# And so...5000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159 "2003-05-24T01:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/1 "2003-05-24T01:15:09Z")
Frankly, it embarasses me a bit to make this post. But there it is. I promised myself a self-congratulatory back-pat at 5000 when I started back 3 years (and 4 jobs) ago. I bow. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/2 "2003-05-24T01:27:21Z")
You should be embarassed, you post-count padder! Heh. Congrats, man. That’s an awful lot of time wasted here on the boards. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/3 "2003-05-24T01:30:49Z")
Congratulations, newbie. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/4 "2003-05-24T01:40:49Z")
Mazel tov. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/5 "2003-05-24T01:59:46Z")
Yeah, welcome to the club. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/6 "2003-05-24T02:13:27Z")
I’d have 5000 posts, too, if I played Diplomacy. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/7 "2003-05-24T02:25:35Z")
Congrats. My daughter is still cuter than yours though. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/8 "2003-05-24T07:41:53Z")
“4.43 posts per day” for _three years_ ?? How do you multi-k-post folks keep this up and have time for other things? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/9 "2003-05-24T10:26:39Z")
Four or five posts a day is no big deal. In MPSIMS and IMHO, it’s easy to do that many posts in 40 minutes or so, and then get on with your day. Now [this poster has no life](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=Q.E.D.). Just signed up in January, but is on pace to hit 5000 by mid-July. :eek: Oh, and congrats, **JC**! ---
**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:** [May 24, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/10 "2003-05-24T10:31:58Z")
Somehow I knew that was a link to **Q.E.D** before I clicked on it. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/11 "2003-05-24T12:04:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tomndebb \* > \*\*Congratulations, newbie. \*\* [ul]☹ [sup] **You really know how to hurt somebody, don’t you?** [/sup][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/12 "2003-05-24T14:52:13Z")
Personally I was hoping to hit 10K by June 6, but last night I figured it and it’d take roughly 33.3 posts a day for me to hit that then. Er, yeah. I’ve done almost a hundred posts in a day BUT it was only once AND it was two flirt threads AND it was about two years ago AND I have better, other things to do now. So you’ll either see a “three years and a big pile of posts” or “can someone help me carry these posts?” OP, I think. Or then again, maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/13 "2003-05-24T15:17:24Z")
I tip my hat to ya, Chance, from my meager 5-0-0, with an average that remains less than a post a day. I’m so restrained. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/14 "2003-05-24T15:23:37Z")
Good on ya. Now just get rid of Liverpool for me … ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/15 "2003-05-24T15:27:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by moi \* > I’m so restrained. 😉 Ah, the beauty of leather handcuffs … ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/16 "2003-05-24T17:16:34Z")
::smooch:: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/17 "2003-05-25T01:10:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by squeegee \* > \*\*“4.43 posts per day” for _three years_ ?? > > How do you multi-k-post folks keep this up and have time for other things? \*\* There are other things? Now you tell us! Congrats, **JC** , and thanks for making this a more fun, interesting and informative place! ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/18 "2003-05-25T05:11:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Four or five posts a day is no big deal. In MPSIMS and IMHO, it’s easy to do that many posts in 40 minutes or so, and then get on with your day. > > Now [this poster has no life](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=Q.E.D.). Just signed up in January, but is on pace to hit 5000 by mid-July. :eek: > \*\* What has Q.E.D. ever done to you? I often see people sniping at him just because he posts a lot. How would you know what he does in his spare time? At least his posts are generally contributing something, unlike some other high-post-rate posters. Sorry, just felt I had to say that. Jonathan, congrats on the 5000! ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/19 "2003-05-25T05:33:49Z")
Here’s to 5,000 more! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159/20 "2003-05-25T05:38:22Z")
Congrats. I hope to get there soon myself. 🙂 I think I’m doing OK - I only started posting in earnest about a month ago. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-so-5000/177159.md?page=2)