Since everybody and their freaking uncle is in the forums talking about reaching some new milestone number of posts, I just thought I'd go ahead and mention that this is my 12,473rd post.

"What is this?" you're probably saying to yourself, "12,473 is no milestone!"

But you would be wrong, because that is the exact number of ostriches killed in the Great Ostrich Massacre of 1789.

Today, we remember them for their sacrifices, or for the weird noises they make, or something.

Rest in peace, giant ungainly birds of yore....

9,018.

ok um congradulations

woo! 1115

I remember congratulating you on the 12,000! Course that was when I was trying to get 173,000 too. Then it seemed to matter.

And the crowd goes wild....

They're pretty gullible, huh?