# The Great "Re-Name The Moderator" Contest! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291 "2001-01-10T05:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/1 "2001-01-10T05:11:34Z")
I’ve been “slythe” since 1978, and it’s time for a change, folks. Here’s _your_ chance to rename a Moderator! All suggestions will be considered, and the most popular, within reason of course, will be chosen. The hell with it :), forget reason. I’ll take the most popular name, _no matter what!_ ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/2 "2001-01-10T05:16:36Z")
**His Godlike Eminence** ---
**Author:** ![Rally\_Vincent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Rally\_Vincent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rally_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/3 "2001-01-10T05:18:28Z")
Hm… A favorite character is always fun. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/4 "2001-01-10T05:19:15Z")
I am seriously considering stopping the contest right now and declaring a winner! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/5 "2001-01-10T05:22:11Z")
You should become TimmyNipples. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/6 "2001-01-10T05:23:43Z")
**evilbeth** will love you if you choose **Chicken of Bristol**. The one person who accepted that name got banned before she could change her name. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/7 "2001-01-10T05:24:39Z")
How 'bout **Slythe**? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/8 "2001-01-10T05:30:10Z")
Hmmmm. _Slythe_. How do you pronounce it? ---
**Author:** ![Rally\_Vincent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Rally\_Vincent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rally_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/9 "2001-01-10T05:33:24Z")
What came to mind was the poem “Jabberwocky” Twas brillig and the slithy toves… so that’s what I think of when I see that name. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/10 "2001-01-10T05:36:02Z")
\*I will not set myself up for rejection again. I will not set myself up for rejection again. I will not set myself up for rejection again…\* ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/11 "2001-01-10T05:38:34Z")
I vote for **Chicken of Bristol**! That name is really too good to go to waste. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/12 "2001-01-10T05:59:32Z")
If _Chicken of Bristol_ wins, I will declare evilbeth Official Fairy Godmother of IMHO. 🙂 Then I’ll get piss-ass drunk for a full week. ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/13 "2001-01-10T06:17:03Z")
I’d like to think of something original, but Chicken of Bristol is just too good to not support it. Chicken of Bristol! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/14 "2001-01-10T06:58:22Z")
Hmmm. He’s promised to accept the most popular nomination, so if we all voted for, say, “Dumbass”, he’d have to call himself that. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/15 "2001-01-10T07:12:42Z")
That’s pronounced _Dumas_, right? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/16 "2001-01-10T07:26:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slythe \* > \*\*If _Chicken of Bristol_ wins, I will declare evilbeth Official Fairy Godmother of IMHO. 🙂 > \*\* Come on, people! Do this one little thing for me! Just for little old me! I rarely get mentioned in any of the favorite poster/poster you most want to nail/poster you most want to have phone sex with—I need the ego boost! While I can’t promise any moderator favors (I have very little pull in that area), I can offer each and every voting member my undying devotion! (Except for those of you I don’t like in the first place! Sorry!) Please vote for _Chicken of Bristol_–help me out! [sub]Was that embarassing enough?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/17 "2001-01-10T07:37:27Z")
Although **GoreSucks** , **ILoveBush** , and **NaderRulez** are all tempting… I don’t think they stand a chance. I’m gonna vote for the chicken one, at least until a better one comes along ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/18 "2001-01-10T07:39:59Z")
And ummmm I don’t really know what **Rasa** thinks about your name. For all I know she likes **Dumbass** or maybe **LordHighMaster**. That last post is me. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/19 "2001-01-10T08:27:24Z")
How about: “Funkmasta Slythe, Chillin’ on the West-sieeed of da ‘Hood with a gat an’ Forty Since 1978”? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291/20 "2001-01-10T10:09:56Z")
Since I really like some of these “weird” names one sees every now and then, I’m gonna suggest **Moldy Sponge**. But **Chicken of Bristol** sounds pretty damn cool too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-re-name-the-moderator-contest/49291.md?page=2)