Elephant Day celebrated amidst pomp

October 8, 2007 10:26 AM

Happy metafilter elephant day!

Any plans for celebration? These guys seem to have jumped the gun by a day, but they were close.

posted by [@I][:+:][@I] to MetaFilter-Related at 10:26 AM (50 comments total)

Never forget this MetaTalk thread. Oh, to have the 'img' tag for just one day!
posted by ericb at 10:32 AM on October 8, 2007

Some background on this tremendously popular holiday here.
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] at 10:32 AM on October 8, 2007

Or what ericb said.
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] at 10:33 AM on October 8, 2007

Jinx, [@I][:+:][@I] , you owe me a Coke!
posted by ericb at 10:33 AM on October 8, 2007

looks like ericb jumped the gun by a day, too.
posted by dersins at 10:35 AM on October 8, 2007

D'oh.
posted by ericb at 10:37 AM on October 8, 2007

wtf, why does everyone think that Elephant Day is Oct 7th. Is it a timezone thing? Is there an ISO board that can be petitioned regarding this?
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] at 10:40 AM on October 8, 2007

ISO board
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:43 AM on October 8, 2007

This is taking the piss, surely.
posted by Abiezer at 10:55 AM on October 8, 2007 [1 favorite]

You didn't forget? Bless you.
posted by cal71 at 11:23 AM on October 8, 2007

And so it begins.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:27 AM on October 8, 2007

Inspiration, surely, here.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:29 AM on October 8, 2007

Is this something I would need an IMG tag to understand?
posted by slogger at 11:44 AM on October 8, 2007

*laughs smugly to herself with the knowledge that digg is a cesspool of crap*
posted by frecklefaerie at 11:52 AM on October 8, 2007 [1 favorite]

So two of the three official MetaFilter holidays are in October?
posted by eyeballkid at 11:55 AM on October 8, 2007

No, no, no; last year was Elephant Day. This year it's bees.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 12:14 PM on October 8, 2007 [2 favorites]

I just don't get it.
posted by languagehat at 12:26 PM on October 8, 2007

Today is also International Cephalopod Awareness Day.
posted by ericb at 1:10 PM on October 8, 2007

In honor of Elephant Day, the img tag should be brought back, just for today.
posted by homunculus at 1:45 PM on October 8, 2007

Er, what ericb said.
posted by homunculus at 1:48 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant in the way.
posted by chlorus at 1:59 PM on October 8, 2007 [1 favorite]

There is an elephant in the way.
posted by public at 2:56 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant in the bay.
posted by public at 2:59 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant in the fray.
posted by public at 3:05 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant in the hay.
posted by public at 3:06 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant in the ballet.
posted by public at 3:08 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant; within, Earl Gray.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:11 PM on October 8, 2007

There is elephant in the filet (mignon.)
posted by public at 3:14 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant in the cd tray.
posted by public at 3:20 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant at the buffet.
posted by public at 3:21 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant far away.
posted by public at 3:26 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant in the USA.
posted by public at 3:27 PM on October 8, 2007

This is an éléphant in français.
posted by public at 3:30 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant on the grey.
posted by public at 3:41 PM on October 8, 2007

That's it I give up. Someone post some ASCII art.
posted by public at 3:42 PM on October 8, 2007


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posted by 31d1 at 3:47 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant at d'Orsay.
posted by yeti at 3:50 PM on October 8, 2007

Don't say anything about the ear, OK. It was a long time ago - a poaching accident - and he's quite vain, everybody just pretends they don't see it. You don't want to get on his bad side, elephants don't forget these things.
posted by 31d1 at 3:51 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant next to the ballet.
posted by yeti at 3:51 PM on October 8, 2007

And so it begins.
Im my defence, I read the story about the bees and elephants and decided to share with MeFi before seeing this thread. I nearly allowed the anniversary to dissuade me, but bees and elephants are amongst my favourite things.
posted by nowonmai at 4:00 PM on October 8, 2007

There's an elephant on the Champs Elysees.
posted by misha at 4:03 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant made of clay.
posted by SassHat at 4:07 PM on October 8, 2007

Weighin' the elephant.
posted by misha at 4:09 PM on October 8, 2007

Elephants at play.
And some (more) made of clay.
I have nothing clever to say.
Here's a weird tray.

Elephant day.
posted by Tehanu at 4:15 PM on October 8, 2007

There is an elephant in flambe.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:53 AM on October 9, 2007

There is an elephant ashtray.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:55 AM on October 9, 2007

There is an elephant song by Blase.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:00 AM on October 9, 2007

(More accurately, that's Elephant Man doing a song called Blase. But let's not split hairs.)
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:57 AM on October 9, 2007

Especially not elephant hairs.
posted by Tehanu at 7:38 AM on October 9, 2007

There is an elephant in the pay.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 8:07 AM on October 9, 2007