# Why was my thread closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 27, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971 "2017-06-27T04:10:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971/21 "2017-06-27T18:52:21Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > How big is the tomato? Is it bigger than a tank? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971/22 "2017-06-27T18:55:57Z")
Is banana where banned people live? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971/23 "2017-06-27T22:24:49Z")
> [@TSBG](#): > > Without explanation even. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829692](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829692) > > There are plenty of other threads like this in GQ, none of which are getting shut. I didn’t even get the courtesy of a mod attaching his/her name. I closed it. I thought you were posting a parody thread mimicking posts by the dude. I should have posted a comment but got caught up in banning a sock/troll. **samclem** , moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971/24 "2017-06-28T01:04:41Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Is banana where banned people live? Yes. It’s ever so close to the Equator, which is why they spend most of the heat of the day snoozing under enormous palm fronds in their banana hammocks. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971/25 "2017-06-28T04:21:20Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I guess I agree. \*\* dude-robert\*\* isn’t a sock, and wouldn’t understand what’s required to do it properly anyway. Few do. Basically we get crappy, unskilled socks here, pissed off over getting banned and ready to get even by sneaking the same agenda back into the dope under a different name. EZ to spot. > > But, IMHO, the dude is innocent of any malicious intentions. He’s just\*\* the dude.\*\* an’ shit. Where’s the late kinda-great **Super Kapowzler** when we need him? Oh yeah, banned. I agree the dude is mostly innocent. Still annoying at times with his almost willful ability to just not get it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971/26 "2017-06-28T04:26:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > an’ shit. > > Where’s the late kinda-great **Super Kapowzler** when we need him? Oh yeah, banned. > > I agree the dude is mostly innocent. Still annoying at times with his almost willful ability to just not get it. He’s not banned just [doesn’t post here anymore.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Almost four years!!??? Where does the time and shit go? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971/27 "2017-06-28T13:07:43Z")
Eh. It’s all relative. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971/28 "2017-06-28T14:42:09Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > I guess the mods just got silly in the spirit of those other threads. “How many mods does it take to shut down a bunch of silly threads, if the mods get to stand on the shores of the Suez Canal while the threads sail by?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-thread-closed/789971.md?page=1)