# All Hail SkipMagic!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 7, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458 "2005-07-07T15:15:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/1 "2005-07-07T15:15:57Z")
This fellow’s setting the bar so high as a new mod that it’s questionable whether anyone else will put themselves forward for the job in future. He took all of ONE minute to respond to a request to close [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324439).
Unless, of course, he’s **Eve** ’s alter ego…
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/2 "2005-07-07T15:25:19Z")
Let’s face it: I’m modding at the twee of light.
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### Author:  [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/3 "2005-07-07T15:28:46Z")
Has it been explained, but I missed it? What kind of\*\* Magic\*\* does **Skip** have, exactly?
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/4 "2005-07-07T15:31:50Z")
The skipping kind, naturally.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/5 "2005-07-07T15:45:46Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#):
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> Has it been explained, but I missed it? What kind of\*\* Magic\*\* does **Skip** have, exactly?
It’s twee magic. Plus **Auntie Em** slaps him around when he acts up so he pretty much stays on his toes.
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### Author:  [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/6 "2005-07-07T15:50:21Z")
So, I should stop picturing him in the tall pointy wizard’s hat?
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/7 "2005-07-07T17:27:05Z")
The tall pointy wizard hat is OK. Just don’t picture him in a sequinned Speedo and bunny slippers - it’ll give you a headache.
😃
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/8 "2005-07-07T17:31:30Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#):
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> Has it been explained, but I missed it? What kind of\*\* Magic\*\* does **Skip** have, exactly?
I \*know \* what kind of magic he has. It involves minions and offerings of first-born children. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/9 "2005-07-07T17:36:10Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> The tall pointy wizard hat is OK. Just don’t picture him in a sequinned Speedo and bunny slippers - it’ll give you a headache.
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> 😃
Aiii!!! The goggles!
… you know the rest.
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/10 "2005-07-07T17:57:16Z")
> [@swampbear](#):
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> It’s twee magic. Plus **Auntie Em** slaps him around when he acts up so he pretty much stays on his toes.
It’s true: **auntie em** wears the pointy hat in this family.
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### Author:  [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/11 "2005-07-07T18:05:57Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> The tall pointy wizard hat is OK. Just don’t picture him in a sequinned Speedo and bunny slippers - it’ll give you a headache.
Darn it–now I’m going to have to find a different outfit for the next Dopefest. I can’t show up dressed the same as **SkipMagic** –that’d just be tacky!
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/12 "2005-07-07T18:13:19Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#):
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> Darn it–now I’m going to have to find a different outfit for the next Dopefest. I can’t show up dressed the same as **SkipMagic** –that’d just be tacky!
Go ahead; I gladly welcome another person to the **Coven of Magic Speedos**.
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/13 "2005-07-07T18:15:57Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#):
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> Go ahead; I gladly welcome another person to the **Coven of Magic Speedos**.
Sombody’s gotta say it …
I, for one, welcome our new Magic Speedo overlords.
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### Author:  [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/14 "2005-07-07T19:15:08Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#):
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> Go ahead; I gladly welcome another person to the **Coven of Magic Speedos**.
So do you ever find yourself embarrassed to have the _CoMS over_?
Wait for it… Wait for it… NOW slug me.
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/15 "2005-07-07T19:31:25Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#):
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> This fellow’s setting the bar so high as a new mod that it’s questionable whether anyone else will put themselves forward for the job in future.
Naw, you’ll still get some, but only people who are comfortable in their mediocrity. You know, losers.
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### Author:  [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/16 "2005-07-07T20:17:09Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> The tall pointy wizard hat is OK. Just don’t picture him in a sequinned Speedo and bunny slippers - it’ll give you a headache.
> 😃
I have no response to this. :eek:
Now, does the entire _ **Coven of Magic Speedos** _ answer directly to **auntie em**? If so, that’s some sweet set-up she’s got going there! 😃
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/17 "2005-07-07T20:23:35Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#):
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> I have no response to this. :eek:
I’ve known you for almost eight years–this is the first time I’ve seen you speechless. I like it. 🙂
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### Author:  [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/18 "2005-07-07T20:46:29Z")
> [@Draelin](#):
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> I’ve known you for almost eight years–this is the first time I’ve seen you speechless. I like it. 🙂
😃 These people around here don’t know me quite as well as you do. I’m trying to maintain an image as a calm, demure, level-headed person.
I can be calm! And demure! Stop laughing!
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/19 "2005-07-07T20:51:59Z")
Calm _snort giggle snicker_ and demure _disbelieving look_?? I’m sure that if I look hard enough, I can find plenty of chat transcripts that disprove _that_ theory. 🙂
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### Author:  [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-skipmagic/311458/20 "2005-07-08T03:17:49Z")
> [@Giraffe](#):
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> Naw, you’ll still get some, but only people who are comfortable in their mediocrity. You know, losers.
You rang?
😃
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