BEST THREAD ON ILX: Part ONE - The Nominations

Can't believe this all-time classic comedy gold thread hasn't been mentioned:
TS: Most Retarded-Looking Barenaked Ladies Member on This Album Cover

Barenaked Ladies thread is brilliant.

YES

+ ILX The Book, obv

what's the one on nb where ethan harrasses hapless soulseekers?

NO. (☃)

Among the many threads of hilarity, inspired bickering and general WTFness that have been nominated here, I would like to nominate a kinder, gentler thread, in the off hope that all the white couches, Lysol douches and photoshopped insanity will split the vote and leave room for a dark horse to walk away with the honors:

A thread where you commission a poem from ILE

NO. (☃) seconded.

i dont even see ethan on that thread

What's the format going to be for this, anyway? Classic ILX email poll or nuILX autopoll? I'm hoping for the former, and maybe even a pre-polling thread where we argue the merits of the finalists.

is there a definitive fake dr. morbius thread?

y'all ready for this? seconded

i dont even see ethan on that thread

that's because it was cutty abusing hapless s!skers, my bad...

second or thirding "My mother's incredibly stupid ex-husband"

gaydiohead x 1000.

i can't remember what it was called, but i loved the hari ashburton thread where he catalogued his trip to the fish and chips shop in photographs

Not the one where he peed his pants??

no not that one. That one was sort of funny but also quite creepy! There was another one where he did this little photojournal of him and his gf going to get fish and chips. I can't find it in the search engine, I tried.

there are a couple really cute hari threads

The pee one is short and hilarious...
Oh no! I've commited a felony

Covert Ops: Obtaining Dinner from the Fish And Chip shop

I don't know if it's the best one but...

Hari sure was good-looking.

y'all ready for this? seconded

Thirded. Love that thread.

Liverpool Tickets Fiasco

seriously, why even hold the poll after that?

God I knew there was one I was forgetting. Lock thread.

Best non-rofflicious thread might be interesting

Gear's Sofa thread definitely.

And I just found this one randomly in I Love Music

Taking sides: Madonna or Janet Jackson?

The middle part is the best!

Ah yeah, that's a legend, that one.

Best non rofflicious thread = the one about the Danish Mohammed cartoons.

the liverpool ticket fiasco is very good

the pirosmani apologies for boorishness was the most enjoyable to post to

it had the oddd roffle:

(btw who is brandon flowers?)

-- The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, February 7, 2006 4:55 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

I JUST GOOGLED HIM, HENRY, STOP SLANDERING ME
-- The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, February 7, 2006 4:55 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

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I could never read the entire Madonna Janet thread which is part why it is so stupifying and a classic. This was one great post in the thread

the pressing question howevah: if I am in fact nasty but address Miss Jackson as "Janet," does she have any other tools at her disposal for determining whether I am nasty or not? Or does the whole proposition pivot on the assumption that the persons addressing her will be honest about their nastiness/non-nastiness? if so this is a pretty weak (albeit touchingly naive) method for assessing the relative nastiness of the applicant and new research is necessary
-- J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, March 8, 2003 8:21 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

A new contender! OHMIGODAHORSE

yo is it true vordul got sonned by a wite kid after a aol beef??????

how could i forget:

A Thread about the film JFK

I think I'll turn this into a poll at some point either on Tuesday or Wednesday, so get your votes in quick!

Liverpool Tickets Fiasco is one of my personal faves as well, btw.

A new contender!

You could say the same for the 'living with gay pornographer' thread, although the fact that every other post is a breathless affirmation of the thread's 'top-ten potential' or whatnot is somewhat irritating.

That said, Sausade's post is probably enough to ensure its nomination.

no winning thread being from 2002-2004, no credibility

Wait so what are the rules of nomination here? It looks like a couple of threads have been rejected for no reason.

Can a list of what has been nominated, what has been seconded and what needs seconding be drawn up?

I'll do one when I'm not at work. Everything with two or more nominations is going into the poll, nowhere have I stated that a thread's being rejected (unless it's clearly ironic or abusive, natch).

Threads only NEED seconding if they deserve seconding, i.e. if more than one person deems it worthy of nomination!

(unless it's clearly ironic or abusive, natch).

If the nomination is ironic, agreed. As to abusive, some threads belong to the ages now and should be remembered.

As to 'deserving' seconding, fair point. A bit subjective but completely understandable.

If no one seconds the Missionary Position thread I will be sad.

I don't think seconding should be required. Most people at this point are just naming threads that haven't already been named and aren't going back to look over the whole list and determine which nominations they agree with.

Or how about this? I second everything that's been named so far. There.

I second every thread that has been mentioned. No exceptions.

I'm nominating

BEST THREAD ON ILX: Part ONE - The Nominations

Now that's just being silly.

this contest needs spicing up. i suggest that all of the nominated threads that don't win the final poll be deleted forever. and the people who started them be banned. forever.

nah, too harsh. maybe you could do that for every thread not to get a vote, or something.