# gum suspended **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 11, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601 "2005-08-11T16:28:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/21 "2005-08-14T09:31:17Z")
> [@Sarah Woodruff](#): > > Is **gum** OK? I think she has a lung condition of one kind or another. I’ve received e-mail from her within the past 48 hours. As of that time she seemed to be her normal self 🙂 Dani ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/22 "2005-08-15T08:13:26Z")
> [@Noone Special](#): > > I’ve received e-mail from her within the past 48 hours. > As of that time she seemed to be her normal self 🙂 > > Dani 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/23 "2005-08-15T09:28:43Z")
I hope she’ll be back soon. We need all the cloggy wit we can muster, to be the Dutch Voice of Freedom and Frites drowned in Mayonaise on these here Angloboards. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/24 "2005-08-15T15:35:45Z")
Mmmmmmmm. Frites and mayonaise. (And yes, I hope she’s back soon too. We disagree on some things, but she’s a good egg, I think.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/25 "2005-09-16T15:38:31Z")
Has the suspension been lifted yet? ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/26 "2005-09-17T17:51:34Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Has the suspension been lifted yet? IANAMod, but I would have to say that the fact that her status is back to “Charter Member” means that the answer is apparently “yes” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/27 "2005-09-17T18:03:47Z")
> [@Noone Special](#): > > IANAMod, but I would have to say that the fact that her status is back to “Charter Member” means that the answer is apparently “yes” Ah. I should have checked that. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/28 "2005-09-18T05:21:44Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > Mmmmmmmm. Frites and mayonaise. > > (And yes, I hope she’s back soon too. We disagree on some things, but she’s a good egg, I think.) I am too! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/29 "2005-09-19T22:11:48Z")
Yep, My suspension has been lifted. Thanks all. You’re the best. _:: Sending tulips, greetings and Frites & mayonaise from Amsterdam::_🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/30 "2005-09-20T04:30:17Z")
It’s good to see you back. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 20, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/31 "2005-09-20T05:49:34Z")
YAY!! and I like my frites with mayo! ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/32 "2005-09-20T07:24:12Z")
Good to see you back, **gum**! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/33 "2005-09-20T07:53:45Z")
Welcome back! As for your offer of sending plants… Don’t you grow some… er… _other stuff_ (besides tulips) in Amsterdam? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/34 "2005-09-20T16:24:09Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Right, and there would be a link to the post(s) that led to the suspension or, as in this case, where **gum’s** thread was quickly vanished, a barebones statement of facts and of the rule that’s been violated, perhaps with an explanation of why it exists. But everyone already knows that it was Section 12-4-A: actions detrimental to stock car racing or Section 12-4-Q:car, car parts, components and/or equipment that do not conform to NASCAR rules. That all anyone ever gets suspended for. It’ll cost you $25,000, 25 owner point and 25 driver points, too. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/35 "2005-09-20T17:46:58Z")
> [@xbuckeye](#): > > It’ll cost you $25,000, 25 owner point and 25 driver points, too. Do I hear 30? Going once, going twice… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/36 "2005-09-20T18:29:41Z")
How about we call it The Hole. 30 days in the hole! Or the box if you’re more of a Cool Hand Luke person. How about the Cooler! HOGAAAAAAAN! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/37 "2005-09-21T04:23:23Z")
Welcome back…even though we never talk. I see your name and read your posts all the time, though. And add me to the group that didn’t know that she was a she. :o ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/38 "2005-09-25T07:33:01Z")
**Noone** What? You want me to send gladioli? hehehe. Thanks for asking, **Sarah Woodruff**. **PookahMacPhellimey** meet **Goodegg** Are you caffeïnated yet, **Johnny L.A**? **Larry Borgia** , Shall I send the frites bubble-wrapped separately with the mayo on the side? Thank you, **Idle Thoughts** , likewise. 🙂 **Maastricht** , beautiful town, beautiful lady: Thanks. **All** : You are all way too kind, but that’s cool. 😉 Dank je wèl. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/39 "2005-09-25T08:33:49Z")
> [@gum](#): > > **Noone** What? You want me to send gladioli? hehehe. I was thinking of something… less flowery… more, um, _useful_ leaves… > [@](#): > > Dank je wèl. Last time I heard **that** phrase, it was from a garbage can at Eftling 😃 (for the unaware – Eftling is a large amusement park in Holland. They have impact(?)-activated sensors in the garbage cans that say “thank you” every time you throw something in them. To encourage the kids to use them, I guess) ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601/40 "2005-09-26T08:04:23Z")
So…You’re comparing me with a garbage can? 😃 [This](http://www.familiepijp.nl/images/laatste-nieuws-fotos/efteling2.jpg) is one of the “garbage here” collectors, in the Efteling right? I have absolutely NO idea what you mean by useful leaves… \*:: polishing my aureole:: \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gum-suspended/316601.md?page=3)