# Originator of millionth post gets autographed photo of Unca Cece **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originator-of-millionth-post-gets-autographed-photo-of-unca-cece/50344 "2001-01-16T17:50:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originator-of-millionth-post-gets-autographed-photo-of-unca-cece/50344/1 "2001-01-16T17:50:12Z")
Heh, heh, heh. Wish it were true. But we’re getting close to the historic moment (some 25,000 posts close, in fact). Should we leave the honour to Our Mentor, to one of our colleagues who has illustrated himself or herself in word and in deed, or to pure, dumb luck? Any candidatures? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originator-of-millionth-post-gets-autographed-photo-of-unca-cece/50344/2 "2001-01-16T18:09:21Z")
You’re aware that the OP is post number 1,058,782 right? [For your reading enjoyment…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=54898) ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originator-of-millionth-post-gets-autographed-photo-of-unca-cece/50344/3 "2001-01-16T18:20:44Z")
Ok, so this question has probly been asked several million times…but how do you tell how many total posts have been made? ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originator-of-millionth-post-gets-autographed-photo-of-unca-cece/50344/4 "2001-01-16T18:23:41Z")
What a friggin’ bummer!!! Thanks for raining on my parade, **Silver**. So the honour fell on a more or less obscure Doper by the name of **dropzone**?! Well, there’s always the two millionth (any possibility of bumping this thread periodically until then?); by that time, maybe the bean counter will have been fixed. Carry on. P.S.: Hey, Unca. How 'bout you sending me that mug shot, for the effort? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originator-of-millionth-post-gets-autographed-photo-of-unca-cece/50344/5 "2001-01-16T19:27:24Z")
Does anyone other than me see the illogic in idiotboy’s post? Anyway, go to the SDMB forum summary page, you know, the one that has the links for each forum, and look in the upper right hand corner. At this moment it says “51661 threads in total - 975755 posts in total” ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originator-of-millionth-post-gets-autographed-photo-of-unca-cece/50344/6 "2001-01-16T19:37:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*Does anyone other than me see the illogic in idiotboy’s post? > > \*\* It took me a second, but I got it. Pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originator-of-millionth-post-gets-autographed-photo-of-unca-cece/50344/7 "2001-01-16T19:51:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by idiotboy \* > **Ok, so this question has probly been asked several million times…** 😕 There are fewer than 1,000,000 posts on the SDMB. How could it have been asked several million times unless there are like 20 off-the-board times for every on-the-board time? And omni, silver didn’t steal your lightning, she just borrowed it for a bit. But then she had to give it back. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originator-of-millionth-post-gets-autographed-photo-of-unca-cece/50344/8 "2001-01-16T20:11:27Z")
> [@](#): > > There are fewer than 1,000,000 posts on the SDMB. How could it have been asked several million times unless there are like 20 off-the-board times for every on-the-board time? You’re discounting word-of-mouth:D.