Alright, who bribed handy not to post. Come on post dammit. 
handy’s most recent post, as best as I can tell, was here in IMHO at 10:36am on 7/7.
Maybe all this stress has given him a heart attack and post 10,000 will never see the light of day…
Maybe the bean counter @ SDMB stops at 9,999 (like in the late '70s and early '80s, when nobody foresaw the alleged Y2K problem)
Maybe handy has a real flair for the dramatic :rolleyes:
Maybe I’m secretly hoping to get there before he does:D
Maybe it does, like in the 76’ Olympics when Nadia Comenich(sp) scored a perfect 10 and the score board read 1.00. Nobody foresaw anybody getting a perfect score.
Or not.
Could this mean that handy’s next post could be his first one? LOL!!! THAT would definitely be grounds for a heart attack…
handy: you’d better check before posting, bud. Perhaps save you some major aggravation:)
This newsflash just in! In a move to cut down expenditures and remain a viable entity, The Chicago Reader has announced that, as of 12:00 P.M. Central Time July 8, 2001, it will be eliminating a number of services, including the perennial favourite Straight Dope Message Board. It is strongly suggested that those who wish to leave a final message on the boards do so before the above-mentioned deadline for it will forever be shut down starting at 12:01 P.M.
The Chicago Reader regrets the inconvenience.
(Think he’ll bite?)
Oh, now he’s just being a tease.
Either that, or he’s composing a Unabomber-style missive telling us all that after 10,000 posts, he’s decided that we really all just suck uproariously, and all he’s been doing for all this time is gather information, and he’ll be by to blow up our houses any day now. :eek:
I say prune the hell out of him - drop him down to 8,500 or so. That’ll teach’m.
One is stuck at 39 homers, the other can not get past the elusive 10,000 post barrier. Coincidence? I think not. 
Heh, heh, heh. Just wish the French language had that kind of insouciance with words. Attrayant, you couldn’t have drafted a better thought for your 2001th post in this year 2001. May you also live to be 10,000.
P.S.: Hey, Cristi:)
Hey Omni! How the hell are ya?
Eh. You know. Hangin’.
When’s your blessed event? The Big Five Triple O.
C’mon handy, put these people out of their misery. Start your celebretory 10K post, so that the rest of us can move on.
This is pretty funny, ain’t it? Usually, the handymobile careens around town, broadsiding telephone poles, narrowly missing pedestrians, and zipping off in a swirl of odd diatribe.
Now he seems to be hiding in some backalley, revving his engine, and waiting for the penultimate moment.
C’mon, handy, give 'er some gas!
I just wanted to get in on the 9999 watch. Carry on.
(Weird. I feel both special-warm-and-fuzzy and oogly-creepy-slimy at the same time. Go figure.)
Terribly sorry to be picky elle dear, but there seems so little else to talk about.
About this “penultimate” thing. The word was actually intended to mean the one before last. I know it gets popped in a bit haphazardly today, but it’s so useful in its original sense. I think “ultimate moment” would have been a splendid usage.
Apologies for being so english professorish (thanks Soda - my new identity!) but as I said not much else to talk about at this point. Except how my blood ran cold at that wicked omni-NOT’s hoax post. Isn’t he a bad boy?
And can I just say to handy…
Please - just think of the moderators. Make the goddamn post, and just think of the moderators!! Won’t somebody think of the moderators??
Redultimate