# the moderators are far too triggerhappy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 25, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106 "2006-09-25T18:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/181 "2006-09-29T04:42:11Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Cool! I’ve never been called an [Alouatta pigra](http://www.belizezoo.org/zoo/zoo/mammals/how/how2.html) before. [/QUOTE] what? just a [mulatto Macaca](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhesus_monkey)? ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/182 "2006-09-29T12:40:27Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] You should only search for my responses about watching Ted Williams \*\*stroke 'em out \*\*of Griffith Stadium. [/QUOTE] Good Og man! What kind of filthy perverted outdoors entertainment do they have in your neck of the woods? And I thought baseball was as perverted as it gets. ::Shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/183 "2006-09-29T20:00:10Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] If you have to ask, you can’t be accorded it. 😉 [/QUOTE] However, he COULD close this one. It might prompt some kind of pitting or another… 😃 ---
**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 29, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/184 "2006-09-29T20:17:16Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] If you have to ask, you can’t be accorded it. 😉 [/QUOTE] You could always ban ETF for this comment. That would definitely get you a pitting. Nothing personal, ETF. I just got caught up in all the banter. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/185 "2006-09-29T20:24:17Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] You could always ban ETF for this comment. That would definitely get you a pitting. Nothing personal, ETF. I just got caught up in all the banter. [/QUOTE] 😕 :eek: :mad: :: soft sobs :: I thought you were my friend… ☹ ---
**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 29, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/186 "2006-09-29T20:30:52Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] 😕 :eek: :mad: :: soft sobs :: I thought you were my friend… ☹ [/QUOTE] Not to worry, I’m sure they’d unban you after the Skippy’s pit thread … 😛 PS, that’s pretty good. Were you ever on Broadway? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/187 "2006-09-29T20:31:33Z")
Crying in the thread–that’s practically asking for, or rejecting, medical advice! ---
**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:** [September 29, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/188 "2006-09-29T20:35:49Z")
[QUOTE=Shoshana] Crying in the thread–that’s practically asking for, or rejecting, medical advice! [/QUOTE] Oh, great, now you say I was asking for it? I reject that! Medic, medic! Got some wounded feelings over here! ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/189 "2006-09-29T21:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] You could always ban ETF for this comment. That would definitely get you a pitting. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but if **skip** bans **ETF** who’s going to be upset enough to pit him? ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/190 "2006-09-29T21:52:22Z")
[QUOTE=Wildfire\*\*MM] I see my self as an adequate contributor [/QUOTE] Ah… delusions of adequacy. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/191 "2006-09-29T22:18:54Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Yeah, but if **skip** bans **ETF** who’s going to be upset enough to pit him? [/QUOTE] Shh. We don’t talk about that little conundrum. You don’t want to get…disappeared, do you? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/192 "2006-09-29T22:57:48Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Yeah, but if **skip** bans **ETF** who’s going to be upset enough to pit him? [/QUOTE] _ **HEY!!!** _ :: strikes **rayh** from will :: ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/193 "2006-09-29T23:18:30Z")
So, who is this **will** who is letting you use him as a platform from which to strike other posters? Do you sit on his shoulders, or just cling to his back? Are you using a club or a whip or a wet noodle? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/194 "2006-09-29T23:31:05Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] So, who is this **will** who is letting you use him as a platform from which to strike other posters? Do you sit on his shoulders, or just cling to his back? Are you using a club or a whip or a wet noodle? [/QUOTE] Will, as it happens, is a [Triumph](http://www.firsttraderegistry.com/forsale/pre80/british/73triumph/1973%20Triumph%20Gelal%20006.jpg). I’m sitting on the hood and firing a bazooka loaded with dungballs. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/195 "2006-09-30T00:19:51Z")
Does Leni Riefenstahl know you’re stealing her material? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/196 "2006-09-30T01:40:12Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] Does Leni Riefenstahl know you’re stealing her material? [/QUOTE] Dunno. Shall we hold a seance and ask her? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/197 "2006-09-30T16:32:44Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Will, as it happens, is a [Triumph](http://www.firsttraderegistry.com/forsale/pre80/british/73triumph/1973%20Triumph%20Gelal%20006.jpg). I’m sitting on the hood and firing a bazooka loaded with dungballs. [/QUOTE] **Dung Beetle’s** in on this too? What is this, some kind of vast Doper conspiracy? ---
**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 30, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/198 "2006-09-30T18:16:20Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] **Dung Beetle’s** in on this too? What is this, some kind of vast Doper conspiracy? [/QUOTE] Isn’t everything? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/199 "2007-03-05T02:39:52Z")
Well, Wildfire\*\*MM, I have to hand it to you, you certainly are not normal. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderators-are-far-too-triggerhappy/374106/200 "2007-03-05T02:45:00Z")
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