1st Annual Golden Flame Award: and the nominees are:

[Beware the Beast Man]

[underpants]

1. Ahem-not to toot my own horn but

TOOT TOOT

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1627230

I honestly had NO idea that that could turn into a Flame war.

[underpants]

2. I vote for Laura Branigan

THAT was strange

[ronnykmarshall]

16. Same here.

and I am proud to say I was part of that flame war.

[MsAnthropy]

5. Yours is definitely the winner!

I'm sitting here laughing so hard there are tears rolling down my face. You're the master! (Ooops, that's not PC, is it?)

[underpants]

8. Purely accidental

I thought it would be SLAM Russert time.

[Yuugal]

7. are you affiliated in anyway with the underpants gnomes?

Underpants Gnomes' plan for world domination:

Step 1: Collect underpants

Step 2: ::shrug::

Step 3: Global Domination

They had an awesome plan but I never did find out what step two was. Do you know? ;)

[underpants]

9. I can neither confirm nor deny that Yuugal

Welcome to DU :hi:

[belladonna]

15. I was just talking to someone about that thread the other night

That one sticks out in my mind as the dumbest flame war ever, bar none

[enigmatic]

21. Good God...

I'm still picking my jaw off the floor from reading your thread; talk about PC gone insane...

[eyesroll]

3. Cat Stevens.

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. How could I forget?

Oh yeah, I remember now.

[tigereye]

13. oh I remember that one

Hi eyesroll.

[mandyky]

6. I don't get the reason for Flame award

But I nominate any thread concerning Howard Dean LOL Flamebait all around!

Perhaps you could post an explanation of what everyone did to get this flame award????

[Beware the Beast Man]

10. There have been flamewars on DU this past year in threads

dealing with all these subjects.

[tigereye]

14. funny how many of them are never resolved and endlessly recur

....

[trotsky]

11. I second that, it would be nice to get a rundown of what the flamewars

were about - and if anyone has a link, all the better!

[NamVetsWeeLass]

12. UNDERPANTS!!!!!

That so rocked.

[underpants]

22. Thanks

Since this thread is back at the top I am thanking you know.

Talk about not seeing that one coming :eyes:

[St. Jarvitude]

17. Woody Allen

The thread that started a million copycats, a bunch of other Woody Allen flamefests, and I believe was the source of the "Age Wars" in the Lounge.

I'm so proud :bounce:

[Beware the Beast Man]

20. My gosh, how could I forget?

[Zomby Woof]

18. ZW threads about kiddie shopping carts, OMG, or Ask Me Anything

All others bow before me.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

19. Or - "am I on YOUR ignore list?" ----right?