WCityMike's Kumquat Rant July 5, 2007 8:53 AM Subscribe
Damnit, why was my Ask.Mefi question about the average diameter of kumquats deleted?
This post was deleted for the following reason: Poster's Request -- loup
Perhaps your question was deleted for not being specific enough. This seems to indicate that typical kumquat diameter varies greatly by varietal; of the varieties listed there, the smallest is less than a centimeter in diameter, while the largest is 3-4 centimeters. The moderators are notoriously picky about fruit questions; next week, try asking again while specifying the variety that you have in mind.
posted by Kwine at 9:28 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by Kwine at 9:28 AM on July 5, 2007
What I want to know is why my answer was deleted. The fact that the bible never mentions kumquats proves that Jesus was a myth.
I think the moderators just don't like the truth about Christians and Kumquats getting out.
posted by empath at 9:35 AM on July 5, 2007 [1 favorite]
I think the moderators just don't like the truth about Christians and Kumquats getting out.
posted by empath at 9:35 AM on July 5, 2007 [1 favorite]
I'm am OUTRAGED! yes, OUTRAGED! I blame the fatties, the commies, and the democrats. Oh, and the answer is "about an inch".
And I like the scripts too.
posted by blue_beetle at 9:38 AM on July 5, 2007
And I like the scripts too.
posted by blue_beetle at 9:38 AM on July 5, 2007
You know, the only thing that makes me wonder if switching to Opera was a bad idea are the mefi-specific greasemonkey scripts.
posted by shmegegge at 9:48 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by shmegegge at 9:48 AM on July 5, 2007
You should have asked that question two months ago.
It would have stood, Kumquat May.
posted by Floydd at 9:56 AM on July 5, 2007 [1 favorite]
It would have stood, Kumquat May.
posted by Floydd at 9:56 AM on July 5, 2007 [1 favorite]
It would have stood, Kumquat May.
Pit-ee-full.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:08 AM on July 5, 2007
Pit-ee-full.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:08 AM on July 5, 2007
The Cabal deleted Christians' kumquats? Are Rocky Mountain oysters next?
posted by davy at 10:09 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by davy at 10:09 AM on July 5, 2007
MeFi Navigator kicks all kinds of ass. It should be added to the actual code for the site, imo.
posted by Gamblor at 10:13 AM on July 5, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Gamblor at 10:13 AM on July 5, 2007 [1 favorite]
Kumquat May? Seriously? You thought about writing it and then you wrote it and now we have read it, you cannot be happy about making that pun.
posted by jonson at 10:26 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by jonson at 10:26 AM on July 5, 2007
Jonson may pas.
posted by AwkwardPause at 10:29 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by AwkwardPause at 10:29 AM on July 5, 2007
You may be overthinking these kumquats.
posted by trip and a half at 10:38 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by trip and a half at 10:38 AM on July 5, 2007
Shmeggege, will this Opera page help any?
... Now that I've installed the scripts, I've realized I don't like how it says "no other comments" rather than suppressing the box when a person has commented only once. ... mucking about in the user.js to see if I can figure it out and change it.
posted by Tuwa at 10:48 AM on July 5, 2007
... Now that I've installed the scripts, I've realized I don't like how it says "no other comments" rather than suppressing the box when a person has commented only once. ... mucking about in the user.js to see if I can figure it out and change it.
posted by Tuwa at 10:48 AM on July 5, 2007
I don't like Kumquats. They taste like ass, and anyone who says otherwise is stupid.
posted by pupdog at 10:50 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by pupdog at 10:50 AM on July 5, 2007
I know who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong, but... who put the kum on the quats?
posted by Termite at 10:52 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by Termite at 10:52 AM on July 5, 2007
Is this something I'd have to be nicknamed "Rimmer" to understand?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:53 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:53 AM on July 5, 2007
I offered that fruity pun as a symbol of futility.
For those who have taken offense
I offer this as recompense:
For however many kumquats that I eat
I'm not sure if it's flesh or rind that's sweet,
and being a man of doubt at life's mid-way
I'd offer Keats some kumquats and I'd say:
You'll find that one part's sweet and one part's tart:
say where the sweetness or the sourness start.
I find I can't, as if one couldn't say
exactly where the night became the day,
which makes for me the kumquat taken whole
best fruit, and metaphor, to fit the soul
of one in Florida at 42....
From A Kumquat for John Keats by Tony Harrison
posted by Floydd at 11:01 AM on July 5, 2007
For those who have taken offense
I offer this as recompense:
For however many kumquats that I eat
I'm not sure if it's flesh or rind that's sweet,
and being a man of doubt at life's mid-way
I'd offer Keats some kumquats and I'd say:
You'll find that one part's sweet and one part's tart:
say where the sweetness or the sourness start.
I find I can't, as if one couldn't say
exactly where the night became the day,
which makes for me the kumquat taken whole
best fruit, and metaphor, to fit the soul
of one in Florida at 42....
From A Kumquat for John Keats by Tony Harrison
posted by Floydd at 11:01 AM on July 5, 2007
In the end, it was my kumquat curiousity that finally got me to install Greasemonkey. Thanks, WCityMike!
posted by maudlin at 11:41 AM on July 5, 2007
posted by maudlin at 11:41 AM on July 5, 2007
Tuwa:... Now that I've installed the scripts, I've realized I don't like how it says "no other comments" rather than suppressing the box when a person has commented only once. ... mucking about in the user.js to see if I can figure it out and change it.
Here's a pruned down Mefi Navigator. Kudos to matthewr for an awesome script, but it is unnecessarily verbose.
I just realized it's "matthew r", and not "matt hewr", like he is a matt who hews things.
posted by team lowkey at 12:18 PM on July 5, 2007
Here's a pruned down Mefi Navigator. Kudos to matthewr for an awesome script, but it is unnecessarily verbose.
I just realized it's "matthew r", and not "matt hewr", like he is a matt who hews things.
posted by team lowkey at 12:18 PM on July 5, 2007
I absolutely love mefi navigator. Can I just second the quote wish for mac users, too?
(Love the whole kumquat rant. And to think, just this morning I was thinking my life had no meaning!)
posted by misha at 12:20 PM on July 5, 2007
(Love the whole kumquat rant. And to think, just this morning I was thinking my life had no meaning!)
posted by misha at 12:20 PM on July 5, 2007
I just realized it's "matthew r", and not "matt hewr", like he is a matt who hews things.
Hews things 2.0!
posted by stet at 12:40 PM on July 5, 2007
Hews things 2.0!
posted by stet at 12:40 PM on July 5, 2007
I would like to flag WCityMike for misspelling "dammit".
posted by KokuRyu at 1:25 PM on July 5, 2007
posted by KokuRyu at 1:25 PM on July 5, 2007
LOLKumquats!
posted by Roger Dodger at 2:50 PM on July 5, 2007
posted by Roger Dodger at 2:50 PM on July 5, 2007
Thanks, team lowkey. I found the string and axed it, but then doubted that anyone was interested in whether I had. ... Do you have a screenshot of the results of the pruned-down version?
posted by Tuwa at 7:01 PM on July 5, 2007
posted by Tuwa at 7:01 PM on July 5, 2007
why was my Ask.Mefi question about the average diameter of kumquats deleted?
You neglected to specify African or European.
posted by kindall at 7:47 PM on July 5, 2007
You neglected to specify African or European.
posted by kindall at 7:47 PM on July 5, 2007
I'm putting a note on all of your permanent records for misspelling "consarnit".
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:45 AM on July 6, 2007
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:45 AM on July 6, 2007
No one told me there were permanent records!
The kumquat incident isn't on there is it?
posted by pupdog at 7:11 AM on July 6, 2007
The kumquat incident isn't on there is it?
posted by pupdog at 7:11 AM on July 6, 2007
I once felt the heat of the sun on my naked faces. I'll always remember those days.
posted by oxford blue at 8:17 AM on July 6, 2007
posted by oxford blue at 8:17 AM on July 6, 2007
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The scripts look nice; I'm glad they're working.
posted by Tuwa at 9:26 AM on July 5, 2007