# What should I do with my 500th post?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 3, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006 "2003-07-03T12:58:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006/1 "2003-07-03T12:58:52Z")

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This is my 499th post. This almost coincides with my 2nd anniversary as a poster. Wow. Only 38 years and I’m in the clique!

Looking back, though, with numbers like that it’s very hard to make a big impression. I’ve had a few threads that sank like stones, two or three that went over one page, at least one that was a complete disaster, and one pit OP that I’m really proud of…

I want my 500th post to be special, though. You know, something to make threadspotting, you know, something on the order of “Ask the Gay Guy”, or “What if LOTR had been written by someone else”. I’ll even settle for “The Horror of Blimbs”.

So, I’ve been toiling away at a few OPs; a few semi-serious rants, a debate, a MPSIM game… But I’m not sure if I have gold or not.

So, I think it’s better to ask for your suggestions before hand: what should I do with my 500th post?

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006/2 "2003-07-03T12:59:57Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by jovan \*  
> \*\*I’ll even settle for “The Horror of Blimbs”.  
> \*\*

Blimps.

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006/3 "2003-07-03T13:08:55Z")

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Well that was anticlimactic.

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006/4 "2003-07-03T13:22:50Z")

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What took you so long? 🙂

Congratulations!

Can’t be arsed to do the whole color thingy

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006/5 "2003-07-03T13:24:38Z")

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Noooooooooooooo!!!

_sobbing uncontrollably_

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006/6 "2003-07-03T13:29:20Z")

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well, now you see

(dramatic pause)

The horror of spelling corrections!

😃

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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006/7 "2003-07-03T13:32:30Z")

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_points and laughs_

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**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006/8 "2003-08-19T03:17:26Z")

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You should post more often, **jovan**. You’re totally cute. 🙂

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-500th-post/186006/9 "2003-08-19T12:41:55Z")

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Why, thank you.

_blushes like a little girl_