# Mods, why was my Tom Leykis question taken down? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 29, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982 "2005-09-29T03:50:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrahamWellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@GrahamWellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrahamWellington)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/1 "2005-09-29T03:50:59Z")
I framed a great question about radio DJ Tom Leykis, and someone took it down, why? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/2 "2005-09-29T04:04:02Z")
This’n? [Do you ladies admire radio DJ Tom Leykis?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337388) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/3 "2005-09-29T04:06:11Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > This’n? [Do you ladies admire radio DJ Tom Leykis?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337388) No, that can’t be it. He said he framed a “great” question. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/4 "2005-09-29T04:12:53Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > No, that can’t be it. He said he framed a “great” question. lol gg. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/5 "2005-09-29T04:33:47Z")
No one took it down. No one touched… at all. It exists in the same state of unanswered virgin majesty as when you framed it. It’s greatness made it too heavy for mortals to comprehend, and it sank beneath the waves when no person could bring them selves to frame a sufficiently great response. Sometimes greatness is a mighty burden. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/6 "2005-09-29T05:07:53Z")
**GrahamWellington** : In other words, nobody replied and it dropped like a stone off the first page. Threads do that when none of the Dopers can even think of a joke to make about the OP. The mods had nothing to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/7 "2005-09-29T05:08:48Z")
> [@astro](#): > > No one took it down. No one touched… at all. It exists in the same state of unanswered virgin majesty as when you framed it. It’s greatness made it too heavy for mortals to comprehend, and it sank beneath the waves when no person could bring them selves to frame a sufficiently great response. > > Sometimes greatness is a mighty burden. When come back, bring giant squid. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/8 "2005-09-29T05:09:06Z")
> [@astro](#): > > No one took it down. No one touched… at all. It exists in the same state of unanswered virgin majesty as when you framed it. It’s greatness made it too heavy for mortals to comprehend, and it sank beneath the waves when no person could bring them selves to frame a sufficiently great response. > > Sometimes greatness is a mighty burden. I’m really glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read this. You, sir, have honed sarcasm to a highly refined and delicate art. I salute you. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/9 "2005-09-29T05:21:49Z")
I don’t think a lot of ladies who know Tom Leykis’ history would like him very much. He was thrown off Boston radio in the mid-90s after he was arrested for assaulting his wife and throwing her into a fireplace (!) during a Christmas party. His arrest made the pages of the Boston Herald (along with a photo from his arraigment) at the time. But even before this incident I thought the guy was a total jackass. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/10 "2005-09-29T06:18:05Z")
Gosh, now I know what to tell myself when one of my own threads sinks to the bottom of the briny deep. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/11 "2005-09-29T06:19:26Z")
D’oh, I forgot to hit the “quote” box. I was replying to **astro**. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/12 "2005-09-29T06:26:59Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Sometimes greatness is a mighty burden. Right. That OP ought to be bronzed. I remember Leykis publicized the name of the girl in the Kobe Bryant case. That was a valuable public service… ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/13 "2005-09-29T06:34:52Z")
It’s probably gone off looking for adams to count. Adams of every hue. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/14 "2005-09-29T08:03:06Z")
> [@BraheSilver](#): > > Gosh, now I know what to tell myself when one of my own threads sinks to the bottom of the briny deep. Thanks! Has a thread ever sunk all the way to the bottom of the briny deep? Did it stay there long? ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/15 "2005-09-29T08:09:34Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Has a thread ever sunk all the way to the bottom of the briny deep? Did it stay there long? Only once, in 1960. It was there for about 20 minutes, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/16 "2005-09-29T09:26:12Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I don’t think a lot of ladies who know Tom Leykis’ history would like him very much. He was thrown off Boston radio in the mid-90s after he was arrested for assaulting his wife and throwing her into a fireplace (!) during a Christmas party. His arrest made the pages of the Boston Herald (along with a photo from his arraigment) at the time. > > But even before this incident I thought the guy was a total jackass. Incident never happened. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/17 "2005-09-29T12:04:34Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Incident never happened. :wally [Huh?](http://nndb.com/people/160/000058983/) Maybe it only [seemed](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/leykis1.html) to have happened. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/18 "2005-09-29T14:08:57Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Incident never happened. :wally Of course it happened. I remember it well. It was big news in Boston at the time. My only mistake was writing “during” when I meant to say “after a Christmas party.” ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/19 "2005-10-01T00:57:11Z")
Like my uncle swears he read in the paper that Frank Sinatra kicked Ava Gardener to the curb because she had a black baby! ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-why-was-my-tom-leykis-question-taken-down/323982/20 "2005-10-01T02:43:43Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Like my uncle swears he read in the paper that Frank Sinatra kicked Ava Gardener to the curb because she had a black baby! Did your uncle have a [police report](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/leykis1.html) to back him up?