The following excerpt from gmail help pages gave me a brief second of hope.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=known_issues.cs&ki_topic=14973&issue=97930&bucket=14976&hl=en&action=report> Gmail Known Issues
> We're always working to resolve problems that come up in Gmail. If your problem is listed below, we're aware of the issue and > are working to fix it as soon as possible. To see more information on an issue, just click View Details & Report. Clicking the > > 'Report it' button will save you the time of sending us an email, but it will ensure that we're notified about your issue
> Composing and Reading Mail
> Unresponsive 'Labels' button
> Freezing or slowness with HTML Validator installed
> Oops 102 errors
> ***Messages are improperly threaded
Which was quickly dashed.
> At this time, you can't manually merge or separate messages from conversations.
> Having this issue? Reported.
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