# The Straight Dope, Long As You Toe The Line **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594 "2001-09-04T00:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Clare\_Ashworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Clare\_Ashworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_Ashworth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/123 "2001-09-08T00:28:48Z")
/Aha!/ ---
**Author:** ![xanakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7bcc69/32.png) [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/124 "2001-09-08T00:28:54Z")
A Havarti eh? mmmm…so Im gonna need both a Stilton and some Feta to even call it quits… No it’s yours, I withdraw. Its just not worth the risk. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/125 "2001-09-08T00:29:54Z")
You do _have_ some cheese in this shop then? ---
**Author:** ![Clare\_Ashworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Clare\_Ashworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_Ashworth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/126 "2001-09-08T00:32:21Z")
Xanakis - you shouldn’t have thrown your hand in. All I had wa a Dolcelatte and a Brie! ---
**Author:** ![xanakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7bcc69/32.png) [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/127 "2001-09-08T00:38:03Z")
Aaah shit, I knew you were bluffing. I had a Gorgonzola and a fuckin Vintage Cheddar in my hand and all. Damn. Oh well, you live and learn. ---
**Author:** ![Clare\_Ashworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Clare\_Ashworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_Ashworth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/128 "2001-09-08T00:56:37Z")
Well, xanakis - you could have won with that! Hah! All I have to say to you is ‘Clydesdale Hoof Warty’. (All right - I made that up!)… ---
**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:** [September 8, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/129 "2001-09-08T01:04:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jmonster \* > \*\*But I think that if Clare’s first off-topic post had been moved, she would have caught on to the rules much quicker, with considerably less blustering, posturing, and whining. \*\* Moved to where? Go read them again. The first thread about “where’s wishbone?” while questionable, was left open until wishbone responded. The second one looks like a continuation of a personal conversation that belonged in e-mail. That would have been closed in _any_ forum, even in [MPSIMS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=84445). Here’s [another example](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=84446). The third one was a gripe and moan session after two already questionable posts in the wrong forum. It was closed and, as per the rules, she was free to come to the Pit and whine about it, where we now are, in a thread that’s been moved, not closed. And **Clare Ashworth** > [@](#): > > \*\* I have been told. I am humbled. (For now).\*\* Love the bit in parentheses, can’t wait to see another of these threads from you. woo-hoo. BTW - you and **xanakis** do realize that this cheese hijack is just inviting this thread to be closed. If you want it closed, why not just e-mail a mod and request they close it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/130 "2001-09-08T01:43:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Collounsbury \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > > Fuckin’ Brits! Learn how to spell! > > > > Esprix > > But I’m from NY Esprix darling. Just being out of the States for so long has changed me English. Actually I suspect I have one of the most fucked up mangy curs of an idiolect this side of … I dunno, ask Matt-mcl. > [@](#): > > _Collounsbury to Grienspace_ > > I suppose I really should correct your entertaining misapprehension I’m English. Not sure how you have clung onto this for so long, but time to stop laughing and correct. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/131 "2001-09-08T02:54:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andros \* > \*\*Last year I shared a bottle of ~70 year old Glenmorangie. > > I’d sooner have sold my son to a circus than have thrown that away. \*\* Me too. And I don’t even have a son! I’d rather sell a _random kid that I picked off the street to a circus_ than throw away 70 yo Glenmorangie. (Of course, I’ve never HAD any older than 20 years! Where do you get the 70 yo stuff? Or was this home-aged? In which case, how was it?? Dammit, we’re fighting ignorance over here, man!) ---
**Author:** ![Clare\_Ashworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Clare\_Ashworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_Ashworth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/132 "2001-09-09T00:12:56Z")
Oh dear - I do seem to have upset Crunchy! ---
**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:** [September 9, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/133 "2001-09-09T00:37:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Clare Ashworth \* > \*\*Oh dear - I do seem to have upset Crunchy! \*\* I’m not upset. The first part was just to show **jmonster** that the mods may not have seen anywhere appropriate to move your threads. The part to you was just letting you know that after the main hulabaloo has died down and hijacks start taking over is usually when the thread gets closed (not always, just usually, sometimes the silly hijacks can go on indefinitely, and I’ve got nothing against silliness). I didn’t want you getting surprised by seeing a thread get closed when everything looks all innocent and fun. In all seriousness, as you are the OP and with matter seemingly resolved, if you want the thread closed, you can e-mail one of the mods of this forum and request it be closed. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/134 "2001-09-09T05:42:43Z")
**Situation No Win:** > [@](#): > > And now I’m off to read that thread where the majority of Dopers collectively agreed that a particular action taken by a moderator was wrong… Thank Gaud. It can’t be in Great Debates. You can’t get two posters to agree on the time of day over there, so no chance of seeing you there. **Clare:** > [@](#): > > With the ego-inflated moderators and their sycophantic clique. Finally! I belong! **Manny:** (in a post dated 09-06-2001, at 5:00 PM) > [@](#): > > _:snipping a nice, civil post explaining in a nice, civil manner what **manny** does around here, and nice civil suggestions for **Clare** to accomodate her time here at the **SDMBs** :_ Alright, dammit: where’s the _real_ **manny!** What did you do to him! Bring him back to us from his alien masters! > [@](#): > > Hey Hey, Ho Ho, citeless posts have got to go Hey Hey, Ho Ho… \*Remember when you posted this and I got on your case and warned you not to post because I’d close your thread? Well… You posted anyway and the thread’s got worse and worse and now you see I’ve gone completely out of my mind! So… I’m coming to close your thread, HaHa! I’m coming to close your thread, HoHo, HeeHee, HaHa! On the message board, where trolls are posting all the time and I’ll be happy to flame those fucking jerks and their goddamned threads! And I’m coming to close your thread HaHa! You thought it was a joke and so you laughed (you laughed!) when I had said that one more post would make me ban your ass! Right? You know the post, I read the post, (your post! your post! your post!) And then you laughed and now I’m utterly pissed! So… I’m coming to warn your ass, HaHa! I’m coming to warn your ass, HoHo, HeeHee, HaHa! On the message board! With threads and posts and topics, too! And Great Debaters who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes! And I’m coming to warn your ass, HaHa! I fixed your code, I moved your posts, and this is how you pay me back for all my kind, unselfish loving deeds? Huh? Well you just wait, I’ll get you yet! And when I do I’ll ban your sorry ass for good you fucking jerk! And… I’m going to ban you ass, HaHa! I’m going to ban your ass, HoHo, HeeHee, HaHa! From the message board! Where topics are interesting all the time! And I’ll be happy to fix their codes and move their posts! And I’m going to ban your ass, HaHa! From the message boards! With topics and thread and Great Debates! Where posters sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes!\* Jesus. I have way too much time on my hands. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/135 "2001-09-09T06:20:57Z")
Don’t eat the brown acid dude. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/136 "2001-09-09T06:24:23Z")
[hushed whispers] Wow, it’s ol’ Krispy! [/hushed whispers] ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/137 "2001-09-09T06:27:07Z")
Nice, uh, rant (?) **Tank**. Good one, **Krispy** (hey! hey! - good to see ya’ )! ---
**Author:** ![Clare\_Ashworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Clare\_Ashworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_Ashworth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/138 "2001-09-09T12:20:28Z")
As CrunchyFrog says, with the original hullabaloo died down now, and matters resolved, the thread could be closed. I don’t think I’ll be pro-active in asking for that to be done, though - if a moderator wishes to close it, that’s fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/139 "2001-09-09T12:41:52Z")
**ExTank** > [@](#): > > It can’t be in Great Debates. You can’t get two posters to agree on the time of day over there \ - cite ? S. Norman ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/140 "2001-09-09T15:08:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Clare Ashworth \* > As CrunchyFrog says, with the original hullabaloo died down now, and matters resolved, the thread could be closed. I don’t think I’ll be pro-active in asking for that to be done, though - if a moderator wishes to close it, that’s fine by me. Noooooooo. For the love of the IPU, don’t close this thread! It’s an example of the best of the SDMB. A moderator complaint that is actually resolved, **two** different grammatical hijacks, a scotch hijack, a song parody and the innovation that is cheese poker. Leave it open to see where it wanders. Heck, make it a threadspotting on the art of the hijack. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/141 "2001-09-09T15:37:15Z")
> [@](#): > > a song parody Parody? Heck, that’s how I remember the lyrics. _(To Napolean XIV, wherever you are.)_ ---
**Author:** ![Clare\_Ashworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Clare\_Ashworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_Ashworth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594/142 "2001-09-09T23:36:58Z")
Billdo’s post illustrates exactly why I didn’t want to close the thread myself. Other people might not want it closed! I am being extremely careful around here nowadays… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-long-as-you-toe-the-line/79594.md?page=8)