# Can we please close this thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 15, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755 "2011-03-15T06:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/1 "2011-03-15T06:12:23Z")
[Most Americans oppose offshoring. We need to take action.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=591328) It’s over 800 posts now. And it’s just Le Jacquelope crowing over how he’s driven everyone else out of the thread. But he won’t stop adding new posts to keep it on the front page. Now he says he’s doing it so it’ll come up on Google search. Is there any reason the rest of us have to watch him masturbate? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/2 "2011-03-15T06:56:28Z")
I’ve reported that thread many times, but so far the mods haven’t seen any reason to shut it down, apparently. I agree with you, though. All it’s used for is La Jaq’s personal blog to post links to articles, talk to himself, and basically fulfill his mission of keeping it bumped up every so often. I can find over 10 places in that topic when he let four, five, even ten days go by, just to bump it up again. He’s got most of the people (so he claims) on that topic in ignore anyway, so he can’t even be seeing that many peoples’ posts in there. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/3 "2011-03-15T10:14:35Z")
I’ve closed the thread. But only because you used the magic word. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/4 "2011-03-15T10:24:57Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’ve closed the thread. But only because you used the magic word. Masturbate? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/5 "2011-03-15T12:50:50Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Masturbate? No, silly. “Personal Blog”, which is against the rules. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/6 "2011-03-15T14:17:21Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’ve closed the thread. But only because you used the magic word. Miller for President 2012 ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/7 "2011-03-15T14:35:22Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’ve closed the thread. But only because you used the magic word. > [@runner pat](#): > > Masturbate? Darn! You beat (um… I mean…) me to it! I was going to be “subtle” about it. As in: _Which word was that? “Please” … or did you mean the last word in the OP?_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/8 "2011-03-15T15:17:43Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Masturbate? Vehement maledictions! I was going to say that but two people beat me (pun not intended). ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/9 "2011-03-15T15:25:42Z")
No, **Miller** , you’re supposed to close _this_ thread - the one I’m posting in. What, that’s what the title says. I don’t know why Little Nemo would open a thread to ask the mods to close it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/10 "2011-03-15T15:41:11Z")
Doesn’t Personal Blog = masturbate? ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/11 "2011-03-15T16:03:51Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Doesn’t Personal Blog = masturbate? don’t ask ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/12 "2011-03-15T16:23:49Z")
Most blog writers hope for frottage. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/13 "2011-03-15T16:33:31Z")
Wouldn’t their time be better spent travelling on public transport then? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/14 "2011-03-15T16:35:08Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Wouldn’t their time be better spent travelling on public transport then? \*Mental \*frottage. The very best kind. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/15 "2011-03-15T16:56:03Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Doesn’t Personal Blog = masturbate? Oh, yeah. Ya got me there! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/16 "2011-03-15T17:03:22Z")
By closing that thread, you have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the SDMB is in the pocket of the biggest corporations and that we are all merely puppets for offshoring. …or something. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/17 "2011-03-15T19:01:06Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’ve closed the thread. But only because you used the magic word. Then let me say thank you. Or fornicate. Whichever is appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/18 "2011-03-15T20:36:57Z")
Does it have to be either-or? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/19 "2011-03-15T21:58:10Z")
This is turning out to be one mother-thank-ing thread! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755/20 "2011-03-16T04:56:59Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > This is turning out to be one mother-thank-ing thread! > > 😛 Didn’t you learn as a child to always be a mother thanker? My parents taught me that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755.md?page=2)