I just noticed that both Guinistasia and tracer are somewhere in the realm of just over 9,000 posts. I don’t know if any other Dopers have reached that number or higher yet, but congrats to all who’ve gotten that high. You humble those of us who’re still in the >1K zone.
Which raises the question: which Doper will reach 10,000 posts first? (If somebody already has, my question is ruined…sob!) And how should we celebrate? Should I make advance reservations at the Sizzler?
…and I misspelled Guinastasia’s name AND didn’t properly bold tracer’s name. I’m gonna put on a hairshirt and go whip myself silly.
Someone already has - handy.
You owe us all a steak! 
There was a point where I was WAY ahead of Guin, and was catching up to Tracer. But, alas, the Board seems to turn against me and decides to slow down whenever I try to load my third thread…
If it makes you feel any better, SPOOFE, my money is still on you.
What’s Handy at now, 13k or so?
[Hamster Room of the SDMB. The boards begin creaking and shaking. Plaster begins to fall. The hamsters have worried expression on their faces. Arnold Winkelried runs out into the room, screaming and gesticulating wildly.]
Arnold: Sweet Baby Jesus at a barbecue on a moped! The combined posts of handy, tracer, SPOOFE and Guinistasia have compressed into a massive black hole! We’re all gonna diiiiiiieee!
[Hamsters begin to panic. Board begins to stretch and clocks slow down noticeably. Lodrain strolls in nonchalantly.]
Lodrain: Worry not, O Administrator, for there is a solution!
Arnold: What? WHAAAAT? TELL ME, STRANGE LITTLE BOY!
Lodrain: (Pulls complicated-looking device out of pocket and holds it high. A beam of light catches it at the right dramatic angle.) THE POPEIL DEUS EX MACHINA TRAVEL GAME AND ELECTRIC BEARD TRIMMER!
[Arnold looks on in astonishment. Lodrain pushes the big red button dramatically. Device begins to emit visible pulsing waves and makes funny noises as well.]
[Cut to somewhere else in the Boards. SPOOFE, handy, Guinistasia and tracer are square dancing. There is noticable space-time dragging. Big stereo shuts down. The four stop.]
Guinistasia: Hey! What the heck happened to the music?
tracer: Aw, I’m tired anyways. c’mon, guys, let’s go do something more productive, like suck the entire world supply of popsicle sticks into a chipper to make a cheap substitute for Metamucil.
Guinistasia: It’s good to be regular.
[Pan back to Hamster Room. Lodrain is beaming. Arnold is dumbstruck and regards Lodrain with undiluted awe.]
Lodrain: Now, remember, kiddies - black holes are enormous amounts of matter compressed into a point of infinitesimal dimensions. You can prevent black holes from forming by keeping your star under 1.3 solar masses - or keeping your post count under the same. Ta-ta!
[Fade out.]
© 2002, Lodrain the Monkey Boy production. All rights reserved.
Oh, and I’ll pass on the steak; I’m not hungry. I’ll just have an unsweetened tea, thank you.
Ahem. 
Hmm Coldfire let me fire up my calculator
Your 232 posts away
At 9.08 posts per day
You’ve got 25.55 days to go
But I don’t think that means you can beat Handy who is already there. 
Don’t worry, I’m not trying to beat anyone.
Hey, whaddayasay I make the board crash again, so everybody loses 3 months worth of posts!
I think it would be funny if we all woke up and instead of our post count it said
Man I’d laugh for days about that.
:o
I just have too much time on my hands.
Wow, and I forgot Coldfire. Hey, who took my whip?