# Troll and Trolling. Please explain? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 19, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775 "2011-12-19T21:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/21 "2011-12-20T07:46:12Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Got any Hermitage Grange or a slab of VB? Off topic, but it was “Grange Hermitage,” not “Hermitage Grange.” These days it’s just “Penfold’s Grange” because we gave in to the French and don’t use their regional descriptions any more. Same reason we stopped referring to our sparkling white wine as “Champagne.” While some may see it as pandering to the cheese-eating surrender monkeys, I think it’s more a sign that our wines deserve to be considered on their own merits rather than comparing them to European regions (we also stopped using the term “Rhine Rielsing” and other regional terms). A couple of years ago I was on an American Airlines domestic flight (in First Class) and asked for a sparkling wine. The Flight Attendant asked “do you mean a Champagne?” I said yes, but I thought “that would be great, but I very much doubt you have any.” Of course it was from California - OK, but not capital “C” Champagne. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/22 "2011-12-20T08:54:31Z")
Oh, that’s what happened with **sad flower**? I assumed it was a certain banned poster coming back. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/23 "2011-12-20T09:23:35Z")
**sad flower** might have been that too, **BigT**. Quite likely a troll and a sock. I don’t know for sure if it was a sock, I’m not a mod, but that thing was trying to prey on the kind hearted and I wanted to see it dead. It was the message board equivalent of a vampire. That thing needed to be taken out before it did damage. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/24 "2011-12-20T14:12:40Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > How is troll formed? > [@BigT](#): > > Oh, that’s what happened with **sad flower**? I assumed it was a certain banned poster coming back. I am truley sorry for your lots. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/25 "2011-12-20T15:21:16Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Troll and troll! What is troll? Troll of trollery, saith the Guest, troll of trollery, _all_ is trollery. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/26 "2011-12-20T16:39:03Z")
'Twas brillig and the slithey trolls did gyre and gimble in the wabe. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/27 "2011-12-20T16:41:18Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > **sad flower** might have been that too, **BigT**. Quite likely a troll and a sock. I don’t know for sure if it was a sock, I’m not a mod, but that thing was trying to prey on the kind hearted and I wanted to see it dead. It was the message board equivalent of a vampire. > > That thing needed to be taken out before it did damage. It couldn’t have just been that pathetic, like **mookie**? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/28 "2011-12-20T16:50:55Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > It couldn’t have just been that pathetic, like **mookie**? She(?) came back under another name with a “fooled you all” kind of message, ripping on **Idle Thoughts** and admitted to being **sad flower**. Quickly gone. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/29 "2011-12-20T16:59:03Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > She(?) came back under another name with a “fooled you all” kind of message, ripping on **Idle Thoughts** and admitted to being **sad flower**. > > Quickly gone. Wow… I was wondering what the punch line to the banning of Sad FLower was… I must have missed that post. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/30 "2011-12-20T17:25:09Z")
What the heck is a slab of VB? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/31 "2011-12-20T17:32:16Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > She(?) came back under another name with a “fooled you all” kind of message, ripping on **Idle Thoughts** and admitted to being **sad flower**. The poster did come back under another name and didn’t last long. The message didn’t say anything like “fooled you,” but it’s true **Idle Thoughts** and **sad flower** will probably never be friends. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/32 "2011-12-20T17:37:07Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > How is troll formed? > [@Ludovic](#): > > I am truley sorry for your lots. 😕 I was ripping on the “How is babby formed?” meme. _Whoosh!_ I trolling your dog! ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/33 "2011-12-20T18:29:44Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > 😕 I was ripping on the “How is babby formed?” meme. _Whoosh!_ > > I trolling your dog! Pssst, “I am truleysorry for your lots” is from the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/34 "2011-12-20T19:01:21Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > Pssst, “I am truleysorry for your lots” is from the same thing. Ahh, looks like I was the whooshee, then. [Emily Litella] Never mind. [/Emily Litella] ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/35 "2011-12-20T19:54:12Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > What you did isn’t necessarily good, but you haven’t even warranted a mod note yet. I wouldn’t sweat it too much. > > So the take home is: just try not to be a jerk. Oh I noted him. It was a strongly worded note, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/36 "2011-12-20T19:59:11Z")
All fine and well, but what in the hell is a “slab of VB”?! ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/37 "2011-12-20T20:09:13Z")
A pack of Australian beer. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/38 "2011-12-20T20:43:00Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > All fine and well, but what in the hell is a “slab of VB”?! Hell, I thought it was a chunk of Visual Basic programing code… ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/39 "2011-12-20T21:58:43Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > What the heck is a slab of VB? Now as an Aussie I can shine. A slab is a carton of 24 beers… VB is a local brew short for Victorian Bitter. Its a polarizer in Australia as people love it or hate it. For those who love it its the Very Best and for those who hate it its Very Bad (and other derogative terms). Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775/40 "2011-12-20T22:04:04Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Oh I noted him. It was a strongly worded note, too. 😃 Yep, you sure did Ellen. She’s good… I must say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-and-trolling-please-explain/606775.md?page=3)