# Spongemom - cooling **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269 "2005-07-13T01:15:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/281 "2005-07-14T18:44:37Z")
> [@Mynn](#): > > I’m still unclear, even now that I know that The Pit is an alternative to ATMB, why it was dragged here, locked, then unlocked. “Here, let’s dump it in the pit, lock it, unlock it and bump it, trallalalalala”. I’m just not getting it. It was moved to the Pit because it dealt with moderator actions (which is what the Pit is for). It was locked because **Spongemom** was on suspension, so couldn’t participate. It was unlocked after she had her posting priviledges restored. At least that’s how I figured it. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/282 "2005-07-14T18:49:44Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > At least that’s how I figured it. Because that is exactly how it happened. ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/283 "2005-07-14T18:53:22Z")
> [@Greathouse](#): > > Because that is exactly how it happened. But you guys aren’t being creative enough. There aren’t any hidden motives and dubious morals in your story. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/284 "2005-07-14T19:04:58Z")
I have nothing valid to contribute. Big news there… I just wanted to be 284 for some reason. Welcome back **Spongemom!** ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/285 "2005-07-14T19:32:09Z")
> [@mr bus guy](#): > > I have nothing valid to contribute. > > Big news there… > > I just wanted to be 284 for some reason. > > Welcome back **Spongemom!** I’m hoping the thread goes on long enough for me to be 420. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/286 "2005-07-14T20:25:17Z")
**Mynn** , it doesn’t make your posts any more readable for you to respond to people without quoting them. I’m not gonna keep scrolling up to see exactly what **John Carter** or **xbuckeye** said, so all I have is your response, which as far as I can tell, could apply to anything. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/287 "2005-07-14T20:30:22Z")
Lemme rephrase that. What I mean is, the people you’re responding to have made more than one post, each one complex (and comprehensible). Then you say, “ **uglybeech** , I’m working on it.” Well, working on **what**? Does she even know exactly which statement of hers you’re responding to? 'Cause I sure don’t. This is not a chat room, yanno. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/288 "2005-07-14T20:51:44Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > **Mynn** stop whining to/blaming the mods for putting this in the Pit. > > 1. As you admit, the OP was incomprehensible. > 2. Bravo. 🙂 I bow to you, sir. 🙂 In regards to your _edited_ version: it sounds like a different interpretation of where things belong than I or others may have. Slacker - See JeffB’s post. Richilam - try reading the long version? Or not reading at all? Maybe I need a new sig to follow this around until it’s finally archived into oblivion: "I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within. " -Gustave Flaubert Seems to sum things up well. Other than that, sounds like everyone’s happy with who they want to piss on. Enjoy the rest o’da pit/SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/289 "2005-07-14T20:54:56Z")
Fucking stupid ass bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/290 "2005-07-14T21:01:55Z")
> [@Mynn](#): > > Richilam - try reading the long version? Or not reading at all? It’s general netiquette to include a quote from the person you’re responding to, so that they and others can follow the conversation and make sure the two of you are not talking past each other. Omitting quotes sets up a lot of “That’s not what I said” and “Oops, I meant Poster X, not Poster Y.” And I have stopped reading your posts after that last one; I’m only responding now because my name jumped out at me. My point is, it may well be that **everybody** will stop reading your posts soon. So I recommend that you either quote the people you’re responding to (and strive to be more coherent generally), or hang it up. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/291 "2005-07-14T21:07:21Z")
What’s this all about? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/292 "2005-07-14T21:08:31Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > What’s this all about? The Spanish Inquisition. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/293 "2005-07-14T21:08:59Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > What’s this all about? Alfie. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/294 "2005-07-14T21:09:40Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > The Spanish Inquisition. I wasn’t expecting the Spanish Inquisition. Am I first? Am I? Am I? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/295 "2005-07-14T21:21:16Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > It’s general netiquette to include a quote from the person you’re responding to, so that they and others can follow the conversation and make sure the two of you are not talking past each other. Omitting quotes sets up a lot of “That’s not what I said” and “Oops, I meant Poster X, not Poster Y.” I’m with you. It is possible to quote more than one person in a post, although it’s not autmatic process like the quote button. Maybe that’s what’s throwing **Mynn**. Let me see if I can clear [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6367482&postcount=288) up… Before: Slacker - See JeffB’s post. After: > [@Slacker](#): > > Can we get a rewrite on that sentence? How exactly did you err? Do you mean you lied? See [JeffB’s post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6366942&postcount=280). Before: Richilam - try reading the long version? Or not reading at all? After: > [@Rilchiam](#): > > Mynn, it doesn’t make your posts any more readable for you to respond to people without quoting them. I’m not gonna keep scrolling up to see exactly what John Carter or xbuckeye said, so all I have is your response, which as far as I can tell, could apply to anything. > [@Rilchiam](#): > > Lemme rephrase that. What I mean is, the people you’re responding to have made more than one post, each one complex (and comprehensible). Then you say, “uglybeech, I’m working on it.” Well, working on what? Does she even know exactly which statement of hers you’re responding to? 'Cause I sure don’t. This is not a chat room, yanno. try reading the long version? Or not reading at all? * * * Now doesn’t that make more sense? Should we even bother to ask **Mynn** to make more sense? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/296 "2005-07-14T21:41:00Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Should we even bother to ask **Mynn** to make more sense? You can lead a horse’s ass to logic but you can’t make it think. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/297 "2005-07-14T21:48:05Z")
> [@Mynn](#): > > Maybe I need a new sig to follow this around until it’s finally archived into oblivion: > > "I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within. " -Gustave Flaubert > > Seems to sum things up well. Like I said earlier, lay off the crack and I bet your writting will start to improve… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/298 "2005-07-14T22:14:05Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Like I said earlier, lay off the crack and I bet your writting will start to improve… Or, up the dosage quite a bit so that the rambling anal drippings posted take on a life of their own. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/299 "2005-07-14T22:34:13Z")
In the Autumn of 2003, MPSIMS had several ultra long threads running concurrently. Perusing the current Pit page 1, I see several long threads gone past page 6 to “… last page.” Has there ever been a time in the Pit with so many at once? I seem to remember some H4E and Joe Cool stuff from a while back, but I think this week has that beat. Or would that question put this right back in ATMB? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269/300 "2005-07-14T22:36:36Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Like I said earlier, lay off the crack and I bet your writting will start to improve… Shit, maybe it would improve my spelling as well… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spongemom-cooling/312269.md?page=16)