The Infinite Thread
The Infinite Thread
This is a running compilation of The Infinite Thread from the Silly Messageboard Games board at Giant in the Playground. The game here is to provide an "example" of each number all the way up to, well, infinity!
The game so far (poster's name in brackets):
1 - The loneliest number. (Aeyamar)
2 - The only even prime number. (Archonic Energy)
3 - Number of legs on a tripod. (Chunklets)
4 - The only number with same amount of letters as its number . (Death
5 - 00000101 in binary. (Aeyamar)
6 - Number of legs an insect has. (Fualkner_Asiniti)
7 - The only single digit number with two syllables. (Lilly)
8 - The roundest single digit number. (It's made of two circles man, that's pretty round.). (Case)
9 - The sixth digit of pi. (Aeyamar)
10 - The first 2 digit number. (Appolo)
11 - The Apollo that landed on the moon. (Lord Herman)
12 - Numbers on a clock. (Oskar & The Orange Zergling)
13 - In Western culture, an unlucky number. If some other cultures, the luckiest number of all. (McDeath)
14 - The current total number of posts in this thread. (Warlord Nerd-o-Rama)
15 - The number of years it will be 'till the fourth olympics from now. (Mr. Anderson)
16 - Has a square root of 4. 4 has a square root of 2. 2 is the only even prime number. (Dispozition)
17 - The number of letters in the word "softheartedness". (Aeyamar)
18 - When you become an adult. (Bookman)
19 - The atomic number of potassium. (Chunklets)
20 - The number of letter in the alphabet, excluding vowels (A,E,I,O,U,Y). (DivaDe21)
21 - The legal age for drinking in the United States. (Smellie Hippie)
22 - The second 2-digit number that is also a palindrome. (Aeyamar)
23 - The number of seasons Hank Aaron played in the major leagues. (Chunklets)
24 - Hours in a day. (Penultimate Minion)
25 - The age when my insurance will go down. (Bookman)
26 - The number of weeks in half a year. (Ioial77)
27 - One short of the number of days in Februaury, non-leap year. (The ZippoMaster)
28 - Often used in horror movies to depict a time in days in which evil things occur, and resolve. (The Mayor Mortia De Luna Draco)
29 - + 20 chapters left in the book I'm reading. (Oskar & The Orange Zergling)
30 - The number of sides on a triacontagon. (Chunklets)
31 - Number of days in the month of December. (Aeyamar)
32 - The answer to 9x4 according to my classmate. (The Spoon of Flaming Doom)
33 - Approximately one third of 100. (Wizzardman)
34 - The distance, in light years, from Earth to Pollux (Beta Geminorum). (Chunklets)
35 - The jersey number of Dwayne Roloson of the Edmonton Oilers. (Vincent the Canadian)
36 - The number of inches in a yard. (Gee Vee)
37 - Normal body temperature in Celsius. (Ioial77)
38 - The number of times someone has said no to me today. (B-Man)
39 - Number of keys in the middle three rows of my keyboard (excluding numeric keypad and navigation keypad). (n11)
40 - The only number, which, when spelled out, has all its letters in alphabetical order. (Token)
41 - The age, in years, of "killer doctor" Harold Shipman's youngest victim. (Chunklets)
42 - The answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything. (Psionic Devotee)
43 - The number after the answer to life the universe and everything. (Tempest Stormwing)
44 - Approximately 4/9 of 100. (B-Man)
45 - Number of metric tons of heavy metals in wastewater discharged by BASF in 2005, according to their own documents. (Chunklets)
46 - An American Football defensive scheme created by the Chicago Bears in the mid-1980's. (n11)
47 - The Jersey number of the (Cleveland) Browns rookie running back Lawrence Vickers. (Ioial77)
48 - What I get in donuts every morning for my crews (4 dozen). (The Mayor Mortia De Luna Draco)
49 - 7 squared. (Bookman)
50 - Half a century. (Death)
51 - The number of a famous "Area". (Drommel)
52 - The number of a not so famous area. (The Mayor Mortia De Luna Draco)
53 - Prime. (Chris the Pontifex)
54 - LIV. (Rilik)
55 - About how old El J is. (Blackfox)
56 - The product of 7 and 8. (ElfLad)
57 - Heinz Varieties
. (n11)
58 - The last two digits of the year both my parents were born. (The Spoon of Flaming Doom)
59 - The 5th and 6th digits of pi (3.14159). (Aeyamar)
60 - Seconds in a minute. (Bookman)
61 - Roger Maris breaks the homerun record without steroids. (n11)
62 - Number of the federalist paper dealing with The Senate. Yay Democracy! (Madame Zelia)
63 - Year, B.C., in which the Roman emperor Augustus was born. (Chunklets)
64 - Data transfer bits of upcoming hardware and software. (Thervold)
65 - Not a happy number. (Chris the Pontifex)
66 - One digit short of the number of the Beast. (Loren & Kivsith)
67 - Millions of years ago that the dinosaurs were wiped out. (Chunklets)
68 - Year of the DNC riot in Chicago. (Madame Zelia)
69 - Number of seconds I must have taken verifying the correctness of my intended entry for 68!!! (n11)
70 - 1906 short of the bicentenial. (The Logic Vampire)
71 - Number of people on this site who DONT know who Rich Burlew is... (The Mayor Mortia De Luna Draco)
72 - Significant I'm sure......... (Bookman)
73 - The number that precedes 74. (DungeonMaster7)
74 - The number that follows 73. (Ioial77)
75 - Provincial Highway that provides the main route between Winnipeg and the U.S. border. (Chunklets)
76 - Trombones led the big parade. (n11)
77 - The same number, twice! (Cathrindir)
78 - The first two digits of my area code. (Loren & Kivsith)
79 - Equal to 70+9. (Bookman)
80 - How old the queen is. (Weebl & Bob)
81 - Largest two-digit perfect square. (n11)
82 - A happy number! (Chris the Pontifex)
83 - A number. No, no, not a letter...a number. Sound it out:
*Num*
*ber*. (Cathrindir)
84 - Number of calories in one cup of cubed cantaloupe. (Chunklets)
85 - % of statistics are made up on the spot. (Loren & Kivsith)
86 - An age I probably won't live to see. (DungeonMaster7)
87 - 78 backwards! (Bookman)
88 - Infinity times two. (Oskar & The Orange Zergling)
89 - Number of episodes of The Larry Sanders Show. (Chunklets)
90 - The beginning of a decade. (Rivik)
91 - When my sister was born! (Bookman)
92 - Reggie White. (n11)
93 - 92...
+....
1!!! DUN DUN DUN! (Cathrindir)
94 - Boiling point of water, in degrees celsius, at an altitude of 6000 feet (assuming standard barometric pressure). (Chunklets)
95 - The last 2 digits in many prices. (Bookman)
96 - The hexadecimal representation for 150. (Ioial77)
97 - The year Mother Theresa died. (Smellie Hippie)
98 - The number of episodes of Gilligan's Island. (Borvo)
99 - Red Balloons. (Bookman)
100 - Cento. (B-Man)
101 - Number of Dalmatians in that movie, um, what was it called again? (Chunklets)
102 - The frequency of the local radio station. (The Spoon of Flaming Doom)
103 - degrees Farenheit is REALLY hot. (Bookman)
This is a running compilation of The Infinite Thread from the Silly Messageboard Games board at Giant in the Playground. The game here is to provide an "example" of each number all the way up to, well, infinity!
The game so far (poster's name in brackets):
1 - The loneliest number. (Aeyamar)
2 - The only even prime number. (Archonic Energy)
3 - Number of legs on a tripod. (Chunklets)
4 - The only number with same amount of letters as its number . (Death
5 - 00000101 in binary. (Aeyamar)
6 - Number of legs an insect has. (Fualkner_Asiniti)
7 - The only single digit number with two syllables. (Lilly)
8 - The roundest single digit number. (It's made of two circles man, that's pretty round.). (Case)
9 - The sixth digit of pi. (Aeyamar)
10 - The first 2 digit number. (Appolo)
11 - The Apollo that landed on the moon. (Lord Herman)
12 - Numbers on a clock. (Oskar & The Orange Zergling)
13 - In Western culture, an unlucky number. If some other cultures, the luckiest number of all. (McDeath)
14 - The current total number of posts in this thread. (Warlord Nerd-o-Rama)
15 - The number of years it will be 'till the fourth olympics from now. (Mr. Anderson)
16 - Has a square root of 4. 4 has a square root of 2. 2 is the only even prime number. (Dispozition)
17 - The number of letters in the word "softheartedness". (Aeyamar)
18 - When you become an adult. (Bookman)
19 - The atomic number of potassium. (Chunklets)
20 - The number of letter in the alphabet, excluding vowels (A,E,I,O,U,Y). (DivaDe21)
21 - The legal age for drinking in the United States. (Smellie Hippie)
22 - The second 2-digit number that is also a palindrome. (Aeyamar)
23 - The number of seasons Hank Aaron played in the major leagues. (Chunklets)
24 - Hours in a day. (Penultimate Minion)
25 - The age when my insurance will go down. (Bookman)
26 - The number of weeks in half a year. (Ioial77)
27 - One short of the number of days in Februaury, non-leap year. (The ZippoMaster)
28 - Often used in horror movies to depict a time in days in which evil things occur, and resolve. (The Mayor Mortia De Luna Draco)
29 - + 20 chapters left in the book I'm reading. (Oskar & The Orange Zergling)
30 - The number of sides on a triacontagon. (Chunklets)
31 - Number of days in the month of December. (Aeyamar)
32 - The answer to 9x4 according to my classmate. (The Spoon of Flaming Doom)
33 - Approximately one third of 100. (Wizzardman)
34 - The distance, in light years, from Earth to Pollux (Beta Geminorum). (Chunklets)
35 - The jersey number of Dwayne Roloson of the Edmonton Oilers. (Vincent the Canadian)
36 - The number of inches in a yard. (Gee Vee)
37 - Normal body temperature in Celsius. (Ioial77)
38 - The number of times someone has said no to me today. (B-Man)
39 - Number of keys in the middle three rows of my keyboard (excluding numeric keypad and navigation keypad). (n11)
40 - The only number, which, when spelled out, has all its letters in alphabetical order. (Token)
41 - The age, in years, of "killer doctor" Harold Shipman's youngest victim. (Chunklets)
42 - The answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything. (Psionic Devotee)
43 - The number after the answer to life the universe and everything. (Tempest Stormwing)
44 - Approximately 4/9 of 100. (B-Man)
45 - Number of metric tons of heavy metals in wastewater discharged by BASF in 2005, according to their own documents. (Chunklets)
46 - An American Football defensive scheme created by the Chicago Bears in the mid-1980's. (n11)
47 - The Jersey number of the (Cleveland) Browns rookie running back Lawrence Vickers. (Ioial77)
48 - What I get in donuts every morning for my crews (4 dozen). (The Mayor Mortia De Luna Draco)
49 - 7 squared. (Bookman)
50 - Half a century. (Death)
51 - The number of a famous "Area". (Drommel)
52 - The number of a not so famous area. (The Mayor Mortia De Luna Draco)
53 - Prime. (Chris the Pontifex)
54 - LIV. (Rilik)
55 - About how old El J is. (Blackfox)
56 - The product of 7 and 8. (ElfLad)
57 - Heinz Varieties
. (n11)58 - The last two digits of the year both my parents were born. (The Spoon of Flaming Doom)
59 - The 5th and 6th digits of pi (3.14159). (Aeyamar)
60 - Seconds in a minute. (Bookman)
61 - Roger Maris breaks the homerun record without steroids. (n11)
62 - Number of the federalist paper dealing with The Senate. Yay Democracy! (Madame Zelia)
63 - Year, B.C., in which the Roman emperor Augustus was born. (Chunklets)
64 - Data transfer bits of upcoming hardware and software. (Thervold)
65 - Not a happy number. (Chris the Pontifex)
66 - One digit short of the number of the Beast. (Loren & Kivsith)
67 - Millions of years ago that the dinosaurs were wiped out. (Chunklets)
68 - Year of the DNC riot in Chicago. (Madame Zelia)
69 - Number of seconds I must have taken verifying the correctness of my intended entry for 68!!! (n11)
70 - 1906 short of the bicentenial. (The Logic Vampire)
71 - Number of people on this site who DONT know who Rich Burlew is... (The Mayor Mortia De Luna Draco)
72 - Significant I'm sure......... (Bookman)
73 - The number that precedes 74. (DungeonMaster7)
74 - The number that follows 73. (Ioial77)
75 - Provincial Highway that provides the main route between Winnipeg and the U.S. border. (Chunklets)
76 - Trombones led the big parade. (n11)
77 - The same number, twice! (Cathrindir)
78 - The first two digits of my area code. (Loren & Kivsith)
79 - Equal to 70+9. (Bookman)
80 - How old the queen is. (Weebl & Bob)
81 - Largest two-digit perfect square. (n11)
82 - A happy number! (Chris the Pontifex)
83 - A number. No, no, not a letter...a number. Sound it out:
*Num*
*ber*. (Cathrindir)
84 - Number of calories in one cup of cubed cantaloupe. (Chunklets)
85 - % of statistics are made up on the spot. (Loren & Kivsith)
86 - An age I probably won't live to see. (DungeonMaster7)
87 - 78 backwards! (Bookman)
88 - Infinity times two. (Oskar & The Orange Zergling)
89 - Number of episodes of The Larry Sanders Show. (Chunklets)
90 - The beginning of a decade. (Rivik)
91 - When my sister was born! (Bookman)
92 - Reggie White. (n11)
93 - 92...
+....
1!!! DUN DUN DUN! (Cathrindir)
94 - Boiling point of water, in degrees celsius, at an altitude of 6000 feet (assuming standard barometric pressure). (Chunklets)
95 - The last 2 digits in many prices. (Bookman)
96 - The hexadecimal representation for 150. (Ioial77)
97 - The year Mother Theresa died. (Smellie Hippie)
98 - The number of episodes of Gilligan's Island. (Borvo)
99 - Red Balloons. (Bookman)
100 - Cento. (B-Man)
101 - Number of Dalmatians in that movie, um, what was it called again? (Chunklets)
102 - The frequency of the local radio station. (The Spoon of Flaming Doom)
103 - degrees Farenheit is REALLY hot. (Bookman)
