What is your all-time favorite DataLounge thread?

African Baby Catalog

OMG there was this awesome thread (still trying to look find it)...I think it was called "Things they keep changing" and this one post was AWESOME. He was talking about how at Woolworths you could get a real hamburger, the kind where the beef is all crumbly and how there used to be a woman in the back skinning potatoes for REAL mashed potatoes. God I fell in love with that man lol. Because I could really relate.

The one by the lunch out masturbator who got caught in the parking lot by his boss. It was funny as hell for an EST.

R3 thank you. I was just about to post the same thing!

My New Neighbor is a Gargoyle was pretty funny too.

I can't believe the speed in which that first thread filled, r4.

Hands down, the notorious lasagna thread!

The Colton Haynes threads because DL is the only place people talk about me.

The first "Dialing the Phone with a Pencil" thread, which reached its hilarious climax with the poster confessing he performed an entire baton routine to the theme song of "Dallas" which he would perform for his kindly but completely baffled immigrant parents.

My second choice would be "Not Without my Daughter," about the fat daughter accused of stealing a can of frosting, but to be honest the funniest part was the companion thread where someone said it was his lucky day because he had just found an extra can of frosting someone had left behind in their supermarket cart.

Call me an "elder"-whatever, but I enjoyed the "Let's Be An Office In The 70s" and "Datalounge In The 80s" threads.

The LOTR/MSA (that crazy fat woman) thread; CLOSE second: Sows at the Trough.

Danny and his suitcase

The Draining Spaghetti is so Middle Class was fun and strange. I think some people took it serious.

Don't wish to be accused of derailing the Clooney thread

Bea Benadarets christmas party.

Libby/Jenna who claimed she had Russel Crow's baby.

Not my all time favorite thread but some of my favorite threads have been the Gymnast ones. Specifically the Kathy Johnson Clarke and Gina Goegan threads. Those two threads were hilarious and reminded me of older DL threads. Whenever I need a good laugh I go back and read some of those posts. However, unless you have at least a cursory knowledge of the sport, you probably wouldn't find any of them funny at all.

The thought of some of those gymnasts Googling themselves and finding DL posts about their not so closeted husbands fucking each other still makes me laugh.

The "Name DL's Signature Fragrance and Describe the Bottle" thread.

Dark Lesbians now and forever. The new I'm Writing a Novel has tremendous potential. I'm rooting for it.

The 70's suburban christmas party

Golden Girls inconsistencies

scary hook-ups and one night stands!

I missed most of these! Please post the links to the threads if you can sweeties.

The Treasure Trail thread about Matthew Morrison -- oops that was ATC!

For r21 - Name DL's Official Fragrance thread....

bump

The one about people who shit their pants

Jaclyn Smith needs an MRI

The First Ladies thread was educational and hilarious.

Loved this one!

Jodi and Jonathan's wedding

The Let's pretend we're in a Stevie Nicks video.

Probably the thread about Jodie, the sister who refused to invite the OP's boyfriend to her wedding, was the most successful con job on DL ever. Despite the giveaways (most memorably, the OP announcing Jodie had posted "WHEN DO THE TEARS STOP?!?" on her FB page, thus giving DL one of its most memorable catchphrases ever), so many posters were sure it was real that they actually found a bride somewhere named Jodie and started harassing her, and the OP had to admit it was all a hoax to stop people harassing this poor unaware woman.

Once Around The Garden

Seventies suburban Christmas party

"Famous JonBenets Throughout History"

"I Just Fucked Jani Lane"

Let's be Things at a Lesbian Potluck

R35, I would like to second that. I had tears of laughter running down my face as the OP was running live commentary. I think it degenerated into a fairly tedious discussion about Jani but it was just wonderful initially.

The thread by James Franco's dealer's GF. She was a Jersey girl like her big sis, a film actress who kid sis stayed with after moving to Hollywood.

She named names, secrets, dirty linen and lies...she served the "tea," and it was quite delicious. Jersey Girl provided DL an insiders peek into the closets of some well known celebrities. I'm grateful.

ANY of the Michfest threads are classics! And I am telling you this NOW so I do not have to tell you THEN! I have stated my bounderies. Please respect them!

The thread about so bad it's enjoyable made for tv-movies and miniseries including classics like "Someone I touched" with Cloris Leachman about syphilis and the herpes movie with Tony Geary and Mark Harmon. The "Imagine hollywoodstudios were run by dataloungers"-thread is also hillarious.

The saga of Claire with her big flowered purse and fully loaded baked potato.

That was some funny shit.

🎰🎲🙀🚽💩👜 👠👠🤢

R38, AIKC, right on. Riveting thread.

How about Let's Be A Jennifer Aniston Movie? OMFG. Priceless.

The "Who will stop the rain" thread and some thread about writing posts in the style of Patricia Cornwell.

I like this one on "Government Controlled Time" about daylight savings time.

Mrs. Helmut gets struck by a pickle.

"The Mayor has Declared a Snow Emergency In Boston" was another good one.

Jill Gets Her Period was deliciously awful.

The dialing a phone with a pencil, of course.

I second the Michfest threads. DL can get mean and misogynistic sometimes, but the best Michfest threads poked fun with a little awe/respect, if not love.

Kipp & Blaise have a holiday party.

The McGriddle thread will always hold a special place in my heart. So wonderfully troll-some.

Cash bars at weddings was also a good one ! Dial the phone with a pencil was a masterpiece !i was laughing so hard 😂

The ABC insider threads.

The devil talking to Ben Affleck thread.

The let's roll cinnamon roll thread.

A third vote for James Franco's dealer's GF thread.

Dialing the Phone with a Pencil was one of the best. It was probably surpassed by the great Red Dragon Cheese thread, or that endless discussion of Bread Pudding.

The lasagna thread., any thread, really, about Italian-American food. The comedy and drama writes itself!

"Dialing the Phone with a Pencil," of course.

Also, "Oprah Does Not Walk! Oprah Does Not Do Stairs!"

And, one more just came to mind while reading this thread. Can't remember the exact title, but it was something like "Let's Be Things Said at the Ramsay House That Fateful Christmas Morning." There were some truly sick and hilarious things Patsy might have said.

The scary hookups thread!

It should be required reading for all gaylings!

The "celebrities you know to be gay/bi from trustworthy sources"-thread

"Old time hollywood gossip and the things studio publicists tried to cover up".

Smoking hot pastor's wife killed after "failed robbery"

[quote] How about Let's Be A Jennifer Aniston Movie? OMFG. Priceless.

The word I would use is "worthless." Same difference.

Is there a link to that Jennifer Aniston thread? I tried to search & couldn't find it.

Denny Scott Photography

I CANNOT believe not one of you legacy DL bitches have mentioned the, "I Have My Friend Julie" thread! It and the "African Baby Catalog" thread are true DL classics!

Does anybody have a hand link to the "IHMFJ" thread handy to share with the DL newbies?

DATALOUNGELAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and any Wendy vs Iola flamewar thread. They were beyond fabulous and hysterical!

All the "let's pretend" and "let's be" threads were must-reads.

The one where AiKC was revealed to be a sock puppeting troll.

We think not, R67.

Shit bra. More recently, What You Hate During Sex.

'Fank you!'

This one was classic. Don't think I'll ever look at a cruise the same way again.

The one about coming out. Still can't find it as it was many years ago.

Turkey meatballs, anyone?

The Let's Roll threads seem to now be lost, but this one copies and pastes some, back when they were in the archive. Hilarious.

Clare and Bread Pudding

I don't often spit while laughing, but, the Beamer Carol did it. I miss Holly Day:

"Up on the housetop, what's that sound?

Pieces of Daddy's plane coming down!

He left his family; it's up to me,

To live off America's sympathy!

Praise the Lord! Can't you afford

Praise the Lord! To pay our room and boo-oooord...

Up on the housetop, bam! pow! maim!

Let's Roll onward to cash in our fame!"

While we are on a plane theme, the thread about the mother and family who got kicked off a plane for demanding a hot, first class meal for her autistic crotch dropping was a hoot. The discussion devolved into turning the want of a meal into a competition ala American Idol.

So many great threads have convinced me the Datalounge Hive Mind is infinitely funnier than the writing staffs on virtually every late night show.

[quote]So many great threads have convinced me the Datalounge Hive Mind is infinitely funnier than the writing staffs on virtually every late night show.

Most of the stuff we obsess about ends up being a joke on [italic]Family Guy[/italic] at one point or another or has been one by now.

Anything with Erna!

I used to get a big kick out of the back and forth with that poster who kept pretending to be having Russell Crowe's illegitimate child.

Does anyone know where to find the "NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER" thread that has to do with stealing frosting?

The first few Sows at the Trough threads were so funny - because any of us who have worked in an office totally know those coworkers.

I remember one poster talking about days where management would arrange for pizzas to be delivered to the office to be SHARED by employees, and the Office Sows would literally walk up and take an entire pizza back to their desk. Saw it happen with my own two eyes at my office, too.

R82 A lot of old threads have seemingly been deleted. We were once promised access to a full archive.

Star Jones wedding thread.

As much as I love the humorous threads, my favorites are when we discuss different parts of the country ("What's Omaha Like?" "Help! I'm Being Transferred to Topeka," etc.). I learn so much about areas of the country I will probably never visit, they're like little travelogues.

Meredith Talusan/Chrysanthemum Tran threads have been fun sometimes...

r35 and r37, yes! And when Jani died I remember the thread got bumped with an, "OP, how are you? You must feel like Jackie Kennedy right now!" I died.

Lesbian Potluck Wedding Reception (in Jacksonville, Florida)

The African baby adoption thread (socking Madonna, Mia and others)

The Best Ever: Sumerian Housewives

Nippy's Funeral (first Miss W thread. Posts were talking about Whitney Houston and then she died, and it took off from there.)

The Jani Lane thread - another one where someone wrote about having sex with him and then he died!

Gargoyle Neighbor (and the oddly related "Bai Ling on the Roof")

The heartwarming thread about the waitress who fixded the Down syndrome girl's cheeseburger. I've reread that thread so many times I can quote from it verbatim.

Oops! I'd meant, "I HATE My Friend Julie."

(Typo - urgh!)

Stevie Nicks kicking that girl in the cunt bone. An EST but it was almost believable at first.

Dog Fucks Baby in the Ass

Sumerian Housewives

Alas, I do not have links.

The Luka Magnotta post which I think has disappeared. He was posting on his own thread while hiding from the law. Creepy.

The "There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane" thread, with one poster doing a hilarious and dead-on imitation of Diane's moronically-in-denial widower Daniel.

4/5 years ago the Official Tony threads were on FIRE! So goddamn funny, I was crying.

The DataLounge entrance exam thread.

Where it asks how familiar, well versed one is on all things DataLounge. The lingo, infamous characters, and pop history of DL. There were multiple choice answers.

It was very humorous and fun. I actually learned a thing or two.

Any link to the devil and Ben Affleck thread?

I am mortified that you all have forgotten me and how we were in the news together!

The Mayor has Declared a Snow Emergency In Boston

r95 yes! Danny from Long Guyland! "Those wops were probably thinking about pizza and peppers and sausages, they veered into her, she didn't hit no one!"

Anyone have the link to the original Jani Lane thread ?

r102 it was taken down after countless chubby rocker chicks came here and flipped the fuck out that anyone would call tadpole face gay. Too bad, I miss it.

Where did the breakup at Jasmine Guy's house thing come from?

aunt diane

Some of the old Theatre Gossip threads were hilarious. My favorite was when someone, without a hint of irony, started praising Elaine Stritch's "Jazz Sensibilities". Gold

The first Helen Lawson threads were great.

Golden Corral Restaurant Reviews

Don't know the exact title, so I can't find it. But the OP linked to some high school annuals from the 1940's-60's. About a third of the kids had the same last name....brother and sisters or cousins.

You could find the kids of some the original students in the later annuals.

The stories that were told about them all - I do remember a girl wearing a turban in her senior photo - were all great. Then one of the people in the annuals was told about the thread and came on DL to read us all......it was a great lesson in human nature.

Oh the wacky dominionist troll too! I think that's what he was called, he always had great links to fundie religious couples' pages where they would announce their weddings or holiday plans and they were bizarre, Duggar-esque families, does anyone else remember that? And then he had to leave, I think his last post was maybe 4 years ago but they were great and he would do them weekly. Oh yay, found one!

This thread is useless without links!

Dan Motherfuck. The kid who stuck his head out of a party bus and met Mr. Overpass.

The thread got deleted because of the Google search engine. People who searched the story keywords were coming here, and it was too dark for the webmistress so it was zapped. Like all the classic DL threads, it wasn't just the dark wit, but it had a lot of interesting info on it.

Same with the Jani Lane thread. I remember when it got bumped when he died.

r112 Dan Motherfuck didn't get deleted and I hope it never does! I had forgotten about that one. Here you go:

r113 doing the sky fairy's work thank you!!

I searched for this around the time it was created and it was gone.

Wow I had no idea the Jani Lane thread got deleted! I used to go back and reread that for laughs. Probably my favourite.

r115 I thought the Dan Motherfuck thread was deleted and it wasn't, so who knows. IIRC, the Jani Lane one had a generic title, about sleeping with a D lister or something like that.

What's the lasagna thread that's being referred to? There have been a lot of spaghetti-themed throwdowns. Which one are you all talking about?

Freaks You Work With was pretty entertaining. I'd love it if another one took off like that one did.

Feel free to start one r118. You never know. Sometimes you can't tell which threads will end up gold.

The original 'What Is Your Favorite Helen Lawson Show?' thread. I worked in a theatrical office of mostly gay men at the time and introduced a lot of people to Datalounge on that thread alone. At times you would literally hear gales of laughter coming from someone's office accompanied by a recitation of some of the latest entries.

During the last few seasons of Dexter, some insider showed up to give us hints as to what would happen the following week. He'd post artwork and props that would be used the following week. He clearly had permission from the writers or whoever, but it was fun. I think he also had some alter ego who would argue with him, probably to create controversy. The actor who played Masuka would occasionally post photos too.

There seemed to be only a few of us who participated in the thread but it was great while it lasted.

It's a Disgrace!

A non-political thread about a pickle problem, but I get reminded of it every time Donald complains about something, being a disgrace, which is daily.

Lately, I have enjoyed the Tim O'Tay threads.

Pickle problems are nothing new. Here Mrs. Helmut was battered by a pickle-pitcher in 1904. I think this was a disgrace.

Whatever happened to People who Poop in Stores?

Larry King special on the death of Joan Rivers

The Jim Brown Playgirl one I posted myself.

And all pertaining to Troy Aikman.

The one about the Sociopath pretending to be a doctor

The art of Queefing

Helen Lawson Movies/Christmas Specials

Let's Create a Jennifer Aniston Movie

Dialing the Phone with a Pencil/Childhood Indicators You Were Gay/Gayest Moment of Your Childhood

Joan Crawford Goes to the Grocery Store

Larry King Interviews About Celebrity Deaths

Lunchtime Car Masturbator

Dog Fucks Baby in Ass

Things Patsy Ramsey Might Have said to the Police

Some of the Umpster's threads were truly comic gold.

Blind gossip items. Guessing is so fun, and seeing some of other poster's speculations, you might learn something new about another other celebrity's skeletons.

A second vote for "Joan Crawford goes to the grocery store" the best part = "She never ate MY red weirdo - Tallulah". I also remember a thread where someone misspelled "Joan Crawford" and wrote "Joan Crawor". Someone replied using bad English saying he was the actress Joan Crawor from Eastern Europe. I can't remember it exactly, but the first time I read it, I couldn't stop laughing.

Speaking of bad English....

The Homosex threads, of course!

The one Homosex thread I could find

And R8 of this thread is, I think, a copy of the first Homoisex thread......

I like any thread with a Moose in it.

Bumping this to add a new classic in the making, Woman Dies After She Falls Off Escalator...

And the daytime Emmy goes to...

"The WTC is an insatiable bottom."

People Who Poop in Stores. Damn, I wish there was still a link.

So many good ones!

- Melissa GIlbert and her shit-bra. (Someone said she was asked about it on a podcast and just laughed it off). - Barbara Cook needing to bang on the radiator with an old boot to get heat in her apartment in the middle of a dinner party she was throwing. - "Not running a bed & breakfast here." (About a hookup where after they got off, the guy asked for a towel and the host told him he wasn't running a b & b). - Any posts extolling the acting prowess of Bonnie Franklin as Anne Romano - always slapping her hand against her forehead exclaiming: "DAMMIT, BARBARA!!" "GOD, JULIE!" - Deidre Hall refusing to wear the AIDS ribbon, where someone updates it for every single national tragedy or cause and has Deidre refusing to participate. - The underwear troll - forget what it was about but it devolved into some guy talking about the meticulous manner in which he washed his underwear and that even if he farts during the day, he considers that going to the bathroom, so he needs to treat it the same way. - Rob and his cheese farts. - Weird things our parents did where one guy went on and on about how his mother kept journals on her bathroom habits - every bowel movement and every time she peed meticulously marked down and described.

The McGriddle thread from last Summer will always hold a special place in my heart. It's where I came of DataLounge age and learned what pointless bitchery is all about..

Once Around The Garden

Erna threads

The endless Instagram whore threads

Jill Gets Her Period

Sharon Tate thread - epic, insane fangurling, 601 replies about an obscure starlet.

The Larry King ones.

"Jackie on Assistance"

Classic DL B*tchiness and hilarity-

The Christmas Moose forever and ever, amen.

“Moose!”, I say!

The thread about Mimi’s hair was hilarious and interesting. It had everything from historical geopolitics to detailed explanations about why her hair really did look like that.

I love the Corelle thread. Something about it is so soothing, and I learned a lot about dishware.

I loved the insider political threads. One had a comment that was written by someone who worked for a lobbying firm. His take was that all these politicians put on acts and that they seldom believe what they actually say to the public. He also said something about Sarah Palin and Rachel Maddow flirting...? I actually saved it and printed it out, but I've moved several times and bought two computers since then and can't find it. Does anyone remember this one?

I wish we had more political insiders posting here.

The Danny/ Denny thread about the overweight Midwestern gay dragging his rolling carryon through Manhattan looking for hookups was hysterical.

The I'm Not Running a Bed&Breakfast/ Turkey Meatball thread was a classic too.

The Washington lawyer murder/ Soft Butch Sous-Chef threads were fantastic too, in a different way. DLers were always claiming that we helped solve the murder because someone posted here that a friend of theirs had tricked with the victim, and we encouraged them to tell the police about his double life.

I second R15

My husband and I have been breaking out in laughter all day over that Jaclyn Smith thread. That is the best title for a thread ever. Our new signature insult is going to be "I think you need and MRI or something."

Another vote for James Franco's dealer's GF, a.k.a. Cocaine Gossip Girl a.k.a. Drug Dealer Girl, thread. She spilled the tea and had receipts. No silly games playing coy with names leading people on wild guessing games. And r38, she's the Hollywood actress' cousin, not sister.

Bellagio Horror

The 'dark forces' house thread

The DL variety/department store thread

The "Possum in the Drawer" thread, which also spawned the Griselda Medina in Juanita's desk post.

Let's Be Fatal Attraction Thread.

For a short time we had today in gay history threads. They were insightful and entertaining. Wish that guy had continued posting. He was so knowledgeable.

The one about the temp employee in his car in the parking lot masturbating at lunch time; was quite unusual.

I like the "list" ones, where lots of people contribute. Examples: the signature fragrance threads, DL's favorite mystery novel, DL's favorite memoirs. etc.

The thread about Joan Crawford running for President. Her version of the ACA = The Affordable Couture Act”

The original Clock Boy threads

The DL Convention at the Jacob Javitz Center

The Blind Gossip item thread about a “unique in her niche” entertainer who became a recluse and almost reconciled with her long lost love before “something happened” and now she’s terrified she’ll meet up with her sexual abuser at some industry event and it’ll all come out. Guesses included Kate Bush and Lisa Bonet. We never solved it.

The Margarine Fountain, of course. Got me hooked on DL in the first place. Still makes me laugh.

The butterfish thread.

The "DL Five-and-Dime store" thread was hilarious. The "shopkeeper" wanted to know what needed to be stocked or reordered. Well, the Dataloungers' requests, stimulated by olden memories and creative juices, created one of the best "trip down memory lane" threads ever.

The "Music Legend and Cultural Icon Dionne Warwick Here" thread had me laughing so hard my sides hurt.

This one was good:

As was this one:

Gargoyle on the ledge:

My favorite was a thread written from the point of view of celeb children and also the Fanning centers.

My favorite line was from Maddox Jolie, "Party at my house...Zahara bringing the blow."

R173 here, sorry. I think I meant the Fanning "girls" or something!

This must be the "Bump Up Old Threads" Troll. Again.

R175, is that bad?

[quote] Star Jones wedding thread.

Ditto. The Golden Age of Datalounge. The wit in that thread! These bitches brought their serious A-game. Star and Al cried themselves to sleep every night for months until their lawyers had it removed. I think many of the DL-ers of that era have moved on to the Datalounge in the sky -- RIP.

Some of the entries had me laughing hard.

Especially the Mel Gibson as Imperial Wizard of KKK one.

I loved one a few years back called something like "Fuck you, Chelsea Boys!" But I can't find it anymore

The DL classic about the guy in the Midwest pretending to be a doctor and getting jobs at Gay organizations--Jose Rodriguez-Diaz.

Pops up from time to time with updates

Gay PDA! Sam Smith and his boyfriend is turning into a classic already.

THE BLACK SLIPPER thread was everything to me, the first thing I ever read on DL.

I can't even find it now!

Read this one before it disappears, too.

The Datalounge Fallout Shelter.

Every whacked out Datalounge character that ever existed Is forced to hole up together in a shelter, facing armageddon and bitching about the amenities.

Real life hot dudes and their dudes, is very cute 😍

I arrived at DL in about 2002, while searching for 9/11 info. Of course the "WTC Is An Insatiable Bottom" was an instant favourite....compelling reading months later, I can only imagine its impact in real time.

Other favourites: "Free Refills", "Red Dragon Cheese", and "Once Around The Garden" ***I have even used that phrase while going to restaurant buffets.

A new best-ever is"Household life in the 1960s-1970s" - Part One filled up in less than two days, and is probably the thread I have most-ever contributed to, about eight posts maybe?

The anti-pickle thread.

I FUCKED JANI LANE, for sure.

FANK YOU had me in stitches

I really got pulled into "I'M IN LUST WITH MY COUSIN" threads - a 3 part series the end of which OP suddenly and mysteriously disappeared - to much speculation

DOG FUCKS BABY IN THE ASS was a classic

the first I HAVE TO SHARE A ROOM WITH MY NEPHEW AT THANKSGIVING - variations of which have now become a holiday tradition - and which also spawned the perennial DL character Uncle Bottom.

But the greatest thread of all was the 9/11 thread with the infamous assertion that "The World Trade Center Is An Insatiable Bottom". Proud to say, I was around to witness that historic thread unfold.

anything about Lisa Beemer and her "Let's Roll" breakfast rolls....

The Fadi Fawaz thread where the Spaz Troll makes up a rumour about George Michael trying to commit suicide in the Maldives. Everyone on the thread believes Spaz. Fadi takes to Twitter with DL screen grabs to call Spaz out and then Pink News makes an article about it all.

The Spaz Troll's finest hour.

r189 I had no idea that thread got so crazy! But it's still not as creepy as the Sam Heughan threads; that shit is stalker central.

Anyone have a link for r9's fav 'Let's Be An Office In The 70s'? Can't seem to find it in the archives.

Link for "Let's Be Things Said at the Ramsay House That Fateful Christmas Morning"?.

Also, anyone have a link for the initial thread for the program major book troll (PMBT)?

Azalea queen! But I can't find in archives :-(

Cilantro!

Hands down, my favorite all time thread: Parts 1 and 2 of " Who is the Nastiest Person On Broadway"

Priceless gossip about Bacall, Mckellen, Mirren, Nathan Lane and many others by legit insiders.. back when DL had such creatures.

Part 1 at link

Will link Part 2 in next post

Part 2 at link

Hands down, my favorite all time thread: Parts 1 and 2 of " Who is the Nastiest Person On Broadway"

Priceless gossip about Bacall, Mckellen, Mirren, Nathan Lane and many others by legit insiders.. back when DL had such creatures.

Part 1 at link

Will link Part 2 in next post

Sows at the Trough thread.

The Guido dog thread

The Once "round the Garden/Autumn Harvest thread.

Damn! Teresa Guidice has some ugly kids. Sadly the thread seems to be gone.

I think of the Sows at the Trough thread so many times.

The poster who said that on pizza days, some of his coworkers would run like heifers in a stampede and take an entire pizza box to their desks.......have lived that myself.

The whatever happened to your bully (particularly the poster who not only told of his story with a female bully but actually posted a link to prove she had died smashed by concrete falling off a scaffold or something in a publicized incident.).

The one what secrets are you currently keeping was good too.

okay, after the nastiest person on Broadway threads.. Sows at the Trough is my second favorite.. read it at link and prepare to howl

R169 I miss those threads, but someone got a bug up their ass about them, sadly.

bump

I do remember a hysterical thread about conjuring David Ehrenstein.

And either R83/R202 is the same person, or two people have coworkers who are fat whores!

Red Dragon Cheese was the first time I logged in to DL at home (this was when I had dial up at home).

The Katie Holmes escape from Tom Cruise saga unfolded over a weekend and I was riveted.

The original DL Thanksgiving threads were great, the last few years, not so much.

The takedown of Phrophetess Juanita Bynum's birthday gift grab (she's since come out as a lesbian, but still a holy rolling grifter)

I guess the James Franco's drug dealer's gf thread was when I was on DL hiatus, I would have liked to read that one.

Hello....Sumerian Housewives here

r192 Things Patsy Ramsey may have said to the police thread

Another vote for the Datalounge Fallout Shelter. Link posted upthread. Some really great writing in that one. Of course it devolved as these threads tend to do, but for the most part it was a laugh riot.

The 'backwards old queen' with the ungrateful niece.

Bai Ling on the roof

Dylan Geick Z^14

Like you even have to ask.

Not technically a thread but I love DL for introducing me to these clips.

BILL TAYLOR. BLESSINGS!!!

Anyone that features the Bubba lubba lubba lipton song.

[quote] Star Jones wedding thread.

Nothing like it since. Vicious and heartless and shameful. And every 3rd post was LOL funny. So much wit. It's such a shame it was deleted.

R219, can you give us an example of the wit on the Star Jones wedding thread?

Bread pudding/Claire

Here are four of my favorites:

Government Controlled by Time. It’s for when the clocks change.

And...

The Mayor has Declared a Snow Emergency In Boston

This is for when government overreacts to the obvious.

And...

It’s a disgrace!

For when you’re bothered by a pickle.

And...

Doe anyone here know any baseball rules?

For when you're invited to a baseball game.

Those are my favorites.

^ that thread had this gem which still makes me laugh: "In the middle of the 7th, it is traditional to stand and stretch. Do not present hole." Especially since the OP took that tip seriously, as if he would have presented hole had he not been advised to not do so.

R2 from that thread,

[quote] I've read and analyzed your post. You're in no danger of catching a ball.

I'm dying.

"Possum in the Drawer" thread was hysterical and gave us the invaluable gift that is Griselda Medina.

This is going way back. A plea from Liza saying, "Help. I'm being held prisoner by David Gest!"

Don't remember the title, but there was some snotty bitch who claimed to have been a supermodel from France who had slept with some now forgotten actor so somebody started a thread from her perspective, all written in pidgin English with a French accent. One of her suitors was Jodie Foster, who came to get her in a "truck de la pick-up."

Wolves and otters, theys my favorites.

It's a recent one, but the (now deleted) XXXTentacion thread was hilarious. I'm pretty sure I'm going to hell for laughing that much at a thread about a murder.

I am rather fond of this thread:

You may recall, the Washington Evening Star thought it newsworthy on May 21, 1904 to report that “Mrs Helmus, who lives at 10th and B Streets northwest, was struck on the chest with a cucumber...The cucumber was thrown by some unknown person.”

It is also my favorite historical mystery.

The travel threads are pretty cool. The strange and creepy places thread. The serial killer threads.

The thread about the married DC lawyer killed by the Soft Butch Sous Chef.

All of the Bunnika threads.

This one was one of my favourites.

Post: They should give DL what it really wants and post a pic of his hole.

Reply: His neck?

The thread about the toddler presenting hole in their parents' restaurant was good, too.

I liked this thread title:

“Murderous Fattie on the Lam”

Dark Lesbians

The Democrats need a different playbook. Avenatti is it. Kamala ain't. Maybe as Veep. They'd make a gorgeous couple that will excite the public. People vote from the gut not the head. No wonks needed without sex appeal.

R240 except I think after the Trump disaster, the voting public will be less likely to elect someone with no public office / political experience for the highest office in the land, again.

Oh I wouldn't worry about that. Americans have the attention span and memory of a midge.

Nothing will ever top the DataLounge theme park threads, which were updated with maps to the park showcasing all of the attractions. Those were the days!

My eyes started to glaze over as I scrolled through this thread... has anyone included links to the early Helen Lawsons? Very early, these were hysterical. Unfortunately it went on too long.

I also loved the Brooklyn pizzaria thread... there were the parents, the sister, the young (gay) Italian boy and and Irish family associated with them. It too went off the rails after 600 posts, but man some of it was delightful and i think, worthy of a TV show.

BEA BENADARETS XMAS PARY

Forgive me if someone has already mentioned the immortal "Dog fucks baby in the ass."

Young so. Of neighbour Joel and dog Mitzi

Oh man, I should not have done a search... The Helen Lawson Christmas Special thread from 2009!

Here's the Dog Fucks Baby in the Ass! thread.

Victorian Era Datalounge

The Data Lounge Retirement Haven

Let's be a suburban Seventies Christmas party

Soft Butch Sous Chef

I was the OP of that, R250. Hours of fun.

I don't have time to scroll through 254 replies:

But surely, this thread must be in there:

/ / / “OH FANK YOU! You fixded my cheeseburger!” / / /

"How To Make It In Hollywood" by Tami Erin.

Bumping because this is a funny thread

Dionne Warwick forevah

"Well I never in all my life!"

"Ma'yam, ma'yam"

Pure. Fucking. Gold.

Bai Ling on the roof

Red Dragon cheese thread

the "Let's Pretend" threads

anything posted by Blue Agave

I love the old Hollywood threads. Van Johnson, Golden Age Queen was one of the best.

For a while someone was posting excerpts from Hollywood memoirs and bios. The Richard Burton diaries thread was my favorite of these.

# the troll who loves alam the cute ho boy . hilarious

the terry miller stuff, makes me laff, grouopies pine on...

I must admit I get a huge chuckle from both those trolls

more .

the ones with negative shit can suk turds. this is a fun fantasy site !!!!! git happy

Let's be...1971/2/3/4 etc...

'70s threads in general

Let's be Julia.

and Let's be Fatal Attraction

"Why are Straight Me so Stupid?"

As someone who's been reading and posting here for nearly 20 years, I'm scrolling through this thread and laughing my ass off. So many great memories. "Dialing the Phone With a Pencil" is iconic, but I think I miss the Michfest threads more than actual Michfest. And not just for all the allergy-free nutloaf recipes!

Once Around The Garden.

[quote]As someone who's been reading and posting here for nearly 20 years, I'm scrolling through this thread and laughing my ass off.

I've also been here a very long time and hardly recognise any of them. It just shows, we all have our own [bold]totally different[/bold] experiences of this place.

[quote]As much as I love the humorous threads, my favorites are when we discuss different parts of the country ("What's Omaha Like?" "Help! I'm Being Transferred to Topeka," etc.). I learn so much about areas of the country I will probably never visit, they're like little travelogues.

All you learn is what "shitholes" they are.

By R10 the person who's moving there will be slitting his wrists.

The Handsome Women thread was very enlightening.

I found the old One Million Moms thread a little earlier—I didn't really follow it the first time and I've been cackling my ass off.

My New Neighbor Is A Gargoyle. Possibly the best bit is the video OP shot of said neighbour and uploaded to YouTube complete with soundtrack.

The first thread of the Aaron Rodgers saga. Because 7 years later and the threads are still going and we’re at Part 30 now.

There were some very disturbing stories in the linked thread. But it was interesting!

"Let's Be An Antique Mall"

Second place: the early "Dangling Tendrils" threads.

[quote]My New Neighbor is a Gargoyle was pretty funny too.

Omg, thank you R5! I must have completely missed that one. Laughing my ass off as I type.

Anything Candy Spelling or Candy Spelling adjacent, she is the epitome of no class too much money and exists purely to be mocked.

And Juliet Robert’s IS Harriet Tubman.

[quote]And Juliet Robert’s IS Harriet Tubman.

Double "oh, dear."

Let's be a Brooklyn pizza parlor in 1990 NYC!

I can’t pinpoint one, but I am always amused by the the threads about absurd stuff. The ones where the OP claims that a “straight friend” spent the night in their bed, or dry humped them. Shit like that. They often write long and elaborate posts that come off as tumblr fanfic shit. That garbage makes me laugh. I also love the “Dear Abby” style dilemmas.

There was a thread from several years ago in which eldergays/lesbians shared their experiences living through the early years of the AIDS epidemic. It wasn't light subject matter obviously, but it was powerful, informative and incredibly poignant - one of the most amazing threads I've read here and one of the reasons I keep coming back.

So many classics here. I would add Susielee's wonderful authentic showbiz tales.

You have to include the original punctuation: "Dog fucks baby in the ass!"

As mentioned above: "Child Presents Hole in Restaurant, Sparking Controversy"

A family-run vegan cafe where the children run naked and free among the diners got our attention; then when the "mama bear" got mad we got really interested:

[quote]I am about to start calling out names and pictures of people who leave us bad reviews, especially when it deals with our children. You will no longer be allowed to come and dine at Imagine. We do not need or want your business. Be our guest to go and eat at the other vegan restaurants down the street. This is going to be fun!!!! You've throughly irritated mama bear!!!!!!!!!!!!

But when ANOTHER customer said they were eating when said child shat on the floor of the restaurant ... well, history was made:

[quote]I was there just two weeks ago and the same child ran naked for at least 20 mins before an adult did something. After the deficated on the floor is actually when the adult stepped in. This establishment is disgusting and should have child protective services step in and investigate. Than the two Mexicans argued over who was gonna clean it up.

It’s a three way tie.

The one about dead bodies on Mount Everest

The one about Marilyn’s dead body (oh dear I see a pattern arising)

The EST about the temp who was masturbating in his car during lunch

"Going viral were a diner's criticisms in an online Google review that the owners' 22-month-old child not only had run around naked in the dining area for 15 minutes but had bent over to expose her rectum and stood on a table with her dirty feet."

I really enjoyed the New Jersey snow shoveling murders and suicide thread but my favorite was "Let's be a Prissy Queen's Dinner Party." It was so hilarious and clever, I shall never for get it.

Sadly, I couldn't find it, I'd love to read it again.

Lesbian horror movie titles.

BILL TAYLOR GETTING RAPED ON A DISNEY CRUISE BY GOOFY IN HIS SIGNATURE BLUE PANTS.

The one about tge 1996 Everest disaster was riveting. Krakauer's book and how much Anatoli Boukreev was responsible for what happened.

One thread about Johnny Depp's very dark side, totally creeped me out. The disappeared of Anthony Fox.

A very funny was about Burt Lancaster posing nude and one young ignoramus didn't know who Lancaster was and he was insulted left and right.