# What I cant count to 15? I mean its right there... the number of posts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742 "2000-01-14T03:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/1 "2000-01-14T03:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by B\_Line12: > \*\* > \*\* the quote thing rocks though! ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/2 "2000-01-14T13:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by B\_Line12: > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally posted by B\_Line12: > > \*\* > > \*\* > > the quote thing rocks though! > > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/3 "2000-01-14T13:08:00Z")
I don’t know. I tried it on the second post and just hit submit without posting anything else and it came out like crap didn’t it ? ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/4 "2000-01-14T13:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by B\_Line12: > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally posted by B\_Line12: > > \*\* > > \*\* > > the quote thing rocks though! > > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/5 "2000-01-14T13:29:00Z")
I don’t like this fire thing one bit. No I don’t. No matter what, this thread must stop at 14 posts. * * * The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/6 "2000-01-14T14:22:00Z")
Well just see about that, \\\\\\ won’t we? 🙂 * * * Let the Truth of Love be lighted/ Let the Love of Truth shine clear. Sensibility/ Armed with sense and liberty With the Heart and Mind united in a single/ Perfect/ Sphere. - Rush ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/7 "2000-01-14T14:26:00Z")
number 7… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/8 "2000-01-14T14:33:00Z")
number 8… 😉 I hate flood control… ☹ * * * Let the Truth of Love be lighted/ Let the Love of Truth shine clear. Sensibility/ Armed with sense and liberty With the Heart and Mind united in a single/ Perfect/ Sphere. - Rush ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/9 "2000-01-14T14:35:00Z")
nine ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/10 "2000-01-14T14:36:00Z")
It’s change. Change is bad. We fear change. New icons everywhere. Must retreat to darkened room. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/11 "2000-01-14T14:37:00Z")
X ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/12 "2000-01-14T14:41:00Z")
elf ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/13 "2000-01-14T14:42:00Z")
dozen ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/14 "2000-01-14T14:45:00Z")
oops, YB threw off my count… this is 14 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/15 "2000-01-14T14:47:00Z")
Fifteen! Flame on! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/16 "2000-01-14T14:49:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by AWB II: > \*\*Well just see about that, > \\\\\\ > won’t we? 🙂 > > \*\* What the Howdy Doody happened here? * * * _Eschew Obfuscation_ ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/17 "2000-01-14T14:59:00Z")
Geez, I thought at first that they ment 15 posts that day, that it was a hot topic, not that there were over 15 posts total. 8 out of 10 topics hit 15 or more, now that’s just annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/18 "2000-01-14T15:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by AWB II: > \*\*number 8… 😉 > > I hate flood control… ☹ > \*\* AWB, maybe you can shed some light for me. I’ve heard a few people talk about “flood control” on this board today. I’m assuming you don’t mean sandbagging a riverbank - so what does it mean in the context of a message board? * * * Princess of the Time and Space Continuum since 1969 (upgraded to goddess 01/07/00) OK, we have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart. =^…^= ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/19 "2000-01-14T15:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by funneefarmer: > **I don’t know. I tried it on the second post and just hit submit without posting anything else and it came out like crap didn’t it ?** Just testing it myself * * * She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again. ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742/20 "2000-01-14T15:42:00Z")
**minxmom** – If you try to submit two posts in less than sixty seconds a screen comes up telling you you can’t do that and says it’s because they’ve instituted flood control. ## What it really means is that you can’t correct the glaring error you just made in your post before somebody else gets a chance to ridicule you. “To do her justice, I can’t see that she could have found anything nastier to say if she’d thought it out with both hands for a fortnight.” Dorothy L. Sayers _Busman’s Honeymoon_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-cant-count-to-15-i-mean-its-right-there-the-number-of-posts/12742.md?page=2)