I was playing around with several variations. I just couldn’t get a good one right off the bat.
But I did get a second Airplane! reference in there.
Looks like he picked the wrong week to quit moderating the Dope.
Sorry, this is the SDMB, we don’t accept anecdotes as cites.
So Hal Briston’s moderating days are over? I never got over Hal Briston’s moderating…
It’s a compact Chevy made in the 80’s but that’s not important right now.
Hal Briston’s moderating at the Straight Dope Institute? We’re … familiar with it.
I just want to tell the remaining moderators “good luck”. We’re all counting on you.
Just wanted to let know that that post just made a relatively disasterous day far more haapy. I haven’t laughed this hard in the last couple of YEARS! 
It’s actually very nice here.
It’s a nice little place up-state, right?
So, no one ever asked how the sheep is doing?
A gentleman does not kiss and tell.
You can tell me; I’m a guest.
Not only that, but you’re Leaffan soon. 
Don’t try to pull the wool over our eyes.
“Captain, how soon can you land?”
“I can’t tell.”
“You can tell me. I’m a doctor.”
“No. I mean I’m just not sure.”
“Well, can’t you take a guess?”
“Well, not for another two hours.”
“You can’t take a guess for another two hours?”
Hal Briston was a Moderator in MPSIMS, but this is ATMB.
It’s an entirely different kind of posting, altogether.
It’s an entirely different kind of posting.
Would any of you like to make a donation to The Church of Religious Consciousness?
starts handing out flowers
When Hal re-enlists as a mod, he’ll teach us baseball.
Regards,
Shirley