# To Mods: Guidelines for having a thread closed if you are the OP **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 28, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471 "2003-01-28T14:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/221 "2003-02-01T00:50:24Z")
_sigh_ Okay, **Mtgman** , I’ll ban you if you want. You’re banned. Go away. I mean it, now. Go on. I’ve banned you. [Glinda] You have no power here. Begone, before somebody drops a house on _you_. [/Glinda] This is fun! Anyone else wanna be banned? ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/222 "2003-02-01T00:50:34Z")
'kay, NOW I have to be in love with **Fenris** , too. Sigh…so many men…so little time. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/223 "2003-02-01T01:10:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*I have something of a reputation as being among the most forebearing, patient, forgiving and “moderate” amongst the Moderators. \*\* Wheee-HAWKEN! We get to define ourselves now??? Ahem. I have something of a reputation as having the largest, most pulsating schlong amongst the Moderators… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/224 "2003-02-01T01:12:11Z")
Monkey Magic – oh wait no this isn’t the song title thread, carry on now … ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/225 "2003-02-01T01:12:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*I have something of a reputation as having the largest, most pulsating schlong amongst the Moderators… \*\* Cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/226 "2003-02-01T01:34:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*Monkey Magic > > – oh wait no this isn’t the song title thread, carry on now … \*\* It can be if you want it to be. Everybody’s got something to hide, except for me and my monkey. ---
**Author:** ![irkenDoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@irkenDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irkenDoom)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/227 "2003-02-01T01:39:10Z")
Shock the Monkey! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/228 "2003-02-01T01:48:44Z")
Hey, hey, we’re the Monkeys ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/229 "2003-02-01T02:09:15Z")
Monkey Gone to Heaven ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/230 "2003-02-01T02:12:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\* > > I have something of a reputation as having the largest, most pulsating schlong amongst the Moderators… \*\* Sight? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/231 "2003-02-01T02:15:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*I have something of a reputation as having the largest, most pulsating schlong amongst the Moderators… \*\* Unfortunately, it’s under glass in some obscure museum in Brazil. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/232 "2003-02-01T02:47:00Z")
Heap many big troubles in my laboratory right now. But, I would like to take this opportunity to say- Suzpenderzzzzz-It’s like finally passing a kidney stone. In addition- ``` Tchaikovski, the other white meat Glazed Apathetic Leash ``` PS While Lance Link-Secret Chimp featured a multitude of characters, Dr Strangemind was far and away the best written and acted. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/233 "2003-02-01T03:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*Unfortunately, it’s under glass in some obscure museum in Brazil. \*\* Oh my Monkey, I thought that was Pheasant! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/234 "2003-02-01T03:25:18Z")
Leave My Monkey Alone --Warren Zevon Monkey on your back --Aldo Nova ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/235 "2003-02-01T04:30:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > \*\*Okay, I would _totally_ remember a monkey with blue checks. Would that be in a tartan or a gingham pattern? > > (And just for the record, **I** care what the monkey thinks.) \*\* now you’re just being silly. Of _course_ I was referring to monkeys that do not pay in cash. Perhaps I should have spelled it in a non-conformist matter: cheques. :rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/236 "2003-02-01T05:11:22Z")
This is my only line. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/237 "2003-02-01T05:23:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maeglin \* > \*\*I’ll start. **lno** , every time you put a frozen pizza in the oven, you are submitting to soulkilling bourgeois drudgery. You know why Mr. Clean is laughing? He’s laughing because you don’t own the means or the factors of production. He’s laughing because you don’t understand the Labor Theory of Value. And he’s also laughing at your bad, uberconformist haircut. \*\* Few times in my life has reading something caused me actual, physical pain, like this has. Goddamnit, you just can’t read stuff this funny when you have broken ribs. :eek: 🙂 [sub]Chuckle…Ow…ow…chuckle…wince…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/238 "2003-02-01T05:28:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*If pooping indiscriminately is wrong…I don’t wanna be right. \*\* OW! Goddamnit! 🙂 [sub]wince…they’ll never heal at this rate…did you know, when the broken ends grind together, you can actually hear the “snick” sound?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/239 "2003-02-01T06:31:15Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Mtgman_ > _pout_ I’ve never been banned. I’m tired of being one of the sheeple! I want MY badge of honor! I’m a non-conformist. I’m a unique and beautiful snowflake! Where is the justice!!! Well **Mtgman** , if we’ve learned one thing in this thread (unrelated to monkeys that is), we’ve learned that you should _email the mods_ instead of whining about it in the thread. But be careful what you wish for. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/240 "2003-02-01T07:04:45Z")
Tweeter and the Monkey-Man Were hard up for cash They stayed up all night Selling cocaine and hash [sub]~ \*\*Boo Wilbury[/sb][/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471.md?page=13)