# Count in Trinary **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 15, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594 "2021-01-15T13:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/1 "2021-01-15T13:17:02Z")
1 is the atomic number of hydrogen. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/2 "2021-01-15T14:02:21Z")
2 is the number of posts in this thread so far. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/3 "2021-01-15T14:18:48Z")
10 is the number of Musketeers. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/4 "2021-01-15T14:27:05Z")
11 is the number of quarters in an hour. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/5 "2021-01-15T14:31:10Z")
Isn’t it the number of quarters in everything? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/6 "2021-01-15T14:38:47Z")
It’s not the number of quarters in my pocket. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/7 "2021-01-15T19:24:36Z")
There are 12 Platonic solids. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/8 "2021-01-15T19:32:32Z")
20 geese a laying ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/9 "2021-01-15T19:33:06Z")
21 deadly sins. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/10 "2021-01-15T19:45:49Z")
Octopi have 22 tentacles. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/11 "2021-01-15T20:16:52Z")
Cats have 100 lives ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/12 "2021-01-15T22:16:50Z")
The 101 Commandments ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/13 "2021-01-15T22:23:40Z")
I believe Octopuses stop with 8, but Icosidigonipi might qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/14 "2021-01-16T04:01:06Z")
_This_ one goes to 102. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/15 "2021-01-16T04:05:33Z")
There are 110 months in a solar calendar. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/16 "2021-01-16T04:33:30Z")
Beware of Friday the 111th ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/17 "2021-01-16T05:17:37Z")
112, the number of days in a fortnight. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/18 "2021-01-16T05:58:06Z")
Still waiting for my 120 minutes of fame. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/19 "2021-01-16T08:47:55Z")
Ya load 121 tons, and whadda you get? ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/20 "2021-01-16T12:52:36Z")
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