# Should I have a post count party? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 8, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694 "2001-02-08T21:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 8, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/1 "2001-02-08T21:57:42Z")
OK, so my previous three didn’t turn out so well, but that was largely my fault: One of them was just silly, and the other two I had to leave halfway through for a few days. Then there’s the matter of clogging up the boards, and a recent sentiment that post count parties are useless. On the other hand, I’ve been threatened that if I don’t, that someone else will (names withheld to protect the guilty), and then too, a person’s got to have _some_ excuse to throw a party now and again :D. So, what’s the verdict, all? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/2 "2001-02-08T22:34:47Z")
Don’t do it man, it reeks of danger. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/3 "2001-02-08T22:52:57Z")
Why not? ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/4 "2001-02-08T22:53:39Z")
Nooooooooooooo! It will just encourage the other buggers! ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/5 "2001-02-08T22:58:23Z")
What post count are you celebrating pray tell? ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/6 "2001-02-08T23:27:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > Then there’s the matter of clogging up the boards, and a recent sentiment that post count parties are useless. Er… doesn’t starting a thread about post count parties have the same effect as a party itself where clogging the boards is concerned? 😉 But I would say go ahead anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/7 "2001-02-09T01:52:40Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by wevets \* > [BEr… doesn’t starting a thread about post count parties have the same effect as a party itself where clogging the boards is concerned? 😉_\* See that, Chronos, you’re trapped by your own irony. Damn the torpedoes, then; full steam ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/8 "2001-02-09T02:04:33Z")
Don’t do it man! You’ll never live it down. Congratulations on your 3-kilopost benchmark. Here’s looking forward to the next 1000, and more Staff Reports on mind-twisting physics questions. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/9 "2001-02-09T02:42:26Z")
Well, **Arnold** , you’re fast approaching 5,000 and this is my 2,500th post. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/10 "2001-02-09T02:51:55Z")
Maybe we could just get a whole bunch of people together and have a joint post-count party. Heck, I’m closing in on 4000 as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![inor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@inor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inor)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/11 "2001-02-09T06:12:32Z")
i live out in 4 corners- so if you _do_ have this party, invite me- I won’t add much to the bandwidth, since my posts will be coming in to the servers from the same angle as yours. So, you’ll get one more to add to the idiocy, without ahh hell, this didn’t turn out as funny as I thought it was going to be. Congrats 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/12 "2001-02-09T20:35:51Z")
Good for you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/13 "2001-02-09T20:57:48Z")
Go ahead and treat yourself to a party Chronos. YOu can have one if you feel like it. You know what they say “You can dance if you want to…” ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/14 "2001-02-09T21:04:03Z")
Of COURSE you deserve a party, **Chronos** honey! (Scotti drags her hot tub off the truck, sets it up and throws Chronos in. Gets in herself. Mentions vanilla scented massage oil.) Okay, someone else will have to bring the food and drink! And BTW, congrats! Scotti ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/15 "2001-02-10T00:35:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scotticher \* > **(Scotti drags her hot tub off the truck, sets it up and throws Chronos in. Gets in herself. Mentions vanilla scented massage oil.)** Hmpf. ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/16 "2001-02-10T01:16:57Z")
**No.** They’re boring and self~aggrandising. Plus, [sub]unless you’re a mod, perhaps[/sub] they look to me like someone has no RL, is a social loser, and spends too much time in front of a monitor. Well, you asked! IMHO. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/17 "2001-02-10T01:47:06Z")
Well, jab1, iampunha, what say we set up our joint post count party just to spite Carina42? Just kidding. Instead of a post count party, I suggest instead a learned discussion on something or other in Comments on Cecil’s Columns. What can I say, I like that forum. ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/18 "2001-02-10T01:58:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Well, jab1, iampunha, what say we set up our joint post count party just to spite Carina42? > > Just kidding. Instead of a post count party, I suggest instead a learned discussion on something or other in Comments on Cecil’s Columns. What can I say, I like that forum. \*\* Hehe. As I wrote this, I fully realised it’s Friday night, my SO is on call, my best girlfriend is moving tonight & won’t go see "Hannibal’ with me, my other friends are night-skiing, out of town, or too tired to go out. So, here I sit in front of the monitor with no social life tonight. Feh. 😃 Go ahead with your post count party, **Chronos.** I won’t be there though. I’ll be nekkid in my bathtub reading a silly novel and nesting amongst the bubbles. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/19 "2001-02-10T03:32:35Z")
Loser. Get a life. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694/20 "2001-02-11T03:36:26Z")
> [@](#): > > (Scotti drags her hot tub off the truck, sets it up and throws Chronos in. Gets in herself. Mentions vanilla scented massage oil.) OK, I’m convinced! Post count may be a silly excuse for a party, but _anything_ is a good excuse to end up in a hottub with a gorgeous babe! :D:)😃 Oh, and by the way, Arnold, you know that I won’t his 3 kiloposts for another 51 posts! Feel free to cooperate on the party, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-a-post-count-party/53694.md?page=2)