Comments on: Pictures from Seattle meetup Oct 2005

Pictures from Seattle meetup Oct 2005

fatllama — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:08:23 -0800

Some pictures from the recent Seattle meetup which was inspired by an AskMe thread. Certain users couldn't make it but that didn't stop them from being there anyway.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:41:40 -0800

heh

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:16:38 -0800

Looks like it was good times Seattlites. I'm trying to not take the fork sign personally.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:24:11 -0800

Holy unadjusted levels, batman!

By: cali

cali — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:38:47 -0800

I love the masks. Especially the anonymasks, those should be standard issue for any MeFi gathering.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:41:11 -0800

More pictures will be posted after work hours today.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:47:46 -0800

OK, I'm just a little confused by "Ethiopian food". I thought those poor bastards were starving. Sally Struthers keeps asking me to send money, so you can see the dilemma here.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:50:01 -0800

(The preceding post was for the benefit of Juliet Banana)

By: hototogisu

hototogisu — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:34:19 -0800

Hakim Stout? That looks fantastic...

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:39:27 -0800

OK, I'm just a little confused by "Ethiopian food". I thought those poor bastards were starving.

HARHARLOL!!!! GOOD ONE DOOD!!!!

Actually I'm pretty sure that the regional cuisines are much older than the climate, political, and socio-economic conditions which have caused famine there.

Ethiopian (sometimes 'Eritrean') is delicious. You should try it.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:41:31 -0800

scarabic, m_c_d linked to the original post he made the ironic joke for.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:07:41 -0800

That still doesn't mean it was that great of a joke.

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:30:29 -0800

Ethiopian (sometimes 'Eritrean')

Careful where you conflate those two. Wars have started over less.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:59:29 -0800

The Bedele lager was also fantastic, absolutely the best and most interesting new beer I have had in ages.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:00:53 -0800

Bedele, to be precise.

By: gramschmidt

gramschmidt — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:15:23 -0800

That's one of the more surreal-looking meetups of which I've seen photos. Of this I approve.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:33:39 -0800

Yes, Matt, the irony doth flow in both directions. It's a lame joke but a reasonable enough question to those with no direct experience with the food. I thought I might comment on it while we were on the subject. I'm jealous, too. We should do Ethiopian out here sometime. There're many good options, and beer goes well with it :)

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:56:17 -0800

Didn't U.N. Owen come up with the "Hurf-durf buttereater" thing?

Oh JVB, wherefor out thaow with thine wacky real name?

(in refrence to this pic)

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:58:23 -0800

What is this thing all about? Does it have something to do with smoking pot?

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:41:46 -0800

fatllama is a high-energy physicist who stops atoms from moving with lasers.

for reals.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:59:11 -0800

fatllama is a high-energy physicist who stops atoms from moving with lasers.

Isn't that a bit of a contradiction?

By: matildaben

matildaben — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 06:21:47 -0800

Didn't U.N. Owen come up with the "Hurf-durf buttereater" thing?

delmoi, click on the link under that photo and it'll take you right to the thread where the phrase was first used (yes, by u.n. owen).

By: matildaben

matildaben — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 06:22:38 -0800

More photos here. I wasn't happy with the way my flash turned out (and didn't have time to adjust levels), so I just posted the ones not already duplicated by fatllama.

By: chiababe

chiababe — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:40:04 -0800

Didn't U.N. Owen come up with the "Hurf-durf buttereater" thing?

Hurf durf buttereater has become a part of my regular vocabulary. u.n. owen be damned, that's just a funny phrase.

By: spinifex23

spinifex23 — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:48:20 -0800

Huh. I make quite the dashing mathowie!

By: fatllama

fatllama — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:54:40 -0800

fatllama is a high-energy physicist...

Only after I've had my coffee!

By: kenko

kenko — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 23:27:26 -0800

mwhybark looks like a professor I once had. For a class.

By: spinifex23

spinifex23 — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:42:50 -0800

This really needs to happen again. Definitely. Thank you all for coming out to my first planned Meetup!

We could try all the Ethiopian restaurants in Seattle!