# 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:** 166
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3305 "2020-08-04T17:37:49Z")
3433 A big debut and rave reviews, a great career to climb ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3306 "2020-08-05T05:47:51Z")
3434 Finally they got to him, he would take the fling. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3307 "2020-08-05T05:55:17Z")
3435 A concert agent in New York agreed to have him sing. _ **-“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:** [August 5, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3308 "2020-08-05T06:26:59Z")
3436 And there were plane tickets, phone calls, money spent to rent the hall. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3309 "2020-08-05T12:59:04Z")
3437 It took most of his savings but he gladly used them all ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3310 "2020-08-06T00:43:56Z")
3438 But music was his life, it was not his livelihood, ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3311 "2020-08-06T01:43:34Z")
3439 And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3312 "2020-08-06T03:35:43Z")
3440 And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3313 "2020-08-06T10:05:16Z")
3441 He did not know how well he sang; It just made him whole. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3314 "2020-08-06T22:53:31Z")
3442 The evening came, he took the stage, his face set in a smile. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3315 "2020-08-07T03:27:40Z")
3443 And in the half filled hall the critics sat watching on the aisle. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3316 "2020-08-07T04:47:07Z")
3444 But the concert was a blur to him, spatters of applause. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3317 "2020-08-07T10:47:58Z")
3445 He did not know how well he sang, he only heard the flaws. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3318 "2020-08-07T12:02:30Z")
3446 But the critics were concise, it only took four lines. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3319 "2020-08-07T17:37:11Z")
3447 But no one could accuse them of being over kind. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3320 "2020-08-08T02:32:21Z")
3448 "Mr. Martin Tanner, Baritone, of Dayton, Ohio made his Town Hall debut last night. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3321 "2020-08-08T05:35:43Z")
3449 He came well prepared, but unfortunately ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3322 "2020-08-08T20:25:38Z")
3450 His presentation was not up to contemporary professional standards. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3323 "2020-08-08T21:00:10Z")
3451 His voice lacks the range of tonal color necessary to make it consistently interesting. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/3324 "2020-08-09T16:57:06Z")
3452 Full time consideration of another endeavor might be in order." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=167)