Comments on: weird phrasing in question

weird phrasing in question

Methylviolet — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:30:03 -0800

Strange superlative.

I have many delicious vegetarian recipes, but I better not tell this guy. I would hate to be responsible for him punching his mother in the mouth.

Or worse, my mother.

By: jonson

jonson — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:31:49 -0800

Who gives a rats ass?

By: Stunt

Stunt — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:34:04 -0800

I believe that it's just a joking reference to realultimatepower.net. At least, that's the first place I saw a similar line used.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:34:59 -0800

Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! What are we calling out for STYLE now? Where's the goddamn fire extinguisher? Delete! Delete!

By: tristeza

tristeza — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:36:50 -0800

I thought it was the funniest thing I've read on here in ages, actually.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:40:06 -0800

You're oversensitive.

By: selfnoise

selfnoise — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:41:16 -0800

No, YOUR mother.

By: Methylviolet

Methylviolet — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:41:38 -0800

Ah.

Well, apparently mine are minority views.

realultimatepower.net is pretty cool, though I haven't come across the filial violence bit yet.

By: Witty

Witty — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:44:02 -0800

Are you saying that said superlative is inappropriate or something? What are you calling out exactly?

I would kill for a good lentil burger right now.

By: Hlewagast

Hlewagast — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:45:29 -0800

I would punch someone's mother in the face for one. Maybe yours.

By: Methylviolet

Methylviolet — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:48:49 -0800

Not my mom, I hope.

I don't think the post should be altered or removed, I just thought it was completely weird and offputting.

Have not these people heard -- you don't be talking about nobody's mother?

By: rxrfrx

rxrfrx — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:51:00 -0800

Are you freakin' serious?

Here's a nice article (recently posted in the hyphenated Chinese food thread, I think) that should explain the concept to you.

By: Methylviolet

Methylviolet — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:55:38 -0800

"Sally Chow says the phrase "slap your mama" is "totally Southern," and is not meant to be disrespectful. What it means, she says, is that you should ask your mama why she didn't introduce you to this wonderful food sooner."

Hookay. So it's a figure of speech. Thanks rxrfrx.
I reserve the right to think it is completely weird and offputting, but at least it is not original...

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:58:51 -0800

But can you reserve those rights to yourself and not make a MeTa post out of them? That's the question.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:02:54 -0800

What the fuck, Methyl? This is your second bullshit call-out in the last week. You're 0 for 2 on the grey. Maybe you should go to MetaChat where it's appropriate to discuss your personal peeves about MeFi.
If I see another crap post on MeTa from you, I'm gonna punch your mom.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:04:01 -0800

I was just laughing about that description. I like it.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:04:23 -0800

I always get invited to food and drinks that start a party in my mouth. Way cooler that way.

By: Methylviolet

Methylviolet — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:05:03 -0800

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:05:07 -0800

It's really not all that strange in the deep south. Saying something will make you "slap your mammy" is, while hyperbolic, not uncommon. I've even heard of a po boy at a Louisiana restaurant advertised as so good "you'll throw rocks at you grandma." Now that is a good sandwich.

By: anapestic

anapestic — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:06:51 -0800

Maybe somebody should close this thread before there's even more piling on. Yes, it's a contender for lamest callout ever, but I think the point has been made.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:08:15 -0800

It's like a fucking Andy Rooney call-out.
"You know what I hate? When people say that they're going to punch their mothers. That's just disrespectful!"

By: anapestic

anapestic — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:09:20 -0800

Well, klang, if Andy Rooney doesn't deserve being called out, who does?

By: selfnoise

selfnoise — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:16:09 -0800

Andy Rooney should expect no mercy!

By: naxosaxur

naxosaxur — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:17:18 -0800

Can someone explain to me whats going on here? Im too lazy to read the thread.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:18:01 -0800

jesus. she's given up, folks. now it's time to pat her on the back and say "don't worry, champ, things'll look up."

don't worry, champ, things'll look up. And no matter how this thread may appear, MetaFilter still loves you.

By: Witty

Witty — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:18:35 -0800

Methylviolet is calling for violence against your mother and we're trying to stop it.

By: naxosaxur

naxosaxur — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:20:11 -0800

thanks guys but i still don't "get" it.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:20:39 -0800

This may be a job for Randy "The Ethicist" Cohen! But then again, he works for the NY Times, which requires an online subscription. The quandary presented by that alone-

*head explodes*

By: davy

davy — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:26:11 -0800

"Methylviolet is calling for violence against your mother and we're trying to stop it."

Is that better or worse than calling for assassinating the President?

I recently found out that the standards are much higher in AskMetafilter than they are in the Blue and the Grey. (Hi Jessamyn!) I actually hadn't realized that, perhaps because I'm goofy in the head and easily confused. It's a good thing this place has some standards somewhere.

By: briank

briank — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:31:49 -0800

Lena and Ole are in bed one night and all of a sudden Lena hauls off and hits Ole hard in da stomach.

"OWWW!! Whaddja do dat for?" says Ole.

"Dat's for bein' such a lousy lover all these years," says Lena.

So then Ole turns around and slugs Lena right in da jaw.

"OOOWWWW!!! Whaddja do THAT for?" she screamed.

"Knowin' da difference!"

By: caddis

caddis — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:35:13 -0800

In defense of Methylviolet, I thought the wording in that questions was tasteless. Hardly deserving of a call-out though.

By: Witty

Witty — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:43:27 -0800

That's the problem with vegetarian cuisine... now isn't it.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:52:49 -0800

No, it isn't.

By: darukaru

darukaru — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:54:37 -0800

That's the problem with vegetarian cuisine... now isn't it.
ZNG!

(the absent 'i' is for the absent zing)

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:55:37 -0800

What? Not enough mother punching in vegetarian food for ya, Witty?

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:55:39 -0800

I keep seeing "Strange Superlaxative".

By: matteo

matteo — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:55:45 -0800

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:10:02 -0800

I keep seeing "Strange Superlaxative".

I think it's all the brown rice.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:16:47 -0800

This is exactly how Hitler got started.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:19:09 -0800

Indeed. Someone should have punched Hitler's mother in the mouth.

By: tpl1212

tpl1212 — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:24:40 -0800

I think that AskMe question could have been worded better...something along the lines of:

I want to cook her the most amazing, mouth-watering vegetarian meals ever. Something that tastes like Hitler's mother is in my mouth.

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:24:58 -0800

Hitler's mother was a vegetarian? That's what I'm able to pick up from this thread anyway...

By: Rothko

Rothko — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:35:42 -0800

Please leave Godwin's poor mum out of this.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:43:45 -0800

Good heavens, do you suppose the origin of all that hatred and evil was little Hitler being forced to eat his vegetables?

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:48:37 -0800

Who gives a rats ass?

Well, jonson, there are acouple of restaurants in Luogang, China that can help you with your craving for rat ass. It probably can't compare to the taste of Hitler's mom, though.

By: cyrusdogstar

cyrusdogstar — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:52:06 -0800

WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
MOM?

By: selfnoise

selfnoise — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:01:04 -0800

No, not my mom. Somebody else's mom. Someone's SICK and DERANGED mom!

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:05:39 -0800

MILTP

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:11:50 -0800

People punching their mothers is not exactly callout-worthy. There are a lot more egregious style transgressions that need to be stomped out.
Todd Lokken

By: NinjaPirate

NinjaPirate — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:16:14 -0800

Why does everyone hate the mom?

By: madman

madman — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:38:17 -0800

Hitler was not a vegetarian till later in life, and that too not by choice... you people know that, right? Stop blaming his mother. She thought she was raising a good lad.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:43:41 -0800

Hey! Treat your mother right!

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:45:54 -0800

Look! It's Hitler's mom!

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:35:43 -0800

f-m, that's funny, but it would have been funnier if you'd said "Look! It's somebody's mom!" and let us pick up the visual on our own. See, there was this commercial way back when . . .

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:43:13 -0800

Why's everybody mad about the mom?

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:43:55 -0800

I'd like to post a series of callouts against my self (ostensibly for misusing the grey). Then, I could tie the entire site up into an endless loop of self-referencing.

When the server imploded and folded itself into 16 different dimensions, then I'll laugh. Oh, yes, I'll laugh.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:59:17 -0800

thanotopsis, it would likely only fold itself into 11 dimensions.

make the mistake again and I'll punch your momma in the mouth.

By: deborah

deborah — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:46:27 -0800

My momma can kick all y'alls asses.

By: GaelFC

GaelFC — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:47:55 -0800

I figured it was a variation on the BBQ slogan "BBQ so good your tongue will slap your eyebrows right off your head." Yeah, I don't get it either, but I understood it.

By: cyrusdogstar

cyrusdogstar — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:17:56 -0800

My understanding is that the phrase means "Mom, I am SO ANGRY that there's this INCREDIBLY GOOD dish out there and you NEVER made it for me! *slap*". Something to that effect.

I seem to recall a similar tack in a series of beer adverts, like 'Our beer is so good you'll smack your bartender for never introducing you to it' or some such. Possibly replacing the bartender with your father or best friend or someone else responsible for introducing you to Good Things(tm).

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:36:31 -0800

i predict a mefi burnout for someone before the year's end.

you heard it here first, folks.

wanna get in on the pool?

By: caddis

caddis — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:06:04 -0800

That's it fishfucker, I have enough, I am out of here!

By: luneray

luneray — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:14:07 -0800

In defense of Methylviolet, I also thought the phrase was odd. However, if MV hadn't started this MeTa thread, then I wouldn't have found out that the phrase is actually dialect.

By: sequential

sequential — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:16:52 -0800

I am disappointed that this thread didn't even see a single new nomination for a Metafilter tagline.

Metafilter: so-good-you-punched-your-mother-in-the-face

By: caddis

caddis — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:30:36 -0800

Metafilter: "Strange Superlaxative"

By: deborah

deborah — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:32:46 -0800

I am NOT going to burnout before years end! I'm not, I'm NOT, I'M NOT!

By: davy

davy — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:34:26 -0800

Actually luneraray, it's idiom, not dialect.

By: borkingchikapa

borkingchikapa — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:28:00 -0800

Uh, whoa, I didn't exactly mean to piss anyone off. I just think the imagery of something being so awesome you have to turn around and punch your mother in the face is hilarious. I've definitely heard "slap your mamma" in the south, and I thought "throw rocks at your gramma" was pretty good too. I never really thought into it so far as that the reason was she never introduced you to that kind of cooking.

In any case, Methylviolet, if you were seriously calling me out and now just being funny, you really need to have your humor glands checked out.

By: wilful

wilful — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:47:59 -0800

punch my mother and we'll see who's laughing.

By: Stauf

Stauf — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:14:43 -0800

*punches wilful's mother*

*laughs maniacally*

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:46:02 -0800

metafilter - so good you'll slap your mother

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:54:10 -0800

I never really took it as a punishment for not introducing the food to you. I always assumed that the food was so good you would go crazy and do something outlandish, something you would never, ever do in your right mind, like throwing rocks at your grandmother or slapping your mom.

A elderly cajun man once told me that his snapping turtle stew was so good (and I quote here) that it will make your "tongue slap your brain!" I always saw that as a sign that it was so good you would lose control of your senses.

By: rxrfrx

rxrfrx — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:00:24 -0800

Pollomacho, that's what I always thought too. That article I linked, claiming it had to do with punishing your mother for a failure of food introduction, seemed a little strange to me.

I thought of "slap your mama" as simlar to "smack my ass and call me sally," etc.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:38:55 -0800

Oh yeah? Your mother has a sign out front that says:

Don't come a-knockin' if I'm with

Todd Lokken