# A Q for Mods

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-q-for-mods/61564>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 11, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-q-for-mods/61564 "2001-04-11T05:42:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-q-for-mods/61564/1 "2001-04-11T05:42:56Z")

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Just curious - how did you become moderators? Did you volunteer, or were you asked by admin?

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-q-for-mods/61564/2 "2001-04-11T07:29:27Z")

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Try [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55501)

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-q-for-mods/61564/3 "2001-04-11T15:12:01Z")

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I dunno about the rest, but I heard angelic voices, telling me to go liberate France. I replied that I wasn’t any Jonah of Ark, nor his cousin Noah, and the angelic voices said, “Oh, well, then, how about moderating Straight Dope?”

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**Author:** ![isopropyl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@isopropyl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isopropyl)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-q-for-mods/61564/4 "2001-04-11T16:50:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \*  
> \*\*I dunno about the rest, but I heard angelic voices, telling me to go liberate France. I replied that I wasn’t any Jonah of Ark, nor his cousin Noah, and the angelic voices said, “Oh, well, then, how about moderating Straight Dope?” \*\*

Funny, I always pictured you as married to \*\*Joan Van Ark \*\*the actress. We’re you announced as being with her in the front row at the Emmies when she was up for the 1997 miniseries “Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac” ?

But then I suppose there are a lot of C K Dexter Havens at the Emmies.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-q-for-mods/61564/5 "2001-04-11T23:38:59Z")

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> …and the angelic voices said, “Oh, well, then, how about moderating Straight Dope?”

No way! Angels don’t have that kind of sense of humor.