# 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:** 50
**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 14, 2019, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/982 "2019-08-14T06:31:10Z")
969 A.D. One thousand years until the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, and the Woodstock Festival. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/983 "2019-08-14T06:50:24Z")
970 ---
**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 14, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/984 "2019-08-14T11:31:13Z")
971: 1,000 years before the cost of a gallon of gasoline rose to 40¢. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/985 "2019-08-15T14:32:32Z")
972 ---
**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 15, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/986 "2019-08-15T21:02:57Z")
973: 1,000 years before Roe v. Wade, and the year-end Dow was 850. ---
**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 15, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/987 "2019-08-15T23:26:54Z")
CMLXXIV, as Caesar would say. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/988 "2019-08-16T00:45:56Z")
975 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/989 "2019-08-16T00:49:05Z")
1. According to [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com), the 976 rule is that “the physical attractiveness of a person one’s never seen before is significantly lower than the appeal of their phone voice. (the rule is based on the principle that “976” phone sex operators are generally unattractive women in trailer parks.)” ---
**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, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/990 "2019-08-16T05:36:10Z")
1. A thousand years prior to 1977. ---
**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, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/991 "2019-08-16T07:50:00Z")
978: 1,000 years before the first test-tube baby is born. ---
**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, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/992 "2019-08-17T06:53:36Z")
1. In a thousand years, I would graduate high school. Of course, had you asked me in 1975, I never thought I would graduate high school, but it happened. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/993 "2019-08-17T06:59:54Z")
980 ---
**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, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/994 "2019-08-17T11:02:55Z")
981: 1,000 years before the release of _Raiders of the Lost Ark._ ---
**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, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/995 "2019-08-19T05:59:12Z")
1. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/996 "2019-08-19T06:30:11Z")
983 ---
**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, 2019, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/997 "2019-08-19T06:30:29Z")
Ninja’d! 984: 1,000 years before Apple releases the Macintosh computer. ---
**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, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/998 "2019-08-19T06:41:29Z")
985: A thousand years before the wreck of the _Titanic_ would be found on the sea bed. ---
**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, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/999 "2019-08-19T12:59:35Z")
986: The Porsche 986 is the internal designation for the first generation Boxster, a mid-engined two-seater roadster introduced in late 1996. ---
**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, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1000 "2019-08-19T23:01:05Z")
1. I gotta say, **Panache** , you know a lot about Porsches! ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1001 "2019-08-20T00:09:19Z")
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