# SDMB embezzlement **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 13, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101 "2002-03-13T19:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/21 "2002-03-13T23:18:30Z")
Our post counts are supposed to be insured by the FDIC. I say we storm the Treasury! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/22 "2002-03-13T23:30:36Z")
It’s because there’s no gold standard! Back when each and every post was backed up by cold, hard gold, you could be sure that there was some basis for all this. Now that they’re just printing up posts willy-nilly, a few disappear here and there, and who can prove it? It’s a disgrace! I blame the Gnomes of Zurich. By the way, that whole “board was hacked” thing was a filthy lie. They just wanted to establish a temporary board so that we could all post there for a while, and then they STOLE THAT AS WELL, only not piecemeal like they did with the “board crash.” Whole, so it has more value on the black market. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/23 "2002-03-13T23:40:28Z")
I’m having a strong feeling of deja vu. I know I’ve seen this post count somewhere before. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/24 "2002-03-13T23:50:14Z")
And remember to write your Congressman in opposition to H.F.B. 602P, which would add a ten-cent surcharge to each comment you make here on the SDMB. This bill is strongly supported by the Pony Express lobby, which wants to revive their monopoly on lively, timely correspondence. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/25 "2002-03-13T23:55:55Z")
I would guess that the SDMB heads have ties to the current administration, and thus, they are being protected by Dubya and co. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/26 "2002-03-14T00:02:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\*The scandal seems to have driven her to drink! \*\* Apparently in an imported luxury automobile, by her taste in spirits. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/27 "2002-03-14T00:09:00Z")
Scylla, dear heart, you were offended. As HFS fearless leader, I can’t stand here and watch it happen. Shall I send some of my grovelling slaves to take _care_ of Mrs Diva? Odieman! Mnementh! Get to it! NOW! E. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/28 "2002-03-14T00:25:04Z")
I believe that there’s got to be some kind of conflicting interests going on here. I’m not sure what exatly, but I think we need to look into keeping the moderators and the administrators from being involved in the same things, I mean, it can only lead to trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/29 "2002-03-14T00:26:10Z")
Actually, it’s all a plot by some of us newbies. You think you’re so high and mighty, with your message counts in the thousands, and your “I go back to the days of the old AOL Board.” Now those of us who had to buy the books and wonder about who these Gods of the SDMB were are getting our revenge!!! 😃 😃 😃 **Tuba Diva** , your payment of truffles is in the mail. Look for a large box marked “Copy paper.” Hmmm. . . Note to self. When hacking SDMB post count, next time _divide_, not subtract when x is greater than . . . CJ Loyal reader since 1988 and hatcher of plots (beats chickens!) ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/30 "2002-03-14T00:55:30Z")
I don’t hear **handy** whining. He is a shining example to us all. I trust you are suitably humbled. Now run along and play. 😛 ---
**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:** [March 14, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/31 "2002-03-14T01:20:53Z")
Not ONLY did I lose VALUABLE Post Counts, BUT I sent over 4,802,350,000 aluminum soda can tabs to **TubaDiva**. Oh god, I feel SO humiliated…used…soiled… Okay, not soiled. I thought we were talking about [POSTUM Count](http://www.kraftfoods.com/postcereals/postum.html), not Post Count. Carry on !!! 😛 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/32 "2002-03-14T05:04:45Z")
**TubaDiva** said: "I’m taking the fifth. (The Balvenie Doublewood. 12 years old.) " LOL!!! Hon, put that fifth down and grab you a whole case! 😃 Don’t recall I’ve ever tasted any of The Balvenie Doublewood. Hmmm. I’m going to have to get to the liquor store and do me some research. 😄 Whoo whee. I haven’t the foggiest notion how many posts I lost, but then I never really paid attention to how many posts I did have. [Zen moment] So do posts actually exist even though I don’t pay any attention to them, or have I really lost anything since I never realized how many posts I had? [/Zen moment] Still, I’m just happy I have some posts under my belt. And for those who lost everything, don’t fret. Tomorrow’s another day, and before you know it, you’ll have more posts than you know what to do with. And, **Scylla** , if there was any funny business with the Admins & Mods pilfering posts for some naughty reasons of their own, somehow they will be brought to justice. Okay, I’m _really_ punchy, and I think I need to go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/33 "2002-03-14T05:30:34Z")
You know, not only did we lose post count in the “hacking”, but all of a sudden, and with no public notice, Gaudere and Arnold Winkleried are Administrators rather than mere Moderators. If I were a suspicious man (and I’m not) I would wonder whether these two events are connected. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/34 "2002-03-14T05:39:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Won’t somebody _PLEEEEEEEEEASE_ think of the children? \*\* No. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/35 "2002-03-14T05:58:15Z")
Now, now. This has been a trying time for us all. Why, I personally had to have several servants let go. ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/36 "2002-03-14T06:25:38Z")
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/37 "2002-03-14T11:27:32Z")
I deny categorically that I have any knowledge whatsoever of the conspiracy among Arnold, Gaudere, and Tuba. I deny also that I have any copies of their correspondence from the days and weeks leading up to the “crash”. Furthermore, I deny that I’ve posted anything in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/38 "2002-03-14T14:06:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TPWombat \* > \*\*I don’t hear **handy** whining. \*\* No, but [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103515) is interesting, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/39 "2002-03-14T14:15:35Z")
This is typical knee-jerk SMDB-bashing. Foil hats getting a bit cosy, guys? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101/40 "2002-03-14T14:22:34Z")
Some of us smugly note that real life interfered with posting much during that period, and took very little damage from the post-count, allowing us to inch ever closer to our arch-nemesis. Not that I’m mentioning any [cough]Scylla[/cough] names. Fenris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-embezzlement/98101.md?page=3)