# New apprentice (Journeymen) mods **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 12, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456 "2020-11-12T19:44:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/21 "2020-11-13T19:30:53Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You werent warned,… > It doesnt go on your permanent record! Correct. Just a mod note. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/22 "2020-11-13T20:51:25Z")
I participated in the first of those threads and from what I saw it was people making reasonable points about what the rule should be and the moderator in question taking feedback in good faith. Seems like ATMB is working as intended in that one. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/23 "2020-11-13T22:35:46Z")
Yeah, but it went on and on and on, it turned into a ration of shit after the first few posts. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/24 "2020-11-13T23:50:23Z")
GMTA! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/25 "2020-11-14T00:41:51Z")
How else do you read it? 🧐 ❓ ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/26 "2020-11-14T00:55:54Z")
puzzle gal ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/27 "2020-11-14T01:01:40Z")
Oh. That would never have occurred to me. I’m a lawyer. “l-e-g-a-l” is always “legal”. Always. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/28 "2020-11-15T00:36:46Z")
It’s not Puzz Leg Al? Poor Al has a limp with such a puzz leg. ---
**Author:** ![Falchion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Falchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falchion)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/29 "2020-11-15T00:55:00Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > puzzle gal Well, I’ll be damned. (I still can’t see it). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/30 "2020-11-15T00:57:16Z")
You should break down and Capitalize the P & G in your name. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/31 "2020-11-15T00:58:05Z")
> [@Falchion](#): > > Well, I’ll be damned. (I still can’t see it). Seems there are a bunch of us. I only figured out it was “puzzle gal” when the new mod crew was announced. And even though I know better, I still read it as puzz legal. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/32 "2020-11-15T00:58:23Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > You should break down and Capitalize the P & G in your name I think she’s more of a puzzle the way it is now. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/33 "2020-11-15T02:04:13Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > You should break down and Capitalize the P & G in your name. Yeah, but if she’s French, it’s **Puzz le Gal** and you’re right back where you started. ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/34 "2020-11-15T02:30:42Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I think she’s more of a puzzle the way it is now. Speaking of names being cleared up. Is yours “ne edscoffee” as in “North East Eds Coffee” or “need scoffee” and in that case what is “scoffee”? ---
**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:** [November 15, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/35 "2020-11-15T02:34:49Z")
One who has been scoffed, of course. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/36 "2020-11-15T02:37:38Z")
but she’s missing the accent aigu: “Need scoffée” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/37 "2020-11-15T02:50:03Z")
Another thing ruined by a certain person: I can’t read the word Apprentice with a capital A without thinking about the TV show. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/38 "2020-11-15T02:53:37Z")
^ Oh, man, if the mods are working for HIM, I’m outta here! 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/39 "2020-11-15T03:03:15Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Another thing ruined by a certain person: I can’t read the word Apprentice with a capital A without thinking about the TV show. What other politics would you like to share? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/40 "2020-11-15T07:21:45Z")
> [@Enjoy\_Slurm](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > I think she’s more of a puzzle the way it is now. > > Speaking of names being cleared up. Is yours “ne edscoffee” as in “North East Eds Coffee” or “need scoffee” and in that case what is “scoffee”? Nah, it was supposed to be _needscovfefe_, but I fell asleep mid-submission and in the morning I awoke to my new username. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456.md?page=3)