# The Mods Themselves **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 7, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods-themselves/75344 "2001-08-07T20:14:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods-themselves/75344/21 "2001-08-08T17:27:19Z")
Hmph. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods-themselves/75344/22 "2001-08-08T20:15:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JillGat \* > Oooh, I want me some of this. - Jill Sorry JillGat. I am a firm believer in athletics _à la grecque_, meaning that wrestling and other sports must be performed in the nude and **without** the participation of the weaker sex. P.S. Thank you for the compliment samclem. Have you found anything definitive about the origin “the whole nine yards”? That would get you a gold star at the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods-themselves/75344/23 "2001-08-09T21:12:20Z")
I wanna know which one of you is most vulnerable to the sucking up I occasionally try to sneak into my posts. I’ve seen no evidence that any of it works, but then maybe I need to be more specific. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods-themselves/75344/24 "2001-08-09T21:28:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > I live in Philadelphia, and am madly in love with Tracy Lord, so I would never get involved with any of the mods. Um, is that Tracy Lord or Traci Lords? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods-themselves/75344/25 "2001-08-10T04:12:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*\*Lynn Bodoni \*\* > Right now I only have a curtained doorway. Just ignore the person behind that curtain! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods-themselves/75344/26 "2001-08-10T05:45:32Z")
[nitpick] Don’t you mean, “Pay no attention to that person behind the curtain!” **DrM**? 🙂 [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods-themselves/75344/27 "2001-08-12T03:43:45Z")
As so it was written: to **Alphagene** should be offered such things as cigarettes, alcohol, receipts from nightspots that are stylish, but never trendy. These are mounted on his shrine - directly opposite that of Pele - as he is the only one who can face her daily without fear. The mantra in heard by all, resting in their minds to enlighten them when the time is come: _Book 'em, Dano!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mods-themselves/75344.md?page=1)