# Twenty Seven Word Posts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285 "2002-04-29T14:03:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![High\_Deity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9a140/32.png) [@High\_Deity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Deity)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/1 "2002-04-29T14:03:58Z")
Now people have posts with one word or two words, or maybe even three words, but how about this many words? Just a little challenge to you. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/2 "2002-04-29T14:08:03Z")
Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please stop. ---
**Author:** ![Nevermind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Nevermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/3 "2002-04-29T14:37:53Z")
This is the most silliest way to expend brain energy that I have encountered on this message board. I think maybe someone needs to get a job. ---
**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/4 "2002-04-29T14:39:14Z")
Legomancer, in his (her?) vat of nutritive liquids, was irked when somebody had the gaul to try a convoluted variation on a boring theme. But that’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/5 "2002-04-29T17:47:43Z")
I truly think that it takes a person of strong conviction to be willing to try something a little different than the rest of the crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/6 "2002-04-29T18:11:48Z")
Different? Simply picking yet another integer (out of an infinite supply) and asking people to write posts of that length? How exactly does this rate as different? ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/7 "2002-04-29T18:18:16Z")
Well, it is kind of like having a sheep with a black spot. He is still a sheep, but the other sheep are inexplicably drawn to it. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/8 "2002-04-29T18:34:02Z")
**Nevermind** , “most silliest” is bad grammar; it should be “most silly” or just “silliest”. Just a friendly reminder, since I am not the grammar police, after all! ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/9 "2002-04-29T18:47:03Z")
I say make it slightly more challenging and say the post must be twenty-seven DIFFERENT words. No one has done that yet. At least not until now. ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/10 "2002-04-29T18:56:07Z")
Shoot, I meant to change the second “say” to “state” to avoid duplicate words. Now, I have screwed the whole thing up. I’m embarresed by my arrogance. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/11 "2002-04-29T19:15:59Z")
I think you are misinterpreting this thread. The title is ‘Twenty Seven Word Posts,’ not ‘Twenty-Seven Word Posts.’ I won’t make twenty posts, for brevity’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/12 "2002-04-29T19:20:38Z")
I will sit here and count each word I type in this box on my fingers and make sure that I do not exceed the 27 words. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EVO95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@EVO95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EVO95)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/13 "2002-04-29T19:34:43Z")
Just a nitpick, but shouldn’t twenty-seven be counted as two words? If so, then **dreamer** has exceeded maximum wordage and should be chastised for rule breaking. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/14 "2002-04-29T19:38:04Z")
For the love of God, I hope this is the last of the insipid “X-number-of-words” threads. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-seven-word-posts/106285/15 "2002-05-01T02:54:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EVO95 \* > \*\*Just a nitpick, but shouldn’t twenty-seven be counted as two words? If so, then **dreamer** has exceeded maximum wordage and should be chastised for rule breaking. \*\* _chastise_ - The English Dictionary definition being: scold, discipline, spank. If this is what happens when one breaks the rules around here then I will be dang sure to count better next time!! 😃