Nay! Nay! This thread is not too long! Nor does it "hang... way out there with no place to go". In fact, this thread is no longer a thread. It has transcended threadness. It has become an institution, a movement, a religion. "Thread" is simply its outward manifestation that allows people like Peter Woodruff to access it. We who have been with it since its inception know that if it were closed tomorrow - if Max were to say "Enough!" - it would continue in a higher plane. It has inspired poetry, grammatical errors, and the creation of entire alien civilizations. And it has done it all while never running out of banana pudding or fried chicken!