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a "mantle" is repeating something that someone already posted. a bit of an on-going joke around here.
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It's a translation of "I/S/He said that already."
It alludes to a putative "Mantle of Invisibility," usually as a protest for all to see without actually complaining. Beyond that I'll have to leave further attribution to those with broader literary exposure than mine...
(Sometimes it's used to avoid invoking the cliche "So what am I? Chopped liver?")
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a "mantle" is repeating something that someone already posted. a bit of an on-going joke around here.
Can you use that in a sentence for me (he said, realizing it just was...)?
i.e. "Has this been mantled before?"
I dunno...
Rm
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Dear Rainmaker ~
Nice to see you back after your four-months hiatus.
Here's another perspective on the strictly-enforced rule against mantling.
To make a post which clearly ignores one made before it and which repreats what another has already said may be (a) rude, or (b) the product of hastily scanning the thread, or (c) an honest attempt to say something in addition to what another has previously posted which falls short in the estimation of the person shouting foul.
A declaration of mantling may be (a) rude, or (b) an attempt to chastise an offender so as to prevent further misdemeanors, or (c) rude.
If this is an on-going joke in which you would like to participate, you could use the search function which accesses threads to read extensive legal discourses on the subtle variations and inflections of this sacrosanct rule. Or not.
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but it's ok to say, "what am I? chopped liver?" as long as you wink. 
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A declaration of mantling may be (a) rude, or (b) an attempt to chastise an offender so as to prevent further misdemeanors, or (c) rude.
Something about the above makes me think that just maybe Steve thinks my post was (d) rude. Would that I cared.
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Yes. We would. 
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Sometimes it's used to avoid invoking the cliche "So what am I? Chopped liver?"
But remember, one man's chopped liver is another man's pâté.
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Doesn't the novel seem like it would be a good story?
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> a good story?
Yes - let's get in quick and patent the plot!
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