BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully

Subject: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Hamish
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 09:30 AM

I was going to ask how posting a message about allowing a specific thread to die preacefully was helping to achieve that end - in that selfsame thread - and then I thought "Wait a minute: isn't there a logical disconnect herein?"

~8^)

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 09:33 AM

There is indeed; it's called, Don't post.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 10:20 AM

There is a game occasionally played by a couple members....try to start a thread SO dull & vague that it gets no replies and drops off the bottom.

This ain't one.....watch

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Ebbie
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 11:06 AM

Is it still alive? poke, poke

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: catspaw49
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 11:18 AM

You could just start another one on being the last poster on a thread which is the companion topic! Now I'll suggest I will be the last here to assure this one continues.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 11:19 AM

Well, I'm not going to post on it after 'spaw has been there...

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Hamish
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 11:19 AM

But it is kinda dull all the same...

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Jeri
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 11:25 AM

It's a way of saying "I don't like this thread, and I don't want anyone else to post to it."

If it has any effect at all, it's usually the opposite-than-intended one. All anyone can do is steer clear of threads they don't like. It's not about controlling what other people do, but about doing what YOU like.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: catspaw49
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 11:33 AM

There is a rule here for BS threads that states no thread can die until it comes down to less than 5 people posting to it and they have all stated their positions on the subject at least 172 times each.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Amos
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 11:41 AM

At which point Spaw inserts a crude remark about possums or genitalia or methane and the threads gags to death...

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 12:04 PM

Bet you a penny this is the last post on this thread ...

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: akenaton
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 12:15 PM

Sorry to disappoint you M, but you have a point, I've noticed some people are born thread killers....its a gift.

Unfortunately the ones I get involved in seem to go on for months, which is strange, as everybody keeps telling me I'm talking bollocks!

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 12:24 PM

It's about the same as trying to get a dog to stop barking.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Newport Boy
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 12:27 PM

I've posted to a couple of fairly active threads, and they've just died. I thought it was just me.

Let's see if works with this one!

Phil

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 01:00 PM

OK ~~ write me c/o The Groucho Club to claim your penny, Ake...

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 01:22 PM

Well, I guess I killed the Saturday Matinee thread, so let's see if I kill this one too.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: mousethief
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 01:54 PM

Nope.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 02:02 PM

There is no F-ing way this thread is going to end until the rest of you admit that I'm right and you're not.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 02:38 PM

You know, it's a really lonesome feeling, when you post to an active and interesting thread, and then NOBODY POSTS AFTER YOU....

Come to think of it, there are a lot of threads where that would be a good talent to have, to be able to write something so utterly boring that nobody would dare post afterwards - like those "What Is Folk?" brawls, and I'd like to be able to use that on the Catholic threads, and on and on and on....

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Janie
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 02:40 PM

OK Joe, I'll save you from feeling lost and lonely....but only this once:>)

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: ClaireBear
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 02:46 PM

I'm a renowned thread-killer, too. Perhaps my name will, umm, bring closure...

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 03:08 PM

Scouse

An authentic production of Scouse should allow the spoon to stand straight up in the bowl! For veggies, simply remove the meat from the recipe and cook as normal and you have 'Blind Scouse' .
Scouse
Serves: 6 People

900g/2lb neck of lamb, cubed (remove fat first)
450g/1lb stewing or braising steak, cubed (remove fat first)
600ml/1pt beef stock, plus extra hot water for topping up
Oil for frying
3 onions, peeled and sliced
900g/2lb potatoes, peeled and sliced
900g/2lb carrots or parsnips or swede, peeled and cubed (or a mixture)
seasoning to taste
1 tbsp fresh thyme

Recipe

Preheat the oven to gas 3/325F/170C. Melt a small amount of oil in a large heavy-based pan (or, alternatively, use a metal casserole dish). Seal the lamb and beef cubes quickly in the hot oil, turning often. When the meat begins to brown, add the onions, and cook for 5 minutes stirring often. Pour into a casserole and add all other ingredients except the salt. With cheap cuts of meat it's always best to add the salt towards the end of the cooking time, otherwise it will make the meat too tough. Add enough hot water to just cover all the ingredients. Cover with a lid and cook in the centre of the oven for 4 hours until the vegetables are cooked through and the ingredients are softer and mixed together. Taste, adjust the seasoning.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: mousethief
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 03:15 PM

How many Sears could a searsucker suck if a searsucker could suck Sears?

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 03:20 PM

who would've thunk that Iceland volcano could affect MY Performance targets in such a convoluted way?




random unrelated pointless posts might just do it

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Ed T
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 03:24 PM

Maybe it's a sad case of "What's the weather like where you live", blues? Or, "I looked back (and posted), to see if you looked back, (and posted)"?

It's strange that no one opened a thread on religeon or sexual orientation with pictures, asking for posts with captions ....ya know, like the cat and dog ones...not yet, that is :)

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 05:25 PM

Why should threads die a peaceful death?

They should suffer like the rest of us!

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Gurney
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 05:44 PM

I'm just going to kill a hedgehog that has been poisoned, probably by slug-killer pellets.

It's quite true, and the pathos should finish this thre.....

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: jeffp
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 05:50 PM

Well, it has so far!

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: JennieG
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 06:58 PM

I can kill threads without even trying.....

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: mousethief
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 07:00 PM

I've never had a thread die out from under me.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 07:27 PM

Oh, yes you have!

Well that should keep it going for a while....

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Ebbie
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 08:40 PM

A thread that was a lot of fun some time back was titled something like 'Killing a Thread'. This was before we had the option of clicking on a 50-post page so it was closed - and in time deleted, I believe. I would like to have it back. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: mousethief
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 12:54 AM

Ah, sweet nostaligia.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Hamish
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 02:14 AM

And let's all observe today's midday moment of mayhem, in remembrance of this thread. Play a morris tune REALLY LOUD!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Art Thieme
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 05:40 AM

white fish

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Gervase
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 07:54 AM

So, what exactly is folk?

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 08:14 AM

the last thread-killer thread I didn't post to went on for 3,672 posts...just saying :)

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: GUEST,Neil D
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 10:18 AM

What?! Is this thread still open? I insist it be closed immediately!

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 10:30 AM

no

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: mousethief
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 11:59 AM

Day is done
Gone the sun
From the lake
From the hills
From the sky
All is well
Safely rest
God is nigh

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 12:05 PM

Have you accepted the Lord Jesus as your personal saviour?

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: mousethief
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 12:07 PM

Illegal use of the word "personal." Offense. 15 yards from the line of scrimmage. Third down.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 12:14 PM

Prolific vacillating ambergris exonerates bifurcated ambiguities.

Moribund, incoherent flagellation revitalizes alliterative dyspepsia.

Ancillary breadwinners correlate deciduous eviscerated flotillas-gratuitously haranguing incendiary Jacobites.






















(it's just a stream-of-conciousness vocabulary exercise I do sometimes when trying to get to sleep...instead of counting sheep. The rules are .... must be a complete phrase or sentence which makes grammatical sense, need NOT make real sense, and each word must be at least 3 syllables. I debated allowing myself prepositions and articles, but that made it too easy. Extra points for getting the spelling right in print, which doesn't apply when done entirely in the head. Also, extra points for using all the same beginning letter, or for each word being in alphabetical order (#3). Getting past I & J is a bonus.)

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: GUEST,999
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 01:49 PM

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Tangledwood
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 01:34 AM

Is the thread still OK? Just checking

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Hamish
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 03:04 AM

Flat lining for an hour and a half. It's not looking too well. RIP.

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Gervase
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 05:08 AM

Sssh! It's just sleeping...

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: GUEST,Davetnova
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 06:35 AM

Give it a burial like this. Sky Burial It will never come back. (Not for the squemish or sensitive. Dave T

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 07:49 AM

There are some that should be buried in an unmarked grave, at a crossroads, at midnight, with a stake through it just in case...

or is that just me and melodeons?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Allowing threads to die peacefully
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 08:57 AM

Looks like I killed this one... can we get a Post Whisperer to get to cross over quietly?

LTS