# The consecutive number game.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/21 "2003-07-09T00:21:42Z")

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Eighteen by Alice Cooper.

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**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/22 "2003-07-09T00:29:11Z")

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1. “Hey Nineteen” By Steely Dan

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**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/23 "2003-07-09T01:15:42Z")

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1. Scary things live this many thousand leagues below the sea…

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**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/24 "2003-07-09T01:19:57Z")

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1. YES! I am “legal!”

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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/25 "2003-07-09T01:22:01Z")

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1. A card game in Las Vegas that I’ve played before (Also known as Blackjack).

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**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/26 "2003-07-09T01:35:11Z")

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1. This This number number is is really really two two twos twos.

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/27 "2003-07-09T02:16:23Z")

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1. My age when I lost my virginity.

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**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/28 "2003-07-09T02:24:45Z")

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1. Hours in a day or two dozen doughnuts, a great T.V. show on Fox.

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**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/29 "2003-07-09T02:29:23Z")

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1. An even two dozen posts in 9.5 hours.

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**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/30 "2003-07-09T02:52:23Z")

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1. or 6 to 4

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/31 "2003-07-09T06:05:59Z")

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1. or 7 to 5

(With apologies to Bobby Pankow)

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**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/32 "2003-07-09T06:23:17Z")

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27, 3^3

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**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 9, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/33 "2003-07-09T10:11:42Z")

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1. How old I wish I wasn’t

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**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/34 "2003-07-09T11:08:49Z")

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1. How old I wish I still was

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**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/35 "2003-07-09T11:17:47Z")

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30: the smallest integer with three distinct primes (2,3,5)

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**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/36 "2003-07-09T14:04:11Z")

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1. When you realize you’re not IN your thirties…

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**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/37 "2003-07-09T14:22:24Z")

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1. 1 BLAST OFF!!!

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/38 "2003-07-09T15:15:36Z")

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1. and 1/3. “What is the speed of an LP record Alex?”

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/39 "2003-07-09T15:21:06Z")

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1. and 1/3. “What is the speed of an LP record Alex?”

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**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/40 "2003-07-09T15:27:45Z")

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1. In seven more years, I will be this old.

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