# Will the 40,000th member win anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 29, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-40-000th-member-win-anything/204564 "2003-09-29T22:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-40-000th-member-win-anything/204564/1 "2003-09-29T22:19:57Z")
I only ask because that point is drawing near. I recommend a novelty item in the vein of “I logged on to the Straight Dope message boards and all I got was this…” They’ll be thrilled. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-40-000th-member-win-anything/204564/2 "2003-09-29T22:39:38Z")
Why 40,000? Maybe I could see 50,000 or 100,000. It’d be like the local furniture store that’s celebrating it’s 14th Anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-40-000th-member-win-anything/204564/3 "2003-09-29T22:41:55Z")
Heh, good point. I just like numbers with a lot of 0s. Okay, then, how about the 50,000th? ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-40-000th-member-win-anything/204564/4 "2003-09-30T04:28:40Z")
pooped on!" ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-40-000th-member-win-anything/204564/5 "2003-09-30T04:38:40Z")
Member 40001 wins a free car, but 40000 gets nothing except my contempt. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-40-000th-member-win-anything/204564/6 "2003-09-30T04:52:19Z")
Member 40,000 wins a copy of all of Cecil’s books, provided they send their credit card number, expiry date, and billing zip code to [cecil@chicagoreader.com](mailto:cecil@chicagoreader.com) . What? I didn’t say a _free_ copy…yeesh ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-40-000th-member-win-anything/204564/7 "2003-09-30T07:54:50Z")
Jeebus! We just had **User 10K**! ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-40-000th-member-win-anything/204564/8 "2003-09-30T12:50:02Z")
Probably the same thing the 30,000th member won 😃