# Graham Wellington banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231 "2005-10-14T16:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/1 "2005-10-14T16:03:53Z")
when, where, why? If this is an inappropriate question or in the wrong place, please forgive me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/2 "2005-10-14T16:09:43Z")
I was wondering the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/3 "2005-10-14T16:16:30Z")
I did see one warning where he used a word he shouldn’t have. Suffice it to say that he wasn’t being niggardly with his word selections. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/4 "2005-10-14T16:20:38Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I did see one warning where he used a word he shouldn’t have. Suffice it to say that he wasn’t being niggardly with his word selections. Yeah, but he was just warned in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/5 "2005-10-14T16:23:43Z")
As someone said in the “childbirth” thread, he probably turned out to be a returning bannee - a definite no-no. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/6 "2005-10-14T16:25:49Z")
Yikes. I thought he was a really articulate, thoughtful guy. _meep_ Farewell, **Graham** , we barely knew ye… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/7 "2005-10-14T16:26:38Z")
> [@DarrenS](#): > > As someone said in the “childbirth” thread, he probably turned out to be a returning bannee - a definite no-no. He seemed to last longer than most returning bannees, though, especially given his posting rate. I know I shouldn’t be curious about this but, dammit, I am! ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/8 "2005-10-14T16:32:47Z")
Tuba linked to 3 warnings in ATMB: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339754](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339754) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/9 "2005-10-14T16:37:40Z")
Huh, that thread wasn’t there when I posted. Never mind, then. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/10 "2005-10-14T17:10:29Z")
> [@Ceejaytee](#): > > Tuba linked to 3 warnings in ATMB: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339754](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339754) Sorry, it wasn’t there when I started this thread. So to summarize his offenses: He insulted someone in GD, an insult which carried some racial overtones, but was not out and out racist. He called someone a Bozo and somesuch while the travelling Carlos Castelenada thread was stopped over in Cafe Society. And he used the n-word in a rather gratutitous manner. Was the final one the brick that broke the camel’s back, so to speak? ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/11 "2005-10-14T17:17:56Z")
He seemed from the get-go to have the exact profile of someone who’d be banned before his first month was up. There should be an SDMB pool on people like this. (Unfortunately, I doubt it’s possible to organize such a thing without feeling the back of a moderator’s hand.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/12 "2005-10-14T17:18:43Z")
He also thought that he was on a mission from Jesus to fight an international Satanic conspiracy. The board is usually pretty forgiving of eccentricity, but I think there’s a limit to how delusional a person can be and still be a valid, functioning part of the board. There also might have been liability issues stemming from the treatment someone so out of touch with reality might receive here, and how he might react to it. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/13 "2005-10-14T17:20:05Z")
Frankly, I would have seen this coming even without the returnee issue. He kept flaming out in spectacular ways. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/14 "2005-10-14T17:20:43Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Yikes. I thought he was a really articulate, thoughtful guy. _meep_ > > Farewell, **Graham** , we barely knew ye… \< slaps **Kythereia** with wet trout \> ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/15 "2005-10-14T17:32:53Z")
Don’t worry. There’s always someone to move up in the hierarchy when we lose the alpha whackjob. The niche is never vacant for long. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/16 "2005-10-14T17:35:14Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Don’t worry. There’s always someone to move up in the hierarchy when we lose the alpha whackjob. The niche is never vacant for long. Nature abhors a vacuum. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/17 "2005-10-14T17:43:05Z")
I didn’t see this thread before, so I assumed he was a sock. The first quote **Tuba** links to is just awful. I have to second this quote from the ATMB thread: > [@askeptic](#): > > Oh come on, Ray Charles could have seen this coming. So long, **Graham** , you extremely odd person. Don’t let the window slam on your penis on your way out. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/18 "2005-10-14T17:45:55Z")
I always got a craving for graham crackers when I saw his name. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/19 "2005-10-14T17:55:15Z")
Yes, but how much do you love chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231/20 "2005-10-14T17:57:47Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I always got a craving for graham crackers when I saw his name. Slathered with mushrooms, and baked in a pastry shell. Yum! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-wellington-banned/326231.md?page=2)