# Wherefore art thou mod? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 8, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638 "2001-02-08T16:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/1 "2001-02-08T16:39:12Z")
I can get the page where there is a list of forums to display but when things are going weird & I need to inform the moderators that they need to push the big button, I can’t. Why? Because when you click on the moderators name it tries to access a profile page that won’t display because the board is malfunctioning. Why can’t the names use a MAILTO tag on them instead? That way we can inform them to push the big red button to get the board working again. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/2 "2001-02-08T17:18:16Z")
Or you could just put our addresses in your book. Doesn’t that sound easier than recoding the pages? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/3 "2001-02-08T19:45:11Z")
Even if all else were to fail, I can always remember that Tuba Diva’s email address is [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com). It’s really pretty obvious. Although I think that the mods are usually ahead of the rest of us on these matters. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/4 "2001-02-08T20:47:23Z")
**handy** : I hope you know that “Wherefore” does not mean “where,” but “why.” So, your subject ‘translates’ to “Why are you a mod?” ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/5 "2001-02-08T21:21:55Z")
“Romeo, Romeo, _ **why** _ art thou Romeo?” ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/6 "2001-02-08T22:40:33Z")
Sorry, Montfort, but that’s _still_ not right. It’s not “Why are you a mod?” but “Why are you ‘mod’?”, thus conjuring up a most regrettable mental image of all the moderators wearing thigh-high white vinyl boots. Thank you _so_ much, Handy my dear. And now someone must shoot me before, in my mind, TubaDiva begins to do her Nancy Sinatra imitation… Please. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/7 "2001-02-08T23:26:07Z")
These boots were made for walkin’ … ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/8 "2001-02-08T23:42:11Z")
How can I get the address to put in my address book if I can’t get to the page with the address? Well, I could now. Yes, ‘wherefore’ equals ‘why’ ‘whyfor’ ‘reason’ etc…I just hoped no one would notice 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/9 "2001-02-08T23:54:46Z")
Well, I don’t know, handy. Do you usually wait until you’re completely out of gas before filling the tank, too? Do you wait until all your underwear are soiled before doing laundry? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/10 "2001-02-09T00:09:24Z")
Yes, **Tommy the Cat** , that’s what Juliette means. Except, of course, that what she’s _really_ asking is “Romeo, oh Romeo, why are you Montague?” ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/11 "2001-02-09T01:00:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > \*\*Sorry, Montfort, but that’s _still_ not right. It’s not “Why are you a mod?” but “Why are you ‘mod’?”, thus conjuring up a most regrettable mental image of all the moderators wearing thigh-high white vinyl boots. > \*\* ::Ahem:: Neither Pete nor Link ever wore white vinyl boots. Please do not insult my modness. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/12 "2001-02-09T01:32:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*Do you wait until all your underwear are soiled before doing laundry? \*\* _blink blink_ Usually, almost. 😉 Hey, I need to take care of the household besides a 60 hour workweek, a time consuming MB, _and_ a girlfriend. You guys are lucky I change my boxers every single week. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/13 "2001-02-09T02:39:11Z")
The Mod Squad. Tuba, Lynn, and, uh, UncleBeer: Cecil’s Angels. The A(dmin)-Team. Somebody stop me. 😃 (Is Euty a female? If she is, she gets UncleBeer’s post on Cecil’s Angels. Less of a risk of a Fawcett Incident with Euty.) 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/14 "2001-02-09T05:55:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Tuba, Lynn, and, uh, UncleBeer: Cecil’s Angels. Maybe we should have a bikini contest 'tween the three of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/15 "2001-02-09T23:49:08Z")
Actually, Uncle Beer, I change all my clothes every day, every single article of them. I could throw out half of them & still have more than a weeks supply. so nyah! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/16 "2001-02-10T00:14:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > (Is Euty a female? If she is, she gets UncleBeer’s post on Cecil’s Angels. Less of a risk of a Fawcett Incident with Euty.) Euty’s not (although I’m sure he’d be honored you thought of him), but last I heard, Veb\* is. [sub]\*TVeblen: IMHO Mod II[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/17 "2001-02-10T00:40:58Z")
Okay. Tuba, Lynn, and Veb: Cecil’s Angels. Thanks. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 10, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/18 "2001-02-10T01:45:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Tuba, Lynn, and, uh, UncleBeer: Cecil’s Angels. > > Maybe we should have a bikini contest 'tween the three of 'em. \*\* In this scenario Uncle Beer has elbowed out CKDexterHaven, the real Third Musketeer in Administratorland. Not that you want to see any of us in bikinis . . . it’s too cold. Lynn and I have Dex bookended between the two of us. Man never even said “thank you,” ungrateful boy. Actually, with admins and mods, it’s more like The Justice League. Consider us your Superfriends. 🙂 your humble TubaDiva Up and . . . oh, forget it. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/19 "2001-02-10T10:51:24Z")
If you’re the Superfriends, can I be a Superpet? I wanna be the monkey, I wanna be the monkey! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-art-thou-mod/53638/20 "2001-02-10T12:42:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*::Ahem:: Neither Pete nor Link ever wore white vinyl boots. Please do not insult my modness. \*\* Does this mean you have a kick-ass Afro, the kind you can hide a Seville in? “… and their Space Monkey, SPOOFE …” Hey, it beats being Wonderdog! Although he was smarter than Marvin… 😉