# 15,000 posts in one year: does the Professor get a prize? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 27, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660 "2014-03-27T02:40:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/1 "2014-03-27T02:40:22Z")
Earlier today **Prof. Pepperwinkle** hit 15,000, and he hasn’t even reached 365 days as a member (which is when tracking begins, I believe). Unfortunately I didn’t mark the lucky message and can’t remember its content, but I was an eye-witness. Is that a record? If so, what’s his prize? What would be most appropriate? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/2 "2014-03-27T02:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > …365 days as a member (which is when tracking begins, I believe). What sort of tracking are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/3 "2014-03-27T02:52:19Z")
You know, people you’ve met, what books you read, if you play tuba… ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/4 "2014-03-27T02:57:05Z")
Oh, he is a prize. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/5 "2014-03-27T03:35:16Z")
But he couldn’t even figure out how to get the castaways off the island. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/6 "2014-03-27T05:34:39Z")
Remember when it was a Very Big Deal when Handy was approaching 10,000 posts? > [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Unfortunately I didn’t mark the lucky message and can’t remember its content, but I was an eye-witness. Game Room Free Association thread. Here’s the bit of the chain: > [@Free Association](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18177): > > > [@Free Association](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18177): > > > > Hurt and Betrayal > > > [@Free Association](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18178): > > > > love and trust > > > [@Free Association](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18179): > > > > Trust but verify > > > [@Free Association](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18180): > > > > Truth or dare > > > [@Free Association](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18181): > > > > Prof. Pepperwinkle’s fifteen thousandth post > > > [@Free Association](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18182): > > > > Thanks for noticing. My one-year anniversary to signing on is Sunday, so not bad for one year. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/7 "2014-03-27T06:08:37Z")
How do we know Prof pepperwinckle is just one person and not many? How do I know if you’re just one person? How do you know if I’m just 1 person? How do I know if I’m just 1 person? Sometimes I get confused. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/8 "2014-03-27T06:37:09Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > How do we know Prof pepperwinckle is just one person and not many? How do I know if you’re just one person? How do you know if I’m just 1 person? How do I know if I’m just 1 person? . . . And how can you be so sure that I’m a dog? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/9 "2014-03-27T06:45:04Z")
Oh come on; everyone knows you’re a jackass! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/10 "2014-03-27T12:56:16Z")
1/4 of those are in the “Questions Only” thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/11 "2014-03-27T13:08:33Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > 1/4 of those are in the “Questions Only” thread 🙂 Why isn’t there an answers only thread? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/12 "2014-03-27T13:09:37Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Why isn’t there an answers only thread? Because it would be boring to have a thread of people posting “42”. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/13 "2014-03-27T13:18:56Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Earlier today **Prof. Pepperwinkle** hit 15,000, and he hasn’t even reached 365 days as a member (which is when tracking begins, I believe). Unfortunately I didn’t mark the lucky message and can’t remember its content, but I was an eye-witness. > > Is that a record? > > If so, what’s his prize? > > What would be most appropriate? A pair of mittens? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/14 "2014-03-27T13:22:52Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Earlier today **Prof. Pepperwinkle** hit 15,000, and he hasn’t even reached 365 days as a member (which is when tracking begins, I believe). … Dunno if this is true. Maybe he was a Guest for some period of time before being a member, and Guest posts may count too, though the number isn’t visible until Membership makes it so. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/15 "2014-03-27T13:31:46Z")
Has he ever posted outside the Game Room? ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/16 "2014-03-27T14:08:05Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > How do we know Prof pepperwinckle is just one person and not many? How do I know if you’re just one person? How do you know if I’m just 1 person? How do I know if I’m just 1 person? Sometimes I get confused. He is clearly the pseudonym of Nicolas Bourbaki. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/17 "2014-03-27T14:20:23Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > He is clearly the pseudonym of Nicolas Bourbaki. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/18 "2014-03-27T14:21:59Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Has he ever posted outside the Game Room? Yes. He’s adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/19 "2014-03-27T14:42:37Z")
“Most pasty” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/20 "2014-03-27T14:57:04Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > 😕 Nicolas Bourbaki is the pseudonym for a group of mathemeticians who published under 1 name - I had to look it up on Wikipedia, pretty cool reference though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660.md?page=2)