# Our two millionth post is almost upon us **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102 "2002-05-14T22:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/61 "2002-05-15T06:10:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dirty Earthworm \* > \*\*OK, fine. One more gratu … gratuiti … > > How do you spell that word? > > Whatever it is, I just padded my post count and brought us one closer to 2,000,000. Go me! 😃 > > -Dirty, delusional, and up waaaaaay past his bedtime. \*\* Gratuitous. Now aren’t you glad I’m good at spelling? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/62 "2002-05-15T06:11:29Z")
Okay already, it’s late (early?) and I have to work tomorrow. Let’s roll the O, take a picture and let me get some sleep… stv ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/63 "2002-05-15T06:13:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caught@Work \* > \*\*Sorry Alice, didn’t mean to startle you. > And I won’t hold anything against your bunnies either. \*\* No worries. The Boys are resting comfortably in their **Super Delux, Ultra, Shwanko, With a Shelf, and a Slide, Cost the Mumma a Small Fortune, Bunny Cage[sup]TM[/sup]** ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/64 "2002-05-15T06:14:36Z")
2000000 1999890 0000110 ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/65 "2002-05-15T06:15:24Z")
Y’know to a bloke from Oz, ‘The Boys’ means something a little different, so I’ll assume your mean the bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/66 "2002-05-15T06:15:43Z")
you know you’re an SDMB junkie when… ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/67 "2002-05-15T06:18:18Z")
Sorry Bearflag70, but no time now, only 99 to go … ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/68 "2002-05-15T06:19:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caught@Work \* > \*\*Y’know to a bloke from Oz, ‘The Boys’ means something a little different… \*\* Is this one of those nasty “Meat and Potatoes” type references that I’m just not hard wired to get? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/69 "2002-05-15T06:23:44Z")
Whadda ya gonna tell th boss in the morning? … but … … you don’t understand … … it was **2,000,000**!! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/70 "2002-05-15T06:24:49Z")
a meer 78 to go… ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/71 "2002-05-15T06:25:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\* > > Is this one of those nasty “Meat and Potatoes” type references that I’m just not hard wired to get? \*\* errrr. yes, sorry for putting that imagery into your head. 74 to go. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/72 "2002-05-15T06:25:29Z")
… well, it wasn’t _really_ 2,000,000, but it ws almost like 2,000,000! ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/73 "2002-05-15T06:26:41Z")
1,999,932 down - 68 to go! ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/74 "2002-05-15T06:27:09Z")
I’m taking the count at the top of the page to be right, even though I know it’s wrong, it’s right 'cos that’s my frame of reference. 66 At this rate it will be in the next couple of minutes. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/75 "2002-05-15T06:27:33Z")
getting close… ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/76 "2002-05-15T06:27:47Z")
**blur** is in Connecticut. Brave soul. Dedicated to principle! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/77 "2002-05-15T06:30:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caught@Work \* > \*\* > > errrr. yes, sorry for putting that imagery into your head. > > 74 to go. \*\* I have a funny story about the whole “Meat and Potatoes” thing. At work, we were discussing the merits of Tupperwear. One person comented that it was good that some Tupperwear was compartmentalized so that you could keep your food seperate. I piped up and said “Yah, cus you certainly wouldn’t want your meat to touch your potatoes.” You’ve never seen a table of grown men laugh that hard… ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/78 "2002-05-15T06:34:03Z")
Is this going to be like the Y2K thing? ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/79 "2002-05-15T06:34:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bearflag70 \* > \*\ ***blur** is in Connecticut. Brave soul. Dedicated to principle! \*\* I only wish, I’m stuck working, so this is the only thing keeping me from going insane. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102/80 "2002-05-15T06:35:37Z")
wow, I just looked, we’re down to 43. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-two-millionth-post-is-almost-upon-us/109102.md?page=5)