The Longest Thread Ever!

[BadNick]

[ring]

[BadNick]

^ very literally, there's a little piece of that in all of us!

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R.I.P., Fluffy

Longest snake living in captivity dies in Ohio zoo

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio zoo said the longest snake living in captivity has died. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said workers found the 24-foot python Wednesday morning dead from an apparent tumor.
The snake, named Fluffy, held the Guinness World Record as the longest snake living in captivity. It was about as long as a moving van and as thick as a telephone pole. It weighed 300 pounds.
The 18-year-old reticulated python had drawn large crowds since the zoo got it in 2007.

Reticulated pythons are named for the cross-hatching patterns on their skin and average 10 to 20 feet long. The largest recorded one was 32 feet, 9 1/2 inches long when it was killed in 1912 in Indonesia.


This undated photo released by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, shows Fluffy, a reticulated python at the zoo.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Where'd DaveOrion go?
Do you think the snake ate him,
all misdiagnosed?

[BadNick]

Betelgeuse seems embarrased, though I would be happy to be that large...relatively speaking.

Classified as a red supergiant, Betelgeuse is one of the largest and most luminous stars known. If it were at the center of our Solar System, its surface would extend past the asteroid belt possibly to the orbit of Jupiter and beyond, wholly engulfing Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars.

[BadNick]

Treasuries rose as the Federal Reserve asked bond dealers how asset purchases will influence yields, encouraging speculation policy makers remain open to large acquisitions as they try to spur the economy.

Benchmark 10-year notes advanced for the first time in seven days, ending the longest stretch of losses in two years and pushing the yield down from almost a one-month high.
U.S. government debt fell yesterday as a Wall Street Journal story suggested that a Fed program bond dealers expect to be enacted next week to boost growth will be gradual.

[ring]

I see we've been relegated...again.
That's okay. It's nice & cool here in the basement.

[BadNick]

I highly noticed that, too. I don't need no stinkin' search, but the attitude bugs me.

In the meantime, I found something important:



It reminds me of when the environmental people come around here. I give when and what I can. My question is, is my water clean enough? is my air clean enough?

[ring]

Hell if I know.
(that's the answer to the question: "What do you get when you cross
an elephant & a rhino." )

I do know our dog park on the outskirts of town is built on a SuperFund site.
It's kinda been cleaned up.

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Is a libertarian a cross between the statue of liberty & a librarian?

I need a beverage.

[BadNick]

Originally Posted by ring

...Is a libertarian a cross between the statue of liberty & a librarian?

I need a beverage.

I wish they were and then I could like them better. Most of them are as full of shit as your dog park and about comparable to piles of elephant and donkey poop. We need a park where the politicians can leave their droppings...that would be a Superfund site for sure.

Hey, maybe we can rename this section the Toxic SuperFun Site

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Toxic SuperFun!
What nonsense could then arise
from such a waste-stream!

[ring]

Glowing in the dark
Glowing in the dark
We will come rejoicing
Glowing in the dark

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Making these noises,
I hope you like the echoes
you can't really hear.

(I'm a little pissed off)

[BadNick]

I saw your comment about the noises of the disappearing jet ...what happened?

Guinness World Records Validates Longest Document Scan
The Truper 3600, a low-volume production scanner, processed a continuous single-page document for one hour, 17 minutes, and 22 seconds.

By Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek February 29, 2008 ...a leap year report!!!

The record for the longest document scan at nearly three-quarters of a mile has been set and certified, scanner manufacturer Bowe Bell & Howell on Friday said.

The Truper 3600, a low-volume production scanner, was used to scan a document measuring 3,875 feet. A Guinness World Records judge validated the feat, which took one hour, 17 minutes, and 22 seconds, and was conducted Feb. 25 in Orlando, Fla., at the HIMSS Conference, the health care IT industry's largest annual event.

In order to set the record, BBH had to perform an uninterrupted scan on a single page, storing the results in a continuous file. The original document had to be made out of paper. The document used was a custom-made fetal monitor strip.

Gareth Deaves, a judge for Guinness World Records, traveled from London to validate the record. "We are pleased to recognize Bowe Bell and Howell as new Guinness World Record holders for the longest scanned document at 3,875 feet," Deaves said in a statement. "We congratulate everyone involved in this record-breaking achievement."

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Cool what we can say,
with certain impunity,
thanks to no scanning.

Isn't it?

23575!

[BadNick]

I wish and hope that everyone in the universe would scan what we say. If I say/do something you don't like, I dare you to talk to me about it, or if you prefer, just ban me. I haven't been banned in the longest time ...actually, never.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Being analyzed
by those who haven't bothered
is like a bad joke.

I wonder, in fact,
why I find it so funny
I don't understand?

[BadNick]

I wonder what analysis could be made if the metric was "how long has the thread been active?"?

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Or the question asked:
"What has it been doing that
I don't really like?"

[BadNick]

I found a virtual pumpkin carving site: Carve your pumpkin online - virtual Jack-o-Lantern from Theoworlds.com !

[Ourcrazymodern?]

I think uncle phil
would like "undo last hole" best.
Tell me I'm wrong, unc.

[BadNick]

From a list of "Longest Construction Projects"...here's what could very well be the longest construction project in history,
that we know of, with some reasonable assumptions, and with some valid disagreeements possible:



Started over 2,000 years ago, and still being constructed during the 16th century A.D.,
the Great Wall was actually a series of walls constructed by different dynasties over
the centuries. Stretching over 4,160 miles at its peak, the wall was guarded by over one
million men, protecting the northern border of China against fearsome nomadic raiders.
It is estimated that between two and three million men died during its construction.
The Great Wall was as much a symbol of imperial power as it was an effective military
tool, and is unrivaled to this day as the world’s longest construction project.

Started: Circa 400 B.C.
Completed: Circa A.D. 1600
Duration: 2,000 years

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Let's pretend longest
sometimes causes jealousy:
what's up with their speed?

2+3=5=8-3

[BadNick]

The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah!

[Zooksport2]

There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a large, trouble-making biker steps up next to me,

grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig.

"Well, whatcha' gonna do about it?" he says, menacingly, as I burst into tears.

"Come on, man," the biker says, "I didn't think you'd CRY. I can`t stand to see a man crying."

"This is the worst day of my life," I say. "I'm a complete failure. I was late to a meeting and my boss fired me.

When I went to the parking lot, I found my car had been stolen and I don't have any insurance.

I left my wallet in the cab I took home. I found my wife with another man and then my dog bit me."

"So I came to this bar to work up the courage to put an end to it all, I buy a drink,

I drop a capsule in and sit here watching the poison dissolve; then you show up and drink the whole thing!

But enough about me, how's your day going?"

[Jetée]

There must be a reason for all this.

- - -

Originally Posted by BadNick

Betelgeuse seems embarrased, though I would be happy to be that large...relatively speaking.

Classified as a red supergiant, Betelgeuse is one of the largest and most luminous stars known. If it were at the center of our Solar System, its surface would extend past the asteroid belt possibly to the orbit of Jupiter and beyond, wholly engulfing Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars.

I have this visualization stashed somewhere as an animated .gif - I'll rummage around to find it, seeing as it is semi-relevant to what I'm reading now.

[Cat_Eyes]

Okay, I admit it~ I jumped to the end. I will say I read part of the first page but there is no way on God's green Earth that I'm going to even try to read this topic through.

As for the longest- what is the longest thread ever? Is there a goal, have you all surpassed it, is it even close, or did someone in the dark and lonely depths of past pages already say?
I'll never know, I'm not going in there- it echoed.

[Jetée]

I have little idea of what you'd gather from this, but I'd recommend you look over Page 45 of TLTE! to glean at least the bitiest of infintesimal {infinitesimal} of an idea of what a few of us have strived to achieve, relate, and procure here, all in the name of the one goal (I guess).

(BTW: this was really the first thread I visited when I was a new member some time ago, and it stuck on me so much, I decided there was nothing beyond it [TFP]. IDW)

[BadNick]

Originally Posted by NoSoup

Feel free to post any ridiculous nonsense you want to - our goal?

Make this the longest thread in TFP History!

Cat Eyes,
the way it looks to me is that once upon a time, NoSoup got the brilliant idea that if he starts this thread and people keep adding to it, someday it might become the longest thread that ever existed. Considering all of the Internet, I know we're far from that goal. Within TFP we did reach that milestone although we are teetering on the brink of swapping places with the "word association" thread...so I might encourage you to ignore that thread and help us in this thread to maintain our slim lead. Or if you're one of those who must support the underdog, I understand, but fuck you.

Some of us, me included, have taken to posting about "things that are the longest" just to add a bit of interest to this thread, as if anybody other than you and me actually reads this thread.

best regards,
Your friend, BadNick

[Ourcrazymodern?]

& look around more,
there'll be something you fancy.
I just write haiku.

& do primitive math & bitch at the administrators & state my opinions when I don't know what I'm talking about & LOVE THIS PLACE!!!!

[Zooksport2]

Originally Posted by Cat_Eyes

Is there a goal, have you all surpassed it, is it even close, or did someone in the dark and lonely depths of past pages already say?
I'll never know, I'm not going in there- it echoed.

Its not THAT scary.... but you may need to switch off the brain sometimes in order to understand whats what. and even then......

see page 556, to see the actual time TLTE became TLTE.....


http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...-ever-556.html

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Careering through this
seems to me not like stealing
though profits accrue...

[BadNick]

I like this site and little story about the "longest rural mail route" which takes John Prior, the subject mailman, 3 days and 918 miles to cover.

Alaska Highway: Longest Rural Mail Route

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Being the longest
has symbolic importance
more than practical.

[Cat_Eyes]

Okay, I checked page 45 ... it's cowabunga, dude~

And you're telling me this won't get archived at a certain number of replies? Interesting.

Truth to tell, I don't have any longest tales.

OH!~ My cat has the longest tail I've seen on a cat but I've not seen that many cats, considering.

So, can I ramble, too?

[ring]

I am one of the ramblers in this thread. Ramble away darlin' !

Here, we can ramble in style in an old Rambler.



I remember this, my parent's car, even though it was a longish time ago.
I see you have discovered our emoticons. They look like a bowl of animated Halloween candy. Am I allowed to take more than one?

[Cat_Eyes]

Oh, yes! The emoticons are a touch of color to my posts. I might need to distract from my spelling, grammar, and misuse of reader's intelligence.

Oh, Look~ colorful smileys!

[BadNick]

Cat Eyes,
I hereby commend you and bestow upon you a great honor. I'm positive you deserve it.

Please say "hi" to your cat for me. What's its name?

[Cat_Eyes]

I named him Peanut!

He's smart as heck and curious to boot. :

~I must say, he looked up as I told him you said, "Hi."

[BadNick]

See, I do have a way with cats. If only my hand could reach over there and scratch its back, that would seal it.