# Skald the Rhymer -- could you slow down a little please? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855 "2006-06-23T13:36:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/1 "2006-06-23T13:36:37Z")
You’ve started 30 threads in the last two weeks ([cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=1732455)). Could you give someone else a chance to start a thread or two, esp. in Cafe Society? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/2 "2006-06-23T13:47:37Z")
His threads are interesting, and lead to decent discussions. He’s hardly trolling, so let him contribute. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/3 "2006-06-23T13:49:58Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Could you give someone else a chance to start a thread or two, esp. in Cafe Society? [/QUOTE] If someone has a thread to post, how is he stopping them? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/4 "2006-06-23T13:51:36Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] If someone has a thread to post, how is he stopping them? [/QUOTE] What, you’ve never tried to start a thread and gotten the old “Thread Starting Quota Exceeded” message? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/5 "2006-06-23T13:52:15Z")
He/She definately has a lot on his/her mind these days, that’s for sure, but it’s hard to get mad at that kind of enthusiasm. They are pretty decent threads. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/6 "2006-06-23T13:56:47Z")
**shrug** Okay, criticism withdrawn – guess my crankiness is less focussed today than I realized. Just had kind of a “geez louise” moment when I went to Cafe Society and four threads in a row were started by him/her. **Skald** – my apologies for taking my bad mood out on you. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/7 "2006-06-23T13:59:05Z")
I’m actually on board with this, a little. Definitely needs to switch to decaf. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/8 "2006-06-23T14:14:43Z")
I believe that **Skald the Rhymer** was formally known as **Faboulous Creature** , IIRC? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/9 "2006-06-23T14:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] I believe that **Skald the Rhymer** was formally known as **Faboulous Creature** , IIRC? 😕 [/QUOTE] Perhaps – would that make a difference? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/10 "2006-06-23T14:27:31Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] I believe that **Skald the Rhymer** was formally known as **Faboulous Creature** , IIRC? 😕 [/QUOTE] Hmmm. I wonder how this is related to the monetary value of dried leaves of _Camellia sinensis_ in the land of Confucius. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/11 "2006-06-23T14:42:18Z")
Well, considering that a lot of people were saying how they liked **Fabulous Creature** , and [sending warm thoughts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366074&highlight=Fabulous+Creature) and encouragement for them to get better not all that long ago… I felt it was pertinent. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/12 "2006-06-23T14:42:57Z")
I’ll admit to having thoughts along the line of “Not every thought you have needs to go into a new thread this week, does it?” That said the threads in question seem to be mostly interesting/inspiring comments from other people, so pointing out the enthusiasm for new threads seemed a little harsh. (This is an explanation of why I haven’t started a thread like this, not a criticism of **twickster** for doing so). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/13 "2006-06-23T14:43:46Z")
I like all his threads, they’re fun. I don’t want fun-thread-starting people to quit. Then we won’t have any fun threads (duh). Matter of fact, I think everybody in this thread should start a fun thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/14 "2006-06-23T14:45:06Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I like all his threads, they’re fun. I don’t want fun-thread-starting people to quit. Then we won’t have any fun threads (duh). Matter of fact, I think everybody in this thread should start a fun thread. [/QUOTE] You just made my head hurt. Quit that. I will postpone the ingestion of aspirin, however, to say that in general I enjoy **Skald the Rhymer** ’s threads, whether or not he is or was fabulous or a creature. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/15 "2006-06-23T14:48:44Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] **Skald** – my apologies for taking my bad mood out on you. [/QUOTE] You’re a good egg. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/16 "2006-06-23T17:00:08Z")
It’th jutht that thith ith thuch a great plathe one ith overcome with exthuberanthe. I am going thtwait to thpelling Hell for that. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/17 "2006-06-23T17:50:03Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] You just made my head hurt. Quit that. I will postpone the ingestion of aspirin, however, to say that in general I enjoy **Skald the Rhymer** ’s threads, whether or not he is or was fabulous or a creature. [/QUOTE] Agreed. I don’t particularly remember his incarnation as **Fabulous Creature** - the name sounds familiar but I haven’t noticed him much until pretty recently. But everything I’ve seen has been interesting or well thought out. I have trouble with people who start lots of useless threads, but I haven’t seen **Skald** doing that. Incidentally, **twickster** , you can’t really link to search results. Or at least the links wear out in a couple hours. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/18 "2006-06-23T17:56:59Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] Incidentally, **twickster** , you can’t really link to search results. Or at least the links wear out in a couple hours. [/QUOTE] Oops. Sorry. Did not know that. It was just a link to his/her profile, “see all threads started by…” ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/19 "2006-06-23T18:05:39Z")
Motherfucking horseshit! What kind of a shit-for-brained waste of skin is this fuckhole? He’s dribbling all over the fucking board like a goddamned syphilitic pig with diarrhea! Wooop. I see on preview that no one else is getting on board with this pitting Never mind! Love ya! ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-could-you-slow-down-a-little-please/361855/20 "2006-06-23T19:56:57Z")
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