Moving to MetaTalk

November 14, 2005 5:41 AM

Reading the thread about the eBay scam stuff, it made me want a new pony.

Wouldn't it be neat if when someone takes a post to MetaTalk (for whatever reason), that the original post be marked somehow (maybe similar to the "best answer" check-mark) to indicate that it had been brought to the other forum (by that I mean MetaTalk). This would make the whole MetaUniverse™ a more unified whole, more interconnected...

It'd also be entertaining for grouses like me who love to watch a trainwreck happen...
posted by jpburns to Feature Requests at 5:41 AM (163 comments total)

sorry, i should prolly have cross-posted a note.
posted by andrew cooke at 5:45 AM on November 14, 2005

It's more fun when you stumble upon a trainwreck on your own. You'll enjoy it more if you earn it.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 5:48 AM on November 14, 2005

No andrew... I mean a feature... like a "gone to MetaTalk" mark that shows up on the top level of the post...

Just to make it obvious to someone scanning the items...
posted by jpburns at 5:54 AM on November 14, 2005

I don't think we want to encourage threads that get 'sent to MeTa'. The whole point of MetaTalk is almost always something going awry, and many times its something happening in the thread that has nothing to do with the post.

Personally, I don't want to think of Metafilter as some huge sprawled out city where the citizens go chasing ambulances and police cars because they have nothing better to do with their time.
posted by onalark at 6:03 AM on November 14, 2005

... or there's the "nice post" callouts like the recent one for jonson.

I want to think of MetaFilter as a huge sprawled out city, with all of the very human interactions that happen in real life...

Actually, I want to think of MetaFilter as a huge sprawled out city, where the citizens go around wearing just its underwear, but that's just me...
posted by jpburns at 6:25 AM on November 14, 2005

The easiest method to implement this would be an [MT] link similar to [!]. Clicking that link would bring up a posting window, blah blah blah.

Think how easy that would be. Too damned easy! This would invite a flood of bitchfests in MetaTalk compared to the relative stream we have now.

Uh-uh. No way.
posted by mischief at 6:51 AM on November 14, 2005

Yeah, not such a good idea. Negative reinforecment and attention and everything else people said here already.

It's rare someone doesn't most a MeTa tag in-thread when it happens on posts in the blue already.
posted by loquacious at 7:03 AM on November 14, 2005

As mentioned here, I think it would be a lot more appropriate to have a feature like the one mischief describes for all posts by banned users.
posted by Chuckles at 7:11 AM on November 14, 2005

Bad pony. For the occasional "Nice post!" sort of thing, we've got the sidebar. For crappy, messy posts or user behavior, an ad hoc link in the thread itself seems sufficient.

And those of us who obsess over the dramatic minutea of the site will reload MeTa every couple hours and never miss a beat anyway.
posted by cortex at 8:27 AM on November 14, 2005

That's not a bad idea, and something that's probably fairly easy to implement.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:28 AM on November 14, 2005

I'm going to have to chime in with the people going, "naw." But I would like to see more integration between the parts of Metafilter. Maybe the ability to connect an ask.mefi with the fpp that inspired it. Somehow have a little blip appear on the fpp's inside that shows the ask.mefi's that were inspired. Alternatively or additionally, allow for that same offered relationship except for MeTa threads. It has occured more than once where somebody posts or drops a cool link in MeTa and it never gets to MeFi.

Actually, I want to think of MetaFilter as a huge sprawled out city, where the citizens go around wearing just its underwear, but that's just me...
It's turning into a police state!
posted by TwelveTwo at 8:31 AM on November 14, 2005

(Or allowing the linking of MeFi posts/threads that inspire other MeFi posts/threads. It is all very meta-meta.)
posted by TwelveTwo at 8:33 AM on November 14, 2005

maybe all the tags on askme and mefi can be linked together and clickable?
posted by amberglow at 9:39 AM on November 14, 2005

An input field where you could paste the URL of the thread you are referring to? Then that could be linked to with an icon like the AskMe tick. Would be pretty cool.
posted by fire&wings at 9:51 AM on November 14, 2005

It'd also be entertaining for grouses like me

*raises eyebrow*
posted by grouse at 10:04 AM on November 14, 2005

It'd also be entertaining for grouses like me

*raises eyebrow*
posted by grouse at 10:04 AM PST on November 14 [!]

And that's why I come here, folks. Thank you and good night.
posted by cavalier at 11:25 AM on November 14, 2005

I always thought it would be cool to have a related field on the posting page. Where you could type in up to 5 urls for threads that are related to your post. and it would be where the trackback was.

(posters name) thinks you may enjoy these releated threads...

http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/10532
http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/10333
http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/9345
http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/10101
http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/9622
posted by Dreamghost at 12:47 PM on November 14, 2005

That's not a bad idea, and something that's probably fairly easy to implement.

I'm quite sure that it was brought up before, and your thinking then was that it would encourage a metathread for every thread in the blue.
posted by dhartung at 8:40 PM on November 14, 2005

metameta.metafilter.com?
posted by TwelveTwo at 8:44 PM on November 14, 2005

Metatalk has pretty much devolved to Roman Circus bloodsport lately anyway. Why not institutionalize it?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:05 PM on November 14, 2005

Note: the preceding question was meant rhetorically. I don't actually think it's a feature that adds anything to the site, and dhartung's paraphrase of mathowie's previous thinking on the idea is worth consideration. Metatalk becomes too much the focus of the site (for me it's always been, but I don't think it should be in general), and the blue spins further out of control.

Maybe.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:08 PM on November 14, 2005

Looks like the longboat is on the beach at last.
posted by Cranberry at 2:58 PM on December 1, 2005

Whoa! I thought I was lost! I couldn't see anybody I knew. I couldn't hear anybody at all. I was wondering why no one would talk to me. Then I noticed that the longboat had changed ports. Hi Cran!
posted by Nice Donkey at 7:31 PM on December 1, 2005

Hi Nice. I left a clue for IIHAA; perhaps he and the others will be along eventually.
posted by Cranberry at 10:24 PM on December 1, 2005

*stumbles on shore, wet and out of breath*
posted by monju_bosatsu at 7:08 AM on December 2, 2005

* brings brats

posted by caddis at 7:20 AM on December 2, 2005

Oh, I found some beer too, but a couple of the bottles broke on the way here.


posted by caddis at 7:23 AM on December 2, 2005

Mmm, brats. Is everybody getting ready for christmas?


posted by monju_bosatsu at 7:29 AM on December 2, 2005

*opens a Grolsch, takes a sip*

Aaaaah, the 10:00 a.m. beer. Thanks, caddis! Everyone be careful, there's a lot of broken glass.
posted by Nice Donkey at 10:15 AM on December 2, 2005

If by "getting ready for christmas" you mean avoiding the mall at all costs, then yes.

Hey, you know what would go great with this beer? Churros!

posted by Nice Donkey at 10:20 AM on December 2, 2005

*Steals chocolate sauce from Nice Donkey's churros*
posted by Cranberry at 10:32 AM on December 2, 2005

I had chocolate sauce? Sweet! I mean, hey, give that back!
posted by Nice Donkey at 10:38 AM on December 2, 2005

*Walks carefully around broken bottles*
*Thinks "How splendid that monju_bosatsu and caddis shared."*
*Commends monju's driving; with Santa eliminated, may be all the annoying Christmas hype will go away.*
posted by Cranberry at 10:39 AM on December 2, 2005

morning Nice. Sorry about the chocolate.
posted by Cranberry at 10:41 AM on December 2, 2005

Beer's great, I brought the chicken:

posted by OmieWise at 10:43 AM on December 2, 2005

Fine, would you rather have turducken?

posted by OmieWise at 10:51 AM on December 2, 2005

I'll take the turducken, I guess. Question: How do they get the duck and chicken to fully cook without overcooking the turkey? I was the arbiter of turkey done-ness this year, so now these matters are concerning to me.
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:11 AM on December 2, 2005

According to Askme, the trick is a big metal spoon stuffed up the "cavity."
posted by OmieWise at 11:27 AM on December 2, 2005

I am too much a traditionalist to comment in this thread, those Grolsch look mighty figuratively cold though.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:34 PM on December 2, 2005

How about a traditional game of hopscotch? Leap frog thread?
You found your way, but where are raedyn, goodnews, gram, kenko and the others?
posted by Cranberry at 4:41 PM on December 2, 2005

Hmm. We may need to adjust the formula a bit. It's transformed into simply a progression determined by moving 101 threads past the one where we previously spent the most amount of time.

Although, I, too, am a bit of a traditionalist...
posted by gramschmidt at 12:31 AM on December 3, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 12:31 AM on December 3, 2005

...I believe we're versatile enough to adapt to such a state of affairs, and also to allow me to post one comment as three.
posted by gramschmidt at 12:32 AM on December 3, 2005

Additionally, I care deeply about what you think, Anus, so may I look now?

If not, I'll most likely do something rash, like bomb the Federal Building, or put nuts in the banana bread.
posted by gramschmidt at 12:39 AM on December 3, 2005

There's Grolsch? Excellent! Grolsch makes me feel at home wherever I am.

IIHAA, thanks for egging me on. Behold.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:18 AM on December 3, 2005

Gah, that turducken looks horrible. Does it always look like that? People actually eat it?
posted by Lynsey at 3:44 PM on December 3, 2005

The duck is more mushed than I had envisioned. The stuffing looks good.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:06 PM on December 3, 2005

.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:33 PM on December 3, 2005

Okay, I admit that I listen to Madden and I've heard him talk about turducken. But I guess I thought no one else would eat it, and I was wrong!
posted by Lynsey at 9:34 PM on December 3, 2005

What I want more of is other things stuffed insides of other things. How about a goat stuffed in a pig stuffed in a cow? That would be radical!
posted by OmieWise at 4:24 AM on December 4, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 11:18 AM on December 4, 2005

Bible Sex Stories.com
posted by OmieWise at 12:09 PM on December 4, 2005

*makes mental note not to go to OmieWise's house for gopicow dinner*
posted by Cranberry at 12:36 PM on December 4, 2005

raedyn! Your thread killing-fu has increased. In 10697 you asked "So what makes one a poster that people long to see return?" Lynsey answered you and the thread was closed.
That's POWER!
posted by Cranberry at 2:29 PM on December 5, 2005

Hey IIHAA, who's the kid?
posted by Nice Donkey at 6:15 PM on December 5, 2005

If you don't want to do the whole turducken, you can always do the turducken roll. Also, the best turduckens are stuffed with crawfish dressing.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 6:32 PM on December 5, 2005

Oh jeez, that's a really loaded question for me right now, Donkey. Suffice to say she really needs to learn to grow the fuck up.

(Or click the dot for one of them literal-type answers.)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:24 PM on December 5, 2005

So, Cranberry is absolutely correct, of course. We simply have to send a search party back to the coast of Australia to search for raedyn.

Somebody begin gathering muppet pics. I'm sure we are going to need them.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:29 PM on December 5, 2005

"So, Cranberry is absolutely correct, of course." Listen to the man! This is a perfect example of taking a quote out of context, and I just love it!
If I Had An Amy I might put her picture on the 'net. What a darling child.
posted by Cranberry at 11:46 PM on December 5, 2005

Speaking of beef:


You know, from this site from this FPP.
posted by OmieWise at 6:13 AM on December 6, 2005

I think I may have left a hanging tag.
posted by OmieWise at 6:13 AM on December 6, 2005

Look, if you all aren't busy reading The Borg Grail, then I don't know WHAT you're doing.
posted by OmieWise at 7:57 AM on December 6, 2005

OmieWise: at 7:57AM PST, I was sleeping, not reading anything. Please do not post anything noisy until a more civilized hour.
posted by Cranberry at 12:42 PM on December 6, 2005

Yay, I have finally broken away from that collective consciousness known "my job" and can search the Grail at will (well hen my kids give a moment or two).
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:09 PM on December 6, 2005

Yeah, it's that time of year again: six paragraphs of defending silly old Black Pete to raging hordes of rabid windmill-tilting stalwart warriors of US political correctness.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:21 AM on December 7, 2005

Black Pete?

posted by OmieWise at 7:41 AM on December 7, 2005

Yeah, I'm not any kind of fan of balckface in the US, but it seems strange to think that American blackface==Dutch blackface. Rather like calling a black Brit an African American.
posted by OmieWise at 7:42 AM on December 7, 2005

*raps on desk with pointer*
Attention students. there is worthwhile reading on the blue today. For your assignment, read all the links that gamblor provided.
We will be traveling again in one week, so understanding of the physics of the trebuchet is desirable.
There will be a quiz.
posted by Cranberry at 10:25 AM on December 7, 2005

Hey, OmieWise, what's the answer to number three? What's that? You're not going to cheat? Hmpf. GNFTI? Anus? Anybody? I was gonna study, but I got distracted by that sexy Bible calendar. Then my mom found it and took it away. Nevermind. I'll just mark "C".
posted by Nice Donkey at 4:53 PM on December 7, 2005

We're getting ready to trebucet from 10532 already? We've hardly broken her in (and 10633 closes before xmas, for ChristMatt's sake).

Maybe 10734 will open up today. I hope it's not readyn opening another can of worms.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:14 AM on December 8, 2005

See I spelled it that way as a subtle allusion of Reagan's actions vis a vis the Maldives...I sneaky that way.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:21 AM on December 8, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:28 AM on December 8, 2005

10734:

posted by OmieWise at 6:31 AM on December 8, 2005

Also:

posted by OmieWise at 6:32 AM on December 8, 2005

posted by OmieWise at 6:40 AM on December 8, 2005

This about sums it up,


posted by OmieWise at 8:11 AM on December 8, 2005

*innocently*
What's teabagging?








but seriously, I have don't know other than some vague idea that it's somehow offensive
posted by raedyn at 8:46 AM on December 8, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 8:51 AM on December 8, 2005

Well, if this guy were to teabag if might look like this:


Welcome home.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:55 AM on December 8, 2005

...and by that I mean that "teabagging" is the process of placing the male scrotal sac on the face (usually forehead) of the recipient.

'Tis an hilarious detail of John Waters's magnum opus Pecker.

/literalist
posted by gramschmidt at 8:57 AM on December 8, 2005

I'm not sure if I should thank you for the explanation or not. But at least now I know.

Thanks, IIHAA. It's good to be back.
posted by raedyn at 9:11 AM on December 8, 2005

Oh, oh, I just realized that that is totally NSFW. Sorry. I mean, I guess I knew, but I never worried about it until just after I hit post. I hope it doesn't get anyone in trouble.
posted by OmieWise at 10:54 AM on December 8, 2005

I'm at work!

Lucky for you, I work in the local Museum for Sapphic Arts.

No wait, I don't.

See you in court!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:28 AM on December 8, 2005

[nsfw image removed, carry on]
posted by jessamyn at 11:45 AM on December 8, 2005

Wow.
*carries on like a pork chop*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:52 AM on December 8, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 12:07 PM on December 8, 2005

Wow. Jesss is watching us? Or did somebody flag that?
posted by raedyn at 12:41 PM on December 8, 2005

I think she has a keyword filter for "sapphic". Or maybe she was never there.

*finds glass slipper*

*swoons*

Well, whatever the case: I interpret "carry on" as tacit approval, and propose that it will be our new motto.

<big>Longboat: Carry On!</big>
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:34 PM on December 8, 2005

Thanks Jess.

(I really did encounter that at work. Now I'm home, and I kind of miss it now.)
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:35 PM on December 8, 2005

Jess's intervention was unexpected, but good. Thanks.
posted by OmieWise at 1:55 PM on December 8, 2005

Oh, and I've long thought that Jessamyn is everywhere. I'll leave the theology to someone else.
posted by OmieWise at 1:55 PM on December 8, 2005

If it had not been necessary to detour around some closed threads, the progression from 9622v2 would have put us at 10531 now instead of 10532, as IIHAA pointed out. Thus, our next destination should be 10632, instead of 10633.

10632 is a thread about Thanksgiving and closes on December 24th. 10633 is a thread about a bug fix and also
closes on December 24th, meaning that we would be searching for a new landing on Christmas Eve.

Have you ever tried to travel on Christmas Eve? Shudder!

As has been pointed out, we have hardly arranged all the
furniture at 10532 and we are facing another move. I propose that we avoid the 106xxs altogether , and leave
Highway 101 at the next off ramp (December 14), for Hwy 202.

I realize that unorthodox meandering annoys gramschmidt,
but there is the upside that we would be where 101 might
have taken us, we will just get there a bit early. What do
you say gram?

That would put us at 10733 – fenriq asking how to search
for a site he later found. 10734 is Mathowie’s discovery of
Ask Yahoo, maybe not the wisest place for us.

I suggest that we consider these options and vote in orderly fashion. I cannot help smiling as I type that: orderly fashion on MetaTalk! An oxymoron?

Nevertheless, let us establish a future home so that if Nice
Donkey goes off to New York again, if raedyn gets snowed in, gnfti gets too busy with his CD success, or if anyone gets trampled in the holiday rush or otherwise lost at sea, 10733 will be shining on the shore like a lighthouse until January 8, 2006.
posted by Cranberry at 4:05 PM on December 8, 2005

Fuuny, it didn't look like that in preview.
posted by Cranberry at 4:10 PM on December 8, 2005

I miss schyler.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:26 PM on December 8, 2005

If it shines like a lighthouse, I will vote for it. 10733.

Yeah, what happened to schyler, anyway?
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:33 PM on December 8, 2005

I was under the impression that teabagging was more about a mouth than a forehead.
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:35 PM on December 8, 2005

Me too ND$. I think it's an eastcoast/westcoast variation thing. Maybe languagehat could clear it up for us. Or maybe dialtone.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:45 PM on December 8, 2005

I vote double-whammy 202.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:46 PM on December 8, 2005

Look, OmieWise! Muffins on a mat! I found them among the strange collection of .jpg's you linked to. I know, they're really more like cupcakes, but it's more fun to call them muffins.



I once ate something for lunch only because it had a great name. One of the options in the cafeteria at work was "Beef in a Leaf". How could I resist? I mean, it rhymes!
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:52 PM on December 8, 2005

It's beef, and it comes in a leaf!
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:53 PM on December 8, 2005

It's good to appreciate the little things.
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:54 PM on December 8, 2005

IIHAA, does "double-whammy 202" mean 202 steps forward from the location we were supposed to occupy (10531)? Meaning that you vote for 10733? Or do you mean something else?
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:58 PM on December 8, 2005

My belief is that a double whammy is equivalent to 23.5 assloads...which, coincidentally is the exact volume of a longboat...but that is just my .02 dollars...
posted by schyler523 at 9:05 PM on December 8, 2005

Whoa! schyler523 is here! That took exactly 29 minutes from summoning to appearance. It's like someone said "Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!" Sweet!
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:11 PM on December 8, 2005

::rubs eyes::
posted by drezdn at 9:51 PM on December 8, 2005

Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?
Mister, would you please help my pony?
He's over there behind the tree
He's down in the dirt, would ya help him?
I think it's his lung

Mister would you please help my pony?
He's chewin' bark and not the leaves
He's cryin' like a baby, would you help him?
I think it's his lung

Mister, would you please help my pony?
He's down - He ain't gettin' up
He coughed up snot in the driveway
And I think his lung's fucked up
Pony, Pony, Pony

Mister, would you please help my pony?
He's over there lookin' at me
He can't talk because he's a pony
I think it's his lung

(Repeat first verse)
posted by Mr T at 9:59 PM on December 8, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 11:33 PM on December 8, 2005

Which implies directly, of course, that 10733 has all the advantages of adherence to the 9622v2 formula, a comfortable and stable environment for the aforementioned potentially stressful holidays, and copious amounts of chili (both meatful and vegetarian, and some cornbread and Mexican coffee), with none of the disadvantages of compulsory avian flu or embarrassing pornography charges appearing on one's statement.

I vote for 10733.

Excessive and demonstrative props are due Cran for taking the initiative on this, poor formatting notwithstanding. She is a credit to our entire organization.
posted by gramschmidt at 11:41 PM on December 8, 2005

Oh goodness.
posted by gramschmidt at 12:24 AM on December 9, 2005

Was that piano link just to throw those of us off who like watching the longboat's journey and have stumbled upon the secret formula, gram?
posted by Iamtherealme at 3:06 AM on December 9, 2005

Muffins on a Matt. Yum. The deuce naught deuce gets my vote, as does the outstanding work of investigation and logic performed by Cran.
posted by OmieWise at 5:33 AM on December 9, 2005

Look, Donkey! Hippo and vodka, two great tastes:

posted by OmieWise at 5:34 AM on December 9, 2005

*pets point of croup*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:27 AM on December 9, 2005

I'm not so hungry hungry anymore.

Please refrain from posting St Nicholas, gram. My upbringing has left me traumatised.

Cran, great research - 10733 seconded.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:03 AM on December 9, 2005

I dunno, I think it's pretty small, for a hippo. Do you think it will be enough for everyone on the longboat? Plus, we have visitors. How much do Mr T and Iamtherealme eat? And drezdn's home for Xmas, too. I think I had better make a Jell-O salad.


posted by Nice Donkey at 10:05 AM on December 9, 2005

Well I knew my secret would have to come out eventually.

I have a fear of jello salads.
posted by raedyn at 10:23 AM on December 9, 2005

And I am glad that Cranberry is such a brave scout. I trust her recommendation for our next landing point.
posted by raedyn at 10:27 AM on December 9, 2005

Donkey, how about a stuffed elephant? Do you think that will cover it?


raedyn-I'll stand between you and the jello salad (sic). Never fear.
posted by OmieWise at 10:31 AM on December 9, 2005

I thought that the jell-o salads shake with fear of us.
Now roasted baby hippo - that is scary. One bottle of vodka is not enough if we have to eat that.

Does anyone know what became of qwerty155? He shouted out to 9622v2 at a meet in London, then disappeared. I cannot find a trace of him after September 3.
posted by Cranberry at 10:36 AM on December 9, 2005

OmieWise has been hunting again. Bagged an elephant. Doesn't look too tasty, but the head will look swell mounted on the oak paneled wall in Omie's study.
posted by Cranberry at 10:39 AM on December 9, 2005

I think we'll need even more vodka if we have to finish off that elephant in addition to the hippo. It looks very dry and fluffy.
posted by Nice Donkey at 10:51 AM on December 9, 2005

And I have a fear of lima beans. I don't know why I put them in the Jell-O.
posted by Nice Donkey at 10:52 AM on December 9, 2005

It's ok ND, you put in green olives, not lima beans. Hope you saved some so we can make vodka martinis. Who has some vermouth?
posted by Cranberry at 11:02 AM on December 9, 2005

Whew! You're right, Cranberry. I was scared for a minute. I'll have a martini, though.


posted by Nice Donkey at 11:05 AM on December 9, 2005

Actually, green olives and orange Jell-O? I'm still a little scared. Make that martini!
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:06 AM on December 9, 2005

I like'em dirty.


posted by OmieWise at 11:11 AM on December 9, 2005

I also thought it was lima beans.

That's gonna be a hella big martini, yo.
posted by raedyn at 12:52 PM on December 9, 2005

gramschmidt: regarding your oh goodness above: I don't think sangermaine understands your sense of humor.
posted by Nice Donkey at 1:17 PM on December 9, 2005

Uh, and by "you" I mean "Jamie Farr". Oh, fudge.
posted by Nice Donkey at 1:20 PM on December 9, 2005

You say gramschmidt has a sense of humor? Oh that's rich.
posted by Jamie Farr at 1:37 PM on December 9, 2005

Rich fudge?

See? Not funny.
posted by gramschmidt at 2:02 PM on December 9, 2005

Would you rather be rich or funny?
posted by Cranberry at 2:34 PM on December 9, 2005

I'd rather be molten.
posted by Nice Donkey at 2:38 PM on December 9, 2005

You say gramschmidt has a sense of humor? Oh that's rich. - Jamie Farr

*narrows eyes*

You makin' fun of gram? Or me?

Cuz you can make fun of me all you want, but I'll stick up for gram.
posted by raedyn at 3:13 PM on December 9, 2005

YEAH! I got your back, too, raedyn.



See, raedyn's another exemplary member of our organization; she covers me even in one of the instances Jamie Farr isn't me.

I wish I'd been paying better attention this morning; I could have held Alex's arms and legs down while you injected the sodium pentothal. THEN we could have gotten to the bottom of things.

Of which things, I'm not sure.
posted by gramschmidt at 3:48 PM on December 9, 2005

Check this weird thing out, finding out that someone I just met here in Baltimore is a fairly active MeFi member. It's a small world.
posted by OmieWise at 9:37 PM on December 9, 2005

24 hours and 5 minutes - no posts
posted by Cranberry at 9:42 PM on December 10, 2005

I might complain about this lapse in attention, but I am fairly well stuffed with good food and wine. Such a nice party. But 3 parties in a week - that schedule gets a bit heavy. Wouldn't it be nice id someone had a fabulous party in say, February?
posted by Cranberry at 9:46 PM on December 10, 2005

Nice id is my cousin. He sometimes comes over for alfalfa on Saturdays.
posted by Nice Donkey at 3:09 AM on December 11, 2005

Id that right?
posted by Cranberry at 12:39 PM on December 11, 2005

*enrolls in typing class*
posted by Cranberry at 12:40 PM on December 11, 2005

Miss Iceland was crowned the surprise winner of the Miss World 2005 in a lavish ceremony in China watched live by millions across the globe today.
Rats! I voted for grapefruitmoon.
posted by Cranberry at 12:51 PM on December 11, 2005

Nice Id is a fun donkey to be around, but for tea parties or academic colloquia or receptions for the ambassador, I much prefer the company of Nice Superego.
posted by gramschmidt at 12:57 PM on December 11, 2005

Ah, grapefruitmoon. She still posts, just not here.

Shall I burn my Tom Waits CDs?
posted by gramschmidt at 1:02 PM on December 11, 2005

Sure. Nice Superego has nice clothes, long gloves, and silver sandals, but s/he doesn't have a genuine longboat tiara.
posted by Cranberry at 3:02 PM on December 11, 2005

There was an outage. Power Company said 2 hours to fix it. Then there was dinner. All this time I have been struggling not to post a minor, but dreadful pun for gram. I lost.
Tom Waits for no man. Now you lost.
posted by Cranberry at 8:21 PM on December 11, 2005

Kenko alert. After seeing kenko's post of the old Bartender's Guide, it became obvious that KENKO MUST BE WITH US on our next migration.
What are longboat-mates for if not to drink all his Blue Blazer mistakes?
posted by Cranberry at 9:17 PM on December 11, 2005

SO, are you going to alert kenko, or just us?
posted by OmieWise at 5:23 AM on December 12, 2005

In the aftermath of Cranberry's pun, roving bands of marauders and scavengers picked clean the already desolate landscape.


posted by gramschmidt at 10:09 AM on December 12, 2005

The roving bands of marauders and scavengers - did they take their spoils and leave in a longboat?
posted by Cranberry at 11:53 AM on December 12, 2005

Miss Iceland was crowned the surprise winner of the Miss World 2005 in a lavish ceremony in China watched live by millions across the globe today. - Cranberry

Some TV news report of that event I saw claimed there was an audience of 2 billion for that event. There is no way that 1 in 3 people on all of the planet watched that. I bet one in three people don't even have access to a TV, nevermind choose to watch THAT. The ridiculous claimed biased me against being able to like or respect the pagent.

If Cranberry was in the pangent, though, I would still watch it.
posted by raedyn at 6:42 AM on December 13, 2005

(When I mis-type pagent with a superfluous "n" like that, the word looks remarkably like pregnant. Which is funny because anyone that they know has ever been pregnant will not be allowed to enter the competition.)
posted by raedyn at 6:43 AM on December 13, 2005

Next time that I am not in a pageant, I will let raedyn know.
I did not watch the pageant, but I was named Miss Congeniality in absentia.
posted by Cranberry at 10:48 AM on December 13, 2005

posted by monju_bosatsu at 1:42 PM on December 13, 2005

everybody now: AWWWW!!!




But seriously, monju, that's adorable
posted by raedyn at 1:52 PM on December 13, 2005

The one on the right is obviously thinking "why did you out me in the dog cup, I'm a kitten!"
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:13 PM on December 13, 2005

I mean, as if being put in the dog cup isn't bad enough; imagine being outed in there.

*sigh*
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:14 PM on December 13, 2005

I nominate the two kittens in cups for Miss World 2006!
posted by Nice Donkey at 4:35 PM on December 13, 2005

That picture is great because it reminds me of the two BEST THINGS EVAR: kittens and coffee. Tiny kittens, even. Mew!
posted by Nice Donkey at 4:36 PM on December 13, 2005

Lets's see, we have hippo sandwiches, chili, cornbread and Mexican coffee, salvaged beer and churros, turducken and nearly enough vodka, cupcakes/muffins, Jell-o salad - I think we are about ready to migrate.
Bet gnfti doesn't realize that we all saw him slip jessamyn's glass slipper into his pocket. Be careful not to bump into him on the journey.
*tugs* no, not those little boats, I am struggling to get a swimming cap over my tiara. Just in case the trebuchet ride does not reach shore. There! Good thing I cut my hair.
See you at 10733.
posted by Cranberry at 12:15 AM on December 14, 2005

Oh, monju, I forgot the kittens. Please bring them.
posted by Cranberry at 12:18 AM on December 14, 2005

I knew I would forget something! Let's be responsible citizens and clean up - leave this site looking better than before we got here.
posted by Cranberry at 12:20 AM on December 14, 2005

Once upon a time, there was a Valentine named Martian Michael Smith.
posted by gramschmidt at 4:29 AM on December 14, 2005