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Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 9:48 pm
by tragabigzanda
Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.
There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.
There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.
There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.
O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 9:52 pm
by BurtReynolds
Tree really damaged his brand with some of the really terrible threads he's started lately, but even though he's clearly running on empty and has nowhere to go but down, I will nominate him.
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 9:54 pm
by tragabigzanda
Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.
There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.
There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.
There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.
O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 9:56 pm
by BurtReynolds
My tiny victories thread was the surprise hit of the summer. I think it has staying power.
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 9:58 pm
by tree_
When I think of Tragg I think of like one of those really old ancient radios that have been restored to work withBluetooth.
Guys let’s not forget about smash hits such as Johnny Depp versus amber heard, did you watch the Oscars?, Do you defend your honor?, Just to name a few. Post modern grooming technique, 2022NFL season, the video game forum, what specifically are you doing in this very moment,. Just to name a few
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 9:59 pm
by epilogue
I'm realizing that I don't really have an opinion on thread starters. I think the merits of a thread all come down to posts and engagement. The thread starter is pretty irrelevant. I don't know that RM has any great thread starters.
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:00 pm
by tree_
If it weren’t for thread being started the dialogue would never have happened on many subjects. Fat acceptance for example is another good example
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:02 pm
by BurtReynolds
What do you know, another terrible epilogue opinion.
You are nothing without the thread starters. Nothing.
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:03 pm
by Norah
tree stop boarding while you drive
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:04 pm
by tree_
This message board is practically on life-support. And if it weren’t for fresh new threads as stupid as some of them may be we probably all be dead by now
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:06 pm
by tree_
Yeah good point I wouldn’t want to crash into a house or something like that ha ha
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:14 pm
by Jorge
tree_ wrote:Yeah good point I wouldn’t want to crash into a house or something like that ha ha
Lol
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:17 pm
by BurtReynolds
That's a Clerks III caliber joke. I rescind my nomination.
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:22 pm
by tragabigzanda
Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.
There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.
There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.
There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.
O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:25 pm
by tree_
It’s not just the creation of a thread that counts, it’s the continued participation within it
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:26 pm
by Jorge
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:28 pm
by BurtReynolds
tragabigzanda wrote:tree_ wrote:When I think of Tragg I think of like one of those really old ancient radios that have been restored to work withBluetooth.
Guys let’s not forget about smash hits such as Johnny Depp versus amber heard, did you watch the Oscars?, Do you defend your honor? Just to name a few. Post modern grooming technique2022NFL season, the video game forum, what specifically are you doing in this very moment,. Just to name a few
The two bold ones were originally made by me. The first one you made without knowing about my thread. The second one was a joke thread you made after my grooming thread and the mods merged them.
Stop taking credit for others’ work!
That's really pathetic, tree.
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:31 pm
by tree_
We had both created a grooming thread. I didn’t know about his. My thread title was 1000 times better, and more specific, so Ruddo chose mine and merged. If I recall, trags was something like “manscaping”. The honour thread was 100% mine
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:31 pm
by Norah
ban tree
Re: Best threadstarters on RM
Posted: Wed September 21, 2022 10:33 pm
by tree_
If you don’t start showing some appreciation for me I’ll take my talents elsewhere