Best SportsJournalists.com threads of the past

I can't find it - might be gone - but there was one on worst chain restaurants or something that started innocently enough and then took off. I remember a line like "Nothing can approach the culinary terror of Long John Silver's."

 

This thread is a master class in trolling, courtesy of the legendary Kermit:

Orange slices for everyone, or the I Hate Soccer thread

 

Crossed Giblets of Death - - and - -

Why so bitter, Herb?

 

I had entirely too much fun on those threads.

 

This one keeps on giving too, even with fewer of us in the business.
Dear dimwit on the phone

 

Because back then the server didn’t have the capacity and SJ was a busier place. Old threads were deleted until server capacity greatly improved. A lot of classic threads went down the memory hole because of this.

 

There also was a fun discussion of chain restaurants sparked by a North Dakota newspaper columnist praising the arrival of an Olive Garden in her town. Maybe it’s the same thread Huggy is talking about — I’ll have to check later.

One thing’s for certain about this place: we love to eat!

 

Instant classic: Roll Tide

A Very Dick Whitman Valentine’s Day: Happy Valentines Day!

 

No mention of freqposter and his sexcapades?

 

There are no more Borders book stores around for easy hookups!

 

Plenty of cornfields, though.