# The thread that exists for the sole reason of raising your post count **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201 "2001-10-13T04:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/201 "2001-10-18T21:42:36Z")
Maybe, just once, someone will call pezpunk “sir” without adding, “you’re making a scene.” -Broccoli ---
**Author:** ![mancunian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mancunian/32/12244_2.png) [@mancunian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mancunian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/202 "2001-10-18T21:44:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > \*\*Excuess me while I kiss the sky. > > Jimi Hendrix \*\* I always was told it was “Scuse me, while I kiss this guy” ---
**Author:** ![DaveX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@DaveX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveX)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/203 "2001-10-18T21:58:06Z")
“Better heavy than on fire” - Me, under unusual circumstances ---
**Author:** ![CyberHippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@CyberHippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberHippy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/204 "2001-10-18T22:18:41Z")
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. ``` -- Socrates ``` ---
**Author:** ![AlteredState](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AlteredState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlteredState)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/205 "2001-10-18T22:49:03Z")
A cough is something that you yourself can’t help, but everybody else does on purpose just to torment you. -Ogden Nash ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/206 "2001-10-19T13:21:49Z")
“After all, tomorrow is another day.” -Starlett O’Hara ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/207 "2001-10-19T14:23:25Z")
“That right baby, suck it” -Ron Jeremy ---
**Author:** ![Diesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Diesel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diesel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/208 "2001-10-19T16:41:24Z")
“I hope Aaron Lewis gets so depressed tomorrow night he just blows his fuckin’ head off right on stage.” -Guy standing next to me at last night’s Incubus concert refering to tonight’s Family Values show. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/209 "2001-10-19T21:30:06Z")
“I am smart! I am smart! S-M-R-T! I mean, S-M-A-R-T!” Homer Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/210 "2001-10-19T22:28:31Z")
“Froederick!” -Igor from _Young Frankenstien_ ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/211 "2001-10-19T22:48:05Z")
It was Bart who said SMRT I need a life… ---
**Author:** ![spheric\_thor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@spheric\_thor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spheric_thor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/212 "2001-10-19T23:15:16Z")
Aaaa! My neck! My back! My neck and my back! I want a hundred a fifty thousand, but we can settle out of court right now for twenty bucks. ---
**Author:** ![spheric\_thor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@spheric\_thor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spheric_thor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/213 "2001-10-19T23:16:21Z")
I know i’m new here…But it was Homer who sang the SMRT song. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/214 "2001-10-19T23:38:20Z")
“Oh, shit! Was that a cop?” - me, everyday. ---
**Author:** ![twomsfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@twomsfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twomsfy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/215 "2001-10-19T23:44:36Z")
Really the Maryland state motto: “Fatti maschii, parole femine.” (Translatioin; Manly deeds, womanly words.) ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/216 "2001-10-19T23:54:22Z")
I got quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/217 "2001-10-20T00:06:25Z")
I’m cheating. I’m not quoting anybody. Ha ha ha ha. Suckers! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/218 "2001-10-20T01:41:36Z")
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? Janis Joplin ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/219 "2001-10-20T20:48:00Z")
(Of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) An oral contract is not worth the paper it’s printed on. Gentlemen, include me out! Yogi Berra, after seeing the home he wanted to buy: “Whatta house! Nothin’ but rooms!” ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/220 "2001-10-20T22:49:34Z")
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