I reckon the 'Men's toilets, Secretaries, that sort of thing.' thread would be a bit inappropriate for the forum today with it being PG & family friendly... 
I think they were just happy it was confined to the one thread. Although it wasn't, there are several similar threads with titles matching "X, Y, Z... that sort of thing"
There's one about amiga t-shirts. If you weren't online at the time, the whole t-shirt scam may have passed you by. One of your countrymen finally received his after years of having given up on it, and it kinda snowballed...