# Contest: predict how many posts will ultimately be made in this thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 20, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807 "2010-12-20T06:05:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/21 "2010-12-21T20:33:52Z")
21 ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/22 "2010-12-21T20:34:54Z")
Though I think Barkis will win ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/23 "2010-12-21T20:38:58Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > 21 You lose, too. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/24 "2010-12-21T20:45:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You lose, too. You seem to like saying that: do you like hanging around losers? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/25 "2010-12-21T20:58:21Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > You seem to like saying that: do you like hanging around losers? Well, I’m here, aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/26 "2010-12-25T02:38:59Z")
56 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/27 "2010-12-25T03:04:47Z")
27, with the understanding that the next person who posts likes to have sex with sheep. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/28 "2010-12-25T03:19:42Z")
1. Only electric sheep, and only when I dream. Don’t judge me. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/29 "2010-12-25T04:25:02Z")
=Sigh= Where’s **Hal Briston** when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/30 "2010-12-25T22:40:26Z")
So, is it closest or closest-without-going-over? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/31 "2010-12-25T23:43:22Z")
74 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/32 "2010-12-25T23:55:13Z")
The only way this would work is if each individual was only allowed to post to the thread once. But what the heck, I’ll vote 82. ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/33 "2010-12-26T00:02:29Z")
**If 30 days pass without a post being made, then, as OP I hereby grant my blessing that this thread be closed by a willing moderator. This permission remains valid even if the 30-day streak is subsequently broken. Therefore Special Bonus Points can be won for simultaneously announcing yourself as the winner, promoting the post tally to match your prediction, and getting the thread closed before someone invalidates your prediction.** ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/34 "2010-12-26T00:09:09Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:32, topic:564807”] The only way this would work is if each individual was only allowed to post to the thread once. But what the heck, I’ll vote 82. [/QUOTE] Each individual gets as many posts as they want. Bedlam I say! (Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve assumed that the SDMB lacks the capability or will of technically preventing an individual from posting twice). ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/35 "2010-12-27T16:33:54Z")
> [@iamnotbatman](#): > > **If 30 days pass without a post being made, then, as OP I hereby grant my blessing that this thread be closed by a willing moderator. This permission remains valid even if the 30-day streak is subsequently broken. Therefore Special Bonus Points can be won for simultaneously announcing yourself as the winner, promoting the post tally to match your prediction, and getting the thread closed before someone invalidates your prediction.** I still think the only people who can win this are the moderators themselves, even if it is declared by you to be frowned upon for them to abuse their powers to do so. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/36 "2010-12-27T17:39:46Z")
1. I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/37 "2010-12-27T19:58:13Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > I still think the only people who can win this are the moderators themselves, even if it is declared by you to be frowned upon for them to abuse their powers to do so. In the post you responded to I outlined a method for winning. It may be a little tricky – one might worry that the moderator will post a “closing this thread” comment, and thereby throw off the post-count. You just have to take that into account when angling for a win… ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/38 "2010-12-28T00:23:44Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/39 "2010-12-28T00:31:05Z")
I’m going to say five. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/40 "2010-12-28T02:02:54Z")
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