# ¿Who wants a free burned CD?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 15, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074 "2001-01-15T03:01:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/1 "2001-01-15T03:01:22Z")

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I am bored, and I have a ton of CDRW’s lying around and I am a kind person.  
I will choose a random number and whichever post number wins, gets it. (So, if you are post number 5 and I randomly pick the number 5, you win).

So here’s how it’s going to be. I will give everyone until 10 p.m. Monday. So, **POST QUICKLY**.

If I choose you, I will e-mail you and get the list of tracks you want and your adress and I’ll mail it to you free.

So, who wants it?

Oh and Czarcasm/TVeblen, if I am violating SDMB rules by doing this, feel free to shut it down.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/2 "2001-01-15T03:12:11Z")

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Post early, post often?

How do I know you’re going to have any songs that I want? Then again, what are the chances your random number will be 1?

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**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/3 "2001-01-15T03:14:45Z")

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1)Post only once.  
2)And I will go out of my way to get the songs you want.  
Thanks to a little Cat named Napster, this is possible.

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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/4 "2001-01-15T04:48:07Z")

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What if you pick 2? Or do your posts not count, thus making me #2? Whatever, I’m in.

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**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/5 "2001-01-15T04:50:25Z")

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I need to be more clear.  
No, my posts will not be counted, so just ignore my posts and count all other posts and you get your number.  
All you others, post while you still can.

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**Author:** ![Dylan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dylan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dylan)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/6 "2001-01-15T05:04:11Z")

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oooooooooooh oooooh… me

:: jumping up and down ::

:: runs to get bikini ::

:: resumes jumping up and down ::

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**Author:** ![dewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@dewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dewt)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/7 "2001-01-15T05:07:19Z")

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:: jumping up and down ::

:: realize how silly I would look in a bikini - especially next to **Dylan** ::

:: attempting to regain composure ::

:: enjoys view of **Dylan** bouncing ::

:: hits **submit reply** by accident ::

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**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/8 "2001-01-15T05:27:14Z")

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That is why I love this place ! … you see the funnest stuff!!

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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/9 "2001-01-15T05:28:31Z")

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I’m in! What a great idea, **Mercutio**! You must be a really, really nice person.

::re-reads the OP and realizes that it is a random drawing and sucking up isn’t necessary::

Never mind.

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**Author:** ![Elkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Elkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elkman)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/10 "2001-01-15T05:34:53Z")

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Count me in. The ol’ Elkman’s gotta try for freebees, whatever they may be.

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**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/11 "2001-01-15T05:35:59Z")

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Is this still open?

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**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/12 "2001-01-15T05:37:48Z")

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This is still open until 10pm tommorrow. Monday, the 15th.  
I’ll count you in **thinks**.

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**Author:** ![nowalls99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@nowalls99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nowalls99)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/13 "2001-01-15T05:40:04Z")

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I perform this same task for my friends and relatives, so I know how much _fun_ it can be. If you have Pagemaker, I’d like that, but if not, I’ll repectfully withdraw my entry.

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**Author:** ![Lawmill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lawmill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawmill)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/14 "2001-01-15T06:49:59Z")

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**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/15 "2001-01-15T06:53:50Z")

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Yes please.  
Hm. I wonder if that counts as aiding and abetting. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/16 "2001-01-15T07:52:23Z")

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Hmmm free things are good. I’ll take a wack at it

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**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/17 "2001-01-15T08:11:52Z")

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I’ll give it a shot even though I never win anything. Sometimes my Cracker Jacks don’t have a prize. 🙂

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/18 "2001-01-15T11:27:30Z")

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::RT starts mentally composing list of songs to ask for if he wins::

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**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/19 "2001-01-15T11:42:07Z")

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you can add me to the list

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**Author:** ![labdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@labdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labdude)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-a-free-burned-cd/50074/20 "2001-01-15T14:03:47Z")

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me too

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