# Please do not read this thread until Thursday 17th **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879 "2003-07-16T13:53:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/1 "2003-07-16T13:53:41Z")
No really, I honestly didn’t want you to read it because I wanted to see if the preview function increments the ‘views’ counter\*, but you couldn’t resist, could you? - (I don’t think it will because until the post is appended to the table, there should be nowhere to store the value) ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/2 "2003-07-16T14:54:28Z")
It’s 1 am Thursday here. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/3 "2003-07-16T15:38:05Z")
I cheated. I saw that somebody else (who valued the instructions but was gifted with a superior clock) had answered and I just had to see the post. Here it’s still Wednesday the 16th. But at least I had the decency to say I had read it. Not like the 40-plus who read it and didn’t reply. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/4 "2003-07-16T15:39:40Z")
Correction: 23 and not 40 have/had read it at the time of this post. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/5 "2003-07-16T16:25:23Z")
I opened it, but didn’t read it. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/6 "2003-07-16T16:33:32Z")
OK ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/7 "2003-07-16T16:55:19Z")
Well, I thought it _was_ Thurs 17th … but I’ve just woken from an afternoon nap (true!) … Julie ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/8 "2003-07-16T18:49:17Z")
I’m sorry, I cheated also. At least I’m admitting to it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/9 "2003-07-16T20:34:49Z")
In all fairness, you didn’t specify a month or year, and Thursday, April 17 AD 2003 has come and gone in all time zones. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/10 "2003-07-16T20:41:48Z")
Wow! Thanks, **Chronos**! Now my guilt is assuaged. BTW, I noted that the view count is now over 80. Such a pitiful few are owning up to cheating. Now that **Chronos** has shown the light, come on out of the woodwork. Be brave! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/11 "2003-07-16T21:34:27Z")
I have my own Non Paradoxable Incrementally Inverted Self Posting Time Dilated Keyboard Previewer Apparatus™ I have absolutely no idea what season it even is outside, much less a day and time. The LCD display broke, you see. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/12 "2003-07-16T22:04:01Z")
I thought you were going to ask a question like, “What are we supposed to do if we see someone has started a thread saying, ‘Please do not read this thread until Thursday the 17th’”, but you shortened it to fit. ---
**Author:** ![skyzoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@skyzoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyzoo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/13 "2003-07-16T23:33:54Z")
my mouse clicked it, _not I._ my computer read it, _not I._ then my mouse clicked post reply, _not I._ I have no idea what is happening now, _but my computer does._ Please don’t put me in the stockade…_I am in a scent!_ _oopsy woopsy, and I am sorry!_ ☹ **Mangetout**! ---
**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/14 "2003-07-17T01:11:28Z")
Yeah, you’ve got to be more specifc in these things. I mean, there are plenty of Thursday the 17ths out there, who knew it was supposed to be the one that’s ahead of us?? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/15 "2003-07-17T02:37:57Z")
I didn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/16 "2003-07-17T02:44:17Z")
14 replies / 133 views at this point. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/17 "2003-07-17T02:47:54Z")
It’s not my fault. The cat was chewing on the mouse again. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/18 "2003-07-17T02:49:16Z")
So… you (the OP) were trying to figure out if the post count of 1 that you always see when you post your new thread is from the preview page where you composed the OP? Why didn’t you just ask **Q.E.D.**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/19 "2003-07-17T03:32:11Z")
Look at all you people telling on yoursel. . . Ooops. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879/20 "2003-07-17T03:41:29Z")
I read the OP, but I didn’t inhale. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-read-this-thread-until-thursday-17th/188879.md?page=2)