve:
 
  • #3,128
Math Is Hard said:
:biggrin:
We should take him to that Tiki Bar over by the philosophy forums. He'd love it. :smile: :approve:

:eek: You got a Tiki bar in the philosophy forums, and you didn't tell me?!? :eek:
 
  • #3,129
Huckleberry said:
:eek: You got a Tiki bar in the philosophy forums, and you didn't tell me?!? :eek:
I thought you knew? Didn't I see you there last weekend? You were drinking one of those flaming blue cocktails with Moonbear.
 
  • #3,130
Math Is Hard said:
I thought you knew? Didn't I see you there last weekend? You were drinking one of those flaming blue cocktails with Moonbear.
You saw that? I mean... that must have been someone else. I mean...I PLEAD THE 5th! :bugeye:
 
  • #3,131
Huckleberry said:
:eek: You got a Tiki bar in the philosophy forums, and you didn't tell me?!? :eek:
Yes little boy, and I have some candy too.
Math Is Hard said:
I thought you knew? Didn't I see you there last weekend? You were drinking one of those flaming blue cocktails with Moonbear.
That's how Smurf got his name, isn't it? Hey wait a minute, I thought the party was moved around to different locations and a cover was charged at the door for non-members? Dang it, who keeps pinching my butt!
 
  • #3,132
SOS2008 said:
Dang it, who keeps pinching my butt!

Oh, sorry. Am I not supposed to do that while you're talking to me.
 
  • #3,133
Math Is Hard said:
:biggrin:
We should take him to that Tiki Bar over by the philosophy forums. He'd love it. :smile: :approve:
I'm liking this very much. Been a while since I've seen your ass, SOS. It's still as nice as ever.
I'm going to go to the control room and see if I can make a signature without screwing it up. It's a phrase that just popped into my head a week or so ago—possibly a flash-back—that is absolutely useless elsewhere. Since most others here don't make sense, there's no reason for mine to. :biggrin:
I'll come back right after to see if it worked.
 
  • #3,134
Apparently it didn't. :frown:
I'll go back and try again.
 
  • #3,135
Nope. Still nothing. It's in the edit box, and I saved it, and the 'show signature' button is selected... help!

edit: It shows up in preview mode... :confused: :frown:

2nd edit: While I was typing it, my monitor flickered and now all of the text is about 20% smaller than it was before. What the hey have I buggered up now?! :eek:
 
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  • #3,136
Okay MIH, you want some of this? Huh? Take a look at this avatar girlie!

Danger said:
I'm liking this very much. Been a while since I've seen your ass, SOS. It's still as nice as ever.
I'm going to go to the control room and see if I can make a signature without screwing it up. It's a phrase that just popped into my head a week or so ago—possibly a flash-back—that is absolutely useless elsewhere. Since most others here don't make sense, there's no reason for mine to. :biggrin:
I'll come back right after to see if it worked.
Go to User CP and click on signature. Then you can add it and change the font etc. as usual. Dang, who pinched my butt again!
 
  • #3,137
SOS2008 said:
Go to User CP and click on signature. Then you can add it and change the font etc. as usual.
That's what I did. It didn't work. It shows up in CP, and in my profile, and in the preview for posts, but not in the posts themselves. :frown: :frown:

SOS2008 said:
Dang, who pinched my butt again!
Sorry, that was me this time. Just picking off some lint. Don't worry about it.

edit: I just thought of something. Does Evo have to approve it before it shows up? Shouldn't be a problem—it isn't about her this time. o:)
 
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  • #3,138
Danger said:
That's what I did. It didn't work. It shows up in CP, and in my profile, and in the preview for posts, but not in the posts themselves. :frown: :frown:

Sorry, that was me this time. Just picking off some lint. Don't worry about it.

edit: I just thought of something. Does Evo have to approve it before it shows up? Shouldn't be a problem—it isn't about her this time. o:)
I think I know what's wrong -- is it saying the file is too large? It needs to be no larger than 64 x 64. Did you say you have Photo Shop or something like that so you can resize it?

Ah...picking lint off someone is considered an affectionate behavior--wait, off my butt?

Oooops sorry, you were talking about a signature. No you don't need approval. Hmmm... I see it -- you got it!
 
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  • #3,139
SOS2008 said:
Okay MIH, you want some of this? Huh? Take a look at this avatar girlie!
I must be drunk already. You look a little out of focus there, SOS. :biggrin:
 
  • #3,140
Math Is Hard said:
I must be drunk already. You look a little out of focus there, SOS. :biggrin:
It's how Gwyneth Paltrow would look if she was fat like Anna Nicole (was)--ah heck, I couldn't get anything better on the fly. I'm going to something else now...
 
  • #3,141
SOS2008 said:
It's how Gwyneth Paltrow would look if she was fat like Anna Nicole (was)--ah heck, I couldn't get anything better on the fly. I'm going to something else now...
Oh, yeah - "Shallow Hal". I liked that movie.
 
  • #3,142
Math Is Hard said:
I must be drunk already. You look a little out of focus there, SOS. :biggrin:

Good heavens! I've been gone most of the day getting yardwork and housework and stuff in general done, and I come back to be scared nearly to death by your new avatar MIH! Is there a scary avatar competition going on here or something?

Yeah, I can't quite tell what SOS's avatar is either. Maybe a few more drinks at the Tiki Bar will clear it up. :bugeye:

Danger, good to see you've joined the Gold Club! With you around here all the time, it was getting difficult to pass the word about the location of the parties each night without letting you see them. :cool:
 
  • #3,143
Moonbear said:
Good heavens! I've been gone most of the day getting yardwork and housework and stuff in general done, and I come back to be scared nearly to death by your new avatar MIH! Is there a scary avatar competition going on here or something?

Yeah, I can't quite tell what SOS's avatar is either. Maybe a few more drinks at the Tiki Bar will clear it up. :bugeye:

Danger, good to see you've joined the Gold Club! With you around here all the time, it was getting difficult to pass the word about the location of the parties each night without letting you see them. :cool:
I know--I made a fill-in-the-blank while you were gone and MIH had to fill it in. And then I had this avatar, but last time you said it looks like I'm smelling someone's butt. Speaking of butt, mine keeps getting pinched...but after a couple for these foo-foo drinks, I think I'm starting to like it. :-p
 
  • #3,144
Moonbear said:
Good heavens! I've been gone most of the day getting yardwork and housework and stuff in general done, and I come back to be scared nearly to death by your new avatar MIH! Is there a scary avatar competition going on here or something?
You missed everything. Evo became a shaman and cast a money spell on me.

Something went awry and I turned into a golddigger instead of an heiress. I question the "sacrificed chicken" she used. I think she might have substituted a bucket of original recipe from KFC. :biggrin:
 
  • #3,145
Huckleberry said:
Oh, sorry. Am I not supposed to do that while you're talking to me.
I didn't even bribe you with candy yet, young man! :-p
Math Is Hard said:
Oh, yeah - "Shallow Hal". I liked that movie.
Have you seen "50 First Dates" (2004)?

Tagline: Imagine having to win over the girl of your dreams... every friggin' day.

Plot Outline: Adam Sandler plays a man who falls in love with Lucy (Drew Barrymore), a woman with short-term memory loss. Therefore, Lucy never remembers Sandler and this proves to be a pain for him as he always has to gain her back every day.

Interesting premise--ah...
 
  • #3,146
SOS2008 said:
Speaking of butt, mine keeps getting pinched...but after a couple for these foo-foo drinks, I think I'm starting to like it. :-p

How come nobody's pinching my butt?

Math Is Hard said:
You missed everything. Evo became a shaman and cast a money spell on me.

Something went awry and I turned into a golddigger instead of an heiress. I question the "sacrificed chicken" she used. I think she might have substituted a bucket of original recipe from KFC.

Glad I wasn't around to see that. I wouldn't want to be part of the collateral damage of one of those miscast spells! :eek: Geez, she could have at least gotten the extra crispy. :rolleyes:
 
  • #3,147
SOS2008 said:
Ah...picking lint off someone is considered an affectionate behavior--wait, off my butt?
I'm very affectionate and horny.

SOS2008 said:
Oooops sorry, you were talking about a signature. No you don't need approval. Hmmm... I see it -- you got it!
Whaddaya mean, you see it? I got it? I don't see it. Is there some kind of filter that... oh crap. I'll be right back...

Okay... I found it. Somehow when I created it, my CP deselected the 'show signatures' box. I wasn't seeing anybody's, not just my own. I'm so used to skipping over them that I didn't notice. Now that I've seen it, I think I'll go change the colour. :approve:
 
  • #3,148
Danger said:
Whaddaya mean, you see it? I got it? I don't see it. Is there some kind of filter that... oh crap. I'll be right back...

Okay... I found it. Somehow when I created it, my CP deselected the 'show signatures' box. I wasn't seeing anybody's, not just my own. I'm so used to skipping over them that I didn't notice. Now that I've seen it, I think I'll go change the colour. :approve:

:smile: :smile: I could just imagine you smacking your forehead with your hand as you were in the middle of typing that. :smile:
 
  • #3,149
Moonbear said:
How come nobody's pinching my butt?
Girlfriend, we're in philosophy at the Tiki Bar.
Danger said:
Whaddaya mean, you see it? I got it? I don't see it. Is there some kind of filter that... oh crap. I'll be right back...

Okay... I found it. Somehow when I created it, my CP deselected the 'show signatures' box. I wasn't seeing anybody's, not just my own. I'm so used to skipping over them that I didn't notice. Now that I've seen it, I think I'll go change the colour. :approve:
Yeh--that's even better!
 
  • #3,150
SOS2008 said:
Girlfriend, we're in philosophy at the Tiki Bar.

I must have been in the wrong subforum. :frown: I'll just peek in the doors of all of them and I guess I'll know I'm in the right place when my butt gets pinched. Is that tonight's secret signal? :biggrin: