# Coldfire - A question, sir.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [May 10, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280 "2002-05-10T14:20:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/1 "2002-05-10T14:20:40Z")
I was wondering why [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=114358) was closed instead of deleted? Other than serving as a reference for why **Jonathan ross** was banned, it seems to serve no purpose other than sucking up bandwidth and space?
Thank you for your time!
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### Author:  [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/2 "2002-05-10T14:33:01Z")
Actually, only for one reason.
I had just sent off an e-mail to our esteemed Administrators requesting the banning of the gentleman in question (and his compadre, **i like to chew it chew it** ) when I happened upon the thread of which you, sir, speak. Deeming it useful evidence for their judgment call, I closed it but left it intact for them to see.
I could have moved it out of the public eye, I suppose, but I was too busy doing other stuff, besides, a locked thread in GQ usually falls off the first page within 2 hours anyway.
Hope that helps! 🙂
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### Author:  [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/3 "2002-05-10T14:35:06Z")
My guess would be that linking to it won’t help bandwidth matters 😉
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/4 "2002-05-10T14:45:13Z")
I’m butting in here, but I kinda assumed it was around because:
1.) I’d never seen it before your link showed me the way
and
2.) It made me laugh. I loved it! The whole big letter, bright colors thing? Totally avant garde. I only wish I will, one day, be just as creative. 🙂
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### Author:  [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/5 "2002-05-10T18:20:51Z")
“I only wish I will, one day, be just as creative.:)”
Just make sure you’re never just as banned:D
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/6 "2002-05-10T20:00:28Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by iampunha \*
> \*\*Just make sure you’re never just as banned:D \*\*
There’s always a friggin’ catch. Damn them! Damn them all!
It seems that I will have to be sneaky was well as creative. Give me a few years to mull this one over. 🙂
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### Author:  [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/7 "2002-05-10T20:36:25Z")
Holy shit, that’s big. :eek:
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### Author:  [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/8 "2002-05-10T20:40:57Z")
Wow, **SkipMagic** I just have to say, you really like to think about what you’re going to say before you post, don’t you? 😉
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### Author:  [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/9 "2002-05-10T20:42:46Z")
Oops, I just realized that my post could be taken as rude rather than funny. I was referring to his/her 14 posts in 3 years.
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/10 "2002-05-10T21:13:52Z")
No worries, **throatshot** , I understood. 🙂
But hey, you should have seen me yesterday; before this sudden “tear” I’m on, I had only four posts. And one of them was to celebrate me reaching my fourth post.
I’m not very smart, I’m afraid, I just lift heavy objects. 🙂
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/11 "2002-05-10T21:18:41Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by LolaBaby \*
> \*\*Holy shit, that’s big. :eek: \*\*
Well…um, yes. But I don’t like to brag. 😉
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### Author:  [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/12 "2002-05-10T23:10:24Z")
**SkipMagic** , I’m thinking you should post more often. With lines like
> [@](#):
>
> Well…um, yes. But I don’t like to brag.
you could be one of the top smart-ass, sarcastic posters on the SDMB! Just something to think about.
Just please don’t be the one to start the “Why were **Jonathan Ross** and **i like to chew it chew it** Banned?” thread. 😉
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### Author:  [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/13 "2002-05-10T23:59:54Z")
Hey, SkipMagic, you’re my new SDMB hero!
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/14 "2002-05-11T03:56:27Z")
Thanks, Dirty Earthworm and Jojo, you’re the first to throw kudos my way. And, as I’m concerned with all my firsts, I hope it didn’t hurt much. 😉
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/15 "2002-05-11T04:20:38Z")
Hey, watcha do with it? Did you end up deleting it? The thread I mean.
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/16 "2002-05-11T04:33:04Z")
Yep, looks like it’s gone now.
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/17 "2002-05-11T04:51:54Z")
I haven’t the faintest idea what any of you is talking about. There was no such thing sullying GQ. 😉
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### Author:  [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/18 "2002-05-11T05:02:54Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \*
> \*\*Yep, looks like it’s gone now. \*\*
Well, _so much_ for **big**. :rolleyes: 😃
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### Author:  [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/19 "2002-05-11T05:16:25Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by manhattan \*
> \*\*I haven’t the faintest idea what any of you is talking about. There was no such thing sullying GQ. 😉 \*\*
How very Orwellian. It’s become an unthread. 😉
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-a-question-sir/108280/20 "2002-05-11T13:40:03Z")
> [@](#):
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> Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose
> Yep, looks like it’s gone now.
>
> Originally posted by LolaBaby
> Well, so much for big.
Oops. Heh-heh. Gone, eh? So much for big, huh? Well, you know, I just came out of cold pool and “shrinkage” does happen. Um, it’s in all the biology books.
I, er…swear. 🆒
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