# Who is the poster with the greatest post count? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 2, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393 "2001-12-02T01:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/1 "2001-12-02T01:36:59Z")
I saw one in the 11,000’s. Just wondering if someone knew a way to find out exactly who is the one. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/2 "2001-12-02T01:55:08Z")
**handy** has the highest count. He is who you saw. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/3 "2001-12-02T04:16:56Z")
The _greatest_ post count, however, is the one right beneath my name. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/4 "2001-12-02T05:13:19Z")
> [@](#): > > He is who you saw. There is something not right about this sentence–I’m not sure what, but something. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/5 "2001-12-02T05:43:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > He is who you saw. > > There is something not right about this sentence–I’m not sure what, but something. \*\* That’s because it’s “Was uoy ohw si eh”, backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/6 "2001-12-02T18:29:14Z")
Ah! A nominative-case pronoun in the objective case! Here’s the right way to say it: _He is **whom** you saw._ But it still doesn’t sound right… Okay - _He’s the poster whom you saw._ How do we know who ‘he’ is? Add a noun, and call me in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/7 "2001-12-02T23:36:35Z")
There are those that say **Handy** ’s high post count is the result of improper posting tactics; (see [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=84229) pit thread). ---
**Author:** ![SlickUSA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@SlickUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickUSA)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/8 "2001-12-03T17:33:20Z")
anyone know the stats on handy? m/f? age? ---
**Author:** ![Unclaimed\_Fright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c68b51/32.png) [@Unclaimed\_Fright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unclaimed_Fright)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/9 "2001-12-03T17:46:47Z")
Here’s what just appeared about a week ago- Male, adult but not middle aged yet. Deaf. The term Handy refers to sign language. He’s a corker, but such a regular fixture, non-mean, harmless, and in fact loved by many, distressingly off-topic to some, but most of his non-fans just know to skip his wilder posts. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/10 "2001-12-04T13:45:37Z")
A better question would be, “Who is the poster with the higest post count to post quality ratio?” ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/11 "2001-12-04T23:09:08Z")
**Anthracite** said: > [@](#): > > That’s because it’s “Was uoy ohw si eh”, backwards. Damn…and I didn’t catch it. ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/12 "2001-12-05T01:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > \*\ ***Anthracite** said: > > > [@](#): > > > > That’s because it’s “Was uoy ohw si eh”, backwards. > > Damn…and I didn’t catch it. \*\* I was curious and put “Was uoy ohw si eh” into a Scousian language translator. The results were quite interesting: Results: **"Let’s kick Handy out the band and steal all his good ideas"** What that means is beyond me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/13 "2001-12-05T03:30:21Z")
Jeff Olsen: > [@](#): > > A better question would be, “Who is the poster with the higest post count to post quality ratio?” ::looks around:: Uh, isn’t that universally acknowledged to be me? ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/14 "2001-12-05T05:39:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*A better question would be, “Who is the poster with the higest post count to post quality ratio?” \*\* Judging by the responses a post of his usually gets, as well as the demand by quite a few Dopers for more posts, I would have to say the answer here is **Cecil Adams**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/15 "2001-12-05T06:44:12Z")
Ok, watch out Handy, here I come… just 10,600 posts to go. ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/16 "2001-12-05T06:45:17Z")
Really, I’m going for it right here… ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/17 "2001-12-05T06:46:57Z")
I’ve got Handy sweating now, I just know it. [sup]Ok ok, I’ll stop for now…but I’ll be back![/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/18 "2001-12-05T13:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Atreyu \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > > \*\*A better question would be, “Who is the poster with the higest post count to post quality ratio?” \*\* > > Judging by the responses a post of his usually gets, as well as the demand by quite a few Dopers for more posts, I would have to say the answer here is **Cecil Adams**. 🙂 \*\* Of course. There should have been a qualifier in my last post: “Who is the poster with the highest post count and the best count to quality ratio?” ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/19 "2001-12-05T14:27:13Z")
JFTR, **handy** himself has said that his username does NOT refer to sign language. Rather, to use his own words, it is because he is “handy around the house”. In fact, as I understand it, **handy** is not the world’s most proficient ASL user. Anyway, ignore those numbers. They’re wrong anyway - everyone knows that I have the highest _real_ post count. pan ---
**Author:** ![Rmat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rmat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rmat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393/20 "2001-12-05T15:03:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Redukter \* > \*\*Ah! A nominative-case pronoun in the objective case! Here’s the right way to say it: > > _He is **whom** you saw._ > > But it still doesn’t sound right… Okay - > > _He’s the poster whom you saw._ > > How do we know who ‘he’ is? Add a noun, and call me in the morning. \*\* Hold on now, just a dog-gone minute: “He is who you saw.” I ain’t no grammarian, but in that sentence isn’t “who” sorta linked to “is” – a form of the verb to be, which is always “nominative” (to use your fancy expression)? “Who” is only sort of “objective” (to use another of them-there fancy words) WITHIN the clause (“who you saw”), which from my understanding just don’t matter. Conclusion: “He is who you saw” is just fine. No? Wait a minute. Perhaps I got this backwards. “I gave the ball to him” is undoubtedly correct, but “I gave the ball to he who is tallest” is also correct even though in both sentences the third-dude singular is the same. In the latter, however, “he” (the ball recipient) is also all tied up there with the verb to be (“is tallest”), so it’s nominative, right? Oh damn, I swear I used to know this shit. Someone help. In my work it’s real important that I not fuck up over such matters, so everytime I encounter a situation I am unsure of, I just write around. The solution usually comes in breaking a sentence into two or more shorter and simpler sentences. Wait. I think I was right the first time: The who/whom thing ain’t even necessary: “It is he you saw” or “It is him you saw”? Definitely the first. No doubt. Another example: “Ding-dong” “Who’s there?” “It’s me” WRONG Should be “It is I,” seeing as how “is” is a form of the verb to be (not that I’d get all upset or anything if you said “me”) OK, it’s time to hear from someone who actually KNOWS. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-poster-with-the-greatest-post-count/96393.md?page=2)