# Spectre of Pithecanthropus, don't you have something better to do? Chair a PTA meeting, maybe? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 7, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664 "2011-06-07T20:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/41 "2011-06-11T10:21:26Z")
It’s the right decision and all credit to **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** for having rethought this. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/42 "2011-06-11T10:29:22Z")
If only he would get a nickname I could pronounce. Anyway, yeah, we do have some good Mods at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/43 "2011-06-11T12:17:22Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > If only he would get a nickname I could pronounce. Anyway, yeah, we do have some good Mods at the moment. We just call him Pithy! And thank you, Cicero. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/44 "2011-06-11T12:39:16Z")
My problem is I think of it as “Spinchter of Pithecanthropus”. Pithy is better 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/45 "2011-06-11T12:51:00Z")
I would add that when say the Mods are good, that extends to the Admin staff. They rarely get the acknowledgement they deserve. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/46 "2011-06-11T12:57:40Z")
I appreciate not so much the retraction as much as the willingness to reconsider. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/47 "2011-06-11T23:48:18Z")
Good on you for reconsidering. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/48 "2011-06-12T01:06:53Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > My problem is I think of it as “Spinchter of Pithecanthropus”. > > Pithy is better 🙂 Yes it is…I might have to rethink the handle… ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/49 "2011-06-12T01:21:32Z")
Didn’t you used to have a different nick before? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/50 "2011-06-12T03:41:01Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Didn’t you used to have a different nick before? Didn’t one of the mods change it? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/51 "2011-06-12T03:44:01Z")
Javaman. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/52 "2011-06-12T04:35:35Z")
When I joined I thought usernames had to be a single word. A lot of things still worked that way in '99. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664/53 "2011-06-12T15:05:25Z")
Spectre of Pithecanthropus, you are a great mod and a very cool dude. Any chance you could spend some time hanging out with Czarcasm? I was thinking he might benefit from the guidance of a positive role model. 😉 So get in your car, go over to his house and drink all of his beer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664.md?page=2)