# a **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850 "2003-01-25T12:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 185
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3681 "2003-03-05T04:47:13Z")
**W** here’s that smilie where you click your cheek twice, wink and point at the person with both hands. My last post needs that badly. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3682 "2003-03-05T04:48:27Z")
**W** ow! Seventy-four pages. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3683 "2003-03-05T04:50:37Z")
**Y** es, the range of smilies offerec is sadly inadequate. Where’s the evil smirk smilie? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3684 "2003-03-05T05:04:01Z")
**Z** ones of people who have not entered this thread have very little idea how many pages we’ve got since the front page only lists till 5. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3685 "2003-03-05T05:15:45Z")
**A** bout how many posts per page are there? ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3686 "2003-03-05T05:19:26Z")
**B** seems to be slowing down now: are the hamsters just sleepy, or is the length of this thread weighing on them? ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3687 "2003-03-05T05:20:46Z")
**C** orrection: that ‘b’ should be ‘board’. \ Clearly I need to go to bed now. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3688 "2003-03-05T05:21:49Z")
**D** efinitely I must go to sleep, since I’m reduced to talking to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3689 "2003-03-05T05:25:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by StarvingButStrong \* > \*\*\*\*A\*\*bout how many posts per page are there? \*\* **E** xactly 50, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3690 "2003-03-05T05:26:00Z")
**E** leusinian rites must be performed soon. Go on: look it up. At least it’s a different word for E. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3691 "2003-03-05T05:28:36Z")
**F** abulous! A signal has been received from a distant galaxy! I am not alone! (Hi, Smeghead! So we’ve perpetrated 3700+ posts, have we? Stellar!) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3692 "2003-03-05T05:30:04Z")
**G** labella. You have one. I have one. Everyone has one. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3693 "2003-03-05T05:43:30Z")
**H** argh! I hate being alone and at work! At this rate the name **Lobsang** is going to be the ‘Last Post’ of every damn message on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3694 "2003-03-05T07:26:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by StarvingButStrong \* > \*\ ***B** seems to be slowing down now: are the hamsters just sleepy, or is the length of this thread weighing on them? \*\* **I** t’s not this thread that was slowing down, it was the whole board. Weird, It’s been a long time since a thread had more posts them myself. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3695 "2003-03-05T07:27:32Z")
**J** ust my opinion that is though. **K** eeping in mind the state of words on this board I can’t decide if the last post will be a W or a Y. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3696 "2003-03-05T08:07:32Z")
**L** ong time it’ll be before any other thread passes this one. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3697 "2003-03-05T11:05:14Z")
**M** y belief is that such a thread will never happen again. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3698 "2003-03-05T11:07:52Z")
**N** oble ending we must plan for this thread. Something suitable, to go out on a bang. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3699 "2003-03-05T11:12:30Z")
**O** ne idea I had was to devote the last 26 pages, one by one, to posts purely by one letter. As in, all posts of page 75 would start with A, all of page 76 with B, 77 C, and so forth up to page 100 being all Z. **P** ositively this would be more challenging with some pages than other. Page 98, all X, would be especially tricky – or maybe boring, as we all babble about Xeroxing our Xylophone music. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3700 "2003-03-05T11:14:31Z")
**Q** uiet has fallen over the world of ‘A’ yet again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=186)