Exactly, phoenix. (Blimey, I have been busy with jokes, haven't I? I hope I get a medal after I have posted 1000 - and thanks to everyone else who has contributed to the joke thread)
I can find the original poster for any of the subjects. For example, 'This made me laugh' was started 642 posts ago by yourself, Greatnan, on Mon. 13 Feb '12 at 12:05:36 or do you mean something else?
Some forums I use have various facilities which would be helpful, if Tech could provide them, such as giving the name of the original poster and the date first posted, an edit button, and the possibility of deleting a post (you can usually only do this before somebody else has posted a reply).