# 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:** 44
**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:** [July 12, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/862 "2019-07-12T04:17:10Z")
852 ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/863 "2019-07-12T04:29:43Z")
A prime 853 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/864 "2019-07-12T04:36:58Z")
For obvious reasons, 854. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/865 "2019-07-12T11:27:11Z")
DCCCLVa ---
**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:** [July 13, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/866 "2019-07-13T22:46:59Z")
Hmm. I think 856 is next. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/867 "2019-07-14T12:01:30Z")
In the year 857, the first recorded major outbreak of ergotism killed thousands of people in the Rhine Valley. They had eaten bread made from rye infected with the ergot fungus parasite _Claviceps purpurea._ ---
**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:** [July 15, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/868 "2019-07-15T05:58:34Z")
1. Just sayin’, is 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:** [July 15, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/869 "2019-07-15T10:52:02Z")
And then there’s 1. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/870 "2019-07-16T03:23:12Z")
Which, of course, will always be followed by 860. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/871 "2019-07-16T03:39:17Z")
I’m typing 861 at 2039. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/872 "2019-07-16T03:49:31Z")
862 ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/873 "2019-07-16T04:11:19Z")
863 CE. An unremarkable year. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/874 "2019-07-16T05:18:43Z")
In 864 Olaf the White and his Vikings tore through Scotland before running into Constantine. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/875 "2019-07-16T07:48:19Z")
1. Had to say it. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/876 "2019-07-16T14:01:15Z")
May 26, **866** : Basil the Macedonian was crowned co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, and was adopted by the much younger Michael III. How did that work? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/877 "2019-07-17T05:06:15Z")
I have absolutely no idea, except that when you occupied such a position in those days, it seems that you got to make up your own rules. 1. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/878 "2019-07-17T06:33:08Z")
868 CE. The year my great x3453 grandfather was born. He was a nice guy, I heard. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/879 "2019-07-17T11:53:58Z")
In Hebrew: שמונה מאות שישים ותשע ---
**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:** [July 18, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/880 "2019-07-18T20:33:02Z")
1. There, I said it. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/881 "2019-07-18T21:52:14Z")
29.512709[sup]2 [/sup] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=45)