# 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:** 159
**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:** [June 10, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3165 "2020-06-10T18:06:28Z")
3295 They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3166 "2020-06-11T00:08:36Z")
3296 Till, now, on the stroke of midnight, ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3167 "2020-06-11T04:06:02Z")
3297 Cold, on the stroke of midnight, ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3168 "2020-06-11T04:57:13Z")
3298 The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers! ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3169 "2020-06-11T07:50:33Z")
3299 The tip of one finger touched it. She strove no more for the rest. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3170 "2020-06-11T09:00:34Z")
3300 Up, she stood up to attention, with the muzzle beneath her breast. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3171 "2020-06-11T14:02:19Z")
3301 She would not risk their hearing; she would not strive again; ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3172 "2020-06-11T22:13:59Z")
3302 For the road lay bare in the moonlight; ---
**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:** [June 12, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3173 "2020-06-12T00:07:39Z")
3303 Blank and bare in the moonlight; ---
**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:** [June 12, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3174 "2020-06-12T02:12:33Z")
3304 And the blood of her veins, in the moonlight, throbbed to her love’s refrain. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3175 "2020-06-12T12:48:27Z")
3305 Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horsehoofs ringing clear; ---
**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:** [June 12, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3176 "2020-06-12T21:57:07Z")
3306 Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear? ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3177 "2020-06-13T06:18:07Z")
3307 Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill, _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 13, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3178 "2020-06-13T06:42:30Z")
3308 The highwayman came riding— ---
**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:** [June 13, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3179 "2020-06-13T23:51:38Z")
3309 Riding—riding— ---
**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:** [June 14, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3180 "2020-06-14T02:54:20Z")
3310 The red coats looked to their priming! She stood up, straight and still. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3181 "2020-06-14T03:53:16Z")
3311 Tlot-tlot, in the frosty silence! Tlot-tlot, in the echoing night! ---
**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:** [June 14, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3182 "2020-06-14T04:15:24Z")
3312 Nearer he came and nearer, Her face was like a light… ---
**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:** [June 14, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3183 "2020-06-14T04:47:21Z")
3313 Her eyes grew wide for a moment; she drew one last deep breath, ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3184 "2020-06-14T05:28:23Z")
3314 Then her finger moved in the moonlight, _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=160)