# Pardons Application Process? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 3, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699 "2012-04-03T16:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/21 "2012-04-05T15:12:22Z")
No, they involve going down to the quarry to, hey, ow! Stop hitting me! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/22 "2012-04-05T18:23:22Z")
I feel a little inadequate. My reputation is sullied. I have one warning. For “Derailing a discussion.” Which I didn’t even know was against the rules. From a moderator who isn’t even a moderator any more. Any Warning you take away from the OP, can you put them on my CP so I feel a little more bad-ass? Or maybe put one on there for me that says, “For Shooting A Man Just To Watch Him Die,” or something? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/23 "2012-04-05T18:24:47Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Do they involve going down to the levee to drink whiskey and rye? Unfortunately, the three mods I admire most caught the last train to the coast. But they’ll be back this afternoon. Except for Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/24 "2012-04-05T19:14:39Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I feel a little inadequate. My reputation is sullied. I have one warning. For “Derailing a discussion.” Which I didn’t even know was against the rules. From a moderator who isn’t even a moderator any more. > > Any Warning you take away from the OP, can you put them on my CP so I feel a little more bad-ass? Or maybe put one on there for me that says, “For Shooting A Man Just To Watch Him Die,” or something? How about “Littering”? “…a-and creating a nuisance!” ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/25 "2012-04-05T19:49:28Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I feel a little inadequate. My reputation is sullied. I have one warning. For “Derailing a discussion.” Which I didn’t even know was against the rules. From a moderator who isn’t even a moderator any more. > > Any Warning you take away from the OP, can you put them on my CP so I feel a little more bad-ass? Or maybe put one on there for me that says, “For Shooting A Man Just To Watch Him Die,” or something? All right, you just got a warning from me. It expires in 24 hours. And I’ll probably get chewed out for issuing it. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/26 "2012-04-05T19:56:31Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > All right, you just got a warning from me. It expires in 24 hours. And I’ll probably get chewed out for issuing it. _Mostly_ Harmless? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/27 "2012-04-05T20:02:25Z")
Ha! I am so going to print-screen that and display to all my minions! ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/28 "2012-04-06T04:21:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > There were a lot of procedural reforms regarding theft and regicide after that regrettable incident where the jester stole the king’s crown and the situation became so confused it ended up with the courtroom being adjourned and no verdict being returned. Standing ovation! \I’m not saying that I am Dylan I’m not saying that I am Dylan I am Dylan\ (the perfect master reveals [the jester was Bob Dylan](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/908/what-is-don-mcleans-song-american-pie-all-about)) ([Tim Minchin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SFdUJLebzU) needs no introduction) ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/29 "2012-04-06T05:07:42Z")
> [@Nature\_s\_Call](#): > > ([Tim Minchin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SFdUJLebzU) needs no introduction) Woo hoo! I’m going to see Tim Minchin on Wednesday![/shameless bragging] ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/30 "2012-04-06T16:36:33Z")
Wish I could go too. Until my Pardons Application is approved I can’t cross state lines. Kids: always remember to obey the mods. They have power most fearsome. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/31 "2012-04-06T16:54:43Z")
> [@Nature\_s\_Call](#): > > Wish I could go too. Until my Pardons Application is approved I can’t cross state lines. > > Kids: always remember to obey the mods. They have power most fearsome. 🙂 You’re not kidding. I remember one member that had screwed up one too many times-when he went to his local Stuart Anderson’s for his free birthday dinner, he was told that his birthday had been suspended for two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/32 "2012-04-06T18:57:59Z")
Being a _Match Game_ fan has it’s drawbacks. Chief among them is when Gene is the only one on stage who gets the joke in the question. Infinitely more frustrating is when even Gene doesn’t get it. During one of the '74 episodes, the question was along the lines of “As the warden was escorting Dirty Dan to the electric chair, he said, ‘Do you have a final request?’ Dirty Dan said, ‘Yes, warden. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ me.’” Not a blessed one of them said “pardon.” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/33 "2012-04-06T19:14:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The infractions listed on your user profile are not visible to anyone else. Your profile _does_ show other proof of your heinousness, though: > [@](#): > > Friends > Nature’s Call has not made any friends yet ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/34 "2012-04-06T19:57:24Z")
> [@Nature\_s\_Call](#): > > ([Tim Minchin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SFdUJLebzU) needs no introduction) Seriously, “Magical-Woody Allen-Zombie-Superman-Komodo Dragon-Telepathic-Vampire-Quantum-Hovercraft-Me-Jesus” would be the best username ever. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/35 "2012-04-07T00:02:23Z")
I demand to have my one warning removed. If these demands are not met, I vote we overthrow the mods and take control of the board. WHO’S WITH ME? ATTICA! ATTICA! ATTICA! ATTICA! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/36 "2012-04-07T00:39:03Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > I demand to have my one warning removed. > > If these demands are not met, I vote we overthrow the mods and take control of the board. > > WHO’S WITH ME? > > ATTICA! > ATTICA! > ATTICA! > ATTICA! Have you actually seen _Dog Day Afternoon_? No, thanks. With my luck, I’d be playing John Cazale’s role. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/37 "2012-04-10T17:20:11Z")
Heh. I have one which is in effect until infinity, whenever that is. I see it every time I go to User CP as well, but since it was well-deserved (I was an asshole), it serves as a reminder, and I don’t mind it being there. It’s kind of like a badge or fencing scar! 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/38 "2012-04-10T18:29:18Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:16, topic:617699”] To be fair, if you REALLY, REALLY like sheep, we probably won’t ever let you forget about it. . [/QUOTE] Does the presence or absence of hip boots matter? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/39 "2012-04-10T23:20:23Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > It’s kind of like a badge or fencing scar! 🙂 I got a fencing scar. I was stringing barbed wire, and the strand broke and snapped back. > [@kopek](#): > > Does the presence or absence of hip boots matter? I’m guessing it matters to the sheep. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699/40 "2012-04-11T02:22:00Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Nature’s Call has not made any friends yet But I do have a T-Shirt that says “Plays well with others” It too is a lie. (and you’ll note I’ve not once mentioned sheep 😉 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699.md?page=3)