# Ed - Why was your "Satan has been banned " thread not in the Pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 11, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568 "2001-03-11T19:07:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/1 "2001-03-11T19:07:09Z")
I thought all these types of policy questions went there. The Pit says it’s for “discussion regarding administration of the SDMB” Personally, I think they belong here, all of them, but I just want to know what the distinction is. (Or is it just a case of Executive Privilege? That’s OK with me if it is, I understand RHIP.) ---
**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/2 "2001-03-11T19:50:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by weapons grade bullonium \* > \*\* I understand RHIP. \*\* That puts you ahead of me. It’s not in my poster jargon file [http://netlingo.com/](http://netlingo.com/) . B-) ---
**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/3 "2001-03-11T19:53:47Z")
Why, sure **weapons grade bullonium** , I maybe should explain. It’s military slang for Rank Has It’s Privileges. ---
**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/4 "2001-03-11T19:55:01Z")
Thanks. The stuff you learn here! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/5 "2001-03-11T20:02:34Z")
Roses are red, violets are blue. I am schizophrenic, and so am I. ---
**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/6 "2001-03-11T20:07:53Z")
Really? Small world. But the question was real. I just wondered. No big deal. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/7 "2001-03-11T20:34:28Z")
Forgot to change your socks, hmmmm? That’s all right, THIS sock has gone to that Great Dryer Black Hole In The Sky. Lynn Administrator For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/8 "2001-03-11T20:46:30Z")
That was surreal. Sometimes I get the feeling that people have to divide their already limited intelligence between each screen name they have. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/9 "2001-03-11T21:11:51Z")
Man, my head hurts… ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/10 "2001-03-11T21:22:41Z")
so once again, boys and girls, we have a real example of why drugs are bad mmmmkay . . . . don’t do drugs, mmmmmmkay ? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/11 "2001-03-11T22:08:16Z")
This is, or was, interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/12 "2001-03-11T22:10:48Z")
Yeah, almost as good as Me, Myself & Irene, where the cop beats himself to a pulp. Oh, and Tuba- 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_and\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Cat\_and\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_and_I)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/13 "2001-03-12T01:35:45Z")
Was the question THAT outrageous you had to ban him? I was kind of wondering the same thing. All the time you move things to the Pit that used to stay here. Just seems odd, really, but why ban a guy for asking about it? ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/14 "2001-03-12T02:14:49Z")
He wasn’t banned for asking the question. (The answers to which, by the way, are “Ed can put the thread where he damn well pleases,” and “He didn’t create the thread as a policy discussion; it was just an announcement.”) Mr. (or Ms) bullonium was banned for posting in a manner which suggested he/she was mistakenly forgetting to switch to another sock for his/her replies. (If he/she was trying to be funny, then he/she has discovered the hard way that pretending to be a sockpuppet doesn’t play here in Peoria.) Now the _real_question: what will it take to save **Derleth** now that he’s confused **Lynn** with **Tuba**? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/15 "2001-03-12T05:27:46Z")
> [@](#): > > what will it take to save Derleth now that he’s confused Lynn with Tuba? Well, silly boy, the answer to that question should be obvious… lots and lots of chocolate. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/16 "2001-03-12T15:06:17Z")
MysterEcks is the winner, with Spoofe a VERY close runner-up. Just so everyone knows…both Tuba and I are VERY fond of chocolate. Very fond. Just in case anyone wants to try to bribe us…not that it’ll do any good for the bribee, mind you. I’m always willing to accept bribes, but I don’t let them influence me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/17 "2001-03-12T15:10:27Z")
Is Godiva brand okay? Or would Nestles be an acceptable substitute? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/18 "2001-03-12T20:10:52Z")
Coldfire wrote: > [@](#): > > Roses are red, violets are blue. > I am schizophrenic, and so am I. Tsk tsk tsk. Y’all should know the difference between _schizophrenia_ and _multiple-personality disorder_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/19 "2001-03-12T23:52:21Z")
It was a pet name… Honest! 😃 (Maybe I should just call all the mods ‘Bubba’ and ‘Honey’, like they do in the South.) [This message not edited by Derleth. Damn.] ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/20 "2001-03-13T03:13:12Z")
really disconnected from reality… What in hell was going on with WGB? (Sock or no, that was a cool handle) - who was it, and why would they be talking to themselves, even successfully switching identities. What was the point? I’m so confused… stoid [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568.md?page=2)