# Hey Satan! (Or, 1203rd post party!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 1, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197 "2000-11-01T04:59:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/1 "2000-11-01T04:59:34Z")

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Yes, it’s true, I’ve done 100 posts since I lost the bet with Satan on Sunday. Whew.

The original bet was in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43890), which, after the end of the game, Satan consulted with Drain Bead and wrote this sig for me:

> [@](#):
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> \*\*After spending my weekend fellating every member of the NY Giants (who are far superior to the Iggles) and world champion Yankees, I can say with absolute certainty that their penises are all much larger than mine. But my mom says Satan’s is the biggest of them all! \*\*

In that thread, he also said:

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> So you are at 1102 posts as of now, so I will be seeing that sig until you hit 1203!

Thanks to these threads, I’m at 1203 posts:

[Is the State of Missouri is gonna elect a DEAD guy for US Senator!!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44360)  
[A question for Nader voters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43612)  
[Where’s Dick?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44368)

and, especially this one:

[Ask the guy who lost a bet to the devil!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44193)

Thanks to Origato, Anthracite, peace, slythe, and _everyone_ who posted in the Ask the… thread. I couldn’t have done this without you! 😃

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**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/2 "2000-11-01T05:22:13Z")

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I am just sorry that you didn’t have the class to just post as you usually would have. You went out of your way to comment about how no posts in ATMB would be counted in the thread, and here you go essentially doing the same thing just to weasel out of the wager.

Well, that’s not surprising coming from someone who played the old, “I’ll just sleep on the floor. Don’t worry about me” line so you could get a bed to yourself. I’ll bet you don’t pull that line with Aniz! 🙂

So, once again, we have shown that New Yorkers are classy, Philadelphians are not, and the Giants rule all over the Eagles whether you have a sig that says as much or NOT!

[sub]Gotcha![/sub]

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Yer pal,  
[Satan](http://www.members.tripod.com/jmspoofe/sdmb/satan.jpg)

\*TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING:  
Six months, three weeks, two days, 3 hours, 22 minutes and 5 seconds.  
8245 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,030.70.  
Extra time with Drain Bead: 4 weeks, 15 hours, 5 minutes.

**David B used me as a cite!** \*

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**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/3 "2000-11-01T05:40:50Z")

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_makes note_

Do NOT make bet with Satan on the next Redskins-Giants game… 😃

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/4 "2000-11-01T06:10:37Z")

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As a Bostonian, I have to say that at least I know I’m never going to be dumb enough to take one of these sorts of bets. I think our sports teams exist to cause us agony and despair.

This does not, of course, mean I’m any less confident that the Sox will win it all next year, just that I wouldn’t actually put money or my personal dignity on the line for them.

Let’s see how much Montfort has gone out of his way to be rid of Satan’s sig. 1205 posts in the 432 days since registering, for an average of 2.789 posts per day. 100 posts between 9:15 PM on 10/29 and 11:59 PM on 10/31, for an average of 47.291 posts per day. So you upped your rate by a factor of about 17 to get your humiliation over with as quickly as possible.

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/5 "2000-11-01T06:27:03Z")

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I suppose to be fair to Montfort, I shouldn’t use that average, though. From his 1000th post on 10/22 at 4:38 PM until he started posting like monkey on speed on 10/29 at 9:15 PM, he had 102 posts, for an average of 14.233 posts per day. So he really only increased his rate of posting by a factor of 3.323. However, I’m leaning towards 47 posts per day counting as post [count] padding.

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**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/6 "2000-11-01T10:20:28Z")

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**Gratulerar** =Congratulations!🙂  
I’m glad to see that awfull sig is gone.  
I know it wasn’t true.;)😃

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**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/7 "2000-11-01T11:52:53Z")

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Yahoo Montfort!

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/8 "2000-11-01T15:26:34Z")

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I knew I would have my posting ratio called upon. Yes, I registered in the summer of 1999, but I took a nice long extended break from the board due to work from about October 1999 - June 2000. I never was a really active poster until about August or so, when that silly “list” thread with iampunha started. I think I hit 500 in August, right before the Norfolk Dopefest, and then I hit 1000 a week or so ago.

Yes, the “Ask the guy who…” thread was vain, but it was fun. Don’t blame me for padding my post count in it, though, blame those who asked me questions!

The other two threads I mentioned were heated debates/flamefests (take yer pick) that I would’ve been involved in anyway without the bet. Another note: it’s been a **very** quiet week so far for me at work, so I have a lot of time to spend on the board. I make no apologies for that.

I also don’t regret making the bet in the first place. It was stupid, I know, but I don’t regret it. Perhaps, Satan, we should’ve wagered on last week’s Flyers/Rangers game, or even last night’s Sixers/Knicks game?

Okay, I’ll offer this now: In July 2001, or whenever the Phillies play the Yankees in interleague play in 2001, the Phillies will win **at least** two out of the three games in the series. And, we’ll make the same bet, but for ten days, not 100 posts. You game?

Oh yeah:

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> Well, that’s not surprising coming from someone who played the old, “I’ll just sleep on the floor. Don’t worry about me” line so you could get a bed to yourself.

Hey, you got to sleep with a moderator, so what are you complaining about? 🙂

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/9 "2000-11-01T23:37:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Montfort \*  
> \*\*Okay, I’ll offer this now: In July 2001, or whenever the Phillies play the Yankees in interleague play in 2001, the Phillies will win **at least** two out of the three games in the series. And, we’ll make the same bet, but for ten days, not 100 posts. You game?  
> \*\*

Then watch Montfort suddenly take a week or so break from the boards:)

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-satan-or-1203rd-post-party/39197/10 "2000-11-02T01:07:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by iampunha \*  
> \*\*Then watch Montfort suddenly take a week or so break from the boards:) \*\*

Cute, but even if I did take a break, each of the 3000 or so of my posts I’ll have at that point will have the new sig.
