# I applaud the mods!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 2, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359 "2001-09-02T01:08:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359/1 "2001-09-02T01:08:27Z")

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Whoever thought up this board, the cafe society (I’m overlooking the missing accent), I applaud you. I am forever in your debt.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359/2 "2001-09-02T01:27:24Z")

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It was all my idea.

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**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359/3 "2001-09-02T04:01:57Z")

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Yo! Gair-son, there’s a fly in my cappacino!

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**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359/4 "2001-09-02T12:43:40Z")

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**elle** you’re supposed to say

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> What’s this fly doing in my cappacino?

Then I can reply

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> Drowning

Pure comedy Genius 😉

I was going to start a thread like this myself, but couldn’t decide where to put it, great new forum.

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**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359/5 "2001-09-02T12:46:40Z")

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sorry **elelle** , for misspelling your name.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359/6 "2001-09-02T17:05:57Z")

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Quiet! Everyone else will want one!

-or-

Don’t worry. He won’t drink much.

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**Author:** ![Bob\_s\_your\_uncle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@Bob\_s\_your\_uncle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_s_your_uncle)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359/7 "2001-09-02T19:29:27Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \*  
> \*\*It was all my idea. \*\*

🙂

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359/8 "2001-09-02T19:33:02Z")

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…or…“the backstroke.”

Thank you. Thank you. We’ll be here all week. etc.

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**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-mods/79359/9 "2001-09-02T21:00:05Z")

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Hey! What’s with all you jokers? I was just hopin’ Mr. Hookahlele would stop by on his rounds & fish awhile in my mug so’s I could tell him how snappy his new beret looked.

“The backstroke”, ya say? I dunno, with all the caffeine, the l’il bugger looks like he’s doin’ a psychedelic Buzzby Zzzzz number…