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texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 12:06 AM Sep 2013

It is the weekend and time for a thread killer thread. Last person wins.

I am the champion thread killer but I won't post to win.

We have new people here who may have never posted in a thread killer thread.

We have all killed threads, I have a few going right now.

So all you champion thread killers give it your best.

It is the weekend.

I don't know what the time limit will be, time will tell.

I am watching the Breaking Bad Marathon, so I will be here all weekend.

Give it your best.

This is a Lounge tradition.

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It is the weekend and time for a thread killer thread. Last person wins. (Original Post) texanwitch Sep 2013 OP
Hitler had traditions. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #1
and Godwin in One. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #3
Has Breaking Bad ended yet? OmahaBlueDog Sep 2013 #2
I will be totally honest. texanwitch Sep 2013 #5
There was a hilarious BB parody at the Berkshire Hathaway stockholder meeting OmahaBlueDog Sep 2013 #12
I would like to have seen that. texanwitch Sep 2013 #14
I will win Paulie Sep 2013 #4
indeed, I crowned you ... Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #6
Thank you thank you Paulie Sep 2013 #7
Early days yet. texanwitch Sep 2013 #10
My grandmother was killed by a thread krispos42 Sep 2013 #8
TL:DR Paulie Sep 2013 #9
Off to a good start. This thread is my Thank God it is Fall already and I can turn off the ac. texanwitch Sep 2013 #11
Post the news links and death cert or it didn't happen pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #13
Any more posters will be beneath me... MiddleFingerMom Sep 2013 #15
kitteh says.... steve2470 Sep 2013 #16
I'm watching this closely HarveyDarkey Sep 2013 #17
Well I was in NYC recently, and for the life of my could not find an Olive Garden... bluesbassman Sep 2013 #18
I'm surprised you couldn't find an Olive Garden. LeftofObama Sep 2013 #20
Yawn B Calm Sep 2013 #19
Well, you are up at 5 AM (eastern) OmahaBlueDog Sep 2013 #21
Hey, I'm bored. Anyone want to hang out with me? Aristus Sep 2013 #22
Not this time Aristus! Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2013 #33
I was trying to kill the thread. Aristus Sep 2013 #37
Not this time! Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2013 #39
I win. Callmecrazy Sep 2013 #23
I'm pretty sure I'm the official thread killer here Ron Obvious Sep 2013 #24
Not today. HappyMe Sep 2013 #25
It cost you, I bet Ron Obvious Sep 2013 #28
I'll be honest, it did siphon off some energy. HappyMe Sep 2013 #29
My wife was kicked sharp_stick Sep 2013 #26
It takes talent to be a thread killer. texanwitch Sep 2013 #27
(Think Mighty Mouse) Here I am.. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2013 #30
Thread ist tot, we have killed it. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #31
... Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2013 #32
So, who wants to hear a nice story about a bridge? NuclearDem Sep 2013 #34
Oh, no you don't! Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2013 #35
Fee fi fo fum, I smell the blood of a thieving one. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #36
... Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2013 #38
Meep meep Paulie Sep 2013 #40

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
5. I will be totally honest.
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 12:18 AM
Sep 2013

I am liking the show but I am not a big fan.

Until this marathon I have never watched an episode.

I do know that Sunday is the last night.

It is a interesting show, I do like the main actor.

I am more of a Walking Dead fan.

The marathon is now on the 3rd season episode 13.

I am still learning about this show, all five seasons is a lot to take in on one weekend.

OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)
12. There was a hilarious BB parody at the Berkshire Hathaway stockholder meeting
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 01:05 AM
Sep 2013
It's just a quick blip in Kass' account of his experience as the "credentialed bear" at the Annual Meeting, but it made us stop reading and start laughing.

From The Street:

The best commercials for Coca-Cola, Geico and other Berkshire subsidiary products were shown, and there was also a wonderful video parody of "Breaking Bad" which saw Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul reprising their roles as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. Instead of cooking up meth, the drug-dealing duo opts to focus on peanut brittle, and Warren appears at their motor home in the desert and offers to buy out their peanut-brittle business. They have a stare-down -- and Warren, of course, wins and buys their company. He calls Charlie Munger after the deal is agreed to and Charlie's response is priceless: "Brittle, bitches!"



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/breaking-bad-skit-at-berkshire-meeting-2013-5#ixzz2gA24DiNK

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
10. Early days yet.
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 12:27 AM
Sep 2013

We had some epic threads in the past.

Remember the kudzu thread.

I know more about kudzu then I ever wanted to know.


krispos42

(49,445 posts)
8. My grandmother was killed by a thread
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 12:24 AM
Sep 2013

More specifically, a spool of thread shot out of her sewing machine while she was making clothes for newborn orphans in Sierra Leone.

It took almost a week before she died in the hospital. She never came to. My grandfather read her the local paper, cover to cover (except the classifieds; those he picked through) so she would keep up with community events. He would die two months later, of acute loneliness.

They didn't find his body for 3 days. You have any idea how bad a body decomposes when it's locked in a tiny house in Illinois in late July?

It was a closed-casket funeral; the mortician couldn't reassemble his face right after it bloated and then exploded.






















So, how'd I do?

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
13. Post the news links and death cert or it didn't happen
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 01:10 AM
Sep 2013

Don't get me wrong. It sounds legit to me, I just don't want to see you sandbagged by some anal retentive m-f...if you know what I mean.

bluesbassman

(19,361 posts)
18. Well I was in NYC recently, and for the life of my could not find an Olive Garden...
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 04:40 AM
Sep 2013

Fortunately I ran into (literally, he was crossing the street and I hit him with my H2 Hummer) this nice asian wood carver. After he was released from the ER I took him to a show at Radio City Music Hall to kinda make up for running him over. He was very grateful and offered to make dinner for us both with the main course being cornflake crusted chicken. I must admit that the chicken was the best I had ever had, but what really impressed me were the hundreds of hours of old tapes he had of his days as a radio host. He had been part of a team with a remarkable woman (that he swore was not his wife) and we listened to these tapes until the sun came up.

I'll never forget my little friend, and will always think of him as I last saw him, squatting on the floor of his apartment carving little busts of Andy Warhol out of discarded table legs.

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)
20. I'm surprised you couldn't find an Olive Garden.
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 07:33 AM
Sep 2013

I was just there and I found an Olive Garden that let me breastfeed my pitbulls while changing my kid's diaper on the table. I talked them into adding a delicious cornflake crusted chicken to their menu and eliminating all beverages except water. Olive Garden rocks!

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
24. I'm pretty sure I'm the official thread killer here
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 11:01 AM
Sep 2013

Threads aren't over until I weigh in with an imbecilic observation or a lame, obvious pun about 24 hours after everyone has abandoned the discussion.

It'll happen again here, you'll see.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
25. Not today.
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 11:13 AM
Sep 2013


I used to kill threads off at an alarming rate. You can always think of it as having the last word, and be all smug about it.
 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
28. It cost you, I bet
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 11:29 AM
Sep 2013

Admit it: you saw my post and it sucked all the energy out of you. You only replied so that I wouldn't have the last word. I know how this works.

Whoa 1999 posts. I gotta think of something significant to say next.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
29. I'll be honest, it did siphon off some energy.
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 11:48 AM
Sep 2013

I pondered, and worried and wondered for a good 30 seconds.

Let Ron have the last word.
Are you nuts - don't let Ron have the last word.

I'm hoping for a 'wisdom of the ages' type post for your 2,000.


sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
26. My wife was kicked
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 11:17 AM
Sep 2013

out of an Olive Garden because she was breastfeeding our six year old and it pissed off some moron that thought kids shouldn't be allowed in restaurants.

How was that?

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
27. It takes talent to be a thread killer.
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 11:28 AM
Sep 2013

I like to think that what we have to say is so great nobody can do better.

Yeah, that's it.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
36. Fee fi fo fum, I smell the blood of a thieving one.
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 12:17 PM
Sep 2013

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