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Number bagging

Post 1

Bagpuss

Abi,
I thought you might like to have your attention drawn to the recent practice of bagging cool numbers. For myself at least, the story begins in Amy Pawloski's fan club (F72158?thread=142558&post=1747779#p1747779) where vogonpoet (U174321) saluted Researcher U189981 in his name. Several of us now know who the identity scrounger is, but I won't say, coz that would be telling (it is a familiar character, however). I will say that in spite of wild accusations it is neither myself nor The Theory (U186705).

Cool Number (U190000) then jumped on the bandwaggon, as did Feckitywop Arsox (U190091). Happy Little Elf (U186705) tried and failed to join in, registering U190313 in the hope of getting U200000 - clearly not everyone knows about the New Researchers' page. Coincidentally, the ultra-palindromic time and date 20:02 20/02 2002 hit in the middle of all this lot.

Unfortunately it is impossible to register as Researcher -1, though you can visit the potential page U999999999999999999999999999999999 - Thanks to ~jwf~ (U162344) for that. Next up will be U191191.

I hope this is the sort of thing you like to include.

Ciao for now,
Richard


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Post 2

Abi

Wow - what a naughty bunch of Researchers you are! Are you trying to inflate our Researcher numbers! smiley - winkeye

I would include it, but unfortunately it needs an h2g2 page I can link to. It might fit in well in my Post column though. smiley - winkeye


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Post 3

Bagpuss

It was the post column I meant. I'm sure I followed a link to here from there.

smiley - sheepish


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Post 4

An Indiana who registered just to get this nice number!

smiley - yikes

What have I started? smiley - blush


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Post 5

vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670)

As the site grows and becomes universally renowned as a fountain of much knowledge, happyness, and mayhem, priveledged "baggies" such as yourself ijrtgtnn might consider the fact that in the future you might be able to sell your account to the highest bidder to members of the real world who not only want to join our glorious community, but want to do so in style...


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Post 6

An Indiana who registered just to get this nice number!

smiley - bigeyes

Money!!! smiley - biggrin


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Post 7

Bagpuss

How many Euros is 190557 worth? That's next up.


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Post 8

Ottox

*ponders bagging U190670, but nobody would ever know that it's registered researcher #95000*


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Post 9

Abi

Excellent! I have to write a new column this afternoon so this is a head start smiley - wow


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Post 10

Bagpuss

Too slow Ottox. And you've warned the rest of us about U195670 being our lucky 100,000th researcher. I wonder if there's a prize.


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Post 11

Cool Number

* waves hello smiley - biggrin *

Well I've already given away two fat clues as to who I *really* am on my page and threads.

smiley - cake and smiley - bubbly for the first who can out me smiley - winkeye


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Post 12

vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670)

.........


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Post 13

Bagpuss

191180...

11 to go.


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Post 14

vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670)

Is that right 'Bag'puss? smiley - whistle


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Post 15

Bagpuss

Hmmm, some competition methinks....


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Post 16

Researcher 191191

smiley - winkeye


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Post 17

An Indiana who registered just to get this nice number!

Cheater!


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Post 18

Researcher 191191

You sound rather bitter smiley - sadface


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Post 19

Bagpuss

It has to be said that 191190 and 191191 were registered in unusually quick sucession.


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Post 20

An Indiana who registered just to get this nice number!

Nah... smiley - tongueout


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