# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/121 "2001-10-16T00:25:06Z")
“I’m not arguing that with you! I’m not arguing _that_ with _you_!” Mr. Waturi ---
**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 16, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/122 "2001-10-16T01:04:35Z")
“Kenneth, what’s the frequency!” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/123 "2001-10-16T01:31:33Z")
“Turkey lifters! And let me tell you, they work!” – my father (RIP), upon opening a gift, Christmas 1993 ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/124 "2001-10-16T01:33:07Z")
“You expect me to tell you: what is art? If I knew, I would keep that knowledge to myself.” -----Picasso ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/125 "2001-10-16T01:39:34Z")
“It’ll keep up with an F-111 till take off.” “F-111? Can we handle that much torque?” “Absolutely.” -Conversation between Dr. Gonzo and The Samoan in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/126 "2001-10-16T01:41:17Z")
“Pull my finger” – Every Dad in America. [sub]hit my milestone a few posts back – not like I’m crowing or anything[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/127 "2001-10-16T02:20:15Z")
“Stupid is as stupid does” - Forrest Gump ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/128 "2001-10-16T02:33:20Z")
Don’t mind your makeup, you better make your mind up. Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/129 "2001-10-16T03:42:02Z")
“Ugh, put that away!” - ex-girlfriend ---
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/130 "2001-10-16T04:32:02Z")
I’m a victim of circumstance -Curly Howard ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/131 "2001-10-16T05:57:32Z")
-“sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie,doesn’t mean Im gonna eat the mutherfucker” -“yeah but bacon is _good_ porkchops are _good_” -pulp fiction ---
**Author:** ![leroy\_the\_mule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@leroy\_the\_mule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leroy_the_mule)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/132 "2001-10-16T06:05:21Z")
“I couldn’t possibly agree with you any less.” –former UN ambassador etc. Adlai Stevenson ---
**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 16, 2001, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/133 "2001-10-16T06:34:39Z")
“Lister, you’ve got the brain of a cheese sandwich.” [list]- Arnold J. Rimmer [list]_Red Dwarf_ ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/134 "2001-10-16T06:45:01Z")
[off-topic] Why do I get the feeling that this thread won’t go away until it gets so big a mod locks it? [/off-topic] \*\* > [@](#): > > God is dead-Nietzsche > Nietzsche is dead-God > Oh-ho, I’m still alive-Eddie Veddar \*\* From a bathroom wall at my school. [sub]I don’t know why but that always cracks me up when I see it. Whaddya want? It’s 2:30 in the morning[/sub] ---
**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 16, 2001, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/135 "2001-10-16T07:22:08Z")
“But horseradish does not go with chicken!” [list]- Tom Servo ---
**Author:** ![Sigmund\_Fudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sigmund\_Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmund_Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/136 "2001-10-16T07:31:49Z")
No more talk like that or Ill put the f#!king leechs on you. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/137 "2001-10-16T10:16:33Z")
here i am again… “ni tsai gan shemma ah?!” ~the Big Girl again, translated into “WTF are you DOING?!” heh heh heh… ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/138 "2001-10-16T11:37:54Z")
“I’m gonna _take you down!_ I’m gonna take you down to _Chinatown!_” Robert DeNiro in Meet the Parents ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/139 "2001-10-16T12:25:13Z")
“Beauty for some proides escape. Who gains a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of an ape. Or Fall sunsets exquisitely dying.”–Leda (1920) “Ninth Philospher’s Song.” This was in a catalog my office received. Honest, it’s actually a quote. ---
**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-that-exists-for-the-sole-reason-of-raising-your-post-count/87201/140 "2001-10-16T12:44:46Z")
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