# The Post Count Padding Party **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682 "2000-08-09T06:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/101 "2000-08-10T05:15:56Z")
we are the knights who say nee, and we demand a shrubbery! ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/102 "2000-08-10T05:17:39Z")
Ben Affleck to play Jack Ryan in the next Tom Clancy film adaptation, _The Sum of All Fears_? Say it ain’t so! Ben is ok for certain characters, but sure as hell not Jack Ryan. Ben’s already been type casted. There’s no way he could play a convincing Jack Ryan. He’s too young, and, umm… he’s… he’s Ben Affleck! Come on! It’s just not gonna work. I mean, what the fuck is going on here? ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/103 "2000-08-10T05:25:10Z")
Personally, I think the 4 door Toyota Echo is one of the ugliest cars on the market right now. The freakin thing is hideous. It’s length is too short for it’s height. The rear is extremely high. And what’s up with the console in the middle? The speedometer and and the tach and everything in the else in the center. Yeah, it’s different, but what purpose does it serve? A fucked up one if you ask me. What? Is it so the people sitting in the back seat can get a better view of it? Or the person riding shotgun can be closer to the console? Or what? Enlighten me. For those of you who have one or are thinking about purchasing one… well, if I see you on the road, I’ll just be like, “I see you on the road, and you have an ugly car.” ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/104 "2000-08-10T05:27:45Z")
I can’t seem to find Logitech’s new optical mouse. It just came out, so I know it’s only gonna be in a few stores, but I can’t find the damn thing anywhere. I know it’s gonna be cheaper than Microsoft’s optical mouse too. And it looks a helluva lot better. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/105 "2000-08-10T05:28:49Z")
I’ll be off to bed pretty soon. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/106 "2000-08-10T05:29:14Z")
Hey, I hear they’re gonna start working on Terminator 3 soon. T2 was cool. Actually I know a guy that got to be in T2 as an extra. (you know the part where the SWAT team breaks into the office building) He was holding an M-16. ---
**Author:** ![CoyoteFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@CoyoteFish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoyoteFish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/107 "2000-08-10T05:37:14Z")
Geez, you guys are still padding your post counts? ---
**Author:** ![CoyoteFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@CoyoteFish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoyoteFish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/108 "2000-08-10T05:38:21Z")
Don’t you think that’s. . . ---
**Author:** ![CoyoteFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@CoyoteFish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoyoteFish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/109 "2000-08-10T05:41:49Z")
. . .you know. . . ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/110 "2000-08-10T05:43:04Z")
Toyato echo? odd looking car. My favorite cars, however are 3. Chrysler PT Cruiser. They are just so neat looking. I would want it in purple or silver. Plymouth Prowler. That car has a sexy kind of look to it. And it looks amazing in black. Last, but not least Chevrolet Camaro SS. I would love it in red, but it also looks stunning in silver or black. I also like the new beetles but i would never drive them because they are too common. The reason i like all these cars is because they are unique. i dont want to drive something that looks like what everyone else has. ---
**Author:** ![CoyoteFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@CoyoteFish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoyoteFish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/111 "2000-08-10T05:43:22Z")
. . .a little dishonest? (man, that took a long time to do) ---
**Author:** ![That\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@That\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/112 "2000-08-10T05:43:41Z")
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**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/113 "2000-08-10T05:44:17Z")
i thought i should add that my chances of ever ownig one of the cars on my list are slim to none. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/114 "2000-08-10T05:45:39Z")
one of my friends wants to get a hearse and paint it like further. hes crazy. almost as much as i am. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@That\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/115 "2000-08-10T05:46:24Z")
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**Author:** ![That\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@That\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/116 "2000-08-10T05:47:44Z")
Aggh! There’s a 1-minute wait to re-post. Guess I’ll never have a fat count. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/117 "2000-08-10T07:07:29Z")
I’m on my third beer since I got home from day #2 of finals. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/118 "2000-08-10T07:11:54Z")
Oh, part of day #2 in finals is a “mystery box”… sorta like an Iron Chef kind of test. What did I get? A lime (my chef has a thing for limes), and apple, and a hunk of ginger. What did I make? Apple-Ginger Tartlet Bruleé with Mixed Citrus Sherbet I made a rich ginger pastry cream and filled a tartlet shell. I made a nice pretty fan of sauteéd apple slices, then bruleéd (sprinkled sugar & torched it–gives it a crispy, caramelized top) it before serving. The sherbet was lime, orange, and lemon mixed together. I have to say, it was good. I know it when the chef takes more than the one obligatory bite. YaY! ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/119 "2000-08-10T07:13:18Z")
By the way, if I was to actually do this for a restaurant, I wouldn’t serve the tart with the sherbet. I think a nice vanilla ice cream would have suited it better. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682/120 "2000-08-10T08:37:11Z")
Finished beer #4. Should I go for #5? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-count-padding-party/28682.md?page=7)