# Why was Strunk banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763 "2007-02-26T20:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/81 "2007-02-27T01:51:38Z")
[QUOTE=faithfool] What about OPP? [/QUOTE] Hey, you know me. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/82 "2007-02-27T02:14:40Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] No. He was busted because he accidentally referred to **Liberal** as **Libertarian** which was Lib’s former name here. Someone new would not have known about it. [/QUOTE] Except that Someone made a point of listing all of Lberals foibles here, and referring to Lib with both names. :rolleyes: I see that \*\*Heffalump and Roo \*\*has already mentioned this. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/83 "2007-02-27T02:35:33Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] **QSS** was under suspicion from early on. As to whom we suspect he actually was, that is a separate matter. [/QUOTE] He is Spartacus! ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/84 "2007-02-27T04:51:37Z")
**What Exit?** , I’ve been meaning to post this a couple threads ago to you, but I guess better late than never. I admire you for standing up for what you believe in regarding the whole prr / liberal deal. I admire you more for being level-headed about the whole thing. I admire you the most for not getting smacked around too much by either side. May I fare as well in the future here. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/85 "2007-02-27T05:14:58Z")
Cheers to that Heffalump and Woozle! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/86 "2007-02-27T07:14:54Z")
Could I just clear this up? All posters on this board are my sock. Including you. Yes, you. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/87 "2007-02-27T07:22:44Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] Could I just clear this up? All posters on this board are my sock. Including you. Yes, you. [/QUOTE] Whew, **Princhester** , your feet sure stink. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/88 "2007-02-27T08:03:44Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] He was the first person in that thread to refer to him as Libertarian. If he was new, how did he know that? [/QUOTE] Now, obviously this was a special case where he admitted that he was a sock, but I think it’s worth pointing out that a new poster may be an old lurker. I certainly knew who **Libertarian** was before I upped (both subscription and guest membership) from a couple years of lurking. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/89 "2007-02-27T08:10:51Z")
Just checking in to say that for first time EVER, I _performed_ a vanity search and actually found one I hadn’t posted in. … though it was only maybe the second time I ever _performed_ a vanity search. _takes a bow_ ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/90 "2007-02-27T08:13:15Z")
[QUOTE=straight man] Now, obviously this was a special case where he admitted that he was a sock, but I think it’s worth pointing out that a new poster may be an old lurker. I certainly knew who **Libertarian** was before I upped (both subscription and guest membership) from a couple years of lurking. [/QUOTE] Hey! You’re another person I need to come post in \ [my little thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8301319#post8301319) \. Now to mix famous movie quotes, _why don’t you come up and see us?_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/91 "2007-02-27T08:25:14Z")
[QUOTE=mrklutz] Mopery, dopery, multiboard jerkdom… Sounds like a great first line to me. [/QUOTE] Mopery, dopery, multiboard jerkdom, Bright burning flamewars, and the socks that do work 'em. Trolls and sock puppets, who argue in rings, These are a few of my least fav’rit things. (Sorry, that line scanned to that, and I had to share to to get it out of my head.) ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/92 "2007-02-27T08:30:15Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] Mopery, dopery, multiboard jerkdom, Bright burning flamewars, and the socks that do work 'em. Trolls and sock puppets, who argue in rings, These are a few of my least fav’rit things. (Sorry, that line scanned to that, and I had to share to to get it out of my head.) [/QUOTE] Good one, but I’d have left out the “least” part… Not because it rings true or anything, but just respect to… uhhh… The Sound of Music? Well I’ll be damned, could have sworn that was a Sinatra song. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/93 "2007-02-27T10:49:02Z")
[QUOTE=dogbutler] He is Spartacus! [/QUOTE] Actually **I am Spartacus**! 🆒 (For the benefit of any Mods, I am making a film reference, which is based on the bravery shown by revolting slaves - not that they were bad people, just that they disagreed with the aims and methods of the Roman Empire - and not in any way claiming to be another poster, nor a sock - which would be a bad thing because I might get banned and I really enjoy posting here. I think that sums it up. 😕 ) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/94 "2007-02-27T13:17:47Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] **What Exit?** , I’ve been meaning to post this a couple threads ago to you, but I guess better late than never. I admire you for standing up for what you believe in regarding the whole prr / liberal deal. I admire you more for being level-headed about the whole thing. I admire you the most for not getting smacked around too much by either side. May I fare as well in the future here. [/QUOTE] **Heffalump and Roo** & \*\*Autolycus \*\* Aww Shucks Thank you and good luck in the future, Jim ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/95 "2007-02-27T14:15:46Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] Mopery, dopery, multiboard jerkdom, Bright burning flamewars, and the socks that do work 'em. Trolls and sock puppets, who argue in rings, These are a few of my least fav’rit things. (Sorry, that line scanned to that, and I had to share to to get it out of my head.) [/QUOTE] Oh, great, now it’s stuck in mine, thanks a lot! Nice work, there. Well done. :: slinks off into corner to glare suspiciously at pretender to Poet Lurchiate crown :: ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/96 "2007-02-27T14:23:17Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Q.E.D. did mention the name Libertarian in this thread however, as \*\*Heffalump \*\*noted [/QUOTE] Right, but that was well after **QSS** mentioned it in the other thread. So, you can’t pin this on me! You got nuttin, Copper! Nyah! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/97 "2007-02-27T14:44:52Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Right, but that was well after **QSS** mentioned it in the other thread. So, you can’t pin this on me! You got nuttin, Copper! Nyah! [/QUOTE] Hmmm. **Q.E.D** **p.r.r.** From q to p is 1. From e to r is 13. From d to r is 14. 1 and 13 are both prime numbers, so we must reverse the digits and subtract 4. The result is -3, 27. Negative numbers are impossible. 27 is 3 cubed, so we add them together to get 30. 14 is 7 x 2, so we add them to get 9. Our first two numbers are 9, and 30. There are 22 letters in pseudotriton ruber ruber. By the double zero theorem, our third number is 2002. 9-30-2002. I suppose you will expect me to believe that it is merely coincidence that it is [p.r.r.'s join date?!!??](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=25715) Ha! Busted indeed. Book 'im, Danno! ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/98 "2007-02-27T14:46:32Z")
Crap. _vanishes in a puff of logic_ ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/99 "2007-02-27T15:03:15Z")
This new learning amazes me, Sir Contrapuntal. Explain again how sheep’s bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/100 "2007-02-27T15:12:45Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Crap. _vanishes in a puff of logic_ [/QUOTE] Mixing Python and Adams together. Good Show Old boy, good show indeed. [QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] This new learning amazes me, Sir Contrapuntal. Explain again how sheep’s bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t there a staff report on this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763.md?page=6)