Silent threads

[Guest AG/DC]

I love 'em. I just think death announcements and silent threads shouldn't be the same thread. People get all silent in a thead and those of us already talking feel stupid.

We need one place to talk about these folks, and one not to.

[Frayed Knot]

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[Guest KC]

Mr. Whipple died?

[Guest AG/DC]

Good Seaver post, even if the avatar isn't working.

[seawolf17]

I don't even know how you all post a silent post; it won't let me post nothing.

[Guest cooby]

sealwolf, didn't your English teachers teach you nothing? Don't use double negatives!

[Guest AG/DC]

Hit the space bar twice, like Han Solo after a particularly difficult Kessel Run.

[Willets Point]

AG/DC wrote: I love 'em. I just think death announcements and silent threads shouldn't be the same thread. People get all silent in a thread and those of us already talking feel stupid. We need one place to talk about these folks, and one not to.

I think its nice to have them all together. Some people have a great story to tell at the wake, some people just shuffle quietly past the coffin. This is especially true for those of you who say actually know who Don Cardwell is as opposed to those of us who just want to show a bit of respect to a former Met.

[seawolf17]

[metirish]

AG/DC wrote: People get all silent in a thead and those of us already talking feel stupid. We need one place to talk about these folks, and one not to.

I remember recently asking if I had missed something in a thread because people were posting nothing, for a while I thought I had posted something stupid and that was the response.

[Elster88]

AG/DC wrote: Hit the space bar twice, like Han Solo after a particularly difficult Kessel Run.

What just happened here?

[Guest AG/DC]

Two blank spaces qualifies as a post, and you're allowed to submit it.

[Elster88]

Oh yes I get that. But what about the Kessel run? He did it under 12 parsecs you know.

[Guest AG/DC]

Yes, I've heard.

What it is --- is a convolutedly awkward reference.

See, after a run like that, Han would want to hit a bar. Maybe twice. In space.

[Elster88]

Don't mind me. Clever puns go over my head quite often.

Was it 12 or 5? Or 6? I can't get it to sound right in my head.

[Willets Point]

Less than 12 parsecs is correct.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Seeing as a parsec is an actual measure of distance, rather than a unit of time, Hahn Solo was way off base with his boasts. Not that I actually knew any difference at the time, but 1 Parsec = 3.08568025 � 10 to the 16th power meters.

Still it is a fine scene in a great movie, despite Solo's confusion regarding parsecs.

[Guest AG/DC]

Fans have spent 30 years going to great lengths --- great lengths --- explaining how Solo's usage makes sense. Such explanations usually include phrases like, "This was the Kessel Run, after all...."

[seawolf17]

NERDS!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I know they're talking about Star Wars, but beyond that I'm lost.

[MFS62]

cooby wrote: sealwolf, didn't your English teachers teach you nothing? Don't use double negatives!

He ain't never done that!

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