# Stupid moderator **URL:** \ **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:** 7
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/121 "2006-09-11T22:16:45Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Welcome back, **FORMERAGENT**! [/QUOTE] If that were so, would that make her a FORMERFORMERAGENT? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/122 "2006-09-11T22:32:42Z")
[Zombie](http://a-s.clayton.edu/biology/biol3650l/skeletal/turtle/turtle-ventral.jpg) turtle!! Run for your lives! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/123 "2006-09-11T22:40:24Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] [Zombie](http://a-s.clayton.edu/biology/biol3650l/skeletal/turtle/turtle-ventral.jpg) turtle!! Run for your lives! [/QUOTE] From a _TURTLE_? How 'bout “Walk for your lives!”? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/124 "2006-09-11T22:51:44Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] From a _TURTLE_? How 'bout “Walk for your lives!”? [/QUOTE] Can I get a “mosey”? How 'bout a “saunter”? ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/125 "2006-09-11T22:52:53Z")
This is obviously a troll, and should be ignored. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/126 "2006-09-11T22:54:48Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] From a _TURTLE_? How 'bout “Walk for your lives!”? [/QUOTE] Hey, [these guys](http://media.g4tv.com/images/imagedb2/408/40830_L.jpg) are damn good at chasing down bad guys and kicking their asses. I"m gonna run, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/127 "2006-09-11T22:55:24Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] This is obviously a troll, and should be ignored. [/QUOTE] (Actually, most of us are ignoring her, we’re playing with each other.) _beans **Walter Windchill** with a baby turtle_ ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/128 "2006-09-11T22:56:05Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] This is obviously a troll, and should be ignored. [/QUOTE] Somebody get this man a Cadbury Egg-shittin’ turtle. And a burrito. ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/129 "2006-09-11T22:58:02Z")
I’d rather have an actual turtle, if you don’t mind. Turtles make good eating. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/130 "2006-09-11T23:09:43Z")
> [@](#): > > **Spooky Sprite** wrote: > No, but the System wouldn’t be happy if I told you. The System is down. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/131 "2006-09-11T23:09:55Z")
[QUOTE=Freddy the Pig] But we don’t, so it doesn’t. [/QUOTE] You cheated; you used verbs in your principal clause. You can only use verbs in dependent clauses in commenting on **Spooky** Speak. 😛 ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/132 "2006-09-11T23:12:08Z")
I verbing your principal clause. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/133 "2006-09-11T23:21:12Z")
[QUOTE=Maureen] Moderator not stupid, thread stupid. Make moderator head hurt, go _BOOM_. Statement philosophical belly button lint, not Great Debate. Start in MPSIMS after smoking bowl, watching Heavy Metal. [/QUOTE] I’ve only read the first page so far, but you win the thread. The zen-ness of that response approaches uberosity. I owe you a beverage of your choice should we ever meet somewhen… ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/134 "2006-09-11T23:21:50Z")
No, optometrists. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/135 "2006-09-11T23:22:31Z")
[QUOTE=Spooky Sprite] My grandfather told me. [/QUOTE] May I ask why a thread that is the most obvious example of trolling I have ever seen has not been closed? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/136 "2006-09-11T23:24:02Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] No, optometrists. [/QUOTE] GAH!! That was supposed to be in response to **Bryan Ekers** post about [QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Optimists? [/QUOTE] _mutters_ spoils the whole bloody joke ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/137 "2006-09-11T23:24:57Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] > [@Spooky Sprite](#): > > My grandfather told me. May I ask why a thread that is the most obvious example of trolling I have ever seen has not been closed? [/QUOTE] It must be a paradox. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/138 "2006-09-11T23:26:35Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] _mutters_ spoils the whole bloody joke [/QUOTE] What joke? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/139 "2006-09-11T23:28:23Z")
So who came first, the turtle or the egg? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/140 "2006-09-11T23:41:02Z")
[QUOTE=Spooky Sprite] Everything I know. [/QUOTE] That can’t have taken long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321.md?page=8)