# Rico, a word please **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845 "2008-10-14T09:35:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/21 "2008-10-15T00:16:30Z")
> [@Dead\_Badger](#): > > I think it was pretty clearly joking; a poll on who would like polls. Was that it? My mind couldn’t wrap itself around that at 2:30 in the freakin’ morning! If that’s it, I’ve been royally whooshed. Dammitt! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/22 "2008-10-15T00:27:24Z")
So what are the Pros and Cons of the poll feature anyway? Is there much overhead? I can see where it would limit side conversations in polls, but at least to me that would be boring. Jim (Oh, Rico you suck! Well not really but I thought you might need a point in the mod competition.) ---
**Author:** ![placebo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@placebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/placebo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/23 "2008-10-15T06:03:36Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > In other words, I was human. I may have jumped too fast. I may have been a little brusque. I apologize. Thank you. > [@Rico](#): > > But the thread stays closed. Sorry. I hate to be a stick in the mud, but why? Feel free to ignore my suggestion if you want, but why can’t we be trusted to discuss it among ourselves? Actually, I doubt replying to **What Exit?** to argue the merits of polls in _this_ thread would get me in trouble, but lord help me if I tried to have the same discussion in ATMB where it belongs. How does that make sense? ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/24 "2008-10-15T06:28:11Z")
Meet me halfway on this one, **placebo**. Head on back over to ATMB, start a new thread entitled **Why can’t the Polls feature be enabled?** or something along those lines, and ask the question. Question. Not the “Who’s with me?” stuff. If any other mod gives you grief about starting a new thread after your other one was closed, point them over here in my direction. I’ll take the heat on that one. Fair enough? ---
**Author:** ![placebo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@placebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/placebo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/25 "2008-10-15T06:30:43Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > Fair enough? Yes, thank you. You are a scholar and a gentleman. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/26 "2008-10-15T06:31:25Z")
Damn it. There go all my Mod-Pitting Pool points again. 😃 You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/27 "2008-10-15T07:35:43Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > Was that it? My mind couldn’t wrap itself around that at 2:30 in the freakin’ morning! > > If that’s it, I’ve been royally whooshed. Dammitt! > > 😃 May I suggest that next time you are in a similar situation you take off the mod hat and put on the sleeping hat? It is not like you have a fixed schedule here as a mod (do you? now I don’t know) ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/28 "2008-10-15T10:27:20Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > May I suggest that next time you are in a similar situation you take off the mod hat and put on the sleeping hat? It is not like you have a fixed schedule here as a mod (do you? now I don’t know) That’s something I’ve always wondered: As a mod, do you have a work schedule? How often do you have to check over you forum? It seems like it would take a lot of time. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/29 "2008-10-15T12:29:17Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > That’s something I’ve always wondered: As a mod, do you have a work schedule? > > How often do you have to check over you forum? It seems like it would take a lot of time. Some mods appear to spend all of their free time on the boards, whether they’re moderating or just posting. Perhaps that’s one of the prerequisites. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/30 "2008-10-15T16:58:42Z")
No work schedule. Modding is done whenever I have free time. I went to bed about 11:30, and still hadn’t fallen asleep by 2AM, so I got up and turned on the computer. Sleeping hat wasn’t working. But Grumpy Hat apparently was on and I didn’t realize it. Grumpy Hat and Mod Hat don’t mix. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/31 "2008-10-15T17:09:46Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > No work schedule. Modding is done whenever I have free time. > > I went to bed about 11:30, and still hadn’t fallen asleep by 2AM, so I got up and turned on the computer. Sleeping hat wasn’t working. But Grumpy Hat apparently was on and I didn’t realize it. > > Grumpy Hat and Mod Hat don’t mix. > 😃 Which is why I am always out there. Watching. Waiting to step into the breach. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/32 "2008-10-15T17:38:11Z")
**TubaDiva**!!! **Scylla** ’s watching me! Make him stop! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/33 "2008-10-15T18:32:51Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > Grumpy Hat and Mod Hat don’t mix. > > 😃 Can’t they get you a Bourbon Hat? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/34 "2008-10-15T19:04:32Z")
It’s hard to apologise on the SDMB. I know. Well done **Rico**. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/35 "2008-10-15T19:36:37Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > **TubaDiva**!!! > > **Scylla** ’s watching me! Make him stop! Not touching ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/36 "2008-10-16T04:32:20Z")
Nice job, **Rico**. Very classy of you. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845/37 "2008-10-16T18:29:02Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > It’s hard to apologise on the SDMB. I know. Well done **Rico**. Not to be too big a bitch, but it really isn’t. Where do people get this idea? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rico-a-word-please/467845.md?page=1)