# Please welcome our new moderators **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645 "2020-09-02T22:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/61 "2020-09-03T15:32:30Z")
Oh look, newly-born mods. I’m knitting your jackbooties as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/62 "2020-09-03T15:38:47Z")
Has anybody seen the SDMB goat, by the way…? ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/63 "2020-09-03T15:48:06Z")
A hearty welcome to all. Thank you so much for stepping up to the plate. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/64 "2020-09-03T16:07:51Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Well, three outta four, anyway. I leave it up to the reader to figure out which one isn’t included. Oooh, the first poster to put on my hit list. (rubs hands gleefully) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/65 "2020-09-03T16:14:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Has anybody seen the SDMB goat, by the way…? Not since the move. I hope it didn’t get left behind. Check with **Colibri** , isn’t he in charge of critters? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/66 "2020-09-03T16:17:34Z")
See my post above. The squid and the goat have gone missing. We may have to use a slug and a wombat instead. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/67 "2020-09-03T16:20:12Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > > [@Superdude](#): > > > > Well, three outta four, anyway. I leave it up to the reader to figure out which one isn’t included. > > Oooh, the first poster to put on my hit list. (rubs hands gleefully) 😉 Ha ha! Number one! Take that, Mom! Shows what you know! ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/68 "2020-09-03T16:22:49Z")
Oh, no. Since _#metoo_ the lawyers have said I can’t go anywhere near the mods. mikecurtis The Wombat ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/69 "2020-09-03T16:31:06Z")
Sad to report that the squid became an appetizer for the new mods, and the goat. . .well, let’s not talk about that. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/70 "2020-09-03T16:37:54Z")
Congratulations, and much gratitude to all of you. (And much gratitude to all the old mods, also, of course.) j ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/71 "2020-09-03T16:40:21Z")
Ooo - I didn’t know you were Monmouth. I used to work for a company based in Eatontown, and came over quite a few times. j ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/72 "2020-09-03T17:36:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sad to report that the squid became an appetizer for the new mods, and the goat. . .well, let’s not talk about that. Hmmm, calamari. I prefer lamb to kid, but a nice rack of kid is a pleasant meal. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/73 "2020-09-03T18:15:50Z")
I’m almost done with it. I’ll have it back before dark. Sorry. Congrats, new mods! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/74 "2020-09-03T18:43:27Z")
Congratulations to the new mods. Now I have a whole new audience for my litany of complaints about The Man keepin’ me down. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/75 "2020-09-03T18:51:47Z")
Stay strong **El K** , stay strong! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/76 "2020-09-03T19:32:44Z")
Congratudolences, and good luck. I hope this means all of you will get to have more of a life outside of the boards. (Heresy, I know, but there you have it.) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/77 "2020-09-03T19:36:41Z")
☹ ☹ Mariah and her pet are for new _members_, not new _moderators_. Y’all get coffee mugs and jackboots. ☕ 👢 ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/78 "2020-09-03T19:44:49Z")
I have the coffee mug, can I use _All weather yellow boots_ instead of jackboots? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/79 "2020-09-03T19:50:59Z")
Congrats all. I’m glad the mod team is expanding and I’m sure you’ll enjoy every single moment. 😈 ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645/80 "2020-09-03T19:55:50Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I have the coffee mug, can I use _All weather yellow boots_ instead of jackboots? Only if they are steel-toed. Troll-stomping requires sturdy footwear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderators/919645.md?page=5)