# I've been hoisted by my own petard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336 "2012-05-08T23:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336/1 "2012-05-08T23:35:27Z")
I “troll” on a board (NOT the Dope), and have been offered the opportunity to become a Mod! :smack: I’m inclined to do it. Talk me out of it. (or into it if you’re so inclined) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336/2 "2012-05-08T23:46:35Z")
First you have to tell us what board so we can go there and harass you if you accept the job. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336/3 "2012-05-09T00:40:03Z")
Wait, someone’s promoting you from troll to mod? Maybe this is like that Seinfeld episode where Elaine is too scared to fire this guy, so she makes him Vice President of Something-or-other. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336/4 "2012-05-09T00:42:12Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Wait, someone’s promoting you from troll to mod? > > Maybe this is like that Seinfeld episode where Elaine is too scared to fire this guy, so she makes him Vice President of Something-or-other. I’m a “troll” in that IRL I have no reason to post on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336/5 "2012-05-09T00:53:33Z")
If you can handle the scorn, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336/6 "2012-05-09T01:06:07Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > If you can handle the scorn, go for it. The scorn from carrying out my duties or scorn of being discovered? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336/7 "2012-05-09T21:17:21Z")
I’ve been given a reprieve. They found Mods. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-hoisted-by-my-own-petard/621336/8 "2012-05-09T21:55:09Z")
In that case, you avoided being hoisted _ **ON** _ your own petard. 😉