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06-04-2008, 11:38 AM | #1 |
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Questionable thread titles
Not sure how to handle this personal peccadillo, and so thought to - what else?!? - start a thread that somehow may lead to some therapy.
So it's late, and I'll looking over the new and not so new threads within a section, looking for somewhere to plant some words that may start some discussion but won't overtax my brain too much, and so I'm reading over the thread titles, and then it happens... I get this urge to post one (or few) word answers to a thread, as, well, the answer's obvious and, well, you asked the question, didn't you? So far, I've held off, and I'm hoping that this thread will keep my typing at bay just a little longer, but...here's what I want to do, late in the night:
I hope that that will keep me away from your threads for at least a day or two. Keep me in mind the next time you end your thread title in a question mark, as I may just answer.
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06-04-2008, 12:01 PM | #2 |
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Servant or Master Master.
The Barrow-Downs? Website. Do Elves BURY their dead? Yeah. Do Balrogs Have Wings? Yesno. What's up with Celeborn? Nuthin. How many in Battle of 5 Armies? Five. Why destroy Laketown's bridge? Smaug. What? Huh?
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06-04-2008, 01:36 PM | #3 | |
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06-04-2008, 01:40 PM | #4 |
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Nitpicky. You said it.
Plenty of topics can follow this format. My dissertation had a question title: doesn't mean I didn't discuss anything therein! Besides, it shouldn't be the responsibility of a topic-starter in a discussion forum to remind everyone that discussion is encouraged in the thread.
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06-04-2008, 02:22 PM | #6 |
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06-04-2008, 06:47 PM | #7 |
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Welcome Back, Kotter.
I don't mind the thread titles that ask a full question, but the topics that sound like they were created by Vinnie Barbarino truly leave me shaking my head (i.e. What? Where? How? When?). I believe a topic should at least give a clue as to what is hidden within, just a click away.
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06-04-2008, 07:44 PM | #8 | |
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06-04-2008, 09:34 PM | #9 | |
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06-05-2008, 03:54 AM | #10 |
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better than burrahobbit
Did Aragorn really walk around the Wild with just a broken sword for protection? Condoms aren't mentioned in Middle-earth.
Christopher Tolkien: kill HOBBIT film Murder most foul The Barrow-Downs? Is that like coffee, tea or me? Short end of the stick, so to speak... picking straws? Re-release? Tom Jones gets to love again. Say what? No
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08-05-2008, 06:46 AM | #11 |
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What Happened to the Horses? They got made into pies.
Why is it so difficult? I don't know. I. Just. Don't. Know. Weird Yes. I am the Mouth of Sauron. Really? Can we see some I.D.? Eagles? Eagles? Help. HEEEELLLP! What About?: Palantirs. What about?: Them. I am going to try to do it... Good, good. Don't let me stop you. How long... ...is a piece of string? Were there... There were. Did Legolas... He did. Why do you keep at it? I'm bored. What if... Yes... What if? #2 No! What if? Yes! What if?? No!! What do they mean? Who are they? What are they? Why are they posting these cryptic thread titles? What do you think happenend to Sauron? Unhappy childhood. Places to go for Rolepaying as a game? It's a game? Numenoren kings and the end of Disney's Biambi No comment.
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08-06-2008, 02:01 AM | #12 |
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And now for a themed post.
Shelob=Big spider Can't argue with that one.
Spiders Where? Where? Spiders? Spiders! Spiders? I don't know! Somebody said there were spiders! Giant spiders HELP! Spiders! They're Everywhere! SAVE MEEE! Others? What Others? Other spiders? What's up? Spiders! Go Away for a Few Months! ...I think I'd better...
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08-06-2008, 05:12 AM | #13 |
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And more archaeological findings from the prehistory of the Downs...
Wow. Yeah... Wow...
sauron and saurman Are not known at this address. Gothmog???? Where are you, Gothmog? legolas's hair *sigh* Get over it, please. Drow? *cough* you're in the wrong forum *cough* Just who's in charge here anyway? The Barrow Wight. 3 rings for the Elven Kings??????? Seven question marks for the posters??????? How?!?!?!?! How?!?!?!?!?!?! How!?!?!?! *shrugs* I dunno. Monkeys eat bananas, right? Uh... yes... I suppose so...
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08-12-2008, 08:33 AM | #14 |
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What does it all mean? I have no idea...
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08-25-2008, 05:05 AM | #15 |
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Go on a general interest forum and you'll see a dozen threads a day entitled with helpful things like "Help! Quick!" or "Do you know..." etc. It generally turns out to be someone wanting to know the number of a shop that they could have got out of Yellow Pages...
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11-10-2008, 11:04 AM | #16 |
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Why Geneologies? - Because stick figure drawings just aren't as informative.
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11-12-2008, 06:47 AM | #17 |
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Actually from what I have heard it is quite unusual for monkeys to eat bananas in the wild, apparently it is too fattening.
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11-12-2008, 07:07 AM | #18 |
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Monkeys are diet-conscious?
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01-13-2009, 01:58 PM | #19 |
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Does anyone else hate the Rohanites? Or am I just a horrible person?
Can I still be a horrible person if I *like* the Rohanites?
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01-13-2009, 06:22 PM | #20 | |
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01-14-2009, 07:36 AM | #21 |
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02-23-2009, 02:44 PM | #22 |
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Can anything good come from Men? - We take out the garbage...
If Smeagol had not died...? - Eru knows who wouldn't have been held liable in Gollum's subsequent 'slip-in-fall' lawsuit... Avoiding the Old Forest...? - May I suggest 'Google Maps: Middle Earth' or a GPS unit? .... wait, what? - No comment.
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11-17-2009, 09:59 AM | #23 |
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What's in a Staff? - Cork?
Whom did the White Council serve? - It serves for thee... What do the High Elves really think of Men? - Saw this on the cover of a magazine, right next to 'After 3000 years, is he really still into you?'
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11-18-2009, 08:55 AM | #24 |
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11-18-2009, 09:35 AM | #25 |
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Real and Fake History: Can it be the Same? No. Obviously.
LotR Sauron vs. Silm Sauron? –Is time travel involved? Do ents lay eggs? –Probably. Finarfin is a Nandor –Na-na-ni-na-na, nandy-nandy-Nandor.... Tolkien Fandom - How much is too much? –See next question. Where on Middle earth am I? <–There. That's too much. I get knocked down but I get up again - you're never going to keep me down. –*so it seems... *sigh*
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11-18-2009, 10:21 AM | #26 |
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aw... I thought That threadtitle was good "Do ents Lay Eggs" the guy who thought that up was clever...
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12-10-2009, 04:56 PM | #27 |
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Do Hobbits get Lung Cancer? The studies are inconclusive
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12-11-2009, 04:29 PM | #28 |
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Nenya or the Elessar? The Elessar. Definitely.
The Eye: what was it? An eye. All the Wight Reasons? weally? How was Gwaihir so well informed ? He got around . Gamgees at The Party? Really? Where? How did Gollum escape from Moria ? He climbed . What do your Elven eyes see? ♪I see skies of blue, clouds of white...♫ what were The Silent Watchers? they were Statues. MONEY in middle earth? SILVER in bree.
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01-10-2010, 10:25 PM | #29 |
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Okay, I want to laugh every time I see it (and since I have laryngitis at the moment, it's not a comfortable thing!), so I have to mention it. When I enter the main discussion forums page and it's there, I only see part of it:
How many Rangers of the North So of course the mind, being old and creaky, immediately completes it with: ...does it take to screw in a light bulb? Not the real full topic title, of course, but I laugh at weird things, I guess.
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Glad I'm not the only one! How Dow We Stop Them? - Well I'm thinking forks and knives won't work...
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01-27-2010, 12:17 AM | #31 | |
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Not, sadly, the real thread title...but it was because the chicken crossed it and Sauron followed 'cause he wanted to barbeque and Isildur followed 'cause he wanted the shiny.
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01-27-2010, 07:49 AM | #33 |
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Lacking a clever title for the thread, I thought it wise to forestall any facetious remarks. My wisdom has been proven.
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01-27-2010, 10:28 AM | #34 |
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The answer being: three, one to actually do it and two to fight off Orcs so the lightbulb can live in simple peace with the Hobbits.
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01-27-2010, 08:08 PM | #35 |
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I saw! So I came up with a non-"to get to the other side" answer. No amount of foreknowledge can save you from the lame jokes of Lottie!
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02-01-2010, 10:07 AM | #36 |
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And yet another themed post.
Could a Dwarf melee with a Balrog? –Sure, just wait until it gets distracted fighting the Witch King.
Hot Balrog Lovin' –Ewww. I liked the spammers much better when they were just offering cheap deals on iPods. Balrog Sprinters? –Should liven up the next Olympics. As the Balrog flies –Flies? Ooo, you've made some enemies there.
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02-01-2010, 10:29 AM | #37 |
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Funny post!
Not necessarily. Old Roggie did some flying when Gandalf pitched him off the mountain top.
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Yeah, I don't think he missed the ground when he fell!
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