# Please welcome our newest mod, xash **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 18, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296 "2003-07-18T02:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/61 "2003-07-19T11:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xash \* > **Don’t I get a handicap?** No. Your current **NMPC** (that’s **Count** , not **Quotient** , **Troy** ) stands at zero. But don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll soon start getting the usual “xash - why was my thread on smoking dope while downloading MP3s and defeating CSS locked?” threads in the pit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/62 "2003-07-19T11:25:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*Hey, now that you are the newest member of the Mod Squad, are you more of a Clarence Williams III or Michael Cole type? Or perhaps more of a Peggy Lipton kinda Mod? \*\* Unfortunately, the series never did air here. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/63 "2003-07-19T11:30:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\*G’day **Xash**. Welcome mate. Do we now have a mod who knows about cricket? 😃 \*\* I’ve never been a cricket fan, more of a football (soccer) crazy guy. But ball by ball Sachin Tendulkar is getting me more interested. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/64 "2003-07-19T13:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xash \* > \*\*Start asking your local sweet mart to stock up on _gulab jamuns_ and _rossogullas_. > > Incidentally, Shahrukh Khan lives a few buildings away from my house. You might want to send me more of each. \*\* :eek: ooooooOOOOooooo … how cool! Any other celebs in the neighborhood? Good thing I already have a source of _gulab jamun_ and _rossogulla_, although some day I may try making my own just for the heck of it. Let me know if you’re ever planning to come to NYC and I’ll have some ready for you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/65 "2003-07-21T01:41:12Z")
I have a question: What happened to that post in this thread where someone had a makeshift spoiler (using html colour code)? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xash \* > \*\ ***How did you first find The Dope™?** > 🙂 Good question. I found it through a link on [bored.com](http://www.bored.com). \*\* Me too. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/66 "2003-07-21T04:57:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ed Zotti \* > \*\*xash got the job for the following reasons: > > … > > 1. He’s from Bombay, India (now officially Mumbai, India). Is that cool or what?\*\* I’m from Westminster, Maryland–can I be a mod too now?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/67 "2003-07-21T10:14:38Z")
> [@](#): > > I was agnostic, now I tend towards atheist. Apparently a prerequisite. Congratulations on your appointment. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/68 "2003-07-21T10:23:18Z")
They already have a Maryland mod, **SlickRoenick**. Bummer, huh? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/69 "2003-07-21T10:31:43Z")
See, I didn’t know this thread was here, so I already kissed up to **xash** and sent him a congratulatory e-mail. Did I ever do a Scooby Doo when I saw **Moderator** under his name! I need to hang out in ATMB more often. Now I can kiss up to him in this thread, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/70 "2003-07-21T10:53:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cajun Man \* > \*\* > > (Where in hell did **Jill** put that goat?!) \*\* The goat is _ **safe** _. REAL safe!! Don’t fret your pretty li’l head about it **Cajun**. 😃 Mmmmmmm. Goat sacrifices on the spit. Mmmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![parlo\_americano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@parlo\_americano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parlo_americano)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/71 "2003-07-21T11:04:14Z")
congrashulations xash 😃 I’ll be just coming on 😉 as you finish for the night:cool: … typical ☹ (significantlly used smileys) 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 21, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/72 "2003-07-21T23:03:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cajun Man \* > \*\*(Where in hell did **Jill** put that goat?!) \*\* If she took it with her to Trinidad, it’s undoubtedly gone into the curry by now. Welcome, **xash!** ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/73 "2003-07-22T03:27:31Z")
**xash** , you have my condolences^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hbest wishes in your work as a moderator in GQ. How long until you start swearing when closing threads? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/74 "2003-07-22T04:27:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > **xash, you have my condolences^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hbest wishes in your work as a moderator in GQ.** **porcupine** , I note that you are a stickler for detail. Exactly 11 backspaces! I’m impressed. 🙂 > [@](#): > > **How long until you start swearing when closing threads?** 🙂 I’m rather polite right now, no? You see, I’m not a nazi like the _other_ mods. I haven’t even been pitted yet. In other news, here’s some useless trivia to keep my thread going: Definition of moderator, from [Dictionary.com](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=moderator) " 3. _Physics_. A substance, such as water or graphite, that is used in a nuclear reactor to decrease the speed of fast neutrons and increase the likelihood of fission. n 1: any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors " Come one, Come all! Suck up to me now, or forever be damned. **FREE** 1 week of polite thread lockings and kind warnings for all those who have posted to this thread. **PLUS** If this thread gets really really long you can pit me about how my welcome thread is too long and how you’re so jealous. I can then come and lock the pit thread. FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. ---
**Author:** ![parlo\_americano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@parlo\_americano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parlo_americano)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/75 "2003-07-22T07:10:23Z")
Okay so it’s only lunch time over there, I guess that gives me sometime to get the full use out of my kind warnings… ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/76 "2003-07-22T13:16:29Z")
**xash** , I can’t figure out who’s more anal - me, for counted the ^Hs when I wrote my post above, or you, for counting when you read it. Actually, it’s probably no contest - you win. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/77 "2003-07-22T19:23:06Z")
[Swing, and a hit to left center, way back, way back, Gone! A Home Run!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199385) Welcome aboard xash. As a mod that is. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/78 "2003-07-22T19:26:30Z")
Said by xash-“PLUS If this thread gets really really long you can pit me about how my welcome thread is too long and how you’re so jealous. I can then come and lock the pit thread. FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.” Wrong… You mod GQ, not The Pit, silly. No cross over modding allowed. I think… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/79 "2003-07-23T06:01:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > \*\*How do you do it \*\*Q.E.D. \*\*? > > An _average_ of 27 posts per day? > That’s amazing! \*\* It gets worse. Now he’s a freakin’ [Guest Contributor](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbuzzingbulb.html) to the Staff Reports! I’ve concluded **Q.E.D.** does not sleep. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296/80 "2003-07-23T07:50:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whuckfistle \* > \*\*No cross over modding allowed. I think… \*\* Be’s this true? Me’s not sure … \*After reading the grammar threads in GQ, my command of the language has improved greatly … \* Julie 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-mod-xash/189296.md?page=5)