# Insult in Comments on Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 30, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-in-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/818817 "2018-07-30T17:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-in-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/818817/21 "2018-08-01T13:05:13Z")
I dont’! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-in-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/818817/22 "2018-08-04T06:09:12Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I know that one of the mods in that forum is currently unavailable. Sorry about the delay, but I am currently in Borneo watching orangutans.\* I have issued a note for the offense. The lodges out here have lousy internet. \*Really. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-in-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/818817/23 "2018-08-04T13:22:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Sorry about the delay, but I am currently in Borneo watching orangutans. There are Moderator training camps now? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-in-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/818817/24 "2018-08-04T13:39:49Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Sorry about the delay, but I am currently in Borneo watching orangutans.\* I have issued a note for the offense. The lodges out here have lousy internet. > > \*Really. Have you seen any Whitehead’s Trogons? It would be neat to compare them to the Central American trogons you’re familiar with. Anyway, carry on… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-in-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/818817/25 "2018-08-04T18:56:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > While you’re here, is calling someone “incompetent” a personal insult? Don’t you know? Aren’t you ex Mod? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-in-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/818817/26 "2018-08-04T19:26:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Sorry about the delay, but I am currently in Borneo watching orangutans.\* I have issued a note for the offense. The lodges out here have lousy internet. > > \*Really. Thanks, I understand. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-in-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/818817/27 "2018-08-04T21:53:51Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Don’t you know? Aren’t you ex Mod? Yes, I know that I am an ex mod. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insult-in-comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/818817.md?page=1)