# So what's this about banning for hijacking threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515 "2002-03-11T06:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/21 "2002-03-11T15:33:45Z")
Wow! My first simlu-post. And it didn’t hurt or anything. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/22 "2002-03-11T16:12:46Z")
Please, nobody ever hijacks… Damn there are a lot of really cool things to click on with this new version.:rolleyes: COOL Ya know I never did figure out how do the coding for all of the smilies, now I never need to learn how ---
**Author:** ![Aleq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@Aleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aleq)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/23 "2002-03-11T16:21:33Z")
FUCK! FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK! Whew, I’ve been holding that in for quite some time now… We now return you to your regularly scheduled hijack… 😃 ---
**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:** [March 11, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/24 "2002-03-11T16:35:53Z")
**Tavalla** , I just got your sig. After seeing it I don’t know how many times. (Do we have a “duh” smiley?) (It is a mouse, right?) I believe DST switches forward at Easter and backwards at Hallowe’en - anybody know anything different? (I started the !\*%#@& DST switching crap later in life - my info may not be completely accurate.) ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/25 "2002-03-11T16:38:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*Ice cream has no bones. \*\* Well… Only the good kind. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/26 "2002-03-11T17:38:53Z")
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight? When your mother says, “Don’t do it,” do you swallow it in spite? Can you catch it on your tonsils, then heave it left and right? Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost over night? ---
**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 11, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/27 "2002-03-11T17:50:00Z")
This proves is that a space-based asteroid defense system is one of humanity’s greatest hopes. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/28 "2002-03-11T18:05:30Z")
**Sofa King** , be careful what sort of incantations you write. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/29 "2002-03-11T19:32:29Z")
Foreskins! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/30 "2002-03-11T19:48:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*Ice cream has no bones. \*\* Why does this make me laugh so much? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/31 "2002-03-11T19:53:47Z")
There were some cases where people (non-moderators) didn’t approve of the thread content, and hijacked on that basis. I’m all for banning those moderator-wanna-be censor-loving fuckfaces, if they ignore warnings to stop being such an utter prick. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/32 "2002-03-11T19:56:11Z")
::Waving:: Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Nicholson, over here!!! Hi Jack! Oh shit, now I’ve done it. Those Nazi mods are going to ban me any secon… ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/33 "2002-03-11T19:56:26Z")
Ok, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/34 "2002-03-11T20:39:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kuroashi \* > \*\*I plefer Robster Craws \*\* “What the fuck is a robster craw?” - Booger Revenge of the Nerds ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/35 "2002-03-11T21:05:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drayton \* > \*\*I’ve always said Daylight Savings Time. Maybe its’ a regionalism. \*\* Not a regionalism, just a common misconception. It’s evidently so common that dictionaries now include the alternate pluralized form. Of course, those same dictionaries also list “irregardless”. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/36 "2002-03-11T21:09:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > \*\*This proves is that a space-based asteroid defense system is one of humanity’s greatest hopes. \*\* **Phi!** ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/37 "2002-03-11T21:40:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*Ice cream has no bones. \*\* Really!?! Where do you buy your ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/38 "2002-03-11T22:10:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Foreskins! 😃 \*\* Ya know, I am so tempted to have a theme bris… an anti-JDT party. ;j :wally Robin ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/39 "2002-03-11T22:11:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*LaurAnge \*\* > It sucked, I hate snow… ☹ \ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/40 "2002-03-11T22:17:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*Ice cream has no bones. \*\* What??? you talkin to ME??? YOU talkin to MEEE??? :mad: \<- this is the most Joe Pesci - looking smiley I could find. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515.md?page=3)