# Why is Colibri a Moderator? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 8, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489 "2007-09-08T20:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/81 "2007-09-10T05:53:11Z")
> [@jimmycat](#): > > I thought the design behind this website was to get to the TRUTH. I keep closing the website window but all I get in my Windows desktop design. Please, please sweet god whom I no longer believe in, please tell me this isn’t the TRUTH! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/82 "2007-09-10T06:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] [Golf clap.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmc4KQAZAUk) [/QUOTE] Okay thanks, \*\*Q.E.D.[//b] and **H3Knuckles**. I’ll propose one of those for post #61. **danceswithcats** : _eeewwwww_. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/83 "2007-09-10T08:35:32Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Speaking of groupers… **Q:** What’s the difference between a grouper and a SDMB mod? **A:** One’s a scum-sucking bottom feeder, and the other is [/QUOTE] [caught](http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/410096/all)? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/84 "2007-09-10T09:58:14Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] Lotta good that’ll do me; some days I don’t get my _own_ posts. . . . [/QUOTE] In Soviet Union, cultural references get _you_. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/85 "2007-09-10T12:47:54Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] Has anyone else ever seen this many mods in one thread? And fercryinoutloud, would somebody get **Frank** a beer? Getting beat to the punch twice in fifteen minutes has gotta suck. We have a mod named **Colibri**?? [/QUOTE] I don’t recall a thread where so many mods commented. Maybe they’re trolling for groupies. Of course I would think a sign that a mod has really arrived would be if he/she had his/her own stalker. I think I’ll start following **Gaudere** around, now that she is an administrator. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/86 "2007-09-10T13:05:28Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] So heres to Colibri The mods very model [/QUOTE] I thought **Frank** was the mod model. I guess that was last year. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/87 "2007-09-10T13:28:48Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] I thought **Frank** was the mod model. I guess that was last year. [/QUOTE] No, \*\*Frank \*\* is the very model of a modern major moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/88 "2007-09-10T14:13:21Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] OK, Phase One is complete, we’ve got them all in the same thread! And now…what was Phase Two, again? Shit. Pass the bong. [/QUOTE] Now you, me and BJMoose leap out of the rabbit. Catching the moderators not only by surprise, but completely unarmed! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/89 "2007-09-10T15:46:33Z")
Pass it back, no more for you. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/90 "2007-09-10T15:50:48Z")
[QUOTE=Fugazi] Now you, me and BJMoose leap out of the rabbit. Catching the moderators not only by surprise, but completely unarmed! [/QUOTE] Okay, but this time someone else gets to be the rabbit’s patoot. I’m _tired_ of ' **luci** plastering his cheeky bum all over my face. You’d think just once he’d misaim and prang himself on an antler, but noooo. On second thought, count me out. I know how vicious these critters are. I’m not going anywhere near a mod unless he’s unarmed _and_ unlegged. **cards** : the mods are trolling for groupies?? I thought trolling was _verboten_ on this board. Somebody should tell a mod. Wait, that won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/91 "2007-09-10T16:15:57Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] On second thought, count me out. I know how vicious these critters are. I’m not going anywhere near a mod unless he’s unarmed _and_ unlegged. [/quote] And in some cases, untongued. > [@](#): > > **cards** : the mods are trolling for groupies?? I thought trolling was _verboten_ on this board. Somebody should tell a mod. > > Wait, that won’t work. Just like a mod. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/92 "2007-09-10T17:00:55Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] Okay, but this time someone else gets to be the rabbit’s patoot. I’m _tired_ of ' **luci** plastering his cheeky bum all over my face. You’d think just once he’d misaim and prang himself on an antler, but noooo… [/QUOTE] And he never calls, he never writes… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/93 "2007-09-10T17:04:09Z")
Hey, this has been a hoot and a holler! We should pit a Mod/Admin at least once a week! Kinda keep the Luminous Ones grounded, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/94 "2007-09-10T21:09:39Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] I don’t know, my groupies aren’t that great. Always playing hard to get, pretending they don’t know who I am. Even just chasing one of them down to give them an autograph can be a real hassle, what with all the yelling and the pepper spray. No, I’ve gotta say the groupies have been a bit of a let down, so far. [/QUOTE] ::Gropes **Giraffe**.:: Oops, sorry. You said “Groupies,” not “gropies.” Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/95 "2007-09-10T21:15:02Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I never knew hummingbirds were so bloodthirsty. [/QUOTE] You’ve clearly never come between one and its feeder. Nor watched two of them do battle over a female or a feeder (just for the record, hummingbirds may be the only species who will fight each other more fiercely over food than mates, at least in my experience. The females, too). ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/96 "2007-09-10T21:17:50Z")
Why is **Colibri** a moderator? They had a lottery. He lost. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/97 "2007-09-10T21:37:49Z")
[QUOTE=SisterCoyote] You’ve clearly never come between one and its feeder. Nor watched two of them do battle over a female or a feeder (just for the record, hummingbirds may be the only species who will fight each other more fiercely over food than mates, at least in my experience. The females, too). [/QUOTE] Nope, unfortunately the only ones I’ve ever seen were sick ones brought into a rehab facility where I volunteered a long time ago. Even though they were obviously in the area at that time I’ve never seen them in the wild. How would they do against a roadrunner? ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/98 "2007-09-10T21:45:32Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Nope, unfortunately the only ones I’ve ever seen were sick ones brought into a rehab facility where I volunteered a long time ago. Even though they were obviously in the area at that time I’ve never seen them in the wild. How would they do against a roadrunner? [/QUOTE] I don’t know. I’ll ask my dad if he’s ever seen the two species interact in the back yard. 😉 ---
**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:** [September 10, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/99 "2007-09-10T23:08:50Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] How would they do against a roadrunner? [/QUOTE] Since I’ve seen hummers chase off hawks and macaws (admittedly they were probably more annoyed than scared) I don’t think a roadrunner would have a chance. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489/100 "2007-09-11T01:16:07Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Since I’ve seen hummers chase off hawks and macaws (admittedly they were probably more annoyed than scared) I don’t think a roadrunner would have a chance. [/QUOTE] Yeah! What’s with that phenomena? You see smaller birds chasing crows all the time. Are they just annoyed?(the crows) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-colibri-a-moderator/418489.md?page=6)