# Please welcome our newest SDMB moderator, Spice Weasel **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 9, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030 "2017-12-09T17:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/1 "2017-12-09T17:45:33Z")
Please join me in welcoming our newest Straight Dope Message Board moderator, \*\*Spice Weasel. \*\* Subject to review of staff needs, Ms. Weasel has been provisionally assigned to MPSIMS, IMHO, Game Room and Thread Games. Please do not give her immediate reason to regret she signed up for this. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/2 "2017-12-09T17:47:42Z")
Congrats, **Spice Weasel**! I’m drafting your Pit thread already! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/3 "2017-12-09T17:47:43Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > Please join me in welcoming our newest Straight Dope Message Board moderator, **Spice Weasel. \*\* Subject to review of staff needs, Ms. Weasel has been provisionally assigned to MPSIMS, IMHO, Game Room and Thread Games.** Please do not give her immediate reason to regret she signed up for this\*\*. Why should we treat her any different than the rest? 😃 I just wanted to say, good luck, we’re all counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/4 "2017-12-09T17:51:28Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Congrats, **Spice Weasel**! I’m drafting your Pit thread already! I apologize in advance. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/5 "2017-12-09T18:06:33Z")
Given what she’s told us of her personal life I suspect her custom lady jackboots are especially fetching. 🙂 Seriously, congrats. As we used to say to newbies in the labor union biz: “Thanks a bunch for sticking your hand in the blender.” ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/6 "2017-12-09T18:25:21Z")
Great choice. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/7 "2017-12-09T18:28:02Z")
Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/8 "2017-12-09T18:29:53Z")
Finally comes the notch up-kicking. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/9 "2017-12-09T18:32:35Z")
:: throws confetti :: ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/10 "2017-12-09T18:34:06Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/11 "2017-12-09T18:37:25Z")
Brilliant. A million congrats, **Spice!** ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/12 "2017-12-09T18:41:27Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I apologize in advance. Too little, too late. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D Once again, **L’il Ed** has chosen wisely. His magic sceptre has alighted upon shoulders that can easily bear this enormous burdon. Welcome, welcome, with delight. And goats. When you filled out the simple 31-page application form, you did this when asked if you could bring goats: [√] ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/13 "2017-12-09T18:45:59Z")
Please allow me to extend condolences and commiserations, **Spice Weasel** ; I don’t know what you might have done to deserve this fate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/14 "2017-12-09T18:47:45Z")
Well, well, **Spice Weasel** , it seems like only yesterday we were all frolicking in the Pit, not a care in the world, and now here you are, all grown up! Wait – it actually _ **was** _ yesterday! But seriously, congrats! I’ll try not to cause you any more trouble than absolutely necessary. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/15 "2017-12-09T19:04:40Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Please allow me to extend condolences and commiserations, **Spice Weasel** ; I don’t know what you might have done to deserve this fate. I brought it on myself. Thanks, everyone. I’m excited to be here, which is lame, I know. But still. I love you guys. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/16 "2017-12-09T19:09:31Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > Please join me in welcoming our newest Straight Dope Message Board moderator, \*\*Spice Weasel. \*\* Subject to review of staff needs, Ms. Weasel has been provisionally assigned to MPSIMS, IMHO, Game Room and Thread Games. Please do not give her immediate reason to regret she signed up for this. I respect **Spice Weasel** far too much for that, and vow to cultivate her regret slowly and painstakingly, for as long as it takes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/17 "2017-12-09T19:10:18Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I brought it on myself. > > Thanks, everyone. I’m excited to be here, which is lame, I know. But still. I love you guys. Wait until you start going through the secret dossiers. You’ll change your tune right quick. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/18 "2017-12-09T19:14:17Z")
I am so sorry **Spice Weasel**. You seemed so normal too. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/19 "2017-12-09T19:15:54Z")
They throw around words like “dossier” and “unindicted” and “extra-terrestrial” and most notably “hilariously bannable”. These words mean nothing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030/20 "2017-12-09T19:37:08Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I apologize in advance. No! Rookie, what did we tell you? Never give up! Never surrender! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-sdmb-moderator-spice-weasel/804030.md?page=2)