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Evidently the fine company here at MeFi isn't enough, and our fine librarian has joined up with Malachi and his anti-Pod World Order renegades.

Or is there someone else running around with the same name? Film at 11.
posted by niles at 10:30 PM on January 28, 2007

So, are you just googling people's names?
posted by Burhanistan at 10:33 PM on January 28, 2007

I just don't know.
posted by bob sarabia at 10:39 PM on January 28, 2007

niles, a fair number of people have similar names.
posted by jonson at 11:06 PM on January 28, 2007

The name Jessamyn is a variant of Jasmine. While it is indeed rare in the U.S., it is by no means unique to mefi's Jessamyn West.
posted by RichardP at 11:18 PM on January 28, 2007

Unique or not, you can't deny the appeal of the image of MeFi's Jessamyn taking up with a rag-tag crew of Kalashnikov-toting anti-Apple guerrilla fighters.
posted by infinitywaltz at 11:26 PM on January 28, 2007 [1 favorite]

Except for how she runs toward the Apple stormtroopers with hands raised in abject surrender at the end.
posted by ottereroticist at 11:31 PM on January 28, 2007

Heck, there are even two authors named Jessamyn West.
posted by Infinite Jest at 11:36 PM on January 28, 2007

Jessamyn's middle name is Charity.

Jokes (all of which she has undoubtedly heard before) are left as an exercise for the reader.
posted by ottereroticist at 11:38 PM on January 28, 2007

How can a voice be near hysterics?
posted by clockzero at 11:45 PM on January 28, 2007

Metonymically, of course.
posted by cortex at 12:00 AM on January 29, 2007 [1 favorite]

Did they add something to the water that makes people lose all inhibition for making MetaTalk posts? It seems like this last week or two has had like a dozen MetaTalks per day, most of them being quite... uh... yeah.
posted by Rhomboid at 12:13 AM on January 29, 2007

MetaFilter: a rag-tag crew of Kalashnikov-toting anti-Apple guerrilla fighters.
posted by No Mutant Enemy at 12:20 AM on January 29, 2007

... with hands raised in abject surrender at the end.
posted by RichardP at 12:30 AM on January 29, 2007

Huggles?
posted by cgc373 at 1:29 AM on January 29, 2007

Or is there someone else running around with the same name?

A quick Google search reveals that our so-called 'Matt' has been getting around too. Steps must be taken!
posted by chrismear at 1:33 AM on January 29, 2007

If you need help stalking somebody you should post in askmefi.
posted by jouke at 3:14 AM on January 29, 2007 [1 favorite]

Is there a nice way to say 'stop shitting up Metatalk'?

No?

Ah well.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:08 AM on January 29, 2007

40,000K'ers are such dicks.

er, wait...
posted by quonsar at 4:18 AM on January 29, 2007

Fine is a fine word. You could of used something else, though fine is fine, even in the same sentence. I love using 'could of' instead of 'could have', because it causes actual physical pain in some people when they read it. It's the power of words. Tell you what though niles had Mal been named Matt, I would've lol'd. At least a little.
posted by econous at 4:32 AM on January 29, 2007

Between this and the "MetaTalk" thread below, I'll admit to being really confused and having the start of a headache.
posted by OmieWise at 5:29 AM on January 29, 2007

i ate a bee
posted by killdevil at 5:41 AM on January 29, 2007 [1 favorite]

My cat food smells like cat breath!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:43 AM on January 29, 2007

This link is going to point to the wrong place tomorrow.
posted by smackfu at 5:49 AM on January 29, 2007

The 'New Post' link at the top of the page is very prominent. Perhaps if the text was a sort of 2-tone grey/brown colour and was moved around the page randomly, things would improve.
posted by peacay at 6:10 AM on January 29, 2007

Definately time for a new meta subdomain. GoogleMe has nice ring to it.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 6:17 AM on January 29, 2007

niles.
posted by Partial Law at 6:20 AM on January 29, 2007

I was very disappointed to find that this was not a Firefly post.
posted by brownpau at 6:21 AM on January 29, 2007 [4 favorites]

This thread is useless without image tags.

Come to think of it, even with image tags, it would be useless.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:43 AM on January 29, 2007

Damn, brownpau, that's precisely what I was thinking when I clicked on the link too!
posted by xaire at 6:47 AM on January 29, 2007

brownpau, if you close your eyes and concentrate real hard, you can even make the imdb page read "Je~~wel~~ssamyn Staite".
posted by cortex at 6:54 AM on January 29, 2007

Call for deletion. Do I hear a second?... The motion is carried.
posted by languagehat at 7:33 AM on January 29, 2007

My kingdom for a Kalashnikov.
posted by jessamyn at 7:40 AM on January 29, 2007 [2 favorites]

Whoever said 40,000k'ers suck is a poopy-kaka redundant head.
posted by Mister_A at 7:49 AM on January 29, 2007

* drops trou in outrage
posted by boo_radley at 8:02 AM on January 29, 2007

troutrage?

quonsar?
posted by cortex at 8:09 AM on January 29, 2007

I always preferred the original Warhammer to the 40k version also.
posted by Kwine at 9:39 AM on January 29, 2007

so much hate in the room today.
posted by quarter waters and a bag of chips at 10:08 AM on January 29, 2007

YOU SUCK AT THRILLER
posted by ninjew at 10:08 AM on January 29, 2007

Also, I don't think Celestial Seasonings puts enough goddamn chicory it any of its teas. Unless it's some single source like peppermint, you'll see chicory in it, and it's all I can taste when it's in one of their teas. I'm convinced I'll soon be able to buy Celestial Seasonings' Chicory-dickory-dock with 100% chickory essence infused chicory.
posted by boo_radley at 1:26 PM on January 29, 2007

"Jessamyn's middle name is Charity.

Jokes (all of which she has undoubtedly heard before) are left as an exercise for the reader."

It shoulda been Patience.
posted by klangklangston at 1:40 PM on January 29, 2007

Hey killdevil (or anyone, really), can you tell me the provenance of the phrase "i ate a bee"? I've seen it here a few times over the years, and have even started saying it occasionally. Does anyone know where it comes from? Please help me, someone. I think I'm losing my mind. THE BEE CONTROLS ME.
posted by hot soup girl at 2:52 PM on January 29, 2007

I wonder if the sales of that mp3 player on woot will be better for its exposure here today.
posted by Dave Faris at 3:15 PM on January 29, 2007

compact and effective. bidding is still open!
posted by nj_subgenius at 4:09 PM on January 29, 2007

*arrgh*
posted by nj_subgenius at 4:10 PM on January 29, 2007

"Heck, there are even two authors named Jessamyn West."

The other one's name isn't really "Jessamyn West".
posted by davy at 5:47 PM on January 29, 2007

"Dude killfiled me, Mal. Killfiled me with a mod. How weird is that?"
posted by stet at 5:54 PM on January 29, 2007 [2 favorites]

Perhaps killdevil means "I swallowed a bug"?

(Or maybe there's something about a bee that I don't know.)
posted by librarina at 6:03 PM on January 29, 2007

The bee thing is just a thing.
posted by cortex at 6:10 PM on January 29, 2007

Ralph Wiggum also swallowed a bee.
posted by Burhanistan at 6:18 PM on January 29, 2007

What's really weird is that I've seen more than a few uses of the word 'bingo' on other websites.
posted by bingo at 6:32 PM on January 29, 2007

hot soup girl - This is the earliest I could find (2003):
i ate a bee when i was younger. it flew right into my mouth as i was eating soup.
bees killed my grandfather. he disturbed a nest in the yard, the hive attacked him. he was quite old so when he tripped he couldn't get up. the entire swarm stung him.
posted by tellurian at 6:36 PM on January 29, 2007

"I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die."
posted by davy at 7:01 PM on January 29, 2007

Except for how she runs toward the Apple stormtroopers with hands raised in abject surrender at the end.
Jessamyn is French?
posted by dg at 7:12 PM on January 29, 2007

I8AB
posted by Bugg at 7:55 PM on January 29, 2007

I'm going to name my first born Jessamyn, and my poodle Matt H.
posted by liquorice at 8:00 PM on January 29, 2007

Bugg, did you mean I8AB ?
posted by tellurian at 8:25 PM on January 29, 2007

Woot namechecked ME exactly 4 weeks ago.

Wendell turned the lights down low and took a moment to enjoy the scene. Two sparkling glasses of Chianti, the mellow tones of Luther Vandross, the loveliest supermodel he’d yet seen in his time at the embassy in Rio, and his trusty RCA Combo DVD Recorder & VCR.

Coincidence? Probably. Unfortunately, it's been almost 24 hours and they haven't sold out of the item...

Here's a permanent link to the Jessamyn Woot.
posted by wendell at 8:41 PM on January 29, 2007

Thanks, tellurian. I figured it for a non sequitur, but couldn't help wondering if it were a secret cabal in-joke. Or an incredibly famous quote that only I didn't know. Or something.
posted by hot soup girl at 7:58 AM on January 30, 2007

psst, hot soup girl, that was a red herring. Never stop wondering. It's all true.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 8:03 AM on January 30, 2007

No, I hadn't seen that. It was just a curious thing I stumbled upon in trying to figure out where the phrase originated. Yet, somehow I feel you've uncovered a clue... Perhaps Bugg should travel to Ontario in search of this B.?
posted by Bugg at 9:02 AM on January 30, 2007

Bugg : I8AB

Eponysterical!

And I too thought it was a reference to librarina's "I swallowed a bug". Alas, this is not the case.
posted by quin at 4:57 PM on January 30, 2007

Oh, and I just remembered where "What are we going to do, Mal?" comes from: Captain Planet.
posted by klangklangston at 7:06 PM on January 30, 2007

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