I’m still waiting for that van in front that says on the side 'STRAIGHT DOPE 10,000 MESSAGES WINNER" 
I think that Handy reached 9000 at about the same time I reached 1500.
When the board is up for pruning, will handy’s post total drop, or does VB work like EZBoard, where it will stay the same?
According to Anthracite’s response in [url"http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73750"] this thread , yes, the pruning will probably effect his post count.
Seeing as she runs a vB board, she knows of what she speaks.
Gah! Hit Submit instead of Preview
9993 now… Looks like it may be tomorrow, unless perchance money or other goods or services have been received from TwistofFate (July 4). If I’m correct, the closest without going over would have to be Attrayant (June 24), with an honorable mention for thinksnow, whose entry of June 25 was disqualified by being his second entry.
It’s like watching the ball drop.
If he tries real hard, it will be today.
okay, so he doesn’t have to try at all
I’m putting my dime on the 11am-noon time slot.
…check the hospitals! 
He’s going through puberty, too?
The day in Handy’s time zone or the guesser’s time zone?
Is it too late to have a guess?
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As a collorary to my previous guess, it will be in a 4th of July Celebration thread.
C´mon handy, give twisty a little luck here!!
Baby needs new shoes!!
do I get a prize if I win? The respect of my peers? will anthracite flirt with me for being the winner of her competition.
P.S. Hello Everyone!! Lanzarote rocks. Vodka sessions until 6 in the morning.
Can ya SMEEEEELLLLLLLLL what twisty´s got cookin´?
I’m bringing this thread back up because he’s up to 9999 now. Just one more post to go!
In that case, I’ll guess July 7th, 2001 (unless he goes out surfing all day).
I think he’s just chuckling and making us all wait!
HEY! HANDY!! Over here!!
Do it, man! Do it!
Of course he is! He’s slowed down to one or two posts a day just to drag it out!
He’s such a tease.
12:18 pm CDT and one post away…
It’d be a real mean trick if he stopped posting forever on his 9999th post…it’d be a hoot to watch though.
On another note though, what if 4 digits is the max? Maybe he’s really at like 10,761 by now, but it stays the same…that would suck a lot.
Oh yeah, and my guess is never…hey, someone had to claim it!!