Metafilter thread #1142, with over 1100 comments, supported by the sheer will of its contributors. Very silly. It started over a year ago, but I'm told most of the posts actually happened this past month. (Difficult to tell since MeFi doesn't include the year with comment dates.)
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May 25, 2001