# A thread went \*poof\* Explanation?

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**Created:** [August 5, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-went-poof-explanation/74965 "2001-08-05T05:59:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-went-poof-explanation/74965/1 "2001-08-05T05:59:31Z")

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There was a pit thread where this guy complained that he got thrown in jail for beating up a guy who was beating up a girl. All that stood out is that he called Hispanics, wetbacks. I saw it earlier today, now it’s gone. I searched for it and nothing came up. What happened to it?

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-went-poof-explanation/74965/2 "2001-08-05T06:08:36Z")

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**Have you ever heard of the CIA?**

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-went-poof-explanation/74965/3 "2001-08-05T09:57:25Z")

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Ten bucks says it got deleted. I really doubt that the Admins tolerate “I beat up my baby’s mama!” crap any more than they enjoy “Look! Goat sex!” or “How do I make a bong?”

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**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-went-poof-explanation/74965/4 "2001-08-05T10:49:11Z")

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The garden gnomes ate it because it made the baby Jesus cry.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-went-poof-explanation/74965/5 "2001-08-05T13:57:07Z")

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Primaflora got it right, of course. 😉

And seriously now, so did Spoofe.

Thanks for 'splaining it for us, I always dig it when Dopers do it for themselves.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator  
This ain’t no Springer show.