# Frank Shuts Down A Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 18, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087 "2008-01-18T22:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/21 "2008-01-18T23:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] I see many of the several thousand post ass-kissers have checked in. Do you have anything to offer, or are you just padding your already bloated post count? [/QUOTE] Apparently I wasn’t clear. I thought your complaint was lame. Too lame to comment on it, in fact. Wouldn’t have bothered at all, however, I **do** enjoy a good pun from time to time. Thanks for letting me clear that up. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/22 "2008-01-18T23:43:58Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] I see many of the several thousand post ass-kissers have checked in. Do you have anything to offer, or are you just padding your already bloated post count? [/QUOTE] Speaking of tools… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/23 "2008-01-18T23:48:02Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Speaking of tools… [/QUOTE] nailed it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/24 "2008-01-18T23:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Who hasn’t seen a thread? [/QUOTE] [a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158752) hasn’t been seen around here in years. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zambini57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@Zambini57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zambini57)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/25 "2008-01-18T23:51:23Z")
[QUOTE=wring] Apparently I wasn’t clear. I thought your complaint was lame. Too lame to comment on it, in fact. Wouldn’t have bothered at all, however, I **do** enjoy a good pun from time to time. Thanks for letting me clear that up. [/QUOTE] Apparently you weren’t clear? All you posted in this thread so far was “Sounds like a hatchet job.” and “Awl, screw it”. Yeah, I guess you weren’t clear, apparently. Jackass. The post count you have , I expected better, or maybe you’re past your prime and just step in now and again to get your ass kissed. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/26 "2008-01-18T23:53:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] … and just step in now and again to get your ass kissed. [/QUOTE] In fact, I believe that it is _my_ ass supposed to be getting kissed here. Please don’t lose track of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/27 "2008-01-18T23:55:39Z")
Has **Zambini57** learned _anything_ at all from his suspension? ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/28 "2008-01-18T23:58:09Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] In fact, I believe that it is _my_ ass supposed to be getting kissed here. Please don’t lose track of the thread. [/QUOTE] Quit hammering away at Zambini. Isn’t he screwed enough? It’s wrenching to see how you drill him. Are you hoping he’ll bolt? I think he’s on the level. Is post count the only yardstick for who’s cool around here? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/29 "2008-01-19T00:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] Yeah, I guess you weren’t clear, apparently. Jackass. The post count you have , I expected better, or maybe you’re past your prime and just step in now and again to get your ass kissed. [/QUOTE] Nice of you to offer, but I’m married, sweetness. You need it spelled out more? (talk about some one who is ‘past their prime’) Ok. You posted a thread in the pit complaining about a thread closure. People replied. Not to agree strongly w/your OP, but to point out that the thread closure itself wasn’t controversial. The closest you had to an agreement was some one who thought the thread was > [@](#): > > very witty, but not really anywhere you could go with it. Others posted playfully. No big, in general, unless, of course, you decide to be a twit about it. Now, if you **really** were interested in a thread wherin folks could ponder the deep thoughts about 'what would it be like if we could _really, really, like see the sky, man_, w/o pollution, ambient light from cities and so on, maybe **that** thread would gain some positive attention (in a different forum). But, as it is here, the best I think you can hope for is for the punfest to continue until it drops from the front page. Jumping in getting pissed 'cause no one seemed to take your complaint seriously (except for the mod who actually explained their action) makes you sound immature and, well, lame. So far, it really hasn’t turned into a pile on towards you. You could, of course, make that happen. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/30 "2008-01-19T00:14:51Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] I see many of the several thousand post ass-kissers have checked in. Do you have anything to offer, or are you just padding your already bloated post count? [/QUOTE] You seem kind of angry. You know, my father in law bought a zamboni at an auction because it was really cheap and now he wants me to sell it. A zamboni in the desert. Shouldn’t be too hard to get rid of, you think? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/31 "2008-01-19T00:18:35Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] The sky thread was very witty, but not really anywhere you could go with it. [/QUOTE] Nowhere but up. ---
**Author:** ![Zambini57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@Zambini57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zambini57)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/32 "2008-01-19T00:24:52Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] You seem kind of angry. You know, my father in law bought a zamboni at an auction because it was really cheap and now he wants me to sell it. A zamboni in the desert. Shouldn’t be too hard to get rid of, you think? [/QUOTE] I have no idea, since my screen name is “Zambini57”, and not “Zamboni”. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/33 "2008-01-19T00:25:14Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] I see many of the several thousand post ass-kissers have checked in. Do you have anything to offer, or are you just padding your already bloated post count? [/QUOTE] Maybe people aren’t piling on \*\*Frank \*\* because they are all ass kissers. Or maybe they are not piling on \*\*Frank \*\* because they think you are a dick with a chip on your shoulder, and your complaint is just a bunch of pussy-assed whining. I’ll let you take your pick. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/34 "2008-01-19T00:27:37Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] I have no idea, since my screen name is “Zambini57”, and not “Zamboni”. [/QUOTE] The major difference is that a zamboni is useful. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/35 "2008-01-19T00:28:52Z")
**Zambini57** , it’s no longer the least bit surprising when I pop in for one of your OPs and discover that you’re wearing the thickest helmet in the room. ---
**Author:** ![Zambini57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@Zambini57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zambini57)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/36 "2008-01-19T00:30:10Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] The major difference is that a zamboni is useful. [/QUOTE] Uh-huh. And what exactly is your use here on this message board? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/37 "2008-01-19T00:36:14Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] Uh-huh. And what exactly is your use here on this message board? [/QUOTE] well, from where I sit, **silenus** seems to be doing quite an effective job of ‘pointing and laughing’. What are you here for? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/38 "2008-01-19T00:37:06Z")
[QUOTE=wring] … Now, if you **really** were interested in a thread wherin folks could ponder the deep thoughts about 'what would it be like if we could _really, really, like see the sky, man_, w/o pollution, ambient light from cities and so on, maybe **that** thread would gain some positive attention (in a different forum). … [/QUOTE] Yup, and as the owner of a really nice 12.5" Dob I’d have joined in. Instead you ( **Zambini57** ) open this toilet and bitch when folks use it like one. [QUOTE=wring] … So far, it really hasn’t turned into a pile on towards you. You could, of course, make that happen. [/QUOTE] It just wouldn’t be right if that did not happen. If you really want to commit suicide by mod just fucking do it already. :rolleyes: CMC +fnord! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/39 "2008-01-19T00:37:15Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] Uh-huh. And what exactly is your use here on this message board? [/QUOTE] Well, right now I’m making fun of you. That puts the “Usefulness Score” at: **Silenus** - 1, **Zambini57** - 0. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087/40 "2008-01-19T00:43:10Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] Just that morning, I was looking over [telescopes.com](http://telescopes.com) website, wondering if I should shell out $1,500 for a cool reflector scope with GPS and a 40,000 object database. [/QUOTE] Yet, instead of starting _that_ thread–which would have been, y’know, actually interesting and useful–you start THIS thread to piss and moan like a 12-year-old. How odd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-shuts-down-a-thread/434087.md?page=3)