# Why the post count? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365 "2002-03-21T16:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/42 "2002-03-23T15:58:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > \*\* > YEAH! I DO! > But if one of you geniuses could show me how to use this thing, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks. \*\* Come over here, honey. We’ll begin with lesson 1. Meet Mr. Happy… ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/43 "2002-03-23T15:58:35Z")
Insert Tab A into Slot B (or C). DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Stinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Stinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinky)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/44 "2002-03-23T21:37:34Z")
🙂 Just trying to pad my own post count\> ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/46 "2002-03-23T23:53:51Z")
Congratulations, Neel, you’ve been “whooshed”. (Hint: It’s a method to denote a pause in the flow of communication, kind of like a larger version of an ellipsis.) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/47 "2002-03-24T09:21:20Z")
**SPOOFE** , my darling, I am reminded of that old proverb - something about pigs, singing, and a waste of time? :rolleyes: Esprix [sub]Scylla[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/48 "2002-03-24T10:41:20Z")
Oh hell. Since I’m using this thread to pad my post count anyway: One particular time when I was feeling particularly horny, I wrote Mrs. Smegma a haiku about my balls. No, I will _not_ reproduce it here, since I hold most details of my relationship with Lizard, I mean Sweetums, um, Mrs. Smegma to be sacredly private! You voyeuristic swine!😛 Anyway, she found said haiku to be sufficiently “twistedly charming” to do me to a tender turn. Life is good in Chez Smegma. ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/49 "2002-03-24T10:52:45Z")
I poop at least once per day. Sometimes as much as four times, but this is rare. Anyone? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/50 "2002-03-24T11:25:44Z")
_speaking as staff member_ Dear neel2 and Esprix, or anyone else for that matter, if you want to come to negative personal observations about another poster, I will have to ask that you continue this discussion in The BBQ Pit forum. This takes effect immediately. _end of staff member speech_ ---
**Author:** ![Cheswolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@Cheswolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheswolf)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/51 "2002-03-24T14:17:05Z")
:o ☹ 🙂 😃 😉 😛 :mad: :rolleyes: 🆒 :eek: 😕 ;j ::::::::::::looks around to see if anybody notice the padding of his count with a useless post::::::::::::: ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/52 "2002-03-24T14:39:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\ ***SPOOFE** , my darling, I am reminded of that old proverb - something about pigs, singing, and a waste of time? > > :rolleyes: > > Esprix > > [sub]Scylla[/sub] \*\* _Jaw drops in surprise_ _GASP_ No “terribly excessive vertical space”?! :eek: [sub]One more post closer to 1K… bwahahahaha!!![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/53 "2002-03-25T15:28:54Z")
I think **Madea’s Child** hit it on the nose. What would we do without the numbers? The beautiful numbers! They dance for us and sing for us and read us stories to go to sleep. They are our friends, our lovers, our children, our relatives. They glow all the colours of the rainbow and none. They are mysterious and comforting. They are our legacy. Or something. pan ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365/54 "2002-03-25T18:38:04Z")
And is the ‘or something’ a quest to see how much padding it takes before the post count stops being lumpy? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-post-count/99365.md?page=2)