# I'm banned! Banned I tell you! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 7, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503 "2011-09-07T16:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/121 "2011-09-09T19:03:22Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > No scotch and no chocolate, though. Dammit. That would probably be my department. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/122 "2011-09-09T19:09:52Z")
As I have always maintained, just worship me like the Goddess that I am and everything will be just fine. Maybe I should say that more often. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/123 "2011-09-09T19:23:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Got my email, thanks, despite saying here that you didn’t have to. But I didn’t want to respond (lovely or otherwise) and force you to open up yet another email. Thanks, **Tuba** , for all your hard work. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/124 "2011-09-09T19:29:26Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > All told somewhere near 1000 emails. Holy cats. \>\_\> I’m sorry for my contribution to that pile, but, thanks for going through the trouble. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/125 "2011-09-09T20:21:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Got my email, thanks, despite saying here that you didn’t have to. But I didn’t want to respond (lovely or otherwise) and force you to open up yet another email. Thanks, **Tuba** , for all your hard work. What **Elendil’s Heir** said. Thank you, **TubaDiva**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/126 "2011-09-09T20:41:28Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Your patience and consideration in this has been greatly appreciated. I’ve gotten some lovely responses too, and everyone has been just really good through all of this. (No scotch and no chocolate, though. Dammit.) We did get you scotch & chocolate: Glenfiddich & Godiva to be precise. But for some reason I was asked to deliver it, so per policy I stole it and sold it at a profit. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/127 "2011-09-09T21:01:45Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > As I have always maintained, just worship me like the Goddess that I am and everything will be just fine. > > Maybe I should say that more often. Thank you Board Goddess! If you ever ban me again, I’m won’t send an email. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/128 "2011-09-09T21:02:45Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > That’ll be a fun two hours. The gloves will be off in **Great Debates**! TPTB will have to add a whole bunch more words to the “language you can’t use” sticky when they get back. On the bright side, the question about the existence of a deity that concerns itself with the affairs of human beings will answered definitively. Responses in **General Questions** will come from the _Urban Dictionary_, out-of-print editions of _Ripley’s Believe it or Not_, and a set of the _Encyclopedia Britannica_ (1973 ed., missing vol. Q-Re) kept in a Doper’s storage shed. **IMHO** will consist of medical advice culled from homeopathy websites, legal advice given by para-legals fired from _Jacoby & Meyers_, and personal advice from “classic” Ann Landers columns. **ATMB** will resemble the **BBQ Pit**. And I fear TPTB will probably have to call in a HazMat team for the **BBQ Pit**. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/129 "2011-09-09T21:03:15Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > If she’s sending an individual email to each person, then yes, I can see keeping track of a list of “no need to replies” should be fairly easy. If they were all in one place, yes. But people were scatter-shotting them all over the thread. I saw it coming on the first post, and made a joke back then. I called it right. In any event, I’m 99% sure people were just trying to milk a joke, as that is par for the course here (ie Monty Python, Princess Bride, zombies, etc etc etc). > [@](#): > > I’ll let TubaDiva determine if it helps or not, but I wouldn’t discount the idea prima facia. And she said that it was easier to just send a reply rather than keep two lists. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/130 "2011-09-09T21:11:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Got my email, thanks, despite saying here that you didn’t have to. But I didn’t want to respond (lovely or otherwise) and force you to open up yet another email. Thanks, **Tuba** , for all your hard work. Yes, me too, also…After being ‘banned’, I just kept checking back and eventually everything seemed back to normal, so I deduced that I did not do something ban-worthy. Then I noticed this thread and knew it was a widespread thing. Appreciate your hard work! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/131 "2011-09-10T01:39:35Z")
First comes the mass banning of the Board. Now I’m hearing of some giant power outage covering California, Arizona and parts of Mexico. Oh, what havoc hath the Administerminator wrought? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/132 "2011-09-10T01:58:21Z")
I figured that I hadn’t been banned as it said IP address but my account was still visible in the upper right corner. That said, kinda hoped I had been. Would’ve added to my already impressive street cred. “That’s right baby. I been banned on the internet. I’m _dangerous_.” ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/133 "2011-09-10T08:23:23Z")
I reckon the mods and the admins decided to have a booze up and instead of a designated driver just made a decision "Let’s pretend this…) The photographs will be interesting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MizTina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/134 "2011-09-11T05:56:49Z")
I got a very nice reply from TubaDiva explaining the problem, along with an apology and a thank you for being one of the teeming millions…at 11:34 pm that night! So a certain Diva was working way overtime. So thank you again for the time and trouble you went through for what amounted to a tiny glitch. That is truly one of the many reasons I remain a member. Y’all rock! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503.md?page=6)