# How many fingers am I holding up? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242 "2007-03-01T23:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242/1 "2007-03-01T23:59:02Z")
First person to guess correctly wins a prize. I’m serious. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242/2 "2007-03-02T00:01:30Z")
The number of fingers you are holding up is exactly equal to ten minus the number of fingers you are not holding up. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242/3 "2007-03-02T00:02:51Z")
Oh shit… I think I’m in trouble. OK **QED** was correct by definition and gets a prize :mad: , but so does the next person who guesses the correct amount in _ **integers** _\*! As for what you win, you can have the standard prize, or what’s behind _Door Number Two_ . ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242/4 "2007-03-02T00:03:36Z")
Six. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242/5 "2007-03-02T00:04:56Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] Six. [/QUOTE] You mean now, or when you first asked the question? Now, you aren’t holding any fingers up. And no, the one up your butt doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242/6 "2007-03-02T00:06:50Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] You mean now, or when you first asked the question? Now, you aren’t holding any fingers up. And no, the one up your butt doesn’t count. [/QUOTE] For the moment in time where I briefly raised a set amount of my own fingers, how many fingers was that? = the question. But more comments like that and I’ll show you a finger or two. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242/7 "2007-03-02T00:08:24Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] For the moment in time where I briefly raised a set amount of my own fingers, how many fingers was that? = the question. But more comments like that and I’ll show you a finger or two. [/QUOTE] Three. Do thumbs count? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242/8 "2007-03-02T00:10:14Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Three. Do thumbs count? [/QUOTE] Yes, so is that your final answer? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-fingers-am-i-holding-up/394242/9 "2007-03-02T00:18:53Z")
**Autolycus** , we appreciate that you’re enjoying the SDMB so much, but as you found out with your last thread in MPSIMS, there is a limit to how pointless the topics can get. This thread, I believe, counts as one of the silliest games thus far. (So, you at least have that.) The best outlet for threads like this is to simply open up and post to a personal blog. Your choice, of course, but please don’t start any more threads like this one.