Time to hang up the jackboots

[Dob]

Wait, wait! Did I hear this all correctly? is it even possible? What the hell is going on?

This board is moderated?

[Giraffe]

@Dob

This board is moderated?

That’s a damn lie and you know it!

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

There are lies, damned lies, and Giraffisticuffs.

[Kythereia]

@EddyTeddyFreddy

There are lies, damned lies, and Giraffisticuffs.

Are those final ones twee?

[Scissorjack]

@carnivorousplant

Recruitment in the 17th century was sometimes done with vast promises of prize money and wealth, but usually with a press gang where they just went into a dockside bar and kidnapped everyone for the Navy.

So, are those filth…noble Moderators Shainghied?

[pedant] Shanghai-ing implies a mite more subtlety than press-ganging, in that the Shanghai-ees were usually drugged or gotten drunk by the Shanghai-ers before being kidnapped; the press-gangs generally dispensed with such social niceties. [/pedant] Which method is employed to press mods into service, of course, remains an open question.

[carnivorousplant]

@Scissorjack

[pedant] Shanghai-ing implies a mite more subtlety than press-ganging,

Well, yes, but I didn’t want to confuse the Mods. They’re ugly when they are riled.

[Lynn_Bodoni]

@Scissorjack

[pedant] Shanghai-ing implies a mite more subtlety than press-ganging, in that the Shanghai-ees were usually drugged or gotten drunk by the Shanghai-ers before being kidnapped; the press-gangs generally dispensed with such social niceties. [/pedant] Which method is employed to press mods into service, of course, remains an open question.

Hmmmm, I talked to Veb by IM when she was looped on NyQuil, and then I decided that I wanted her as a mod. Later I recommended her to Tuba. What sort of recruiting method is THAT?

[Captain_Amazing]

@carnivorousplant

Well, yes, but I didn’t want to confuse the Mods. They’re ugly when they are riled.

They’re not that good looking when they’re calm, either.

[Duckster]

Is this retiring mod pile-on similar to a football pile-on?

[carnivorousplant]

@Duckster

Is this retiring mod pile-on similar to a football pile-on?

Get the duck! He started it all.

[Contrapuntal]

@tomndebb

If you don’t wanna be caught unawares, go commando.

OK, see, that was funny. A good one, as we say in my 'hood. So aside from being a … what was it, Hysterical Puss’n’boots?, you can crack wise ever oncet in a while.

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

@Duckster

Is this retiring mod pile-on similar to a football pile-on?

Just don’t take off your helmet to bash the other players.

[The_Flying_Dutchman]

I’m just posting here to offer you, TVeblen a thankyou for your service to our community. You have helped to make this message board a real treat for me.

[elelle]

Thanks, Veb, for your duties done here, and taking on the Pit, no less. You’ve been an admirable voice of reason and understanding of the history here, and have wielded your magic Mod ninjachucks well. Ain’t nobody like an able librarian to ride herd in the Flaming Q section of the vaults!

Do ex-Mods have a decompression chamber before re-entering as general civilian posters?

[Scissorjack]

@carnivorousplant

They’re ugly when they are riled.

They were born to be riled.

[Frank]

@Scissorjack

They were born to be riled.

Drag him out and ban him. I’ll make up an excuse later.

[Mince]

@TVeblen

Yep, I’m stepping aside as a mod.

There’s no juicy, scandalous reason so disappointed conspiracy theorists must be satisfied with faked moon landings.

Uh huh. Does this have anything to do with 9/11? Are you Jewish? Jus’ askin’ questions here.

[iamthewalrus_3]

Who’s got the goat?

And what do we do for an uninitiation ceremony?

[carnivorousplant]

@iamthewalrus(:3=

Who’s got the goat?

I think Noclue took him home for the weekend.
Come to think of it, this is Wednesday…