# RE: My link in the Grinch thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 27, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921 "2004-11-27T21:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921/1 "2004-11-27T21:58:23Z")
I apologize for my link in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=288735) thread. Given the level of some of our TMI/gross out threads, I didn’t realize it was inapropriate. I gather from a quasi-recent GQ warning and **TVeblen’s** post that this was my ‘last straw.’ If this is a bannable offense, so be it. C’est la guerre. I should at least get some kind of award for dumbest banning reason: a toiletbowl full of diarrhea. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921/2 "2004-11-27T22:07:14Z")
Don’t keep us in suspense, give us the link! Oh, right, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921/3 "2004-11-27T22:15:59Z")
Oh, this is a great idea. Taking a mod to the mat is always productive. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921/4 "2004-11-27T22:25:13Z")
I thought it was terribly out of place and completely pointless in that kind of thread, but I closed the link and moved on. Could barely remember what the link was about when I discovered it was removed. I have no opinion on whether this is a bannable offense—I haven’t been following your posting habits all that closely. But if it is, that’s too bad, take care, nice knowing you, etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921/5 "2004-11-27T23:01:46Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Oh, this is a great idea. Taking a mod to the mat is always productive. I am NOT pitting **TVeblen**. Obviously, my behavior is my responsibility. You may note that I apologized for the link. Obviously the mods are just doing their jobs. I just get pissed off (at myself) when I post something I feel is innocuous enough and then get warned for it. I was strongly warned for being a jerk back in January or December, and I made a real effort to change my errant ways. To glide along merrily and then end up banned ten months later for some pissant offenses like making a too-flippant comment in GQ or linking to an inappropriate photo really piques my ire. At myself, primarily. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921/6 "2004-11-27T23:09:58Z")
I thought it was funny… _ducks and runs_ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921/7 "2004-11-27T23:10:15Z")
Otey dotey. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921/8 "2004-11-28T00:16:56Z")
**Ilsa** You dumb Asshat!. Cut that shit OUT! Mods please note that I’ve given **Ilsa** a very stern talking-to and he’s very sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-my-link-in-the-grinch-thread/276921/9 "2004-11-28T01:54:06Z")
That link was disgusting and inappropriate for 99.999% of the threads on this board. But for the love of Og, we were all talking about mass produced _shit_. Did anyone seriously think you were linking to fuzzy pink bunnies? On reflection, yes, you should have given more warning. You should have put up a big fat **TMI** in your post. But it was a momentary lapse, and I can only think the mods will see it that way after they’ve had a chance to talk amongst themselves.