# 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:** 96
**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:** [December 15, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1904 "2019-12-15T07:55:47Z")
1983 Hitting 16 Parkside Lane. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1905 "2019-12-15T08:05:31Z")
1984 The driveway was the same as I remembered, ---
**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:** [December 15, 2019, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1906 "2019-12-15T08:06:58Z")
1985 And a butler came and answered the door, ---
**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:** [December 15, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1907 "2019-12-15T13:49:38Z")
1986 He just shook his head when I asked for her, ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1908 "2019-12-16T00:13:56Z")
1987 And said, “She doesn’t live here anymore.” ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1909 "2019-12-16T03:13:12Z")
1988 But he offered to give me the address ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1910 "2019-12-16T06:57:09Z")
1989 They were forwarding her letters to, ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1911 "2019-12-16T11:21:32Z")
1990 I just took it and returned to the cabbie, ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1912 "2019-12-16T12:15:13Z")
1991 And said, “I got one more fare for you.” ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1913 "2019-12-16T14:23:23Z")
1992 And so we rolled back into the city, ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1914 "2019-12-16T22:39:21Z")
1993 Up to a five storey old brownstone, ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1915 "2019-12-17T06:09:56Z")
1994 I rang the bell that had her name on the mailbox. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1916 "2019-12-17T06:31:35Z")
1995 The buzzer said somebody’s home. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1917 "2019-12-17T06:44:58Z")
1996 And the look on her face as she opened the door ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1918 "2019-12-17T06:50:47Z")
1997 Was like an old joke told by a friend. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1919 "2019-12-17T07:18:27Z")
1998 (What song y’all on?) ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1920 "2019-12-17T07:32:04Z")
1999 “Sequel,” by Harry Chapin. It’s the sequel to “Taxi,” and provides a nice closure to the story. You can find the lyrics here: > **[Harry Chapin - Sequel Lyrics | AZLyrics.com](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/harrychapin/sequel.html)** > > Harry Chapin "Sequel": Hey, she's actin' happy, inside her handsome home And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi, takin' tips I got... Join in, **Beck**. And anybody else! ---
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2000 It’d taken ten more years but she’d found her smile, And only 998,000 to go! ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/1922 "2019-12-17T22:52:28Z")
2001 And I watched the corners start to bend. ---
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2002 And she said, "How are you Harry?, [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=97)