# The consecutive number game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020 "2003-07-08T16:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/1 "2003-07-08T16:06:16Z")
1. The number of replies I am expecting to get in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/2 "2003-07-08T16:19:30Z")
1. The number of minutes it took for this thread to load. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/3 "2003-07-08T16:39:55Z")
1. The number of replies you have in this thread šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/4 "2003-07-08T19:55:23Z")
1. The number of replies you have in this thread, since the OP does not count as a reply.šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/5 "2003-07-08T20:24:32Z")
1. The number of replies you get while going to the john. ---
**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 8, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/6 "2003-07-08T20:46:41Z")
1. The number of predicted simulposts wherein the numbering is going to get all fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/7 "2003-07-08T20:59:13Z")
1. I agree. (Not sure what Iā€™m agreeing to or what my number stands for, just seems approriate seeing as how 6 is such a non number) ---
**Author:** ![mambozzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@mambozzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambozzy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/8 "2003-07-08T21:03:35Z")
1. The time (PM) that this thread will go belly up. ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/9 "2003-07-08T21:12:57Z")
1. How long it will take for NCB to make me ā€œhappyā€ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/10 "2003-07-08T21:23:31Z")
1. Number nine, number nine, number nineā€¦ ::reverses direction of turntable:: Turn me on, dead man; turn me on, dead man; turn me on, dead manā€¦ Yes, I still have a turntable, and I still have the White Album on LP as well as CD. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/11 "2003-07-08T22:18:28Z")
1. Anyone else only now reminded (by RTā€™s post) of the ā€œnumberā€ song? I donā€™t even remember who sang itā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/12 "2003-07-08T22:22:29Z")
1. As in, ā€œIt goes to 11ā€¦ā€ (Spinal Tap) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/13 "2003-07-08T22:28:21Z")
1. The anger level of the mods when this becomes another ā€œaā€ thread. ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/14 "2003-07-08T23:16:46Z")
1. The numbe feared by Triskadecaphobics (sp?). ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/15 "2003-07-08T23:18:09Z")
1. a) The most commonly quoted ā€œunluckyā€ number b) The floor most difficult to get to in many hotels / highrises c) The lowest prime integer which is not also a palindrome. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/16 "2003-07-08T23:26:16Z")
1. The number of words in this post. And I mean all of them. Total. ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/17 "2003-07-08T23:30:07Z")
1. The number of times I went to the bathroom today ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/18 "2003-07-08T23:30:20Z")
1. The age I was when asked to a prom for the first time. Couldnā€™t go, parents wouldnā€™t let me dance. sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/19 "2003-07-08T23:31:45Z")
1. The number of seconds it took me to realize I was part of a simulpost. And my first one too! ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/20 "2003-07-08T23:48:25Z")
1. a prime number. like optimus PRIME! Woo hoo! heheh [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=2)