# Help set a new SD record! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927 "2000-02-17T16:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/161 "2000-02-19T20:05:00Z")
Pointless enough… ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/162 "2000-02-19T20:14:00Z")
As an active participant in the Guy Stuff thread, I can say this: we welcome more females. Especially now. We’ve hujacked a space shuttle, and the guys are getting a little antsy up there. Just doing my part to add to this thread! It’s a noble cause. * * * Changing my sig, because Wally said to, and I really like Wally, and I’ll do anything he says, anytime he says to. ---
**Author:** ![Studi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Studi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/163 "2000-02-19T22:29:00Z")
Carry on. Studi * * * When I grow up, I want to be the Minister of Silly Walks. ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/164 "2000-02-19T22:34:00Z")
I already added to this thread once, and I won’t do it again! ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/165 "2000-02-19T22:43:00Z")
I’ll add on. Though I don’t think it needs a mascot. I think the thread needs a controversy of some sort. One of the multiple-named posters should get busy and go to work right here! The initial posts would piss everyone off, then we’d get at least three pages of “Please just shut up and leave” posts, then a few “don’t feed the trolls” posts, then the multi-name poster would register as some pseudo-FBI/CIA “finder” type, and threaten him/herself in the form of the original name(s). Hijinks would ensue. Non-stop fun, AND it would quickly beat the “guy stuff” (and “gay stuff”) threads easily! Sweet Basil ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/166 "2000-02-19T23:15:00Z")
## Okay, here is a completely mudane and pointless post…I bought a new vacuum cleaner today! Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/167 "2000-02-19T23:16:00Z")
## Okay, here is another completely mundane and pointless thread…I accidentally mispelled “mundane” on the previous post. Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/168 "2000-02-19T23:17:00Z")
## Oh, by the way…how do you all like my sig line? Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/169 "2000-02-19T23:19:00Z")
## Before you say it, I am absolutely, positively not trying to pad my post count. Nope, no way, not me. Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/170 "2000-02-20T00:05:00Z")
Hmmm. Maybe we can combine the thread mascot, controversey and a non-popularity contest all at the same time. We could have a _charred troll_ mascot, and discuss at length who would be best. Continue talking among yourselves. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Tokugawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tokugawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokugawa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2000, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/171 "2000-02-20T04:29:00Z")
Hey foolsguinea, you dig Midnight Oil? "Cannibals of west wear [bass vocalist] SUITS AND TIES [/bass vocalist] 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/172 "2000-02-20T04:56:00Z")
OK, here’s how we’ll decide this posts’s mascot (for now). Whomever can correctly answer the most questions posted below will be the winner. All answers must be in by 2/23/00. 1. If I say that the syllabic patter of Philip Freneau’s “The Indian Burial Ground” is u/u/u/u/, then what kind of rythme does it have? 2. What is the etymology of the Japanese word “Arigato”? 3. About how many Chinese characters are there? 4. About how many Japanese characters are there? 5. When is mol day? 6. WHAT is mol day? 7. What is the value of 1 mol? 8. How many sig figs in the following number: 10.85012000 9. Write the number in question 8 in scientific notation. 10. Whats the difference in degrees C between 0 Celcius and 0 Kelvin? 11. Whats the difference between Celsius and Centigrade? 12. Evaluate the following logic: All Investment Bankers are rich people. All cheaters are rich. Therefore all cheaters are investment bankers. 13. Translate the following sentence into english: Watashi wa, neko o, imasu. 14. Translate the following sentence into english: Jose Luis vive en Mexico. El gusta juger futbol. 15. Translate the following sentence into english: Kako ste vie? 16. Translate the following sentence into english: Cao Ni Xing :eek: (Everyone who speaks Chinese please forgive my crudeness, but most likely noone will get this). 17. Using 3 straight lines, how many slices can one cut a pizza into? 18. Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu? 19. Who was Ackbar the great? Chief Scott’s gonna kill me for this one 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 \ **Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2000, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/173 "2000-02-20T06:10:00Z") Okay, that settles it. I suggest we smack the shit out of Tokugawa, char him a little and make _him_ the mascot. Sheesh, any more Brickeresque challenges with smilies and I’ll start boycotting this thing. My head hurts. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/174 "2000-02-25T20:33:00Z")
Just bringing this back up… Sweet Basil (not a hacker!) ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/175 "2000-02-25T20:35:00Z")
Just bringing this to the top… Sweet Basil (NOT a hacker for over 26 years!) ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/176 "2000-02-25T20:36:00Z")
## Well, don’t look at me. I’m not a hacker either! Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Brewpub\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Brewpub\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brewpub_Wench)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/177 "2000-02-25T20:38:00Z")
Can newbies join in? (furiously padding post count… but, why? Is there a contest?) * * * Lacey _“Casey got hit with a bucket o’ \*\*\*\* and the baaannnnddd plaaayyed onnnnnnn…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/178 "2000-02-25T22:11:00Z")
The recent troubles on the board have slowed this thread’s ability to beat Guy Stuff to the thousand post plateau. Therefore I remain steadfast in my resolve not to contribute to it. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/179 "2000-02-25T23:11:00Z")
I really should be doing my biology homework. Instead I’m here. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/180 "2000-02-25T23:28:00Z")
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