# SDMB Book of Records? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 5, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069 "2000-12-05T03:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![\_hijack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/c0e974/32.png) [@\_hijack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_hijack)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/21 "2000-12-05T20:04:00Z")
Was \*\*Mr. Blue Sky \*\* wrong to ask? No, as seen by the links, there were many prior discussions of this same material, just not recent enough to recall. Saying **barflyer** ’s research is pathetic is just rude. We have half of the GQ filled with just such research. I just wish some of the more imponderables were here, like \*\*Who’s name is quoted most in the following posts? Are there any posters who have run 24 hours (or more) consecutively? Have users ever actually met each other, married, and had little dopers? Do blondes have more fun? \*\*etc. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/22 "2000-12-06T00:08:43Z")
Wow! Great replies, everyone. I’m a trivia nut and was curious about the nuts and bolts of this board. You can’t be a triviot and not wonder about something this big. I’m still curious about thread-killers, though. I’m guessing thi would be very difficult to track, however. I know I’ve killed a few. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_of\_the\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Soul\_of\_the\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_of_the_Machine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/23 "2000-12-06T00:44:40Z")
What I want to know is what’s the best time to read? Is it busier on certain days? Is it busier at certain times? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/24 "2000-12-06T01:13:59Z")
As a major writer once said, it takes the number of words it takes. The point of a post is to be clear, literate, and informative – expressing well-founded opinion or reporting a fact useful to the topic at hand. Wit is welcomed, and can sometimes substitute for one or more characteristic. Sometimes you can make your point in one line or so. Like this paragraph. And sometimes it takes a multi-paragraph short essay to make clear what exactly you’re trying to say in full. Sort of like this post as an entirety. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/25 "2000-12-06T01:52:20Z")
Note, I don’t post drunk. This may be because 1. I don’t drink alcohol that early 2. I don’t think that I have been drunk but pretty tipsy hee heee hahaha if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/26 "2000-12-06T03:03:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by barflyer \* > \*\*\*\*Earliest bad stat in the system \*\*may go to this user > **[jkeene](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=jkeene)** > Date Registered: 02-17-1999 > Status: Member > Total Posts: 3 😕 > Last Post: Never :eek: > > (Nothing like this find to frustrate stat-finders. > Now I know a little of what the Guiness brothers had to sweat out for their record book.) \*\* I don’t think that what you found was a “bad stat,” it was just a stat that you do not understand.\* This post just goes to show you–statistics without context are meaningless. **barflyer** , your enthusiasm is admirable, but I’d like to suggest that you learn a little more about how the boards work before you appoint yourself “board statistician.” - [sup]My guess, and this is only a guess, is that **jkeene** is a tech person of some sort, and has not posted since May, 2000. On what do I base my guesses? First of all, this person has a registration date that is earlier than March, 1999, when the “new” SDMB went on line. Second, I’m guessing that the “last post” data was not carried over in the software switcheroo in May.[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Nessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Nessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nessy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/27 "2000-12-06T03:22:32Z")
So you’re saying even though the data is inconsistant it’s not wrong? Is your name IRL, by any chance Bill Gates? 😃 I tried a “partial name” search and found no hits, so I’d guess the other item is the one in error, the 3. Based on other boards, some software doesn’t subtract deleted threads from all who posted on them. That’s probably what happened here, that 3 were posted as tests, all deleted, but the number was not updated (i.e., is now wrong). ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/28 "2000-12-06T03:41:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nessy \* > Is your name IRL, by any chance Bill Gates? 😃 Omigod! You found me out! Can I buy your silence with a beta edition of Windows 2002? You may be right about the deleted/test posts, btw. Hopefully Tuba will come on in here to give us the straight dope on this jkeene character. ---
**Author:** ![Nessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Nessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nessy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/29 "2000-12-06T03:49:14Z")
Here’s the profile data supplied Occupation: Ever changing Location: Chicago, IL, USA Interests: Numerous The email address for jkeene is [jkeene@chicagoreader.com](mailto:jkeene@chicagoreader.com) Neither name or address are still on the Reader staff page [http://www.chireader.com/readerinc/staff.html](http://www.chireader.com/readerinc/staff.html) So I’m guessing it’s someone no longer with the paper. ---
**Author:** ![Nessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Nessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nessy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/30 "2000-12-06T03:57:40Z")
\*\*Green Bean \*\*has supplied us with another statistic, it turns out \*\*[And The King Of The Molosters is…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=47142) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > **…and the king of the molosters is… _BEATLE_ \*\* !!!** (Follow the link to see what this is exactly, as it’s hard to explain.) ---
**Author:** ![2cense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/3d9bf3/32.png) [@2cense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2cense)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069/31 "2000-12-07T20:47:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by [hijack] \* > **Do blondes have more fun?** Yes. If you check the stats on “blonde” posters vs. “blond” posters, you’ll see twice as much fun in their Permanent Records. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-of-records/44069.md?page=1)