What would have been a better way to phrase this question? February 20, 2006 1:52 PM Subscribe
What would have been a better way to phrase this question?
er, significantly.
posted by the giant pill at 1:52 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by the giant pill at 1:52 PM on February 20, 2006
Identify a specific problem with your own routine. Then ask how you can change the behavior or conditions leading to the problem.
posted by mischief at 1:56 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by mischief at 1:56 PM on February 20, 2006
How about "I am looking for useful things to add to my daily routine that have significantly improved people's lives. Suggestions?"
posted by puke & cry at 1:57 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by puke & cry at 1:57 PM on February 20, 2006
I can go back and change it and undelete it tout de suite if you want to explain what problem you're trying to solve with that question. In short, the more you can make it specifically about somethintg and less an open-ended "what are your favorite routines" the better it will be.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:59 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:59 PM on February 20, 2006
I think mischief is getting at it. You're not at all specific. What do you want to improve? Your health, your mood, your focus, the number of hours you stay awake?
posted by raedyn at 1:59 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by raedyn at 1:59 PM on February 20, 2006
Explain why you're trying to improve the quality of your life. What specific aspects of your life are you unsatisfied with? That information would help people focus more on techniques that will help you improve your life, rather than simply what helped them. If I added X to my routine because I was trying to lose weight, and it worked, that is entirely irrelevant to you if you do not need to lose weight. (On preview, what mischief said.)
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 2:00 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 2:00 PM on February 20, 2006
you can just leave it like it is and add a little more "why I'm asking" info. Examples
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm having trouble establishing routines that are meaningful to me and I'd like some suggestions"
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm in a bit of a February funk and I'm trying to put some regular good practices into my life but I'm having trouble getting outside my own gloomy outlook right now."
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm getting out of a relationship where the morning routines were our routines and now I have to find my own morning pick-me-ups."
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm writing a book about simple pleasures and I'm needing more details for my Morning Routines chapter"
Without a little more detail, it just becomes a question like "what is your favorite routine?" where everyone has an answer and none are any more helpful than any other. That sort of poll-the-audience question may be useful to the person but is less useful to the community overall. I can seriously add a sentence and put the question right back where it was.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:08 PM on February 20, 2006
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm having trouble establishing routines that are meaningful to me and I'd like some suggestions"
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm in a bit of a February funk and I'm trying to put some regular good practices into my life but I'm having trouble getting outside my own gloomy outlook right now."
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm getting out of a relationship where the morning routines were our routines and now I have to find my own morning pick-me-ups."
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm writing a book about simple pleasures and I'm needing more details for my Morning Routines chapter"
Without a little more detail, it just becomes a question like "what is your favorite routine?" where everyone has an answer and none are any more helpful than any other. That sort of poll-the-audience question may be useful to the person but is less useful to the community overall. I can seriously add a sentence and put the question right back where it was.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:08 PM on February 20, 2006
I thought asking about people's favorite things was an acceptable question.
jessamyn:
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm having trouble establishing routines that are meaningful to me and I'd like some suggestions"
That sounds about right.
posted by the giant pill at 2:20 PM on February 20, 2006
jessamyn:
"If you have a routine that you regularly do at night or in the morning, what have been the most beneficial things you've added to your routine that have improved the quality of your life? I'm having trouble establishing routines that are meaningful to me and I'd like some suggestions"
That sounds about right.
posted by the giant pill at 2:20 PM on February 20, 2006
If you want to know why one post was deleted and another not, just remember this handy acronym: W.H.I.M.
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:22 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:22 PM on February 20, 2006
I don't understand this. Was the question deleted or something? It doesn't show up in the front-page but it looks like I can answer it if I want.
posted by smackfu at 2:29 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by smackfu at 2:29 PM on February 20, 2006
I fixed and unremoved your question.
Asking "what is your favorite X" without any other context is generally not okay. Most of those questions include the "this is why I'm asking" part, or are years old from before AskMe guidelines were fleshed out.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:31 PM on February 20, 2006
Asking "what is your favorite X" without any other context is generally not okay. Most of those questions include the "this is why I'm asking" part, or are years old from before AskMe guidelines were fleshed out.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:31 PM on February 20, 2006
I thought asking about people's favorite things was an acceptable question.
a) Most of the questions you link to have an express or implied purpose; they're not just asking what people's favorites are for the sake of asking. For example, this one. If the question had been merely "What's your favorite cell phone?" with no additional explanation or rationale, and I had answered, my answer would have been "my ancient Nokia 5120, because it works and does what I need it to do and doesn't have lots of extraneous bells and whistles which I would never use." But given the additional rationale in that question, I know that while the Nokia 5120 is my personal favorite, it's not what the asker is looking for, so I can just stay out of that conversation.
b) The fact that a question is not deleted does not mean it is acceptable. Matt/Jess aren't online 24 hours a day, and sometimes they'll let a borderline post/question stay up if there's a good number of comments on it, when they would have deleted it if they had caught it early.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 2:35 PM on February 20, 2006
a) Most of the questions you link to have an express or implied purpose; they're not just asking what people's favorites are for the sake of asking. For example, this one. If the question had been merely "What's your favorite cell phone?" with no additional explanation or rationale, and I had answered, my answer would have been "my ancient Nokia 5120, because it works and does what I need it to do and doesn't have lots of extraneous bells and whistles which I would never use." But given the additional rationale in that question, I know that while the Nokia 5120 is my personal favorite, it's not what the asker is looking for, so I can just stay out of that conversation.
b) The fact that a question is not deleted does not mean it is acceptable. Matt/Jess aren't online 24 hours a day, and sometimes they'll let a borderline post/question stay up if there's a good number of comments on it, when they would have deleted it if they had caught it early.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 2:35 PM on February 20, 2006
Thank you jessamyn. Lesson learned.
posted by the giant pill at 2:58 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by the giant pill at 2:58 PM on February 20, 2006
I guess I still have no idea what the poster means by "a routine meaningful to me." (Plus, I keep picturing Bob Fosse moves in the bathroom.)
posted by CunningLinguist at 3:00 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by CunningLinguist at 3:00 PM on February 20, 2006
Q: Life, can it be qualitatively improved? Give examples.
posted by blue_beetle at 3:35 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by blue_beetle at 3:35 PM on February 20, 2006
Jazz hands!!! I'm still giggling at the Bob Fosse image....
posted by tristeza at 3:57 PM on February 20, 2006
posted by tristeza at 3:57 PM on February 20, 2006
devildogs? Your link goes to the y2karl festival; is y2karl a marine?
Anyway, glad you got here, Omie.
posted by Cranberry at 1:22 PM on March 6, 2006
Anyway, glad you got here, Omie.
posted by Cranberry at 1:22 PM on March 6, 2006
My link goes to karl's claim that nothing is safe from his datamining techniques. I say psshaw!
posted by OmieWise at 1:26 PM on March 6, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 1:26 PM on March 6, 2006
Speaking of psshaw. Szoborpark, that is one overrated park. Way out from the city too, so you'd better have a good reason to go there, as you would with Euro Disney or Coney Island or oxygen in other cities.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:40 PM on March 6, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:40 PM on March 6, 2006
I've yet to come up with a good reason to go to Euro Disney. Hi gnfti, cran!
posted by OmieWise at 1:52 PM on March 6, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 1:52 PM on March 6, 2006
Try again gnfti. "The url is not vaild and cannot be loaded ".
Since I am not a beer drinker, I have no personal stake in the pronunciation, or even the existence, of Belgian beer, but surely there will be a post in AskMe looking for just that guidance.
posted by Cranberry at 3:22 PM on March 6, 2006
Since I am not a beer drinker, I have no personal stake in the pronunciation, or even the existence, of Belgian beer, but surely there will be a post in AskMe looking for just that guidance.
posted by Cranberry at 3:22 PM on March 6, 2006
Oh, and it was meant for OmieWise particularly, but not patronisingly, let alone exclusively.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:31 PM on March 6, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:31 PM on March 6, 2006
The hinges loudly protested as Mr. Balrog, the sullen janitor, slowly opened the door to thread 11341. Day in, day out, the same drudgery. The same mind-numbing... sameness. Open the thread, sweep out the refuse - the flagged posts, the noise.
*Click* The lights slowly flicker on. Suddenly his eyes grow wide. He lifts an unsteady hand and points -
"YOU! What are you kids doing in here?"
posted by Baby_Balrog at 6:32 AM on March 7, 2006
*Click* The lights slowly flicker on. Suddenly his eyes grow wide. He lifts an unsteady hand and points -
"YOU! What are you kids doing in here?"
posted by Baby_Balrog at 6:32 AM on March 7, 2006
Oh shit. Look busy.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:59 AM on March 7, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:59 AM on March 7, 2006
Has this thread's honorary tiara been given out yet?
*places honorary viking helmet on the Balrog*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:42 PM on March 7, 2006
*places honorary viking helmet on the Balrog*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:42 PM on March 7, 2006
Somebody's who's not lazy should post a new itinerary.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:44 PM on March 7, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:44 PM on March 7, 2006
Jimihatman vs. Pacman vs. The $5 Hundu in a three-way deathmatch of death.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:27 PM on March 7, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:27 PM on March 7, 2006
"What happened? Where did you go? You're eyes are all bloodshot and twitchy, you look like-"
"I saw...something. I saw something bad."
"What did you see? I thought you said you were working all day, that you wouldn't be messing around with that stuff anymore..."
"No - I was - I mean - No... I just, I was looking at her profile. Well, I was looking at this picture of a pig that she drew and I thought, I don't know. I just... I didn't understand the whole 'donkey' thing and I thought -"
"Were you stalking someone again?"
"No! No. Not that. I just thought maybe she had a blog or something and so I checked her profile..."
He paused for a moment to stare at his hands - his elder friend released a sigh, as though he knew this moment had been coming.
The friend - an older man - had no way of knowing what had been seen - the boy was fragile, to be sure. It was a curse to watch as his young friend slowly fell apart, time after time after time. He opened his eyes - wide - he wanted him to believe that he cared - maybe if he believed hard enough, these episodes would simply cease.
"What did you find?"
"I saw her posting history. It was normal - I mean, mostly normal..."
"Mostly?"
"Yeah well - I dunno... everything except the metatalk stuff."
"What was wrong with her metatalk posts?"
"You don't understand... you don't know! She was new - I think - she had, like, 6 posts on metafilter - and like 3 on askmefi... I think."
"And the metatalk? What was wrong with the metatalk posts?"
"253."
"Well... that's certainly not... well, that does seem like a lot."
"Why? Why? I can understand - maybe she likes the website... but... it's so... unbalanced..."
The older gentleman's face slowly darkened. His eyes narrowed to angry slits.
"You checked, didn't you? You opened her posting history and started reading her posts, didn't you? Answer me!"
It had happened again. He knew it. He had felt it when they began having these little conversations - he knew immediately what the problem was. The boy was good with google - he had an unnatural ability for data-mining. He had tried to turn it into a useful hobby for his young friend, had directed him toward Wikipedia and a million hobby websites desperate for someone with his knack for uncovering odd bits of digital history. But to no avail.
"What did you find?"
"Well...I just, I wanted to find out why she was so interested in the way the site was managed, what could possibly be so fascinating. I checked just the first couple of posts, nothing unusual. But then I saw...something bad... something... inappropriate."
"What? Don't look away. You can tell me. You know how this works. You have to tell me."
"I saw a post...rather....I saw her comments... she had made over 25 comments to a single post! To one post! And another, and another! So many times... when her comment list ran on and on and on!"
"What was she saying? Did they call her out? Did they shout her down for monopolizing the thread?"
"That's just it..." The boys voice faltered...his hands shook... "I clicked on a comment...just one... It was meaningless! It was gibbering insanity! I couldn't understand...the images...the text...comments without cause or value - there was..." he began sobbing, "there, was, no... conversation!"
"Why didn't you stop reading? Why didn't you close the window, play some Counter Strike? Why?"
"I couldn't - I'm so sorry... I just kept reading - I followed it back, you see they were doing this in so many different threads - old threads, threads that had been forgotten, had fallen into the darkest corners of the website - I followed it as far as I could... all the way to 9622..."
The fatherly man place his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Tell me what you saw, son."
"I saw them. I saw... I saw them dancing and shouting. Like mad apes. I saw them prancing about and acting foolish - people who... those who I had so much respect for! Some of the greatest posters I had ever read of, legends... with torches and pancakes and some of them weren't even wearing clothes! I saw wendell... and qwerty and gramschmidt..." his voice sunk to a low whisper, "and... I saw languagehat. He was there, too. And If I Had an Anus was capering about with leather straps for clothes and spraying everyone with syrup...I can't go on..."
The older man looked down for a moment.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you had to see that. You shouldn't have been exposed to that so... so early. It's probably very hard for you to understand, and that's why... that's why I need you to promise me that you'll never speak of this to anyone."
"Why?"
"Just promise me, boy. Give me an oath."
"But I thought... doesn't the Bible say we're not supposed to take oaths?"
"This is different...this is... this is something... more important. Swear to me, swear it now, boy."
"I swear it."
"Good. Now. Say ten Hail Mary's and twenty-five Our Fathers, and remember your oath. You must speak of this to no one. That's a good lad. God will bless you."
"Thank you father... thank you... I just thought... thank you. I won't tell. I promise."
As he left the old office behind the sanctuary he smiled and wiped the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand.
He knew what was right, and that was to keep his promise to Father O'Omiewise. He wouldn't let him down.
He looked up at the crucifix, hanging low behind the altar, bathed in the golden afternoon light.
"I won't let you down. I promise."
posted by Baby_Balrog at 3:26 PM on March 7, 2006 [3 favorites]
"I saw...something. I saw something bad."
"What did you see? I thought you said you were working all day, that you wouldn't be messing around with that stuff anymore..."
"No - I was - I mean - No... I just, I was looking at her profile. Well, I was looking at this picture of a pig that she drew and I thought, I don't know. I just... I didn't understand the whole 'donkey' thing and I thought -"
"Were you stalking someone again?"
"No! No. Not that. I just thought maybe she had a blog or something and so I checked her profile..."
He paused for a moment to stare at his hands - his elder friend released a sigh, as though he knew this moment had been coming.
The friend - an older man - had no way of knowing what had been seen - the boy was fragile, to be sure. It was a curse to watch as his young friend slowly fell apart, time after time after time. He opened his eyes - wide - he wanted him to believe that he cared - maybe if he believed hard enough, these episodes would simply cease.
"What did you find?"
"I saw her posting history. It was normal - I mean, mostly normal..."
"Mostly?"
"Yeah well - I dunno... everything except the metatalk stuff."
"What was wrong with her metatalk posts?"
"You don't understand... you don't know! She was new - I think - she had, like, 6 posts on metafilter - and like 3 on askmefi... I think."
"And the metatalk? What was wrong with the metatalk posts?"
"253."
"Well... that's certainly not... well, that does seem like a lot."
"Why? Why? I can understand - maybe she likes the website... but... it's so... unbalanced..."
The older gentleman's face slowly darkened. His eyes narrowed to angry slits.
"You checked, didn't you? You opened her posting history and started reading her posts, didn't you? Answer me!"
It had happened again. He knew it. He had felt it when they began having these little conversations - he knew immediately what the problem was. The boy was good with google - he had an unnatural ability for data-mining. He had tried to turn it into a useful hobby for his young friend, had directed him toward Wikipedia and a million hobby websites desperate for someone with his knack for uncovering odd bits of digital history. But to no avail.
"What did you find?"
"Well...I just, I wanted to find out why she was so interested in the way the site was managed, what could possibly be so fascinating. I checked just the first couple of posts, nothing unusual. But then I saw...something bad... something... inappropriate."
"What? Don't look away. You can tell me. You know how this works. You have to tell me."
"I saw a post...rather....I saw her comments... she had made over 25 comments to a single post! To one post! And another, and another! So many times... when her comment list ran on and on and on!"
"What was she saying? Did they call her out? Did they shout her down for monopolizing the thread?"
"That's just it..." The boys voice faltered...his hands shook... "I clicked on a comment...just one... It was meaningless! It was gibbering insanity! I couldn't understand...the images...the text...comments without cause or value - there was..." he began sobbing, "there, was, no... conversation!"
"Why didn't you stop reading? Why didn't you close the window, play some Counter Strike? Why?"
"I couldn't - I'm so sorry... I just kept reading - I followed it back, you see they were doing this in so many different threads - old threads, threads that had been forgotten, had fallen into the darkest corners of the website - I followed it as far as I could... all the way to 9622..."
The fatherly man place his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Tell me what you saw, son."
"I saw them. I saw... I saw them dancing and shouting. Like mad apes. I saw them prancing about and acting foolish - people who... those who I had so much respect for! Some of the greatest posters I had ever read of, legends... with torches and pancakes and some of them weren't even wearing clothes! I saw wendell... and qwerty and gramschmidt..." his voice sunk to a low whisper, "and... I saw languagehat. He was there, too. And If I Had an Anus was capering about with leather straps for clothes and spraying everyone with syrup...I can't go on..."
The older man looked down for a moment.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you had to see that. You shouldn't have been exposed to that so... so early. It's probably very hard for you to understand, and that's why... that's why I need you to promise me that you'll never speak of this to anyone."
"Why?"
"Just promise me, boy. Give me an oath."
"But I thought... doesn't the Bible say we're not supposed to take oaths?"
"This is different...this is... this is something... more important. Swear to me, swear it now, boy."
"I swear it."
"Good. Now. Say ten Hail Mary's and twenty-five Our Fathers, and remember your oath. You must speak of this to no one. That's a good lad. God will bless you."
"Thank you father... thank you... I just thought... thank you. I won't tell. I promise."
As he left the old office behind the sanctuary he smiled and wiped the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand.
He knew what was right, and that was to keep his promise to Father O'Omiewise. He wouldn't let him down.
He looked up at the crucifix, hanging low behind the altar, bathed in the golden afternoon light.
"I won't let you down. I promise."
posted by Baby_Balrog at 3:26 PM on March 7, 2006 [3 favorites]
Perhaps we underestimated the natives of Kansas.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 4:01 AM on March 8, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 4:01 AM on March 8, 2006
B_B-
You may choose from one of these honorary degrees which IIHAA has to confer:
Honorary Degrees Conferred:
* Jyotish Mahamahopadhyaya - Great Master of Hindu Astrology.
* Jyotish Bhaskar - Pandit of Hindu Astrology.
* Jyotish Shiromani - Learned practitioner of Hindu Astrology.
* Jyotish Kovid - Experienced practitioner of Hindu Astrology
* Samhita Shiromani - Intuitive practitioner of Hindu Astrology.
* Jyotish Vachaspathi - Highly Learned practitioner of Hindu Astrology.
* Varahamihira Medal of Appreciation.(One of Hindu Astrology's great Astrologers was Varahamihira, who live around 1500 years ago.)
* Outstanding Teacher in Vedic Astrology by American Federation of Astrologers.
posted by OmieWise at 6:09 AM on March 8, 2006
You may choose from one of these honorary degrees which IIHAA has to confer:
Honorary Degrees Conferred:
* Jyotish Mahamahopadhyaya - Great Master of Hindu Astrology.
* Jyotish Bhaskar - Pandit of Hindu Astrology.
* Jyotish Shiromani - Learned practitioner of Hindu Astrology.
* Jyotish Kovid - Experienced practitioner of Hindu Astrology
* Samhita Shiromani - Intuitive practitioner of Hindu Astrology.
* Jyotish Vachaspathi - Highly Learned practitioner of Hindu Astrology.
* Varahamihira Medal of Appreciation.(One of Hindu Astrology's great Astrologers was Varahamihira, who live around 1500 years ago.)
* Outstanding Teacher in Vedic Astrology by American Federation of Astrologers.
posted by OmieWise at 6:09 AM on March 8, 2006
gnfti-Thanks for the link, of course, but you might mean via fixedgear.
posted by OmieWise at 6:11 AM on March 8, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 6:11 AM on March 8, 2006
Have you all signed up for coastr (from that thread) yet?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:20 AM on March 8, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:20 AM on March 8, 2006
Heh, interesting. I didn't even see that thread, I read it on LH. Bastard must've stolen it off fixedgear.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:31 AM on March 8, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:31 AM on March 8, 2006
Thanks IIHAA, but I'm already on Wankr, the *anti*-social guide to beer.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:31 AM on March 8, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:31 AM on March 8, 2006
BTW, excellent story, B_B, although I must stress that there *is* conversation.
The irony, of course, is that her Donkeyness hasn't punched in in here yet. Nice pig though.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:36 AM on March 8, 2006
The irony, of course, is that her Donkeyness hasn't punched in in here yet. Nice pig though.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:36 AM on March 8, 2006
Irony indeed. I have been pwned by the linkage.
But I mean, it's better than mine, fo sho.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:42 AM on March 8, 2006
But I mean, it's better than mine, fo sho.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:42 AM on March 8, 2006
I choose Jyotish Bhaskar - Pandit of Hindu Astrology.
I believe this gives me a +2 magical bonus to my dex - assuming I've got "improved initiative." Which I do.
And my guy looks like this.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:42 AM on March 8, 2006
I believe this gives me a +2 magical bonus to my dex - assuming I've got "improved initiative." Which I do.
And my guy looks like this.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:42 AM on March 8, 2006
HA! Baby_Balrog, thank you. I am rofl. Rofl out loud. Does anybody have the rofl-copter? I love the rofl-copter.
So yes, what happened is this. I (her donkeyness) just started a new job last week. As such, my normal longboat rowing activities have been on the slow side. I knew we had moved, and I knew there was a lot of reading for me here on 11341. So instead of catching up, I got sidetracked and drew a pig. But I caught us a new longboat member with my beguiling, bizarro posting history. Sweet!
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:35 PM on March 8, 2006
So yes, what happened is this. I (her donkeyness) just started a new job last week. As such, my normal longboat rowing activities have been on the slow side. I knew we had moved, and I knew there was a lot of reading for me here on 11341. So instead of catching up, I got sidetracked and drew a pig. But I caught us a new longboat member with my beguiling, bizarro posting history. Sweet!
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:35 PM on March 8, 2006
So, you guys look thirsty. Wanna come over to my photo finish double post party?
There's enough water for everyone, and it came from far, far away. Limited time offer.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:44 AM on March 9, 2006
There's enough water for everyone, and it came from far, far away. Limited time offer.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:44 AM on March 9, 2006
go, and bring us the water of the moons of Saturn.
go.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 5:09 PM on March 9, 2006
go.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 5:09 PM on March 9, 2006
Damn, this calls for some suave diversion tactic.
Eh, hey guys, I heard there's spaghetti on Earth!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:49 AM on March 10, 2006
Eh, hey guys, I heard there's spaghetti on Earth!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:49 AM on March 10, 2006
This is what spaghetti looks like when it's cooked on the moons of Saturn:
posted by OmieWise at 8:11 AM on March 10, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 8:11 AM on March 10, 2006
IIHAA--Do you have an email? I sent you something before and it bounced. Can you email me through my profile email?
/self-serving filter
posted by OmieWise at 8:12 AM on March 10, 2006
/self-serving filter
posted by OmieWise at 8:12 AM on March 10, 2006
I must add, I find Earth the most pleasant planet *by far* to enjoy spaghetti on. I am speaking from experience.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:00 AM on March 10, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:00 AM on March 10, 2006
Omie's spaghetti looks more like noodles. Maybe the telescope distorted the image.
posted by Cranberry at 12:51 PM on March 10, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 12:51 PM on March 10, 2006
But tell us about consuming spaghetti on other planets, gnfti.
posted by Cranberry at 12:52 PM on March 10, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 12:52 PM on March 10, 2006
I asked a friend to handle your query, Omie. Let me know if he hasn't followed through yet.
You know, I don't email, however. And there's a reason. I don't want you reading my personal stuff. There has got to be a certain sense of privacy. You know, you're entitled to how I make decisions. And you're entitled to ask questions, which I answer. I don't think you're entitled to be able to read my mail between my daughters and me.
And so I've made -- I've made an easy decision there. I just don't do it. Which is said, really, when you think about it. Everything is investigated in Washington. And that's just the nature of the way here right now. And so we're losing a lot of history.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:36 PM on March 10, 2006
You know, I don't email, however. And there's a reason. I don't want you reading my personal stuff. There has got to be a certain sense of privacy. You know, you're entitled to how I make decisions. And you're entitled to ask questions, which I answer. I don't think you're entitled to be able to read my mail between my daughters and me.
And so I've made -- I've made an easy decision there. I just don't do it. Which is said, really, when you think about it. Everything is investigated in Washington. And that's just the nature of the way here right now. And so we're losing a lot of history.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:36 PM on March 10, 2006
Omie? Anus? Whachoo boyz doin' out heah behind the woodshed, anyhow? Hmm? Iz dat wacky weed Ah'm smellin'?
posted by Lynsey at 10:54 PM on March 10, 2006
posted by Lynsey at 10:54 PM on March 10, 2006
*cough*
....quick....omie *waves hand frantically* take this... i think my mom heard us...
posted by Baby_Balrog at 9:27 AM on March 11, 2006
....quick....omie *waves hand frantically* take this... i think my mom heard us...
posted by Baby_Balrog at 9:27 AM on March 11, 2006
Man, it's getting crowded in here! First B_B, now Lynsey - I'd better head out for some enchiladas and a fresh keg. Might pop over to Poland again for some weapons-grade vodka, if need be.
I just restorated an ancient turntable, btw - any suggestions as to what record I should put on to ceremoniously reinstate it?
(I ain't messing with Lynsey, because she knows who Mixerman is.)
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:00 AM on March 11, 2006
I just restorated an ancient turntable, btw - any suggestions as to what record I should put on to ceremoniously reinstate it?
(I ain't messing with Lynsey, because she knows who Mixerman is.)
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:00 AM on March 11, 2006
Sure, goodie, protect your borders (gunwales?) from casual posters like B_B and his daughter Lynsey. Be advised that I am emailing the Polish border patrol about your isolationist attitude. They might deny vodka to casual tourists.
P.S. Lynsey posted in 9622v2 and is therefore crew; did B_B? I am not about to go back and read that whole mess to find out.
posted by Cranberry at 1:39 PM on March 11, 2006
P.S. Lynsey posted in 9622v2 and is therefore crew; did B_B? I am not about to go back and read that whole mess to find out.
posted by Cranberry at 1:39 PM on March 11, 2006
Record? Do you mean like gramschmidt's billion posts to 9622v2, or actual vinyl?
posted by Cranberry at 1:49 PM on March 11, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 1:49 PM on March 11, 2006
The Metroploitan Opera broadcasts reprise snippets from earlier broadcasts. One Saturday they played the duet from The Pearl Fishers with Jussi Bjoerling and Robert Merrill. If you have a recording of it, play that. Carefully.
posted by Cranberry at 1:55 PM on March 11, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 1:55 PM on March 11, 2006
Wait - I'm travelling two countries over to fetch beverages for our new friends, and you're calling me isolationist? Well, you taught me a new word just there, so I'll let this one slide and not haul you over the gunnels this time. FYI, in contrast to Lynsey, the infant Valarauko is a longboat virgin, but I welcome him from the bottom of my paddle.
And yes, actual, decades-old vinyl. It was about time I rummaged through my parents' attic. I'm listening to an original Dutch release of Revolver as we speak. I've also got Don Mclean's American Pie, and some Sinatra. Take your pick.
I'd love to hear the recording you mentioned. Sadly, I do not own it.
Polish border guards and e-mail? Ha! Oh, maybe when I'm done roflcoptering I'll maybe tell you about the Fibreglass Curtain.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 2:49 PM on March 11, 2006
And yes, actual, decades-old vinyl. It was about time I rummaged through my parents' attic. I'm listening to an original Dutch release of Revolver as we speak. I've also got Don Mclean's American Pie, and some Sinatra. Take your pick.
I'd love to hear the recording you mentioned. Sadly, I do not own it.
Polish border guards and e-mail? Ha! Oh, maybe when I'm done roflcoptering I'll maybe tell you about the Fibreglass Curtain.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 2:49 PM on March 11, 2006
It's funny you mention your turntable because I've been trying to get one to work all day. I got my dad to bring me his really good one, thinking to record something to my computer, but I think his needle might be messed up or something. I couldn't get a thing out of it. My own turntable is pretty nice, a thriftstore find, but the pitch control seems to be wonky. It will only play the slightest bit fast or slow. So then I hooked up the tape player to try and dub some of the old cassette only punk, but I can't seem to get that to work either. I've retreated to playing old time country from my cd collection, but it's all very disappointing.
(American Pie is kind of a fascist song, lamenting drugs in rock and roll, trashing eight miles high, etc. I've never been able to enjoy it since reading a long breakdown of its politics, since I'm all for drugs and rock and roll.)
posted by OmieWise at 4:11 PM on March 11, 2006
(American Pie is kind of a fascist song, lamenting drugs in rock and roll, trashing eight miles high, etc. I've never been able to enjoy it since reading a long breakdown of its politics, since I'm all for drugs and rock and roll.)
posted by OmieWise at 4:11 PM on March 11, 2006
Ooh, I vote for the original Dutch release of Revolver. How did the Dutch release differ from the British and American releases? Language on the cover? Anything else? Cool.
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:35 AM on March 12, 2006
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:35 AM on March 12, 2006
Hey, look at my sister's pig. She's like, a real artist and stuff. And, B_B, she put long eyelashes on it!
(I'm referring, of course, to B_B's comment in the pig personality thread:
Nice Donkey: I think if you are drawing an animal, and you put long eyelashes on the animal, it means you are a girl.)
Oh hey, looks like gnfti killed that thread. I guess we really are just a roving longboat of threadkillers. Neat.
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:45 AM on March 12, 2006
(I'm referring, of course, to B_B's comment in the pig personality thread:
Nice Donkey: I think if you are drawing an animal, and you put long eyelashes on the animal, it means you are a girl.)
Oh hey, looks like gnfti killed that thread. I guess we really are just a roving longboat of threadkillers. Neat.
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:45 AM on March 12, 2006
Donkey!!
That's all I have to say right now before I go to sleep on this side of the globe.
By the way, the universe is shaped exactly like the earth. If you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were. As a wise man from Issaquah once said.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:32 PM on March 12, 2006
That's all I have to say right now before I go to sleep on this side of the globe.
By the way, the universe is shaped exactly like the earth. If you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were. As a wise man from Issaquah once said.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:32 PM on March 12, 2006
Issaquah?
posted by Nice Donkey at 7:31 PM on March 12, 2006
posted by Nice Donkey at 7:31 PM on March 12, 2006
gnfti, have you been reading Washington maps, or is there a European Issaquah?
posted by Cranberry at 9:45 PM on March 12, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 9:45 PM on March 12, 2006
Issaquah tends to vote Democratic so there must be lots of wise people there.
posted by Cranberry at 9:46 PM on March 12, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 9:46 PM on March 12, 2006
It's the birthday of science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, (books by this author) born Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, in Tilden, Nebraska, (1911). He's best known as the author of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (1950), which became the bible of the Church of Scientology, founded in 1954.
posted by Cranberry at 12:32 AM on March 13, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 12:32 AM on March 13, 2006
Our own goodnewsfortheinsane goes into the history books by making the 50,000th post to MetaFilter!
Congratulations gnfti. Nice that you got it since your first anniversary for noobs comment on November 18th was pre-empted.
Also nice that you just happened to have all those 50,000 links handy.
posted by Cranberry at 1:05 PM on March 13, 2006
Congratulations gnfti. Nice that you got it since your first anniversary for noobs comment on November 18th was pre-empted.
Also nice that you just happened to have all those 50,000 links handy.
posted by Cranberry at 1:05 PM on March 13, 2006
(American Pie is kind of a fascist song, lamenting drugs in rock and roll, trashing eight miles high, etc. I've never been able to enjoy it since reading a long breakdown of its politics, since I'm all for drugs and rock and roll.)
Funny that is, Omie, I can see where you're coming from but I never saw it that way. I've read a couple of the line-by-line breakdowns as well, and to me, McLean's main point is his lamenting what he sees as the departure of "real" American music. You may agree with his viewpoint or not, and I certainly think it's archaic at best, but his honesty in this is definitely touching.
I love this song to death if only for the bizarrely thorough (in pop song terms, it's not a book!) overview-ette of rock & roll history. Also, where would we be if we only liked songs that agreed with our particular viewpoints?
Nice Donkey, that's the weird thing - I only noticed it was a Dutch release when I put it on and tried to determine which side was which - I always subconsciously scan for "Side" or the letter S, especially when it's dark, the print is small, etc. etc. (My dad, as you may know by now, is English, and my mum lived in the UK for a while - so it would not have surprised me if at least some of their records were bought in England.) It took me a few seconds to realize it said "Kant 1" instead of "Side 1" . The weird thing is, the cover is entirely in English, including an ad on the back for a (then) new type of record cleaner. Stranger still, the bottom right of the back of the sleeve says "Printed and made by Habo - A'dam" (A'dam being shorthand for Amsterdam), but elsewhere on the same side it says "Made and printed in Great Britain"! My guess, aside from that little anomaly, would be that the sleeve was manufactured in the UK, but the record in NL. The print on the record itself is in Dutch, aside from names and song titles.
Oh, and that wise man from Issaquah? Isaac Brock is his name.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:37 PM on March 13, 2006
Funny that is, Omie, I can see where you're coming from but I never saw it that way. I've read a couple of the line-by-line breakdowns as well, and to me, McLean's main point is his lamenting what he sees as the departure of "real" American music. You may agree with his viewpoint or not, and I certainly think it's archaic at best, but his honesty in this is definitely touching.
I love this song to death if only for the bizarrely thorough (in pop song terms, it's not a book!) overview-ette of rock & roll history. Also, where would we be if we only liked songs that agreed with our particular viewpoints?
Nice Donkey, that's the weird thing - I only noticed it was a Dutch release when I put it on and tried to determine which side was which - I always subconsciously scan for "Side" or the letter S, especially when it's dark, the print is small, etc. etc. (My dad, as you may know by now, is English, and my mum lived in the UK for a while - so it would not have surprised me if at least some of their records were bought in England.) It took me a few seconds to realize it said "Kant 1" instead of "Side 1" . The weird thing is, the cover is entirely in English, including an ad on the back for a (then) new type of record cleaner. Stranger still, the bottom right of the back of the sleeve says "Printed and made by Habo - A'dam" (A'dam being shorthand for Amsterdam), but elsewhere on the same side it says "Made and printed in Great Britain"! My guess, aside from that little anomaly, would be that the sleeve was manufactured in the UK, but the record in NL. The print on the record itself is in Dutch, aside from names and song titles.
Oh, and that wise man from Issaquah? Isaac Brock is his name.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:37 PM on March 13, 2006
gnfti, gnfti, gnfti--Mazel Tov, congratulations, way to come through for the team! Excellent job and sorry to snark about Don Mc.
posted by OmieWise at 4:19 PM on March 13, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 4:19 PM on March 13, 2006
Oh, *that* wise man from Issaquah. I didn't know he had such a messed up childhood. Is that why he makes good music? May be.
Oh, and, Vikings represent!!!!
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:45 PM on March 13, 2006
Oh, and, Vikings represent!!!!
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:45 PM on March 13, 2006
Best of the web award to raedyn for finding that stained glass longboat. It is not even on the first page of the stained glass site.
posted by Cranberry at 12:20 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 12:20 AM on March 14, 2006
Assume Isaac Brock who now lives in Portland is no relation to the (retired) pro-football playing Brocks in the area.
posted by Cranberry at 12:23 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 12:23 AM on March 14, 2006
Hi grouse! Have a Corona and a peddle, old veteran. No more of that gratuitous large text now anymore, is there? (WARNING: links to BIG MESS) Never mind. There's enough ennui-struck pigs and intergalactic spaghetti for everyone.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:56 AM on March 14, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:56 AM on March 14, 2006
I must admit I do not miss BIG, but would hate to lose the judicious use of
posted by Cranberry at 1:02 PM on March 14, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 1:02 PM on March 14, 2006
IIHAA reminds that peep season is coming! An Easter basket must have those inedible little chicks and bunnies.
posted by Cranberry at 1:08 PM on March 14, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 1:08 PM on March 14, 2006
I have five Coronas on my bookshelf right now. Yes, I take books to my office so I will have more room for the beer at home.
You've all seen Peep research, right?
posted by grouse at 2:31 PM on March 14, 2006
You've all seen Peep research, right?
posted by grouse at 2:31 PM on March 14, 2006
Peepsi-pink,yellow and purple?
Marshmallow Chicks Kit
Internet/Catalog Only
Marshmallow chicks are a favorite Easter confection that first gained popularity in the 1950s. Our kit includes everything you’ll need to make the diminutive treats at home: marshmallow mix; two chick molds; pastry bags for piping the prepared marshmallow into molds; and purple, pink and yellow sanding sugars and black eyes for decorating your creations. You can also cut the marshmallow into shapes using the included bunny, egg and chick cookie cutters. Makes approx. 60 chicks. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive. $24.00
posted by Cranberry at 12:07 PM on March 15, 2006
Marshmallow Chicks Kit
Internet/Catalog Only
Marshmallow chicks are a favorite Easter confection that first gained popularity in the 1950s. Our kit includes everything you’ll need to make the diminutive treats at home: marshmallow mix; two chick molds; pastry bags for piping the prepared marshmallow into molds; and purple, pink and yellow sanding sugars and black eyes for decorating your creations. You can also cut the marshmallow into shapes using the included bunny, egg and chick cookie cutters. Makes approx. 60 chicks. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive. $24.00
posted by Cranberry at 12:07 PM on March 15, 2006
I don't know about that kit, Cran. Isn't the manufactured nature of the marshmallow Peep the thing that makes it wonderful? When I bite into a Peep I feel a kind of bliss that only comes from eating a confection concocted by machines, with extra sugar and carnuba wax in place of the love and caring that would go into a version made by human hands. It's like Wonder Bread or Pixy Stix. Sure, your mom could fill a drinking straw with sugar and food coloring at home, but would it be the same?
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:14 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:14 PM on March 15, 2006
A convincing point, ND. DIY peeps would be as silly as grilling hamburgers on the patio instead of going to McDonald's.
posted by Cranberry at 9:37 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 9:37 PM on March 15, 2006
We (read "my wife", a peep freakazoid) made peeps once from an officially-sanctioned peep-making kit. (I dunno if it was the Williams & Sonoma one; it was a gift; I sure hope nobody spent $24 on it.)
They were horrible. They had all the nasty but only half the fluffy vivaciousness.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:18 AM on March 16, 2006
They were horrible. They had all the nasty but only half the fluffy vivaciousness.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:18 AM on March 16, 2006
Click through, it's worth it: "fluffy vivaciousness."
posted by OmieWise at 10:06 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 10:06 AM on March 16, 2006
Omie has discovered the source of the senseless messages that accompany spam emails offering stock market tips, pirate software and Rx drugs. Good show.
posted by Cranberry at 11:26 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 11:26 AM on March 16, 2006
I was just picking up where IIHAA left off. We're all a team here, as you know.
posted by OmieWise at 11:49 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 11:49 AM on March 16, 2006
Whoa, THAT is the motherlode. Stupid work inexplicably blocks babelfish and translate.google, but you can bet the landlords unnaturally Pedro that I'll be checking out that Testing now link tonight.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:16 PM on March 16, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:16 PM on March 16, 2006
You are all cavalierly avoiding the most pressing issue here: What would have been a better way for the giant pill to phrase this question?
posted by gramschmidt at 4:51 PM on March 16, 2006
posted by gramschmidt at 4:51 PM on March 16, 2006
Heavens. grouse, Baby_Balrog, Lynsey... And all you guys have by way of supplies is beer and ho-made peeps? Are they at least green, in anticipation of St. What'sHisName's Day?
posted by gramschmidt at 5:11 PM on March 16, 2006
posted by gramschmidt at 5:11 PM on March 16, 2006
The accusatives retrieved grainy concepts minutely valise ponchos courtship asphalted unwashed destructs visits glitzy digitized results accumulative wrongfulness toughs greediest Yules reliable appointed waiter broach resist.
What's there to Babelfish? If that's not ESL fluency in action, I don't know what is.
Says one caveman to the other, "Language thing this well is working, now us grammar let invent."
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:20 PM on March 16, 2006
What's there to Babelfish? If that's not ESL fluency in action, I don't know what is.
Says one caveman to the other, "Language thing this well is working, now us grammar let invent."
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:20 PM on March 16, 2006
gram, the peeps from last Easter are green. I wasn't planning to eat them.
posted by Cranberry at 9:42 PM on March 16, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 9:42 PM on March 16, 2006
The real question is "Is that monju_bosatsu's car?" If he had gotten up at the same time, had 4 glasses of water and oatmeal, biked or walked to the office while meditating, this accident would never have happened.
OTOH, without accidents, would we need so many lawyers?
posted by Cranberry at 9:48 PM on March 16, 2006
OTOH, without accidents, would we need so many lawyers?
posted by Cranberry at 9:48 PM on March 16, 2006
Dude, trust me. If I were going to eat Peeps, they would be the store-bought kind. I wanted to make DIY marshmallows once, then I saw "homemade marshmallows" at Whole Paycheck and said, "Meh."
posted by Lynsey at 9:58 PM on March 16, 2006
posted by Lynsey at 9:58 PM on March 16, 2006
That is fucking sweet.
Oh. And.
No.
I didn't post in 9622v2 - I don't think so. No.
No, rather, I carefully explained the entire discovery process above. Here.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 8:10 AM on March 17, 2006
Oh. And.
No.
I didn't post in 9622v2 - I don't think so. No.
No, rather, I carefully explained the entire discovery process above. Here.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 8:10 AM on March 17, 2006
My god, that dog is not wearing a seatbelt.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:11 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:11 AM on March 17, 2006
What a nice Balrog dog!
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:44 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:44 AM on March 17, 2006
I wish I had a nice Nice Donkey dog. I guess I could put a "Nice Donkey" collar on my gecko, but I don't think it would have the same effect.
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:45 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:45 AM on March 17, 2006
*gives ND secret gecko-keeper handshake*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:56 PM on March 17, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:56 PM on March 17, 2006
On the internet nobody knows you are a dog? Now we all know about B_B.
posted by Cranberry at 12:57 PM on March 17, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 12:57 PM on March 17, 2006
The Sci-Fi channel is bringing the current incarnation of Dr. Who to the US. It is about time (lord).
posted by Cranberry at 1:05 AM on March 18, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 1:05 AM on March 18, 2006
You have a gecko, too, IIHAA? What kind? Mine's a leopard gecko. She doesn't stick to the walls of her tank, but her ears are such that you can see light through her head.
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:43 AM on March 18, 2006
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:43 AM on March 18, 2006
I have a leucistic leopard gecko named Charlene.
weird. WEIRD WE ALL HAVE GECKOS.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:13 AM on March 19, 2006
weird. WEIRD WE ALL HAVE GECKOS.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:13 AM on March 19, 2006
Madagascar Day, named Segunda.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:32 AM on March 20, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:32 AM on March 20, 2006
I have a gecko wallet named El Segundo, but I left it behind on a road trip. It had my numbers, my jimmy hat...
posted by OmieWise at 5:03 AM on March 20, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 5:03 AM on March 20, 2006
Sounds like bachelorhood is treating you well.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:23 AM on March 20, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:23 AM on March 20, 2006
Was that directed at me?
Not half as well as you suspect, my friend, though probably twice as much as it might could.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 7:28 AM on March 20, 2006
Not half as well as you suspect, my friend, though probably twice as much as it might could.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 7:28 AM on March 20, 2006
No, it was directed at me, but I could say the same thing.
posted by OmieWise at 7:39 AM on March 20, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 7:39 AM on March 20, 2006
You did get the I Left My Wallet In El Segundo reference, right?
posted by OmieWise at 7:39 AM on March 20, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 7:39 AM on March 20, 2006
Was that directed at me?
(I did, from about the last era I listened to hiphop.)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:45 AM on March 20, 2006
(I did, from about the last era I listened to hiphop.)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:45 AM on March 20, 2006
Three of you posted this morning and zero of you thought to find new moorage for the longboat. TSK.
Laughing, giggling, carefree, none of you heard the ominous tolling of the closing bell. TSK.
For lack of a better idea, 11442?
posted by Cranberry at 9:41 AM on March 20, 2006
Laughing, giggling, carefree, none of you heard the ominous tolling of the closing bell. TSK.
For lack of a better idea, 11442?
posted by Cranberry at 9:41 AM on March 20, 2006
You've been doing such a great asses-up job, Cran... we kinda take it for granted that you'll keep an eye out for us. Thanks.
I hereby declare this equinox to be the International Cranberry Appreciation Equinox.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:51 AM on March 20, 2006
I hereby declare this equinox to be the International Cranberry Appreciation Equinox.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:51 AM on March 20, 2006
classic cranberry relish haiku
cranberry nectar
red crunchy food of the gods
happy tastebuds sing.
- paul francis
sweet hot spicy taste
oxymoronic mixture
dancing on my tongue.
- paul francis
Creamy cranberries
With the tang of horseradish
Lovely taste of home
- dena norton
All-American Fruit
Pilgrim's cranberries!
Drops from nature's beating heart.
How I relish them!
- Thea Templeton
posted by Cranberry at 10:05 AM on March 20, 2006
cranberry nectar
red crunchy food of the gods
happy tastebuds sing.
- paul francis
sweet hot spicy taste
oxymoronic mixture
dancing on my tongue.
- paul francis
Creamy cranberries
With the tang of horseradish
Lovely taste of home
- dena norton
All-American Fruit
Pilgrim's cranberries!
Drops from nature's beating heart.
How I relish them!
- Thea Templeton
posted by Cranberry at 10:05 AM on March 20, 2006
IIHAA, you do find odd things, even cranberry haiku.
posted by Cranberry at 10:06 AM on March 20, 2006
posted by Cranberry at 10:06 AM on March 20, 2006
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posted by the giant pill at 1:52 PM on February 20, 2006