BTW, I also hate text messaging. Once this is all cleared up, I will probably get rid of our unlimited plan.
We actually counted on averaging 10 text per minute most of the time. Sometimes the phone would lock up and I would have a "reboot" time and that would slow down the process. I always shot for 8,000+ per day before I would go to bed. That, in combination with a bunch of days of not doing it, should hopefully help you math people figure out where the total came from.
The most I had in one day was near the beginning when I was averaging about 12,000 per day. I believe one day the total was near 15,000.