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Article #632381Re: Longest Thread Ever
From: McMac
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:00
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Richard Morgan <rich...@hotmail.com> wrote in article <335F8C...@hotmail.com>...
Ed Tang wrote:
>
> On Fri, 04 Apr 1997 16:20:14 GMT, j...@wam.umd.edu (John Alexander)
> wrote:
>
> >Mark Young <mar...@cyberhighway.net> wrote:
> >
> >>Sarah of the Low Countree wrote:
> >>>
> >>> julie <j...@cyberhighway.net> wrote:
> >>> >C.J.LANGFORD wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Jen Van Dijk wrote:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Richard Morgan wrote:
> >>> >> > >
> >>> >> > > moon wrote:
> >>> >> > > >
> >>> >> > > > In article <us029555-070...@ip110.san-ramon.ca.pub-ip.psi.net>,
> >>> >> > > > us02...@mindspring.com (Denny) wrote:
> >>> >> > > >
> >>> >> > > > > In article <5asvo1$s...@camel1.mindspring.com>, rya...@mindspring.com wrote:
> >>> >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > I've seen MUCH longer threads, so HA! And now,
> >>> >> > > > > > ALT-characters!���禥�-c{_9��+�!
> >>> >> > > > > > >Michael Dare (dar...@earthlink.net) wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: Due to circumstances beyond our control, we regret to inform you that
> >>> >> > > > > > >: circumstances are beyond our control.
> >>> >> > > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >scn...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> Phishy wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > Dominik Witkiewicz wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > Marco van Hylckama Vlieg (fa...@cal022011.student.utwente.nl)
> >>> >> > > > wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : Gert Rijs (g...@wirehub.net) wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : Andy Roberts wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > Braden Leibovitch wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > In article <320696...@earthlink.net>,
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > Randy Mosteller <rm...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >O'Neil Parker wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> On 18 Jul 1996, Andre Maritz wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > Jose <nop0...@mail.telepac.pt> wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >Joan Aaronson <aa...@disney.com> escreveu:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> Sky Lukewalker wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > Edgar wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > Rike Willer wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > alvin plummera wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > $h...@sirius.intxpress.co.nz>
> >>> >> > > > > <47gce3$r...@atlas.odyssee.net> <30A193...@ddddf.com>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > >
><31DAEB...@oslo.teamco.telenor.no>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > <31DB6F...@pobox.com> <31dc3ee
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > Distribution:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > Richard Morgan
> >>> >> > > > > (10052...@compuserve.com) wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : Ismaan Ameer <i...@squirrel.com.au> wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >msc wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> On Thu, 04 Jul 1996 00:14:49
> >>> >> > > > > -0700, Bobo Franco <ch...@pobox.com>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >Iver Kristoffersen wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >/>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >/> Jon Isaac wrote:
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >/> >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >/> > This thread is long enough
> >>> >> > > > > as it is - if you don't think so,
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >/> > PLEASE reply.
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >/>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >/> I will....
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >/>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >/> Se Ya !
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> >Me too.
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> if this gets to be the longest
> >>> >> > > > > thread, can it get in the Guiness book
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >> of world records?
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : >so, how long is this thread? :)
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : Sorry, I missed how this thread
> >>> >> > > > > began. Could someone fill me in with
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > : what's been happening?
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > Well, someone asked a LONGGGGG time
> >>> >> > > > > ago "What was the longest thread ever?"
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > As a response, several people decided
> >>> >> > > > > to try to make a 'longest thread'.
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > Does anyone remember when this thread
> >>> >> > > > > was started?
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > > Alvin Plummer
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > The first I saw it was back in '87.
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > > Willer.
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > > YOU LIE!!!!
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> > La la la connect the dots...
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >> What a silly person.
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> > Grow thread, GROW!!!!!!!!
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > >> Throw Bread Throw....
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > >
> >>> >> > > >>><<>><<itsgrowingandgrowingandiwantedtobeapartofit
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > Can you people please tell me what's going on?
> >>> >> > > > > Whatever it is I just
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > > wanted to post at least one message into the huge thread.
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > Huh?
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > --
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > ************
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > Blind folks do it with feeling.
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : > Andy Roberts
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : : Blind folks are the happy few that dont participate in
> >>> >> > > > > this thread
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > : Indeed a happy few! *acts like he is blind*
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > This thread is not long enough. Does anyone agree ? First 10
> >>> >> > > > > 000 me-too'ers would be allowed bo buy 4 Mb SIMMs at very special price
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > of $495.30 .Next 20 000 me-too'ers would win special MS Haste 98
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > packet, that makes your win95 to boot in less than .00821 seconds.
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > > --
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> >
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> > hey what the hell, I figured I might as well post too, it is
> >>> >> > > > > pretyy damn
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> >
> >>> >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > long.........................................................................
> >>> >> > > > .............................................................................
> >>> >> > > > ...
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >>
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >> Me
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >>
> >>> >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > too.......YYYYYYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>> >> > > > aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> >>> >> > > > aaaaaaa
> >>> >> > > > > > >: >>>'ello can I join in the fun?
> >>> >> > > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > > >thought id join in the fun
> >>> >> > > > > > >toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo......
> >>> >> > > > > >
> >>> >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > The thread's still alive! :)
> >>> >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > In Unconditional Love,
> >>> >> > > > > --->Denny
> >>> >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > > For Everything From Handwriting Analysis to UFO's, Check Out...
> >>> >> > > >
> >>> >> > > > What the ...?
> >>> >> > > >
> >>> >> > > > >Who said that?
> >>> >> > > > >
> >>> >> > > > >>Said what?
> >>> >> > > > >>>What?Mwa-ha-ha!!! Face the wrath of Whippet-trancer! Pzing!
> >>> >> > > (goes for a lie down in a dark room.)
> >>> >> > >
> >>> >> > > Badgersnake! Choom!
> >>> >> > >
> >>> >> > > bye. Sorry.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Where did this come from?
> >>> >> It was stuck in the fluff behind your sofa.
> >>> >I looked Behind that sofa but found????Well not this any way..
> >>> >What do you think I found??? Let's hear it!!!!!!!
> >>>
> >>> I found you and your sister playing "Find the Zipper."
> >>>
> >>> F**k off and die, luser.
> >
> >>F**K off and die????? Why would someone want to die after that??
> >>Besides I married my sister, so what's wrong with playing hide the
> >>zipper?
> >>Everyone has the right answers to the wrong questions.(bummer ea)
> >
> >Pinky: What do you want to do tonight Brain?
> >
> >Brain: Well since I have implanted a subliminal message in the
> >"Longest Thread Ever," and millions of people have read it, and upon
> >sending the follow up message that will make everyone become mindless
> >zombies who will only obey me, a underestimated lab mouse with high
> >global asperations, I think that tonight I shall take over the world!
> >Pinky, are you pondering what I am pondering?
> >
> >Pinky: I think so Brain, but the President's daughter and you? What
> >would the kids look like?
> >
> >Brain: No Pinky, I think that now is the critical time to post the
> >follow up message. Dial the service provider Pinky!
> >
> >Pinky: Narf! Brain I can't get on-line, all I get are busy signals!
> >
> >Brain: Rats! The message had to go out tonight! Our plan is a falure
> >Pinky. Well there is always tommarow night.
> >
> >Pinky: What are we doing tommarow night Brain?
> >
> >Brain: The same thing we do every night Pinky, try to drop America
> >On-line!
>
> Pinky: What about MSN?
Brain: THe fools who use that are brainwashed enough already! we don't
need to do anything!
<snip>
twelve turds.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: "McMac" <robert@chox.demon.co.uk.no.spam> Subject: Re: Longest Thread Ever Date: 1997/04/27 Message-ID: <01bc5333$74a466a0$LocalHost@chox.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 237837540 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: chox.demon.co.uk References: <4sl5ce$58q@duke.telepac.pt> <4sl9nb$1jr1@duvi.eskom.co.za> <Pine.SOL.3.91.960725154946.12796B-100000@shiva.hunter.cuny.edu> <3206966E.316B@earthlink.net> <Dvr3su.HIH@telly.org> <320905E8.1466@gsm.ucdavis.edu> <320B9C73.4003@wirehub.net> <4uglv7$n5n@dinkel.civ.utwente.nl> <4upqhp$db0@onyx.sgh.waw.pl> <32123381.420A@mint.net> <3212AEE2.1C76@ix.netcom.com> <4v2k9o$qti@iz.comcat.com> <4v52dm$3io@paraguay.earthlink.net> <542bhu$1dc@infa.central.susx.ac.uk> <5asvo1$sv3@camel1.mindspring.com> <us029555-0701970205450001@ip110.san-ramon.ca.pub-ip.psi.net> <moon-ya02408000R1103972123460001@news.alt.net> <3326F719.7E80@hotmail.SPOILER.com> <3327479A.52DD@oro.net> <332956FC.55D2@QMWCC2.qmw.ac.uk> <33394CA9.53CE@cyberhighway.net> <5hhufe$9h8$8@news.inc.net> <3344BD01.7B0E@cyberhighway.net> <5i39o3$omf@dailyplanet.wam.umd.edu> <335ea310.68109483@news.pinc.com> <335F8CED.4594@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: alt.cascade,alt.college.college-bowl,alt.fan.karl-malden.nose,alt.fan.monty-python,alt.fan.warlord,alt.flame,alt.folklore.computers,alt.food.dennys,alt.food.mcdonalds,alt.kids-talk,alt.non.sequitur,alt.pinecone,alt.religion.kibology,alt.stupi MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit