# 42 word post **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953 "2002-04-27T14:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953/21 "2002-04-28T05:05:33Z")
**Schnitte** , I could use this thread to elevate my average to 42.00 posts per day, but that would take a really long time… considering my average is only at 19.38 right now, as of this post. (yes, I did check my profile) ---
**Author:** ![BillyGnos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BillyGnos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BillyGnos)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953/22 "2002-04-28T06:05:53Z")
Get a life, you losers! I mean, seriously, do you actually sit there and ponder earth shattering topics for Straight Dope Message Board topics? Was this one of those ideas where you thought to yourself, “Wow, this will really blow them away!” ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953/23 "2002-04-28T06:23:02Z")
I can never resist posting in threads like these… at least I got here in time. What a disaster it would have been if this was to be post 43… BillyGnos, this thread _is_ very mundane and pointless, so it fits. So there. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953/24 "2002-04-28T06:29:22Z")
Pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless pointless. -Clay ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953/25 "2002-04-28T09:25:40Z")
This is the twenty-fourth post (if it is not a simulpost). Why, you may ask, do I engage in such mind-numbing submission to arbitrary rules? Why should I defer to **Mike38722** and his illogical demands? To pad my post count, of course. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953/26 "2002-04-28T10:00:34Z")
Every Post Should Have Forty-Two Words…? Get Naffed You Cappo Dogs… It’s a plot I tell ya, a PLOT no less! (OK, I might be a bit paranoid tonite…do YOU have a problem with that?) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953/27 "2002-04-28T11:56:02Z")
I’d like to stick to forty and two, But it seems to many…and then too few. Why reduce writing to just a number? Can anything be seen as dumber? Other thoughts ere this post I send? None, alas, I therefore end. ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953/28 "2002-04-28T12:40:09Z")
a, aardvark, aardwolf, aaron, aaronic, aaronite, ab, aba, abaca, abacist, aback, abactinal, abaculus, abaddon, abaft, abalone, abandon, abandoned, abandonee, abase, abash, abashed, abasia, abask, abatable, abate, abatement, abatis, abattoir, abaxial, abaxille… to hell with this! \*shuts off computer and walks away grumbling \* ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953/29 "2002-04-28T12:49:35Z")
One always should preview a post to thus ensure he does not boast that something else should “dumber” seem, when “too”'s mispelled to thwart his scheme. And while rhyming of words is fun to do, Please make sure spelling’s a forte, too! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/42-word-post/105953.md?page=1)