# Spectre of Pithecanthropus has retired. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 18, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319 "2011-11-18T06:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/1 "2011-11-18T06:25:01Z")
[del]He’s escaped.[/del] Seriously, he has stepped down as a moderator and has returned to quiet, peaceful, happy real life. I do remind him that, like the song says, “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” So he’ll still be around, teeming like everybody else. We thank him for his service and wish him all best, always. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/2 "2011-11-18T06:48:01Z")
I’ll certainly be around, enjoying more time for regular posting–and reading without having to go beyond the diligence customarily due when reading a message board. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/3 "2011-11-18T07:16:53Z")
A model mod. And just when I learned to spell your name without looking. When you receive your first warning you can feel truly free, \ ***Spectre of Pithecanthropus**. \*See? I didn’t even look when I typed that. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/4 "2011-11-18T07:21:28Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > A model mod. > > And just when I learned to spell your name without looking. > > When you receive your first warning you can feel truly free, \ ***Spectre of Pithecanthropus**. > \*See? I didn’t even look when I typed that. What? You’ve had eleven years… I kid, of course. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/5 "2011-11-18T10:21:52Z")
I know. Technically though, it’s eleventy. To cover all parallel universes. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/6 "2011-11-18T11:19:06Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > I’ll certainly be around, enjoying more time for regular posting–and reading without having to go beyond the diligence customarily due when reading a message board. We’re support to be customarily diligent? Oops. Congrats and thanks for your service! ---
**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:** [November 18, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/7 "2011-11-18T11:45:18Z")
Thanks Pithy. Hope your time is more enjoyable now. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/8 "2011-11-18T13:35:29Z")
Thanks for your efforts to make this board a pleasant, civilized and jerk-free place, **Spectre of Pithecanthropus**.\* \*You’re right, that’s not easy to spell. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/9 "2011-11-18T14:32:37Z")
Thanks for your moderate contribution, **Pithy** – enjoy your return to civilian life. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/10 "2011-11-18T15:52:17Z")
Thank you very much for your service, **Spectre of Pithecanthropus**. Enjoy returning to normality or whatever passes for normality around here. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/11 "2011-11-18T16:11:23Z")
This is exactly like when they told me Fido had gone to live on a farm. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/12 "2011-11-18T16:12:39Z")
Your name reminds me of a cantaloupey ghost! ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/13 "2011-11-18T16:13:48Z")
It’s been a pleasure to mod with you, and I wish you all the best in the future. Please remember to return the five-gallon jar of Castor Oil, though? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/14 "2011-11-18T17:09:51Z")
Does he get to keep the jackboots? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/15 "2011-11-18T17:49:17Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Thank you very much for your service, **Spectre of Pithecanthropus**. Enjoy returning to normality or whatever passes for normality around here. Agreed and seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/16 "2011-11-18T18:37:17Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Does he get to keep the jackboots? Yeah, but he has to return the swagger stick… Good luck **Euty**. You’ve been a great moderator. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/17 "2011-11-18T19:39:47Z")
Did he quit because we were bad? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/18 "2011-11-18T20:00:39Z")
I think it was overwhelming guilt at issuing me my first ever warning. Let that be a lesson to the rest of you mods. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/19 "2011-11-18T20:01:58Z")
> [@Jake](#): > > Yeah, but he has to return the swagger stick… > > Good luck **Euty**. You’ve been a great moderator. Wait, **Euty**? Is there some connection I don’t know about? But that means one person would have two accounts! Le gasp! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319/20 "2011-11-18T20:22:58Z")
I think he mixed up the nicknames Euty and Pithy. **Eutychus** is also a retired mod. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-has-retired/603319.md?page=2)