# 999 - should I go for 1000? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2000, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163 "2000-07-19T23:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/21 "2000-07-20T20:24:22Z")
Just off the top of my head, I think we can add Tomas de Torquemada to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/22 "2000-07-20T23:47:29Z")
MAXXXXXXXXXXIE ! If you leave this board, I will cry ! Not good enough you say ? Hmmmm, ok, if you leave this board I will hunt you down and brand a map of Texas on yer butt \*\* and \*\* super glue a pair of cowboy boots (with the riding/high heels) on your feet and staple a stetson hat on to yer head ! šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![BigJoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BigJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigJoe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/23 "2000-07-21T00:09:46Z")
\*Note to self - donā€™t screw with Ayesha, she will definately hurt me. Be afraid Max - verrrrrrry afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/24 "2000-07-21T00:25:03Z")
Damn! That was _awesome_ StrTrkr777. LMAO! Hey, is MadHatter actually Max? Seriously! If itā€™s obvious, someone slap me. If itā€™s impossible, someone else slap me. Itā€™s the end of a long day of work, so my brain is on the fritz. ---
**Author:** ![Zinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e95f7d/32.png) [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/25 "2000-07-21T00:35:48Z")
Congratulations! You want toā€¦ you know you want to! ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/26 "2000-07-21T01:18:45Z")
I hasten to point out ā€¦ max is still at 999 I am winning! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/27 "2000-07-21T01:26:12Z")
You ainā€™t winning shit, bloody OZ šŸ˜‰ Cā€™mon Max!! Post!! Show us you care! ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/28 "2000-07-21T02:21:47Z")
Maxā€¦Torqueā€¦all those other names Jeffrey suggestedā€¦ It goes in waves, yā€™know? Thereā€™s that giddy rush of ā€œomigod what a great place and buncha people!ā€, followed by obsessive posting, then the inevitable settling in. Sure, youā€™re bitter and cynical. But ::Mouseketeer music swells:: ā€œthatā€™s why we LIKE you!ā€ Okay, a paraphrase, but shaddup, Iā€™m on a roll hereā€¦ Your 999 has been earned well, kiddo. Not post padding, no lame one/two line wonders, but real, funny, honest, sly, intelligent, sideways-demented posts. So if you wimp out now weā€™ll just have whomp your sorry ass with a remaindered copy of Cecil Adamsā€™s _Barbara Cartland: Intellectual Travesty or Eco-Disaster Of Rain Forest Depletion._ Get a grip, ya weinie, or be prepared for the torch-waving mob of assembled Dopers to show up on your doorstep. It wonā€™t be pretty. Donā€™t force us to it. Veb ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/29 "2000-07-21T03:23:48Z")
_to the tune of I am Evil Homer_ Heā€™s still on 9 9 9 yeah Heā€™s still on 9 9 9 yeah heā€™s still on 9 9 9 yeah šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/30 "2000-07-21T06:08:39Z")
sandyr, > [@](#): > > You (and Woody) spend an hour and a half teaching me how to maneuver IRC chat, and now youā€™re going to SPLIT??? And what am I, chopped liver? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/31 "2000-07-21T21:31:19Z")
Well, even though I bet I could whup yā€™all one at a time, Iā€™d likely get clobbered by the lot of you together. So screw it, Iā€™m stayinā€™. No, Demo, Iā€™m not MadHatter. I have only one ID on this board, and this is it. Nice list oā€™ names, StrTrkr777. hehehe. Much appreciate it. Anyway, on to something of substance for Post #1000. Posting a thousand times makes one consider just what heā€™s been doing, what was good, what sucked, all that kinda stuff. So, as I begin my second kilopost, I reckon this is what I oughtta shoot for: - stamp out ignorance, remembering that some folkā€™s ignorance takes more stamping than others. - keep the humor level high, disregarding the derisive tongue-cluckings of the humor-impaired. - remember well that no one is above an ass-whuppinā€™. - and finally, treat every post as a reflection on myself. Thatā€™s about it. Thanks for being a great bunch of homo sapiens, all. Youā€™ll have to put up with me for a while longer yet. On to the next thousand! ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/32 "2000-07-21T21:41:01Z")
Congratulations, Max Torque. Many happy returns, and here is your gift from me: an underage goat-felching stripper. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/33 "2000-07-21T22:05:17Z")
Dang it now that whole three minutes I spent coming up with all those cool user names has gone to waste. Attention lurkers who have not registered yet. You have my permission to pick any of the above user names as your own, I will not expect any royalties for their use. Your using them is payment enough. Welcome back anyway Max. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/34 "2000-07-22T01:36:58Z")
I see he went ahead and did it. I think he should have stuck at 999. Third cousin of the beast. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/35 "2000-07-22T07:55:15Z")
There was a man named Max Torque Who hit a posting cork Should I leave or stay He did ponder and say Whichā€¦ohā€¦he did itā€¦never mind. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163/36 "2000-07-22T17:23:07Z")
I guess I got here too late, but sure, go for 1000. And as for wearing out the board, let it alone for two weeks vacation and everything and everybody is new. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-should-i-go-for-1000/26163.md?page=1)