# Here's looking at you, Skipmagic
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [October 20, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191 "2006-10-20T05:12:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/1 "2006-10-20T05:12:34Z")
Hi all,
Obviously, like everyone, I don’t always agree with all (most?) of the mod decisions around here. Close this, don’t close that, warn this, argue that, ignore this, yadda yadda yadda.
However, I like to think that I also give credit where credit is due. I thought this was a pretty damn good closing by SkipMagic:
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7884367&postcount=11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7884367&postcount=11)
Gave the reason. Seemed apologetic. And even typed “please.”
I believe you set the standard for customer service with regard to closings with that post. Congrats! Hope this doesn’t count against you in the Great Mod Pitting contest.
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### Author:  [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/2 "2006-10-20T06:52:01Z")
I’d just like to say that I’ve only been here a short while, but as a member and a lurker, there has been more than enough rants about “horrible” closings by moderators. I agree that **Skipmagic** was justified in closing that, and I want to say that I really appreciate all the work the mods do here. I really think they are what sets this apart from all the other message boards I’ve ever read, and that makes me glad that I’m a member here…
Brendon
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### Author:  [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/3 "2006-10-20T06:56:07Z")
Ditto what **brendon** said. Thanks for your diligence, mods!
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/4 "2006-10-20T12:06:11Z")
Yeah, I suppose **Skippy** is a pretty good mod. Even if he is twee…
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### Author:  [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/5 "2006-10-20T12:56:36Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay]
Yeah, I suppose **Skippy** is a pretty good mod. Even if he is twee…
[/QUOTE]
But he is the hottest hunk o’ twee you ever did see. 🆒
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/6 "2006-10-20T13:03:23Z")
[QUOTE=auntie em]
But he is the hottest hunk o’ twee you ever did see. 🆒
[/QUOTE]
Does twee come in hunks? I always thought it came in blobs. 😛
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### Author:  [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/7 "2006-10-20T13:11:00Z")
[QUOTE=twickster]
Does twee come in hunks? I always thought it came in blobs. 😛
[/QUOTE]
Actually, recent guideline modifications have made it common practice to dole twee out in smidges. That’s why I’m so glad I managed to score a hunk. 😉
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/8 "2006-10-20T13:23:57Z")
Aww, geez, my wife’s in here giving me props? It had little chance, anyway, but now the other mods are _never_ going to let me add this thread to my Pit count.
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### Author:  [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/9 "2006-10-20T13:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=twickster]
Does twee come in hunks?
[/QUOTE]
Two words:
Plaid Jackboots
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### Author:  [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/10 "2006-10-20T13:43:25Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic]
Aww, geez, my wife’s in here giving me props? It had little chance, anyway, but now the other mods are _never_ going to let me add this thread to my Pit count.
[/QUOTE]
In fact, I think this counts as negative points. Compliments from the rabble? Obviously, you’ve gone soft!
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### Author:  [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/11 "2006-10-20T14:55:27Z")
I think that I shall never see
A mod so absolutely twee,
So twee the birdies sit on him
And softly plop their shit on him
And fly away, from terror free
Because they know a mod so twee
Will merely brush the crud away
And tweely shake his head, and say,
“You naughty things! Please don’t do that
Or I must don my twee mod hat
And tweely order you to stop
Your untwee antics. [sigh] A cop
So twee as me gets no respect.
But when one’s twee, one can’t expect
The shock and awe that **Lynn** will see.
Oh, well. I’m twee as twee can be.”
😃
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/12 "2006-10-20T15:24:22Z")
Bravo **ETF**
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/13 "2006-10-20T15:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]
Will merely brush the crud away
And tweely shake his head, and say,
[/QUOTE]
Confession: I was just skimming, and I got to this point, and somehow I saw the phrase “crush his head,” so I had to go back and read more carefully.
😉
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### Author:  [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/14 "2006-10-20T15:29:54Z")
SkipMagic sucks so bad I usually avoid anything to do with him.
😉
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/15 "2006-10-20T15:32:32Z")
Heh. That was great, **EddyTeddyFreddy**.
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/16 "2006-10-20T15:33:41Z")
They’re going to have to take away your jackboots now, aren’t they?
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/17 "2006-10-20T15:43:37Z")
Probably. At the very least, I’ll never get a 9-page Pit thread like **tomndebb**.
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### Author:  [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/18 "2006-10-20T15:48:12Z")
[QUOTE=Doctor Who]
Hope this doesn’t count against you in the Great Mod Pitting contest.
[/QUOTE]
Count _against_ him? Hell, it sets his count back to zero!
Time to start all over again, twee-boy!
😃
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/19 "2006-10-20T16:03:10Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic]
Probably. At the very least, I’ll never get a 9-page Pit thread like **tomndebb**.
[/QUOTE]
Come on, that thread has 2 against him and hundred for him. Are you sure that counts?
Just to maintain my status as a mod suck-up. Keep up the great work, it is appreciated.
**EddyTeddyFreddy** : Bravo, Awesome, Encore.
Jim {Now that **Rico** , I don’t know about him, can’t you emulate \*\*SkipMagic \*\* and \*\*tomndebb \*\* more?}
😉
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-looking-at-you-skipmagic/377191/20 "2006-10-20T16:17:46Z")
**ETF** , that was _art_!
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