# Who and what are the mods? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 11, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961 "2006-02-11T02:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 14, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/21 "2006-02-14T21:43:26Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > **EvilCaptor** is that you? Nope, but I wonder how long before he becomes a Mod ? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/22 "2006-02-14T22:16:50Z")
_cough_ anagram _cough_ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/23 "2006-02-14T22:46:23Z")
Poor **Inner** ; I think you have a rag man stuck in your throat. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/24 "2006-02-14T23:08:58Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK I’d lay off the purple hearts if I were you. ---
**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 15, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/25 "2006-02-15T01:13:41Z")
> [@Inner Stickler](#): > > _cough_ anagram _cough_ dargg gahn, I know it’s anagram, but having writen two acronyms my brain sort of got stuck and wrote acronym instead. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/26 "2006-02-15T04:43:10Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > (I’m old enough to have seen _Hard Day’s Night_ on its first theatrical release – when John was asked if he was a Mod or a Rocker, he replied, “I’m a Mocker”) This being the SDMB, I might as well point this out before someone else does: It was Ringo, not John, who made the brilliant “I’m a Mocker” comment. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/27 "2006-02-15T08:45:25Z")
So _that’s_ why he was called The Funny One! I always assumed it was because of his looks. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/28 "2006-02-15T15:02:40Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > This being the SDMB, I might as well point this out before someone else does: It was Ringo, not John, who made the brilliant “I’m a Mocker” comment. :smack: Guess I threw a Spaniard in the works with that one. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/29 "2006-02-15T16:25:08Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > :smack: > > Guess I threw a Spaniard in the works with that one. :dubious: Spaniel _::woof::_ ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/30 "2006-02-15T16:32:35Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Spaniel [Spaniard](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568492995/104-6090536-2717506?v=glance&n=283155) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/31 "2006-02-15T16:46:34Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > [Spaniard](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568492995/104-6090536-2717506?v=glance&n=283155) Yeah, I was playing off the pun that it should’ve been SPANNER in the first place (that John was punning from), taking us full circle. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/32 "2006-02-15T17:15:35Z")
Why, they’re the [_The Mod Squad_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062589/)! Young people in trouble with the law (wealthy Pete stole a car; Linc arrested during Watts riots; Julie ran away from her San Francisco prostitute mother) can avoid jail by infiltrating the counter culture and exposing badguys who prey on other kids. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/33 "2006-02-15T20:35:32Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > That reminds me. The sent your annual paycheck to me by mistake. Here you go: > > > [@](#): > > > > KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Man, he’s gonna be pissed when he finds out you kept a K for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/34 "2006-02-15T21:48:10Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > [Spaniard](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568492995/104-6090536-2717506?v=glance&n=283155) No good. I’ve known too many Spaniards. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/35 "2006-02-15T22:53:30Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Man, he’s gonna be pissed when he finds out you kept a K for yourself. That’s all that was in there, I swear! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/36 "2006-02-16T15:40:56Z")
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned the dress code yet. For female mods [this is the required uniform.](http://www.myth-and-xena.net/Xena/Xena/images/Creation-Xena-143_jpg_jpg.jpg) For male mods [it’s this (puppy optional).](http://www.donotremove.net/archives/GlennJob.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/37 "2006-02-16T17:06:16Z")
Whoa, **ETF** ’s second link comes up “Forbidden”! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/38 "2006-02-16T17:24:28Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Whoa, **ETF** ’s second link comes up “Forbidden”! What, for real? It’s just a photo link from [this blog.](http://www.donotremove.net/archives/002691.html) ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/39 "2006-02-16T19:20:47Z")
Just copy the URL for the picture, go to the homepage for the blog, and pate the URL you copied into the address bar of your browser. The blog owner obviously doesn’t lke people linking directly to his pic files, so he won’t let you access them unless you’re coming directly from another page in his website. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961/40 "2006-02-23T19:00:04Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I stuttered in the 1960s as a wee young lad. > > Yippers, I was a **Junior Mod**. Hey, so was I! At the age of 10 or so I had thick-wale straightleg corduroys, a wide belt with a square buckle, and a turtleneck! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961.md?page=3)