BEST THREAD ON ILX: Part TWO - The Poll

just realized no hen fap threads made it

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tears of joy

like a band that broke up or musician who died before they could go bad, so went Aja/ Dante.

you missed the MIA thread, LJ. It was definitely nominated twice.

that's my fave because of the folks who show up on it from different sides of the Sri Lankan conflict with their own different takes on things.

In the absence of that thread, Photoshop Ruined Album Covers clearly rules.

I was torn between wasp vibrator and Missionary Position, the Missionary wins because a) it's longer and has more lols, and b) it has that amazing sweets derailment in the middle leading to:

Doggy style is not the default for everyone, Kate. First time I tried it with my partner, she mentioned that it didn't work with her--note that's not "for" but "with"--she is angled/padded such that it's a strain on her to tilt the right way, and she doesn't enjoy it nearly as much as, for instance, missionary, of which she is a big fan.
-- green orange, Tuesday, 25 February 2003 12:44 (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

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GET THIS FILTH OFF MY SWEETS THREAD!!!
-- Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 12:46 (4 years ago)

Which makes me laugh every time I read it.

The best thread was probably the one about that weird ginormous hotel in Pyongyang that disappeared mysteriously (the thread, not the hotel). The Mordor photoshop job was inspired. RIP weird Pyongyang hotel thread.

I fear there are too many options in this poll so the votes will be spread too thinly, but the overrated couch/trucker hat thread will win. Either that or BAN LOUIS JAGGER.

Xpost Nickalicious OTM.

Actually how on earth did I miss Ralf Hutter's Blind Date? That's fantastic!

Also:

Louis Jagger threads in this poll = 3
Black Metal Dudes threads in this poll = 0

^^^^^^^travesty.

if nothing else can get you to vote for "so not gonna happen," look for gabbneb's single contribution to it.

Also the Apologies For Boorish ILXing thread was definitely seconded, although I think that's kind of a 'had to be there at the time' kind of thread. I feel similar about So Not Gonna Happen which I regrettably missed at the time and never really bothered to read in its entirety. Had I been posting to it at the time I would've been all 'Best Thread Ever!' clearly.

ach. nobody seconded my "sing house of jealous lovers" thread.

Only one thread I created made this final.

When ILE/Moderator board mods get shook, simply for the maracas.jpg punchline.

although I think that's kind of a 'had to be there at the time' kind of thread.

i think that's true of a lot of them. this thread and the noms one depresses me. it's a bit like doing 'best conversation ever' or something. i don't really read old threads, except for stuff to zing people with.

Please don't fall into his trap

stfu it was nominated and then seconded, once again you've referred to my non-existent 'trap', plz to stop being a cunt. fyi i don't want it to win either.

Yeah, in reading or re-reading many of these, quite a few are "you had to be there at the time" threads...but I don't think that such is the case with "So Not Gonna Happpen".

I'm sure that there are other threads that are funnier, or crazy-flamier, or what have you, but I truly believe, for reasons stated by Grady above, as well as others, that it was ILX's finest moment. Magic.

some things are funnier for being funny at the time.

Objectively the best of these lot = probably the Danish cartoons one. That's the thread, alongside the Michael Jackson and Kraftwerk script ones, that I'd show to someone who's never read ILX to show what it can be capable of.

Oh, and the Pet Shop Boys thread as well. I miss awesome long thinkpiece type posts.

plz to stop being a cunt.

I'll let you know when I'm being a cunt.

Who the heck proposed my Flirtations thread? There's not much to get excited about there really.

As an example of the what old ilx may have been all about this thread The Miracle of the Smiths is pretty great. it's the finest example i've seen of the gentleman's pop music club vibe.

When ILE/Moderator board mods get shook, simply for the maracas.jpg punchline.

-- acrobat, Thursday, 13 September 2007 09:59 (Thursday, 13 September 2007 09:59)

OTMFM!!! Stevem bringing the eternal roffles!

ILX isn't about any one person. I'm only saying...

xxxpost - and all the times I've defended you, too...

Objectively the best of these lot = probably the Danish cartoons one. That's the thread, alongside the Michael Jackson and Kraftwerk script ones, that I'd show to someone who's never read ILX to show what it can be capable of.

Yeah, that's what I was gonna say about "So Not Gonna Happen". I think one could conceivably use it as part of missionary outreach efforts to seduce people over to ILX.

Oh, yes, I was reading that Smiths thread the other evening. That is indeed great stuff.

Yeah that Smiths one was good. Pinefox, Carmody and Hopkins together on one thread - a golden age.

That marissa one is painful. I'd denominate it but it's too late I guess.

My life's ambition is to find the thread where CJ gave Mark Sinker advice about exactly how high off the floor his new bed should be, so that he could comfortably read in bed, or something...

I only know that this thread exists because Mark mentioned it in the pub a few weeks ago.

although I think that's kind of a 'had to be there at the time' kind of thread.

Every. Thread. Ever.

Objectively the best of these lot = probably... (etc)

Do you know what the word "objective" means?

The thing is you read that thread and it seems almost unbelievable that these people are just posting on a messageboard. Single posts there have more content than some books that have been written about the band. I remember the first time I came across that thread having to look up so many different names that were just being thrown about. You can see my valiant attempt to revive the thread back in 2005 as well, when you read through a thread like that it's like; "wow i think i arrived at he party a bit late". well, for me it is.

xp

What happened to my David James Fanclub nomination?

Ok I will personally do all the A's.

-- svend (svend), Tuesday, August 2, 2005 12:18 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

...on the Marissa thread - just made me laugh out loud for the first time to-day. Thank you Svend.

that's not on the Mar thread though..?

I was hoping Beryl might get a mention, but I guess she's out of fashion now...

Do you know what the word "objective" means?

Do you know what the word "condescending" means?

xxxpost - and all the times I've defended you, too...

yeah ok but no more talk of traps

When ILE/Moderator board mods get shook, simply for the maracas.jpg punchline.

-- acrobat, Thursday, 13 September 2007 09:59 (Thursday, 13 September 2007 09:59)

It also has Marcello Charles Menenzes, "perhaps it is you that is shook", "What did I miss?", Akon, "Iris", Oswald Mosely... it's kind the pinnacle of the "lol britpop" crew's zing culture.

by process of elimination, shortlist:

The Pet Shop Boys' first twenty singles...
Photoshop/MS Paint Nike and other evil corporations ruining famous album covers
WOMEN: How many bras do you have?
so not gonna happen
I am a Werewolf
what to do when your roommate doesn't realize you're home and thusly is having loud sex in the living room
The Missionary Position
I don't think we have any discussion about the Danish Muhammad cartoons....

favourites not nominated:
tell me about ten year old you
apologising for boorish behaviour on ilx
trig brother 2003 results/photos (REMIX)

semi finals:
The Pet Shop Boys' first twenty singles...
Photoshop/MS Paint Nike and other evil corporations ruining famous album covers
so not gonna happen
what to do when your roommate doesn't realize you're home and thusly is having loud sex in the living room

final:
Photoshop/MS Paint Nike and other evil corporations ruining famous album covers
what to do when your roommate doesn't realize you're home and thusly is having loud sex in the living room

winner:
in the end the photoshop pen is mightier than the trucker hat guy's sword

tell me about ten year old you

Argh! Yes! I wanted to nominate that one but couldn't find it or even properly remember the thread title!

it's kind the pinnacle of the "lol britpop" crew's zing culture.

Four people voting for themselves, then?

Really? The Photoshop... one? I don't understand all the fuss; I think there are a bunch of other album cover threads that slay that one.

"lol britpop" crew's zing culture.
"lol britpop" crew's zing culture.
"lol britpop" crew's zing culture.
"lol britpop" crew's zing culture.
"lol britpop" crew's zing culture.

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rolling balkanised thread for shut-in aspie rubes is the best thread ever, actually.

I think... eleven of these threads could be described that way?

My favourite moment on 'When ILE/Moderator board mods get shook' is Curtis' Chariots Of Fire jpg.

I'm going to take a while over deciding where my vote falls. For a start I'm going to have to read quite a few. The bookies' favourite is still "Liverpool Tickets Fiasco", however.

the hutter one is valuable for an early scenario-writing foray from tv's dog latin.

Yeah, why wasn't Dog Latin's sitcom nominated? Other than political correctness gone mad?

Do you know what the word "condescending" means?

no. :(

I think there are a bunch of other album cover threads that slay that one.

like what? the others aren't here so it's a representative thing too i guess

from a personal point of view i would've liked to see the 00-04 albums/singles poll threads here as it was so much fun co-ordinating and revealing the results, and set a precedent for other lists. and the extraordinary punchline of both the 'wrong' album and 'wrong' single winning and ILM realising it had created a 'not as cool as it thinks it is' monster and the monster was it.

whichever thread it was where Ronan ignited the DON'T TRY IT meme should've been here too

oh, and the one about moving into a redneck neighbourhood

it was President JFK Injured In Dallas? iirc

YES KKVGZ'S REDNECK THREAD - all-timer that one

President Kennedy Injured in Dallas?

redneck thread is best thread hijack ever i think.

That guerrilla .gif in the Ban l0u1s jagg3r thread makes a powerful case for BBcode. img src="http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/862/louisjaggerqf0.gif"; style="position: fixed; top: 30px; right: 5%" indeed.

blimey, we had polls on ilx 2 years ago ?

feels like yesterday, ah

3 years ago next month!

poll obviously should have been a tournament

all the zingy threads would be voted down unfairly, nah we don't need to add competitive layers to this already charged situation imo