OK here it goes...
"Maybe they'll get it if you write it in another language" [Tim Marman]
Just remember that you asked for it.....
[VB]
Dim StupidLanguageTopic As Thread = AddressOf(VeryOldThread)
StupidLanguageTopic.Abort()
[C#]
Thread stupidlanguagetopic = addressof(veryoldthread);
stupidlanguagetopic.Abort();
How is that?