# Whoo-hooo!! We're Number 12!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740 "2003-10-16T05:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/21 "2003-10-16T21:10:22Z")
Just doing my part to get us back up to #12! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/22 "2003-10-16T21:15:34Z")
Come on, people, join in! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/23 "2003-10-16T21:54:55Z")
Yeah, I’ll do my part. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/24 "2003-10-16T21:56:16Z")
Calling Michael Ellis! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/25 "2003-10-16T22:05:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > **Remember when the German’s bombed Pearl Harbor?** Q: What’s intrinsically wrong with Shirley’s question? A: “Germans” should have been written without an apostrophe. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/26 "2003-10-16T22:32:00Z")
:::::\*Grabbing \*\*Sternvogel’s \*_guitar and smashing it into the wall until it is reduced to splinters_::::::: Apostrophes? We dont need no stinkin apostrophes! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/27 "2003-10-16T22:46:00Z")
I hate to say it – but the only thing that can save us is the return of the “a” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/28 "2003-10-16T23:28:12Z")
Past performance is not indicative of future high postings, **but** if we _combine_\* a few, we should have a HPC in no time. An example: \*\*Ghostwriting the Lord of the Rings brought to you by the letter _a_[ See, it so simple is it positively devious. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/29 "2003-10-16T23:29:43Z")
Naturally, being a mastermind, my coding is off. Remind me to fire my secretary. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/30 "2003-10-16T23:59:36Z")
I just submitted a couple other sites I visit on a regular basis. Both will end up towards the bottom of the list. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/31 "2003-10-16T23:59:49Z")
ah, they’re 1920’s style message board rankings. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/32 "2003-10-17T00:05:50Z")
In for a penny in for a pound. Where’s Coldfire… Probably boosting some Dutch board, I’ll wager. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/33 "2003-10-17T00:06:20Z")
**Post** , Emily (October 27, 1872 or October 3, 1873 - September 25, 1960) Daughter of a wealthy architect, Emily Price Post wrote her Etiquette to try to bring common sense and flexibility to good manners. She published ten editions of her book and for many years also wrote a syndicated newspaper column and for a time also hosted a radio program. Before becoming known for her Etiquette book, she also wrote fiction and nonfiction for magazines and wrote several novels. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/34 "2003-10-17T00:18:44Z")
Why are the Something Awful forums not on that list? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/35 "2003-10-17T01:29:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > **I** hate to say it – but the only thing that can save us is the return of the “a” thread. **J** ust what do you think that will accomplish? ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/36 "2003-10-17T02:28:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*It’s those damn North American Subaru Impreza Owners. \*\* im a member there too…i love my Impreza 2.5RS 🙂 its a really good car site…lots of car knowledge there…if your thinking of getting any of the Subaru car models…its good place to do some research before ya buy ok plug over :o 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/37 "2003-10-17T03:14:55Z")
Strikes me as odd that Slashdot is nowhere to be seen on the list. I too question the validity of that ranking. ---
**Author:** ![scotcho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@scotcho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotcho)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/38 "2003-10-17T03:42:51Z")
Time to disguise some post count padding as helpin’ the community! Scotcho ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/39 "2003-10-17T06:26:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sternvogel \* > \*\*Q: What’s intrinsically wrong with Shirley’s question? > > A: “Germans” should have been written without an apostrophe. \*\* Call me old fashioned but didin’t the Japanese bomb Pearl ??? Man this is starting to look like one of those 20’s style message board (much like they Death-Ray of the same ilk) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740/40 "2003-10-17T07:19:32Z")
[quote/Call me old fashioned but didin’t the Japanese bomb Pearl ???[/quote] [WHOOSH.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hooo-were-number-12/207740.md?page=3)