# Count To A Million Thread!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653>\
**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\
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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5265 "2021-09-16T08:18:53Z")

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4800 = 26 x 3 x 52

Watching in a trance,

[I knew the German version better, funny to see this is not a translation but a new version. Close, but not the parallel at all. I don’t see how we could do this bilingualy without making a mess out of it.]

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5266 "2021-09-16T11:14:42Z")

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4801, a prime number

The crew is certain

[I don’t know the song at all, so it could be in Swahili, as far as I’m concerned.]

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5267 "2021-09-16T12:20:54Z")

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4802 = 2 x 74

Nothing left to chance,

[Really? Around 1980 it was played a lot in the places I used to go]

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5268 "2021-09-16T13:12:03Z")

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4803 = 3 × 1601

All is working,

[Guess I went to different places.]

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5269 "2021-09-16T14:06:16Z")

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4804 = 22 x 1201

Trying to relax,  
[Yeah, that would explain it]

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5270 "2021-09-16T15:33:53Z")

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4805 = 5 × 312

Up in the capsule,

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5271 "2021-09-16T16:01:45Z")

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4806 = 2 x 33 x 89

“Send me up a drink”,

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5272 "2021-09-16T16:45:43Z")

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4807

Jokes Major Tom

[I’ve heard the German version, but cannot speak to how it matches the English, since I don’t speak German.]

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5273 "2021-09-16T17:11:50Z")

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4808 = 23 x 601

The count goes on

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5274 "2021-09-16T17:18:30Z")

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4809

Four, three, two, one

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5275 "2021-09-16T17:20:52Z")

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4810 = 2 x 5 x 13 x 37

Earth below us

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5276 "2021-09-16T19:25:18Z")

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4811

Drifting, falling

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5277 "2021-09-16T19:41:53Z")

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4812 = 22 × 3 × 401

Floating weightless

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5278 "2021-09-16T19:55:28Z")

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4813 Prime! (The real sort, not the one with the river name attached 🙂)

Calling, calling home

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5279 "2021-09-16T23:13:18Z")

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4814

Second stage is cut

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**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5280 "2021-09-17T03:28:39Z")

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4815 = 32 × 5 × 107

We’re now in orbit

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**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5281 "2021-09-17T12:06:00Z")

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4816 = 24 x 7 x 43

Stabilizers up,

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**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5282 "2021-09-17T13:17:48Z")

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4817, a prime number

Running perfect

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**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5283 "2021-09-17T13:20:15Z")

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4818 = 2 x 3 x 11 x 73

Starting to collect

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**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5284 "2021-09-17T20:11:07Z")

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4819

Requested data

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