Then again, "#7,000" could be WAY off - every single "X,000" episode has been off, along with some others:
-July 2nd, 1976: Bob claims it to be #1,000; Instead it was 950 - the REAL 1,000 being on November 8th (or November 5th if #0013D is counted).
-February 13th, 1981: Celebrated as #2,000; Instead it was 1,912 - the REAL 2,000 being on September 10th.
-September 20th, 1982: Bob claims it to be #2,254; Instead it was 2,203 - December 2nd had the REAL 2,254.
-October 1st, 1986: Celebrated as #3,000; Actually 2,996 - the real 3,000 was the following Tuesday (or Monday if #5811D is counted).
-January 31st, 1992: Celebrated as #4,000; Actually 3,992 - the real 4,000 being on February 12th.
-April 9th, 1998: Celebrated as #5,000 (with tons of stuff saying so); That episode was 5,132! The true 5,000 was back on September 16th, 1991!
-March 9th, 2004: Touted as #6,000; But actually this episode is 6,145! The true 6,000 was WAAAAY back on MAY 6TH, 2003! (...or May 5th if #1513X is counted)
-April 16th, 2005 (MDS 14): Rich states during Showcase #1 that there were 6,197 shows taped; At the time, they had taped through the April 13th show, which was #6,342.
-January 30th, 2007: Bob claims it's #6,500; Nice try, but this was actually 6,645.
...And I'm done.
-Daniel
