# The Moderator Hat
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderator-hat/269834
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 18, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderator-hat/269834 "2004-10-18T14:43:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderator-hat/269834/41 "2004-10-19T22:56:22Z")
A reliable source has informed me that the “hat” used for a banning is a simple square of black cloth.
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderator-hat/269834/42 "2004-10-20T11:24:10Z")
> [@iampunha](#):
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> I … actually … um … wasn’t [kidding](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=1073609&highlight=moderator#post1073609).
Oh.
Hey, I’m sorry !!
I thought you were being your usual sublimely clever self. 😃
I also thought you were referring to a [Mod Watch](http://winfield.tias.com/stores/prototypevintage/pictures/3887d.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderator-hat/269834/43 "2004-10-20T14:26:02Z")
If I am wearing headgear while moderating/adminstrating, it’s a bandanna, folding into a strip and worn as a headband, to keep my hair out of my face. Sometimes I pull my hair back in a ponytail.
My hair, for those who MUST know, is naturally dark brown and white. I get it dyed, though, and so it’s now usually a very dark reddish brown.
My usual moderating costume is a pair of glasses, a pair of sandals, and a pair of panties. I don’t wear anything else in the house unless I’m cold, or unless there is someone other than my husband and/or daughter in the house.
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### Author:  [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderator-hat/269834/44 "2004-10-20T19:59:13Z")
Originally posted by **Lynn Bodoni**
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> My usual moderating costume is a pair of glasses, a pair of sandals, and a pair of panties. I don’t wear anything else in the house unless I’m cold, or unless there is someone other than my husband and/or daughter in the house.\*
:eek: Lucky Mr. Bodoni!
I hope that, when the postman rings, you’ll wear a hat [like this](http://www.abc.net.au/southeastnsw/galleries/hats_long/images/big_hat.jpg) though.
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderator-hat/269834/45 "2004-11-04T19:42:07Z")
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> Overheard when the postman stopped by at **Lynne’s** house:
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> " Yes, I’ve a package here for a Ms. Bodoooooooooooooohmygod "
😃
Oddly enough, I find it very comfortable to sit online only in my Tightie Maroonies. I only do it when travelling and alone in the hotel/motel room.
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### Author:  [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderator-hat/269834/46 "2004-11-05T01:51:11Z")
I always pictured the Mod Hat as a bright orange construction helmet with MOD painted on the front in black.
My Mod Hat though? That sucker gets to be the black Fedora of Moddy Death.
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