# Welcome our new MPSIMS moderator -- twickster **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 5, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765 "2009-06-05T02:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/21 "2009-06-05T13:51:07Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Welcome. Now that you are modding, I will try to be a better poster. Now what if we _all_ took that kind of attitude? Soon there would be fewer problems here, meaning less of a need for moderators, meaning layoffs for the mod crew. I’m guessing they have a “last hired/first fired” policy, so what you’re proposing could very well lead to **twickster** losing her new position before she even gets fitted for her jackboots! No, I think a policy of making as much trouble as possible would be a much better idea. C’mon people, let’s all pitch in and give our mods some much needed job security…make with the personal insults, post-count parties and spam postings! And congratulations, **twicks**! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/22 "2009-06-05T14:20:22Z")
Congrats **twickster** and good luck. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/23 "2009-06-05T20:03:50Z")
[Congrats](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10924348&postcount=34) :D. Glad you’re here. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/24 "2009-06-05T20:14:07Z")
Congrats, **Twickster**! 🙂 You’re certainly earned it. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/25 "2009-06-05T20:16:06Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > \ > Heh. And you’ve always been such a troublemaker … 😉 > > \ You know me, I’m a wild man… but I’ll try to keep it in line from now on. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/26 "2009-06-05T20:19:10Z")
An excellent choice! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/27 "2009-06-05T22:41:00Z")
Yay for trick stew! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/28 "2009-06-05T22:56:39Z")
Welcome to the ranks, **Twix**. Your jackboots are in the mail. The mod parties are on Tuesday nights. The new kid brings the steaks. > [@tr0psn4j](#): > > So what’s the running rate on bribing moderators? Depends on the moderator. I understand you can have **Colibri** for a song, but it takes truckloads of chocolate for **TubaDiva**. Me? Just beer. But it has to be really _good_ beer! > [@Marley23](#): > > I warn you not to expect much in return for the job: they eventually sent me my coffee mug, but I’m still waiting on the hookers and blow. Every day I walk out to the mailbox like an excited child, murmering “Hookers and blow! Hookers and blow! This’ll be the day!” And then there’s nothing in the box but cavernous silence. Not a single hooker nor a bump to be found. **Zotti** goofed up and sent your hookers to **Czarcasm** by accident. Nobody knows where the blow went, but **Rico** ’s off duty this week. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/29 "2009-06-05T23:26:14Z")
\*\* sniff \*\* \*\* sniff \*\* AH-AH-AH-CHOOOOOO! grumble grumble… Damn it… grumble grumble… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/30 "2009-06-05T23:30:37Z")
> [@The\_Surb](#): > > [Congrats](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10924348&postcount=34) :D. Glad you’re here. Yeah. Um. Well. C’mon, you’ve never said anything that came back and bit you in the ass almost immediately? > [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > Welcome to the ranks, **Twix**. Your jackboots are in the mail. The mod parties are on Tuesday nights. The new kid brings the steaks… > > Depends on the moderator. I understand you can have **Colibri** for a song, but it takes truckloads of chocolate for **TubaDiva**. Me? Just beer. But it has to be really _good_ beer! Hm, since **TubaDiva** has dibsed the chocolate and I don’t drink, why don’t I go for steaks? Before Tuesday would be good. Seriously – thanks for your good wishes, everyone. And hey, for the astrology skeptics amongst you, here’s my horoscope today: > [@](#): > > You are the perfect impartial judge today, though some may find that hard to believe. Fairness is important to you even on off days, but right now, you are so scrupulous you surprise even yourself! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/31 "2009-06-05T23:32:31Z")
Most fabulous choice, SDMB MPSIMS PTB! (Whoa, **twicks** , can I stand in your thread?) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/32 "2009-06-05T23:47:47Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Not a single hooker nor a bump to be found. But the grind’s the same, eh? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/33 "2009-06-05T23:51:39Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > I understand you can have **Colibri** for a song, The song being _One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer._😉 One bottle each of Jack, Glenfiddich, and Guinness will get you a lot farther than a box of chocolates with me. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/34 "2009-06-06T00:09:58Z")
Congrats, **twicks**! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/35 "2009-06-06T02:27:47Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > what you’re proposing could very well lead to **twickster** losing her new position before she even gets fitted for her jackboots! Since she’s female, wouldn’t she be fitted for jillboots? When I first saw the “Moderator” designation under **twickster** ’s name, I figured that the erstwhile puzzle editor was helping run **The Game Room**. When I realized my error, my next guess was **Cafe Society** , where she expounds on dance, _The Apprentice_, and much, much more. Eventually, I saw this thread highlighted on the forum list page, and clicked the link to learn that it’s **MPSIMS** where **twicks** will henceforth hold forth. A good choice! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/36 "2009-06-06T04:21:18Z")
Congrats, La Twicksteur ! Great to see a sharp, able and good hearted Mod to Mo’ Possums, as my Southern mind morphs them letters. Oh, yep, surprisingly scrupulous, too, with nary a cross word. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/37 "2009-06-06T06:39:56Z")
I, for one, welcome our new **Twickster** overlord.🆒 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/38 "2009-06-06T12:50:44Z")
hey! just noticed your new title. congratulations! ---
**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:** [June 6, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/39 "2009-06-06T13:05:55Z")
Well, hey! This is news! Congratulations my dear. I’ll try to be a good little MPSIMS’er, but don’t expect any special treatment in the game room. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-mpsims-moderator-twickster/498765/40 "2009-06-06T13:51:03Z")
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