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Denny wrote:
I.D.10-t wrote:If you look at the number of threads named "test" it is not like there is a problem with duplication of thread names.
just text, the thread is known by it's number....this thread is 78945
Yep, but no one searches for the thread 8670309.
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one of us has been known to....

should I stop?
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s1m0n wrote:There's no anti-Frankenthread law that I'm aware of.
Right. So....are you proposing one, then?
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I'm no mind reader, but some forums have rules like the "anti-Frankenthread law". I think s1m0n was just stating a fact.
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Nanohedron wrote:
s1m0n wrote:There's no anti-Frankenthread law that I'm aware of.
Right. So....are you proposing one, then?
No.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Your sidetrack is duly noted.
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Nanohedron wrote:Right. So....are you proposing one, then?
I am. Flog all offenders thrice with a wet noodle!

If we really wanted to ban zombie threads, then all
threads with last posts that are past a certain age
would be automatically locked.
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But then we'd have less to discuss.
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Nanohedron wrote:Thanks for clearing that up. Your sidetrack is duly noted.
Sidetrack? I answered the question posed in the OP, and my one post in this thread is more to the point than any of yours, if you wanna get snippy about it.
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s1m0n wrote:I answered the question posed in the OP...
So you did. My apologies. Without the quote, as you used for clarification immediately above, it was hard to tell what you were focusing on.
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don't ya just love this part of the year?

cold, gray, wet, miserable...
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Worms...I want worms.
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drown by now....stream is up, salmon are finally able to commute
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Nanohedron wrote:Worms...I want worms.
A diet of worms? I have never heard of something so horrible.
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:-? with tater tots & Velveeta :-?


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