# Why was Pret a Porter banned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-pret-a-porter-banned/421678>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 5, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-pret-a-porter-banned/421678 "2007-10-05T20:03:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-pret-a-porter-banned/421678/1 "2007-10-05T20:03:34Z")

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(forgive me for not putting in the French diacriticals)

I didn’t see anything crazy in any of his posts. Was he a sock?

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-pret-a-porter-banned/421678/2 "2007-10-05T20:09:15Z")

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His handle was **Prêt-à-Poster** - “already posted”. Probably a returning sock.

ETA: oops, it means “ready to post”. So my entire post is nonsense. Ignore me.

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-pret-a-porter-banned/421678/3 "2007-10-05T21:20:06Z")

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Folks, the Board rule on Bannings, thread disappearances, etc. is **that you email a moderator or administrator with your questions.** We aren’t supposed to give the person banned added life, or talk about them “behind their back” as it were.

**One Cent Stamp** , **jjimm** , you’ve both been around here long enough to know that, I think. 😉

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**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:** [October 5, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-pret-a-porter-banned/421678/4 "2007-10-05T21:34:17Z")

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What **DSYoungEsq** said.