# How to quickly up your post total

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 14, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713 "2000-03-14T02:59:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Gumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@Gumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gumby)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/21 "2000-03-14T16:47:00Z")

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I’m confused…are we talking about posts on this thread?

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“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.” Dennis Wholey

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/22 "2000-03-14T16:47:00Z")

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mean

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/23 "2000-03-14T16:48:00Z")

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like

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/24 "2000-03-14T16:49:00Z")

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this?

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/25 "2000-03-14T16:51:00Z")

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_Damn you, Flood Control!_

**Damn you to Hell!**

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**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/26 "2000-03-14T17:35:00Z")

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I’m going to go get lunch in a little while. Perhaps a bagel. Do you like bagels? I sure do. Wow, bagels.

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Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we’ve been eating Gam-er-aaaa…

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**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/27 "2000-03-15T06:38:00Z")

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How Doth The Little Crocodile  
by Lewis Carroll

How doth the little crocodile  
Improve his shining tail,  
And pour the waters of the Nile  
On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin,  
How neatly spreads his claws,  
And welcomes little fishes in,  
With gently smiling jaws!

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Mike Mulligan had a steam shovel,  
a beautiful red steam shovel.  
Her name was Mary Anne.

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**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/28 "2000-03-15T06:43:00Z")

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Yup, if you wanna know about upping your post count ask Carl. I wish there was a place on here where I could discuss rising Fuel Prices…

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Where’s my side of FUN!?

Kisses!  
Ophy

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**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/29 "2000-03-14T23:19:00Z")

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## I adamantly refuse to participate in such silliness.

Shadowfox

“The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson

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**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/30 "2000-03-14T23:25:00Z")

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one…

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**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/31 "2000-03-14T23:26:00Z")

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I upped my post count. Now up yours!

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Heck is where you go when you don’t believe in Gosh.

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**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/32 "2000-03-14T23:27:00Z")

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two…

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**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/33 "2000-03-14T23:31:00Z")

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three…

How am I doing so far???

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/34 "2000-03-14T23:31:00Z")

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My post count is rising quite fast enough, thank you. I have no need to increase it by posting to this thread.

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/35 "2000-03-14T23:37:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Originally posted by Shadowfox:  
> \*\*I adamantly refuse to participate in such silliness.
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I refuse to silliness participate in such adamantly.

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When all else fails, ask Cecil.

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**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/36 "2000-03-14T23:39:00Z")

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Reading the title and OP gave me a flashback to _Laugh-in_. The bit where Henry Gibson recites his poems.

Now I picture Carl (well, I don’t know what Carl looks like, so I am actually picturing Henry Gibson) holding a great big flower and reciting…

How to quickly increase your post count  
By Carl Berry

Post count is important  
on the S.D.M.B.  
if you want to pad them  
just ask Carl Berry

Ask about the fuel costs  
then have a spaz attack  
you’ll make 30 topics  
and receive all kinds of flack

Thank you. (bowing)

(OK, OK, I never claimed to be a poet - stop throwing things at me)

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/37 "2000-03-14T23:45:00Z")

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I don’t think I should participate here; that’ll give the rest of you a chance to catch up.

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**Author:** ![Chrome\_Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Chrome\_Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chrome_Toaster)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/38 "2000-03-15T00:09:00Z")

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I thought Mr. Berry was going to instruct us in how to disable the constricting flood control and multipost at top speed!! Shucks.

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A Slightly Altered Perception of Reality…  
Chrome Toaster

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**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/39 "2000-03-15T00:34:00Z")

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I don’t think it’s right to do this just to pad your post count. I would never do something like that.  
Hey wait…Dammit!

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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-up-your-post-total/14713/40 "2000-03-15T02:32:00Z")

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just sad

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Yours truly,  
aha

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