# Let's have a special welcome for # 54,000!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 29, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695 "2005-07-29T02:49:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/1 "2005-07-29T02:49:34Z")
Just now we’re at 53,963. It’s coming, it’s inevitable, who’s going to be lucky #54,000???
Awaken the goat.
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### Author:  [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/2 "2005-07-29T02:53:53Z")
#54,000 is a special occasion. Go wake up the _golden_ goat.
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/3 "2005-07-29T03:06:52Z")
:: there is a commotion at the entry grid, as staffers wearing black (with the letters “SDMB” in yellow on their shirts and caps) usher an applicant aside ::
:: they enter another room, where the new applicant is led to a beautifully-set table resplendent with fine silveware, dishes, and convivial companions ::
:: conversation sparkles ::
:: someone steps to a microphone and calls for silence, and the room quiets ::
Welcome!
In honour of your joining us as member # 54000, we have a special banguet and party favours in your honour.
We’ll also take you through the FAQs and give you some tips on the board’s etiquette.
:: an SDMB staffer sets a tastefully-bound tome next to the applicant’s place ::
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### Author:  [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/4 "2005-07-29T06:02:35Z")
Well, I’m probably not #54,000 but hopefully will help get to it if you haven’t already. 🙂
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### Author:  [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/5 "2005-07-29T06:26:52Z")
D’oh I read that as 53,993 instead of 53,963. Oh well still 1 more member closer to 54 grand.
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### Author:  [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/6 "2005-07-29T06:53:01Z")
The member counter on the front page is behind. We already have member #54,000, and it’s [this feller](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=54000) (note the number in the URL).
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### Author:  [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/7 "2005-07-29T07:31:01Z")
Grats to that feller then (it won’t let me view the link, says I don’t have permission to access the page) whoever it may be. And I see I am actually #54147.
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### Author:  [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/8 "2005-07-29T17:11:20Z")
Welcome anyway, dbussman and globalhawk2002!
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/9 "2005-07-29T18:20:44Z")
> [@Loopus](#):
>
> The member counter on the front page is behind. We already have member #54,000, and it’s [this feller](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=54000) (note the number in the URL).
Umm…that guy…? :dubious:
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### Author:  [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/10 "2005-07-29T18:27:53Z")
YAY for nice round numbers! :: throws confetti ::
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### Author:  [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/11 "2005-07-29T18:42:09Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
>
> Umm…that guy…? :dubious:
Gentlemen, our new tobacco lobbyist is That Guy!
[Happy instrumental music]
SINGERS: "Diamonds, daisies, snowflakes, That Guy
"Chestnuts, rainbows, springtime
"is That Guy
"He’s tinsel on a tree
"He’s everything that every guy should be
"Sable, popcorn, white wine, That Guy
"Sable, popcorn, white wine, That Guy
"Gingham, bluebirds, Broadway
"is That Guy
"He’s mine alone, but luckily for you
"if you find a guy to love
"only one guy to love then he’ll be That Guy, too
“That Guy!”
From the Family Guy episode entitled Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington.
OR,
**Strongbad** : Oh, the **globalhawk2002**! That is way better than the **globalhawkDX**!
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### Author:  [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-special-welcome-for-54-000/314695/12 "2005-07-29T18:43:50Z")
> [@Loopus](#):
>
> The member counter on the front page is behind.
Why? How?
Also, some [SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=173329&highlight=liechtenstein) Nostalgia.