Closing A BBQ Thread? Uh, Why?

This thread was closed. Granted, it was frivolous Bush bashing, but some people were making a few good points.

Why not let it die of natural causes…lack of response?

Did it have anything to do with the title of the thread?

Probably should have linked first page of thread.

Curses! Foiled again.

You spotted the conspiracy.

[Greek chorus] I agree, I agree, yepper! [/Greek chorus].

I locked the hread because it was hopelessly fluffy. Funny and topical? Yeah. But nothing that wouldn’t fit in MPSIMS.

But have a ball. Somebody’s being oppressed. Fight the Over Lords!

Whoa, Veb. Ramp it back a notch or two.

Don’t beg for pity, Ogre. This is moderator Godzilla mode. Entire cities, hapless posters and stray strands of kelp in my teeth.

It’s ridiculous, IOTW.

Image of the week?

No jackboots? I miss the days when moderators wore jackboots.

Shrug. It was fun, but no big deal. We were starting to run out of joke fodder anyway.

What is IOTW?

Oh yeh? This time you’ve gone too far, Veb! Even the hamsters were enjoying that thread, and there’s an outraged Hammie gonna take you down!

I don’t know why you guys are whining. Veb just saved a bunch of asses over there. Had Lynn found that joke thread in the Pit prior to its closing, all the participants probably would have been banned and several hunted down and flayed.

Joke thread?

In OTher Words?

Clearly, that thread wouldn’t do. For once, the lefties and righties were (mostly) enjoying each others company instead of tearing at throats. Unacceptable!

Since there seems to be some accord in this thread as well, something must be done at once to prevent its closure.

[Thread closure preventative] Fuck all you commie pinko lefty bastards. EddyTeddy Freddy’s cats are to turned over to Crafter Man at once! And other bad shit.[/thread closure preventative]

Did ya’ hear about the BLONDE who…oh wait! THAT would be a joke! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

You dare?!? Threaten my cats?!? In the forum whereof the dread Lynn Bodoni is Supreme Arbiter of Badass Smackdowns? You speak of such heinous accts within the laserlike sight of Lynn, catlover to the very marrow of her Death Angel persona?

[neener voice]

Someone’s got a death wish!
Someone’s got a death wish!

[/neener]

In other twit words.

Gold!

What’s wrong with everyone? I for one am a fan of the new pit - it’s got some teeth again. Seriously, we let people enjoy each other’s company now, come tomorrow there will be eighteen new threads that say, “Blah blah blah, whine whine whine, oh, and since this is the pit, doody!”

The only thing that could make this better would be if Lynn figured out a way to make folks’ keyboards administer a small electric shock for posting in joke threads.

Hey Excalibre: Michigan sucks. I went there one time. Water in Lake Michigan’s so friggin’ cold a sensible person won’t even swim in it.
Besdes, what kind of name is “Excalibre”? You can’t even spell! It’s CALIBER! You must have teeny guns if they are ex-caliber. Teeny-weeny guns, that’s what you have.
My guns are all .45 or .38. or .270 or at least .22 caliber. I gots lots of guns. Big ones to blow big holes in CATS! I shoot beavers(tastes like chicken, if you’re lucky. If not, it’s kinda’ fishy) ‘possums and armadillos and the occasional coyote, but I’m really waitin’ for Lynn’s and EddyTeddyFreddy’s cats to wander by. BLAM BLAM BLAM! Big holes in CATS!

Pinko commie lefty cat-lovin’ cold water swimmin’ yankee bastards!

Nanny-nanny boo-boo
Stick your head in doo-doo

Did I mention my cats are tigers? Orange stripey tigers?

Beware their roar!