Could someone explain to me...

[mduffy31]

...pardon my ignorance, I know that I am late to the party but what the fuck is with the kudzu threads. What the hell is it, and what is the significance of it? Is it an inside joke that I missing. Please enlighten me.

:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

1. Really no clue

I hid the main kudzu thread weeks ago. It is one of those Lounge things that somehow obtained a life of its own.

I had a thread entitled "Mods - Lock this thread" that ended up getting like 400 posts to it before it finally got locked.

The lounge is a strange and wonderful place.

[Hissyspit]

2. Kudzu is an invasive plant. It's all over the South.

Indigenous to Asia, it was introduced to the U.S. in the late 1800s. It's what you see on the cover of R.E.M.'s "Murmur" album. The vine is edible. Someone posted "I'm bullish on kudzu. It's going places." People keep kicking it. Heir of "Dupe" thread - the king/queen of all kicked threads.

No other significance that I know of. Irony? It keeps growing and growing, parasitic, like the thread?

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. I beg to differ the "king/queen" of all kicked threads is one from a few

years back entitled "The neverending thread" or something like that...and it went on for over a thousand posts. :hi:

On edit: it was entitled "How quickly will this thread die"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=244916


And here is the Prince/Princess:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2298591

Kudzu has a ways to go. :hi:

[swag]

7. The first of those threads lasted a mere month and a half,

and the second lasted about a month.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. It's about the number of posts...not length of time...Otherwise, there

are tons of threads that have lasted longer in other forums. ;) Nobody'll beat ozymandius, that was hysterical. It was finally locked in deference to dialup users

[swag]

10. I'm relieved to hear it's about something.

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. Goodness!

Have a good day swag...Didn't mean to upset you. :hi:

[swag]

15. Upset?

You have a good day too, MrsGrumpy.

[KitchenWitch]

11. I seem to remember Oscar had a long life too!

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Yes he did...Although..confession time...I never read that thread.

:hide:

[KitchenWitch]

14. Oh man, it was hilarious!

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. I didn't "get" it I guess...

It didn't make any sense...which I guess was the point. ;)

[KitchenWitch]

17. I think Oscar was an ever evolving creature

and would evolve with every question asked about him.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Could be. He brought a lot of joy to the lounge for sure.

:)

Where is his creator and benefactor I wonder. I haven't seen him lately.

[KitchenWitch]

20. Not sure, I have not seen him for awhile as well

I will PM him to see how he is doing.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Tell him "hello" from Me!

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

25. Dupe went to 1,111 according to Rev_Acts

Forgotten how high the others went.

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. Ozymandius' got to 1171...and was locked in 11/03.

That thread was a riot. All kinds of lurkers posted and the like. I've never seen anything quite like it. It's also fun to see how many posters have been banned since then.

[Misunderestimator]

27. Your Prince/Princess didn't have as many posts as "Dupe" though...

Or Arwalden's http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4769218 with well over 1,000 responses.

I wonder what the longest sustained thread was/is?

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. I am pretty sure it was ozymandius' but I'm sure there will be somebody

to tell me I am wrong. His was 1171 and then it was locked. The only reason I know that was because I was a mod at the time.

[Misunderestimator]

30. I wasn't clear... I meant longest duration.

From what I can see, ozymandius' lasted about a month and a half.

Kudzu has gone on since last December. I suppose the groups have longer threads since they stay on the front page so long (and never seem to be archived), but damn if kudzu isn't the longest running in one of the main forums.

[ScreamingMeemie]

31. I have a feeling if Skinner hadn't locked it, ozymandius would live

yet. And I think another one would have lasted longer if it hadn't been requested to be locked.

[Misunderestimator]

32. That's quite possible.

[arwalden]

33. Hee-hee... The Lesbian Movie Thread...

... that was fun! :hi:

[sarge43]

3. Kudzu is spam for the 21st century n/t

[NMMNG]

4. Kudzu!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu



I've heard a rumor that some unmotivated people plant it in place of grass so they'll have a "lawn" that they never have to mow or maintain. There's a house near where I work during the week that has such a "lawn".

[sarge43]

6. I ran across

a gardening catalog circa mid 1920's. In it, kudzu was touted as a decorative vine.

[Jazz2006]

21. I could go for that...

...my lawn looks as though it was devoured by grubs over the winter and it looks like crap. Maybe I'll turn it into kudzu instead of re-sodding it, and reap the added benefit of never having to mow or maintain.

Hmmmm.

:dilemma:

[sarge43]

24. As long as you

don't mind your house being devoured by the Green Menace, sounds like a plan.

[swag]

8. Cannot be done. It's inexplicable.

[Random_Australian]

19. I'm bullish on this thread. It's going places!

[BikeWriter]

23. Lewis Grizzard said this about kudzu:

KUDZU: Nothing grows faster than a kudzu vine. It has been known to cover entire homes in Georgia where the families are asleep for the night. They are then trapped inside and can't get to a convenience store, so they starve. Those who try to eat their way out of kudzu quickly have their innards entangled in the vine because no matter how much you chew it, the blamed stuff just keeps on growing.
http://www.lewisgrizzard.com/columns/archive/LifeSpanInGeorgia.html

[anarch]

28. hmmm....and kudzu has taken over yet another thread

anybody got some defoliant?