# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/882 "2019-07-19T04:09:47Z")
872 ---
**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 19, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/883 "2019-07-19T06:35:21Z")
And then: 873 ---
**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 19, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/884 "2019-07-19T07:50:09Z")
1. Let’s get to our goal. ---
**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 19, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/885 "2019-07-19T10:59:46Z")
We’re almost there, only 999,125 to go! 1. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/886 "2019-07-20T02:51:16Z")
876 ---
**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 20, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/887 "2019-07-20T07:25:37Z")
877 is one of a number of area codes reserved for toll-free calls. ---
**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 20, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/888 "2019-07-20T07:37:19Z")
Wait: 878. ---
**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 20, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/889 "2019-07-20T08:17:35Z")
In 879, King Louis the Stammerer died at Compiègne, after a reign of 18 m-m-m-months. ---
**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 20, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/890 "2019-07-20T22:39:16Z")
1. If those were piano keys, then that would be a mighty big piano. ---
**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 21, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/891 "2019-07-21T01:40:25Z")
DCCCLXXXIa ---
**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 21, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/892 "2019-07-21T03:55:45Z")
882 Can we slow down. My head is spinning. ---
**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 21, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/893 "2019-07-21T16:59:10Z")
No slowing down, we have a long way to go. 883. ---
**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 21, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/894 "2019-07-21T23:39:14Z")
One step closer: 884. ---
**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 22, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/895 "2019-07-22T01:31:10Z")
The square root of 783,225. ---
**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 22, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/896 "2019-07-22T02:35:21Z")
886-----------------------------------------999. ---
**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 22, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/897 "2019-07-22T03:14:11Z")
If we could do that, we’d be at a million already. 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 22, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/898 "2019-07-22T03:25:53Z")
Three of a kind: 888. What, this isn’t a poker game? ---
**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 22, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/899 "2019-07-22T03:47:04Z")
Dang it.🙂 889 ---
**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 22, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/900 "2019-07-22T04:06:23Z")
1. Right? Right? ---
**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 22, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/901 "2019-07-22T06:06:33Z")
Yes, you are right. Now, we move on to 901. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=46)