# New forum, new moderator

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 29, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715 "2001-08-29T15:24:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715/21 "2001-08-30T18:44:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \*  
> \*\*which led to manny replying “Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease.” \*\*

He’s so cute when he begs.

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715/22 "2001-08-30T19:33:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \*  
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> > You let that illiterate, gun loving, backwoods redneck lunatic be a moderator?
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> That would be me, UncleBeer, you have confused with Ukulele Ike. \*\*

You’re illiterate? 😃

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715/23 "2001-08-30T20:30:04Z")

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Apparently. Check out today’s Staff Report. I put an apostrophe in the posssessive “its.”

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715/24 "2001-08-30T21:14:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \*  
> **posssessive**

Define irony… 😃

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715/25 "2001-08-30T21:31:58Z")

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Fuck it. I should just call it a day.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715/26 "2001-08-31T06:08:15Z")

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Which makes it “the posssessive ‘day’s.’”

😕

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715/27 "2001-09-02T05:06:18Z")

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I go on a two week vacation, come back, and there’s a new forum, new mods, and Jill??? appears to have gone crazy. When I pay attention to the boards, however, nothing like this ever happens. Weird!

Congrats Ike!

And when did bibliophage become a mod? Congrats to you too!

What else did I miss?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-new-moderator/78715/28 "2001-09-02T20:36:49Z")

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> What else did I miss?

At the same time that **bibliophage** became a mod, **DrMatrix** did, and I unbecame one.

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