# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/321 "2003-08-08T06:04:12Z")
280–horsepower of a 1967 American Rambler engine. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/322 "2003-08-08T11:28:31Z")
RKO - 281 A movie about the making of Citizen Kane and the controversy surrounding it. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/323 "2003-08-08T21:54:18Z")
**282**   16 = 2 \* 8   16 = 8 \* 2 164 = 2 \* 82   56 = 28\*2   30 = 28 + 2 \*\*282 TOTAL \*\* ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/324 "2003-08-08T22:27:39Z")
**Wolf\_meister** , your posts in this thread no longer border on retarted, they are retarted. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/325 "2003-08-09T03:26:19Z")
**x-ray vision** Ahem… if you are going to insult me, at least get your spelling right - the word is _retarded_, which by the way is considered a politically incorrect term in today’s society. You spelled it twice incorrectly so you can’t blame it on a typo either. And you have the temerity to say I’m the one with the low IQ? LOL. So, tell me what “brilliant” number postings you have added to this thread? Also, you could be reported to a moderator because this is the kind of “discussion” that belongs in the “pit”. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/326 "2003-08-09T04:18:57Z")
[Senate Bill 283](http://mlis.state.md.us/2001rs/billfile/sb0283.htm) ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/327 "2003-08-09T16:46:48Z")
          **284** Each digit is a power of 2           2 = 2[sup]1[/sup]     8 = 2[sup]3[/sup]     4 = 2[sup]2[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/328 "2003-08-09T16:58:39Z")
Sorry **Wolf\_meister** , you are _retarded_. Why don’t you at least Google the number you want to post on, and find something a little interesting about it? Sorry, but the silly little mathematical responses over and over, is retarded! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/329 "2003-08-09T19:18:26Z")
          **285** 285 is the difference of 2 squares 17[sup]2[/sup] - 2[sup]2[/sup]           = 289 - 4 And x-ray vision, sorry for offending your delicate sensibilities with postings that (although boring) actually require some thought. Hey, I like other people’s postings too. At least other people are doing something. Go ahead and make a posting for 286. Please, startle us with your creative “brilliance”. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/330 "2003-08-09T19:38:54Z")
wolf-meister, I’m amazed at your manipulation of numbers! Quite impressive! 286 - a really crappy old computer! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/331 "2003-08-10T03:31:34Z")
          **287**   **287** is the sum of 3 consecutive prime numbers   89 + 97 + 101 are Prime Numbers 24, 25 & 26 **if6was9** Thanks !! And as I said, others have come up with some clever responses too. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/332 "2003-08-10T03:34:33Z")
          **288** This equals 2 gross. A “gross” is a dozen dozen or 144.           So, 2\*144 = 288 Yes, you might say this answer was “2 gross”. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/333 "2003-08-10T03:36:40Z")
          **289**   289 is a perfect square 289 = 17 \* 17 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/334 "2003-08-10T07:41:32Z")
290 - How much my sandwich and Coke costs me earlier today. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/335 "2003-08-10T12:39:08Z")
On January 29th (or **2/91** ) in 1900, the American League, consisting of eight baseball teams, was organized in Philadelphia. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/336 "2003-08-10T12:41:16Z")
I meant, of course: On January 29th (or **29/1** ) in 1900, the American League, consisting of eight baseball teams, was organized in Philadelphia. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/337 "2003-08-10T12:49:59Z")
Route [292](http://www.transitinfo.org/Sched/SM/292/). ---
**Author:** ![Plankspanker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Plankspanker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plankspanker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/338 "2003-08-10T17:02:30Z")
damn you **Johnny**!!! i was researching that!!! 🙂 $293. how much my mum paid for the [350](http://www.orientalweapons.com/en-us/dept_16.html) (not from this store tho…) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/339 "2003-08-10T20:55:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by x-ray vision \* > \*\*Sorry Wolf\_meister, you are _retarded_. > > Why don’t you at least Google the number you want to post on, and find something a little interesting about it? Sorry, but the silly little mathematical responses over and over, is retarded! \*\* Sorry **x-ray vision** , you’re breaking the rules of this forum. Why don’t you at least read our registration agreement and FAQ before insulting someone? Sorry, but the insults in MPSIMS over and over, are just breaking our rules! In grown-up langauge: knock it off, or suffer the consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/340 "2003-08-10T21:17:16Z")
Come on **coldfire** , at least play the game. 294: the number of people **coldfire** has banned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=18)