# I've got 99 cookies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524 "2011-12-27T15:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/61 "2011-12-31T02:07:00Z")
Ooh, this star has a broken point. Broken cookie rescue. 23 ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/62 "2011-12-31T05:48:19Z")
Icing AND candied cherries? 22 left! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/63 "2011-12-31T06:19:04Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > 99 luft cookies > Cooling in the winter breeze > The President is on the line > But the 99 luft cookies are mine 99 macaroons Being pecked at by some loons Though the humor is jejune It’d make a good cartoon… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/64 "2011-12-31T06:46:04Z")
Look! An emu! :: swipe :: 20 left. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/65 "2011-12-31T07:25:14Z")
Look, it’s Steely Dan! Hey…19! left… ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/66 "2011-12-31T18:31:30Z")
19 is just too . . . odd a number. \ 18 is much better. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/67 "2011-12-31T18:44:42Z")
I’m I here in time for the cookies? _whew_ _swipes a cookie from the plate_ Sorry you only have 17 cookies left. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/68 "2011-12-31T19:11:33Z")
My daughter’s glucose is low. Now they’re emergency cookies. _grab_ 1. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/69 "2011-12-31T20:02:51Z")
WHO took the cookie from the cookie jar? Not me! Ok…me! 15 left! ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/70 "2011-12-31T20:09:03Z")
Sir, I work for the Attorney General. We’ve received a complaint from the GSUSA; that’s Girl Scouts of the United States of America to you sir. They report that you’re engaging in unfair trade practices by offering free cookies to the general public. I’m going to have to take one of these back to the office as evidence. Should we decide to prosecute. Oh, and that man there? He’s from Internal Revenue Services. Come to make sure that you weren’t making any profit here. He’ll need one too. It’s best not to upset those folks. Good day sir! 14 cookies left. ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/71 "2011-12-31T20:13:00Z")
I don’t think you counted that right, there should actually be 13 left. I fear thirteen, so I must take one. (12) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/72 "2011-12-31T20:58:18Z")
Health inspector! Nobody move! :: remove evidence into ziplock bag :: We’ll be in touch. (11) ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/73 "2011-12-31T21:28:18Z")
11 is such an unattractive number for baking (though okay if you’re into primes). Let me help you out. (10) Oh, and have you tithed yet? 10% of everything, off the top. (9) (If I’d gotten here sooner, I’d have 9.9 cookies! Dammit!) Now isn’t that a nice, symmetrical, and pretty number on the plate? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/74 "2011-12-31T21:50:33Z")
Not particularly. Multiples of 3 are nearly as bad as 5’s. The only time you can divide a number by multiples of 3 is if that number is a multiple of 3 as well. \ 8 left. Now that is a great number. But 7 is better. \ ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/75 "2012-01-01T00:00:08Z")
you STILL got some? maybe one more… 6 left ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/76 "2012-01-01T00:44:17Z")
Gotta grab one before they’re all gone. 5 left Ooh, it’s good. Better have another. 4 left ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/77 "2012-01-01T03:06:10Z")
> [@Didact\_Lectorem777](#): > > I don’t think you counted that right, there should actually be 13 left. That wasn’t me, that was the IRS guy. They can’t do math. ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/78 "2012-01-01T03:09:36Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > That wasn’t me, that was the IRS guy. They can’t do math. I see, it was a tax return! So back up to 5 cookies…errr, 4 again. I got hungry doing all the math. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/79 "2012-01-01T03:42:55Z")
Whew…I started sweating things as the thread progressed. Wasn’t sure if I was getting mine! Bu I gof my coogie now – fanks! Fwee weft! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524/80 "2012-01-01T07:51:06Z")
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