Thank you, tsuwm, for starting this thread.

Over Passover and Easter, consuelo suggested we bring back some of our favorite old threads, those that seem to best reflect "the spirit of the board." I know Jackie and others have resurrected good threads here and there; I was wondering if we could concentrate them here, as a balm when we need it?

I'll start with this thread, one of many excellent ones:

http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=33942