# Ask the Mod **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106 "2008-05-21T14:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/81 "2008-05-23T15:44:44Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Lies! Scandal! Also, come to think of it, I’m not sure if I’ve _ever_ eaten a Fluffernutter… [/QUOTE] Remember that time in Jamaica. Well, I suppose you wouldn’t. **h** ttp://www.fluffernutters.com/ \<----- may be NSFW at some workplaces. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/82 "2008-05-23T15:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=Gfactor] I’m still trying to figure out who puked in my sock drawer at the last meeting. [/QUOTE] Around here that might have multiple meanings. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/83 "2008-05-23T17:53:57Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Around here that might have multiple meanings. [/QUOTE] Oh, you mean the Drawer of Sock Souls? We don’t talk about that in public. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/84 "2008-05-23T18:26:22Z")
Eight fluffernutters at one sitting washed down with three eight-ounce glasses of Nestles Strawberry Quik when I was a teenager. To this day, people in my home town still call me “Fluffer”. _What?_ ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/85 "2008-05-23T19:06:13Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] It’s actually NOT out there. Somebody could join with something similar, but that name is taken by the bannee. [/QUOTE] Ah, it’s unfortunate that even unconfirmed names that are banned get taken. Though I guess it’s not that big a deal. Besides, joining up with **Purchase Generic V1agra** would be even better in some ways, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/86 "2008-05-23T19:08:28Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] Ah, it’s unfortunate that even unconfirmed names that are banned get taken. Though I guess it’s not that big a deal. Besides, joining up with **Purchase Generic V1agra** would be even better in some ways, wouldn’t it? [/QUOTE] It would. The verissimilitude, it burns! …And you know, **Czarcasm** , that we’re all going to call you Fluffers from now on. Even though you may have the best handle on the whole board. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/87 "2008-05-23T19:18:11Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Even though you may have the best handle on the whole board. [/QUOTE] Hey now, what about the rest of us feeling offended that mods are officially sanctioning “the best handle on the board?” I’m just gonna have to change my name to **BellRungBookShut-CASM!**! Then I’ll go eat a jar of peanut butter and cry in front of my mirror. Damn you, mods! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/88 "2008-05-23T19:24:36Z")
Hey now, I definitely mentioned you [the last time we had a Best Handle thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9576142&postcount=24). Any further discussions of my views on who has the best username belong in the Pit. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/89 "2008-05-23T19:49:37Z")
How does the SDMB application form differ from the Al Queda application form? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/90 "2008-05-23T20:13:26Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] How does the SDMB application form differ from the Al Queda application form? [/QUOTE] Box #34 says "are you proficient in _virtual_ assassination of the enemy(read-trolls). While we might _wish_ we had live ammo, we’ll just make do. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/91 "2008-05-23T20:17:10Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] How does the SDMB application form differ from the Al Queda application form? [/QUOTE] More questions about Cecil, fewer about The Great Satan. Other than that, substitute The Chicago Reader for Al-Quran and you’re good to go. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/92 "2008-05-23T20:55:24Z")
So you don’t have to be willing to die for Cecil? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/93 "2008-05-23T21:18:21Z")
Excellent idea for a thread - I have some questions. 1. Were the other mods jealous that you thought of doing this thread, **Marley**? 2. Do all y’all really treat every poster the same, whether they’ve been here one day or nine years, with one post or 20,000? 3. Are we within millimeters of having threads on the Democratic candidacy locked and disappeared automatically? Can we be? 4. How do you stand on blaming Canada? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/94 "2008-05-23T22:13:26Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] So you don’t have to be willing to die for Cecil? [/QUOTE] Kill, maybe; die, no. [QUOTE=featherlou] Excellent idea for a thread - I have some questions. 1. Were the other mods jealous that you thought of doing this thread, **Marley**? [/quote] I assume they’re too jealous to mention it. > [@](#): > > 1. Do all y’all really treat every poster the same, whether they’ve been here one day or nine years, with one post or 20,000? Everybody’s subject to the same rules. But on a message board, you _are_ your body of posts. We make an effort to put the most favorable interpretations on people’s posts, but that’s easier to do for longer-term members. > [@](#): > > 1. Are we within millimeters of having threads on the Democratic candidacy locked and disappeared automatically? It’s _very_ tempting. 😛 Imagine how the GD and Pit mods feel! > [@](#): > > 1. How do you stand on blaming Canada? For the Democratic candidacy? I don’t really hold Canada responsible for that. By the way, **Dex** suggests that, of course, Ed Zotti has the most experience dealing with Cecil. Dex figures he’s in second place. He had an answer for the porn question to, but it’s too sick to print here. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/95 "2008-05-24T01:33:27Z")
Something too sick for the Dope - don’t tease us like that, dude! ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/96 "2008-05-24T11:18:17Z")
I’ve just done a check, and there are eighteen mods. Is this a normal amount, or does it vary? How often do mods leave, and how frequently are new ones recruited? Some mods seem to be generally more active than others. It may be just the forums that I visit most, but I don’t come across Ukulele Ike in my travels, whereas I see you, Marley, quite often. Are some mods more full-time than others? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/97 "2008-05-24T15:02:06Z")
> [@](#): > > The official rule is that two mods and one administrator have to agree, I think, but basically we put it to the entire group and see what people think. The official rule for banning a member is that two mods have to agree…but at least one of the two must be an admin. So it can be one mod and one admin, or two admins. Generally, though, most of the mods will agree that the poster in question needs to be banned. The rule is in place so that when someone needs to be banned very quickly, we can do it quickly without having to wait for most of the mod staff to weigh in. > [@](#): > > Something too sick for the Dope - don’t tease us like that, dude! You can always go back and read the pimple threads if you really need to. Or start another one. I’m sure we’ve had new pimple stories since the last thread. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/98 "2008-05-24T16:02:13Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Okay Mr. Mod, impress me: 1. Which mod has the best base of knowledge about Hollywood actresses posing nude on film? 2. Who can eat the most Fluffernutters in one sitting? (And finally…) 1. Who has met Cecil the most number of times? [/QUOTE] 2. Frankly, Hollywood actresses rarely pose nude on film, it’s pretty uncomfortable and too small. Mostly, they pose nude on couches, beds, throw-rugs, etc. 3. This is a trick question, but I know the answer: A person can only meet another person once; after that, they already know each other and just get together. But assuming you mean which mod has got together with Cecil most often, then obviously it’s **Ed Zotti**. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/99 "2008-05-24T17:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] \ You can always go back and read the pimple threads if you really need to. Or start another one. I’m sure we’ve had new pimple stories since the last thread. [/QUOTE] Mmm, pimple threads. Maybe I’ll go look after I’ve finished my breakfast cottage cheese. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/100 "2008-05-24T19:05:59Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I’m told I’ll get a coffee mug eventually, but I’m not counting that as compensation. (I check the forums in between real work.) [/QUOTE] They are able to send a real mug via teh intrawebs forums? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106.md?page=6)