# Count To A Million Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653 "2018-09-02T18:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/242 "2018-10-21T01:14:28Z")
233 ---
**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:** [October 21, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/243 "2018-10-21T03:36:39Z")
1. I like this number. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/244 "2018-10-21T08:27:36Z")
ccxxxv Apparently, the board software won’t let me type a Roman numeral in all caps, so that will have to do. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2018, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/245 "2018-10-21T08:38:52Z")
1. Not nearly as nice a number. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/246 "2018-10-21T10:17:34Z")
Two hundred thirty-seven. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/247 "2018-10-21T13:56:56Z")
Sorry, Mr. Torrance, the dead woman in the bathtub is in the room across the hall. This is Room 238. Whoops, I mean, “BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/248 "2018-10-21T13:59:04Z")
Oirish Bean Stew has this many beans, because one more would make it too farty. (I’m going back to bed.) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/249 "2018-10-21T21:32:41Z")
too farty ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/250 "2018-10-21T22:22:17Z")
The supermarket is having a two-for-one sale on cans of soup. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/251 "2018-10-21T22:24:11Z")
The Americium version of this # is in your smoke detector. :eek: (Ninja’d!) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/252 "2018-10-21T22:52:11Z")
Um? 243, maybe? Or 242, oh hell I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/253 "2018-10-22T00:00:23Z")
12^2 + 10^2 ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/254 "2018-10-22T15:23:11Z")
245 ---
**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:** [October 22, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/255 "2018-10-22T21:55:29Z")
246 (8, who do we appreciate?) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/256 "2018-10-23T00:02:17Z")
One thousand years after Romulus chose the Palatine Hill and saw twelve eagles (by tradition) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/257 "2018-10-23T04:16:38Z")
[Weathermen out of a job?](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-national-weather-service_us_5a83cb72e4b0cf06751fb110) ---
**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:** [October 23, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/258 "2018-10-23T04:33:06Z")
249 ---
**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:** [October 23, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/259 "2018-10-23T04:41:24Z")
Two fiddy ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/260 "2018-10-24T05:41:38Z")
251 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/261 "2018-10-24T06:18:30Z")
Twice the number of cents in a dollar, plus the number of cents in a half-dollar, plus the number of cents you contribute when you just have to add something to the conversation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=14)