# New moderator in General Questions -- Colibri **URL:** \ **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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/21 "2007-06-21T16:06:16Z")
Now I’m picturing **Colibri** stalking birds, leather biker jacket and binocs. Great. Well, it’s better than the image where he’s in feathers atop a pyramid, obsidian knife in hand… Oh, and congrats, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/22 "2007-06-21T16:14:24Z")
You mean **Colibri** actually has time left over after answering all the posts that go, “I saw this bird that was brown or maybe white, but it was definitely bigger than a sparrow – what was it?” (I’ve been guilty myself, alas). ---
**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 21, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/23 "2007-06-21T17:36:37Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Actually, I don’t think \*\*Arnold \*\* knows that the hummingbird’s tutelary spirit is actually [Huitzilopochtli.](http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/huiz.htm) [/QUOTE] And here I was afraid that our members would see a cute little birdie moderator and stomp on him! I am reassured now, knowing that your Huitzilopochtli persona will intimidate the Dopers and instill such fear in them that they will never Pit you. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/24 "2007-06-21T17:47:59Z")
Congratulations–Welcome to the exalted ranks of the Hall Monitors! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/25 "2007-06-22T00:48:00Z")
Congratulations! Will you be getting feathered jackboots? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/26 "2007-06-22T01:22:59Z")
[QUOTE=dogbutler] Congratulations! Will you be getting feathered jackboots? [/QUOTE] Actually, we have to PAY for our own equipment. When the PTB asked him how he wanted to pay for them, he said “can I put it on my bill?” :::rimshot::: ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/27 "2007-06-22T09:44:26Z")
Congratulations, Col! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/28 "2007-06-22T10:31:47Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Actually, we have to PAY for our own equipment. When the PTB asked him how he wanted to pay for them, he said “can I put it on my bill?” :::rimshot::: [/QUOTE] God help me, I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/29 "2007-06-22T13:19:18Z")
What is really needed is for **Fenris** to update the “Origin of the Mods” series since we’ve had so many new ones. Good luck **Colibri** , but I’m sure you’ll easily hurdle the bar set by Banhatten long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/30 "2007-06-22T14:29:13Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I don’t know why, but I thought Colibri was already a mod. [/QUOTE] Personally, I have a tendency to subconsciously equate “SDSAB” with “Moderator” even though I know they are two different things. The same way that “Moderator” != “Administrator”… Congrats **Colibri**! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/31 "2007-06-22T15:36:49Z")
[QUOTE=Shoeless] Personally, I have a tendency to subconsciously equate “SDSAB” with “Moderator” even though I know they are two different things. [/QUOTE] Is that what it was? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/32 "2007-06-23T06:03:58Z")
[del]Another victim lured to[/del] Congratulations on your new position of high estate and low popularity. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/33 "2007-06-23T07:16:20Z")
[QUOTE=MEBuckner] Congratulations–Welcome to the exalted ranks of the Hall Monitors! [/QUOTE] Hell yeah, I hope you live up to the memory of the original Hall Monitor. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/34 "2007-06-23T07:28:00Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Would that all posts held sweet nectar, and none bore thorns! Actually, I don’t think \*\*Arnold \*\* knows that the hummingbird’s tutelary spirit is actually [Huitzilopochtli.](http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/huiz.htm)😉 [/QUOTE] Sure, you call yourself a hummingbird now, but will we find that you’re really [Quetzalcoatl](http://www.pantheon.org/articles/q/quetzalcoatl.html)? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/35 "2007-06-23T20:02:13Z")
Count me as one who thought he already was a mod. When I saw the thread title I assumed they were just moving him to GQ. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/36 "2007-06-25T19:28:43Z")
Hi **Colibri**! (don’t you make lighters?) If your a rocker I guess you already have some jackboots or the equivalent. All you need now is coffee cup and your ready to roll. ---
**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 25, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780/37 "2007-06-25T22:11:49Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Now I’m picturing **Colibri** stalking birds, leather biker jacket and binocs. [/QUOTE] Actually, when I go birding back home in the Bronx, I do wear a leather jacket. > [@](#): > > All you need now is coffee cup and your ready to roll. I already have the coffee mug from being a SDSAB. But I’m probably going to need a bigger one now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-colibri/408780.md?page=1)