# Predict The Next Poster!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 31, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832 "2003-08-31T18:05:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 101

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**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:** [September 24, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2002 "2003-09-24T03:24:35Z")

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Y2K?

Y not?

🙂

**zeldar**

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**Author:** ![Wyatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Wyatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyatt)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2003 "2003-09-24T03:24:54Z")

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I WAS the Why-2K? poster-er …  
and there’s noone around to announce my prize!!!

I shoulda predicted I’d be the next poster!  
I’m predicting Pietrochoid!!!

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**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:** [September 24, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2004 "2003-09-24T03:29:24Z")

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You win:

My undying respect and admiration, a cask of Amantillado, the little thing that’s at the end of of a shoelace, and a bird.  
**Sperfur**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2005 "2003-09-24T03:29:59Z")

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(Cue the opening theme from _2001, A Space Odyssey_)

**NoClueBoy** began one fine day  
A prediction game for us to play  
Who ever could foresee  
That some day we would be  
Passing 2K! Amazing! Hooray!

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**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2006 "2003-09-24T03:30:03Z")

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**Wyatt**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2007 "2003-09-24T03:31:52Z")

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Hey, give the 2K winner **NCB’s** undying respect and admiration, a cask of Amontillado, the little thing that’s at the end of a shoelace (an aglet, that’d be), a bird – creepy-eyed, beady-looking, and a gnarled gnu.

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2008 "2003-09-24T03:32:16Z")

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WOOHOO!!! Congrats on Post Why-2K, **Wyatt**!

**Wyatt** should be along soon to tell you what you won! No. Wait. You ARE **Wyatt**! We’re runnin’ outta prizes pretty fast with all these 1K and 2K threads around here these days. I think we’ve still got a lifetime supply of sporks hangin’ about in back. Oh, there _is_ that lifetime supply of water-flavoured popsicles. They were pretty popular a couple years back. Your choice!

Where’s **Abby**?!

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2009 "2003-09-24T03:33:58Z")

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Nope, just me to gum up the works some more.  
But yes, where is **Abby**?

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**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:** [September 24, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2010 "2003-09-24T03:34:54Z")

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Lendervedder checks his pants quick.  
To make sure, he gives it a flick  
With penis still there  
He don’t really care  
If online mistaken for a chick.

**cmkeller**

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**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2011 "2003-09-24T03:36:34Z")

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Here.

**perit**

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2012 "2003-09-24T03:41:48Z")

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Hi, **Abby**!!! 😃

**ETF**

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**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2013 "2003-09-24T03:49:32Z")

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Hi 🙂

**ETF**

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2014 "2003-09-24T03:55:51Z")

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_posts prognosticator lists_

Prognostication items/ideas/places:

crystal ball, hat, socks, trash can, pen, marbles, laundry basket, grocery cart, jumpsuit, eyesight, rubber band, paper, cheerleading uniform, vacuum cleaner, rubber duck, shopping center, fitted bedsheet, hair dye, cookie crumbs, galoshes, hair cap, white phone, fortune cookie, hymnal (page 226), skis, darts, brew, chapstick, china, clarinet, vacation, thunderstorm, wild turkeys, calculator, fedora, shoes, Do Not Distub sign, nail polish, fire extinguisher, flyswatter, lemonade stand, spoon, cow, early bird, tank, dice, dictionary, skating rink, tunes, polka, alarm system, morning, radio, lottery machine, crayons, candles, song, toilet paper, laundry detergent, paintbrush, swim gear, magic wand, bingo, karaoke night, cat, deodorant, sunscreen, AWANA meeting, pickup, markers, telescope, toga, frying pan, highlighter, ex, rubber band (again), pens (again), invisibility cloak, birthday cake, birthday candles (again), telephone (again), hairnet (again), multiplication tables, vowel machine, deck of cards, vegemite, yellow bull, sunrise, post-it notes, welcome mat, pizza, dollar bills, _Skeptic’s Guide to Prognostication_, fountain of youth, sunshine, gnu, shopping cart (again), :rolleyes:, limb, pitchfork, vanilla ice cream, sushi, gum, track, lists.

People who will post next:

**Jonathan Chance  
Doug Bowe  
Sylphishone  
Geoduck  
NDP  
Idle Thoughts  
Elvis L1ves  
jerseydiamond  
elucidator  
Markxxx**

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**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2015 "2003-09-24T03:57:29Z")

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Nope

**Happy**

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**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:** [September 24, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2016 "2003-09-24T04:02:57Z")

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Yep.

**Abby**

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2017 "2003-09-24T04:06:41Z")

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_prognosticator no_

**TalkingHead**

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2018 "2003-09-24T04:07:19Z")

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AAAAAAAAAAAA! :eek:

I want some of whatever **lel** ’s been drinkin’. 😃

**Wyatt**!!

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2019 "2003-09-24T04:08:45Z")

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And it’s **lel** and a cast of thousands in the fiery epic of love and revenge known as…

Oh. Probably not. Right, **green\_bladder**?

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2020 "2003-09-24T04:13:12Z")

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Here, have some water, **peritrochoid**. 😃

_prognosticator DVD player primed for epic film starring **ETF** _

**Klaatu**

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**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:** [September 24, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/2021 "2003-09-24T04:24:24Z")

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**hoboonmoto**

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