Its power went out last night, and the alarm clock didn't go off.

This thread eat Chinese food at like 10 and is still digesting.

No time to say hello, goodbye.

This thread is considering starting to watch some tivo when it should totally just call it a night and go to bed.

dis thread
shall speak of the wretched sea
that washed ships to these shores
of mothers cryin for their young
swallowed up by the sea
dis thread shall say nothin new
dis thread shall speak of time
time unlimited time undefined
dis thread shall call names
names like lumumba kenyatta nkrumah
hannibal akenaton malcolm garvey
haile selassie
dis thread is vexed about apartheid rascism fascism
the klu klux klan riots in brixton atlanta
jim jones
dis thread is revoltin against 1st world 2nd world
3rd world division man made decision
dis thread is like all the rest
dis thread will not be amongst great literary works
will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts
will not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion
dis thread s knives bombs guns blood fire
blazin for freedom
yes dis thread is a drum
ashanti mau mau ibo yoruba nyahbingi warriors
uhuru uhuru
uhuru namibia
uhuru soweto
uhuru afrika
dis thread will not change things
dis thread need to be changed
dis thread is a rebirth of a peopl
arizin awaking understandin
dis thread speak is speakin have spoken
dis thread shall continue even when poets have stopped writin
dis thread shall survive u me it shall linger in history
in your mind
in time forever
dis thread is time only time will tell
dis thread is still not written
dis thread has no poet
dis thread is just a part of the story
his-story her-story our-story the story still untold
dis thread is now ringin talkin irritatin
makin u want to stop it
but dis thread will not stop
dis thread is long cannot be short
dis thread cannot be tamed cannot be blamed
the story is still not told about dis thread
dis thread is old new
dis thread was copied from the bible your prayer book
playboy magazine the n.y. times readers digest
the c.i.a. files the k.g.b. files
dis thread is no secret
dis thread shall be called boring stupid senseless
dis thread is watchin u tryin to make sense from dis thread
dis thread is messin up your brains
makin u want to stop listenin to dis thread
but u shall not stop listenin to dis thread
u need to know what will be said next in dis thread
dis thread shall disappoint u
because
dis thread is to be continued in your mind in your mind
in your mind your mind


(with apologies...)

Apologies to whom? Are those lyrics to a song I'm supposed to recognize?

It's just something that got stuck in my head when I read the title...

Blimey, what took you so long? Here's your costume. You're on stage in two minutes.

I think the rabbit died.

A long long time was a very long time

a whole thread ago

Around Cape Horne to Cally-o

A large, large thread ago

Ah. A little late with this, but thanks for the link, pompomtom.