# I will collect my prize now! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 25, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-collect-my-prize-now/129585 "2002-09-25T05:26:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-collect-my-prize-now/129585/1 "2002-09-25T05:26:22Z")
It’s official! I posted the 500,000th message on the **General Questions** Message Board! [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2465587#post2465587](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2465587#post2465587) Mods, I hope you will appreciate this as simply a good natured one time only attempt at humor, and not punish me for “spamming”. It truly is an honor to be YOUR Mr. 500,000! 😃 Now, I’ll take a: coffee mug Straight Dope tee-shirt Free subscrition to the Chicago reader abd $1000 Please mail me my prizes immediately, please! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-collect-my-prize-now/129585/2 "2002-09-25T06:07:40Z")
They won’t arrive until sometime after #1,000,000 is posted. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-collect-my-prize-now/129585/3 "2002-09-25T07:12:43Z")
Actually, your reward is… :opens envelope: You personally have to research and answer the next 10,000 posted questions! Congratulations! And good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-collect-my-prize-now/129585/4 "2002-09-25T10:56:02Z")
Just out of interest; where are you reading the number 500,000?; I can’t see it anywhere. [sub]If I ruled the world, I’d delete the post (not the thread, just the post) just to spite you[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-collect-my-prize-now/129585/5 "2002-09-25T13:48:35Z")
It’s one this page: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php)? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-collect-my-prize-now/129585/6 "2002-09-25T14:32:43Z")
Has anyone ever actually worn a SD t-shirt? I would like one ,myself. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-collect-my-prize-now/129585/7 "2002-09-25T17:16:37Z")
I don’t think we’ll be awarding any prizes for that. Unless you would call a dunce hat a prize. We were not amused by your efforts to record that half-million milestone. As you can probably tell since we disappeared 'em. And “apologizing in advance” for doing what you obviously know to be wrong in no way lessens the offense.