# Stupid moderator

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 11, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321 "2006-09-11T18:33:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 6

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/101 "2006-09-11T21:07:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]  
Optimists?  
[/QUOTE]

[Bobs?](http://www.bobs.com/)

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**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:** [September 11, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/102 "2006-09-11T21:07:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Bippy the Beardless]  
Where can I get a turtle, bean and cheese buritto with Jerk Mod sauce?  
[/QUOTE]  
I believe they were available somewhere in the 1960s, but only for about twenty minutes.

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**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:** [September 11, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/103 "2006-09-11T21:08:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Spooky Sprite]  
See? I told you so.  
[/QUOTE]  
Wow! How do you know all this stuff? Are you, like, a former secret agent or something?

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**Author:** ![Spooky\_Sprite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Spooky\_Sprite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky_Sprite)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/104 "2006-09-11T21:10:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons]  
Wow! How do you know all this stuff? Are you, like, a former secret agent or something?  
[/QUOTE]

My grandfather told me.

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**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:** [September 11, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/105 "2006-09-11T21:13:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Spooky Sprite]  
My grandfather told me.  
[/QUOTE]

Told you what?

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**Author:** ![Spooky\_Sprite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Spooky\_Sprite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky_Sprite)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/106 "2006-09-11T21:15:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons]  
Told you what?  
[/QUOTE]

Everything I know.

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**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/107 "2006-09-11T21:18:50Z")

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[QUOTE=Ethilrist]  
[Bobs?](http://www.bobs.com/)  
[/QUOTE]

Boobs!

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**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:** [September 11, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/108 "2006-09-11T21:20:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Spooky Sprite]  
Everything I know.  
[/QUOTE]  
I hate to break it to you, Sparky, but [everything you know is wrong](http://www.firesigntheatre.com/albums/album.php?album=eykiw).

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**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/109 "2006-09-11T21:25:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Spooky Sprite]  
I already do. My baby two weeks old.  
[/QUOTE]

Epidural not worn off yet then?

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/110 "2006-09-11T21:26:30Z")

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So to sum up:  
[ol]  
[li]The OP starts a GD thread where she reveals some of a deep hidden truth[/li][li]She learned about it from her Grandfather[/li][li]A GD mod comes along and closes it because it is not conducive to a debate[/li][li]The OP comes and whines about it in a Pit thread[/li][li]She still refuses to tell us anything about it, yet she wanted to debate it[/li][/ol]  
WTF?

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/111 "2006-09-11T21:30:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Lord Ashtar]  
So to sum up:  
[ol]  
[li]The OP starts a GD thread where she reveals some of a deep hidden truth[/li][li]She learned about it from her Grandfather[/li][li]A GD mod comes along and closes it because it is not conducive to a debate[/li][li]The OP comes and whines about it in a Pit thread[/li][li]She still refuses to tell us anything about it, yet she wanted to debate it[/li][/ol]  
WTF?  
[/QUOTE]

You forgot:

1. Beef, bean and cheese burritos with turtle and Cadbury eggs.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/112 "2006-09-11T21:32:35Z")

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Welcome back, **FORMERAGENT**!

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**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/113 "2006-09-11T21:32:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Spooky Sprite]  
Everything I know.  
[/QUOTE]

Ah, a man of few words.

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**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/114 "2006-09-11T21:34:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Spooky Sprite]  
It would perfect sense if you knew what I know.  
[/QUOTE]

Egg.. the world… crack the shell…

Absolute Destiny Apocalypse?! :eek:

I gotta _hide_.

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**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/115 "2006-09-11T21:36:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Spooky Sprite]  
Everything I know.  
[/QUOTE]  
Oh, so he’s got late-stage Alzheimer’s? Poor guy, that’s really too bad.

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/116 "2006-09-11T21:37:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]  
In 2010, something will happen.

Something wonderful.  
[/QUOTE]

My God. It’s full of eggs.

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**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:** [September 11, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/117 "2006-09-11T21:55:44Z")

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I know the secret and I will reveal it in five minutes.

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**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:** [September 11, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/118 "2006-09-11T22:00:11Z")

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OK. Are you ready?

The world is indeed an egg, but not a great big one. it only looks big because it’s so close.

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/119 "2006-09-11T22:14:27Z")

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Seems to me we went straight from “about to hatch,” right through “frying pan,” and straight on to “hard scrambled, with cheese.”

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/120 "2006-09-11T22:14:42Z")

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Mmmmmm… turtle eggs!

Good.

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