# And coming up on the outside.....MPSIMS **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 1999, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379 "1999-10-28T03:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 1999, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/21 "1999-11-20T01:18:00Z")
Presently there’s a less than 300 post difference. I think we’ll see the eclipse sometime tomorrow (Sat., Nov. 20). ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 1999, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/22 "1999-11-20T02:46:00Z")
I post in MPSIMS because these people have a sense of humor…I can say what I feel without having to have a PhD to back it up. I can be my crazy artist self, and except for a few ppl who correct my grammar and punctuation, not feel like I have to be intellectual. Sides… it’s more fun =P * * * “Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things.” --Edgar Degas ---
**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 1999, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/23 "1999-11-20T02:55:00Z")
Oh yeah, It’s the Guy Stuff thread. Over 500 posts and growing. * * * Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words’ll make me sit in a darkened corner and cry for hours. Kyoko Baby, Shane ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/24 "1999-11-21T06:41:00Z")
I think I may have to revise that prediction, as the gap has only narrowed by ~60 since last night. We’ll probably see it next week when all the at work posters return. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/25 "1999-11-21T03:38:00Z")
I’m suspicious that some of the recent General Question might have been posted just to prolong this (I’ll admit that the thought occurred to me, since my bet was 11/24, but I plead innocent.) But some of the questions posted on GQ in the last couple days do seem just a little mandane & pointless to me… * * * Sue from El Paso Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 1999, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/26 "1999-11-22T06:18:00Z")
42 posts now separate the two fora. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 1999, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/27 "1999-11-22T06:41:00Z")
25 to go; we’ll see it before Happy Hour! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/28 "1999-11-21T19:26:00Z")
No. we’ll see it… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/29 "1999-11-21T19:27:00Z")
And it has happened - MPSIMS is now the forum with the most posts. It is a credit to the the 2 fine moderators (Melin & Eutychus) that this forum is so popular & frequently visited. Over the last few weeks, MPS has had roughly 15307 posts, to 7760 for GQ - which is a big difference. It’s just shy of a 2:1 ratio. ## OK, who wants to take bets on when it’ll hit 100,000 posts? Sue from El Paso Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/30 "1999-11-21T19:27:00Z")
NOW! They’re tied @ 1:28 PM 11/21/99. ---
**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/31 "1999-11-21T19:44:00Z")
dammit! MajorMD, quit stealing my ideas before I can think them up! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 1999, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/32 "1999-11-22T04:59:00Z")
It’s official. Pointlessness has triumphed over cluelessness. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 1999, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379/33 "1999-11-22T05:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s official. Pointlessness has triumphed over cluelessness. Mike, We want to welcome you on your visit to Houston. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-coming-up-on-the-outside-mpsims/11379.md?page=1)