# Count DOWN FROM 1,000,000 "game" thread thingymado **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 30, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655 "2019-01-30T02:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/201 "2019-09-05T03:25:09Z")
There’s something 'bout those little pills, the thrills, the chills, until they kill a [del]mill[/del]997,902 brain cells. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/202 "2019-09-05T04:44:00Z")
997, 901 ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/203 "2019-09-05T11:28:36Z")
997,900 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/204 "2019-09-05T16:13:30Z")
997,899: 996,000 years since the paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/205 "2019-09-06T02:07:49Z")
997,898: 995,999 years since the paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/206 "2019-09-06T02:11:48Z")
997, 897 bottles of beer on the wall, 997,897 bottles of beer… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/207 "2019-09-06T02:23:59Z")
997, 896 ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/208 "2019-09-06T02:59:28Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > 997,899: 996,000 years since the paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor. > [@Personal](#): > > 997,898: 995,999 years since the paperclip is patented by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor. 997,895 seconds until I get around to googling “Johan Vaaler.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/209 "2019-09-06T18:23:57Z")
997,894 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/210 "2019-09-06T18:26:48Z")
997,893 ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/211 "2019-09-06T19:59:02Z")
…take one down, pass it around, 997, 892 bottles of beer on the wall ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/212 "2019-09-07T10:50:04Z")
998.944944[sup]2[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/213 "2019-09-07T13:09:18Z")
997,890 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/214 "2019-09-07T14:40:15Z")
9-9-7-8-8-9 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/215 "2019-09-07T19:50:04Z")
997,888: 996,300 years since England defeated the Spanish Armada. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/216 "2019-09-08T04:07:40Z")
.Now come on, this pathetic thread was all set to die and somebody, not saying who, picked it back up on what, 9-3-19? Now let’s gently let this die. Me? I can’t help myself. 997,887 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/217 "2019-09-08T20:44:02Z")
997,886. NOW let it die! ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/218 "2019-09-08T20:44:53Z")
Let it die? Why? 997,885 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/219 "2019-09-08T21:57:30Z")
997,884 ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-from-1-000-000-game-thread-thingymado/828655/220 "2019-09-08T22:00:27Z")
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