# Word count maximum?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-count-maximum/210839>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 1, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-count-maximum/210839 "2003-11-01T15:47:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-count-maximum/210839/21 "2003-11-03T02:59:18Z")

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WHAT then?!

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-count-maximum/210839/22 "2003-11-03T02:59:35Z")

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One more time: Champagne?

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-count-maximum/210839/23 "2003-11-03T05:23:30Z")

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I can’t speak for **scott evil** , but I don’t think champagne would be appropriate either.

F\_X

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**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-count-maximum/210839/24 "2003-11-03T11:35:56Z")

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**Flammy** ’s got it. 🙂 But **Blackeyes** , unless I misread, I’m surprised you haven’t.

Anyway, the suspense will end shortly after midnight tonight.

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**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-count-maximum/210839/25 "2003-11-03T14:30:06Z")

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Oh! I think I got it figured out.

Good on ya, **scott**!

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**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-count-maximum/210839/26 "2003-11-04T04:57:09Z")

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It’s [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=221321), in case you’re wondering. The SDMB server clock is wrong… it was posted at 12:01 AM EST. 🙂

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-count-maximum/210839/27 "2003-11-04T16:31:56Z")

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hot chocolate all around!

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