What were the funniest FR threads of 2004?

[Charles Henrickson]

One of the things I appreciate most about Free Republic is the humor. As JimRob says about FR posting: "And we always have fun doing it."

So what were the funniest FR threads of 2004? Here are a few to get us started:

Funniest Category or Type of Thread
The "Caption" threads. John Kerry, Howard Dean, and the rest gave us plenty of "photo opportunities." One of the funniest was this thread posted by dead: Bwaaaaahaaaaa! My new favorite Soccer Kerry picture just released by Reuters! (Unfortunately, old caption threads lose a lot of their pics as the news photos time out.)

Funniest Ongoing Series of Threads
The "DUmmie FUnnies," put together by PJ-Comix. Seeing the Democratic Underground "DUmmies" in despair is pure Schadenfreude. The most recent example (it's hard to pick just one) is the thread from yesterday: DUmmie FUnnies 12-30-04

Funniest Single Thread of the Year
You need tons click "co-ordinating" (Free Republic - The conservative click Guerilla), posted by Jim Robinson. Goofy Google translation of a German Spiegel article about FReeping.

[Charles Henrickson]

Let's hear yours!

[Charles Henrickson]

Ping!

[M Kehoe]

Some of the "Zot" threads have been good. Some of the "Zot" threads have been bad. But one of those "Zot" threads should be put out of it's misery. And what's worst, it'll probably make a hundred thousands posts by the 3rd qtr of '05.

Happy New Year!

5.56mm

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Just because of Post #53. It is a description of someone trying to explain just how ugly Susan Estrich is....

Post #53 Susan Estrich is so ugly

[The Electrician]

That's easy - the original stuned beeber thread has got to be at the top of the list...

[Charles Henrickson]

You're right. That "Would like freeper help" thread spawned some new FR catch phrases.

[dumpdaschle]

I've only been here a few months but the funniest thread I ever read on FR was one that was pulled. It was posted on Christmas Eve and was titled THE HIDDEN TRUTH. It was a strange post about religion, witches, satan, etc. Very hard to follow. Lots of great come backs to the post and then dighton comes back with this one:

“In those days shall odd things be posted, with none grasping the significance thereof: neither men, nor mods, nor cats, nor their kittens.”

-- Beebers 9:17.

[buccaneer81]

Last night. Klavg (16 year old newbie) chastising us for our behavior.

[carola]

I enjoyed the cat-poop coffee thread.

[StayAt HomeMother]

One night when JR was in Texas the Mods got loose. Then very loose. The thread was hysterical but when I went to refresh at about post 300 the whole thread had been pulled. The Mods had zotted themselves? Anyone else remember this one, from maybe July or so? Any idea how we can get back to it?

[loveitor..]

[ladyinred]

That's easy - the original stuned beeber thread has got to be at the top of the list...

For sure! I am laughing again after reviewing it via your link! This was better than the "all your bases are belong to us."

[TASMANIANRED]

I enjoyed the how many ----does it take to screw in a lightbulb.

[deport]

And what's worst, it'll probably make a hundred thousands posts by the 3rd qtr of '05.

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I think they are trying to max it out.

Maximum number of post to a thread is 65,535..... The Hobbit thread at the following link was the first to make it to the max.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/807952/posts

[delacoert]

UNNNGH

[E Rocc]

why do you guys keep banning me?, for the keywords and post count alone.

-Eric

[airborne]

Last night. Klavg (16 year old newbie) chastising us for our behavior.

You thought that was funny?

Do you mean funny, as in, peculiar? (I'm still waiting for a reply from him)

[airborne]

The one this morning ended at 65,534.

[REDWOOD99]

1 word- Unnngh!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1235991/posts

[buccaneer81]

I guess funny, strange, as in morbid curiosity. There were some pretty funny comments, but I hope our young FRiend learned some manners.

[Asphalt]

And it's bride thread that started just today after the old one ran out of posts: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1306051/posts?page=1432

[Forgiven_Sinner]

I just re-read the stuned beeber thread and I vote for that.

I also read part of the "HIDDEN TRUTH" thread and your desciption is apt.

[airborne]

I promise you... he did not learn manners.

[buccaneer81]

I promise you... he did not learn manners.

No, he certainly didn't. What bothered me more were those who defended him (Coopster, King Prout). They excused him because of his age. They must not have kids of their own.

[buccaneer81]

BTW, my dad was also 82nd Airborne in Korea.

[airborne]

I can only speak for myself, but the kid is a typical 16 year old. I don't care what he said his test scores were, or how smart he thinks he is.

I tell my kids, "It doesn't help to be smart if you don't have any common sense."

[airborne]

Man, Korea. What a cold place.

I bet your dad taught you some common sense. ;^)

[buccaneer81]

I bet your dad taught you some common sense. ;^)

Enough to last a lifetime, LOL!

[dasein64]

I don't know what category this fits in but every time I think of it, or see John Edwards on TV, I have to laugh out loud. The video of John Edwards combing his hair and primping before some TV appearance. It was a hoot.

[Clemenza]

Any post featuring the musings of one Mark Morford.

[SlowBoat407]

UNNNGH

That is definitely near the top of my list.

[Vision]

Unnngh
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1235991/posts

[I still care]

Dead Giraffe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1248337/posts

[OwenKellogg]

lowbridge scamming the Nigerian scammers.

Freepers rule, DUers drool.

[DirtyHarryY2K]

bttt.

[Tribune7]

My vote is for lowbridge. I don't know how many to whom I showed it went into stitches.

Shooobetcha.

[lowbridge]

Lowbridge Scambaiting The 419 Email Scammers (FRANKLIN DUBE)

Previous scambaits linked on that thread. :-)

[Samwise]

Hey there! Glad to see that you survived the holidays!

How did Thanksgiving and Christmas go? We are still cleaning. :^)

I'm not sure what the funniest thread was, but the most aggravating thread was the WAIT thread.

[M Kehoe]

Maximum number of post to a thread is 65,535

I didn't know that. Gives me something to shoot for.

Happy New Year to you!

5.56mm

[NewLand]

Happy New Year everyone!

Besides the obviously funny vanity threads like "Unnngh" (gets my vote!), there are some threads that start with a serious topic but bring out the best in FReeper humor...here are two that I bookmarked this past year:

Audio Clip of Dean Losing His Mind
Posted on 01/19/2004 10:25:48 PM PST by South40

CSPAN Live Coverage "Peace"/Anti-Bush/Anti-America march in NYC [LIVE THREAD]
Posted on 08/29/2004 9:07:21 AM PDT by tgslTakoma

Some of the photos are gone but still plenty of funny comments!

[condi2008]

I nominate

"Kerry just flubbed the opening pitch at the Yanks-Sox Game"

or

"Post Your Girlieman Kerry Photos Here".

[Tijeras_Slim]

I have to give you credit CH, for funniest reply of the year with your #89 to the Thread "Kent (WA) Man Killed by Exploding Lava Lamp"

Today we salute you, Mr. Lava Lamp Heater Upper. Some men are satisfied with the slow undulation of a lazy lamp, but it's not bubbling fast enough for you. "Warp speed, Mr. Sulu!" you cry from the bridge of your starship. You're in search of the Mount St. Helens of lava lamps. Sure, it's risky, but did that stop Galileo or Louis Pasteur or Ron Popeil? So turn up the burner, Baron of the Bubbles. You play by only one rule, Mr. Lava Lamp Heater Upper: If you can't stand the heat, take out the kitchen.

[Caipirabob]

You're right. That "Would like freeper help" thread spawned some new FR catch phrases.

And the lesson of "Never ask ten thousand FReepers for advice on your stuned beeber" was well worth the bandwidth. ; )

[Charles Henrickson]

Thanks, TS. I had fun writing that one.

But your mention raises the category of the "black humor" threads--you know, those threads describing some Darwin Award candidate doing something "hold-muh-beer" stupid and losing his life or various body parts for it. There's a fine line between OK black humor and cold insensitivity. Usually only when the description of the act/scenario is funny in itself, do I make jokes. But I hope that those reading such threads realize it's only detachment and distance that allow such jokes. I'm sure all of us have human sympathy for the people who do the stupid things and their families, and we would express the same if we were there in person.

But, I mean . . . heating up a lava lamp on the kitchen stove?! Come on! Bwahahahaha. . . .

[Koblenz]

There was some article about sunspots posted from a major newspaper, where the writer said something like "The Sun has had a major impact on the earth's weather in the past." The responses to that were pretty funny.

[Tijeras_Slim]

It was a classic, I literally laughed until I cried. Another FReeper in my office CougarGA7 did the same.

[DainBramage]

But I hope that those reading such threads realize it's only detachment and distance that allow such jokes

Unless of course its about Hillary. At such an opportunity all rules of engagement are off.

[Koblenz]

Here's the quote from This thread:

"This latest analysis shows that the Sun has had a considerable influence on the global climate in the past, causing the Earth to warm or chill"

Glad we got that cleared up in 2004.

[mikrofon]

The translation thread from Der Spiegel was probably one of the most hilarious I've seen ("The thread that launched a thousand taglines"). I don't know how I missed that live the first time around!

Of course, any Caption thread ususally captures my attention, and JF'nK provided ample fodder for commentary this year. It's difficult to pinpoint any one in particular, but that pic of him hiking the football was a classic.

Your pings to these types of threads are always appreciated, as it seems I'm often late in the game in finding the choicest ones.

[Charles Henrickson]

JF'nK provided ample fodder for commentary this year. It's difficult to pinpoint any one in particular, but that pic of him hiking the football was a classic.

Why Kerry's handlers ever let him near a football or a soccer ball is beyond me. He had more dorky sports photos. . . .