# Welcome our new moderator -- MARLEY23 **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 19, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893 "2008-03-19T03:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/21 "2008-03-19T14:11:23Z")
Yeah, anyone want to start a pool on how long it will be before \*\*Marley \*\* gets his very first mod related pitting? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/22 "2008-03-19T14:25:09Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Yeah, anyone want to start a pool on how long it will be before \*\*Marley \*\* gets his very first mod related pitting? šŸ˜› [/QUOTE] We needs a few rules, the pit thread cannot be started by a participant in the pool and it needs to be a real pitting and not a joke. That said, I predict some yahoo will pit him by March 27, 2008 šŸ˜‰ Jim ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/23 "2008-03-19T14:36:04Z")
Thank you very much, everybody. I admit Iā€™m still a bit sore from being initiated and itā€™ll be quite a while before I can look a goat in the eye - and to make matters worse, I had a great First-as-Mod post prepared, and then Barack Obama stole it and delivered it in Philadelphia yesterday! So instead, even if this is in more of a Cafe vein, Iā€™d like to just say a few brief words about my vision for MPSIMS: > [@](#): > > No oneā€™s allowed to smoke > Or tell a dirty joke > And trolling is forbiddenā€¦ > If chewing gum is chewed > The chewer is pursued. > And in the hoosegow hiddenā€¦ > If any form of pleasure is exhibited > Report to me and it will be prohibited. > Iā€™ll put my foot down, so shall it be. > This is the land of the free! ā€¦But thereā€™s lots of time to get into the particulars as I learn the ropes. In general, Iā€™d like everybody to know this: > [@](#): > > I donā€™t know what they have to say > It makes no difference anyway > Whatever it is, Iā€™m against it. > No matter what it is or who commenced it, Iā€™m against it! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/24 "2008-03-19T15:17:52Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] We needs a few rules, the pit thread cannot be started by a participant in the pool and it needs to be a real pitting and not a joke. That said, I predict some yahoo will pit him by March 27, 2008 šŸ˜‰ Jim [/QUOTE] Not to go all Price is Right on you, but Iā€™ll take the 26th of March then. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/25 "2008-03-19T15:18:07Z")
Congratulations and good luck! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/26 "2008-03-19T17:14:27Z")
So, **Marley23** , does **RTFirefly** know youā€™re cribbing his material? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/27 "2008-03-19T17:16:11Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] So, **Marley23** , does **RTFirefly** know youā€™re cribbing his material? [/QUOTE] Iā€™m pretty sure weā€™re cribbing from the same source. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/28 "2008-03-19T17:31:07Z")
This comes as no surprise, an excellent choice indeed. Good luck, buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/29 "2008-03-19T18:17:06Z")
Werenā€™t you once an accountant for Eb. Scrooge? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/30 "2008-03-19T18:21:48Z")
Congrats, **Marley23**. Iā€™m picking April 13 for the pitting pool. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/31 "2008-03-19T18:22:06Z")
Congrats, **Marley23**! I mumbled something once about being a mod. On quiet nights, you can still hear the laughter. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/32 "2008-03-19T18:33:19Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] \ Weā€™re doomedā€¦ \ [/QUOTE] [Bender]DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED![/Bender} Grats, **Marley**! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/33 "2008-03-19T18:42:29Z")
Do the new mods get awarded handicap points in the mod-pitting race? How will new mods ever catch up with the ancient ones? How are those new moderator underoos fitting? šŸ˜ƒ (Congrats!) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/34 "2008-03-19T19:16:49Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Thank you very much, everybody. I admit Iā€™m still a bit sore from being initiated and itā€™ll be quite a while before I can look a goat in the eye - and to make matters worse, I had a great First-as-Mod post prepared, and then Barack Obama stole it and delivered it in Philadelphia yesterday! So instead, even if this is in more of a Cafe vein, Iā€™d like to just say a few brief words about my vision for MPSIMS: ā€¦But thereā€™s lots of time to get into the particulars as I learn the ropes. In general, Iā€™d like everybody to know this: [/QUOTE] I did not know you were a Marxist! Not a bad place to moderate from, though thanks be you didnā€™t choose "I donā€™t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. " ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/35 "2008-03-19T19:57:48Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] I did not know you were a Marxist! [/quote] Dyed in the wool. I donā€™t use a sig anymore, but when I did, it was the old French quip ā€œJe suis Marxiste, tendance Groucho.ā€ Yes, Marxists. Thatā€™s the class of people youā€™re hiring around here these daysā€¦ and I could go right into a bit from _Animal Crackers_ here- but itā€™s my first day and I went right up to the copyright line in my first post. Speaking of originality: I think Iā€™ve gotten more Jacob Marley quips in this thread than Iā€™d heard in my life to this point. Not one of you went the obvious Bob Marley route, even though thatā€™s actually where my name comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/36 "2008-03-19T20:20:59Z")
Welcome, **Marley23**. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/37 "2008-03-19T22:06:22Z")
we figured you were busy entertaining the prince of wales and his wife. or was that last week? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/38 "2008-03-19T22:47:34Z")
Damn, I salute you-I canā€™t imagine anyone wanting the job right now. Good luck. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/39 "2008-03-20T01:27:24Z")
Hey Modboy! Before you get all big-headed thinking you bad and shit? Your fly is open. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893/40 "2008-03-20T02:58:21Z")
Hurray! I am no longer the most junior Moderator! **Marley23** , Iā€™ll show you where the shovels and brooms are for mucking out the hamster cages. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-marley23/441893.md?page=3)