# How many Charter Members are there? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 18, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465 "2009-07-18T19:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/101 "2009-07-21T19:51:00Z")
Here. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/102 "2009-07-21T20:04:36Z")
I’m over here, among the grass clippings and potsherds. Hello. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/103 "2009-07-21T21:54:30Z")
My post is my cite. ---
**Author:** ![Phantoms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@Phantoms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantoms)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/104 "2009-07-21T23:26:08Z")
Checking in. I think I currently hold the record for a charter member with the least number of posts. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/105 "2009-07-22T00:40:07Z")
> [@Phantoms](#): > > Checking in. I think I currently hold the record for a charter member with the least number of posts. Wouldn’t it suck if that post ruined your record? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/106 "2009-07-22T00:54:41Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Wouldn’t it suck if that post ruined your record? Fine. Here I was, gonna draw ol’ Phantoms out, however many posts it took, however clever or insulting I had to be, make him post and ruin his record, and _you_ go and spoil my plan. Fine. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/107 "2009-07-22T17:18:49Z")
> [@Phantoms](#): > > Checking in. I think I currently hold the record for a charter member with the least number of posts. My wife would have had you beat (thingnumberone, 28 posts, join date of July 2001) but she missed the re-up window the last time… ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/108 "2009-07-22T21:10:26Z")
Good thing I wandered in here… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/109 "2009-07-23T02:51:04Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > …I vote we make wine the official beverage of the SDMB, even though beer is good, too. I vote NAY. Red whiskey: Maker’s Mark, Wild Turkey, Crown Royal or the like is fitting for Charter Members. Beer, wine and other sludge should be the province of mere guests. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/110 "2009-07-23T10:40:36Z")
> [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](#): > > I vote NAY. Red whiskey: Maker’s Mark, Wild Turkey, Crown Royal or the like is fitting for Charter Members. Beer, wine and other sludge should be the province of mere guests. Boy am I glad I missed the resubscription window! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/111 "2009-07-23T12:40:41Z")
> [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](#): > > I vote NAY. Red whiskey: Maker’s Mark, Wild Turkey, Crown Royal or the like is fitting for Charter Members. Beer, wine and other sludge should be the province of mere guests. Red whiskeys are good, but one should not dismiss the appeal of some nice wines. Or even _good_ beer. We can definitely assign the Two Buck Chuck and Miller Lite to the plebe ‘guests’ though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/112 "2009-07-23T13:02:34Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Red whiskeys are good, but one should not dismiss the appeal of some **nice wines. Or even _good_ beer**. We can definitely assign the Two Buck Chuck and Miller Lite to the plebe ‘guests’ though. 😉 Well, I’ve had some very nice wines, thank you. T-Bird and Red Dagger to name just two. Friends who indulge such things say that the Coors Lite beer is particularly delightful this season and we all know that there is no beer gooder than Coors Lite. I’m stickin’ with my red whiskey. (Unless somebody comes around with some top-notch white lightnin’, then I’ll negotiate. ) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/113 "2009-07-23T15:49:03Z")
Red wine is my drink, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/114 "2009-07-23T18:02:32Z")
robble robble ---
**Author:** ![Elko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elko/32/3196_2.png) [@Elko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elko)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/115 "2009-07-23T21:09:50Z")
> [@Phantoms](#): > > Checking in. I think I currently hold the record for a charter member with the least number of posts. Could be. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/116 "2009-07-23T21:15:46Z")
> [@Elko](#): > > Could be. > > 🙂 I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/117 "2009-07-23T22:49:28Z")
Is anyone keeping count? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/118 "2009-07-24T02:37:33Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Is anyone keeping count? 89 so far by my count, though that could be plus or minus one or two. It gets harder to count keeping in your mind everyone who’s chimed in so as not to count them twice. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/119 "2009-07-24T06:35:45Z")
Count me in. And Old Charter 10 is right appropriate. A bottle…a straw…and thou beside me singing in the wilderness… ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/120 "2009-07-25T07:46:20Z")
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