# Closing A BBQ Thread? Uh, Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2005, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970 "2005-05-29T08:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/1 "2005-05-29T08:07:41Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318317&page=2) 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? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/2 "2005-05-29T08:13:34Z")
Probably should have linked [first page](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318317&page=1&pp=50) of thread. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/3 "2005-05-29T08:48:02Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318317&page=2) 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? 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! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/4 "2005-05-29T08:51:46Z")
Whoa, **Veb**. Ramp it back a notch or two. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/5 "2005-05-29T09:05:06Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/6 "2005-05-29T11:30:19Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > 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? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/7 "2005-05-29T13:26:29Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Don’t beg for pity, **Ogre**. This is moderator Godzilla mode. Entire cities, hapless posters and stray strands of kelp in my teeth. No jackboots? I miss the days when moderators wore jackboots. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/8 "2005-05-29T13:37:20Z")
Shrug. It was fun, but no big deal. We were starting to run out of joke fodder anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/9 "2005-05-29T13:43:49Z")
What is IOTW? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/10 "2005-05-29T13:57:22Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Don’t beg for pity, **Ogre**. This is moderator Godzilla mode. Entire cities, hapless posters and stray strands of kelp in my teeth. 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!](http://www.dukelabs.com/Westbury%20Hammie/hammie.html) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/11 "2005-05-29T15:06:44Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Domokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Domokun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domokun)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/12 "2005-05-29T15:14:33Z")
Joke thread? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/13 "2005-05-29T16:09:52Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > What is IOTW? In OTher Words? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/14 "2005-05-29T16:49:47Z")
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: ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/15 "2005-05-29T17:26:20Z")
> [@John Carter of Mars](#): > > [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] 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] ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/16 "2005-05-29T18:04:43Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > What is IOTW? In other twit words. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/17 "2005-05-29T18:10:05Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > In other twit words. Gold! ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/18 "2005-05-29T18:39:16Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/19 "2005-05-29T19:13:35Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970/20 "2005-05-29T19:29:59Z")
> [@John Carter of Mars](#): > > I’m really waitin’ for **Lynn** ’s and **EddyTeddyFreddy** ’s cats to wander by. BLAM BLAM BLAM! Big holes in CATS! Did I mention my cats are [tigers](http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/terrorism/assets/bengal_tiger.jpg)? [Orange stripey tigers?](http://lynx.uio.no/catfolk/pictures/tiger-04.jpg) [Beware their roar!](http://my.ece.ucsb.edu/james/images/TigerRoar.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-bbq-thread-uh-why/305970.md?page=2)