# Premature banning of Swiftysoitiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 12, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341 "2005-09-12T22:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/41 "2005-09-13T03:04:54Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > **Why a duck?** > > No one knows the answer, and no one ever shall. "Why a duck? I tella you why a duck. "Say you on top of a mountain. You on top of this mountain and you wanna get down. Well, you no get down off a mountain, you get down off a duck. There you have it. “And this a very special duck. It will save your life. Say you getta lost in the desert. You getta lost and you no can find your way. You hungry and thirsty and you donna know what to do. Then you take out your duck and it will save you. You make-a duck soup.” ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/42 "2005-09-13T03:05:13Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > That would be Zeno’s Paradox. I gotta remember that. Beats hell outta “Damn, I’m out of shape…” ---
**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 13, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/43 "2005-09-13T03:40:01Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > "Why a duck? I tella you why a duck. Mr. Hammer: _It’s…It’s deep water, that’s why a duck. It’s deep water._ ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/44 "2005-09-13T04:15:30Z")
Banned because _really_ they are Cecil’s lovechild, and this must be kept hush hush. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/45 "2005-09-13T04:22:12Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > But if he was, as alleged, a skinhead from another board, stringing us along into some racist diatribe somewhere down the line Holy Jesus! I wouldn’t have thought you could stuff so many words into my mouth, but you managed it, alright! ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/46 "2005-09-13T05:13:29Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > How much are you willing to pay? 😃 About three fiddy. ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/47 "2005-09-13T05:19:26Z")
> [@lorinada](#): > > Holy Jesus! I wouldn’t have thought you could stuff so many words into my mouth, but you managed it, alright! Hrrm? Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply you said anything more than you did. Those were only my thoughts in that post, actually. And I was going more for humor really than for any serious speculation on what **Swifty** was really doing. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/48 "2005-09-13T05:40:28Z")
Can’t we keep a few nutsos around the back room for entertainment? I promise we’ll feed them and clean up after them and walk them and EVERYTHING! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@The\_Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hook)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/49 "2005-09-13T06:05:25Z")
All I want to know is if I’m going to get a refund for my question. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/50 "2005-09-13T06:14:52Z")
I think the question he wanted to ask but couldn’t (and didn’t know the answer too) was asked in the OP. Every 38 years the bumble bee is stripped like a feather in the wind as most trees have trunks and packing boxes under them are gifted in the eyes of god yet all those who follow to the drinking fountian will receive a free corn dog. What’s the damn problem? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/51 "2005-09-13T06:30:53Z")
It was my decision to ban **swiftysoitiz**. I believe this person was not sincere in his/her posting. It came across as trollery to me. Further, **swiftysoitiz** ’s returning posts led me to believe that s/he was not seeking any meaningful discussion. Here is an example: > [@swiftysoitiz](#): > > so your someone who might be a bit smarter than me and other people i don’t give a flying \*\*\*\* what you think and what you think about my spelling, grammar, and punctuation. and how preposterous that statement is? The fact that s/he wanted to sell his/her question did not help his/her cause. If someone believes that they have been banned in error, they are always free to make their case to the mods and admins. - **xash** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/52 "2005-09-13T08:00:54Z")
> [@xash](#): > > The fact that s/he wanted to sell his/her question did not help his/her cause. > > - **xash** > General Questions Moderator I could never be a Mod: I just couldn’t keep a straight face. That has to be the funniest sentence I’ve read in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/53 "2005-09-13T09:01:41Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > Clearly, the question in question was the following: > > **Why a duck?**. That’s a pretty good question. How much you want for it? ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/54 "2005-09-13T10:15:24Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I was under the impression that keeping the crazies and spammers out was the mod prime directive. YES! Good work, **Xash**. No need to wait for it to be long and drawn-out. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/55 "2005-09-13T12:10:59Z")
What has it got in its pocketses? ---
**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 13, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/56 "2005-09-13T12:56:27Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > What has it got in its pocketses? _checks pockets_ Lint. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/57 "2005-09-13T13:37:29Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > Some have just suggested **Swifty** might have been a sock. . . Sorry, but what’s a sock? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/58 "2005-09-13T13:41:05Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Sorry, but what’s a sock? 😕 A banned poster who returns under another name. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [September 13, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/59 "2005-09-13T14:02:27Z")
Short for sock puppet. **Shodan** , does it have to be a banned member, or could you or I have a second account and that would be a sock account? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341/60 "2005-09-13T14:11:13Z")
> [@](#): > > FWIW, he got about the same (albeit a little kinder and more patient) response there as he did here. I’d like to point out that some of us attempted to communicate with Swifty. While I have my moments, I’m above taking cheap shots at somebody who’s reality impaired. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-banning-of-swiftysoitiz/321341.md?page=4)