# New moderator in General Questions -- Colibri **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780 **Category:** About This Message Board **Created:** [June 20, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780 "2007-06-20T22:51:39Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva) #### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/1 "2007-06-20T22:51:39Z")
You’re not seeing double, we’re adding another new moderator to General Questions. Colibri is also starting today. We’ve thought for a long time he would be a great addition to the staff and he finally agrees with us. Please welcome him to the moderator ranks. ---
### Author: ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika) #### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/2 "2007-06-20T22:55:23Z")
Wow. Congrats, \*\*Colibri \*\*- I’m surprised this didn’t happen eons ago, too. ---
### Author: ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried) #### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/3 "2007-06-20T23:01:22Z")
I picture our new moderator zipping at high speeds through the various threads as if they were flowers, pulling the sweet nectar from each post for nourishment. It’s so beautiful it makes me want to cry. ---
### Author: ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal) #### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/4 "2007-06-20T23:03:33Z")
I don’t know why, but I thought Colibri was already a mod. ---
### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem) #### Post date: [June 20, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/5 "2007-06-20T23:12:37Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I don’t know why, but I thought Colibri was already a mod. [/QUOTE] See the same effect in the “Welcome gfactor” thread. I think someone should open a GQ question about why people see what they want to see, rather than what IS. ---
### Author: ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/6 "2007-06-21T01:19:30Z")
Excellent. A worthy addition, even if it is just a noob saying it. ---
### Author: ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/7 "2007-06-21T01:24:47Z")
dupe ---
### Author: ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/8 "2007-06-21T01:27:09Z")
To quote the internet: W00T!! ---
### Author: ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/9 "2007-06-21T01:31:36Z")
:eek: ---
### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/10 "2007-06-21T02:00:00Z")
Excellent news – I’m glad you finally wore him down. ---
### Author: ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/11 "2007-06-21T02:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] I picture our new moderator zipping at high speeds through the various threads as if they were flowers, pulling the sweet nectar from each post for nourishment. It’s so beautiful it makes me want to cry. [/QUOTE] Arnold, that is so very sweet, but it may really be like [this](http://abirdsfeather.com/library/2DrollYankeesHappy8LargeHummingbirdFeeder.jpg). In any case, the good Dr. Colibri is a swell addition to the Moderati here. I just picture him lounging in his hammock, swinging in the tropical breeze, laptop perched a bit precariously, and holding good sway over it all. Great choice! ---
### Author: ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/12 "2007-06-21T03:15:46Z")
Thanks for the kind words, everyone. [QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] I picture our new moderator zipping at high speeds through the various threads as if they were flowers, pulling the sweet nectar from each post for nourishment. It’s so beautiful it makes me want to cry. [/QUOTE] Would that all posts held sweet nectar, and none bore thorns! [QUOTE=elelle] Arnold, that is so very sweet, but it may really be like this. [/QUOTE] Actually, I don’t think \*\*Arnold \*\* knows that the hummingbird’s tutelary spirit is actually [Huitzilopochtli.](http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/huiz.htm)😉 ---
### Author: ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/13 "2007-06-21T03:21:43Z")
> [@](#): > > **Liberal** : I don’t know why, but I thought Colibri was already a mod. The same here. All this time I’ve been respectful was wasted. Damn. ---
### 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: [June 21, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/14 "2007-06-21T04:18:22Z")
Hey, cool, one of the posters I most look forward to reading, is now one of the mods. Please don’t let this interfere with your answer Bio questions. 😉 Thank you for doing this nearly thankless task, **Colibri**. Jim ---
### Author: ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/15 "2007-06-21T05:00:19Z")
_Bienvenue, **Colibri**!_ ---
### Author: ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/16 "2007-06-21T05:04:40Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] The same here. All this time I’ve been respectful was wasted. Damn. [/QUOTE] Me third. I guess he just has a natural mod vibe or something. Strange. ---
### Author: ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/17 "2007-06-21T05:50:10Z")
I, for one, welcome our new long-billed overlord. (and I thought he was already a mod, too.) ---
### Author: ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/18 "2007-06-21T06:30:23Z")
Many congratulations, **Colibri**. Good luck! 🆒 ---
### Author: ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/19 "2007-06-21T15:33:58Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Me third. I guess he just has a natural mod vibe or something. Strange. [/QUOTE] Now you guys are starting to scare me. Because I’m actually a Rocker. 🙂 ---
### Author: ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage) #### Post date: [June 21, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/20 "2007-06-21T15:52:04Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] dupe [/QUOTE] True enough, but there’s no need to rub it in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780.md?page=2)