# Manhattan **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 20, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan/196352 "2003-08-20T03:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 107
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan/196352/107 "2003-08-20T23:41:45Z")
Thanks for the kind words, all. I’m not going anywhere, I’ve just been traded to the Staff Reports (embarrassingly, for “future consideration,” prolly some minor-league wash-up mod from an ezboard forum about Britney’s breasts). In the spirit of GQ, let me clear up some facts. I don’t manage “billions of dollars” but rather $600 MM. But yeah, it’s something of a time sink – I haven’t been as active since I got promoted 20 or so months ago. Speaking of which, how come no one ever asks any securities-related questions? Oh, and only a few thousand of it is actually mine, so no dollar-bill handouts. I’ll still be going to the various fests whenever possible – in fact, not modding will free up some time to do that. **Bib** is meaner than he looks and will play bad cop quite nicely. 😉 I am not eligible for the California Gubernatorial race for the reason that I am sane. **Alphagene** is better looking, but **Ukulele Ike** is a tiger in bed. I own stolen music. Maybe some other stuff from threads I’ve closed; I ain’t sayin’. But on the board, rules is rules. I can still swear (forum appropriately, of course), I just can’t close the thread afterwards. I lovelovelove the death ray thread; my only disappointment is that the membership was unable to develop one to surpass the 20’s-style death rays. I’d have made an exception to the rules for a good one. Spankings are still available after clearance with my fictitious girlfriend, **Canby**. See ya around the boards, and look for a Staff Report about the Brooklyn Bridge, coming soon to a SD front page near you! Oh, and for a retirement party thread in MPSIMS – we’re thinking Sept. 4. -manhattan GQ ex-mod. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan/196352)._