Today’s Post Will Have More Comments Than Ever Before

October 24th, 2005

Today’s post will have more comments than ever before.

Some people think that proclaiming such a thing like I just proclaimed up there in the line before this line is an egotistical and potentially ego-crushing statement to make. Some people have said that it is just setting me up for failure and a depressing day. Some people, in an attempt to make sure that the truth does not come true, will do their best to discourage such an outcome.

But dare I say it? Today’s post will have more comments than ever before.

Someone recently said that there’s no correlation between important topic and comments. That a post about nothing (like, for example, a post just simply suggesting that it’s a post that will have more comments than ever before) can often, and inexplicably, pull more comments from readers (including those lurkers that never have left comments before) than an important post about political, intellectual or celebrectual (intelligent celebrities) issues.

I totally agree.

But there’s a secret to getting a post to have more comments than any other post before. That secret, of course, does not involve the desperate begging for comments. That secret, of course, does not involve the pleading, the hoping and the wishing of more comments on this post than any other post before. That secret involves one thing and one thing only…

Pissing people off.

Just a simple paragraph like this one I’m typing right now is all that you need. Just a little barb about how pomegranates are the devil’s fruit or about how parents who bring kids to movies should be shot. Maybe a little backhanded subtle opinion on this whole spaghetti monster/intellectual design thing which says more about people’s levels of boredom than anything else. Perhaps I could talk briefly about the fact that a baby’s soft-spot on their skull unnerves me…and that although I would never want to press the soft spot I’m surprised no one has been arrested trying to do so. Or, maybe…I could make a blanket political statement like “Watergate never happened” and see what that does for my traffic levels.

After reading that previous paragraph I’ve decided that pissing people off isn’t the only way to get more comments than ever before. There’s another, even more psychologically-subversive way, to get people to comment on this post more than any other post before…

Reverse psychology.

I could tell everyone reading this right now (which I’m going to do, so hang onto your hats) that I do not want you to comment here on this post. You don’t deserve to have your name and your website get traffic just because you lay down a comment here. That’s a little egotistical of you, don’t you think? In fact, I’ll bet you can’t even muster up the courage to type a comment here on this post, which is going to be a literal Who’s Who of Blog America by the end of the day. You know, now that there’s TWENTY MILLION BLOGS (here is the 20 millionth one), it’s tough to get people to go to your site, but when your name is a part of a list of comments written by the WHO’S WHO of BLOGGING AMERICA, well…you’ll get traffic coming your way. But I don’t want you do post a comment for that reason. I’d prefer you only leave a comment if you have a thought. Okay? So put down the keyboard and move away from the computer. Your simple comment of, “I so agree!” doesn’t separate you from the average spam comment and so, based on that fact, I say that you should stay silent.

Just so you know, the post with the most comments so far on WFME clocks in at about 123. Some reading this post right now already are saying to themselves, “One hundred twenty three? You’re crazy, Pauly. How will any post ever clock in more than 123 comments? How can that be possible?”

If you make a wish and dream a dream and believe in your heart of hearts that the truth will set you free and make the world a better more magical place, anything can come true. (Some talking magical animal once said that.)

One-hundred twenty three comments. I spit on one-hundred twenty three comments. And you should too. So you muster up that courage and you contact your friends and tell them to tell two friends and tell their friends to tell two friends and so on and so on (like Selsun Blue) and before long what once seemed like pure idiocy at the beginning of this post will become a reality and that damn foot post won’t be the leader in the hopper at WFME any longer.

If you trust in yourself and believe in your country…I have faith we can work together to take the attention away from other useless time wasters today in making this post the one with more comments than ever before.

I had my hand on my heart and was staring at the American Flag throughout this whole post, FYI.

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In other news, Wednesday will mark WFME’s 1000th post. Stay tuned for amazing giveaways, live musical performances, and perhaps…just maybe… A brand new podcast.

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    I, for one, totally agree with the content in this post.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 8:04 am

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    The “show about nothing” (Seinfeld) was absolutely the most popular.
    So, there you go.

    Comment by nic — October 24, 2005 @ 8:27 am

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    pomegranates ARE the devil’s fruit

    Comment by Daniel Nicolas — October 24, 2005 @ 8:44 am

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    Well now, if you really didn’t want us to comment, you’d turn off the comments for this post.

    Comment by Hilary — October 24, 2005 @ 8:47 am

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    No, then it would have been called Today’s Post Will Have More Comments Than Ever Before [Unless I Turn Off The Comments Section, Which I Have]

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 8:48 am

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    My inner hAx0r would totally have found a way to comment on a post called Today’s Post Will Have More Comments Than Ever Before [Unless I Turn Off The Comments Section, Which I Have]

    Comment by kingbenny — October 24, 2005 @ 8:53 am

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    Stick with the music, KB. Leave the mAd 3ki11z to me.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 8:56 am

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    this post is like crack, man. i can’t not comment.

    Comment by meme — October 24, 2005 @ 8:57 am

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    You know, I really have nothing to say, so I’ll just sing along with the Chicago song playing on the radio:

    “Saturday in the Park
    I think it was the Fourth of July
    Saturday in the Park…”

    Hey, at least you got another comment.

    Comment by Neil — October 24, 2005 @ 9:06 am

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    Oooh, Chicago is so good. Enough for me to poop on!

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 9:13 am

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    I understand that if you have a second and third toe that is longer than all the other toes, you can wash your feet in pomegranites and the long toes will miraculously shrink to “normal size.” Is this the work of the devil?

    Thank goodness my feet are perfect…

    Comment by Flower Girl — October 24, 2005 @ 9:16 am

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    There’s something about a baby’s soft spot that unnerves me too. Something about how it’s their head, but it’s friggin SOFT! How has evolution not fixed this yet? We should be shooting out babies with steel craniums by now.

    Comment by Dan — October 24, 2005 @ 9:21 am

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    And babies don’t have KNEECAPS until they’re two years old either, Dan.

    To think, human beings are pumping out little babies with holes in their heads and no kneecaps? Just gives me the willies.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 9:27 am

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    The most important factor when regarding comments is their freshness. You want fresh, ripe and juicy comments, not just a bunch of old withered up dried out bland ones. Let this post have many comments and hopefully they will all be fresh.

    Comment by monkeyinabox — October 24, 2005 @ 9:27 am

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    While I’m not normally one to comment for the sheer sake of making sure that my comment is recorded on, what is sure to be, a record-breakign comment thread, I will do so here, because it’s an opportunity at infamy that I shan’t pass up.

    And, you’d also think that, considering the import of this post and ensuing comment thread, go back and correct my typo in th word “record-breaking”, but I’m not gonna… that’s just the way I roll.

    Comment by Dylan — October 24, 2005 @ 9:33 am

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    Also…

    Wouldn’t it be helpful if we all were assigned a number when our blog was created? “You were blog #1,374,094.” That way we can all be smugly dismissive of blogs that came after us.

    Comment by Dylan — October 24, 2005 @ 9:37 am

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    I wish we were all assigned a number when we created our blog. That would be great.

    Although, I was one of the people to actually get that number when I registered this one. It happened to be, and get this: #12.

    So, I’m the twelfth blog to ever be created. Sorta cool.

    (Try to fact check that. I dare you.)

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 9:41 am

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    Dylan: That sounds like a great idea. If that were the case, I might be blog #1,230,000, or somewhere around there. However, that’s only officially. If you count between the years of 1995-2000, I maintained a “news area” of the now defunct kartooner.com (I think it was called Erik’s Dusty Basement or something), and that might count as a blog.

    Paul: What you didn’t make clear is that if I comment 50 times on here, is that still valid?

    Comment by kartooner — October 24, 2005 @ 9:47 am

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    I’m only responding to your question here, Kartooner, because I feel it’s the quickest way to the source… But yes, if you were to comment 50 times, that would count for 12 comments if you use the WFME comment equation which is:

    x - 38 = number of legit comments (where x equals the number of comments you leave)

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 9:56 am

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    I, for 20, totally agree with the content in this post.

    Comment by Meg — October 24, 2005 @ 9:57 am

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    Pauly, if your WFME comment equation were to hold weight, then you are well into negative numbers here.

    Even this, my third comment, would mean that, by the mere act of of my comment, have decreased the number of comments by 35.

    Comment by Dylan — October 24, 2005 @ 10:06 am

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    Things always start in the negative, Dylan.

    But isn’t it great to know that from here on forward, things can only go into the positive!? Really, it helps ME sleep at night, I’ll tell you that.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 10:10 am

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    Actually, it will keep going negative (much, I must say, like myself).

    Until the number of comments by EVERYONE who has already commented is 38 or higher, you will just continue to get and increasingly larger negative number (that is to say, a decreasingly smaller negative one).

    So, a new record might be set: the least number of comments on a post.

    Comment by Dylan — October 24, 2005 @ 10:19 am

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    Now you’re just trying to confuse me, Dylan. But since I’m a nice guy, I will amend the WFME comment equation:

    x - 38 + 37 = number of legit comments

    That should even things out a bit.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 10:22 am

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    paul- are you commenting on everyone’s comments so you will have more comments, thus making the title of this post true?

    hmmmm….

    i am totally onto you bucko!
    :) sizz

    Comment by ms. sizzle — October 24, 2005 @ 10:26 am

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    Whew… that was a close one….

    Nice save, Pauly.

    (and, let it be known that, due to the sheer number of comments I’ve left on this subject, should a record be broken, I’ll take full-throated credit for it).

    Comment by Dylan — October 24, 2005 @ 10:26 am

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    i refuse to post a comment.

    Comment by jenny — October 24, 2005 @ 10:29 am

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    Like the Pamchenko twist, Dylan?

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 10:30 am

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    Oh, I no you didn’t come back at me with more questions about the Pamchenko Twist! Damn. That’s just cold.

    I’ll take this moment, then, to reassert my strong, um, assertion, that I am the only person who’s managed to land a Solo Pamchenko. I mean, seriously, I had, like, scientific proof!

    Comment by Dylan — October 24, 2005 @ 10:34 am

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    “I totally agree.“

    Comment by Glen C. — October 24, 2005 @ 10:37 am

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    To tie in another subject from a previous post AND to help you rack up the comments here, Pauly, I have a hair appointment after work.

    AND, I’m going from blonde to brunette.

    Is this frightening to anyone besides me?

    Comment by Flower Girl — October 24, 2005 @ 10:48 am

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    I sailed from all the way across the internet to post here. I’ve never even read this blog before.

    Comment by chris.h — October 24, 2005 @ 10:50 am

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    Babies need soft spots, Pauly. Otherwise, their little heads would never grow and we’d all be walking around with tiny heads and big bodies and that would just be weird. I’ll tell you this though — when my brother was born, he didn’t have any soft spots — his head was already grown together. Now while this would have definitely been the perfect baby for you, the problem arises when his brain starts to grow. It grows wherever it can and causes brain damage and severe deformity. Luckily my mom noticed it and he had surgery when he was 4 months old and now he has a normal sized head. His ears are another story, but his head? Normal.

    So if you don’t like babies with soft spots, you can always have a baby with a deformed head. Either or.

    Damn. I should have made that into TWO comments.

    Comment by Amber — October 24, 2005 @ 10:59 am

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    Paul, now that just makes sense. Although, I’ve got to admit that trying to come up with over 50 comments, which in the long run only count for 12 legitimate comments, does put a damper on it.

    Also, does the content of said comment matter? Does it have to be coherent and does it have to fall within the context of the rest of the comments?

    Comment by kartooner — October 24, 2005 @ 11:08 am

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    it’s true. people comment on the randomest things. yup.

    Comment by C(h)ristine — October 24, 2005 @ 11:18 am

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    The commentability of the commentation is commentitudal, commentridicular and commentorasic.

    (legit?)

    Comment by nic — October 24, 2005 @ 11:23 am

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    I’m with ya Pauly.

    And yes, parents who bring kids to movies should be dragged into the street and beaten with a sock full of gummy bears.

    Comment by Adri — October 24, 2005 @ 11:29 am

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    Contrary to popular belief, I was not available for comment.

    Comment by mikelietz — October 24, 2005 @ 11:30 am

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    Does getting beaten with a sock full of gummy bears hurt?

    And did you know that if you put a gummy bear in a bottle of water and let it sit in the water overnight, when you come back the next day the gummy bear will be 10 times its size?

    Try it. It’s true.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 11:45 am

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    you know that YOUR comments don’t count, right?

    Comment by heather — October 24, 2005 @ 11:51 am

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    Who made THAT a rule, Heather?

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 11:51 am

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    it just makes sense, pauly.

    it’s like giving yourself diamonds. it doesn’t count, really, when it comes down to it. yeah, it looks nice, and you’re all blinged out, but in the end it’s all shit you gave to YOURSELF.

    and i see you’re trying to engage me in conversation, which in the end will bump up you comment count.

    i’m not falling for it, B.

    Comment by heather — October 24, 2005 @ 11:57 am

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    I believe in hopes, wishes, and dreams come true. Who would argue with a talking cricket?

    This post is simply magical….

    Comment by lu — October 24, 2005 @ 11:58 am

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    I’ve never been to this blog before, but I love talking crickets and so does my niece Bridget so I thought I’d just chime in on that one with lu.

    I’ll be back!

    Comment by George R. — October 24, 2005 @ 12:02 pm

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    Pauly D - you are adding way too many comments

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 12:03 pm

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    Pauly D is the best blogger ever….right after myself.

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 12:04 pm

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    oh, who am I kidding, everybody’s an awesome blogger!

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 12:04 pm

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    freaking toe length - there that should help search results

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 12:05 pm

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    Hurray for Pauly D

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 12:05 pm

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    I just wanted to see my name in all the comments listed on the side

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 12:06 pm

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    Kat - c’mon now.

    We’re not trying to CHEAT THE SYSTEM HERE. In order for the Guinness Book record to count, it has to be legitimate.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 12:06 pm

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    these are totally legitimate.

    Totally Legit.

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 12:07 pm

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    You’re a genious. A cute one at that. Those are hard to find.

    I tried to get a Gravatar but they are down for maintenaince so for now you will just have to look at this Scrabble W (worth 4 pts!!)

    So, do your comments count?

    I think the most comments I have ever had was like 14. I should try this. But I don’t know if it’s the reverse psychology or the prophetic form of this blog that caused me to chime in today instead of secretly lurking around unnoticed.

    Oh, I know, You had me at “Who’s Who of Blog America “.

    Comment by Jacquie — October 24, 2005 @ 12:08 pm

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    and besides, I only got to enjoy my six comments for like 30 seconds because SOMEBODY had to comment…

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 12:08 pm

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    It’s a long, boring day at the teaching hospital…and to make the time pass, I read the blog today, Pauly D. Send some comments my way (even though I hardly have time to write anymore). This post reminds me of Seinfeld…a lot of blah, blah, blah about a little bit of nothing.

    And as soon as I saw that you had a post with 123 comments, I KNEW it had to be about freaky long toes…how obsessive!

    Comment by Andrea — October 24, 2005 @ 12:15 pm

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    I can tell you from experience that yes, socks full of gummy bears hurt when they’re wailing on you at full force. Gummy bears are pretty dense — lots of momentum. You get some interesting bruises.

    Comment by Adri — October 24, 2005 @ 12:19 pm

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    *!@?&*^%$#

    Comment by nic — October 24, 2005 @ 12:42 pm

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    The comments are slowing down. You need more comments. I mean fifty-something is good, but you’re less than halfway there if you want more than your record toe posting earned.

    So, this was my attempt to help you out.

    I have less than one hour of work left…tic, toc, tic, toc, tic…

    Comment by Flower Girl — October 24, 2005 @ 12:53 pm

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    Getting beat by a sock full of glass hurts, I will tell you that.

    Comment by kingbenny — October 24, 2005 @ 12:57 pm

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    The 10 items or less line is cool, but yesterday I went through the self checkout line and when I slid my card - the computer froze.

    I had to take all my stuff out of my bags and have it re-rung and they had to dig my coupon out of the thing.

    I’m so glad I was in a good mood.

    Oh wait, was I supposed to leave this comment on that other post…OH WELL.

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 1:17 pm

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    How about if I try to steer the comment topic towards something like, I dunno, how the movie “Proof” isn’t a conventional Hollywood picture, what with its logical sequence of events (interspersed with flashbacks), and again, Anthony Hopkins plays a great nutcase.

    It also strays away from the fade away ending, instead choosing to overlay the end credits and then after a long crane shot it finally cuts to black.

    Or, what if I were to comment on the best way to remove nose hair?

    Comment by kartooner — October 24, 2005 @ 1:45 pm

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    Hey…I just had that happen on my blog…something about whiners and religious people. I concur, pissing people off seem to cause the commenters to come out of the woodwork.

    K.

    Comment by Kris — October 24, 2005 @ 3:32 pm

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    Sentinels.

    Comment by greenhemic — October 24, 2005 @ 3:39 pm

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    It looks like half of the comments are from you replying to everyones comment. But it got a comment from me. I feel as thougth I’m a part of history right now.

    Comment by Wack — October 24, 2005 @ 4:03 pm

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    Uh oh, barely half way there. I guess too many people were pissed off and exited out instead of even taking a second to write. :(

    Comment by Glen C. — October 24, 2005 @ 4:24 pm

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    I can’t wait to tell my grandchildren, “I remember back in ought-five when Pauly D tried to garner a bunch of comments, but he came up short.”

    Comment by benny — October 24, 2005 @ 4:50 pm

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    I have very little to say, and yet I feel compelled to comment. You sure know how to work that blogging magic, Pauly. Keep doing that voo doo you do do (tee hee) so well.

    Comment by Will — October 24, 2005 @ 5:11 pm

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    I just want to remind everyone that a post never dies…it’s abandoned. And I have until the end of time to get a certain number of comments on this post.

    It took 6 months for the toe post to reach over 100.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 24, 2005 @ 5:14 pm

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    Then you should throw some words in here that leave this entry poised for interesting search results, for the purpose of driving up traffic, therefore increasing the likelihood of comments. So, based on the most popular search phrases that bring people to MY site, here goes:

    diapers
    toe pics
    perfect asshole
    whipped cream wrestling

    There ya go!

    Comment by Helena — October 24, 2005 @ 5:59 pm

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    Usually I lurk and I’ve never commented on this blog before, but for some reason I feel this strange compulsion to add a comment to this particular post. Hmm, I think there must be some form of subliminal blogging going on here.

    Comment by Kiki — October 24, 2005 @ 6:09 pm

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    Well then, I would go on a propaganda campaign and link to this post every day if you don’t reach the amount. Now that would piss people off.

    Comment by Glen C. — October 24, 2005 @ 6:21 pm

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    Wow I don’t know what to say but heres to more comments and heres to more words on your web page and more traffic on my web page. Why am I calling them pages anyways? I hate that term and plus they’re really not pages at all but files. Of course, they don’t exist at all really. But that’s besides the point.

    Comment by Chris Tingom — October 24, 2005 @ 8:47 pm

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    it worked - you might be liking a job brainwashing people to steal furs in the middle of the night…

    charge it!

    Comment by jill — October 24, 2005 @ 9:08 pm

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    Wow, my previous comment (two up) worked so well I decided to post another one linking to my main blog which is more popular. So click the link on my name to visit my other site.

    Comment by Chris Tingom — October 24, 2005 @ 10:38 pm

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    Is it really a comment? What if they were called thoughts? opinions? expressions? meditations? reflections? maybe ponderations…

    Comment by Kathleen — October 24, 2005 @ 11:13 pm

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    Today’s post will always have more comments than ever before. Because this post has never existed in any other location, even one comment is more than it has ever had before.

    That doesn’t stop me from commenting, though.

    Comment by Paige — October 25, 2005 @ 2:54 am

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    my comment really wasn’t about fur - it was in reference to a Flinstone episode….

    Comment by jill — October 25, 2005 @ 3:13 am

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    This has nothing to do with anything, but did you know the name of the acting director for FEMA is David Paulison?

    Comment by nic — October 25, 2005 @ 6:54 am

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    here’s a sample sentence from my spanish homework today: “El Presidente tiene miedo y está enojado y echa invectiva a todos excepto él mismo.”

    Comment by jessica j — October 25, 2005 @ 7:02 am

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    Nic - Seinfeld is NOT the “most popular”. It may be MY most popular, but i think Lucy or some other crappy old show beats it out, technically.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:31 am

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    Daniel Nicholas - Along with your comment you should really provide a link to say, a site telling the story of Phesephone (99% spelled incorrectly). It’s only fair after provocative fruit statements.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:33 am

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    Hilary, your comment about turning off the comments is the kind of comment that keeps this country from its glory days. Or something.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:34 am

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    Kingbenny, whats an inner haxor and does it require extra meds?

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:36 am

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    TG - What I meant was “pretty darn popular”, okay?

    Comment by nic — October 25, 2005 @ 7:36 am

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    Neil, they should’ve stuck with the name Chicago Transit. Wimps.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:38 am

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    Oh my. What have I done?

    Comment by Pauly D — October 25, 2005 @ 7:40 am

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    Flower girl, I dont know from feet but i do know that a recent study showed that people whose ring finger was the same size as their middle finger were at greater risk for heart disease. Spooky.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:40 am

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    Dan, even more freaky is when medical personnel use the soft spot to put a needle through if they run out of other veins. DISGUSTING.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:43 am

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    Pauly D, they are also bron with ability to power puke anywhere at anytime without the aid of alcohol or food poisoning. Cool, huh?

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:44 am

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    That Girl, the inner hAx0r is another unnecessary internal organ kinda like the appendix. It does sometimes require extra meds.

    Comment by kingbenny — October 25, 2005 @ 7:45 am

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    I claim the number Pi as my number. Since we’re making things up coughcoughpauly#12coughcough.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:47 am

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    Dylan, Pauly, all that math stuff - quit it. or put up…

    http://www.blogthings.com/couldyoupasseighthgrademathquiz/

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:52 am

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    Jenny - me too!

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:53 am

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    The Pamchenko twist? Is that a variation of the Mashed Potato?

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:55 am

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    96+ comments man?

    Anyone have an estimate as to what they think the comment number will be once this post is buried?

    Comment by kartooner — October 25, 2005 @ 7:56 am

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    With my WFME comment equation, somewhere around 12.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 25, 2005 @ 7:57 am

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    Flower girl, Ive been trying to pysche myself to go brunette for years. Youre very brave. Let me know how it turns out and if you have less fun almost immediatly or the effect takes longer.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:58 am

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    Kartooner, coherent comments? Do you actual read any blog comments or are you new?

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 7:59 am

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    Adri, some of us cant get babysitters and really love movies. For the sake of our friendship Im gonna assume you were talking about children who talk/whine during the movie which does not happen with my children except for one regrettable incident where my son insisted that Anakin Skywalker was not Darth Vader 3 times in a whisper fight between us until I threatened him with mutilation. If you were close enough to hear that, I apologize.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 8:04 am

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    Pauly D, I dont know about gummy bears but I do know a scary food fact - if you open your Chipwich and leave it on a plate on the table to soften a bit, then forget about it until the next morning and when you go back to it it will have completely retained it’s shape. Ice cream? I dont think so.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 8:06 am

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    I just got down to the Kathleen/Pauly D exchange and since I was doing this to help Pauly and because Im really really bored today, all I can say is, multiple comments had better freaking count. Especially when they are as relevent as i have tried to make them. commenting on everyone’s comments and all.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 8:10 am

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    I dont know what makes people comment,a certain willingness, perhaps, subtly written into the post asking for comments? I do know that I started an email frenzy once when, in a fit of boredom, I typed “Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only denfense.” and sent it to 30 people. Somehow, it became a huge argument for my friends about racial equality and god knows what else. The third day, due to the power of “Reply to all” I opened my mailbox to 130 emails all in reply to this stupid email and the replies to the replies and it actually GOT WORSE FROM THERE. The moral? Quote Ralphie and live to regret it.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 8:18 am

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    nic, change noted and accepted.

    Comment by That Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 8:22 am

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    Well, I was pissed about something, but then I started to read the comments and forgot what I was pissed off about. Now, I’ll have to go re-read the post and then comment on whatever it was that I was pissed about but I’ll have to bypass the comments because they distract me and make me forget what pissed me off.
    You are cleverer than you look, Pauly D.

    Comment by Ms.Q — October 25, 2005 @ 9:53 am

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    Haha, Ms. Q.

    I guess that’s the best thing to do — piss people off then cause them to forget about what was pissing them off with comments, shiny objects or some annoying MIDI song.

    Voila!

    Comment by Pauly D — October 25, 2005 @ 10:20 am

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    TG -

    Ok…its not quite burnette. Its very dark blonde, with some brownish gold streaks and some of my own blonde. The hairdresseer thought I was on crack for wanting to go darker than my own natural shade. I assured her that crack was not a factor in my rationale…I just wanted to try something new.

    I am still having boatloads of fun, though…so blondeness must be an internal thing.

    Comment by Flower Girl — October 25, 2005 @ 10:33 am

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    I went from dark brown to platinum blonde once….no one recognized me, it was awesome!

    I like peanut M&M’s too. hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge…expecting king-size M&M’s for Halloween, Mr. Pauly King.

    And, I don’t mean one king-size peanut M&M, I mean a king-size bag of the regular size peanut M&M’s.

    Comment by Kathleen — October 25, 2005 @ 11:30 am

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    Take that, Thatgirl!

    You Passed 8th Grade Math

    Congratulations, you got 9/10 correct!

    Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

    Comment by Dylan — October 25, 2005 @ 11:46 am

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    This is so ludicrous, I love it.

    Comment by Sarah — October 25, 2005 @ 1:04 pm

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    WHADDYA MEAN, Watergate never happened???? ;o)
    Loved the post, “referred here by Kris. I’ll add this to my faves and check back often!

    Comment by Mr. Incredulous — October 25, 2005 @ 1:58 pm

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    I so agree!

    Comment by Leslie — October 25, 2005 @ 2:49 pm

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    I like pomegranates.

    Comment by purpletwinkie — October 25, 2005 @ 4:46 pm

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    shit, sorry.

    i wasn’t paying attention…what was that again?

    Comment by kristine — October 25, 2005 @ 6:47 pm

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    “Pissing people off.” You are so right, that is fantastic. I mentioned something similar in a blog a few months ago. Book Deals Through Blogging.

    For me, asking for an opinion is a gamble on my bigger blogs! I can’t believe you’re going to succeed at this.

    Comment by Her.Oine — October 25, 2005 @ 7:39 pm

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    You are the soft spot of the head of blogger world Pauly.

    Comment by danielle — October 25, 2005 @ 9:36 pm

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    You are the missing kneecap of the infant blogosphere, Pauly.

    Comment by kingbenny — October 26, 2005 @ 7:28 am

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    All this talk about babies’ soft spots and undeveloped kneecaps remind me of when I first tried soft shell crabs. I didn’t think they would be any good let alone soft enough to eat.

    So my question would be that one would want to eat the baby before the age of two, right?

    Comment by robert dean — October 26, 2005 @ 9:10 am

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    “The missing kneecap of the infant blogosphere.”

    I love that. I’m going to steal that.

    Comment by Pauly D — October 26, 2005 @ 10:08 am

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    We need to put this middle aged comment post over the hill on comments!

    Comment by Glen C. — October 26, 2005 @ 4:33 pm

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    I don’t think you’ll ever make it to 123, honestly.

    Comment by Paul Thrasher — October 27, 2005 @ 1:54 am

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    Flower Girl, thanks for letting me know. I think Im still too scared so the brunette thing will have to remain vicarious for now.

    Comment by That Girl — October 27, 2005 @ 5:18 am

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    Dylan, I consider myself taken.

    Comment by That Girl — October 27, 2005 @ 5:19 am

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    I’m proud to say that this post now has the most comments ever on the face of this blog.

    What do we do for an encore?

    Comment by Pauly D — October 27, 2005 @ 10:04 am

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    That is soooo cool! I’m adding another one for you to see if my new Gravatar works…

    Comment by Flower Girl — October 27, 2005 @ 1:04 pm

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    Damn…

    Comment by Flower Girl — October 27, 2005 @ 1:04 pm

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    How about twice as many comments as the most for an encore?

    Comment by Glen C. — October 28, 2005 @ 7:15 am

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    Thought I would contribute to the cause with absolutely nothing worthwhile to say.

    Sadly, I couldn’t be the 124th. Damn. Just a bit too late.

    Comment by Kevin — November 2, 2005 @ 9:52 am

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    Will this post really have the most comments ever?

    Comment by Kathleen — November 2, 2005 @ 9:19 pm

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    It already does, Kathleen.

    It already does.

    Comment by Pauly D — November 3, 2005 @ 9:53 am

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    no comment

    Comment by Kathleen — December 8, 2005 @ 2:14 pm

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    jubilee

    Comment by kathleen — January 7, 2006 @ 12:48 pm

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    Whoa, I had the 130th comment! That almost deserves a prize!

    Comment by Glen — January 9, 2006 @ 4:54 pm

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    Almost, Glen. Almost.

    Comment by Pauly D — January 9, 2006 @ 5:05 pm

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    I feel like I’m lost in a twilight zone. Is this part of a plot?

    Comment by nic — January 9, 2006 @ 6:29 pm

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    Who’s blog has had the most comments ever? And how do you know?

    Comment by nic — January 9, 2006 @ 6:32 pm

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    140

    Comment by Rachel — January 9, 2006 @ 9:09 pm

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    141. Now you have to change it from over 130 to over 140!!

    Comment by Rachel — January 9, 2006 @ 9:10 pm

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    :)

    Comment by Kat — January 10, 2006 @ 12:07 am

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