# New game: the spin-the-bottle post thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532 "2001-10-30T15:23:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/1 "2001-10-30T15:23:24Z")
This came to me when I was trying to link a post in another thread and accidentally used the threadid number where the postid number should be. On preview on had the delight of reading an old **London\_Calling** post in defence of **bj0rn** in the pit. Being most amused with this, I decided to share. To play, simply cut and paste the following into your reply: [**url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=)???#post???”]Spin the bottle![**/url] Then pick 6 numbers at random (with the first being either blank or 1) and replace the “?” symbols with your numbers. And if anyone wishes to construct a story linking the posts or wants to provide a synopsis of what they’ve done, I’m sure the resto of us will marvel in your wit and imagination. To kick things off, let’s try 98765: [Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=98765#post98765) pan (If nothing else, at least some of you will learn how to link to individual posts ;)) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/2 "2001-10-30T15:25:10Z")
[I gotta try this!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=068254#post068254) ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/3 "2001-10-30T15:26:03Z")
Cool. I seem to have landed on **andros** calling **Serlin** a jerk. pan ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/4 "2001-10-30T15:27:32Z")
Hmm. A **ChiefScott** rant. Good work, grasshopper. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/5 "2001-10-30T15:31:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > \*\*Hmm. A **ChiefScott** rant. Good work, grasshopper. \*\* That’s actually not the right post. If you take the initial zero off, you’ll get the right one. **jarbabyj** would appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/6 "2001-10-30T15:31:53Z")
I’ll give it a whirl… pun intended. [Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=41279#post41279) ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/7 "2001-10-30T15:33:36Z")
[Woohoo!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=57345#post57345) ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/8 "2001-10-30T15:34:44Z")
Okay… that sucked… I used my birthday, so it doesn’t count. [Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=102479#post102479) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/9 "2001-10-30T15:37:12Z")
Well, why not? [Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=185416#post185416)[ul] Whee! [/ul] [sub]I just know this is either going to link to some boring GQ or a foreskin rant by JDT[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/10 "2001-10-30T15:37:20Z")
[Round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody knows…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=37463#post37463) Hmm. Some Higher Power thinks I need to know more about Jack Chick. HELLO, HIGHER POWER!! I KNOW ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JACK FLIPPIN’ CHICK!!! THANK YOU!!! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/11 "2001-10-30T15:41:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*Well, why not? > > [Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=185416#post185416)[ul] Whee! > [/ul] > [sub]I just know this is either going to link to some boring GQ or a foreskin rant by JDT[/sub] \*\* Well, it was GQ, but a GQ called “Why am I so horny…”, post by **TwistofFate**. Coulda done worse on a blind guess. ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/12 "2001-10-30T15:47:54Z")
[Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=086463#post086463) Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee wait, did I do it right?? ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/13 "2001-10-30T15:50:36Z")
[Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=140820#post140820) Round and round and round it goes… ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/14 "2001-10-30T15:50:57Z")
[Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php1postid=167934#post93577) ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/15 "2001-10-30T15:52:46Z")
Not quite. Remember I said you have to use either a _blank_ or a 1 for the first digit. Actually, strictly speaking that wouldn’t work either. What I meant is either use a 1 or don’t have a first digit. No… hang on… then your second digit would become your first digit. But then you could have anything you wanted as a first digit. Oh bloody hell. Look. Put it like this. You used 086463. You should have used 86463. Then you’d get [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=86463#post86463) I wonder what it is… pan ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/16 "2001-10-30T15:54:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tevya \* > \*\*[Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php1postid=167934#post93577) \*\* Ha ha! You lose! Page not found! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/17 "2001-10-30T15:55:57Z")
I seem to have messed up! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/18 "2001-10-30T15:56:37Z")
[Spin the bottle!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=130571#post12345) ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/19 "2001-10-30T15:57:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > \*\*Not quite. Remember I said you have to use either a _blank_ or a 1 for the first digit. Actually, strictly speaking that wouldn’t work either. What I meant is either use a 1 or don’t have a first digit. > > No… hang on… then your second digit would become your first digit. But then you could have anything you wanted as a first digit. Oh bloody hell. > > Look. Put it like this. You used 086463. You should have used 86463. > > Then you’d get [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=86463#post86463) > > I wonder what it is… > > pan \*\* Wow! If I had gotten it right it would have been an answer to the OP that Skerri linked to! Odd! ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532/20 "2001-10-30T15:58:53Z")
Ah - I’ve spotted another flaw in my explanation. You have to use the same 5 or 6 digit number for both sets of “???” folks. Sorry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-the-spin-the-bottle-post-thread/90532.md?page=2)