Yeah, I know the question was answered eventually. Most of the replies were just goofing on the guy and the question. Even those who answered, did so after kidding around. It would have been easier to tell if he was a troll or not if if we saw how he acted after getting a straight answer initially. As it was, I could see a newbie getting frustrated with being goofed on immediately, or just given strange, uninformative answers. Maybe he was a troll, maybe not. It's hard to say.
As for expletives - someone new might not know the rules of the board. This board is very unusual in its strictness and consistency with that. The vast majority of boards are lightly moderated, if at all, and are very rough-and-tumble.