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.
  • #4,801
Moonbear said:
As soon as I mentioned it, she said she was craving sushi too, and there's a place much closer!
You know what they say, "Hungry bellies eat alike."
Then one of my friends said she didn't care that much for shrimp. She didn't have to offer twice!
In that case you can have my shrimp anytime. :rolleyes:
My favorite is raspberry chip, but I passed on that tonight for a turtle sundae with chocolate ice cream (caramel and pecan toppings). Must've been craving turtles too. Delicious!
Did you ask for seconds? :biggrin:
 
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  • #4,802
Huckleberry said:
Funny that you should mention this. The worst pizza I ever had was in Italy. You can't hold it in your hand like slices. They have few toppings. Sauce is way better there though, but it just doesn't have the satisfaction of some Chicago deepdish. :-p
:smile: I remember a pizza I had in Palermo, Sicily. It came uncut and I could not cut it. My date (native Italian) saw my distress and tried to cut it, he couldn't either. Then we started hacking and hammering at it. We finally managed to break it into pieces, but then couldn't chew it. I occasionally remind him of that night. :biggrin:

Perhaps they noticed I was American when I ordered and made it "special". I think the crust contained cement.
 
  • #4,803
Evo said:
I remember years ago moving from Houston, TX to Washington DC and could NOT find a single Mexican restaurant, the ONLY Mexican food in the grocery store was a Banquet frozen Mexican tv dinner. My parents would send me monthly "care" packages of food so I wouldn't die.
I don't know about DC, but there aren't any good Mexican restaurants where I live. Maybe in Boston there are a few but I kinda doubt that too. Having lived in Arizona I think I was spoiled with all the authentic food.

There is authentic central and southern American food here on the east coast. You have to cook it yourself though. There are spanish and portugeuse and varios asian corner food stores that sell some pretty interesting stuff.
 
  • #4,804
Evo said:
:smile: I remember a pizza I had in Palermo, Sicily. It came uncut and I could not cut it. My date (native Italian) saw my distress and tried to cut it, he couldn't either. Then we started hacking and hammering at it. We finally managed to break it into pieces, but then couldn't chew it. I occasionally remind him of that night. :biggrin:

Perhaps they noticed I was American when I ordered and made it "special". I think the crust contained cement.
That is probably true. I didn't find the Italian crust to be tough. It was much easier to eat with a knife and fork because the crust was so flexible and fairly thin. Maybe the chef tried to make American pizza for the American?
 
  • #4,805
Huckleberry said:
I don't know about DC, but there aren't any good Mexican restaurants where I live. Maybe in Boston there are a few but I kinda doubt that too. Having lived in Arizona I think I was spoiled with all the authentic food.

There is authentic central and southern American food here on the east coast. You have to cook it yourself though. There are spanish and portugeuse and varios asian corner food stores that sell some pretty interesting stuff.

If you head into north Jersey, the Union City or West New York areas, you can find good restaurants with some South American food, mostly Columbian. And of course you can find authentic anything in NYC if you know where to look, but despite everything else around, Mexican is tough to find on the East Coast.
 
  • #4,806
Huckleberry said:
That is probably true. I didn't find the Italian crust to be tough. It was much easier to eat with a knife and fork because the crust was so flexible and fairly thin. Maybe the chef tried to make American pizza for the American?

Sounds like my homemade pizza! :smile: And I thought I just hadn't perfected the crust recipe yet, but maybe I've just been making a more authentic Italian pizza than I realized! :-p
 
  • #4,807
Pizza wheels and bicycle wheels.
 
  • #4,808
BicycleTree said:
Pizza wheels and bicycle wheels.
Is he talking to himself again?
 
  • #4,809
Moonbear said:
If you head into north Jersey, the Union City or West New York areas, you can find good restaurants with some South American food, mostly Columbian. And of course you can find authentic anything in NYC if you know where to look, but despite everything else around, Mexican is tough to find on the East Coast.
The closest Mexican food to me is Taco Bell. That doesn't even count. There's an On the Border not too far, and they are alright, but it's not even close to authentic. I didn't even realize how much I missed it until I started talking about it. I want a chimichanga now!

Sounds like my homemade pizza! And I thought I just hadn't perfected the crust recipe yet, but maybe I've just been making a more authentic Italian pizza than I realized!
I think there is a trick to getting the crust just right. You have to cook it just the right amount of time or something like that. I'll have to ask my brother sometime. He makes really good homemade pizza.
 
  • #4,810
I think that everyone should post only right around the hour, every hour. So we'd each have our designated minute, and we'd all post, and everyone but the last person to post would get an instant reply. Wouldn't that be nice?
 
  • #4,811
Hmm, if pizza had metal bicycle spokes in it, you could pick up the slices easier... they'd be stiffer since each would have a spoke or two in it. Then you'd eat it off the spokes like shish kebab.
 
  • #4,812
yomamma said:
Is he talking to himself again?
Well, I'm reading his posts, but they don't seem to be directed at anything in particular so I don't really know what to say or feel any compulsion to respond. I think of it as interludes of Deep Thought by Bicycle Tree.
 
  • #4,813
Just read his last 2 posts, he's talking to himself... :frown:
 
  • #4,814
The bicycle spoke pizza shish kebab idea is great, you have to admit.
 
  • #4,815
The only trouble would be that the pizzeria would be sued by people who poked their eyes out through careless eating.
 
  • #4,816
Huckleberry said:
I think there is a trick to getting the crust just right. You have to cook it just the right amount of time or something like that. I'll have to ask my brother sometime. He makes really good homemade pizza.

I don't even think I've found the right recipe yet, let alone worrying about adjusting the cooking time. I want to make an authentic NY style pizza crust! I miss that so much! :cry:

Cronxeh, next time you're in this thread, bring pizza!
 
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  • #4,818
yomamma, basically, shut the hell up. That was also a very neat idea.
 
  • #4,819
Moonbear said:
I don't even think I've found the right recipe yet, let alone worrying about adjusting the cooking time. I want to make an authentic NY style pizza crust! I miss that so much! :cry:

Cronxeh, next time you're in this thread, bring pizza!
Hmm, I think I will talk to my brother about this. There might be a place where you can order the right dough from. I think that's the hardest part of making the pizza.

Have you ever tried Greek pizza? Oh, that's delicious. :-p
The sauce is sweeter and I like the way it goes with the tomato. There used to be a great Greek pizza place right nearby me but they have new ownership now and the quality just isn't the same. That has happened to so many mom and pop joints that I used to love so much when I was younger.
 
  • #4,820
Huck, the last two times you posted, you posted in the same minute I posted, directly after.
 
  • #4,821
BicycleTree said:
yomamma, basically, shut the hell up. That was also a very neat idea.
Can that theory explain this smiley? :devil: Why would demons eat the devil. And this :bugeye: is to big to eat. :approve:
 
  • #4,822
Huckleberry said:
Hmm, I think I will talk to my brother about this. There might be a place where you can order the right dough from. I think that's the hardest part of making the pizza.
But that defeats all the fun of making the crust myself. :frown:

Have you ever tried Greek pizza? Oh, that's delicious. :-p
The sauce is sweeter and I like the way it goes with the tomato. There used to be a great Greek pizza place right nearby me but they have new ownership now and the quality just isn't the same. That has happened to so many mom and pop joints that I used to love so much when I was younger.
I wonder if that's what they make around here. I don't like the local pizza because the sauce is all too sweet instead of spicey! We do have a large-ish Greek community around here, so maybe that's where it comes from. Of course, it's hard to even find a mom & pop pizza place around here. Everything has been taken over by these chains that serve awful pizza. I don't know why people would buy from a chain instead of a mom & pop place for pizza.
 
  • #4,823
Silence for 5 minutes, and suddenly 3 people post at 11:10 (US eastern time).
 
  • #4,824
Huckleberry said:
The closest Mexican food to me is Taco Bell. That doesn't even count. There's an On the Border not too far, and they are alright, but it's not even close to authentic. I didn't even realize how much I missed it until I started talking about it. I want a chimichanga now!
On the Border is cr@p. I hate to tell you this but chimichangas aren't Mexican, they're american, several claims to the first one, but probably from Arizona. Sorry. http://www.azcentral.com/home/food/mexico/articles/0427chimichange27-CR.html
 
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  • #4,825
It might be interesting to determine whether the variance of posting times within any given 5 minute stretch in which two posts occur is greater than the expected variance assuming the posting times are independent.
 
  • #4,826
BicycleTree said:
Huck, the last two times you posted, you posted in the same minute I posted, directly after.
I'm keepin an eye out for you. Makin sure you don't hurt yourself stalking the thread.
 
  • #4,827
You did it again.
 
  • #4,828
Evo said:
On the Border is cr@p. I hate to tell you this but chimichangas aren't Mexican, they're american, several claims to the first one, but probably from Arizona. Sorry. http://www.azcentral.com/home/food/mexico/articles/0427chimichange27-CR.html
It's okay. That actually makes sense. Arizona is where I first encountered them. But at least they were made by authentic Mexicans. :smile:

Wow, the place I used to eat was only a few miles from Nogales. Different name though. Can't remember off hand.
 
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  • #4,829
Yawn. I have made a picture in Paint that I saved as "plink" and most likely no one will ever know what the picture is about except for me.
 
  • #4,830
Just think of all the things that people do that nobody else ever knows about. I wonder what percentage of human actions are only known about by the person performing the action.
 
  • #4,831
BicycleTree said:
Just think of all the things that people do that nobody else ever knows about. I wonder what percentage of human actions are only known about by the person performing the action.
Not enough
 
  • #4,832
Ha, you're doing it deliberately now (the consecutive same-minute posting thing).
 
  • #4,833
BicycleTree said:
Yawn. I have made a picture in Paint that I saved as "plink" and most likely no one will ever know what the picture is about except for me.
You cold narrow your search to see how many actions are known by 2 people.







I'll wait for a reply :wink:
 
  • #4,834
Huckleberry said:
Not enough

:smile: Yeah, there are some things that plenty of us really wish we didn't know someone else was doing.
 
  • #4,835
Moonbear and yomamma (Ha, funny saying it in that order), you are not making any sense that I can see. Narrow my search for what? What actions are you wishing about in particular?
 
  • #4,836
BicycleTree said:
Moonbear and yomamma (Ha, funny saying it in that order), you are not making any sense that I can see. Narrow my search for what? What actions are you wishing about in particular?
Look at the post after the one I quoted. think :rolleyes: :wink:
 
  • #4,837
It still does not make sense. However, talking about this is mind-numbing drivel. I'm going to go do something more useful. Have fun all. Pardon my mind-numbed parting. Bye. Last night there were skinheads on my lawn. When I start talking like this I think it's time to quit. There's a fine line between artfully discombobulated and just plain bad.
 
  • #4,838
Wow, that post also sucked. This one's only making it worse.
 
  • #4,839
yomamma said:
Look at the post after the one I quoted. think :rolleyes: :wink:

Come back into the light yomamma! He's sucking you into the Dark Side!
 
  • #4,840
Moonbear said:
Come back into the light yomamma! He's sucking you into the Dark Side!
I'm caught in his spokes!
 
  • #4,841
yomamma said:
I'm caught in his spokes!

Oh no! Hang on! We'll get you out! franzbear, hop in and stop the wheel from turning.

*thwop thwop thwop thwop thwop*[/size]

Great job franzbear! Okay, yomamma, while franzbear is wedged in between the spokes and the chain, quickly, let's disentangle you and get you out. HURRY! It seems there's some elastic in this thread and he's starting to stretch!

*yanks yomamma out of the spokes just in time*

*Sproinggggggggggg! Ping! Ping! Ping! Thump.*[/size]
Uh, we better get more of that frozen broccoli for franzbear. That was quite a spectacular bounce around the room!
 
  • #4,842
Moonbear said:
Oh no! Hang on! We'll get you out! franzbear, hop in and stop the wheel from turning.

*thwop thwop thwop thwop thwop*[/size]

Great job franzbear! Okay, yomamma, while franzbear is wedged in between the spokes and the chain, quickly, let's disentangle you and get you out. HURRY! It seems there's some elastic in this thread and he's starting to stretch!

*yanks yomamma out of the spokes just in time*

*Sproinggggggggggg! Ping! Ping! Ping! Thump.*[/size]
Uh, we better get more of that frozen broccoli for franzbear. That was quite a spectacular bounce around the room!
And BT gets away?
 
  • #4,843
yomamma said:
And BT gets away?

Unfortunately, he escaped once again. As soon as you and franzbear were free of his spokes, he pedalled off into the sunset.
 
  • #4,844
I think not!


BT starts to ride off, and out of anger, I run superfast after him.

WWWHHHOOOSSHHH!

I catch up with BT, and know him off the bike.

POW!

THUD!

And then, I beat BT brutally and is sent to an institution.

But I break out..


Then I go to BT's house and ruin his bike.
 
  • #4,845
*sighs* He always comes back. Every thread needs a villian. :rolleyes: Or...well, whatever it is that BT does here. :smile:
 
  • #4,846
Moonbear said:
*sighs* He always comes back. Every thread needs a villian. :rolleyes: Or...well, whatever it is that BT does here. :smile:
We'll continue the BT saga tomorrow, I'm out
 
  • #4,847
yomamma said:
I think not!


BT starts to ride off, and out of anger, I run superfast after him.

WWWHHHOOOSSHHH!

I catch up with BT, and know him off the bike.

POW!

THUD!

And then, I beat BT brutally and is sent to an institution.

But I break out..


Then I go to BT's house and ruin his bike.
Yep, I'm liking yomamma more and more each day. :-p
 
  • #4,848
Evo said:
Yep, I'm liking yomamma more and more each day. :-p

:smile: We need more 13 year-olds around here! They have the energy us old folks lost a long time ago.
 
  • #4,849
Moonbear said:
*sighs* He always comes back. Every thread needs a villian. :rolleyes: Or...well, whatever it is that BT does here. :smile:
I don't see him as a villian. I looked in the movie wikipedia and it said a Bicycle Tree is what you get after Marvin infects the Deep Thought computer and then runs through the infinite improbability drive and a bolt slips halfway through. He's a Bicycle Tree with a brain the size of a sideways galaxy. What do you expect from him?
 
  • #4,850
uhh.. i lost you there (both of you, yes you too..)
 

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