# Why was my "How do you wipe" thread closed?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [May 27, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864 "2003-05-27T20:36:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/1 "2003-05-27T20:36:23Z")
Itseems like a fair question. Not graphic or offensive. So why was it closed?
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=185999](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=185999)
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### Author:  [@Sqube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqube)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/2 "2003-05-27T20:51:55Z")
Looks like the type of thread that should have gone in GQ, maybe? The powers that be are not fond of moving threads, seeing as it is cruel to the hamsters.
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/3 "2003-05-27T21:00:47Z")
Looks like a poll to me; should have gone in IMHO?
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### Author:  [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/4 "2003-05-27T21:04:19Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sqube \*
> \*\*Looks like the type of thread that should have gone in GQ, maybe? The powers that be are not fond of moving threads, seeing as it is cruel to the hamsters. \*\*
Nope. Polls belong in IMHO. [an overview of forum descriptions.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?)
the mods will love you if you follow 'em.
(I hear chocolate helps sometimes, too)
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/5 "2003-05-27T21:29:31Z")
Actually, when the thread is on a topic this important, you should probably email a mod and ask them to make it a sticky. [sub]Pun _definitely_ intended![/sub]
😃
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### Author:  [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/6 "2003-05-27T21:32:22Z")
I’m sure one of them will be along soon to clarify things.
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### Author:  [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/7 "2003-05-27T22:08:21Z")
Usually there’s a little note explaining the closure. Given that there wasn’t one I’d guess that maybe there was something more to it than was obvious upon reading the thread.
Failing that, maybe somebody just thought it was too dumb. It happens sometimes; our mods are only human after all and once in a while they tend to lose sight of the forest for the trees and they forget that repetitive bathroom humor is actually quite funny (not being sarcastic).
**Sqube** , I double dog dare you to post something so insipid in GQ. **manhattan** would have you for lunch.
(note: I’m not actually encouraging you to wilfully violate forum guidelines. If you truly think that thread would belong in GQ, have a look at the page **blessedwolf** linked to and make sure you’ve got them straight.)
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### Author:  [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/8 "2003-05-27T22:23:55Z")
So, would it be OK to start the same thread in IMHO?
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/9 "2003-05-27T22:35:10Z")
You should probably wait until a mod comes into this thread and lets you know why it was closed.
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/10 "2003-05-27T23:26:52Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Major Kong \*
> \*\*So, would it be OK to start the same thread in IMHO? \*\*
I would email one of them and ask them permission to do so. Email is also the preferred method of asking a question like the one in the OP.
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### Author:  [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/11 "2003-05-28T00:17:47Z")
I don’t think it was the content. Not long ago at all, we had a similar thread going. All the horror as we realized there are two ways of wiping… buncha front-wipin’ freaks.
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### Author:  [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/12 "2003-05-28T00:23:53Z")
Plus, Cecil did a column on this very thing, so it can’t be a taboo subject.
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### Author:  [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/13 "2003-05-28T00:28:32Z")
FYI, I use a combo. I find it gets ya just _that_ much cleaner.
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### Author:  [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/14 "2003-05-28T01:08:06Z")
What? No one uses a bidet??
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### Author:  [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/15 "2003-05-28T03:43:10Z")
Email a moddy-mod to ask.
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### Author:  [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/16 "2003-05-28T04:33:36Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Quack \*
> \*\*FYI, I use a combo. I find it gets ya just _that_ much cleaner. \*\*
You shove a little pretzel stuffed with cheddar cheese up your ass?
Weirdo.
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### Author:  [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/17 "2003-05-28T05:24:54Z")
LOL 😃
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/18 "2003-05-28T12:14:26Z")
I _do_ hope that you scrape the salt off first, **Quack**.
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### Author:  [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-how-do-you-wipe-thread-closed/177864/19 "2003-05-28T12:29:13Z")
General tone lowering maybe?
Definitely ask a Mod before opening a duplicate of a closed thread.