That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

September 21, 2007 1:42 AM

Photos from last night's London meetup.

I had a jolly good time. More of the same in a fortnight, please.

posted by armoured-ant to MetaFilter Gatherings at 1:42 AM (46 comments total)

See also.
posted by flashboy at 2:10 AM on September 21, 2007

So did you guys formulate a plan for 5.10?
posted by randomination at 2:13 AM on September 21, 2007

Yes. Our Leader is to be carried in on a sedan chair, to the accompaniment of a fanfare of trumpets, as virgins scatter petals ahead of his arrival. The virgins, this being Metafilter, would, of course, all be male.
posted by essexjan at 2:16 AM on September 21, 2007 [5 favorites]

We are arranging a triumph for him.
posted by flashboy at 2:29 AM on September 21, 2007

I thought we were going to sacrifice him in a Wicker Man to ensure that Metafilter harvests are bountiful next year?
posted by oh pollo! at 2:34 AM on September 21, 2007

Moar photos.

The Wicker Man comes after the sedan chair/triumph/virgins. But before the animal masks.
posted by essexjan at 2:46 AM on September 21, 2007

I just got a good deal on tiger and elephant masks. Still waiting to hear from the guy with piglets and badgers.
posted by Sparx at 3:18 AM on September 21, 2007

i am again boggled at the failure to identify the people in the pictures. pictures are useless without usernames. all one has to do is click on the title and flickr allows you to title the image. it's really frickin' BASIC.
posted by quonsar at 3:57 AM on September 21, 2007 [2 favorites]

Identification will happen, slowly but surely, as the hangover recedes and the ability to identify people gradually returns. Hold your horses, grumpypants.
posted by flashboy at 4:02 AM on September 21, 2007

my pants are always grumpy prior to 7am. the fish needs it's beauty rest.
posted by quonsar at 4:06 AM on September 21, 2007

Mine are all captioned, quonsar.
posted by essexjan at 4:11 AM on September 21, 2007

Mine are all captioned too.
posted by grouse at 4:27 AM on September 21, 2007

Mine aren't, because I uploaded them in the hungover five minutes I had while drying myself after showering this morning. Basic enough?

Next time, I won't shower, and will tag.

GO DIRTY FOR QUONSAR.
posted by armoured-ant at 4:29 AM on September 21, 2007 [3 favorites]

Now it's safe to tell that last night I was an agent for the Sam-Smith-Haterz-Society. Now we have your names, your numbers and your plans.

Vor you, ze cheap drinking is ova.
posted by oh pollo! at 4:37 AM on September 21, 2007

Like this Jan?
posted by cillit bang at 4:37 AM on September 21, 2007

There. All titled. Now get back into your cave.
posted by armoured-ant at 4:39 AM on September 21, 2007

cillit, wtf?
posted by essexjan at 5:10 AM on September 21, 2007

GO DIRTY FOR QUONSAR

Doesn't scody have that on a t-shirt or something?
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:14 AM on September 21, 2007

essexjan: It was a pants joke. You know, like how quonsar has grumpytrousers, not grumpyunderwear?
posted by public at 8:14 AM on September 21, 2007

Wow, you guys aren't hot at all.

resorting to reverse psychology now
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:52 AM on September 21, 2007

Lookin' good, London!
posted by the quidnunc kid at 10:01 AM on September 21, 2007

I would like one of those scraggly yet rather hip-looking british dude beard things.

Email is in profile, please and thank you.
posted by lazaruslong at 12:45 PM on September 21, 2007

resorting to reverse psychology now

I think it's called "negging" now.
posted by grouse at 2:04 PM on September 21, 2007

Lazaruslong: Want to create your own not hot at all british scraggly yet rather hip looking beard? Save time by simply cutting up a badger hair shaving brush, then rolling around in the leavings after covering your face in glue!
posted by Sparx at 2:37 PM on September 21, 2007

Scraggly? I can only assume you're referring to us.

Mean.
posted by armoured-ant at 2:59 PM on September 21, 2007

Eh, scraggly. I calls it hawttt.
posted by GrammarMoses at 3:25 PM on September 21, 2007

Yaaayy! Thank you, everyone. You all were very lovely and you got me alcohol as well. Always a winning combination. Thanks for coming out. Sorry to folks I didn't get to talk to a whole lot who did stop by as well. I'd give everyone hugs if I could.
posted by kkokkodalk at 3:42 PM on September 21, 2007

"it's really frickin' BASIC."

Huh, I thought it was AJAX.
posted by Eideteker at 3:51 PM on September 21, 2007

kkokkodalk is teh hawtness.

did I just say that out loud?
posted by special-k at 3:53 PM on September 21, 2007

I don't know. Do you routinely speak out loud what you type?
posted by Eideteker at 5:00 PM on September 21, 2007

sparx: BADGER RAZOR!

Having just recently discovered the absolute joy that is Stephen Fry and Alan Davies on QI, your joke fills me with a most satisfying richness.

moses: Hawt indeed. That's why I want one. My Scottish heritage is failing me with respect to gruff facial manliness. Yarr.
posted by lazaruslong at 5:06 PM on September 21, 2007

Some of these gentlemen appear besuited as if coming from a proper job. For shame!
posted by Abiezer at 6:35 PM on September 21, 2007

Finally someone I know at a meetup - now where is my shoutout, you bastard?
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 10:59 PM on September 21, 2007

MeFi, British Edition is smashing, what?
posted by taz at 11:49 PM on September 21, 2007 [1 favorite]

Mr Spleen - you'll have to ask randomination about that, as it's buried in his photo collection somewhere (and is, in fact, from a previous meet-up that he never put photos up for because he's secretly quite the villain). On the plus side, though, it did have a face made out of food behind it, so it's got that going for it.

actual truer than most story
posted by Sparx at 12:48 AM on September 22, 2007

September 22nd, 2006: "London meetup photos and handy new Flickr group! Includes flagrant caret^ use."

Cheers to our absent friend chrismear for the stickers, and to optamystic for keeping me entertained for the entire day afterwards. And to old Sam Smith for his fine, fine beer.
posted by hugsnkisses at 3:15 AM on September 22, 2007

I am compelled to post here and in the NYC meetup thread just to say y'all are some good looking guys and gals. Keep up the treatments, whatever they are!
posted by Kloryne at 1:52 PM on September 22, 2007

Has it really been one whole year of MeFi London Flickr Group ah the memories we look so young oh but we never really change.

Looks like it was a fabbo meetup. I am glad to have been spiritually present via the medium of stickers and resemblance to Sparx.
posted by chrismear at 4:39 AM on September 23, 2007

It's the whole matter/antimatter thing I'm worried about for future meetups. Hopefully my advanced age and cunning will win out over your youth, naiveté and charm with the laydeez.

(Though if it doesn't - thankfully, I still have that portrait in the attic. As an object, it's very blunt....)

Seriously though, shame you couldn't make it, Chris. After two meet-ups I've heard *so* much about you. Mwahahaha(koff)ha!
posted by Sparx at 8:40 AM on September 23, 2007

(Back in New York now...)

Hey Chris, too bad you couldn't make it =(

I wish I'd taken more pictures myself so I feel like I'm contributing to the Flickr group, but got only 2 or 3 from the whole thing...and everyone's photos looks so much better too.
posted by kkokkodalk at 9:12 AM on September 23, 2007

I'll get back to a proper London meetup some point soon, Sparx. Not the next one, though. Give me a month. Or two.

Hope you had an excellent time in London, kkokkodalk! Sorry I couldn't catch you.
posted by chrismear at 9:56 AM on September 23, 2007

I also wanted to add that this has been an exceptionally educational trip for me. For one thing, I now get cillit bang's username! I saw it on TV! It's the UK version of Easy Off Bam! I don't know, that was very exciting for me.

I also realized my idea of what "pickles and cheese" sandwiches are was very incorrect. I always thought it was cheese with dill pickles or some such, but after actually eating one I now know they meant Branston Pickle. I had not know of this product's existence, but it was a delicious flavor combo and I even bought a jar of it to bring home with me.
posted by kkokkodalk at 11:36 AM on September 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

so sorry to have missed this........ it looked brilliant.
Have to say though Chris and I were driving through this at the same time
(well it started on Thursday night and finished sometine Sat am in Portugal........)

18 people in Malaga were injured by hailstones, IN SEPTEMBER! I ask you.
Global warming, grumble, grumble....
posted by Wilder at 3:16 PM on September 23, 2007

It's the UK version of Easy Off Bam! Um, I mentioned this at Tatiana's....but I'm sure you've been told why. ;-)
posted by brujita at 10:39 PM on September 23, 2007

So no further on the plans for Fri 5 Oct then? ;-)
posted by i_cola at 4:43 AM on September 24, 2007

in the other thread we seem to have settled on a venue.
posted by Wilder at 6:35 AM on September 24, 2007