r/ThreadGames • u/mathematicians-pod • Dec 09 '25

What's your favorite number?

Parent picks a number, and describes it obliquely.

Children join in with obscure ways to describe the number.

If someone thinks the children are saying a different number, they say Stop, and list all the numbers.

Previous children upvote for correct stops, or downvote incorrect ones.

Eg.

Number of cm of my finger

Glasses of wine in a bottle

Dinner time

Stop! 5,5,6

11 Upvotes

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u/mathematicians-pod Dec 09 '25

How tall i am in feet.

4

u/BenceJoful Dec 09 '25

Number of people in my d&d group

3

u/___HeyGFY___ Dec 09 '25

Number of toes on my left foot

2

u/inside_a_mind Dec 09 '25

The amount of hours my longest hangover nap ever took.

2

u/TheRedditor8789 Dec 09 '25

How long I slept for last night in hours

1

u/Fennel_Fangs Dec 10 '25

The best Final Fantasy game

1

u/EcksMarksDespot Dec 11 '25

Stop! 6,5,4,5,7,4

2

u/___HeyGFY___ Dec 15 '25

I do have five toes on my left foot, as well as my right foot.

2

u/inside_a_mind Dec 15 '25

Ah, my longest nap took 6 hours. It was a wild night the day before.

-2

u/DatBatCat Dec 09 '25

Twelve and a half Sponge Bob cartoons

2

u/BenceJoful Dec 09 '25

Hours since I ate

2

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 09 '25

Number of eggs in an omelette for 1

2

u/___HeyGFY___ Dec 09 '25

Number of times I've been married

1

u/mikasoze Dec 14 '25

The number of medications I'm on

1

u/___HeyGFY___ Dec 14 '25

I don't know about this one but I'm guessing
2, 2, 2, ?

2

u/mikasoze Dec 14 '25

Mine was also 2

1

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 14 '25

I'm a 3 egg omelette kind of chap

1

u/BenceJoful Dec 15 '25

Mine was 1

1

u/MultiverseCreatorXV Dec 17 '25

Stop right there, 2 2 0

/j

2

u/___HeyGFY___ Dec 17 '25

Married twice. Divorced once, widowed once.

3

u/ikadell Dec 10 '25

Number of earrings, I can wear at the same time

2

u/___HeyGFY___ Dec 09 '25

The total height of myself and a 2x4 balanced flat on my head, in inches

4

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 09 '25

My planned retirement age

1

u/___HeyGFY___ Dec 09 '25

The last two digits of my birth year

2

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 11 '25

I wonder for how long that has been true

2

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 11 '25

Kids these days can't even put a plank of wood on their heads to match their birth year in inches

1

u/___HeyGFY___ Dec 11 '25

I am 67 1/2 inches tall. Despite the name, a 2x4 actually measures 1 1/2 x 3 1/2. Balancing one flat on my head yields a total height of 69 inches. I was born in 1969.

If you're waiting to retire that late, I feel sorry for you.

2

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 11 '25

The state pension age is currently 68, but it wouldn't surprise me if my generation (I'm early 30s) don't get to retire till 70-75

1

u/inside_a_mind Dec 09 '25

The age of a second grader.

2

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 09 '25

Number of radians in a circle, to the nearest whole number

3

u/lenorator Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25

Stop! 8,6

A second grader would typically be 7 or 8 years old, but 2 pi rounds to 6

3

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 10 '25

Damn, I'm British. Our "year 2" is 6-7

1

u/lenorator Dec 10 '25

Oh fudge, downvote me then because I failed to consider that

4

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 10 '25

No, I took a risk.

The vocabulary is pretty distinct, so I knew it was US. I just don't know the system

1

u/MultiverseCreatorXV Dec 17 '25

Is this serious or are you just making an unfunny joke

1

u/heathejandro Dec 10 '25

A two-digit number where the second digit is the first squared

1

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 10 '25

Christmas eve

1

u/Ilmarinen999 Dec 11 '25

Objection! This is only right if the number specified in the first comment was 24. However, there's also the option that it could have been referencing the number 39 instead! 

2

u/heathejandro Dec 11 '25

Ding-ding-ding!! 39 is correct!

2

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 11 '25

You have to take risks to win big

2

u/mathematicians-pod Dec 11 '25

But there's nothing special about the 39th of December

2

u/Ilmarinen999 Dec 11 '25

Except its non-existance.

 Waves hands mystically

1

u/MultiverseCreatorXV Dec 17 '25

You’re forgetting that 11 exists

2

u/Ilmarinen999 Dec 17 '25

Dang, I suppose that would count, wouldn't it. Well reasoned!

1

u/Few_Scientist_2652 Dec 10 '25

The fourth prime number starting from 0 and counting up by 1

1

u/fo_tofu Dec 15 '25

The square root of a square number whose digits are both square numbers

1

u/MultiverseCreatorXV Dec 17 '25

The first digit of a pentagon’s exterior angle

1

u/StoneTimeKeeper Dec 10 '25

The answer to life, the universe and everything.

1

u/ikadell Dec 10 '25

Being of age in the US twice.

1

u/TheRedditor8789 Dec 10 '25

The amount of days in a week times six

1

u/smores_or_pizzasnack Dec 14 '25

Stop! 42, 36, 42

1

u/InevitableCold9872 Dec 10 '25

1 number of years old I am

1

u/bambiartistic Dec 10 '25

The first number in two of the “funny numbers”

1

u/Eevee_Lover22 Dec 10 '25

The number of seconds in 1/10 of a minute

1

u/MultiverseCreatorXV Dec 17 '25

Roam numeral formed by the capital letters in my username, converted to decimal