# 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:** 253
**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 16, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5045 "2021-08-16T22:05:31Z")
4601 But music was his life, it was not his livelihood, ---
**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 16, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5046 "2021-08-16T23:51:09Z")
4602 And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5047 "2021-08-17T01:00:41Z")
4603 And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul (shouldn’t someone in here be including “O Holy Night” in the parentheticals?) ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5048 "2021-08-17T02:19:10Z")
4604 And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul (O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining) ---
**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 17, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5049 "2021-08-17T07:24:37Z")
4605 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 17, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5050 "2021-08-17T22:36:44Z")
4606 His friends kept working on him to try music out full time ---
**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 17, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5051 "2021-08-17T23:01:43Z")
4607 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 18, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5052 "2021-08-18T00:07:29Z")
4608 Finally they got to him, he would take the fling ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5053 "2021-08-18T09:53:33Z")
4609 A concert agent in New York agreed to have him sing. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5054 "2021-08-18T15:22:37Z")
4610 And there were plane tickets, phone calls, money spent to rent the hall ---
**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 18, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5055 "2021-08-18T20:50:17Z")
4611 It took most of his savings but he gladly used them all ---
**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 18, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5056 "2021-08-18T23:36:16Z")
4612 But music was his life, it was not his livelihood ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5057 "2021-08-19T00:03:41Z")
4613 And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5058 "2021-08-19T09:08:48Z")
4614 And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5059 "2021-08-19T09:19:35Z")
4615 He did not know how well he sang, it just made him whole ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5060 "2021-08-20T03:46:49Z")
4616 His friends kept working on him to try music out full time. ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5061 "2021-08-20T03:51:54Z")
4617 The evening came, he took the stage, his face set in a smile [Just putting us back on track–we did that verse.] ---
**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 20, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5062 "2021-08-20T04:15:07Z")
4618 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 20, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5063 "2021-08-20T05:26:39Z")
4619 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 20, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5064 "2021-08-20T09:10:32Z")
4620 He did not know how well he sang, he only heard the flaws. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=252) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=254)