No comment from me.... September 6, 2008 10:19 PM Subscribe

Innocuous, yet predictable.
posted by dhartung to MetaFilter-Related at 10:19 PM (2012 comments total) 19 users marked this as a favorite

What?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:33 PM on September 6, 2008

Meta meta
posted by crataegus at 10:41 PM on September 6, 2008

I think my head just exploded
posted by youcancallmeal at 10:43 PM on September 6, 2008

Love the Fruhlinger callout.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:47 PM on September 6, 2008

9622 2: Comment Boogaloo
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:58 PM on September 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Anyone want to give me odds on this thread turning into a cult thread?
posted by Kattullus at 11:17 PM on September 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Expression of disinterest followed by long explanation how the self-explanatory thread is not all that new an idea and definitely did not originate here.
posted by wendell at 11:20 PM on September 6, 2008

Link from 1999 indicating how played-out this is.
posted by 0xFCAF at 11:31 PM on September 6, 2008

Link to latest Queen Victoria comic declaring "The cartoonist is officially out of ideas."
posted by wendell at 12:02 AM on September 7, 2008

Quit making my pop-up blocker sweat so hard. Come out and say what you want about whatever it is you're trying to tie together; Otherwise you yourself might fall victim to a snarky internet rebuttal of some sort. I'm not saying I'm the one to deliver said comment; Only that I may be the first to recognize such a vulnerability.

Also, I like using semicolons.

However, why are they "semi" when they clearly use more pixel/print space than a regular "colon" i.e. ":". Answer me that; pretentious Victorian-era-illustration-based snark-filtered Onion-esque webcomic!
posted by self at 12:05 AM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

Are we amused?
posted by Cranberry at 12:18 AM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

previously
posted by LobsterMitten at 12:20 AM on September 7, 2008

and also previously here, with a link to another one
posted by LobsterMitten at 12:22 AM on September 7, 2008

I used the zoom button to read the whole thing.
posted by carsonb at 12:32 AM on September 7, 2008

Are we amused?

No. Nonetheless, we seem to be having some degree of fun.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:38 AM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

Whoa, the only way this could get more meta is if it turned out I'm my dad..
posted by mediocre at 12:43 AM on September 7, 2008 [4 favorites]

Metafilter wasn't the first site to do this, I remember a kuro5hin thread or something with a similar angle, back in the day.
posted by delmoi at 12:56 AM on September 7, 2008

Meta Part Deux
posted by amyms at 1:12 AM on September 7, 2008

However, why are they "semi" when they clearly use more pixel/print space than a regular "colon" i.e. ":". Answer me that; pretentious Victorian-era-illustration-based snark-filtered Onion-esque webcomic!

Her Majesty requested that I convey the following response to you:

Because the colon is defined as two points. The semi (half) colon only uses one. Therefore, semi. We are not amused by your intransigence.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 1:27 AM on September 7, 2008

Ooh, can we play Questions?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 3:36 AM on September 7, 2008

Can we?
posted by wendell at 3:56 AM on September 7, 2008

What's Questions?
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 5:04 AM on September 7, 2008

Was I wrong to think that it's the game where you have to ask questions all the time?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:06 AM on September 7, 2008

Yes.
posted by blasdelf at 6:29 AM on September 7, 2008

Get your ruff on.
posted by flabdablet at 7:22 AM on September 7, 2008

So, are we playing questions, or not?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:21 AM on September 7, 2008

No.
posted by Meatbomb at 8:23 AM on September 7, 2008

Let's play exhortations instead.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:04 AM on September 7, 2008 [2 favorites]

We'd really better not, I warn you.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:08 AM on September 7, 2008

Alright, let's play Alphabet then.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:10 AM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

But I don't like Alphabet.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 9:18 AM on September 7, 2008

Butt out of this, Dane.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:18 AM on September 7, 2008

Cortex lost at Alphabet!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:20 AM on September 7, 2008

Don't let false starts stifle your efforts.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:27 AM on September 7, 2008

Everyone needs to chill out.
posted by yhbc at 9:28 AM on September 7, 2008

Fuck this game.
posted by sveskemus at 9:35 AM on September 7, 2008

Great. I loved it. It was much better than Cats.
posted by waraw at 9:48 AM on September 7, 2008

How is this played?
posted by Zed_Lopez at 9:58 AM on September 7, 2008

I HATE YOU FOR PLAYING BECAUSE I HATE JOY!
posted by Kattullus at 9:58 AM on September 7, 2008

Joy? Come on, Kattullus, you lobbed that one over the plate.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:03 AM on September 7, 2008

Killing a hangover is best done with a big bacon sandwich, as I am doing now.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:10 AM on September 7, 2008

Lettuce goes on that sandwich, or else you get the hose again.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:13 AM on September 7, 2008

Mayonnaise, too.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:19 AM on September 7, 2008

Not ketchup, though.
posted by languagehat at 10:39 AM on September 7, 2008

Om nom nom nom. Sandwich.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:41 AM on September 7, 2008

Phuket is a city in Thailand.
posted by Kattullus at 10:46 AM on September 7, 2008

Quite. Now tell us something we didn't know.
posted by yhbc at 10:51 AM on September 7, 2008

Roger that. Give me an hour at Wikipedia and I'll find something for you.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 11:04 AM on September 7, 2008

Say, can anyone play this super-fun game?
posted by Rumple at 11:26 AM on September 7, 2008

Now tell us something we didn't know.

If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
posted by carsonb at 11:28 AM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

"a statue of a person on a horse in the park"

Stung by by the cut'n'paste syntax wasp. Ow.
posted by carsonb at 11:30 AM on September 7, 2008

That's it, carsonb! I'm taking my ball and going home!
posted by Kattullus at 11:32 AM on September 7, 2008

Uh oh, Kattullus, not your ball!
posted by spaceman_spiff at 11:38 AM on September 7, 2008

Aw, guys, sorry to mess it up.
posted by carsonb at 11:50 AM on September 7, 2008

Expression of mild irritation. Somewhat relevant link botched by dropped greater than sign. Daft joke.

Fake embarrassed footnote in small font.
posted by louche mustachio at 12:16 PM on September 7, 2008

Vamoose, ya varmints!
posted by yhbc at 12:22 PM on September 7, 2008

Where did everyone go?
posted by tepidmonkey at 12:52 PM on September 7, 2008

I admit I was thinking of the sad and droopy Elcor race from Mass Effect (and their speech patterns) when I read through this thread. Anyone else?
posted by avocet at 1:00 PM on September 7, 2008

...wait, I posted this in the wrong thread.
posted by avocet at 1:02 PM on September 7, 2008

X marks the buried treasure that is this thread.
posted by Rumple at 1:06 PM on September 7, 2008

Y, lord, Y??
posted by languagehat at 1:31 PM on September 7, 2008

Ziraleet! It's over!
posted by bitter-girl.com at 1:37 PM on September 7, 2008

Awesome.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:38 PM on September 7, 2008

But... but... I thought we were done.
posted by bitter-girl.com at 1:45 PM on September 7, 2008

Come on, let's try to stay on topic this time.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:49 PM on September 7, 2008

Damn, that was really really clever
posted by From Bklyn at 1:50 PM on September 7, 2008

Clearly you thought erroneously.
posted by Skorgu at 1:51 PM on September 7, 2008

Edit: Clearly so did I.
posted by Skorgu at 1:51 PM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

Fuckin' A
posted by Rumple at 2:00 PM on September 7, 2008

goodnewsfortheinsane, you missed the chance to start a sentence with aardvark.
posted by Killick at 2:07 PM on September 7, 2008

How on earth could he have missed that?
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 2:24 PM on September 7, 2008

I have no idea.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 2:38 PM on September 7, 2008

I just don't know.
posted by languagehat at 2:38 PM on September 7, 2008

Just don't know.
posted by languagehat at 2:39 PM on September 7, 2008

I just zoned out, I suppose, but I would like to point out that "aardvark" derives from Dutch "earth" + "pig".
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 2:40 PM on September 7, 2008

Kill me please.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 2:44 PM on September 7, 2008

Let him live, killing's too good for him.
posted by languagehat at 2:46 PM on September 7, 2008

Moreover, I was going to say: "Lurking." But then: languagehat.
posted by Haruspex at 2:55 PM on September 7, 2008

Nah, it's all internet silliness.
posted by Lynsey at 2:58 PM on September 7, 2008

O RLY?
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:04 PM on September 7, 2008

:-P
posted by Rumple at 3:07 PM on September 7, 2008 [2 favorites]

Quite surprising, to me at least, that a Dutch word (aardvark) would apply to animals found outside the Dutch sphere of influence in the new world. I mean, on Manhattan, sure... but aren't they generally found in Texas and the southwest?
posted by bitter-girl.com at 3:09 PM on September 7, 2008

Re: aardvarks, I believe they are native to Southern Africa, where the Dutch had a strong presence. Armadillos may be the Texans in question. Aardwolfs are similar in their distribution, as are Afrikaaners.
posted by Rumple at 3:16 PM on September 7, 2008

Shit. My bad, Rumple. :)
posted by bitter-girl.com at 3:35 PM on September 7, 2008

Totally confused here.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:42 PM on September 7, 2008

When I woke up this morning
I saw an armadillo
Imagine my surprise
It was right there on my pillow
I then went to the kitchen
And there I saw an aardvark
Said "why aren't you in Texas"
He said "I come from Denmark".
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:57 PM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

I'm an aardvark standing proud! I'm an aardvark standing bravely! If I tried to be specific and a little scientific, I am feeling quite terrific! I'm an aardvark, fierce and free! I'm an aardvark and I'm happy! I'm an aardvark, and I'm tough and smart and always right and that's the way I'm gonna be, until I meet another aardvark who's bigger than me!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:03 PM on September 7, 2008 [3 favorites]

I think the song goes

I want to go home with the aar-aar-aard-vark
Country music from Amarillo....
posted by lukemeister at 4:05 PM on September 7, 2008

Unbelievably awesome, grapefruitmoon -- reminds me of something my dachshund would say.
posted by bitter-girl.com at 4:08 PM on September 7, 2008

Very silly, all of you.
posted by gingerbeer at 4:31 PM on September 7, 2008

what
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:34 PM on September 7, 2008

We try, gingerbeer.
posted by bitter-girl.com at 4:34 PM on September 7, 2008

xenotransplantation of an aardvark's nose onto an Afrikaaner's face would be chilingly amusing
posted by Rumple at 4:38 PM on September 7, 2008

You know, you're probably right about that.
posted by gingerbeer at 4:40 PM on September 7, 2008

ZERO!
ZERO!
ZERO!
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:49 PM on September 7, 2008

And again?
posted by EarBucket at 4:55 PM on September 7, 2008

Baardvark!
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:01 PM on September 7, 2008

Cardsharp?
posted by Skorgu at 5:04 PM on September 7, 2008

Come on, cortex. Come on. That's just silly.
posted by bitter-girl.com at 5:04 PM on September 7, 2008

Don't know if it was intentional, but "baardvark" would be "beard pig".
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:06 PM on September 7, 2008 [2 favorites]

Especially weird, then, that I considered "beardvark" originally.
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:12 PM on September 7, 2008

For the rest of the evening my name will be Violetta.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:14 PM on September 7, 2008 [2 favorites]

goodnewsfortheinsane, "goodnewsfortheinsane" would be just too easy
posted by Rumple at 5:16 PM on September 7, 2008

Hi, everybody!
posted by BitterOldPunk at 5:18 PM on September 7, 2008

I'M RATHER CONFUSED.
posted by loquacious at 5:27 PM on September 7, 2008

John McCain was a P.O.W.
posted by Rumple at 5:31 PM on September 7, 2008

Kerry wasn't?
posted by yhbc at 5:40 PM on September 7, 2008

Liberal, windsurfing French P.O.W., if it matters.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:41 PM on September 7, 2008

No more politics, let's go back to that aarvark thing. Fuck you! I'm an anteater!
posted by metastability at 5:42 PM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

me sorry for skipping M.
posted by metastability at 5:44 PM on September 7, 2008

nevermind
posted by Rumple at 5:44 PM on September 7, 2008

Order is important here, folks!
posted by gingerbeer at 5:49 PM on September 7, 2008

Sarah.
posted by Killick at 5:54 PM on September 7, 2008

Perturbed is more like it.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:57 PM on September 7, 2008

Preview, dammit.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 5:57 PM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

Quod erat demonstrandum?
posted by yhbc at 6:00 PM on September 7, 2008

Quit that.
posted by languagehat at 6:00 PM on September 7, 2008

ROFL
posted by A dead Quaker at 6:13 PM on September 7, 2008

STFU
posted by yhbc at 6:18 PM on September 7, 2008

Tits or GTFO.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 6:20 PM on September 7, 2008

*ahem* to continue...

So I said "Denmark, eh?
Are you from Copenhagen?"
"Yes, but now here in the States,
I manage Donald Fagen.
You see, us Danish aardvarks,
We control the music biz"
I said "I didn't know that"
He said "that's how it is"

I said "have you had breakfast?"
He said "why, no, not yet"
I said "you Danish aardvarks
must like scrambled eggs, I bet".
I opened up the cabinet,
To get my out my egg beater,
And what was in my cabinet?
A big long-nosed anteater.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:25 PM on September 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

Uh, what?
posted by Pax at 6:36 PM on September 7, 2008

Violetta. Paging Violetta, to the grey courtesy phone.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:40 PM on September 7, 2008

Well hello there, sailor. Do man-boobs count, dirtynumbangelboy?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:41 PM on September 7, 2008

X-Files alum David Duchovny recently entered rehab for compulsive man-boob counting.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:44 PM on September 7, 2008

You must be yoking.
posted by yhbc at 6:50 PM on September 7, 2008

Željko Ivanek?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:00 PM on September 7, 2008

Are usernames accepted?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:01 PM on September 7, 2008

Bastard.
posted by A dead Quaker at 7:09 PM on September 7, 2008

Come on!!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:11 PM on September 7, 2008

Don't. Just - don't.
posted by yhbc at 7:13 PM on September 7, 2008

(eff-word disguises limited vocabulary)
posted by Rumple at 7:19 PM on September 7, 2008

"Fuck"? Well, I am limited.
posted by anotherpanacea at 7:21 PM on September 7, 2008

Gosh.
posted by maxwelton at 7:29 PM on September 7, 2008

Huh
posted by gingerbeer at 7:40 PM on September 7, 2008

It's
posted by popechunk at 7:45 PM on September 7, 2008

jessamyn's
posted by Rumple at 7:52 PM on September 7, 2008

kinky
posted by yhbc at 7:54 PM on September 7, 2008

library!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:55 PM on September 7, 2008

MeTa
posted by motty at 8:16 PM on September 7, 2008

Meh.
posted by yhbc at 8:16 PM on September 7, 2008

Nuts!
posted by yhbc at 8:17 PM on September 7, 2008

Oh, preview already.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:20 PM on September 7, 2008

Preview?
posted by Rumple at 8:24 PM on September 7, 2008

Preview?
posted by yhbc at 8:25 PM on September 7, 2008

Quoted for TRUTH.
posted by yhbc at 8:25 PM on September 7, 2008

Really, you'd think a bunch of mefites could do better than one word....
posted by anotherpanacea at 8:25 PM on September 7, 2008

Sure.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:27 PM on September 7, 2008

TTIUWOP.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:31 PM on September 7, 2008

u
posted by Rumple at 8:33 PM on September 7, 2008

Very good night, all.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:41 PM on September 7, 2008

What did I miss, guys?
posted by sourwookie at 8:49 PM on September 7, 2008

What was that?

No, seriously. Besides, I just spent twenty minutes looking for a picture of that chick from "V" swallowing the mouse - or was it a gerbil? - to use as a one-letter image link for "V" and came up empty. Dammit!

Also, I really did type "Preview?" just after Rumple did, and was very surprised to see my comment was already there when I previewed it.

On preview - aaargh!!!!!!!
posted by yhbc at 8:51 PM on September 7, 2008

This seems like as good a place as any to up my MetaTalk comment count.
posted by AwkwardPause at 9:10 PM on September 7, 2008

xx or xy?
posted by Rumple at 9:35 PM on September 7, 2008

yhbc, you really should try that "preview" thing...
posted by gingerbeer at 10:03 PM on September 7, 2008

ZING
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:13 PM on September 7, 2008

Alphabets are useful and diverting, aren't they?
posted by Rumple at 10:30 PM on September 7, 2008

Ball ain't as fun as youse guys.
posted by Kattullus at 10:34 PM on September 7, 2008

Cast (in order of appearance):
posted by maxwelton at 11:29 PM on September 7, 2008

dhartung, dirtynumbagelboy, delmoi......
posted by Rumple at 12:14 AM on September 8, 2008

Eideteker and Effigy2000 are inexplicably in absentia.
posted by cgc373 at 12:42 AM on September 8, 2008

Fuck'em... sleep is for the weak!
posted by Kattullus at 12:59 AM on September 8, 2008

Good grief, you're still at it?
posted by From Bklyn at 1:40 AM on September 8, 2008

How the hell did this all get started, again?
posted by kyleg at 2:15 AM on September 8, 2008

If I'm reading correctly, it's gnfti's fault.
posted by cgc373 at 2:36 AM on September 8, 2008

jouke could be controlling him from behind the curtain.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:55 AM on September 8, 2008

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!

Oh, wait... that's jouke? Hey, that guy's alright... okay, pay attention!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:34 AM on September 8, 2008

Kattullus, did you bring the ball back with you?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:49 AM on September 8, 2008

Looks like a 'no'.
posted by motty at 4:04 AM on September 8, 2008

Man, I really wanted that ball.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:10 AM on September 8, 2008

No ball for you!
posted by EarBucket at 4:11 AM on September 8, 2008

O
^ball for you
posted by dg at 4:39 AM on September 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

Please ignore (read: Pay no attention to) flapjax at midnite. He knows not what he does.
posted by cgc373 at 5:04 AM on September 8, 2008

Quite ridiculous, these allegations.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:18 AM on September 8, 2008

Ridiculous is right.
posted by MrMustard at 6:02 AM on September 8, 2008

So ... anyone for Alphabet Questions?
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 7:07 AM on September 8, 2008

Timewaster, how would that work?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:15 AM on September 8, 2008

Unfortunately I think we are about to find out.
posted by tallus at 7:25 AM on September 8, 2008

VIOLETTA! THERE ARE TWO T'S! HAS ANYONE SEEN HER?
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:35 AM on September 8, 2008

Please ignore (read: Pay no attention to) flapjax at midnite. He knows not what he does.

Good advice, cgc373. After all, everyone knows that ignorance is bliss.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:40 AM on September 8, 2008

What's that a reference to, Cortex?
posted by EarBucket at 7:42 AM on September 8, 2008

Xerxes at Thermopylae or Violetta at the Hipster Bar: which mankiller got more booty?
posted by Rumple at 8:03 AM on September 8, 2008

and, continuing...

The anteater said:
"I don't want no eggs,
Hey man, sin't you got any ants?"
I said "no, but i've heard tell, my friend
That there's a fish in quonsar's pants"
Just then the armadillo
(the one that'd been on my pillow)
Walked into the kitchen and started bitchin'
Said: "this MeTa don't stand a chance".

So I sez to the armadillo:
"Oh wow, so you read Metafilter?"
He said, "yeah, well, every so often,
when I'm feeling a little off kilter"
But then the armadillo and the aardvark
And the anteater all went away,
And I looked around at my empty kitchen and thought:
It's a brand new day.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:09 AM on September 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

You know, I have no idea -- but Xerxes got more Artabanus.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:10 AM on September 8, 2008

Zeal is no substitute for cooperation, flapjax, sorry.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:10 AM on September 8, 2008

AARDMAN STUDIOS
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:14 AM on September 8, 2008

Be careful this thing could go on forever.
posted by Pax at 8:15 AM on September 8, 2008

Sorry to seem uncooperative, goodnewsfortheinsane... I guess I just don't know what I'm supposed to be cooperating with.

I'll be here all week! Try the zeal!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:17 AM on September 8, 2008

chill, only diamonds are forever
posted by Rumple at 8:24 AM on September 8, 2008

Dammit, flapjax, get with the program.
posted by languagehat at 8:55 AM on September 8, 2008

The program? Uh.. ok. I like AARDMAN STUDIOS. Nick Park is one of my favorite animators. Chicken Run kicked total claymation ass.

Is that better?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:58 AM on September 8, 2008

Eh, not really...
posted by From Bklyn at 9:06 AM on September 8, 2008

Flapjax has lost the plot.
posted by chowflap at 9:06 AM on September 8, 2008

Oh dear, and here it is bedtime... I'll check back in the morning and see if I can get back in line with the universe.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:08 AM on September 8, 2008

Good.
posted by languagehat at 9:24 AM on September 8, 2008

Hey, lay off flapjax, he didn't mean no harm.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:31 AM on September 8, 2008

I just don't know about that.
posted by yhbc at 9:33 AM on September 8, 2008

John 4:25
posted by Rumple at 10:26 AM on September 8, 2008

Kill me now.
posted by Pax at 11:39 AM on September 8, 2008

Later, maybe.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 11:42 AM on September 8, 2008

Maybe.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:45 AM on September 8, 2008

NO
posted by gingerbeer at 11:46 AM on September 8, 2008

OP, did you predict the killings? Innocuous, my anus.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 11:51 AM on September 8, 2008

Predictor? He hardly knew 'er.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:52 AM on September 8, 2008

Quandaries abound!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:01 PM on September 8, 2008

Right on, nifty!
posted by Kattullus at 12:06 PM on September 8, 2008

Really good Monday morning here, how about you?
posted by Lynsey at 12:08 PM on September 8, 2008

So late to the party that it's Monday afternoon now. Sorry!
posted by Lynsey at 12:09 PM on September 8, 2008

That's ok, Lynsey. Anyone can play!
posted by gingerbeer at 12:13 PM on September 8, 2008

Using proper rules, of course.
posted by languagehat at 12:15 PM on September 8, 2008

VIOL—oh, there she is.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:16 PM on September 8, 2008

Who is this Violetta chick, and furthermore, where is that damned ball?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 12:27 PM on September 8, 2008

XQUZYPHYR? Was that you?
posted by yhbc at 12:47 PM on September 8, 2008

yhbc, you old devil!
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:54 PM on September 8, 2008

Zany. This is just so zany.
posted by MrMustard at 12:57 PM on September 8, 2008

A-fucking-men.
posted by Kattullus at 1:00 PM on September 8, 2008

Butting in, late in the game to continue the eleventy-billionth round of Alphabet.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 1:14 PM on September 8, 2008

Come on!!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:23 PM on September 8, 2008

Damn, you people are relentless.
posted by languagehat at 1:25 PM on September 8, 2008

!ECNEF !EHT !DLIUB
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:26 PM on September 8, 2008 [3 favorites]

Eternal sounds nicer than relentless.
posted by dg at 1:29 PM on September 8, 2008

Fuck you, cortex;-)
posted by dg at 1:32 PM on September 8, 2008

Gee, that's not very nice.
posted by languagehat at 1:44 PM on September 8, 2008

He doesn't mean anything by it.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:47 PM on September 8, 2008

QFT. WTF?
posted by trip and a half at 1:48 PM on September 8, 2008

It's true, I didn't mean anything by it. It's also true that profanity is the crutch of inarticulate fuckwits.
posted by dg at 1:53 PM on September 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

Just me, move along.
posted by ersatz at 2:02 PM on September 8, 2008

Kill me now.
posted by adamdschneider at 2:17 PM on September 8, 2008

LOL
posted by Skot at 2:19 PM on September 8, 2008

May I?
posted by kosem at 2:21 PM on September 8, 2008

No, you mayn't.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 2:48 PM on September 8, 2008

omg.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:54 PM on September 8, 2008

Pauly Shore died for your sins.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:56 PM on September 8, 2008

Quartered as the weasel was he
posted by mrzarquon at 3:00 PM on September 8, 2008

Reincarnated as one as well?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:09 PM on September 8, 2008

STFU
posted by gingerbeer at 3:15 PM on September 8, 2008

This thread, too, could reach 1,500 comments, provided we're all willing to pitch in and refuse to stop playing Alphabet.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 3:29 PM on September 8, 2008

u2?
posted by languagehat at 3:36 PM on September 8, 2008

Vows to contribute.
posted by rtha at 3:37 PM on September 8, 2008

*whistles innocently*
posted by motty at 3:49 PM on September 8, 2008

Your turn.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:58 PM on September 8, 2008

xanax makes me not care that x got skipped
posted by Rumple at 4:00 PM on September 8, 2008

Zippity jesus!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:09 PM on September 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

Apologies for being stupid.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:17 PM on September 8, 2008

Aha! Alphabet game? I'm just figuring that out! (imagine my embarrassment).
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:18 PM on September 8, 2008

Be not so nervous
Be not so frail
Someone watches you
You won't fail

Be not so nervous
Be not so frail
Be not so nervous
Be not so frail

Be not so sorry
For what you have done
You must forget them now
It's done

And when you wake up
You will find that you can run
Be not so sorry
For what you have done

Be not so fearful
Be not so pale
Someone watches you
You won't leave the rails

Be not so fearful
Be not so pale
Be not so fearful
Be not so pale

You must forget them now
It's done

And when you wake up
You will find that you can run
Be not so sorry
For what you have done

Be not so sorry
For what you have done

(for flapjax)
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:18 PM on September 8, 2008

Bah! One minute late!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:19 PM on September 8, 2008

Call first, next time, flapjax at midnite.
posted by bitter-girl.com at 4:32 PM on September 8, 2008

Don't be discouraged though!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:32 PM on September 8, 2008

Everyone makes mistakes!
posted by mrzarquon at 4:35 PM on September 8, 2008

flapjax at 12:01, for example
posted by Rumple at 4:38 PM on September 8, 2008 [2 favorites]

Game on!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 4:40 PM on September 8, 2008

Glad you caught on, flapjax
posted by gingerbeer at 4:42 PM on September 8, 2008

Hah! Caught by my own lack of preview. Darn you AV.
posted by gingerbeer at 4:47 PM on September 8, 2008

I'll definitely stick around for more Alphabet.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:51 PM on September 8, 2008

Just wishing I had something clever to say right now.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 4:56 PM on September 8, 2008

Knowledge is power.
posted by languagehat at 4:59 PM on September 8, 2008

Language is hat.
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:08 PM on September 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

Mercy.
posted by Pax at 5:11 PM on September 8, 2008

You people freak me out. I LOVE YOU ALL!
posted by Effigy2000 at 5:18 PM on September 8, 2008

No comment from me...
posted by motty at 5:23 PM on September 8, 2008

Oh come on!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:25 PM on September 8, 2008

Please join me in flagging all ABC comments as noise.
posted by rikschell at 5:35 PM on September 8, 2008

quit it
posted by mrzarquon at 5:43 PM on September 8, 2008

RAISIN' MCCAIN
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:44 PM on September 8, 2008

Stop it, all of you.
posted by languagehat at 5:44 PM on September 8, 2008

Too late for that.
posted by yhbc at 5:56 PM on September 8, 2008

UKELELE!

VAGINA!

WEINERSCHNITZEL!

XERXES!

YAHOO!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 5:59 PM on September 8, 2008

cheater
posted by solipsophistocracy at 6:02 PM on September 8, 2008

An infinity of monkeys has still not typed the works of Shakespeare
posted by Rumple at 6:18 PM on September 8, 2008

But we continue to expect it, somehow.
posted by flabdablet at 6:22 PM on September 8, 2008

But they got a good start on it. "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of popopopo gafizzle York." Missed it by that much.
posted by yhbc at 6:22 PM on September 8, 2008 [4 favorites]

Christ, when will I learn to preview?
posted by yhbc at 6:23 PM on September 8, 2008

December 15th, 2012. Just in time for the Mayan apocalypse. That preview sure will come in handy.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:31 PM on September 8, 2008

Excellent.
posted by yhbc at 6:36 PM on September 8, 2008

Fer chrissakes, you guys are still at it?
posted by EarBucket at 6:41 PM on September 8, 2008

Guys, we're annoying EarBucket
posted by Rumple at 6:46 PM on September 8, 2008

How much will this annoy EarBucket?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:48 PM on September 8, 2008

I think it will annoy Earbucket a lot.
posted by gingerbeer at 6:54 PM on September 8, 2008

Aaaah, go bucket in your ear.
posted by Effigy2000 at 7:19 PM on September 8, 2008

Just play along, Effigy2000
posted by gingerbeer at 7:21 PM on September 8, 2008

Kafka was the monkey who started Hamlet.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 8:10 PM on September 8, 2008

Lord, not the blink tag.
posted by EarBucket at 8:24 PM on September 8, 2008

mmmwoooohahahahaa.... yes, it's the blink tag.
posted by Rumple at 8:33 PM on September 8, 2008

posted by cortex (staff) at 8:36 PM on September 8, 2008

OMG
posted by mrzarquon at 8:37 PM on September 8, 2008

Putz.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:39 PM on September 8, 2008

playing with the img tag there I see, cortex. way to lord your image power ways over us plebeian folk.
posted by gingerbeer at 8:39 PM on September 8, 2008

QUIT IT AMBROSIA! Stop stepping on my lines!
posted by gingerbeer at 8:40 PM on September 8, 2008

Quails?!
posted by Rumple at 8:40 PM on September 8, 2008

Rumple. . .that's Big Bird.
posted by EarBucket at 8:41 PM on September 8, 2008

So this is where the boat is.
posted by rtha at 8:44 PM on September 8, 2008

*runs in front of Gingerbeer, and can-cans with tasseled pasties, feather boa and jazz-hands akimbo*
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:45 PM on September 8, 2008

Totally in the wrong order is my brains.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:46 PM on September 8, 2008

udderly ridiculous
posted by mrzarquon at 8:48 PM on September 8, 2008

Very nice boa you got there, Ambrosia.
posted by gingerbeer at 8:49 PM on September 8, 2008

Wow! Nice pasties.
posted by rtha at 8:59 PM on September 8, 2008

We are the best of the Web.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 9:01 PM on September 8, 2008

Wait, did I miss W?
posted by wendell at 9:09 PM on September 8, 2008

Wendell!
posted by rtha at 9:09 PM on September 8, 2008

Xerography is still my art of choice.
posted by wendell at 9:10 PM on September 8, 2008

You said my name; I'm yours.
posted by wendell at 9:10 PM on September 8, 2008

Zounds!
posted by kosem at 9:13 PM on September 8, 2008

Late to the joke and not really getting it.
posted by awfurby at 9:13 PM on September 8, 2008

awfurby, it's really quite a simple joke.
posted by kosem at 9:14 PM on September 8, 2008

All right then. Are we starting again?
posted by rtha at 9:14 PM on September 8, 2008

Better pay attention, rtha.
posted by kosem at 9:16 PM on September 8, 2008

Can I point out to the uninformed to take a GOOD look at the first letter of each comment and TRY to keep things in order?
posted by wendell at 9:20 PM on September 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

Don't worry too much about it, awfurby. It only seems complicated initially.
posted by gingerbeer at 9:22 PM on September 8, 2008 [2 favorites]

Extremely sorry about the lack of preview, kosem.
posted by rtha at 9:33 PM on September 8, 2008

Fuckin' hell, I am so late.
posted by casarkos at 9:40 PM on September 8, 2008

Gosh, rtha, didn't mean to harsh you.
posted by kosem at 9:55 PM on September 8, 2008

Happily, I did not take it as harshness, kosem. No worries!
posted by rtha at 10:06 PM on September 8, 2008

I don't think it's appropriate for people to comment more than a couple of times per alphabet.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:34 PM on September 8, 2008

Just give other people a chance, is all I'm saying.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:34 PM on September 8, 2008

kosem, I mean you, by the way.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:35 PM on September 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

Um, 'scuze me?
posted by trip and a half at 10:53 PM on September 8, 2008

Louts are the only people who would comment multiple times in this game, it's true.
posted by rtha at 10:54 PM on September 8, 2008

Must you talk to me that way, gingerbeer?
posted by Effigy2000 at 10:58 PM on September 8, 2008

Now now, children, calm down or nobody gets popsicles.
posted by wendell at 11:08 PM on September 8, 2008

Or any other treats.
posted by MrMustard at 11:12 PM on September 8, 2008

Pshaw.
posted by amyms at 11:25 PM on September 8, 2008

Quite thrilled that I got this before it was totally through.
posted by Stunt at 11:49 PM on September 8, 2008

Really glad you could join us, Stunt.
posted by MrMustard at 11:53 PM on September 8, 2008

So. Still at it, huh?
posted by From Bklyn at 12:05 AM on September 9, 2008

This will not... you know.
posted by wendell at 12:50 AM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

Um... end?
posted by h00py at 1:25 AM on September 9, 2008

4 More Years!
posted by maxwelton at 1:42 AM on September 9, 2008

--
posted by maxwelton at 1:43 AM on September 9, 2008

Welton, W after V and before X.
posted by ersatz at 3:51 AM on September 9, 2008

Xylophones are in my immediate future this morning. Music class day with the tot, oh my!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:54 AM on September 9, 2008

You missed 'V'
posted by MrMustard at 4:08 AM on September 9, 2008

Zebras freak me out.

I thought 4 more years! was for Victory!
posted by dg at 4:29 AM on September 9, 2008

Actually, it might have been.
posted by MrMustard at 4:35 AM on September 9, 2008

Breakfast, anyone? If it's breakfast time where you are, of course. Or even if it's not.
posted by rtha at 5:44 AM on September 9, 2008

Coffee. Must have coffee.
posted by motty at 6:16 AM on September 9, 2008

Didn't we just discuss this?
posted by Pax at 6:22 AM on September 9, 2008

Excuse me?
posted by tallus at 6:34 AM on September 9, 2008

For the love of God, keep your voices down. It's not time to for me to get up yet! Grarrrrrumph!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:58 AM on September 9, 2008

Goodnight! (hey, it's bedtime in Tokyo...)
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:04 AM on September 9, 2008

Holy kamoly, this is getting ridiculous.
posted by languagehat at 7:14 AM on September 9, 2008

I'm inclined to agree.
posted by kosem at 7:18 AM on September 9, 2008

Just because we are having fun does not mean we are ridiculous
posted by mrzarquon at 7:20 AM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

Know what? I don't come to Metatalk for fund and games.
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 7:25 AM on September 9, 2008

Looks like I'll have to wait a while to post the "fund = fun" correction.
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 7:31 AM on September 9, 2008

Maybe we could go backwards next time? Z to A?
posted by yhbc at 7:40 AM on September 9, 2008

"Next time"? Horrible thought!
posted by languagehat at 7:42 AM on September 9, 2008

Ouroboring you, lhate?
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:54 AM on September 9, 2008

Perhaps we are.
posted by dg at 8:01 AM on September 9, 2008

Quell the urge to continue with this silliness.
posted by MrMustard at 8:03 AM on September 9, 2008

Roger that.
posted by adamdschneider at 8:08 AM on September 9, 2008

Still, it is kind of amusing.
posted by Pax at 8:13 AM on September 9, 2008

True, true.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 8:15 AM on September 9, 2008

Unbelievable, you people.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:17 AM on September 9, 2008

Very close to the end now.
posted by MrMustard at 8:29 AM on September 9, 2008

Why not just end it here, though?
posted by not_on_display at 8:34 AM on September 9, 2008

Xenoglossia is a useful skill for this, I've learned. No stopping!
posted by rtha at 8:43 AM on September 9, 2008

"You people"!!!

jessamyn, what do you mean, "you people"?
posted by kosem at 8:56 AM on September 9, 2008

Zounds! I say, that's caddish!
posted by languagehat at 8:57 AM on September 9, 2008

AAAaaaaardlahoma where the ants come sweepin' cross the tongue
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:58 AM on September 9, 2008

Bacon. That is all.
posted by not_on_display at 9:03 AM on September 9, 2008

Cun-- oh crap. I forget the verdict of that Meta thread; is that word allowed?
posted by inigo2 at 9:06 AM on September 9, 2008

Canadian bacon...now that is all
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 9:07 AM on September 9, 2008

Do we have to do two "d" comments now?
posted by not_on_display at 9:15 AM on September 9, 2008

Definitely - if we're not going backwards, double up, I say!
posted by yhbc at 9:19 AM on September 9, 2008

Ewoks did WTC
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:20 AM on September 9, 2008

Everybody pretty much does what they want around here.
posted by languagehat at 9:21 AM on September 9, 2008

For example?
posted by not_on_display at 9:28 AM on September 9, 2008

FYOB.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:29 AM on September 9, 2008

Get with the program, jessamyn, two comments per letter!
posted by Kattullus at 9:30 AM on September 9, 2008

Hey - lay off jessamyn!
posted by gingerbeer at 9:31 AM on September 9, 2008

Huh?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:31 AM on September 9, 2008

I don't get it.
posted by motty at 9:37 AM on September 9, 2008

I'm sorry.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:41 AM on September 9, 2008

just say "I'm sorry" twice, or it doesn't count
posted by Rumple at 9:44 AM on September 9, 2008

Jesus, I'm sorry!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:46 AM on September 9, 2008

Kittens, anyone?
posted by mrzarquon at 9:48 AM on September 9, 2008

Keep Jesus out of this, please.
posted by not_on_display at 9:50 AM on September 9, 2008

Must not upset the locals.
posted by tallus at 9:51 AM on September 9, 2008

Looks like dyslexia strikes once again, whoops!
posted by tallus at 9:53 AM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

Lexi Dys strikes at Mid Day
posted by mrzarquon at 9:58 AM on September 9, 2008

Mid Sex likes Dixie Straws
posted by not_on_display at 10:04 AM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

Maybe we should go back to one comment per letter.
posted by yhbc at 10:11 AM on September 9, 2008

Novel idea.
posted by NikitaNikita at 10:12 AM on September 9, 2008

NO!
posted by inigo2 at 10:13 AM on September 9, 2008

Okay, have it your way.
posted by yhbc at 10:23 AM on September 9, 2008

Oops, or is it?
posted by Rumple at 10:33 AM on September 9, 2008

Perhaps, perhaps not.
posted by not_on_display at 10:36 AM on September 9, 2008

Pretend it didn't happen.
posted by languagehat at 10:37 AM on September 9, 2008

Question: how long will this go on?
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 10:42 AM on September 9, 2008

Quite eponysterical question.
posted by Rumple at 10:44 AM on September 9, 2008

Reminds me of a game I used to play...
posted by Pax at 10:51 AM on September 9, 2008

Result: with a comment every five minutes, for thirty days, we'd cycle through the alphabet three hundred times.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 10:52 AM on September 9, 2008

Sarah Palin's thread shall be our roadkill.
posted by Rumple at 10:57 AM on September 9, 2008 [2 favorites]

To ad nauseum, and beyond!
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:59 AM on September 9, 2008 [3 favorites]

That's what I was gonna say!
posted by Pax at 11:00 AM on September 9, 2008

Toad nausea and Beyonce!
posted by Rumple at 11:02 AM on September 9, 2008

Someone needs to add another "S" comment to catch up for cortex. He can't count very well.

edit: neither can Rumple.
posted by yhbc at 11:03 AM on September 9, 2008

Uh-oh, one S and three T's? I feel dizzy!
posted by not_on_display at 11:03 AM on September 9, 2008

Uhh, never mind.
posted by not_on_display at 11:04 AM on September 9, 2008

Vikings R Us
posted by Rumple at 11:05 AM on September 9, 2008

Violent tendencies notwithstanding.
posted by yhbc at 11:12 AM on September 9, 2008

What
posted by mrzarquon at 11:19 AM on September 9, 2008

Woodpecker butt.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:21 AM on September 9, 2008

xenophobe
posted by mrzarquon at 11:27 AM on September 9, 2008

x:

1. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
2. the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
3. the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
4. being one more than nine
5. word ends in x
posted by not_on_display at 11:29 AM on September 9, 2008

Xylotomous is one way to describe a woodpecker
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 11:29 AM on September 9, 2008

You're too slow, but nice try.
posted by not_on_display at 11:29 AM on September 9, 2008

You have a promiscuous mother.
posted by Eideteker at 11:39 AM on September 9, 2008

Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead.
posted by MrMustard at 11:44 AM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

Zymurgy is the study of the foaming head, among other things.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:44 AM on September 9, 2008

A
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:45 AM on September 9, 2008

ardvark
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:45 AM on September 9, 2008

again?
posted by yhbc at 11:49 AM on September 9, 2008

Better than two: three.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:56 AM on September 9, 2008

Ballesteros bowls, bored beauties bids "buh-bye".
posted by soundofsuburbia at 11:57 AM on September 9, 2008

Better is not always more-r.
posted by not_on_display at 11:58 AM on September 9, 2008

Can I possibly thank you all enough for providing me with a forum in which to discuss something that doesn't involve McCain/Palin, the fear of the end of the world at the hands of the good people over at CERN or how the Republicans are out to get us all (it's nice to take a one-day break)?
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 12:08 PM on September 9, 2008

Checks are payable to MrZarquon, however easiest way to say thanks is with cash monies
posted by mrzarquon at 12:12 PM on September 9, 2008

Cash on its way, mrz!
posted by gingerbeer at 12:14 PM on September 9, 2008

Don't give him anything! He's crazy, I tell you!
posted by yhbc at 12:16 PM on September 9, 2008

Divert all funds to me instead.
posted by not_on_display at 12:19 PM on September 9, 2008

doesn't Hawaiian have only ten letters in its alphabet?
posted by Rumple at 12:23 PM on September 9, 2008

Exactly why that liberal fool Obama will take us all down -- how can you support the 2nd amendment with only 10 letters??
posted by inigo2 at 12:33 PM on September 9, 2008

Enthusiasm--that's how.
posted by kosem at 12:45 PM on September 9, 2008

Euthenasia?
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:03 PM on September 9, 2008

Fortunately, spelling doesn't count.
posted by yhbc at 1:09 PM on September 9, 2008

Fuck everything, we're doing five comments per letter next round.
posted by Kattullus at 1:13 PM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

Five? What happened to four?
posted by yhbc at 1:15 PM on September 9, 2008

Gaudeamus igitur!
posted by languagehat at 1:17 PM on September 9, 2008

Get with the program: five is the new four.
posted by Rumple at 1:18 PM on September 9, 2008

Gimme six, have I got six? Six here? Six comments per letter? Gimme six!
posted by carsonb at 1:21 PM on September 9, 2008

Has the whole world gone crazy? There are rules here.
posted by kosem at 1:23 PM on September 9, 2008

Ha ha ha ha ha ha (cough)
posted by not_on_display at 1:24 PM on September 9, 2008

Good god, do you people have nothing better to do at 6am?
posted by dg at 1:24 PM on September 9, 2008

How am I supposed to keep up on this stupid slow connection?
posted by dg at 1:25 PM on September 9, 2008

Intuition, my boy.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:29 PM on September 9, 2008

Instinct.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:29 PM on September 9, 2008

Insightification.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:30 PM on September 9, 2008

Just try your best, that's all we ask.
posted by yhbc at 1:32 PM on September 9, 2008

Jaded fucks around here won't cut you a break no matter what you do. Jesus!
posted by kosem at 1:35 PM on September 9, 2008

Jaundice is not a good color to paint a baby room
posted by mrzarquon at 1:38 PM on September 9, 2008

Krusty Komedy Klassic!
posted by not_on_display at 1:41 PM on September 9, 2008

KKK took my baby away.
posted by languagehat at 1:45 PM on September 9, 2008

Klingons! No! Not Klingons, faux Klingons!
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 2:09 PM on September 9, 2008

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
posted by languagehat at 2:11 PM on September 9, 2008 [2 favorites]

Laughing at faux Klingons. And (on preview) Latin.
posted by MrMustard at 2:12 PM on September 9, 2008

Methinks Language is showing off his Latin hat.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 2:12 PM on September 9, 2008

Lorenz ipso dolor sit am et, consecrator adipose elite, send do serious temp or incipient UT labore et Dolores magna aliquot. UT enigma ad minim venial, quips nostrum exacerbation full labor is nisi UT aliquip ex ear commode consequent. Du is auto figure dolor in reprehended in voluptuaries veldt else cilium Dolores eau fugal null paramour. Except sin Occident Cupid non provident, sun in culpa qui official desecrate moll it anima id EST laborum. (Spellchecked that for ya, LH, you're welcome.)
posted by not_on_display at 2:14 PM on September 9, 2008

My head hurts.
posted by dg at 2:22 PM on September 9, 2008

Minds of my generation, best of: destroyed by madness.
posted by kosem at 2:23 PM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

Note the sign, kosem.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:25 PM on September 9, 2008

"NO GINSBERG"
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:25 PM on September 9, 2008

Now wait, two or three?
posted by Pax at 2:33 PM on September 9, 2008

One.
posted by youcancallmeal at 2:34 PM on September 9, 2008

NO GINSBERG, NO FERLINGHETTI, NO SERVICE.
posted by languagehat at 2:35 PM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

Oh, we've moved on.
posted by languagehat at 2:35 PM on September 9, 2008

Orlovsky? Okay.
posted by kosem at 2:42 PM on September 9, 2008

Please to try and keep up. kthnxbi.
posted by dg at 2:47 PM on September 9, 2008

Only read beat poetry if you're really, really stoned.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 2:56 PM on September 9, 2008

Poop. I was out of order.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 2:57 PM on September 9, 2008

Please explain the difference between quails, queens, and quahogs. TIA.
posted by yhbc at 3:01 PM on September 9, 2008

Quite the copout, using two pleases for P.
posted by adamdschneider at 3:05 PM on September 9, 2008

REVERSE!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 3:17 PM on September 9, 2008

Quails have feathers, queens feather beds, quahogs neither but make for better chowder.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:18 PM on September 9, 2008

Pigeons have beaks, plebians better sex, periwinkles neither but make for better escargot...?
posted by not_on_display at 3:21 PM on September 9, 2008

Oh man, REVERSE! is hard!
posted by NikitaNikita at 3:27 PM on September 9, 2008

No it's not. What are you on about?
posted by motty at 3:34 PM on September 9, 2008

Quintessential Metafilter thread, A++++
posted by misha at 3:40 PM on September 9, 2008

Meh, we're reversing now?
posted by misha at 3:43 PM on September 9, 2008

Maybe A+++, but A++++?
posted by not_on_display at 3:45 PM on September 9, 2008

Late.
posted by not_on_display at 3:45 PM on September 9, 2008

Looks like we are.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:45 PM on September 9, 2008

Krunk smash.
posted by adamdschneider at 3:56 PM on September 9, 2008

ELELEKU!

ANIGAV!

LEZTINHCSRENIEW!

SEXREX!

OOHAY!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 3:59 PM on September 9, 2008

Just lay still, buddy. The paramedics will be here soon.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:17 PM on September 9, 2008

Ischemic attack?
posted by Rumple at 4:28 PM on September 9, 2008

Just lay still? What? When he's this close to finally nailing that Shakespeare like everyone's always predicted?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:28 PM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

I think you missed the reverse memo.
posted by NikitaNikita at 5:09 PM on September 9, 2008

He took long enough to figure out the forward one!
posted by languagehat at 5:17 PM on September 9, 2008

Geez, what a maroon.
posted by Pax at 5:36 PM on September 9, 2008

flapjax and midnite are both spelled wrong. let's pile on the moran.
posted by Rumple at 5:39 PM on September 9, 2008

EVERYONE OUT OF THE POOL!
posted by not_on_display at 6:11 PM on September 9, 2008

Dude, you're being very undude.
posted by kosem at 6:15 PM on September 9, 2008

Can't you see what's happening here?
posted by languagehat at 6:16 PM on September 9, 2008

But what happened to the three-fer? One guy suddenly thinks to yell "REVERSE" and you all just give up?

Okay, fine.

REVERSE!!!
posted by yhbc at 6:17 PM on September 9, 2008

Can't see. Your hat is in my way, ma'am.
posted by not_on_display at 6:18 PM on September 9, 2008

Dude, SKIP TWO.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:22 PM on September 9, 2008

Drat. And double drat.
posted by motty at 6:22 PM on September 9, 2008

Ever-changing rules make some of us appear to be dim-witted, unfortunately.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:24 PM on September 9, 2008

Fuck. Cocked it.
posted by motty at 6:24 PM on September 9, 2008

Gah!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:25 PM on September 9, 2008

He means no harm, really, he's just happy to see you.
posted by not_on_display at 6:26 PM on September 9, 2008

I dunno about that.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:28 PM on September 9, 2008

JUST KIDDING!!!
posted by yhbc at 6:34 PM on September 9, 2008

Killer! I'm right on time for weiner jokes!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 7:20 PM on September 9, 2008

LOOK OUT! A GIANT WEINER!
posted by Kattullus at 7:34 PM on September 9, 2008

My, my, that IS a big one.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:38 PM on September 9, 2008

Bot a wiener, a knockwurst, And don't knock it.
posted by wendell at 7:39 PM on September 9, 2008

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH
posted by wendell at 7:39 PM on September 9, 2008

Not a wiener, a knockwurst, And don't knock it.
posted by wendell at 7:40 PM on September 9, 2008

Oh. But I bot a weiner, too. But no money left for mustard.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:46 PM on September 9, 2008

Pumpernickel or rye?
posted by not_on_display at 8:12 PM on September 9, 2008

Pity, that.
posted by dg at 8:15 PM on September 9, 2008

Quit doubling up the letters! We're back to normal!
posted by not_on_display at 8:43 PM on September 9, 2008

Rats.
posted by A dead Quaker at 8:47 PM on September 9, 2008

"...SKIP TWO" - Cortex. Oh, what found memories I have of Uno.
posted by NikitaNikita at 8:52 PM on September 9, 2008

Sydney or the bush!
posted by not_on_display at 8:53 PM on September 9, 2008

***sigh***
posted by not_on_display at 8:54 PM on September 9, 2008

Three's the rule now? Or am I just confused? Or both?
posted by gingerbeer at 9:07 PM on September 9, 2008

UNDERSTANDMENT IS THE FIRST STEP TO ENLIGHTENMENTALISM
posted by Kattullus at 9:49 PM on September 9, 2008

VERACITIMALLITUDE IS SUBJECTIONABLE, HOWEVER, GRASSHOPPEDUPONNER
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:01 PM on September 9, 2008

What?
posted by amyms at 10:04 PM on September 9, 2008

X-zactly.
posted by not_on_display at 10:06 PM on September 9, 2008

yes we have no bananas
posted by Rumple at 10:13 PM on September 9, 2008

Zero bananas?
posted by Kattullus at 10:16 PM on September 9, 2008

Aye
posted by Rumple at 10:17 PM on September 9, 2008

Bee...cause we like you!
posted by wendell at 10:37 PM on September 9, 2008

C is for Cookie. That's good enough for me.
posted by amyms at 10:39 PM on September 9, 2008

Dee Xtrovert should be paged
posted by Rumple at 10:42 PM on September 9, 2008

Everybody knows that I can do the alphabet in mefites anytime, anyplace, right? (elizard, falconette, goshling, hadjiboy, ikkyu2....)
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:54 PM on September 9, 2008 [1 favorite]

freebird!
posted by Rumple at 11:02 PM on September 9, 2008

GLOSSOLALIA! Avliopily ga olmuwe trettrakak som nembesan flarglomyta deh.
posted by Kattullus at 11:07 PM on September 9, 2008

Hell if I will. Hell if I will.
posted by cgc373 at 11:10 PM on September 9, 2008

I will!
posted by not_on_display at 11:15 PM on September 9, 2008

Just for kicks, let's do every third letter
posted by Rumple at 11:24 PM on September 9, 2008

Might be too much for us to handle.
posted by Quidam at 11:33 PM on September 9, 2008

Puh-lease.
posted by adamdschneider at 11:36 PM on September 9, 2008

So far, so good.....
posted by Rumple at 11:51 PM on September 9, 2008

Very impressed.
posted by Quidam at 11:55 PM on September 9, 2008

YES!
posted by wendell at 12:02 AM on September 10, 2008

But... but... but...
posted by From Bklyn at 12:11 AM on September 10, 2008

What you people are doing here is strictly forbidden. Stop now, or I shall have cortex post more images.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:22 AM on September 10, 2008

UbuRoivas probably has some way around these stultifying restrictions.
posted by cgc373 at 12:32 AM on September 10, 2008

Very interesting thread. I had no idea what I was in for when I saw 500+ comments.
posted by Brainy at 1:22 AM on September 10, 2008

Wow was one of the words on your mind as you scrolled, wasn't it, Brainy?
posted by cgc373 at 1:34 AM on September 10, 2008

Um, aren't we going backwards a little here...
posted by From Bklyn at 1:41 AM on September 10, 2008

Totally, From Bklyn. Rumple's confused everything down here. Triplets? Reversals? I'm trying to have it both ways, but X's gonna vex the mess, if we ever get there.
posted by cgc373 at 1:54 AM on September 10, 2008

X is a bitch indeed, it's true. (She owes me five bucks. Hell if I ever get ahold of her.)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:31 AM on September 10, 2008

Stop this now! This activity is forbidden!
posted by Meatbomb at 4:15 AM on September 10, 2008

A-whuhhhh? Where am I?

[CTRL-ALT-DEL]
[RESTART]
posted by not_on_display at 4:50 AM on September 10, 2008

RESTART, indeed!
posted by kyleg at 6:25 AM on September 10, 2008

Amazing it would be if I could get through the entire series on my own.
posted by kyleg at 6:27 AM on September 10, 2008

But certainly someone will come along to cock it up.
posted by kyleg at 6:27 AM on September 10, 2008

Cortex, perhaps?
posted by kyleg at 6:27 AM on September 10, 2008

Don't count on it.
posted by not_on_display at 6:29 AM on September 10, 2008

Eh, I knew it wouldn't last.
posted by kyleg at 6:29 AM on September 10, 2008

Everyone knows Meatbomb is an illegal activity!
posted by not_on_display at 6:31 AM on September 10, 2008

Fine, you go first then.
posted by not_on_display at 6:32 AM on September 10, 2008

Gladly.
posted by kyleg at 6:32 AM on September 10, 2008

How many comments have not included profanity?
posted by kyleg at 6:33 AM on September 10, 2008

I. coffee
II. metafilter
III. pants
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:41 AM on September 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

Jessamyn, you certainly have your priorities in order.
posted by kyleg at 6:49 AM on September 10, 2008

kyleg, your priorities were clear too.
posted by cgc373 at 6:55 AM on September 10, 2008

London calling.
posted by ersatz at 7:15 AM on September 10, 2008

Madness?!
posted by adamdschneider at 7:25 AM on September 10, 2008

No, just MetaTalk.
posted by kyleg at 7:27 AM on September 10, 2008

O Superscript
O^Judge
O^{Mom and Dad}
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:47 AM on September 10, 2008 [2 favorites]

Predictable, yet innocuous?
posted by MrMustard at 8:00 AM on September 10, 2008

Quick! Call Quincy!
posted by tallus at 8:04 AM on September 10, 2008

Remember Phlebas? (Wait, that's not right.)
posted by cgc373 at 8:08 AM on September 10, 2008

Stop! In the name of love.
posted by languagehat at 8:40 AM on September 10, 2008

Traumatized, languagehat?
posted by misha at 8:44 AM on September 10, 2008

Under the Sign of Satan? No that's not it, either.
posted by cgc373 at 8:45 AM on September 10, 2008

Verily, I am still in need of caffeine.
posted by rtha at 8:47 AM on September 10, 2008

We should do a theme next time 'round.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:58 AM on September 10, 2008

What do you do with a drunken sailor?
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 9:00 AM on September 10, 2008

You're right Alvey. I propose Things Older Than John McCain.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 9:00 AM on September 10, 2008

Zajkrleapjreioare. I mean things John McCain is older THAN.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 9:01 AM on September 10, 2008

Xenophon's books are older than John McCain, but maybe we've missed that boat.
posted by cgc373 at 9:06 AM on September 10, 2008

You mean we can't just drag any tired old meme out from under a pile of inside jokes and use it as our Alphabet theme? Okay. How about colorful non-English profanity?
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 9:15 AM on September 10, 2008

Xerxes picked McCain as his running mate. Way back when.
posted by not_on_display at 9:23 AM on September 10, 2008

Wait... the theme is colorful non-English profanity? Oh meepzorp.
posted by not_on_display at 9:24 AM on September 10, 2008

Vvvv... no... xxxx... what the hell people, are we going backwards or forwards?We must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
posted by Kattullus at 9:30 AM on September 10, 2008

Abortions for all!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:34 AM on September 10, 2008

Bologna for me!
posted by not_on_display at 9:47 AM on September 10, 2008

Caligula (older than John McCain)

Chingada tu madre (colorful non-English profanity)
posted by adamdschneider at 9:52 AM on September 10, 2008

Dor-sho-gha! (Klingon curse used to express great frustration)
posted by not_on_display at 9:56 AM on September 10, 2008

Eastcoast smoothie!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:08 AM on September 10, 2008

Flagged.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:11 AM on September 10, 2008

Geh und stüre dich von einer Klippe!
posted by not_on_display at 10:28 AM on September 10, 2008

Helvete!
posted by languagehat at 10:41 AM on September 10, 2008

Illvetica.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:47 AM on September 10, 2008

Jævla naboen! ['Fucking neighbor!']
posted by languagehat at 11:05 AM on September 10, 2008

Klingon slang ain't nothin' to frak with.
posted by cgc373 at 11:46 AM on September 10, 2008

Lalilulelo, you konami klowns.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:53 AM on September 10, 2008

Mere Chuus Maro
posted by not_on_display at 12:10 PM on September 10, 2008

If you people do not stop this now (it's silly) I shall have this thread closed and all participants banned and flogged.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:21 PM on September 10, 2008

nigga, please
posted by Rumple at 12:22 PM on September 10, 2008

Out of the way, Meatbomb.
posted by From Bklyn at 12:27 PM on September 10, 2008

Pig with Lipstick On, That's You, that is.
posted by Rumple at 12:38 PM on September 10, 2008

Query: quality, or quantity?
posted by kosem at 12:40 PM on September 10, 2008

Raunchity.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:54 PM on September 10, 2008

Staunchity raunchity?
posted by kosem at 12:58 PM on September 10, 2008

Turds blossom in the ......
posted by Rumple at 1:22 PM on September 10, 2008

underwear?
posted by Fezboy! at 1:24 PM on September 10, 2008

Vice-President Cheney's underwear, yes.
posted by Rumple at 1:29 PM on September 10, 2008

Whatever turns you on.
posted by tallus at 1:29 PM on September 10, 2008

Xerography turns me on more than the VP's drawers. That's fer certain.
posted by Fezboy! at 1:32 PM on September 10, 2008

Your mother.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:33 PM on September 10, 2008

Zoophilia is the new "Lipstick on a Pig"
posted by Rumple at 1:34 PM on September 10, 2008

Actually, actual lipstick on an actual pig is the new "Lipstick on a Pig". This will often parlay into zoophilia.
posted by kosem at 1:36 PM on September 10, 2008

"Bacon condom" is now a more ambiguous phrase than it was three comments ago.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:46 PM on September 10, 2008

cortex et al, keep your pigsexery out of my actual love of actual bacon for actual eating.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 2:06 PM on September 10, 2008

Condom Bacon, though, is on sale at Shaw's this week.
posted by not_on_display at 2:06 PM on September 10, 2008

How about Bacondom (like Christendom but with MORE BACON and fewer condoms)?
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 2:09 PM on September 10, 2008

Did you know they gave out Bacon Salt at PAX? Thus combining the best of all worlds.
posted by misha at 2:13 PM on September 10, 2008

Eeeew. Keep your bacon out of my salt, please!
posted by gingerbeer at 2:15 PM on September 10, 2008

Frightened by a little salt?
posted by not_on_display at 2:33 PM on September 10, 2008

Gingerbeer just doesn't understand that bacon and salt are two great tastes that taste great together. It's the highway to high blood pressure!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 2:43 PM on September 10, 2008

Hog Heaven
posted by Rumple at 2:45 PM on September 10, 2008

It's okay that gingerbeer doesn't want bacon. More for us!
posted by rtha at 2:51 PM on September 10, 2008

Jesus Christ, may you protect the Lords of Bacondom for all time.
posted by adamdschneider at 3:09 PM on September 10, 2008

Kitty agrees.
posted by ersatz at 3:14 PM on September 10, 2008

Lords of Bacondom rule!
posted by languagehat at 3:19 PM on September 10, 2008

Mmmmmmm Ba-condom.

I've said too much!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:31 PM on September 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

Now it came to pass that in the city of Bacondom (which city is also known as MetaFilter and The Magical Land of Those Who Love Pancakes) various decrees went forth that all Mefites should be taxed, which taxes were to be rendered in the form of alphabetized comments . . .
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 4:07 PM on September 10, 2008

Or not.
posted by MrMustard at 4:19 PM on September 10, 2008

Porkphylactics.
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:00 PM on September 10, 2008

Question: is this it? Is it all over, petering out at a mere 600-odd comments?
posted by languagehat at 5:17 PM on September 10, 2008

Regardless, we shall continue.
posted by mrzarquon at 5:22 PM on September 10, 2008

Srsly.
posted by adamdschneider at 5:23 PM on September 10, 2008

The Bacondom waits for no man. It is all-encompassing, never ending, and completely delicious.
posted by kyleg at 5:28 PM on September 10, 2008

Umm, bacondom as in Kingdom of Bacon, not condom of bacon. I hope the second interpretation never gets Rule 34'd.
posted by kyleg at 5:31 PM on September 10, 2008

Veal does not get my juices flowing
posted by Rumple at 5:51 PM on September 10, 2008

Walrus bacon... arcticalicious!
posted by not_on_display at 6:11 PM on September 10, 2008

Xenops are hard to catch but nice on the BBQ
posted by Rumple at 6:19 PM on September 10, 2008

yes
posted by not_on_display at 6:27 PM on September 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

Zut alors! bacon porn!
posted by Kattullus at 6:31 PM on September 10, 2008

aaaannnnnd - scene.
posted by yhbc at 7:18 PM on September 10, 2008

"Babe - Pig in the City" was delicious eye candy
posted by Rumple at 7:33 PM on September 10, 2008

Candy is delicious until someone takes an eye out.
posted by not_on_display at 7:38 PM on September 10, 2008

Cuddly, cuddly piggies mean cuddly, cuddly bacon.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:42 PM on September 10, 2008

D'OH!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:42 PM on September 10, 2008

double up from here on
posted by Rumple at 7:44 PM on September 10, 2008

...except Wednesdays...
posted by not_on_display at 8:02 PM on September 10, 2008

Eelymosynary.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:04 PM on September 10, 2008

Fine. Double up, then. That'll be fine.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:07 PM on September 10, 2008

*fart*
posted by yhbc at 8:14 PM on September 10, 2008

Goodness. Excuse me.
posted by yhbc at 8:15 PM on September 10, 2008

Gahhhhhhhhh!
posted by not_on_display at 8:18 PM on September 10, 2008

How much longer can this last?
posted by kyleg at 8:21 PM on September 10, 2008

How much time you got?
posted by not_on_display at 8:22 PM on September 10, 2008

Indefinite.
posted by amyms at 8:26 PM on September 10, 2008

In fact, very definite, until 1:19 in the morning, UTC-4, on October 7th. Until then, freedom reigns! And a little bit more freedom reigns in the life of mods who can use the img tag (does vacapinta have special img powers as well?)
posted by Kattullus at 8:42 PM on September 10, 2008

Just cortex, who is the only one on the planet whom we can trust to wield it.
posted by not_on_display at 8:57 PM on September 10, 2008

JEWS DID WTC
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:31 PM on September 10, 2008

Krispy Kreme. I could really go for some Krispy Kreme right about now. Especially if we're going to be here until October.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:56 PM on September 10, 2008

Knock Knock
posted by Rumple at 10:13 PM on September 10, 2008

Lou's there?
posted by Kattullus at 10:19 PM on September 10, 2008

Lou
posted by Rumple at 10:37 PM on September 10, 2008

MOHERFUCKER LOU YOU AIN'T WELCOME UP IN HEAH *cocks shotgun*
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:44 PM on September 10, 2008

My word, that's a tad aggressive old boy.
posted by MrMustard at 10:47 PM on September 10, 2008

An elderly man lay dying in his bed.

In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs.

He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced himself down the stairs, gripping the railing with both hands. With labored breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the kitchen.

Were it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven. There, spread out upon newspapers on the kitchen table were literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies.

Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?

Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table, landing on his knees in a rumpled posture. His parched lips parted; the wondrous taste of the cookie was already in his mouth; seemingly bringing him back to life.

The aged and withered hand, shockingly made its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when it was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife.

"Stay out of those," she said, "they're for the funeral."
posted by netbros at 11:00 PM on September 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

Netbros, what are you trying to say?
posted by gingerbeer at 11:12 PM on September 10, 2008

Now you will receive us.
posted by adamdschneider at 11:28 PM on September 10, 2008

Oprah beckons, netbros.
posted by Rumple at 11:29 PM on September 10, 2008

Ohhhh! I'd really like to favourite netbros' comment, but he broke the sequence so I can't. Shame.
posted by MrMustard at 12:47 AM on September 11, 2008

Quiet at the back there, I'm trying to think.
posted by tallus at 1:37 AM on September 11, 2008

Please step backward ONE letter, tallus, and try again.
posted by cgc373 at 2:12 AM on September 11, 2008

Pity me, please.
posted by tallus at 3:34 AM on September 11, 2008

Quack quack quack, quack quack quACK quack; quack quack?
posted by not_on_display at 4:17 AM on September 11, 2008

Random riposte to the offensive duck question.
posted by ersatz at 4:34 AM on September 11, 2008

Reply that no offense was meant. And... QUACK!
posted by not_on_display at 4:43 AM on September 11, 2008

I'm going to count to three. Once I get to three I will start to hold my breath. If I turn blue and you naughty people are still engaged in this unsanctioned "game", I shall continue to threaten you in other, more serious, ways.
posted by Meatbomb at 4:54 AM on September 11, 2008

Self-reference.
posted by yhbc at 4:55 AM on September 11, 2008

Silence! Let's see what echoes louder, a duck's quack or the veins popping in Meatbomb's forehead.
posted by Kattullus at 4:55 AM on September 11, 2008

...two, three! *listens* Wow, kind of a crackely sound, huh?
posted by From Bklyn at 5:04 AM on September 11, 2008

Unless I'm mistaken, I believe that Meatbomb has turned a lovely shade of cerulean.
posted by rtha at 5:52 AM on September 11, 2008

Unless I'm mistaken, there should have been another 'T' in there.
posted by MrMustard at 6:22 AM on September 11, 2008

Veering from the trend of repeated letters, we forge fearlessly onward.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 6:26 AM on September 11, 2008

WINNIPEG OR BUST
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:34 AM on September 11, 2008

Well I guess I'll sanction this game to unblue Meatbomb.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:37 AM on September 11, 2008

Xystarch was an Athenian officer who presided over the gymnastic exercises of the Xystus.
posted by languagehat at 6:49 AM on September 11, 2008

Xxstarch was his wife, they say.
posted by Rumple at 7:08 AM on September 11, 2008

You say. Meatbomb says .............
posted by cgc373 at 7:22 AM on September 11, 2008

Zzzzzzzz......I'm only half awake..... Zzzzzzzzzzz... has Meatbomb exploded yet?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:32 AM on September 11, 2008

Ah, Jesus. I can't believe this is still going.
posted by adamdschneider at 7:54 AM on September 11, 2008

BOOM
posted by Rumple at 8:05 AM on September 11, 2008

Cum on feel the noize!
posted by languagehat at 8:17 AM on September 11, 2008

DEEP IN THE HEEEEEEAAAART OF MEFIIII
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:18 AM on September 11, 2008

Elvis Stojko, ladies and gentlemen, Rock N' Roll idol of the ice.
posted by kosem at 8:38 AM on September 11, 2008

Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers started playing Alphabet. And they haven't stopped yet.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:27 AM on September 11, 2008

F. H. Terwilliger supports Cthulhu for President, 2008 (or at least, supports hilarious desktop backgrounds depicting fictitious presidential campaign posters).
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 9:28 AM on September 11, 2008

Good jumpin' Jesus, we're still doing this?
posted by rtha at 9:31 AM on September 11, 2008

Good time for FOGERRRRRRTYYYYY!!!

what
posted by cgc373 at 9:31 AM on September 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

Hell if I did, rtha. Hell if I did.
posted by cgc373 at 9:32 AM on September 11, 2008

Ixnay on the EllifIdidhay!
posted by not_on_display at 9:48 AM on September 11, 2008

I thought we were doubling letters?
Have we stopped doubling letters?
delete whichever is inappropriate
posted by Kattullus at 9:54 AM on September 11, 2008

How about that: according to madeupapedia, an EllifIdidhay is what you get when you feed an Alphabet Elephant chow. A pissing Alphabet, basically.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 9:59 AM on September 11, 2008

I... uh...

Just the ol' Dyslexia, nothing to see here, folks.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:00 AM on September 11, 2008

Innocuous, yet predictable.
posted by languagehat at 10:28 AM on September 11, 2008

Just do one per letter; it's neater that way.
posted by not_on_display at 10:41 AM on September 11, 2008

Kill, Thou Shalt Always.
posted by cgc373 at 10:46 AM on September 11, 2008

Love that tune.
posted by MrMustard at 11:03 AM on September 11, 2008

Matisyahu - that's who that guy in the "Thou Shalt Always Kill" video reminds me of.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 11:12 AM on September 11, 2008

No doubt.
posted by adamdschneider at 11:16 AM on September 11, 2008

Oh, him.
posted by languagehat at 11:18 AM on September 11, 2008

Popped in to grab comment #700!
posted by languagehat at 11:19 AM on September 11, 2008

Quiet down, Robertson.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:23 AM on September 11, 2008

Robertson?
posted by not_on_display at 11:33 AM on September 11, 2008

Sparkle Sparkle
posted by Rumple at 11:35 AM on September 11, 2008

The the next 26 posts must be music videos
posted by Rumple at 11:45 AM on September 11, 2008

Unless you want to test me, Rumple, I'd reconsider.
posted by cgc373 at 11:48 AM on September 11, 2008

Vaya con Dios
posted by kosem at 11:57 AM on September 11, 2008

Whatcha talkin bout?
posted by yhbc at 12:00 PM on September 11, 2008

X marks the sweet spot where Nana Mouskouri meets Quincy Jones.
posted by cgc373 at 12:05 PM on September 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

Young... at heart. Young... at heart-heart-heart (of gold).
posted by dw at 12:13 PM on September 11, 2008

ZOMG!
posted by not_on_display at 12:14 PM on September 11, 2008

And let's go round again.
posted by dw at 12:17 PM on September 11, 2008

Bone, Thuggish Ruggish
posted by kosem at 12:20 PM on September 11, 2008

Call Me!
posted by languagehat at 12:26 PM on September 11, 2008

Doug, Slug
posted by Rumple at 12:40 PM on September 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

Even the Nights Are Better
posted by not_on_display at 12:56 PM on September 11, 2008

Fish Heads! (self-link)
posted by not_on_display at 1:15 PM on September 11, 2008

"Fire and Rain" (by ZachsMind).
posted by cgc373 at 1:17 PM on September 11, 2008

Goddammit, not_on_display. Fine, then.
posted by cgc373 at 1:19 PM on September 11, 2008

Happy Mondays' Kinky Afro, featuring one of the greatest opening couplet of any popsong:

Sooooooooooooooon, I'm 30
I only went with your mother cause she's dirty
posted by Kattullus at 1:24 PM on September 11, 2008

Insanity has taken over!
posted by mrzarquon at 1:24 PM on September 11, 2008

Just so's you know, Kattullus, yer link's busted.
posted by cgc373 at 1:29 PM on September 11, 2008

Kattullus just got Ghostroll'd.
posted by not_on_display at 1:36 PM on September 11, 2008

Kinky Afro, take two.
posted by Kattullus at 1:38 PM on September 11, 2008

Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammad Rafi -- Dhire Dhire Chal Chand
posted by not_on_display at 1:44 PM on September 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

Mohammad Rafi; Jaan Pehechan Ho
posted by Rumple at 1:49 PM on September 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

'nother Brick in the Wall.
posted by dg at 1:54 PM on September 11, 2008

Oaktown's 357? Sing it with me: "Juiiiicy's----Gotcha Craaaazeeee!"
posted by kosem at 1:57 PM on September 11, 2008

Pick it, and it'll never heal.
posted by Rumple at 2:03 PM on September 11, 2008

Queen of Hearts: Dave, Juice (oh, come on, you know you secretly love it).
posted by languagehat at 2:16 PM on September 11, 2008

Rocked by Rape (bug out bug out bug-a-bug-bug-bug)
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 2:30 PM on September 11, 2008 [2 favorites]

Sealion, Feist

(Not as good as Nina Simone's version, nor as funky as Lamb's(?) remix of same Still. It starts with S.)
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 2:49 PM on September 11, 2008

The Edison Museum (Not as cute as the TMBG version, nor as non-existent as anyone else's version of same. Still, has a saw accompanying and it's Brian effing Dewan.)
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 2:55 PM on September 11, 2008

Uh, I guess that finishes up the videos. Next theme?
posted by adamdschneider at 3:00 PM on September 11, 2008

Under My Wheels
posted by not_on_display at 3:00 PM on September 11, 2008

Very well, then.
posted by not_on_display at 3:01 PM on September 11, 2008

Well all righty then.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 3:02 PM on September 11, 2008

"What not to say to the police officer who has just pulled you over." How's that for a theme?
posted by not_on_display at 3:03 PM on September 11, 2008

"Xanax, officer? You seem a little tense."
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 3:03 PM on September 11, 2008

"You look a little short to be a stormtrooper."
posted by cgc373 at 3:13 PM on September 11, 2008

"Zen might be even better than Xanax, officer. Shall we trade koans?"
posted by languagehat at 3:16 PM on September 11, 2008

"YOU'RE the one who's (hic) drunked!"
posted by inigo2 at 3:16 PM on September 11, 2008

"Ah, no, officer, I can't recite the alphabet. Forwards or backwards."
posted by inigo2 at 3:18 PM on September 11, 2008

Buddy, that badge looks stupid.
posted by adamdschneider at 3:28 PM on September 11, 2008

"'Come on over here and blow my son, officer,' is what I said. He was just telling me the other day that since his balls dropped a few months ago he's had this thing for ladycops and I says to him I says, well, soon's you turn twelve, I'll find one to break you in real nice."
posted by kosem at 3:31 PM on September 11, 2008

Dude.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:42 PM on September 11, 2008

Exactly, I say, the type of thing you shouldn't say to the cop that pulls you over.

Or perhaps even the type of thing you shouldn't even write in a list of things that you shouldn't say to cops?
posted by kosem at 3:46 PM on September 11, 2008

Folds and Wainwright's Careless Whisper
posted by waraw at 3:49 PM on September 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

Gotcher license and registration right here, Chuckles.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:36 PM on September 11, 2008

"Here, give me a breathalyzer, my blood alcohol's off the charts. Don't mind the body in the trunk, that's just Carl."
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:38 PM on September 11, 2008

"I don't care about the body, or what you've been drinking, lady, but your left rear tail light is out, and that's a seventy five dollar ticket, right there."
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:06 PM on September 11, 2008

(Just so you know, the new rule is: what you say to the cop and what the cop says to you are now alternating. Alphabetically, of course.)
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:07 PM on September 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

"Keep your damn hands off the car, I just had it waxed."
posted by yhbc at 5:54 PM on September 11, 2008

"Look in here, I also had something waxed."
posted by Kattullus at 6:09 PM on September 11, 2008

"My word, a pink tazer"
posted by Rumple at 6:15 PM on September 11, 2008

"Name your price, piglet. I'll write you a check."
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:13 PM on September 11, 2008

"Oh yeah? Why don't you step into the car!"
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:18 PM on September 11, 2008

"Peace, man!"
posted by not_on_display at 8:27 PM on September 11, 2008

"Quit talking and step out of the vehicles, you last three commenters. You've all failed to alternate in 'perp vs. cop' dialogue, as stipulated in this comment".
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:57 PM on September 11, 2008

"Right away, officer, sir!"
posted by Rumple at 10:05 PM on September 11, 2008

"Speedometer's are for pussies... to figure out how fast I'm going I figure out the redshift."
posted by Kattullus at 10:31 PM on September 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

"This...is my BOOM stick!" (better said drunkenly, or if you're Bruce Campbell).
posted by A dead Quaker at 12:00 AM on September 12, 2008

"Unless you explain why you have this tape in your trunk I will have to put the handcuffs on"
posted by Rumple at 12:15 AM on September 12, 2008

"Vacation's coming up soon, could sure use some extra money... Think I can sell it on the Ebay?"
posted by From Bklyn at 1:16 AM on September 12, 2008

"X-Ray me! It's the only way you're gonna find my stash!"
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:44 AM on September 12, 2008

Whoops. Forgot about W.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:44 AM on September 12, 2008 [1 favorite]

You just forgot, about an entire letter?!?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:33 AM on September 12, 2008

"Zounds! I didn't know forgetting a letter is cause for arrest, officer".

"Don't tase me, sis!".
posted by ersatz at 5:47 AM on September 12, 2008

Zeus will have his wrath upon me, I am sure. I'd better get working on that penance.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 5:47 AM on September 12, 2008

Ack! Unintentional doubling up! I am made of fail!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 5:47 AM on September 12, 2008

Best of luck the next time around - need some coffee?
posted by rtha at 5:53 AM on September 12, 2008

Coffee is now something I really like, but I still prefer iced to hot. Thanks askme!
posted by waraw at 7:12 AM on September 12, 2008

"Drink liquids!" A campaign slogan everyone can get behind.
posted by Kattullus at 7:32 AM on September 12, 2008

"Elephant butt!" A behind everyone can fit behind.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:41 AM on September 12, 2008

Fresh coffee.... Mmmmmmm.
posted by amyms at 7:56 AM on September 12, 2008

Good gravy.
posted by dw at 8:06 AM on September 12, 2008

How about 26 campaign slogans starting now?
posted by Rumple at 8:49 AM on September 12, 2008

"I Like Ike, But I Don't Like Like Ike."
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:00 AM on September 12, 2008 [2 favorites]

"Juneau I get 60 bones a night just to stay at home in Wasilla?"
posted by kosem at 9:08 AM on September 12, 2008

"Keep Pale and Keep Palin"
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:13 AM on September 12, 2008

"Left is Right"
posted by yhbc at 9:49 AM on September 12, 2008

"My candidate can beat up your candidate."
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:55 AM on September 12, 2008

"O No You Baman't"
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:09 AM on September 12, 2008

"Palin Palin Palin;
Palin Palin Song;
Palin Palin Palin;
Palin All Day Long!"
posted by kosem at 10:47 AM on September 12, 2008

"Please vote for me? I'm cute!"
posted by not_on_display at 10:49 AM on September 12, 2008

"Quench your thirst! Vote Pepsi Blue!"
posted by not_on_display at 10:52 AM on September 12, 2008

Rowing this boat is such hard work.
posted by jouke at 11:19 AM on September 12, 2008

Seriously.
posted by box at 11:23 AM on September 12, 2008

This comment is total bullshit.
posted by Richat at 11:29 AM on September 12, 2008

Utrecht is rather nice. You should see its canals.
posted by jouke at 11:33 AM on September 12, 2008

Uh, I missed the campaign slogan thing. ''Unopposed'--what difference does it make?'
posted by box at 11:33 AM on September 12, 2008

"VIKINGS FOR CORTEX '08"
posted by not_on_display at 11:34 AM on September 12, 2008

Undubitabee. Undubidu... undububbly... undibutably...

Uh-huh, sure.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:34 AM on September 12, 2008

Vikings never get tired of rowing.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 11:35 AM on September 12, 2008

What.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:35 AM on September 12, 2008

Why do I always mess this up?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 11:35 AM on September 12, 2008

Xenophobia?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:38 AM on September 12, 2008

You pose an interesting theory.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 11:42 AM on September 12, 2008

Zounds!
posted by Richat at 11:43 AM on September 12, 2008

Again, with the zounds...I know.
posted by Richat at 11:44 AM on September 12, 2008

Better not do that again.
posted by jouke at 11:45 AM on September 12, 2008

CAN THIS BE THIS THE BOORISH YET ODDLY CONTEMPLATIVE SHOUTING ROUND
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:45 AM on September 12, 2008

DECIDEDLY!
posted by jouke at 11:50 AM on September 12, 2008

DAMMIT, IS THIS ALL THERE IS?
posted by box at 11:50 AM on September 12, 2008

'EF'! LIKE IN SCRABBLE!
posted by box at 11:51 AM on September 12, 2008

GODDAMN, YOU BOORS.
posted by jouke at 12:04 PM on September 12, 2008

HI!!!

J/K - LMNO! (laughing my nose off)
posted by yhbc at 12:19 PM on September 12, 2008

Pray tell what this Zoophilia is the new "Lipstick on a Pig" means. I think I, or possibly some hypothetical person somewhere, might be offended; should I start a new MeTa thread?
posted by Wolfdog at 12:20 PM on September 12, 2008

Quiescently-frozen confection? Don't mind if I do.
posted by box at 12:21 PM on September 12, 2008

Ray-eee-ain
------------   <--- what it's like
Wedding day

posted by cortex (staff) at 12:26 PM on September 12, 2008

STOP! Maybe you do not understand. You see, making comments will bring us closer to the end of this thread, and there is a MONSTER at the end of this thread. But this will stop you from making comments. A heavy, solid, strong brick wall. I would like to see you TRY and make another comment.

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posted by team lowkey at 12:26 PM on September 12, 2008 [7 favorites]

There's no such thing as brick walls.
posted by box at 12:35 PM on September 12, 2008

TRY!? PRAY TELL, SURELY-

OOOOWWW AARRGHH OW OW IT BITES NOOO I HAVE WASTED MY AFTERNOON
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:36 PM on September 12, 2008

Wallfucker.
posted by daniel_charms at 12:38 PM on September 12, 2008

(Um, I think I broke it. Sorry.)
posted by daniel_charms at 12:42 PM on September 12, 2008

Voom?

Mate, that parrot wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts in it. It's bleedin' de-mised.

(I call twenty-six Monty Python quotes or references!!!)
posted by yhbc at 12:47 PM on September 12, 2008 [1 favorite]

Wensleydale, Gorgonzola, Parmesan, Mozzarella, Pipo Crème, Danish Fynbo, Czechoslovakian Sheep's milk cheese, Venezuelan Beaver Cheese, Cheddar, Ilchester, Limburger...
posted by not_on_display at 12:50 PM on September 12, 2008

X-Parrot.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:52 PM on September 12, 2008 [3 favorites]

Zebras. One day we will learn it was all their fault.
posted by casarkos at 1:07 PM on September 12, 2008

You forgot "Y", you great festering gob, but I'll let it pass since it allows me to say:

ALBATROSS!!!!!!!
posted by yhbc at 1:10 PM on September 12, 2008

You are very strong.

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/_____\__\ __\/___/__..__\_\__|]__/_/_______\ _\
__\__\|~~|__/ / /____/__|__;__|___\_\_/ [__] ____;__|..\
___\_\__/_/__|__;__|..\ _______\__\ ___/_____\__\ __\/___/
/|___|__\ [___]\ \_/__\____/__|__;__|___\_\__/_/|____\__\_\

posted by team lowkey at 1:11 PM on September 12, 2008

Zarley Zalapski is my all time favourite NHL player
posted by Rumple at 1:37 PM on September 12, 2008

ALBATROSS!

Biggles Dictates a Letter
posted by not_on_display at 1:40 PM on September 12, 2008

Cheese Shop
posted by Rumple at 1:56 PM on September 12, 2008

Do you waaaaant ... do you waaaaaant ... to come back to my place, bouncy-bouncy?
posted by yhbc at 1:58 PM on September 12, 2008

Everyone knows my milkshakes bring the boys to the yard.
posted by eatdonuts at 2:09 PM on September 12, 2008

Fresh from the leaves of Iceland's history. The terrible 'Njorl's Saga'.
posted by Kattullus at 2:19 PM on September 12, 2008

Golden Age of Ballooning.
posted by dersins at 2:34 PM on September 12, 2008

History Today
posted by Rumple at 2:36 PM on September 12, 2008

In what respect, Charlie?
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:37 PM on September 12, 2008

Just to let you know, my cat's name is Wensleydale. I lost the battle to name her Gorgonzola.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:23 PM on September 12, 2008

KI KLIKE KIKE
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 3:28 PM on September 12, 2008

Loggins and Messina are:

[ ] over-rated
[ ] under-rated
[ ] accurately rated as shite

posted by Rumple at 3:48 PM on September 12, 2008

Plink Plank Plunk
posted by box at 3:51 PM on September 12, 2008

Quite agree, quite agree, too silly, far too silly.
posted by languagehat at 4:03 PM on September 12, 2008

A graph of the thread so far, by first letter.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:10 PM on September 12, 2008 [2 favorites]

Really? You couldn't wait ten comments?
posted by dersins at 4:28 PM on September 12, 2008

So very impatient! But we love our graphs.
posted by rtha at 4:32 PM on September 12, 2008

The whim is a fragile beast that tolerates deferrals poorly.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:33 PM on September 12, 2008 [1 favorite]

Unbelievable, what I've instigated.
posted by dhartung at 4:38 PM on September 12, 2008

Verily.
posted by box at 5:28 PM on September 12, 2008

What the Hell is wrong with you people?!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:31 PM on September 12, 2008

Xristos, I should be sleeping right now.
posted by jouke at 5:50 PM on September 12, 2008

Zee two-fer and zee (almost completed) three-fers are the funniest parts of that graph.
posted by yhbc at 5:57 PM on September 12, 2008

And the reverses, of course.
posted by yhbc at 5:58 PM on September 12, 2008

By the way, the graph resembles a sawtooth wave, in synthesizer terminology.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:09 PM on September 12, 2008

But each skipped letter is a tragedy.
posted by Rumple at 6:10 PM on September 12, 2008

Cool. By the way, this round is

number of comments == value of letter.

1 A to 26 Zs, we can do it!!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:11 PM on September 12, 2008

Complicated.
posted by box at 6:12 PM on September 12, 2008

Calisse tabernac , 24 Xs is gonna be hard
posted by Rumple at 6:16 PM on September 12, 2008

D'Oh!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 6:17 PM on September 12, 2008

Damn, this round is gonna take a while... 1+2+3...26... Yup, that's a lot of entries.
posted by inigo2 at 6:25 PM on September 12, 2008

Every time I come back here, I'm amazed that we're still doing this.
posted by rtha at 6:27 PM on September 12, 2008

Every time we say goodbye, I die a little.
posted by box at 6:28 PM on September 12, 2008

Every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you.

That's three E's, to go with only the two D's - do we really want to do the exponential thing? I say no -

REVERSE!!!!
posted by yhbc at 7:03 PM on September 12, 2008

Every time we break a pattern, Ra masturbates.
posted by Kattullus at 7:03 PM on September 12, 2008

Fr-r-r-reaky!
posted by wendell at 7:09 PM on September 12, 2008

EVERYONE REVERSE NOW, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
posted by yhbc at 7:15 PM on September 12, 2008

E.g., 12324. Fucking fuck.
posted by box at 7:17 PM on September 12, 2008

Fuck that! Grabbing the steering wheel, I say one comment per letter, and, this cycle's theme: "Things you shouldn't eat, but would like to."
posted by not_on_display at 8:22 PM on September 12, 2008

(Gravel)
posted by not_on_display at 8:24 PM on September 12, 2008

(Honeybees)
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:31 PM on September 12, 2008 [1 favorite]

Indian-Red Crayolas
posted by not_on_display at 8:41 PM on September 12, 2008

Jupiter (god or planet, either way is fine)
posted by Kattullus at 8:44 PM on September 12, 2008

Kucinich, Mrs.
posted by dhartung at 9:17 PM on September 12, 2008 [1 favorite]

Lungfish
posted by Rumple at 9:35 PM on September 12, 2008

Malachite
And lungfish might be quite tasty!
posted by not_on_display at 9:54 PM on September 12, 2008

(No Can Do)
posted by jason's_planet at 10:08 PM on September 12, 2008 [1 favorite]

OBAMA!
posted by wendell at 10:34 PM on September 12, 2008

PALIN!
posted by wendell at 10:35 PM on September 12, 2008

Quorn.
posted by rtha at 10:41 PM on September 12, 2008

rtha!
posted by wendell at 10:42 PM on September 12, 2008

SendWell!
posted by not_on_display at 10:54 PM on September 12, 2008

To whom?
posted by wendell at 11:22 PM on September 12, 2008

Ulysses Untidy.
posted by daniel_charms at 11:51 PM on September 12, 2008

Violin, The World's Smallest
posted by jason's_planet at 12:05 AM on September 13, 2008

wendell!
posted by rtha at 12:12 AM on September 13, 2008

Xanthan gum
posted by jouke at 12:20 AM on September 13, 2008

You.
posted by team lowkey at 12:33 AM on September 13, 2008

Zoiks! A ziggurat!
posted by daniel_charms at 12:39 AM on September 13, 2008

And now for something completely different.
posted by team lowkey at 12:42 AM on September 13, 2008

But, somehow... the same.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 2:43 AM on September 13, 2008

Canada, O Canada!
posted by wendell at 3:05 AM on September 13, 2008

Dippy dame's daft demagoguery distracts Democrats.
posted by flabdablet at 3:24 AM on September 13, 2008

Every element eventually ends: Effluent.
posted by cgc373 at 4:36 AM on September 13, 2008

Five fresh fish flunked French; forgoes foreign frolic.
posted by yhbc at 5:13 AM on September 13, 2008

Gosh guys, guess goofy games go great guns. Gah!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:36 AM on September 13, 2008

Holy Moly, hymens heal horrendously slowly.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:17 AM on September 13, 2008

First of all, you people are ridiculous.
posted by frecklefaerie at 7:27 AM on September 13, 2008

I can never forgive frecklefaerie for what he/she just did.
posted by wendell at 7:30 AM on September 13, 2008

Just joshin' justifies jejune jabber. Jerk. (J/K!)
posted by cgc373 at 7:33 AM on September 13, 2008

Krusty Komedy Klassic!
posted by languagehat at 7:41 AM on September 13, 2008

languagehat likes long literary lists, lulz
posted by gingerbeer at 7:56 AM on September 13, 2008

Make mine metric, man.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:02 AM on September 13, 2008

Nifty noodle nectar.
posted by box at 8:09 AM on September 13, 2008

Orange oyster oops.
posted by box at 8:13 AM on September 13, 2008

Please poop people-powered pornography piranhas, parents!
posted by Kattullus at 8:40 AM on September 13, 2008

Quiet quonsar--quickly!!
posted by Pax at 8:43 AM on September 13, 2008

Repeaterz represent!
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 9:53 AM on September 13, 2008

Still silly!
posted by rtha at 10:04 AM on September 13, 2008

Truly tautograms triumph, trumpeting trills to trounce terrible travesties.*
posted by Rumple at 10:07 AM on September 13, 2008 [1 favorite]

Umpteenthousand unicorns ululate in uniform.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:21 AM on September 13, 2008

Va, va, vavoom! Veronica's vibrator vaccilates!
posted by not_on_display at 11:04 AM on September 13, 2008

Woah woah, when we want wet-dream wankery we'll.... whinny?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:11 AM on September 13, 2008

Xenophopes xerox x-rated x-rays.
posted by Kattullus at 11:14 AM on September 13, 2008

You yahoos yell yonderly yare & yeasty.
posted by dhartung at 11:24 AM on September 13, 2008

Zebras zig, Zebras zag.
posted by jason's_planet at 11:53 AM on September 13, 2008

An atheist asked an Anabaptist about aunt Annie's anathema.
posted by daniel_charms at 12:17 PM on September 13, 2008

Baptists! Buttocks! Barium enemas!

Speaking of, the next 26 posts shall be shortlisted names for Sarah Palin's children.
posted by Rumple at 1:21 PM on September 13, 2008

Crabtrap Crampon Palin
posted by Rumple at 1:23 PM on September 13, 2008

Danish Sylvestra Palin
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:25 PM on September 13, 2008

Exxon Valdez Palin
posted by Rumple at 1:36 PM on September 13, 2008 [2 favorites]

Fires-From-Helicopters Wolfkiller Palin
posted by misha at 1:58 PM on September 13, 2008

Godfearing Pro-Life Moosehunter Moses Palin
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:01 PM on September 13, 2008

Help! I has heapin' hunks of hidden hamburgers.
posted by Melismata at 3:35 PM on September 13, 2008

Idiot Child of Palin
posted by MrMustard at 3:43 PM on September 13, 2008

Jephtha Jehoshaphat Palin
posted by languagehat at 3:47 PM on September 13, 2008

Kill Kill Kill the unborn Palin

Have I gone too far?
posted by MrMustard at 4:23 PM on September 13, 2008

LOLcat Languagehat Palin
posted by wendell at 4:24 PM on September 13, 2008

Murderous Mustard Palin
posted by wendell at 4:24 PM on September 13, 2008

MetaFilter Loves Sarah Palin
posted by jason's_planet at 4:25 PM on September 13, 2008

Naaaaaaa na na na na Palin
posted by jason's_planet at 4:29 PM on September 13, 2008

Naturally, this will cause jason's_planet to collapse into a black hole.
posted by wendell at 4:29 PM on September 13, 2008

Of course, if elected, McCain & Palin will outlaw 993 of the 1000 dances...
posted by wendell at 4:33 PM on September 13, 2008

Pleasestopderailingthethemes Palin
posted by Rumple at 5:08 PM on September 13, 2008

Quag Meyer Palin
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:35 PM on September 13, 2008

Right! Enough of this Palin malarkey, let's move onto a new theme: what name we would take if elected to the office of pope. I'd go with Pope Hilarius II.
posted by Kattullus at 7:50 PM on September 13, 2008

Syphilis I
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:09 PM on September 13, 2008

The First Ladypope the First
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 8:38 PM on September 13, 2008

Pope Dopey
posted by box at 8:43 PM on September 13, 2008

Pope Cromulent I
posted by wendell at 9:09 PM on September 13, 2008

I still remember when we hoped the new Pope would pick the name

Pope John Paul George Ringo
posted by wendell at 9:10 PM on September 13, 2008

or hey, what about Pope Hope?
posted by wendell at 9:11 PM on September 13, 2008

Pope ARNOLD! ARNOLD! ARNOLD! ARNOLD!
posted by jason's_planet at 9:19 PM on September 13, 2008

Pope Urine VIII
posted by flabdablet at 10:01 PM on September 13, 2008

Uxorius the ~~First~~ Second
posted by dhartung at 10:07 PM on September 13, 2008

Vaticinator The Umpteenth
posted by mrzarquon at 10:43 PM on September 13, 2008

Xyxfrazrehxxherfpxwxus the Ineffable.
posted by Kattullus at 11:00 PM on September 13, 2008

Youngest Pontiff Eva! Mustard the Munificent.
posted by MrMustard at 1:14 AM on September 14, 2008

Zebras are prohibited from being elected Pope - why is this so?
posted by dg at 1:27 AM on September 14, 2008

Ask the Vatican.
posted by daniel_charms at 2:14 AM on September 14, 2008

"Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and do not suffer zebras to be Popes lest horses want to be made consuls.", according to apocryphal versions of the bible.
posted by ersatz at 3:03 AM on September 14, 2008 [1 favorite]

Can't be just zebras. It's actually all striped mammals.
posted by MrMustard at 4:04 AM on September 14, 2008

Don't be absurd. Anything striped is verboten.
posted by cgc373 at 4:25 AM on September 14, 2008

Does this herald a "striped mammals only" alphabet?
posted by dg at 4:34 AM on September 14, 2008

Except for elephants, who are exempt from this rule.
posted by daniel_charms at 6:44 AM on September 14, 2008

Frogs aren't mammals, nor are they striped, so they are eligible for the catholic church's highest office.
posted by MrMustard at 6:47 AM on September 14, 2008

Gnus, sadly, are excluded along with zebras.
posted by EarBucket at 7:35 AM on September 14, 2008

Horses can't be made popes, either (they added this after someone tried to sneak in a painted zebra - the risk of having a zebra as the pope was just too big), but they can become kings (see prince Charles).
posted by daniel_charms at 7:41 AM on September 14, 2008

Ibeces, if nominated, will not run, and if elected will not serve.

Man.

IT'S A COOKBOOK.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:44 AM on September 14, 2008

Just sniffing these striped frogs is a bad idea, I can't imagine many Catholics would survive kissing Pope Poisondart's ring.
posted by Kattullus at 8:11 AM on September 14, 2008

Kangaroos. A kangaroo would make the best pope ever. "Leap to heaven with me!"
posted by languagehat at 8:30 AM on September 14, 2008

Left you alone? Nonsense. When there was only one set of footprints, I was carrying you in my pouch.
posted by box at 9:43 AM on September 14, 2008

My pouch is a very, very, very fine pouch.
posted by cgc373 at 9:54 AM on September 14, 2008

n=2 cats in the yard
posted by Rumple at 10:02 AM on September 14, 2008

OH HAI GUYZ DID I MIS ANYTINK
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:13 AM on September 14, 2008

Pope Fabulous I would abolish the anti-stripes bigotry. But would let the anti-non-mammals bigotry stand. You amphibians are just SOL.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:43 AM on September 14, 2008

Quetzalcoatlus may have had stripes...
posted by not_on_display at 11:54 AM on September 14, 2008

Rhinos are out, on account of being too horny.
posted by MrMustard at 12:06 PM on September 14, 2008

Striped bass? Straight out disqualified.
posted by kosem at 12:11 PM on September 14, 2008

Tapirs shed their baby stripes and enter the College of Cardinals as eligible adolescents. Formative stripetaint has thusfar kept them from the top seat.
posted by kosem at 12:35 PM on September 14, 2008

Unicorns with stripes are even rarer than regular old unicorns.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:48 PM on September 14, 2008

Veracity-induced citation:

jessamyn: "Unicorns with stripes are even rarer than regular old unicorns."
posted by team lowkey at 12:53 PM on September 14, 2008

Wendigo, when to stay, bad pun, probably unstriped, and VIC ain't QFT, team lowkey, no way no how.
posted by cgc373 at 1:05 PM on September 14, 2008

X-Mas beetles come in striped and unstriped varieties, and would assuredly look dashing in all manner of extravangant religious headwear.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:15 PM on September 14, 2008

Yellow-striped tuna are way to delicious to waste as Popes.
posted by dg at 2:04 PM on September 14, 2008

Zebra mussels have that invasive-species thing going for them.
posted by box at 2:16 PM on September 14, 2008

Atheling, William: Pseudonymous monicker under which Ezra Pound produced musical criticism. (I suggest pseudonyms for our next alphabetical run-through.)
posted by cgc373 at 2:21 PM on September 14, 2008

Bassetto, Corno di.
posted by languagehat at 2:34 PM on September 14, 2008

Carroll, Lewis: Almost too easy, wot.
posted by cgc373 at 2:38 PM on September 14, 2008

Dickson, Carter.
posted by box at 2:43 PM on September 14, 2008

Eric Hobsbawm wrote about jazz as Francis Newton.
posted by cgc373 at 2:48 PM on September 14, 2008

Forester, C.S. (You'd use a pseudonym too, if your real name were Smith.)
posted by languagehat at 3:07 PM on September 14, 2008

Gee, where did the Pope names go?

Pope Garrulous the First?
posted by wendell at 3:10 PM on September 14, 2008

He certainly would be the first garrulous Pope.
posted by wendell at 3:11 PM on September 14, 2008

I guess popes technically count as pseudonymous, but you're treading on thin ice here, wendell. THIN MAN.
posted by cgc373 at 3:29 PM on September 14, 2008

James Herriot wrote about animals, not popes.
posted by languagehat at 4:12 PM on September 14, 2008

Kid Koala, born Eric San.
posted by box at 4:21 PM on September 14, 2008

Kavanaugh, Dan: Julian Barnes does Duffy. (Too bad Kafka is for real.)
posted by cgc373 at 4:22 PM on September 14, 2008

LOSER: cgc373.
posted by cgc373 at 4:23 PM on September 14, 2008

Mormon the First would be a crazy, crazy Pope.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:29 PM on September 14, 2008

Noid, The. True identity unkown.
posted by kosem at 4:31 PM on September 14, 2008

No U in Kavanagh: MOAR LOSER.
posted by cgc373 at 4:32 PM on September 14, 2008

Ol' Dirty Bastard can't be his real name, can it?
posted by cgc373 at 4:32 PM on September 14, 2008

Perhaps you'll be interested to know that some of Russell Jones' other aliases include Ason Unique, Dirt McGirt and Big Baby Jesus.
posted by box at 4:46 PM on September 14, 2008

Respectively, Rogers and Nelson are Prince's middle and last names. Does "Prince" count as a pseudonym? Madonna and Prince are their real names. What a conundrum.

what
posted by cgc373 at 4:57 PM on September 14, 2008

Quiet, I see it. MORAN, MOAR LOSER, yeah.
posted by cgc373 at 4:57 PM on September 14, 2008

Redd Foxx, born John Elroy Sanford. Sanford! My name's Fred Sanford. That's S-A-N-F-O-R-D period.
posted by languagehat at 5:20 PM on September 14, 2008

Sting: tantric-sex addict born Gordon Sumner, or hobbit-borne orc sticker?
posted by yhbc at 5:32 PM on September 14, 2008

Tony Curtis wanted a change from Bernard Schwartz.
posted by cgc373 at 5:44 PM on September 14, 2008

Unknown Comic, The (Murray Langston)
posted by not_on_display at 6:58 PM on September 14, 2008

Violet Blue probably isn't her given name.
posted by box at 7:09 PM on September 14, 2008

Xan Palay, sculptor, was born Alexandra Palay, though I suppose that's more of a nickname than a proper pseudonym.
posted by Kattullus at 8:24 PM on September 14, 2008

Yusuf Islam was Cat Stevens was Steven Demetre Georgiou.

and...

Zoroaster (Latinized from Greek variants) or Zarathushtra (from Avestan Zaraθuštra) is also referred to as Zartosht (Persian: زرتشت). But you already knew that.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:49 PM on September 14, 2008

And this cycle of the alphabet game is brought to you by, "...

[SFX: another theme]
posted by not_on_display at 11:40 PM on September 14, 2008

Bear Stearns! A Safe Bet in an Uncertain World.
posted by Kattullus at 12:28 AM on September 15, 2008

Children's Television Workshop
posted by Rumple at 12:46 AM on September 15, 2008

Don't look at the blue screen. Or the green screen. It looks fake.
posted by cgc373 at 1:32 AM on September 15, 2008

Early Morning Wakeup Calls: They Happen For No Apparent Reason^TM
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:56 AM on September 15, 2008

FDIC: Insurance you can . . . did you hear something?
posted by cgc373 at 3:01 AM on September 15, 2008

GRAND = 1000 comments.
posted by cgc373 at 3:02 AM on September 15, 2008

Hershey's Kisses.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:18 AM on September 15, 2008

I can't believe it's not butter!
posted by From Bklyn at 3:21 AM on September 15, 2008

Jou will believe!
posted by dg at 3:50 AM on September 15, 2008

Kangol: Even makes a sucker mc look good.
posted by box at 4:42 AM on September 15, 2008

LSMFT.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:54 AM on September 15, 2008 [1 favorite]

Make Mine Mississippi (great jingle, too).
posted by box at 5:18 AM on September 15, 2008

Nice day, nice smoking.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:36 AM on September 15, 2008

Orioles are involved.
posted by cgc373 at 5:57 AM on September 15, 2008

Ponies: Demanded since time immemorial.
Contact your moderator for more info.

And I think we all know the pessimist/optimist joke about ponies.
posted by ersatz at 6:09 AM on September 15, 2008

Quicklime: As seen on The Wire.
posted by box at 8:21 AM on September 15, 2008

Rabbit: the other other white meat.
posted by kosem at 8:43 AM on September 15, 2008

Suppositories: Fundamental Good Health from the Bottom Up.
posted by Rumple at 9:19 AM on September 15, 2008 [1 favorite]

This Thread, it keeps going and going and going . . .
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 11:50 AM on September 15, 2008

Underoos! (SFX: rejected jingle)
posted by not_on_display at 1:20 PM on September 15, 2008

Vermin Supreme for President in '08: join the cam-pain!

This FPP may need updating.
posted by kosem at 1:36 PM on September 15, 2008

Wish You Were Here.
posted by dg at 1:45 PM on September 15, 2008

Xanax. For when you care enough to stop caring at all.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 2:40 PM on September 15, 2008

You! Lace doilies! Do I have to draw a fucking map?
posted by box at 2:56 PM on September 15, 2008 [1 favorite]

Zyrtec! I used to proofread their package inserts!
posted by languagehat at 3:07 PM on September 15, 2008

Abacab
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:28 PM on September 15, 2008

Bonobo
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:55 PM on September 15, 2008

Ca Ca Ca
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:08 PM on September 15, 2008

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:27 PM on September 15, 2008

Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah
posted by box at 4:34 PM on September 15, 2008

<>
<>
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 4:36 PM on September 15, 2008

folderol
/folderol

(Curse you, failed fake HTML! It worked in preview!)
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 4:37 PM on September 15, 2008

Gable was I ere I saw Elbag.
posted by languagehat at 5:10 PM on September 15, 2008

He goddamn mad dog, eh?
posted by box at 5:13 PM on September 15, 2008

It's a palindrome!
posted by BitterOldPunk at 5:15 PM on September 15, 2008

race carny
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:27 PM on September 15, 2008

^^^

just kiddiktsuj
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:28 PM on September 15, 2008

Kay, a red nude, peeped under a yak (the rudest of all palindromes, surely).
posted by Kattullus at 5:34 PM on September 15, 2008 [1 favorite]

Linescore palindromes are the roxors!!!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:46 PM on September 15, 2008

*^^^(or SOXORS!!!)*
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:47 PM on September 15, 2008

Ma is as selfless as I am.
posted by team lowkey at 5:52 PM on September 15, 2008

No, son! Onanism's a gross orgasm sin -- a no-no, son.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 5:58 PM on September 15, 2008 [2 favorites]

Oozy rats in a sanitary zoo!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:59 PM on September 15, 2008

—Panama!
posted by languagehat at 6:01 PM on September 15, 2008

Quick brown fox of NWO: R.B.K. Cuiq.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:06 PM on September 15, 2008

"Q" is beyond my M. D. Noyeb's IQ
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 6:06 PM on September 15, 2008

Racecar!
posted by box at 6:07 PM on September 15, 2008

^^^HA! Jerkface!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 6:07 PM on September 15, 2008

^^^Meant cortexetroc tnaem
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 6:09 PM on September 15, 2008

Sup not on pus!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:15 PM on September 15, 2008

Tooth toot.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:34 PM on September 15, 2008

Ummmm..... " A dog, a plan, a canal: pagoda"
posted by Rumple at 6:37 PM on September 15, 2008

Wendell (Ed New)
posted by not_on_display at 6:55 PM on September 15, 2008

[V not available in MA.]
posted by not_on_display at 6:59 PM on September 15, 2008

Xerox? No, Xerxes on ox.

Hey, it's close.
posted by yhbc at 7:10 PM on September 15, 2008 [1 favorite]

Yay!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:11 PM on September 15, 2008

Zoo penguin, I'm mug'n e-pooz.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:22 PM on September 15, 2008

Aha!
posted by box at 8:23 PM on September 15, 2008

Bob?
posted by yhbc at 8:25 PM on September 15, 2008

CAC! The next step in Homeland Security!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:35 PM on September 15, 2008

D&D
posted by not_on_display at 10:10 PM on September 15, 2008

Eye.
posted by team lowkey at 10:29 PM on September 15, 2008 [1 favorite]

fuc
posted by Kattullus at 10:43 PM on September 15, 2008

goat (a).
posted by ersatz at 4:24 AM on September 16, 2008

Ha! Robed rats deliver reviled star, Deborah!
posted by dg at 4:40 AM on September 16, 2008

I, man, am regal. A German am I.
posted by EarBucket at 4:48 AM on September 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

J.J.
posted by languagehat at 6:14 AM on September 16, 2008

Kayak.
posted by box at 6:23 AM on September 16, 2008

llama mall.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:35 AM on September 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

Mom?
posted by languagehat at 6:52 AM on September 16, 2008

Nurse, I spy gypsies! Run!
posted by EarBucket at 7:19 AM on September 16, 2008 [3 favorites]

One car race, no?
posted by cgc373 at 7:26 AM on September 16, 2008

Parcel bare ferret up mock computer-referable crap.
posted by EarBucket at 7:43 AM on September 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

Q: Ari, a rad éclat, no? Do I rep for Elle, sere seller of periodontal cedar? A: Iraq!
posted by cgc373 at 7:48 AM on September 16, 2008

Redo cats, or frost a coder?
posted by box at 8:38 AM on September 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

...sides reversed, is "Redo cats or frost a coder".
posted by flabdablet at 9:05 AM on September 16, 2008

T. Eliot nixes sex in toilet.
posted by EarBucket at 9:46 AM on September 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

Ubu

(gooooood, palindrome)
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 10:15 AM on September 16, 2008

Vote to not slip up, refer pupils to note TOV.

tense of verb?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:17 AM on September 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

Warsaw Otto was raw.
posted by box at 10:20 AM on September 16, 2008

X negates ETA Gen X
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:30 AM on September 16, 2008

Yo, banana boy.
posted by yhbc at 10:40 AM on September 16, 2008

Zeus was deified, saw Suez.
posted by cgc373 at 10:55 AM on September 16, 2008

zzzzzzz
posted by dersins at 10:57 AM on September 16, 2008

Aoxomoxoa.
posted by box at 11:01 AM on September 16, 2008

我愛媽媽，媽媽愛我
posted by Rumple at 12:48 PM on September 16, 2008

!!!LOL!!!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:01 PM on September 16, 2008

Rumple: "我愛媽媽，媽媽愛我"

B-whuhhh?
posted by not_on_display at 1:11 PM on September 16, 2008

담배? 깡통을 던져, 그것이 너무 비극적인!
posted by dg at 1:39 PM on September 16, 2008

Completely out of my depth, now.
posted by cgc373 at 1:51 PM on September 16, 2008

Damn skippy!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:56 PM on September 16, 2008

Duh, Rumple's says "I love mother, mother loves me." Are your Googling fingers broken?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:56 PM on September 16, 2008

Ешь немытого ты меньше!
posted by languagehat at 1:58 PM on September 16, 2008

[Eat less unwashed stuff!]
posted by languagehat at 1:59 PM on September 16, 2008

Flúra varúlf ([to] tattoo [a] werewolf)
posted by Kattullus at 2:26 PM on September 16, 2008 [1 favorite]

Gnaw in modem mark, Rodham!
Ah, dork-rammed omni-wang!

the language of politicking is mysterious enough to me...
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:31 PM on September 16, 2008

Hast du keine Schadenfreude?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 2:34 PM on September 16, 2008

In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni!
posted by languagehat at 2:38 PM on September 16, 2008

Ιανός φυλάττει πύλας .

(Janus guards the gates).
posted by ersatz at 3:59 PM on September 16, 2008

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!
posted by EarBucket at 7:36 PM on September 16, 2008

Hey now! Not only are you reversing the alphabetical order but you're also invoking The Dreamer Eternal of R'lyeh, which is a serious matter here in Providence, Rhode Island. For shame, EarBucket, for shame. Now if you don't mind I have to go beat back a gibbering, betentacled horde from my front door, which you summoned with your irresponsible words. For shame!
posted by Kattullus at 7:47 PM on September 16, 2008

Gee. Touchy.
posted by EarBucket at 8:19 PM on September 16, 2008

Hell. Ew. Still at it, all? It's well, eh.
posted by motty at 8:43 PM on September 16, 2008

.. -. - .-. --- ..- -... .-.. . ... . -. -.. -- --- -. . -.--
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:53 PM on September 16, 2008

.--- ..- -- .--. --- ..-. ..-. - .... . .-. --- --- ..-. ..-. .. .-. ... - - .... . -. .. .-- .. .-.. .-.. -.- -. --- .-- -.-- --- ..- .- .-. . .-- --- .-. - .... -.-- --- ..-. -- -.-- -- --- -. . -.-- beeeyotch
posted by not_on_display at 9:50 PM on September 16, 2008

-.- .. .-.. .-.. .. -. --. / -.-- --- ..- .-. ... . .-.. ..-. --..-- / -.-. --- .-. - . -..- --..-- / .. ... / -. --- - / .- / ... --- .-.. ..- - .. --- -. / - --- / -.-- --- ..- .-. / -- . -. ... - .-. ..- .- .-.. / .--. .-. --- -... .-.. . -- ...
posted by Kattullus at 9:55 PM on September 16, 2008

*-.- .. -.-. -.- ... .-. --- -.-. -.- ...*
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:56 PM on September 16, 2008

LUM CU LE  MEG KUGG BE!

posted by carsonb at 11:14 PM on September 16, 2008

mop-yop fop-rop-Aye-Ee-nop-dop-sop, yop-Oh-You-rop mop-Oh-rop-sop-Ee lop-Eh-nop-gop-You-Eh-gop-Ee Aye-sop Aye-nop-Eh-dop-Ee-qop-You-Eh-top-Ee fop-Oh-rop top-hop-Ee Eh-pop-pop-rop-Oh-pop-rop-Aye-Eh-top-Ee-lop-yop dop-Ee-Ee-pop Eh-nop-dop wop-Ee-Aye-gop-hop-top-yop cop-Oh-nop-vop-Ee-yop-Eh-nop-cop-Ee Oh-fop Ee-mop-Oh-top-Aye-Oh-nop.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:54 PM on September 16, 2008

|\|0w y0u'r3 ju57 74|k1n6 n0n53n53!
posted by dg at 12:25 AM on September 17, 2008

Okay, this has gone too far. Let's switch to Oscar Wilde quotes. I'll start.
posted by Kattullus at 12:34 AM on September 17, 2008

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
posted by Kattullus at 12:34 AM on September 17, 2008

Quote, The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it. close quotes.
posted by From Bklyn at 12:46 AM on September 17, 2008

Rid a temptation; yield to it.
posted by carsonb at 1:45 AM on September 17, 2008

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
posted by motty at 2:59 AM on September 17, 2008

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
posted by ersatz at 3:34 AM on September 17, 2008

This wallpaper goes, or I do.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:34 AM on September 17, 2008

Us are looking at the stars.
posted by box at 6:00 AM on September 17, 2008

Ve have nothing to declare but our genius. (Oscar was feeling a little German that day.)
posted by MrMustard at 8:02 AM on September 17, 2008

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
posted by yhbc at 8:10 AM on September 17, 2008

Xylophones more like anglophones, amirite? Am I rite or—okay, look, I'm having an off night.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:12 AM on September 17, 2008

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:17 AM on September 17, 2008

Zanies of sorrow! (we are the)
posted by languagehat at 8:24 AM on September 17, 2008

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
posted by yhbc at 8:53 AM on September 17, 2008

Be to not or be to, question the is that.
posted by EarBucket at 9:04 AM on September 17, 2008

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:05 AM on September 17, 2008

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
posted by Rumple at 9:16 AM on September 17, 2008

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 9:17 AM on September 17, 2008

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative?
posted by team lowkey at 9:22 AM on September 17, 2008

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made.
posted by kosem at 9:24 AM on September 17, 2008

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
posted by Rumple at 9:31 AM on September 17, 2008

Everything popular is wrong.
posted by box at 9:33 AM on September 17, 2008

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:19 AM on September 17, 2008

"Gottfried, with this sausage, we will build an empire!"

Oh, I thought you said Oscar Mayer quotes. Sorry!
posted by not_on_display at 11:26 AM on September 17, 2008

Hot Dog City, sponsored by the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. (warning: SOUND)

what?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:36 AM on September 17, 2008

I'd eat it.
posted by not_on_display at 11:41 AM on September 17, 2008

I wish I had said that.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:51 AM on September 17, 2008

I'm posting another I comment. Panama!
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:59 AM on September 17, 2008

"Just one dog before I die!" Jessamyn, post Hot Dog City to the Blue, it's fabulous.

Oh, and you will, Alvy, you will.
posted by Kattullus at 12:00 PM on September 17, 2008

Kattullus, you microtruck, why don't you post Hot Dog City to the blue?

(x+p+n+(a+b)+(a+b)+p+y+c+q)
posted by not_on_display at 1:07 PM on September 17, 2008

Look, not_on_display, you republiheaded microcan, why don't you stop using my formulas against me?

(I'd have to wait until the middle of the night to post it as my last post was made last night during a bout of insomnia... also, it's not sporting to take another MeFite's link)
posted by Kattullus at 1:15 PM on September 17, 2008

Mefite's link . . . I see what you did there.
posted by cgc373 at 1:18 PM on September 17, 2008

Not kosher to FPP someone else's link? I'm such a n00b.
posted by not_on_display at 1:33 PM on September 17, 2008

Oi! Why no more Oscar Wilde quotes? Shame on you all.
posted by dg at 1:37 PM on September 17, 2008

Puns about hot dogs? That's a weiner!
posted by yhbc at 1:45 PM on September 17, 2008

Quite droll this morning^*, aren't we, yhbc?.

^*may not apply in your time zone
posted by dg at 1:52 PM on September 17, 2008

Rap lyrics now.
posted by kosem at 2:03 PM on September 17, 2008

"Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
I was on 125 and Saint Nick
Waiting on a cab, standing in the rain
Under my heart three clouds of pain
She got the best of me
What was her destiny?"
posted by kosem at 2:06 PM on September 17, 2008

Sucker MC's who did not learn
If you don't this time, we shall return!
posted by not_on_display at 2:07 PM on September 17, 2008

That comma a little bit of (cf. this comma a little bit of)
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:41 PM on September 17, 2008

Two MCs and one DJ, we be gettin' down with no delay!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 2:42 PM on September 17, 2008

Under a blue moon, young kittens grow whiskers and underdogs drool.
posted by box at 2:54 PM on September 17, 2008

Viktor the director flip a script like Rob Reiner
The way a lotta dudes rhyme their name should be "knob shiner"
For a buck, they'd likely dance the Jig or do the Hucklebuck
To Vik it's no big deal, they're just a buncha knuckle-fucks
You wonder how well would they hold up in a holding cell
It sorta had the strange makings of a tale told in hell
Like "Oh well," hold tall riches
If the Feds is really after him they'll just tell all the snitches
posted by kosem at 3:35 PM on September 17, 2008

While you dibby-dibby-dize and so-socialize,
How you gonna help the Black nation rise?
posted by languagehat at 3:39 PM on September 17, 2008

X stand behind the mic like Walker Cronkite
Y'all keep the spotlight, I'm keepin' my rhymes tight
Lose sight of what you believe, and call it a night.
posted by box at 3:53 PM on September 17, 2008

... X-it!

Turn it up! Bring the noise!
posted by team lowkey at 3:54 PM on September 17, 2008

Yes yes y'all!
posted by box at 4:06 PM on September 17, 2008 [1 favorite]

Ziggity.com is so not what you would think.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:29 PM on September 17, 2008 [1 favorite]

And I actually clicked on it! That shows you my level of trust in jessamyn. I recommend you all do the same.
posted by languagehat at 5:30 PM on September 17, 2008

Buggery.com is, according to its splash page, pretty much exactly what you'd think.
posted by cgc373 at 5:47 PM on September 17, 2008

Chcken-~~fuckers~~ waterers gettin' ziggity wit' it.
posted by yhbc at 5:52 PM on September 17, 2008

Dun, chill,
It ain't all about the dollar bill,
You could be dead broke and be a scholar still.
posted by Kattullus at 5:55 PM on September 17, 2008

Every jessamyn mystery-link has to do with chickens.
posted by Kattullus at 5:56 PM on September 17, 2008

Fowl.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:42 PM on September 17, 2008

Give yourself a break, or someone else'll take your title. Namely me, because I'm homicidal. That means murder. Yes, I'm out to hurt another MC that try to get with me. I'll just break him and make him and rake him and take him and mold him and make him hold up the peace sign. As-Salaam Alaikum.
posted by box at 7:08 PM on September 17, 2008

Hit me!
posted by not_on_display at 9:15 PM on September 17, 2008

I'd h— no, it's not going to be that easy, n_o_d.
posted by cgc373 at 9:17 PM on September 17, 2008 [1 favorite]

Just don't make jessamyn have to reset her cooter counter!
posted by Kattullus at 9:21 PM on September 17, 2008

Katullus stepped on my joke. Now the punchline is ruined. Ruined.
posted by cgc373 at 9:27 PM on September 17, 2008

Kattullus, you unthinking ass, that came out a lot more unfunny when written out than in your head. For those in the dark, this is what this silly fool was referring to.
posted by Kattullus at 9:27 PM on September 17, 2008

Like the missing T in Kattullus? dammit
posted by cgc373 at 9:28 PM on September 17, 2008

Maybe you should have a look over here, Kattullus. Fun page in the wiki!
posted by cgc373 at 9:31 PM on September 17, 2008

No way is this thread still going. I've been gone for a week, and you all are still at it. Nice.
posted by gingerbeer at 9:49 PM on September 17, 2008

Oh, we've just been waiting for you, gingerbeer.
posted by cgc373 at 9:57 PM on September 17, 2008

Perfect! Now what shall the next theme be? Perhaps something with alcohol?
posted by gingerbeer at 10:23 PM on September 17, 2008

Quickly, yes: fine single-malt scotches that don't exist.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:24 PM on September 17, 2008

Royal Brownfinger's
posted by not_on_display at 10:37 PM on September 17, 2008

Scotch names? That's a tall order. How's about Glenmororgy?
posted by team lowkey at 10:52 PM on September 17, 2008 [1 favorite]

Tarteringruffingers Single Malt. Ask your grocer!
posted by From Bklyn at 12:02 AM on September 18, 2008

U want Oigthierna's Finest. The single Highland malt that can make you toss that caber.
posted by ersatz at 4:11 AM on September 18, 2008

Vaseline^® single malt Scotch Whiskey (distilled by Unilever using an old corporate family secret) keeps your skin moisturized on the inside.
posted by not_on_display at 5:09 AM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Whiskey is a scotch, or scotch is a whiskey? I can never remember. Can I have a Moxie?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:05 AM on September 18, 2008

XXX Brand Moonshine - Snuffy Smith's favorite!
posted by yhbc at 6:20 AM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Ytterbium is a soft, malleable and rather ductile ~~element~~ single malt scotch that exhibits a bright silvery luster. A rare earth element, it is easily attacked and dissolved by mineral acids, slowly reacts with water, and oxidizes in air.
posted by not_on_display at 7:18 AM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Zymurgy—in addition to being the last word in many dictionaries—teaches us that Scotches cain't be trusted to be or not to be whisk(e)y. Pomo Highlands Brand takes all that ambiguity and runs with it.
posted by cgc373 at 7:29 AM on September 18, 2008

Assawoman, Virginia
posted by dw at 7:36 AM on September 18, 2008

Big Cabin, Oklahoma
posted by dw at 7:36 AM on September 18, 2008

Cooter, Missouri
posted by dw at 7:38 AM on September 18, 2008

Deep Hole, Virginia.
posted by cgc373 at 7:40 AM on September 18, 2008

Dunnae: the scotch that won't lie about its experience.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:40 AM on September 18, 2008

Dildo Island, Newfoundland
posted by box at 7:43 AM on September 18, 2008

Excavation, Wyoming
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:02 AM on September 18, 2008

Fingringhoe, Essex
posted by EarBucket at 8:08 AM on September 18, 2008

Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania
posted by not_on_display at 8:22 AM on September 18, 2008

Hole, South Dakota
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:30 AM on September 18, 2008

Intercourse (Village of), Pennsylvania
posted by kosem at 8:38 AM on September 18, 2008

Intercourse, Alabama

Sorry to double up on the letter "I" and all, but, hey, my home state gotta represent, y'know what I'm sayin'?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:44 AM on September 18, 2008

I'm leaving another I comment, again, because I can.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:51 AM on September 18, 2008

I can too, so there! That's THREE! But, unlike you, cortex, I can't use the img tag.

So, if you really wanna prove what a hotshot you are, you'll post an image now. Go on, do it. You're like, one of 3 other people who can.

Letter J is recommended, though.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:58 AM on September 18, 2008

I'm not that much of a pushover.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:00 AM on September 18, 2008

Jindalee, Queensland, Australia
posted by h00py at 9:01 AM on September 18, 2008

Jinx!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:06 AM on September 18, 2008

Karelee, Queensland (yeah, I'm a western suburbs chick, so what?)
posted by h00py at 9:19 AM on September 18, 2008

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Webster, Massachusetts
posted by not_on_display at 9:57 AM on September 18, 2008

Muff, Donegal.
posted by cgc373 at 10:02 AM on September 18, 2008

Note: That link above is safe for work.
posted by cgc373 at 10:03 AM on September 18, 2008

OH THANKS I JUST GOT FIRED
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:22 AM on September 18, 2008

PLZ FRGV M CRTX
posted by cgc373 at 10:28 AM on September 18, 2008

Query: Ought the Muff Diving Club be linked to the MeFi front page? Please do not break the alphabet chain in your responses, or there will be unthinkable consequences.
posted by cgc373 at 10:30 AM on September 18, 2008

Read "linked to" as "linked on" or "posted to" plz kthxbi.
posted by cgc373 at 10:31 AM on September 18, 2008

Sure, post it. Now that he's, uh, pursuing new opportunities, cortex has lots of time to delete things.
posted by box at 10:45 AM on September 18, 2008

Twatt, Orkney, Scotland, UK
posted by not_on_display at 11:09 AM on September 18, 2008

Uranus.
posted by yhbc at 11:10 AM on September 18, 2008

Virgin Island!
posted by not_on_display at 11:15 AM on September 18, 2008

What? Somebody already said Uranus? Oh hell.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 11:19 AM on September 18, 2008

Yamama!
posted by languagehat at 11:46 AM on September 18, 2008

Zonyrequest: hybrids of anything for the next round
posted by not_on_display at 12:01 PM on September 18, 2008

Aardelope: It would be like an antelope with a really long nose for sucking up, well, ants.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 12:21 PM on September 18, 2008

Buissan: A boat your dad would drive, but with really great gas mileage.
posted by dhartung at 1:11 PM on September 18, 2008

Shahdenfreude: Happiness at the misfortune of those who love the taste of animal semen and the pleasure of oral sex!?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:19 PM on September 18, 2008

C

oh right C

Caramilk: the beverage made from squeezing caramel sundae topping into milk
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:21 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Deebbit - a cross between a deer and a rabbit, so there would be venison enough to feed the world. Yay ~~bambi steaks~~ venison!
posted by dg at 1:36 PM on September 18, 2008

Elepint: bigger than a Maß, by a long shot.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:56 PM on September 18, 2008

Franco-American SpaghettiOs: the new kind of spaghetti that you eat with a spoon.
posted by yhbc at 2:15 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

GorgonZola: a French novelist whose hideous snake-headed visage turns men into a delicious blue-veined cheese.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 2:24 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Helugas: whales kept by Spartans as slaves to till the ocean floor, which was considered unmanly.
posted by Kattullus at 3:17 PM on September 18, 2008

I wish this thread were gone from my Recent Activity.
posted by Zed_Lopez at 3:34 PM on September 18, 2008

Just click (remove from activity) and quit whining! Or, alternatively, check your sense at the door and join in the festivities!
posted by Kattullus at 3:38 PM on September 18, 2008

Kattullus speaks the truth.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:43 PM on September 18, 2008

Lobstare: A lobster that keeps on staring. Aren't very polite usually.
posted by ersatz at 3:48 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Mathtadon: a giant, prehistoric creature that can tap out arithmetic with its toes. Enjoys a good elepint.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:52 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Ninjam: what happens when a bored covers band smuggles interesting (to them) material into a wedding / barmitzvah / pub gig without anyone present noticing or minding.
posted by motty at 4:43 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Jingoes: Dingos who sing jingles from popular commercials.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 5:07 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

O RLY
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:08 PM on September 18, 2008

Kangarooster: Cockboxer
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 5:16 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Lesbionic: Strap-on teledildonics.
posted by box at 5:53 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

MassaCheez-its: Cheddar-flavored crackers shaped like the state of Massachusetts.
posted by not_on_display at 8:55 PM on September 18, 2008

Omnominative: The case used when you are eating the subject of your sentence (examples: 1) When you eat a chip and say mmm... chips, "chips" is in the omnominative 2) When Cookie Monster eat cookies and shouts COOKIES!!!, "COOKIES!!!" is in the omnominative)
posted by Kattullus at 10:46 PM on September 18, 2008 [7 favorites]

Pursepickuity: Being able to calmly and confidently select exactly the right bag for every ensemble and occasion.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:53 PM on September 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

Quite unable to top "omnominative".
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:02 AM on September 19, 2008

Rethuglic— no, wait, I meant aposiopesis— er, no, that's not it either. Darn it. I dunno how to do this.
posted by cgc373 at 1:50 AM on September 19, 2008

Sesquipidiliarian - no fucking idea, but it sounds cool.
posted by dg at 2:01 AM on September 19, 2008

Tanpric: A person with a superficial knowledge of an "exotic" subject (e.g. tantric practices/philosophy) who's being a prick to everyone who won't do a 180 to follow him. Loves cherry picking.
posted by ersatz at 3:45 AM on September 19, 2008

Uglee: feeling good about not feeling good about your physical appearance.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:42 AM on September 19, 2008

Verisimilardude: It's not exactly like verisimilitude, but it's, like, very similar, dude.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:51 AM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Vertutigo: Being so virtuous as to cause dizziness.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:07 AM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Wheezinart: A device for manufacturing cutting remarks.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:09 AM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

XyliPhone: multi-touch, 3G-ready percussion instrument. Has no actual resonators.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:17 AM on September 19, 2008

Yeti Pot: nasal douche for your sasquatch.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:34 AM on September 19, 2008 [3 favorites]

ZOMG that was awesome. Please do this for another round kthxbai.
posted by not_on_display at 8:57 AM on September 19, 2008

Agitpropellor: a device used for blowing smoke up others' asses.
posted by not_on_display at 9:00 AM on September 19, 2008

ZyDeco: uptempo, heavily geometric-influenced style of music played with a stainless-steel and shagreen frottoir
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:04 AM on September 19, 2008

Belligerenters: they'll give you their money, but not their respect.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:06 AM on September 19, 2008

Bahlated: When you screw up a game of Alphabet by posting too late, but you don't care.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:07 AM on September 19, 2008

Comicfers: Really, really funny non-deciduous trees.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:10 AM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Dododecahedron: an extinct twelve-sided bird.
posted by yhbc at 9:29 AM on September 19, 2008 [5 favorites]

Escargoatee- a temporary beard made of snails. Or a small beard to apply to snails.
posted by mrzarquon at 9:59 AM on September 19, 2008

Eucallipses: Cough drops that just kind of fade away...
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:08 AM on September 19, 2008

Fellowtio: oral sex subsidized by a university grant.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:08 AM on September 19, 2008 [2 favorites]

GatoRaid- Spray to prevent gator infestations. Or a small viking contingent of Univertsity of Florida alumni.
posted by mrzarquon at 10:30 AM on September 19, 2008

Halfalump: When one invisible beastie is too much.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:46 AM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Inmojito: a covert rum drink, not meant to rouse suspicion
posted by mrzarquon at 10:49 AM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Jessaminute: The amount of time it takes to delete a crappy post
posted by not_on_display at 11:04 AM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Klaverne: co-lead in a wacky 1870s sitcom about hard-working Americans, white Americans.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:07 AM on September 19, 2008

LOLive oil: Extra virgin giggles.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:43 AM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Lamazel tov: Congratulations on your natural childbirth!
posted by box at 11:44 AM on September 19, 2008

Masturgatory: the purification phase of the wanking process. There is a debate among fapologists as to whether the masturgatory pain and fire is material or metaphorical.
posted by kosem at 12:07 PM on September 19, 2008

Nomnommon: reggae kitteh haz srs munchiez.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:52 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Orangalangatang: reggae orangutang
posted by not_on_display at 1:01 PM on September 19, 2008

Palindrone: the act of repeating oneself over and over to the point of not realizing you've come around to the beginning and are now just using the same talking points that you were in the beginning.
posted by yhbc at 1:32 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Qwyjibonus: +31 for the points, +50 for the scrabble, and then +100 bonus points for your opponent never having seen that episode of the Simpsons
posted by not_on_display at 2:04 PM on September 19, 2008

Rutabago: A camper disguised as a root vegetable for use in covert operations.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 2:06 PM on September 19, 2008

Solemnella: a disease that renders you unable to smile.
posted by languagehat at 2:31 PM on September 19, 2008

Terrordactyl: poetic meter that scares the shit out of the reader.
posted by not_on_display at 3:06 PM on September 19, 2008 [2 favorites]

Umbilicordwood - important to stockpile for a variety of reasons.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:23 PM on September 19, 2008

Velocirapture: What really happened to the dinosaurs.
posted by cgc373 at 4:29 PM on September 19, 2008 [3 favorites]

Walpurgisnot: Mucus generated around the first of May.
posted by not_on_display at 4:42 PM on September 19, 2008

Xenofauxbia: an abnormal fear or hatred of fake foreigners.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:10 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Yeshiva lingam: A prick on a spiritual journey.
posted by motty at 5:15 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

Zerobo Sapiens: IRFH to the future: "I want my robot butler, already!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:39 PM on September 19, 2008

Aardfark

OR, WEBSITES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:52 PM on September 19, 2008

buttslolcats.com — JOKE WRITES ITSELF
posted by cgc373 at 6:18 PM on September 19, 2008

Crocs and Lemurs
posted by kosem at 6:23 PM on September 19, 2008

Digg-a-tunnel: For meerkats.

It makes the most sense if you've seen The Lion King 1 1/2. Not that I've, um, watched it five times or anything. SHUT UP I WORK WITH CHILDREN.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:34 PM on September 19, 2008

Er, I was gonna showcase DiggCheney.com, the veep's vanity site, but I was too late.
posted by cgc373 at 6:35 PM on September 19, 2008

Farkvardk would work if aardfark gets taken.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:46 PM on September 19, 2008

grapefruitmoon: you want meerkats? Here's the site for you. It's worth the flash navigation, to get 2 or 3 pages in and play with the meerkats. First meerkat you see, click on him. It's all fun and games from then on.

PS: aardfark was taken. Damn that cortex
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:59 PM on September 19, 2008

Hawker.com: the snarky gossip site for urban raptors.
posted by gingerbeer at 8:34 PM on September 19, 2008

ikanhasmouzeburger.com
posted by not_on_display at 8:37 PM on September 19, 2008

jezebull.com: celebrity, sex, fashion for cows.
posted by gingerbeer at 8:39 PM on September 19, 2008

KoingKoing, featuring blogger Carpy Doctorow.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:29 PM on September 19, 2008

Lifesnacker.com - a Gawker site I would actually read.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:44 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

MetaFlounder.com
posted by not_on_display at 10:54 PM on September 19, 2008

Netflax.com - the flaxseed products you need, with the internet convenience you expect.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:18 PM on September 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

overstroke.com - It's all about the "O".
posted by maxwelton at 12:53 AM on September 20, 2008

Orcat: Invite-only no-seal-killong pod.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 12:56 AM on September 20, 2008

Pitchfark.com: A site for people who like to photoshop pictures of Clap Your Hands -- oh fuck it, I've got nothing.
posted by Kattullus at 2:10 AM on September 20, 2008

Quotezilla: Only the best quotes from real godzillas.

Quotezilla exists but it has a certain lack of godzillas and an unhealthy emphasis on humans. Human quotes, ew.
posted by ersatz at 3:55 AM on September 20, 2008

Ratyourmusic.com: Rat music for rats.
posted by box at 5:05 AM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

Schmetsy: Selling handmade products made of schmutz.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:33 AM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

Twitturd.com: poop updates in 140 characters or less!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:12 AM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

Understock.com: Incredible bargains we're completely sold out of.
posted by dw at 9:45 AM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

Vidabluenile.com: Diamonds and gemstones chosen personally by major league pitcher and cocaine addict Vida Blue!
posted by dw at 9:50 AM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

WAPquest.com: driving directions to free hotspots.
posted by box at 11:08 AM on September 20, 2008

YHWHoo: an internet divine content provider
posted by languagehat at 11:58 AM on September 20, 2008 [2 favorites]

Zoogle.com: search engine for websites in Elk, Walrus, Ant, Honeybee, Sloth, and over 175 million other species' languages. w00f!
posted by not_on_display at 12:37 PM on September 20, 2008

Already we have reached 1300. How about allegedly alliterative alphabet?
posted by mrzarquon at 1:17 PM on September 20, 2008

Brian blasphemously broke bronze branches while the breeze blew belligerently.
posted by ersatz at 1:37 PM on September 20, 2008

Cannibal chiefs chew Camembert cheese 'cause chewing keeps 'em cheeky.
posted by not_on_display at 2:40 PM on September 20, 2008

Dammit, Daddy, digging up dead dames to diddle ain't dope, ain't Dada... just ain't done. Duh. Ditch them doldrums: dare to dance the desperate disco, you dandy dude, dig it?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:50 PM on September 20, 2008

Excellent Eskimos edge ever eastward, escalating endothermically ed enfinitum.
posted by not_on_display at 6:29 PM on September 20, 2008

Frostbite fells follicles, flinging flesh forward, forbidding fornication forever.
posted by Kattullus at 7:41 PM on September 20, 2008

Gorgeous George's gorges gurgled, gushing grape goo. "Grody!" Grandma gasped.
posted by not_on_display at 7:54 PM on September 20, 2008

"Hello, Homer", he hissed, histrionically. "Hows Henry's hemorroids?"

"Heavenly, Harry. Hysterically, heavenly".
posted by yhbc at 8:25 PM on September 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

If interventionist ideology interpolates iterative incongruities, isolationist insanity is iffier, I'd indicate.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:18 PM on September 20, 2008

Jinky jerkoffs jeers, jested, Junior-jousted. Jackpot!
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:41 PM on September 20, 2008

Kinky Koalas Kindle Keepsake Kabbalah Kamikaze Kites
posted by mrzarquon at 10:55 PM on September 20, 2008

Lethal Larry left Laredo lariatless.
posted by box at 11:00 PM on September 20, 2008

Mellifluous MeFites make MeFi Music most merry, mama!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:06 PM on September 20, 2008

Next! Songs in our iTunes' Top 25 Most Played that start with the appropriate letter. I'll start.
posted by Kattullus at 11:46 PM on September 20, 2008

One Great City! by The Weakerthans. 15th most played song in my iTunes library, played 42 times.
posted by Kattullus at 11:50 PM on September 20, 2008

Punch 'em in the Dick!
posted by not_on_display at 12:10 AM on September 21, 2008

'Quiet Storm' is the highest on my list, but it's still not top-25.
posted by box at 6:01 AM on September 21, 2008

"Rerail," Ralph rasped resentfully. "Really?" replied Randi, reluctant. "Ratfucker."
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:43 AM on September 21, 2008

So songs suffer, sadly sighed some Scandahoovian.
posted by languagehat at 8:38 AM on September 21, 2008

Three thousand flowers (destroyer), thorn torture tops the twenty-five.
posted by carsonb at 9:18 AM on September 21, 2008

"Underdog" by Spoon tops my list, but it looks like it reset itself at some point in the last year. Used to be something else.
posted by dw at 10:48 AM on September 21, 2008

Variatio XXX Quodlibet A 1: Bach, played by G. Gould
posted by From Bklyn at 1:00 PM on September 21, 2008

Waiting for the Great Leap Forward by Billy Bragg. Number one in my personal charts with 54 plays. The lyrics to the song were memorably rewritten by stavrosthewonderchicken (scroll down a bit) as Waiting for the Newbie Influx. Why hasn't somebody the recorded that for Music? ...stavros? ...cortex? ...anyone? ...bueller?
posted by Kattullus at 1:12 PM on September 21, 2008

"Welcome to the Machine" from Roger Water's "In the Flesh". Figures.
posted by dg at 1:19 PM on September 21, 2008

*reminds self "must preview, must preview"*
posted by dg at 1:25 PM on September 21, 2008

X
posted by languagehat at 2:33 PM on September 21, 2008

Yo La Tengo's "Last Days of Disco" has been played quite a bit in these parts.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:07 PM on September 21, 2008

"Zeros and Ones" by the Mekons. Followed closely by "Zebra" by the Magnetic Fields.
posted by gingerbeer at 7:12 PM on September 21, 2008

Asteroid Hopper by Desert Planet, then Americus (Religious Right Rock) by Grand Buffet.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:39 PM on September 21, 2008

Bohemian by Kim Doo Soo. Number 23 with 37 plays.
posted by Kattullus at 10:42 PM on September 21, 2008

"Chitlins Con Carne" by Stevie Ray Vaughan (from Blues at Sunrise)
posted by dg at 11:52 PM on September 21, 2008

"Don't Forget to Breathe" by Beulah (Yoko Demo)
posted by carsonb at 12:35 AM on September 22, 2008

"Eighties Fan" by Camera Obscura has ended up on nearly every birthday mix I've made this year. Oh yeah, most of my friends were born after 1980. Bunch of whippersnappers we are.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:26 AM on September 22, 2008

Flow by Epik High is in second place, with 53 plays, forever jockeying with "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward" for number 1.
posted by Kattullus at 4:48 AM on September 22, 2008

Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness (an hour-long song. Technically an album, so this might be cheating).
posted by ersatz at 7:56 AM on September 22, 2008

"Hoe Cakes" followed by "House of Cards"
posted by kosem at 9:16 AM on September 22, 2008

I don't use iTunes.
posted by yhbc at 10:07 AM on September 22, 2008

Just popped in to say that yhbc's comment was "1337", which I think is numerysterical.
posted by team lowkey at 10:19 AM on September 22, 2008

key-comma-team-space-low's comment has me thinking: if Joe Lieberman were to reinvent himself as ~~not a complete douche~~ a hacker kid, he could go by "1338".
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:24 AM on September 22, 2008 [1 favorite]

Jump Off The Roof - self link; only on my top 25 because I had to listen to it over and over again to see if it sounded right.
posted by not_on_display at 10:25 AM on September 22, 2008

[late again! I must also take advantage of that "preview" button]
posted by not_on_display at 10:26 AM on September 22, 2008

loused that up, cortex and not_on_display.

deduct two points apiece.
posted by From Bklyn at 10:27 AM on September 22, 2008

...me too, actually... now where's that "pre..." oh, here..
posted by From Bklyn at 10:31 AM on September 22, 2008

note: everyone needs a hug.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:34 AM on September 22, 2008

O NO!
posted by languagehat at 11:26 AM on September 22, 2008

Problem, languagehat?
posted by not_on_display at 11:28 AM on September 22, 2008

QFT: everyone needs a hug
posted by gingerbeer at 12:14 PM on September 22, 2008

resolved: hugs!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:28 PM on September 22, 2008

Sike!
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:30 PM on September 22, 2008

That was what I called my oldest sister's—and, in the long run, the family's and to a degree the neighborhood's—angry white outside cat. His name was really meant to be "Psyche", in reference to his psychedelic different-colored eyes, but as a seven-year-old I hadn't encountered the notion of psychedelia, and knew of "Psyche!" only by oral tradition.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:33 PM on September 22, 2008

Understanding came, eventually, but too late; Sike remains Sike, forever, in my mind and heart. He was a good bad cat; rough, a loner, slow to accept affection, a sometimes violent hunter when other animals—cat or otherwise—would move into his territory. He was prone to fights, and came home look bad more than once, but there was a heavy stubbornness about him that seemed to me to convey that he might lose a fight now and then but would win whatever strange war a cat might conceive of in his life and his view of the world.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:35 PM on September 22, 2008 [1 favorite]

When I was moving through high school, he was moving through old age—I can't recall how old he was when he finally passed away, but he could not have been young and the brutish conflicts that seemed to take up his nights could only have shortened what span he had. He had the look, by the end, of a cat who had somehow cadged a tenth and eleventh life off someone who owed him, and who was taking only marginal care with those.

I remember sitting one night on the back steps of our house, a young tense knot of emotions and hormones and teenaged troubles, and listening to the high school football announcements echoing into the neighborhood air from the field ten blocks away, and petting Sike's taut, boney frame through his matted white-but-for-the-dirt-and-scars fur, and realizing that this cat who wasn't really mine, wasn't really anybody's, wouldn't be around much longer. And I think for the first time, that night, he was my cat, at least for a little while, with all the sadness of impending loss that came with it.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:42 PM on September 22, 2008 [3 favorites]

*XYLOPHONE SOLO TO LIGHTEN MOOD*
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:48 PM on September 22, 2008

yawwwwwn.. WHUH? a xylophone?
posted by not_on_display at 12:55 PM on September 22, 2008

Zzzzzzzzzzz *huh* what's all that blasted ploinka ploinka music?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:06 PM on September 22, 2008

Zowie! Great commentary from cortex.
posted by languagehat at 1:07 PM on September 22, 2008

Applause!
posted by languagehat at 1:07 PM on September 22, 2008

Blubbering!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:20 PM on September 22, 2008

* cries *
posted by baby_jessamyn at 1:29 PM on September 22, 2008

Commiseration!
posted by cgc373 at 1:30 PM on September 22, 2008

DAMMIT!
posted by cgc373 at 1:30 PM on September 22, 2008

Easy, there—you can both commiserate!
posted by languagehat at 1:36 PM on September 22, 2008 [1 favorite]

FUCK.
posted by carsonb at 1:43 PM on September 22, 2008

* faps *
posted by yhbc at 1:43 PM on September 22, 2008

Great; now we're both doing it!
posted by yhbc at 1:47 PM on September 22, 2008

Hey; what happened to the "V" chapter of that cat story, anyway?
posted by yhbc at 1:52 PM on September 22, 2008

I also wanted to mention that I noticed today that mr_crash_davis has left us, and that I miss him and hope that he is doing alright.
posted by yhbc at 1:53 PM on September 22, 2008

Just wanted to go on the record that I like multicolored cats.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 2:18 PM on September 22, 2008

Kitty Story, Chapter V: The Visitors Are Our Friends.
posted by team lowkey at 2:23 PM on September 22, 2008

Look, if we're talking long sad cat stories, I can talk about my beloved cat who died earlier this year (Soren Kierkegaard, philosopher cat), or rtha's 19 year old cat, who also died earlier this year, or even Yorvit, our poor be-ringwormed cat, who has been at the vet, in the isolation ward, for the last month.
posted by gingerbeer at 2:27 PM on September 22, 2008

*moans in ailurophilic sympathy*
posted by languagehat at 2:54 PM on September 22, 2008

Now maybe you should rethink that whole Visitors = Cat Friends thing, team lowkey.
posted by cgc373 at 2:58 PM on September 22, 2008

Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;
He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.
He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme
A long while before Queen Victoria's accession.
Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives
And more - I am tempted to say, ninety-nine;
And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives
And the village is proud of him in his decline.
At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy,
When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall,
The Oldest Inhabitant croaks: `Well, of all ...
Things ... Can it be ... really! ... No! ... Yes! ...
Ho! hi!
Oh, my eye!
My sight may be failing, but yet I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy!'
posted by ersatz at 3:19 PM on September 22, 2008

"Pussy (Pussy, Pussy, Pussy, Marijuana)" by Brazilian Girls.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:11 PM on September 22, 2008

Quickly, flapjax at midnite added It's Raining Florence Henderson's above comment to his current "body parts songs" thread here.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:29 PM on September 22, 2008

Really the only thing I'm proud of ever doing on the internet. My own long sad cat story. Sorry to keep linking to it so often, but I really am proud of it.
posted by yhbc at 5:53 PM on September 22, 2008 [2 favorites]

SAD KITTEH STORYS? I KAN HAS KLEENEX?

Seriously, gimme a kleenex, I'm allergic to cats.
posted by not_on_display at 6:29 PM on September 22, 2008

Sad long cat story worth reading and linking many times, yhbc. You oughta be proud of it; it's a wonderful memorial.
posted by cgc373 at 6:29 PM on September 22, 2008

TAKE IT TO METATALK N_O_D!
posted by cgc373 at 6:30 PM on September 22, 2008

Unless I'm searching wrong you've only linked this story once before, yhbc. I had certainly never seen it. Thank you, that was a touching obituary, I welled up at the end.
posted by Kattullus at 6:31 PM on September 22, 2008

WATS A METALTLK?
posted by not_on_display at 6:40 PM on September 22, 2008

(vouch for me, someone, that a W is just two V's?)
posted by not_on_display at 6:41 PM on September 22, 2008

[x] a W is just two Vs
[ ] a W is not just two Vs
posted by Rumple at 10:04 PM on September 22, 2008

You rock, Rumple.
posted by not_on_display at 11:07 PM on September 22, 2008

Zeedom's just another vvord for nothing left to Vuze.
posted by team lowkey at 11:26 PM on September 22, 2008

Any sign of this stopping yet? I'm getting concerned about the smell down here.
posted by dg at 12:11 AM on September 23, 2008

By gosh and by golly, I'm back.
posted by wendell at 1:43 AM on September 23, 2008

Concerns about smell should be taken to AskMe - the advice will probably be to wash it out with some white vinegar. Good luck!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:28 AM on September 23, 2008

DTMFA.
posted by flabdablet at 4:10 AM on September 23, 2008

Eat it.
posted by flabdablet at 4:11 AM on September 23, 2008

Frank.
posted by flabdablet at 4:12 AM on September 23, 2008

Go to the doctor.
posted by flabdablet at 4:13 AM on September 23, 2008

Heh... just woke up from a dream about cortex. In my dream I was flying through Portland (does anyone fly through Portland?) and my flight out was delayed by 10 hours so I got in touch with cortex and we got food. I don't remember what we had but, sadly, it was not enormous donuts. Incidentally, this is almost a true story. I had a 12 hour layover in L. A. last March and I went to Venice Beach and hung out for the day and at the end of it met up with klangklangston and he and his special ladyfriend took me to get some good cheap Mexican food.
posted by Kattullus at 4:21 AM on September 23, 2008

IANAL, but you should follow my advice.

Lawyer up.
posted by ersatz at 5:29 AM on September 23, 2008

Just about everyone wants to fly through Portland, I would think.
posted by rtha at 5:36 AM on September 23, 2008

Kill everyone.
posted by EarBucket at 7:05 AM on September 23, 2008

Lies, all lies!
posted by languagehat at 7:10 AM on September 23, 2008

Make a paste out of baking soda and vodka and apply it liberally to the affected area. Stay out of the sun.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:31 AM on September 23, 2008

Now's the time for all good men to...
posted by From Bklyn at 7:41 AM on September 23, 2008

O to tha G to the L to the E
Belushi at the window of So-uh-ro-ruh-tee
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:54 AM on September 23, 2008

* pounce *

* pounce again *

Great googly-moogly!
posted by yhbc at 8:04 AM on September 23, 2008 [1 favorite]

Quiet around here.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:20 AM on September 23, 2008

Right! Back to work guys. Names for a Hippy's cat:
posted by Rumple at 10:30 AM on September 23, 2008

Saturnalia
posted by Rumple at 10:31 AM on September 23, 2008

Toker, Smoker Joker Midnight
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:34 AM on September 23, 2008 [1 favorite]

Uncle John

(duh!)
posted by yhbc at 10:42 AM on September 23, 2008

Violetta.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:46 AM on September 23, 2008

Woodstalker
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:54 AM on September 23, 2008

Xanadude
posted by Rumple at 11:33 AM on September 23, 2008

Zooey.
posted by languagehat at 11:49 AM on September 23, 2008

Yikes, I forgot Y! How about Yertle?
posted by languagehat at 11:49 AM on September 23, 2008

Ambergris
posted by not_on_display at 11:54 AM on September 23, 2008

Bud
posted by dirty hippie at 11:56 AM on September 23, 2008 [1 favorite]

Cat
posted by gingerbeer at 12:06 PM on September 23, 2008

Dude
posted by rtha at 12:19 PM on September 23, 2008

Eek
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:20 PM on September 23, 2008

Felix and/or Fritz
posted by yhbc at 12:27 PM on September 23, 2008

Ghlaghghee
posted by EarBucket at 12:32 PM on September 23, 2008

Hempy.
posted by box at 12:33 PM on September 23, 2008

Jeremiah.
Jude, Hey.
Jehosephat.
Janey.
Jessamyn.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:45 PM on September 23, 2008 [1 favorite]

Illin'
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:47 PM on September 23, 2008

KAT STEVENS
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:54 PM on September 23, 2008

Don't you mean KHAT STEVENS?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:03 PM on September 23, 2008

LOLKHAT
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:22 PM on September 23, 2008

Lucky (lucky to get fed, lucky to get remembered etc)
posted by dg at 1:37 PM on September 23, 2008

Meowie Waui
posted by Rumple at 1:52 PM on September 23, 2008 [1 favorite]

Nugget.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 2:22 PM on September 23, 2008

Osiris.
posted by team lowkey at 2:40 PM on September 23, 2008

Petchouli.
posted by team lowkey at 2:41 PM on September 23, 2008

Quinoa.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:33 PM on September 23, 2008

Roach.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:29 PM on September 23, 2008

Sticky
posted by not_on_display at 4:31 PM on September 23, 2008

Thundercat Mofofo Johnsonbone Esquire
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:02 PM on September 23, 2008 [1 favorite]

Uhhhhh what was the question?
posted by not_on_display at 5:05 PM on September 23, 2008

Very stoned kitty names?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:07 PM on September 23, 2008

Weed.
posted by languagehat at 5:17 PM on September 23, 2008

Xerxes, man, Xerxes.
posted by From Bklyn at 5:41 PM on September 23, 2008

Yogi
posted by box at 5:59 PM on September 23, 2008

Zippity BOP
posted by yhbc at 6:01 PM on September 23, 2008

Zezozose Zadfrack Glutz
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:01 PM on September 23, 2008

Zippity Bop!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 6:01 PM on September 23, 2008

A triple! Wow!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 6:02 PM on September 23, 2008

Beauty, eh?
posted by not_on_display at 9:45 PM on September 23, 2008

Can you dig it?
posted by wendell at 9:51 PM on September 23, 2008

Dig it? Dig it? Dig it? Dig it? Dig it? Dig it? Dig it? Dig it? Dig it?
posted by wendell at 9:52 PM on September 23, 2008

Eh? Eh? Eh?Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh?

Oh, can I DIG it! Right! Yeah, I can dig it.

thank you, that was Charles Hortrey and the Deafies. And now we'd like to do...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:16 PM on September 23, 2008

Fuck You by Dean and the Weenies. Not in my top-anything list... good song, mind you.
posted by Kattullus at 10:33 PM on September 23, 2008

"Gett Off"
posted by cgc373 at 12:54 AM on September 24, 2008

"Happiest days of our Lives", The by Roger Waters (from In the Flesh).
posted by dg at 1:02 AM on September 24, 2008

"Had A Dad" (seven letters—one song)
posted by cgc373 at 1:05 AM on September 24, 2008

I was trying to suggest a danged theme, dg.
posted by cgc373 at 1:07 AM on September 24, 2008

"Jackson"
posted by From Bklyn at 3:02 AM on September 24, 2008

KKK took my baby away, the
posted by not_on_display at 5:14 AM on September 24, 2008

(Late to understanding the theme, me.)
posted by not_on_display at 5:38 AM on September 24, 2008

"Man Size"
posted by box at 7:27 AM on September 24, 2008

New Pony
posted by EarBucket at 7:47 AM on September 24, 2008

Number 9
posted by yhbc at 7:53 AM on September 24, 2008

"Octopus"
posted by box at 7:53 AM on September 24, 2008

oh heck
posted by yhbc at 7:54 AM on September 24, 2008

"Oh My God"
posted by box at 7:54 AM on September 24, 2008

Popcorn!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:19 AM on September 24, 2008

Popcorn!
posted by box at 8:52 AM on September 24, 2008

(Buttered Popcorn!)
posted by box at 8:53 AM on September 24, 2008

Popcorn!
posted by box at 8:57 AM on September 24, 2008

Popcorn!
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:09 AM on September 24, 2008

quit it with the popcorn already
posted by yhbc at 9:35 AM on September 24, 2008

*rigs up another popcorn maker*
posted by rtha at 9:56 AM on September 24, 2008

small, medium, large, extra large, ginormous, excessive, or massively mountainous sack of scree, sir? Butter? Olestra?
posted by Rumple at 10:00 AM on September 24, 2008

* talks with mouth full, buttery lips *
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:03 AM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

Ukelele?
posted by not_on_display at 10:32 AM on September 24, 2008

Vibrate
posted by BitterOldPunk at 11:47 AM on September 24, 2008

Where's the popcorn?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:37 PM on September 24, 2008

Xalapa, maybe? I dunno, someone ate it probably. If you're gonna get more, can you also get me some sno-caps and a reese's?
posted by not_on_display at 12:56 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

Yes.
posted by box at 1:19 PM on September 24, 2008

Zealously favoriting not on display for the sno caps comment. Sno-caps = best.movie.candy.EVAH.
posted by misha at 2:18 PM on September 24, 2008

And now we may list Nirvana album or song titles, if Kurt Cobain hadn't died.
posted by Rumple at 3:02 PM on September 24, 2008

But... do you mean like if he hadn't tried to kill himself, or if he just hadn't died?
posted by team lowkey at 3:28 PM on September 24, 2008

Cobain? Nirvana? Fuck that. What if D. Boon hadn't died? That'd be more interesting.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 3:31 PM on September 24, 2008

Damn it, and I just had a vision from the future.

Ban me

Ban me,
Ban me my friend
ban me,
Wish you could ban me again

I'm not the only one

Hate me,
Do it thread after thread.
Notice me,
Ban me my friend.

I'm not the only one

My favorite discourse
I'll troll your open sores*
Appreciate your concern
Sockpuppets will return

Ban me,
Ban me my friend
ban me,
Wish you could ban me again

I'm not the only one

Ban me...

*Kurt would sing open source among Linuxphiles.
posted by ersatz at 3:40 PM on September 24, 2008

Eat me,
Eat me my friend
Eat me,
Wish you could eat me again

I'm only one calorie

Bake me,
Do it night after night.
Fry me,
Eat me my friend.

I'm only one calorie

My favorite course
Bottled at the source
Climb down off your horse
Bite me without remorse

Eat me,
Eat me my friend
Eat me,
Wish you could eat me again

I'm only one calorie

Eat me...

I'm a troll and a delicious desert topping
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:13 PM on September 24, 2008

Fuck it, I'm lost. What's the theme?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:20 PM on September 24, 2008

Gardening tips.
posted by box at 4:26 PM on September 24, 2008

High altitude illnesses and their treatment.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:28 PM on September 24, 2008

If Kurt Cobain hadn't died and wrote songs about MetaFilter and/or delicious desert toppings, or anything else topical.

[NOT OINTMENTIST!]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:49 PM on September 24, 2008

Just considering using a dessert topping topically... ohhh yeahhhhhhhh.

It's a dessert topping and a floor wax!
posted by not_on_display at 6:31 PM on September 24, 2008

Keeping on topic, I see, n_o_d. Very good.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:35 PM on September 24, 2008

Like everyone else I like to think that my personality is not reducable to a single 3 panel comic strip, but really, this XKCD strip just did.
posted by Kattullus at 9:06 PM on September 24, 2008

Me too.
posted by dg at 3:37 AM on September 25, 2008

No, that's not true - my phone sounds like church bells. Which is ringing of a sort, I guess. Maybe it is true after all. I just don't know.
posted by dg at 3:42 AM on September 25, 2008

O NOES my phone makes a sound like a pencil sharpener,,,,, what am i dooing wrong??!?///?

O YAH AND CAN WE MAKE A THEEME? 1 question asker and then one anserer? kthx
posted by not_on_display at 4:47 AM on September 25, 2008

Pathetic, n_o_d: I'm not answering that.
posted by cgc373 at 4:50 AM on September 25, 2008

Question: Who thinks not_on_display's idea for a theme is a good one?
posted by cgc373 at 4:51 AM on September 25, 2008

Answer: Reserving judgement until I see how the thread progresses. Next question, please.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:23 AM on September 25, 2008

Should I eat that?
posted by yhbc at 5:45 AM on September 25, 2008

Theodore Geisel wasn't writing a cookbook. That egg is rotten.
posted by box at 5:55 AM on September 25, 2008

Until we decide if we're adoptiing n_o_d's theme, do we just keep playing or what?
posted by rtha at 5:58 AM on September 25, 2008

Very interesting... but SHTUPID!

OV COURSE ve're shtill playing, dummkopf!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:03 AM on September 25, 2008

Will I ever fall in love again?
posted by box at 6:18 AM on September 25, 2008

[X] yes
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:24 AM on September 25, 2008

Yes indeed.
posted by languagehat at 6:50 AM on September 25, 2008

Zowie: 1500 comments!
posted by languagehat at 6:50 AM on September 25, 2008

&
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:18 AM on September 25, 2008

þ
posted by yhbc at 7:43 AM on September 25, 2008

^ cake: are nuts essential, recommended, or what? I've got a coworker with an allergy.
posted by box at 7:46 AM on September 25, 2008

| )on't cry for me Agentstringa
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:10 AM on September 25, 2008

Σggselent summation!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:40 AM on September 25, 2008

FWIW, my phone plays Flight of the Bumblebee. Too many of y'all make g-ddamn ringing sounds and then I don't know WHOSE phone is ringing.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:19 AM on September 25, 2008

Ghostface. That's what mine plays--when it's not set to 'vibrate,' anyway. This is also an effective way to remind me to set it to 'vibrate' when I'm at work.
posted by box at 9:23 AM on September 25, 2008

Hello Dolly ringtones would be __________________
posted by Rumple at 10:11 AM on September 25, 2008

Insane.
posted by languagehat at 10:28 AM on September 25, 2008

Jejune.
posted by box at 10:32 AM on September 25, 2008

Kenny G through a Casio watch
posted by Rumple at 10:36 AM on September 25, 2008

Loosely based on the original.
posted by not_on_display at 10:56 AM on September 25, 2008

McCain's preference
posted by Rumple at 1:12 PM on September 25, 2008

Not cool, dude.
posted by dg at 2:43 PM on September 25, 2008

Obama's preference, then?
posted by not_on_display at 2:52 PM on September 25, 2008

PREFERENCE IS OFF THE TABLE
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:35 PM on September 25, 2008

quonsar's preference...?
posted by not_on_display at 3:45 PM on September 25, 2008

RIGHT. OUT.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:47 PM on September 25, 2008

Smells Like Team Smearit
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:54 PM on September 25, 2008

Ta da!
posted by desuetude at 7:14 PM on September 25, 2008

U2, Brutus?
posted by Rumple at 7:41 PM on September 25, 2008

V2, Schneider.
posted by not_on_display at 7:51 PM on September 25, 2008

X2
posted by gingerbeer at 8:27 PM on September 25, 2008

Z 2
posted by desuetude at 9:10 PM on September 25, 2008

A2
posted by Rumple at 9:20 PM on September 25, 2008

posted by cortex (staff) at 9:44 PM on September 25, 2008

cortex, you're mean. (nice one, btw)
posted by rtha at 10:15 PM on September 25, 2008

D2 The Mighty Ducks
posted by gingerbeer at 10:20 PM on September 25, 2008

D2 (I know I'm late)
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:53 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]

E2
posted by flabdablet at 11:00 PM on September 25, 2008

F2
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:35 PM on September 25, 2008

G2
posted by dg at 1:03 AM on September 26, 2008

H20
posted by h00py at 1:18 AM on September 26, 2008

i2
posted by box at 4:52 AM on September 26, 2008

J2. (File under: Jobs I'm Glad I Don't Have.)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:11 AM on September 26, 2008

K2
posted by rtha at 6:21 AM on September 26, 2008

L2
posted by languagehat at 6:33 AM on September 26, 2008

Me too!
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 6:36 AM on September 26, 2008 [2 favorites]

East Finchley.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:14 AM on September 26, 2008 [1 favorite]

–
posted by desuetude at 8:43 AM on September 26, 2008

Pitou
posted by Rumple at 8:49 AM on September 26, 2008

p2p (no link, of course)
posted by box at 8:49 AM on September 26, 2008

Q2
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:40 AM on September 26, 2008

Artoo!
posted by not_on_display at 10:19 AM on September 26, 2008

S2, oui oui!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:54 AM on September 26, 2008

T2
posted by box at 11:33 AM on September 26, 2008

U2
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:41 AM on September 26, 2008

V2
posted by BitterOldPunk at 11:47 AM on September 26, 2008

Y2K
posted by kosem at 12:00 PM on September 26, 2008 [1 favorite]

Whooops!

W2</a.
posted by kosem at 12:01 PM on September 26, 2008

X2
posted by kosem at 12:03 PM on September 26, 2008

Z2n
posted by not_on_display at 1:50 PM on September 26, 2008

And there we go again. Fake etymology of the week: lolz (old form of lulz) has its roots in 14th century French words meaning "the eyes" (l'olz, as the cool kids in the in the court of Clovis would put it).

(I promise not to repeat that, lh)

The thread has begun loading slower.
posted by ersatz at 5:20 PM on September 26, 2008

Bird of the week: dag, it flew away...
posted by not_on_display at 5:40 PM on September 26, 2008

Bottestrappe is a form of weak molasses-based liquor (a "strappe") that was fermented in a "botte", a Middle English word meaning a wooden flagon, and was a process that could be hidden in places like the pigsty so the sherriff and tax collectors could not witness it. Thus, "to pull oneself up by the bootstraps" actually meant to make money from what we would now term "moonshining".
posted by Rumple at 5:43 PM on September 26, 2008

Cooter: old French for "to hit it."

The dim recess of my mind that remembers French wants to think "I'd hit it" is je coutai.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 8:33 PM on September 26, 2008

Dude, Google translates je coutai as "cost." My question to you is: Quel est le coût?
posted by not_on_display at 9:54 PM on September 26, 2008

Erm, this guy says he knows how to say it. (Jodie Foster... come on, am I forgiven or what?)
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:55 PM on September 26, 2008

FFS, it's j'écoute... je pense.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:52 PM on September 26, 2008

Gimme a break with the French, willya. It's early.
posted by cgc373 at 5:06 AM on September 27, 2008

However, I could stand a little Icelandic. (See what I did there?)
posted by cgc373 at 5:10 AM on September 27, 2008

I see what you did there, yes.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:27 AM on September 27, 2008

Je vois ce que vous là, oui.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:29 AM on September 27, 2008

Kattullus is your man for the Icelandic skillz. All I can say is penis & vagina. ("Typpi" and "Pika" respectively.)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:28 AM on September 27, 2008

LOL?
posted by cgc373 at 8:27 AM on September 27, 2008

Mmmmm, Pika pika!
posted by not_on_display at 9:07 AM on September 27, 2008

now is the haiku
moment we've all built towards
ummm, pagodas, blossoms.....
posted by Rumple at 9:16 AM on September 27, 2008

Piko Piko all day!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:13 AM on September 27, 2008

o.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:16 AM on September 27, 2008

queynte
posted by languagehat at 10:32 AM on September 27, 2008

Rasputin is now thought to have had capsicum in his urethra.
posted by Rumple at 2:17 PM on September 27, 2008

Shotgun Histology: the male urethra
posted by not_on_display at 3:17 PM on September 27, 2008

This just fills space until the comment that starts with "Urethra".
posted by wendell at 3:23 PM on September 27, 2008

Urethra is the start of this comment.
posted by dg at 3:43 PM on September 27, 2008

Very true, dg, so it was. And it's the end of this comment. Urethra.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:02 PM on September 27, 2008

what
posted by ersatz at 4:59 PM on September 27, 2008

X-rays of Berra's urethra revealed nothing.
posted by box at 5:42 PM on September 27, 2008

You seem to have a burning need to talk about the urethra.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:05 PM on September 27, 2008

Zagnut.

No, it doesn't have anything to do with the conversation, the topic, or anything else. But really, how often am I going to have the opportunity to say "zagnut" on the internet?
posted by yhbc at 6:57 PM on September 27, 2008

Almost never, I would assume. Always approach anteaters with alternating allusions to alaska.
posted by mrzarquon at 7:26 PM on September 27, 2008

Bit-o-Honey.
posted by box at 8:07 PM on September 27, 2008

Cadbury.

(When I become unbelievable, ungodly, holy-shit rich, you better believe I will have a butler. And that butler will be named Cadbury).
posted by yhbc at 8:22 PM on September 27, 2008

Duds, Milk.
posted by wendell at 9:59 PM on September 27, 2008

Ever try to come up with a famous candy brand that starts with the letter E? Well, I have, and I came up empty handed.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:23 PM on September 27, 2008

Freshen Up gum, however, did come to mind.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:27 PM on September 27, 2008

GOO GOO CLUSTER!!!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:30 PM on September 27, 2008

Goofy Goobers may never come out of my mind
posted by Rumple at 10:39 PM on September 27, 2008

Henry Oh
posted by Rumple at 10:41 PM on September 27, 2008

Igloo would be a great name for a candy bar for polar bears. Minty ice outside, tasty human inside.
posted by mrzarquon at 11:10 PM on September 27, 2008 [2 favorites]

JuJubes
posted by Rumple at 11:28 PM on September 27, 2008

JOSH HAS EEN DRINKING
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:29 PM on September 27, 2008

Kit Kat seems so obvious.
posted by cgc373 at 11:30 PM on September 27, 2008

Lollipop
posted by Rumple at 12:14 AM on September 28, 2008

Mary Jane
posted by box at 6:27 AM on September 28, 2008

nerds
posted by Rumple at 11:53 AM on September 28, 2008

Otter Pops
posted by mrzarquon at 1:55 PM on September 28, 2008 [1 favorite]

PB Max
posted by box at 2:18 PM on September 28, 2008

Quench Gum
posted by yhbc at 6:21 PM on September 28, 2008

Raisinets
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:28 PM on September 28, 2008

Strindberg and Helium in Absinthe and Women.
posted by Kattullus at 7:17 PM on September 28, 2008 [1 favorite]

♪ These are a few of my favorite things ♪
posted by team lowkey at 11:17 PM on September 28, 2008

Uncle Sam's Homemade Candy! Mmmmm, MMM! I ASLUTE YOU WIF CHONKLIT TYVM
posted by not_on_display at 11:36 PM on September 28, 2008

Vicodin
posted by carsonb at 12:54 AM on September 29, 2008

Wonka Bar
posted by not_on_display at 4:26 AM on September 29, 2008

x, Twi
posted by not_on_display at 10:54 AM on September 29, 2008 [1 favorite]

York Peppermint Pattie
posted by box at 11:06 AM on September 29, 2008

Zonkers, Screaming Yellow.
posted by team lowkey at 11:20 AM on September 29, 2008

Zubes, Suck A If Horse.
posted by Rumple at 11:25 AM on September 29, 2008

Amateur sports almost ready for the Olympics?
posted by Rumple at 11:42 AM on September 29, 2008

Bum Darts
posted by Rumple at 11:42 AM on September 29, 2008

Cat Wrestling
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:50 AM on September 29, 2008

ZOTZ!
posted by not_on_display at 11:50 AM on September 29, 2008

Dog Dancing
posted by box at 11:56 AM on September 29, 2008

Ear Wiggling
posted by yhbc at 12:14 PM on September 29, 2008

Fart Lighting
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 12:30 PM on September 29, 2008 [1 favorite]

Granny vs. Baby Fights!
posted by not_on_display at 12:41 PM on September 29, 2008

Hand jive.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:05 PM on September 29, 2008

I think you borked the link, Jess.
posted by not_on_display at 1:38 PM on September 29, 2008

"jand hive did not match any documents"

fixed!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:55 PM on September 29, 2008

kay... what an incredibly weird video jessamyn linked to. Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on? The guy at the end going "that's a wrap" sounded South African. Why are South African kids doing elaborate dance routines to Born to Hand Jive? For what occasion?
posted by Kattullus at 2:42 PM on September 29, 2008

Look closely and you'll also note that one thing they are NOT doing is actual hand jiving. Plus that one guy is wearing a fnacy suit and Wellingtons.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:26 PM on September 29, 2008

My stars! Amidst all the other weirdness it hadn't registered just how odd it is that the guy is wearing Wellingtons (which may point to a New Zealand location... my Anglophony accent mapping isn't very good). But the first thing that struck me was the lack of damn hand jives... which is another data point indicating its unAmericaness. Who are these people and why the fuck are they doing that?
posted by Kattullus at 4:36 PM on September 29, 2008

New Zealand? What was wrong with Old Zealand?
posted by languagehat at 4:40 PM on September 29, 2008

Old Zealand likes vaseline on toast.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:43 PM on September 29, 2008

Petroleum Jelly on Toast?
posted by Rumple at 5:33 PM on September 29, 2008

Quite.
posted by box at 5:51 PM on September 29, 2008

Ridiculous!
posted by dersins at 5:58 PM on September 29, 2008

Spreadable toast toppings?
posted by box at 6:05 PM on September 29, 2008

Tutti-frutti for me, please.
posted by yhbc at 6:27 PM on September 29, 2008

Unctuous oleo on mine, thanks.
posted by not_on_display at 7:10 PM on September 29, 2008

Udderly Ridiculous
posted by Rumple at 7:10 PM on September 29, 2008

Very strange condiment choices on your toast. I like mine with honey. And peas.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:14 PM on September 29, 2008

With honey. Yes.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:22 PM on September 29, 2008 [1 favorite]

Xylitol isn't necessarily a dealbreaker for me, jelly-wise.
posted by box at 7:25 PM on September 29, 2008

ZING! Lemon in my tea.
posted by not_on_display at 7:31 PM on September 29, 2008

Yes, I know I skipped y.
posted by not_on_display at 7:32 PM on September 29, 2008

yo
posted by Rumple at 7:34 PM on September 29, 2008

Aaaaaaay!
posted by not_on_display at 7:50 PM on September 29, 2008

B. (I'm trying to start a "TV icons" theme, here.)
posted by not_on_display at 7:53 PM on September 29, 2008

C!
posted by dg at 7:56 PM on September 29, 2008

Darn. I was still on the old theme of things one puts on toast, and had a lovely comment about butter. I don't know about TV themes.
posted by gingerbeer at 7:59 PM on September 29, 2008

E
posted by Rumple at 8:05 PM on September 29, 2008

F (warning: a bit of blood)
posted by Kattullus at 4:10 AM on September 30, 2008

G
posted by Rumple at 6:33 AM on September 30, 2008

8

d'oh!
posted by not_on_display at 10:49 AM on September 30, 2008

I
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:46 AM on September 30, 2008

J?
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 8:28 PM on September 30, 2008

K
posted by not_on_display at 9:23 PM on September 30, 2008

Ladies, shall we do a round in which every comment ends in "...ladies?", ladies?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 3:08 AM on October 1, 2008

Most definitely not. I think we can all agree it would be boorish, right ladies?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:19 AM on October 1, 2008

No, I think it could provide for some healthy amusement. Though, come to think of it, what about the ladies?
posted by From Bklyn at 4:12 AM on October 1, 2008

Only bad would come of this. Ain't I right, ladies?
posted by Kattullus at 4:47 AM on October 1, 2008

Perhaps there are more ways to look at it than just "bad" or "good". There are more ideas out there than your outmoded "morality" can handle, back me up here, ladies?
posted by not_on_display at 4:58 AM on October 1, 2008

QUIET! Ladies?
posted by cgc373 at 5:05 AM on October 1, 2008

Rrowr! Ladies!
posted by desuetude at 6:31 AM on October 1, 2008

See here, those are no wives, those're my ladies.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:44 AM on October 1, 2008

Two—three— maybe even more ladies?
posted by cgc373 at 6:52 AM on October 1, 2008

Uxorious cortex, amirite, ladies?
posted by cgc373 at 6:53 AM on October 1, 2008

"Vincent Van Gogh and mail that ear...

Hey..... Ladies?"
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:05 AM on October 1, 2008

Well, hello there, ladies. I just filled in the 'status' field in my profile. Ladies?
posted by box at 7:13 AM on October 1, 2008

X-Del-Fuegos-singer-Dan-Zanes' version is my favorite version of Hop Up, My Ladies.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 7:31 AM on October 1, 2008

You know, I just checked the OED and found there's a separate entry for ladies:

Usually preceded by the. A public toilet or washroom for women. Cf. MEN'S n.
1918 ‘K. MANSFIELD’ Jrnl. 140 Also, when she goes to the ‘Ladies’, for some obscure reason she wears a little shawl. 1936 R. CAMPBELL Mithraic Emblems 120 No ‘Ladies’ here or ‘Gentlemens’ are seen For most of you to hesitate between. 1938 G. GREENE Brighton Rock III. i. 98 The white steps down to the ladies'. 1974 ‘D. MEIRING’ President Plan vi. 42 Comunicado Number Two.. was found, as anonymously advised, in the Ladies' of a San Agustín restaurant. 2005 Independent 18 Jan. (Review section) 5/4 We can't ever use the toilet—there's always men in the ladies and I don't like that.

There's always men in the ladies!
posted by languagehat at 8:49 AM on October 1, 2008 [2 favorites]

Zucchini would be served graciously by these dinner ladies
posted by Rumple at 1:03 PM on October 1, 2008

And now what, gentlemen?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:26 PM on October 1, 2008

Ben. Gentle Ben.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:27 PM on October 1, 2008

Center, PEN
posted by not_on_display at 1:32 PM on October 1, 2008

Dental Zen
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:47 PM on October 1, 2008

Emmental
posted by box at 2:22 PM on October 1, 2008

Fen-phen
posted by languagehat at 2:35 PM on October 1, 2008

Genital Ben
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:39 PM on October 1, 2008

Hentai Men!

o I wish for a better link but I am at work at the high school....
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:48 PM on October 1, 2008

Intel zen
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:00 PM on October 1, 2008

Jersey giant hen
posted by BitterOldPunk at 5:13 PM on October 1, 2008

Gen, then.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:26 PM on October 1, 2008

What? In my scrambled alphabet, G comes after J.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:39 PM on October 1, 2008

Ken
posted by Rumple at 6:19 PM on October 1, 2008 [1 favorite]

Len (incidentally, anyone having video trouble after the latest Firefox update? Videos play no sound and freeze up after 2 seconds. Other browsers have no problem).
posted by Kattullus at 8:26 PM on October 1, 2008

Men, Men, Men (copied to flapjax's other thread)
posted by not_on_display at 9:52 PM on October 1, 2008

Nien, Nien, Nien

anyone having video trouble after the latest Firefox update? Videos play no sound and freeze up after 2 seconds. Other browsers have no problem

I'm getting a maintenance message, but then video seems to still load without ever playing, and then FF has a seizure and crashes.

And I really wanted to watch Genital Ben, goddammit.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:55 PM on October 1, 2008

Oen
posted by Rumple at 11:55 PM on October 1, 2008

Pen
posted by ersatz at 3:27 AM on October 2, 2008

Quen
posted by flabdablet at 3:54 AM on October 2, 2008

rhinotillexophagia
posted by flabdablet at 3:55 AM on October 2, 2008

So, based on my limited knowledge of medical terminology, I'm guessing that word means "the act of eating one's own nose hair".
posted by BitterOldPunk at 4:23 AM on October 2, 2008

That's gross.
posted by yhbc at 5:22 AM on October 2, 2008

Ugh.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:58 AM on October 2, 2008

Ugh.

anyone having video trouble after the latest Firefox update? Videos play no sound and freeze up after 2 seconds.

Yes, I have been having this problem.
posted by languagehat at 5:59 AM on October 2, 2008

Vexing, that. I've had it happen both pre- and post-update. A browser restart fixes it until it unfixes again, for me.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:06 AM on October 2, 2008

What the hell letter are we on over here? Y, then V? What the hell alphabet are you guys using? Palin-ese?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:41 AM on October 2, 2008

X. That's the letter we are on.
posted by Rumple at 11:27 AM on October 2, 2008

Yes it is.
posted by yhbc at 12:13 PM on October 2, 2008

Zipf's Law is shattered by this thread. Propose new laws!
posted by Rumple at 12:48 PM on October 2, 2008

Alex's Law: as time increases, the probability of being a mustacheless game show host approaches 1.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:00 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

Biden's Law: All you have to do is don't say anything stupid. All you have to do is don't say anything stupid. All you have to do is don't say anything stupid. Zombies won the cold war. Shit!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:03 PM on October 2, 2008 [2 favorites]

Cole's Law: finely sliced cabbage with mayo
posted by Rumple at 1:23 PM on October 2, 2008

Cooter's Law: it takes too long to load this thread, and to implement social change in large distributed groups.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:38 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

Dude Law. Looks like Jude Law, but is just some dude.
posted by not_on_display at 1:59 PM on October 2, 2008

Egan's Law [NOT CATHOLIST]
posted by Kattullus at 2:23 PM on October 2, 2008

Forbes' Law: Rich guys like hot-air balloons.
posted by box at 5:06 PM on October 2, 2008

Gilligan's Law: Skippers will invariably blame everything on their little buddy.
posted by amyms at 8:31 PM on October 2, 2008

Ah!
Brilliance of the world
Changing every
Damn minute.
Every second every
Frightened moment
Goes to reminds me of
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
I really like it: you either know how fast you're going, or
Just where you are. But you'll never
Know both.
Like the
Moon is
Never where you last laid eyes on it
Or like people you care about
Quarreling over trivial things: you
Really think you know what's going on and
Surely you can explain it to
Them but without irony the
Universe is conspiring against you and
Very nearly wanting you dead but
Whatever happens you know that
Xeroxing whatever you think you've learnt
You stagger on, not knowing where you are, how fast you're going, yet
Zealously pursuing your goal.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:14 PM on October 2, 2008 [6 favorites]

Poorly.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:15 PM on October 2, 2008

I think my head just asploded
posted by not_on_display at 9:25 PM on October 2, 2008

Just unfuckenbelievable!
posted by dg at 1:26 AM on October 3, 2008

Killin', dude! Just totally fuckin' KILLIN'!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:28 AM on October 3, 2008

Let's get some snacks.
posted by ersatz at 5:38 AM on October 3, 2008

Mmmmmmm, snacks.
posted by dg at 6:01 AM on October 3, 2008

n_o_d, is this your ear over here? Someone said snacks, right?
posted by rtha at 6:11 AM on October 3, 2008 [1 favorite]

Nuts!
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 6:12 AM on October 3, 2008

Ooh, snacks! Where?
posted by languagehat at 6:12 AM on October 3, 2008

PANTS, IN MY
posted by yhbc at 6:27 AM on October 3, 2008

Quit that!
posted by BitterOldPunk at 8:18 AM on October 3, 2008

Relax, BitterOldPunk, at least there are no fish in yhbc's pants. Just snacks.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:34 AM on October 3, 2008

Snacks! It's what's for dinner!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:47 AM on October 3, 2008

Tiny cucumber sandwiches, cut into triangles, with no crusts, if you please. pip pip.
posted by Rumple at 11:05 AM on October 3, 2008

Unbelievably, delicious tomatoes were just discovered (by me; housemates knew about 'em all along I guess) in my backyard. Said delicious tomatoes instantly became snacks!
posted by cgc373 at 1:45 PM on October 3, 2008

Vines! Vines, I tell you, growing in the back of my closet! And on these vines, the most wonderful, magical, succulent fruit you've ever tasted! Sweeter than the sweetest mango! Juicier than the juiciest papaya!

And it get you hiiiiiiiiiiigh!!!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:45 PM on October 3, 2008

what, cream of
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:07 PM on October 3, 2008

Yogurting (nothing to do with yogurt)
posted by Kattullus at 11:37 PM on October 3, 2008

Zippity BOP! (The urge is just too great to resist every time Z rolls around up in here.)
posted by cgc373 at 12:01 AM on October 4, 2008

Anyone else seeing this thread double in Recent Activity with every comment tripled?
posted by Kattullus at 12:18 AM on October 4, 2008

Bupkis on doubling or tripling here, K.
posted by cgc373 at 1:27 AM on October 4, 2008

Crikey, yes! The doubled thread in Recent Activity and the tripled comments showed up for me too, yesterday. Really.

This thread is haunted, y'all.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 2:24 AM on October 4, 2008

Don't you try to scare me, flapjax at midnite. I'm not buyin' it. Single comments all the way down, like turtles.
posted by cgc373 at 3:39 AM on October 4, 2008

Everyday turtles.
posted by cgc373 at 3:39 AM on October 4, 2008

Fear not the triple posts, cgc373. They will not harm you.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:40 AM on October 4, 2008

Good grief, isn't it last call? Or are we here all month?
posted by From Bklyn at 5:41 AM on October 4, 2008

Have another one on me. And make it a double this time, barkeep!
posted by languagehat at 6:18 AM on October 4, 2008

I'll have what he's having, bartender!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:04 AM on October 4, 2008

I see the doubling thing on very large threads. I think it's the query taking so long that something changes between when it starts and stops, and thus the sort order of the queried thread "changes" enough to show up later in the SQL results list in the main RA mega-query. The number of times the comments are multiplied seems to correlate to the number of times the thread itself appears, too.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:10 AM on October 4, 2008

Just another one for the road.
posted by ersatz at 7:31 AM on October 4, 2008

Killer Bee for me.
posted by Rumple at 9:57 AM on October 4, 2008

LaLaLaLaLa... 1734 comments with less than 48 hours to go. We'll never make 2K.
posted by wendell at 1:44 PM on October 4, 2008

No! We must make it, even if we just post the damn letter.
posted by Kattullus at 2:06 PM on October 4, 2008

M (forgot)
posted by Kattullus at 2:07 PM on October 4, 2008

O (continue from here)
posted by Kattullus at 2:08 PM on October 4, 2008

P (I can't go on).
posted by From Bklyn at 2:36 PM on October 4, 2008

Q (I'll go on).
posted by From Bklyn at 2:37 PM on October 4, 2008

R you really going to go on?
posted by dersins at 2:44 PM on October 4, 2008

S (I must go on).

I know, I know.
posted by From Bklyn at 3:02 PM on October 4, 2008

T
posted by Rumple at 3:31 PM on October 4, 2008

U (must go on)
posted by Kattullus at 3:40 PM on October 4, 2008

Vain, vain, it's all in vain!!!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:58 PM on October 4, 2008

Wendell, we must
posted by Rumple at 4:32 PM on October 4, 2008

xenorhinotillexophagia
posted by flabdablet at 4:59 PM on October 4, 2008

X, Generation, somebody yesterday told us that they were born in 1975 and 1990, what type of crap is that?
posted by box at 5:00 PM on October 4, 2008

X (don't look back, you can never look back)
posted by Kattullus at 5:00 PM on October 4, 2008

Youth, the impetuousness of.
posted by box at 5:00 PM on October 4, 2008

Y (did I double up on X)
posted by Kattullus at 5:01 PM on October 4, 2008

Zoink! It happened again!
posted by Kattullus at 5:01 PM on October 4, 2008

Alaska! We won't get to 2000 by looking backward. I'm a maverick, which is why I think this round shound be rejected Palin debate one-liners.
posted by box at 5:56 PM on October 4, 2008

"Behold the Anti-Christ in all his dark glory! Bow before him, America, bow to your true master!"
posted by Kattullus at 6:01 PM on October 4, 2008

"Can I call you 'Joey Woey Wu-Wu Bear'?"
posted by box at 6:04 PM on October 4, 2008

"Dick Cheney's a punk. When I shoot ya, I'll kill ya."
posted by box at 7:01 PM on October 4, 2008

"Every time Senator Obama says HOPE, John McCain says POW!"
posted by cgc373 at 8:28 PM on October 4, 2008

"Fear me."
posted by cgc373 at 8:29 PM on October 4, 2008

"Get over the rape kits. It's God's plan, not yours."
posted by cgc373 at 8:30 PM on October 4, 2008

"Hello, Washington!"
posted by cgc373 at 8:30 PM on October 4, 2008

"I'm here to cash your check!"
posted by cgc373 at 8:31 PM on October 4, 2008

"Jumpin' jehosaphat! That thar's a pesky varmint!"
posted by yhbc at 8:39 PM on October 4, 2008

"Just get the heck outta my way."
posted by cgc373 at 8:40 PM on October 4, 2008

Kewl! "xenorhinotillexophagia obviously means "eating the nose hair of strangers"! AWSUM!
posted by BitterOldPunk at 8:45 PM on October 4, 2008

"Know what the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Michael Vick."
posted by box at 8:46 PM on October 4, 2008 [1 favorite]

"Look! Over there! It's Putin! He's rearing his head right behind you! Ha ha! Made you look!"
posted by Kattullus at 8:57 PM on October 4, 2008

"McCain is soooo dreamy, dontcha think?"
posted by gingerbeer at 9:09 PM on October 4, 2008

"Never bring a barrel of oil to a mud-wrestling match."
posted by box at 9:22 PM on October 4, 2008

omnixenorhinotillexophagia
posted by flabdablet at 9:35 PM on October 4, 2008

"Poujadism? Well, I might call it that, if I could pronounce it. And if it wasn't, well, you know... foreign."
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:58 PM on October 4, 2008

"Question: Ain't I Miss Perky Adorable or what?!"
posted by Kattullus at 10:13 PM on October 4, 2008

"Russian is just a narrow maritime boarder away. And so when Putin when Russian airplanes come into American airspace when, we're the first line of, we're. And then There's Canada!"
posted by From Bklyn at 11:31 PM on October 4, 2008

So, folks, what I'm sayin' is... blah blah blah... gosh darnit.. golly gee... blah blah blah... that... such as... y'know.
posted by amyms at 11:52 PM on October 4, 2008

"This is what I meant by my diverse family: One of my cousins, bless her heart, has taken to the stage and has come out as a thespian. I myself experimented with congeniality in college. As my dude Todd says, sometimes it gets lonely up in the oilfields, doing god's work, and you have to invite other folks to share your stall, or you'll go crazy. He has always been known for the interest he takes in new men on the job, giving them hand's on training--that's the Republican spirit. Ergo, and that's french for "wink," we are hoping that you'll climb aboard our maverick, and ride us bare-backed into a world where constant drilling will see us gush victory over our dirty, dirty enemies."
posted by maxwelton at 2:27 AM on October 5, 2008

"Under a Palin-McCain regiment, you will kneel before Zod."
posted by cgc373 at 2:29 AM on October 5, 2008 [1 favorite]

"Vote for me, and I'll make sure that every man, woman and child in America gets a pair of these snazzy glasses."
posted by box at 7:01 AM on October 5, 2008

"Watergate? We have plenty of water in Alaska, as you know, that's why John McCain picked me for the job. No darn irrigation gates will stop us."
posted by ersatz at 8:36 AM on October 5, 2008

"X marks the spot where I buried those who crossed me, Gwen."
posted by Kattullus at 8:55 AM on October 5, 2008

"You'll be darn-tootin' happy with a McCain/Palin administration, unless you're a moose. We shoot moose in Alaska! With our guns! Pow-pow! Those moose can't take away our guns, they're protected in the Constitution under the fifth ammendment!"
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:59 AM on October 5, 2008

"Zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh. That's my favorite line from Afrika Bambaataa's 'Planet Rock.'"
posted by box at 9:05 AM on October 5, 2008 [1 favorite]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand Scene!
posted by From Bklyn at 10:32 AM on October 5, 2008

Boudica! (guess the theme)
posted by Kattullus at 10:49 AM on October 5, 2008

Caesar's dominatrix lovers?
posted by Rumple at 11:19 AM on October 5, 2008

Defeated queens?
posted by box at 11:34 AM on October 5, 2008

Erotic druids?
posted by Rumple at 11:46 AM on October 5, 2008

Fuck if I know.
posted by From Bklyn at 11:52 AM on October 5, 2008

Gibson, Mel, films produced?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:57 AM on October 5, 2008

Hello.
posted by dw at 12:39 PM on October 5, 2008

I
posted by dw at 12:39 PM on October 5, 2008

just
posted by dw at 12:40 PM on October 5, 2008

know
posted by dw at 12:41 PM on October 5, 2008

LobsterMitten lies about
posted by dw at 12:41 PM on October 5, 2008

me.
posted by dw at 12:43 PM on October 5, 2008

No?
posted by dw at 12:44 PM on October 5, 2008

Oh.
posted by dw at 12:44 PM on October 5, 2008

Poop.
posted by dw at 12:45 PM on October 5, 2008

Quite.
posted by languagehat at 1:02 PM on October 5, 2008

Really.
posted by languagehat at 1:03 PM on October 5, 2008

somebody yesterday told us that they were born in 1975

See, when I glanced at that I thought it said 1795, and I was all like "Whoa, vampire!"
posted by languagehat at 1:04 PM on October 5, 2008

True story.
posted by languagehat at 1:04 PM on October 5, 2008

Unbelievable: 1800 comments!
posted by languagehat at 1:05 PM on October 5, 2008

Very impressive!
posted by trip and a half at 1:22 PM on October 5, 2008

Wow.
posted by box at 1:29 PM on October 5, 2008

you can say that again bo
posted by Rumple at 1:32 PM on October 5, 2008

x
posted by Rumple at 1:32 PM on October 5, 2008

zoophilia round: sexiest animals?
posted by Rumple at 1:33 PM on October 5, 2008

aardcocks
posted by Rumple at 1:34 PM on October 5, 2008

Boobies!
posted by BitterOldPunk at 1:36 PM on October 5, 2008

Cocks!
posted by Kattullus at 1:56 PM on October 5, 2008

Do ngs!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 2:00 PM on October 5, 2008

Epenis!
posted by cgc373 at 2:21 PM on October 5, 2008

Franks and beans?
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 2:52 PM on October 5, 2008

Gleeking!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:52 PM on October 5, 2008

Hubba. Hubba.
posted by wendell at 4:24 PM on October 5, 2008

I'd hit it.
posted by flabdablet at 4:53 PM on October 5, 2008

jessamyn will spank you for that
posted by Rumple at 4:55 PM on October 5, 2008

Kangaroos! I mean, Underoos!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 5:50 PM on October 5, 2008

Le Pew, Pepé.
posted by yhbc at 5:56 PM on October 5, 2008

Muffapotamus.
posted by not_on_display at 6:32 PM on October 5, 2008

Mackerels, flabdablet! This transgression may seriously compromise operational security. My.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:34 PM on October 5, 2008

Neuticles.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:57 PM on October 5, 2008 [1 favorite]

Ouch!
posted by flabdablet at 6:59 PM on October 5, 2008

Praying mantis.
posted by box at 7:40 PM on October 5, 2008

quonsars!
posted by dg at 8:13 PM on October 5, 2008

rabbits, of course
posted by not_on_display at 8:19 PM on October 5, 2008

Smilodon! Just look at these protruding canines! ROWR!
posted by Kattullus at 10:32 PM on October 5, 2008

Tiggers like eating anything honey.
posted by Rumple at 11:22 PM on October 5, 2008

Ululating ungulates.
posted by From Bklyn at 12:24 AM on October 6, 2008

Vixen. vixens? Vixie?
posted by dg at 1:27 AM on October 6, 2008

Walrus, I am the.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:25 AM on October 6, 2008

Xenophily.
posted by languagehat at 6:35 AM on October 6, 2008

Yew-View-La!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:08 AM on October 6, 2008

Zippity Bop! (Innocuous, yet predictable.)
posted by cgc373 at 8:11 AM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Awful good.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 9:12 AM on October 6, 2008

Bent neutral.
posted by cgc373 at 9:25 AM on October 6, 2008

Chaotic medium.
posted by cgc373 at 9:25 AM on October 6, 2008

Devil's lawful.
posted by cgc373 at 9:26 AM on October 6, 2008

Empirical good.
posted by cgc373 at 9:26 AM on October 6, 2008

False positive.
posted by cgc373 at 9:27 AM on October 6, 2008

Greater evil.
posted by cgc373 at 9:27 AM on October 6, 2008

Half-elven.
posted by cgc373 at 9:32 AM on October 6, 2008

Indignant neutral.
posted by cgc373 at 9:33 AM on October 6, 2008

Jerkish good.
posted by cgc373 at 9:33 AM on October 6, 2008

Kattullun modest.
posted by cgc373 at 9:36 AM on October 6, 2008

Lawful gross.
posted by cgc373 at 9:36 AM on October 6, 2008

Mighty ducked.
posted by cgc373 at 9:36 AM on October 6, 2008

Neutral boring.
posted by cgc373 at 9:37 AM on October 6, 2008

Overt stealth.
posted by cgc373 at 9:37 AM on October 6, 2008

Pocket protected.
posted by cgc373 at 9:37 AM on October 6, 2008

Quiet stupid.
posted by cgc373 at 9:38 AM on October 6, 2008

Rotten good.
posted by cgc373 at 9:38 AM on October 6, 2008

Stupid evil.
posted by cgc373 at 9:39 AM on October 6, 2008

Tepid neutral.
posted by cgc373 at 9:39 AM on October 6, 2008

Utter chaotic.
posted by cgc373 at 9:40 AM on October 6, 2008

Very good.
posted by cgc373 at 9:40 AM on October 6, 2008

what
posted by cgc373 at 9:40 AM on October 6, 2008

x-D&Der
posted by cgc373 at 9:41 AM on October 6, 2008

You wondered what the theme was?
posted by cgc373 at 9:42 AM on October 6, 2008

Zero.

Anyone want to give me odds on this thread turning into a cult thread?
posted by Kattullus at 11:17 PM on September 6 [+] [!]
posted by cgc373 at 9:43 AM on October 6, 2008

Also sprach Zarathustra
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:13 AM on October 6, 2008

Berlin Alexanderplatz
posted by languagehat at 10:25 AM on October 6, 2008

Can't we all just get along???
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 10:28 AM on October 6, 2008

Deutschland über alles?
posted by cgc373 at 10:50 AM on October 6, 2008

Erlkönig.
posted by cgc373 at 10:56 AM on October 6, 2008

Final Fantasy Seven, I can't do all the Germans.
posted by cgc373 at 11:40 AM on October 6, 2008

Germans.
posted by cgc373 at 11:40 AM on October 6, 2008

Hitler. (Palin comparison. Too easy.)
posted by cgc373 at 11:41 AM on October 6, 2008

Ich bin ein Giant cortex–style donut.
posted by cgc373 at 11:41 AM on October 6, 2008

Just add the extra letters to donut for me, would ya?
posted by cgc373 at 11:42 AM on October 6, 2008

Köchel catalogue.
posted by cgc373 at 11:43 AM on October 6, 2008

Lorelei.
posted by languagehat at 11:50 AM on October 6, 2008

München.
posted by box at 11:52 AM on October 6, 2008

Nuremcheeseburger
posted by Rumple at 12:09 PM on October 6, 2008

Oh Canada!
posted by From Bklyn at 12:25 PM on October 6, 2008

please please please can we get to 2,000 before this closes life is made of such small victories & defeats
posted by Rumple at 12:39 PM on October 6, 2008

Quick,
posted by box at 12:40 PM on October 6, 2008

rabbit-like,
posted by box at 12:41 PM on October 6, 2008

speedy,
posted by box at 12:41 PM on October 6, 2008

the
posted by box at 12:42 PM on October 6, 2008

underwhelming
posted by box at 12:43 PM on October 6, 2008

Visigoth
posted by box at 12:44 PM on October 6, 2008

waved
posted by box at 12:44 PM on October 6, 2008

xeroxed
posted by box at 12:45 PM on October 6, 2008

Yemeni
posted by box at 12:45 PM on October 6, 2008

ziggurats.
posted by box at 12:46 PM on October 6, 2008

And now, the booking bands round
posted by Rumple at 12:52 PM on October 6, 2008

Bad Company of Strangers
posted by Rumple at 12:55 PM on October 6, 2008

Children of Men Without Hats
posted by box at 12:59 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Colorado - Obama
Florida - McCain
Indiana - McCain
Minnesota - Obama
Missouri -McCain
Nevada - Obama
New Hampshire - Obama
North Carolina - McCain
Ohio - Obama
Virginia - Obama

Obama by 6.9%
posted by Eideteker at 1:01 PM on October 6, 2008

Dead Milkmen, Tibetian book of the
posted by not_on_display at 1:08 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Exodus
posted by box at 1:10 PM on October 6, 2008

Frankie Goes to Hollywood Babylon
posted by box at 1:17 PM on October 6, 2008

Freebird!
posted by languagehat at 1:17 PM on October 6, 2008

Frankie Valli of the Dolls
posted by kosem at 1:18 PM on October 6, 2008 [2 favorites]

Gorillas in the Mister Bungle
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:23 PM on October 6, 2008 [3 favorites]

Heavy D and The Dangerous Book For Boys
posted by box at 1:32 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Interpol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
posted by dersins at 1:33 PM on October 6, 2008

Jimmy Eat The Post-American World
posted by box at 1:40 PM on October 6, 2008

(Just wanted to say "thanks for the game" before the thread closes!)
posted by not_on_display at 1:40 PM on October 6, 2008

Koran Duran
posted by not_on_display at 1:42 PM on October 6, 2008 [2 favorites]

Life, the Universe and Everything But the Girl
posted by box at 1:48 PM on October 6, 2008

Madness! Madness!
posted by From Bklyn at 1:49 PM on October 6, 2008

Nicholas Nickelback
posted by box at 1:52 PM on October 6, 2008 [2 favorites]

Out of Afrika Babmbaataa
posted by kosem at 1:56 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Pish.
posted by Kattullus at 1:57 PM on October 6, 2008

Quimby the Modest Mouse
posted by not_on_display at 2:02 PM on October 6, 2008

Roger, Wilco.
posted by From Bklyn at 2:07 PM on October 6, 2008

Storming Heaven 17.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:10 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Tina Turner Diaries
posted by kosem at 2:19 PM on October 6, 2008

Ululating Mummies little helper.
posted by From Bklyn at 2:22 PM on October 6, 2008

Veruca Salt Lick
posted by yhbc at 2:23 PM on October 6, 2008

White Lion in Winter
posted by dersins at 2:28 PM on October 6, 2008

X Men
posted by dersins at 2:31 PM on October 6, 2008

Yo La TenGo Tell it on the Mountain
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:35 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Y: The Last Man or Astroman?
posted by box at 2:35 PM on October 6, 2008

Zip and the Mersmen Are From Mars, Women are from Venus
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 2:40 PM on October 6, 2008

Anne of Green Jello
posted by box at 2:45 PM on October 6, 2008 [2 favorites]

Behind the sea-foam green door.
posted by From Bklyn at 2:51 PM on October 6, 2008

Colorless green ideas sleep with the fishes.
posted by languagehat at 2:52 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Creedence Clearwater for Chocolate
posted by box at 2:53 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Donnie Dark Knight of the Living Dead.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:01 PM on October 6, 2008

Elric Astley of Melniboné
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:01 PM on October 6, 2008

Fugazi and Harriet the Spy
posted by box at 3:10 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Gwen Stefanimal Farm
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:16 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Harriet the 8-Eyed Spy
posted by box at 3:29 PM on October 6, 2008

Ignoratio elenchi and the philosophers stone
posted by mrzarquon at 3:39 PM on October 6, 2008

Jungle Brothers Karamazov
posted by kosem at 3:47 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Klaatu for Tea
posted by Rumple at 3:58 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Leo Kottke.org
posted by Rumple at 4:13 PM on October 6, 2008

Mike and the Mechanic's Guide to the Volkswagen 411 Squareback 1962-1968
posted by Rumple at 4:17 PM on October 6, 2008 [3 favorites]

Dr. Jekyll and Mister Mister
posted by not_on_display at 4:18 PM on October 6, 2008

Necrinomicounting Crows
posted by not_on_display at 4:21 PM on October 6, 2008

Ozzy Osbourne Free
posted by Rumple at 4:31 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Ozomatli Crüe
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:31 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Heart of Darkness
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 4:32 PM on October 6, 2008

Oh wait, Ozomatli Fool Personal Finance Workbooks?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:32 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Psychic TV on the Radiohead
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 4:39 PM on October 6, 2008

Prince and the Revolution For the Hell of It
posted by box at 4:39 PM on October 6, 2008

Queens of the Stone Age Economics
posted by Rumple at 4:41 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Queen Bees and B.B. King
posted by box at 4:43 PM on October 6, 2008

Rabbit Run DMC
posted by Rumple at 4:46 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Sex and the Single Woman's Pistols
posted by Rumple at 4:55 PM on October 6, 2008

The Talented Mr. Mister
posted by box at 4:57 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

The The Bible
posted by Rumple at 4:57 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Under the Banner of Heaven 17
posted by box at 4:59 PM on October 6, 2008

The Very Hungry Cat Power
posted by box at 5:01 PM on October 6, 2008

War of the Worlds, Ugh! What Is It Good For?
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:14 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

XTC and the Agony
posted by Rumple at 5:23 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Alright... what lessons have we learned from our marathon alphabet game?
posted by Kattullus at 5:26 PM on October 6, 2008

Bites to be Y and Z?
posted by Rumple at 5:28 PM on October 6, 2008

You moron, Kattullus... pay attention... not on A yet. The alphabet wasn't apparently a lesson I learned... ever.
posted by Kattullus at 5:28 PM on October 6, 2008

Zut alors! And now even more out of whack.
posted by Kattullus at 5:29 PM on October 6, 2008

Alright... what lessons have we learned from our marathon alphabet game?
posted by Rumple at 5:33 PM on October 6, 2008

Big threads load very, very slowly.
posted by dersins at 5:36 PM on October 6, 2008

(Case in point)
posted by dersins at 5:37 PM on October 6, 2008

Big, important lessons?
posted by box at 5:37 PM on October 6, 2008

Delicious lessons?
posted by box at 5:39 PM on October 6, 2008

Errrr... lessons, or lesions?
posted by not_on_display at 5:43 PM on October 6, 2008

Fun is not always inversely proportional to thread length.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:59 PM on October 6, 2008

Good point, even if I did at first think you said "fun is not always inversely proportional to length"
posted by dg at 6:22 PM on October 6, 2008

Having taken part in a month-long alphabet game I feel less inclined to make fun of other community boards for being silly.
posted by Kattullus at 6:32 PM on October 6, 2008

Igneous rocks are those which are formed from magma.
posted by box at 6:38 PM on October 6, 2008

Just sayin' that month long game or no, I still can't think of very many words that start with X.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:44 PM on October 6, 2008

Kattallus wrecked the Icelandic economy
posted by Rumple at 7:09 PM on October 6, 2008

Lickspittle is a funny word.
posted by Rumple at 7:18 PM on October 6, 2008

Month-long you say? Sometimes, it seems that it takes a month just to load this thread.
posted by dg at 7:23 PM on October 6, 2008

NO I DIDN'T! okay... yes I did
posted by Kattullus at 7:28 PM on October 6, 2008

onomatopoeia sounds like it looks
posted by Rumple at 7:50 PM on October 6, 2008

People... I said PEOPLE! We have a job to do here and we're going to do it!
posted by wendell at 8:09 PM on October 6, 2008

Quickly people... I said PEOPLE! We have a few hours left and only about 30 comments to make 2K. Now get moving!
posted by wendell at 8:10 PM on October 6, 2008

Right on, comrade! I was just jumping into the thread to say the same thing.
posted by Kattullus at 8:16 PM on October 6, 2008

Sally forth!
posted by Rumple at 8:20 PM on October 6, 2008

Tallyho! fair threadmates... only 105 minutes to make 2000.
posted by Kattullus at 8:34 PM on October 6, 2008

Terry and the Pirates! (we're doing comic strip names now, right?)
posted by wendell at 8:35 PM on October 6, 2008

Uh..... sorry?
posted by wendell at 8:36 PM on October 6, 2008

Vrooooom!
posted by not_on_display at 8:37 PM on October 6, 2008

Which means we're doing comic strip sounds.
posted by not_on_display at 8:37 PM on October 6, 2008

Xigga Xogga Xoooogga!
posted by wendell at 8:40 PM on October 6, 2008

xcellent!

* taps fingertips together *
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:40 PM on October 6, 2008

xx
posted by Rumple at 8:41 PM on October 6, 2008

yarrr
posted by Rumple at 8:44 PM on October 6, 2008

zot!
posted by Rumple at 8:46 PM on October 6, 2008

AAUGH!
posted by not_on_display at 8:48 PM on October 6, 2008

aargh
posted by Rumple at 8:49 PM on October 6, 2008

Bulgroz! Gnol evil Burlgroz!
posted by Kattullus at 8:51 PM on October 6, 2008

BLAM!
posted by Rumple at 8:52 PM on October 6, 2008

CR-R-RUNCH!
posted by wendell at 8:54 PM on October 6, 2008

D'oh!
posted by dg at 8:56 PM on October 6, 2008

Eek! I wanted to do Donk Donk
posted by wendell at 8:58 PM on October 6, 2008

DING DING
posted by Rumple at 8:58 PM on October 6, 2008

Criminy Jicket! Backwards now!
posted by Kattullus at 9:00 PM on October 6, 2008

Fap
posted by Rumple at 9:01 PM on October 6, 2008

Going thisaway? Or thataway?
posted by wendell at 9:06 PM on October 6, 2008

Hell if I know...
posted by Kattullus at 9:11 PM on October 6, 2008

I think it's this way to the Great Egress
posted by not_on_display at 9:17 PM on October 6, 2008

Jo-Jo is that way, for sure.
posted by Rumple at 9:20 PM on October 6, 2008

Kattallus, who should have the honour of comment 2,000?
posted by Rumple at 9:34 PM on October 6, 2008

Lemon Curry?
posted by not_on_display at 9:36 PM on October 6, 2008

methinks... it's only fitting.
posted by Kattullus at 9:38 PM on October 6, 2008

No, we should jsut stop at 1,999.
posted by dg at 9:40 PM on October 6, 2008

Or not ...
posted by dg at 9:41 PM on October 6, 2008

OH YEAH!
posted by wendell at 9:41 PM on October 6, 2008

OH NO!
posted by wendell at 9:42 PM on October 6, 2008

OH BOY! - Dr. Sam Beckett
posted by wendell at 9:43 PM on October 6, 2008

POW
posted by Rumple at 9:44 PM on October 6, 2008

Quickly, Earl, the unguent!
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:47 PM on October 6, 2008

Rectal or oral administration?
posted by dg at 9:53 PM on October 6, 2008

Sisters! Brothers! We have fulfilled our sacred mission. It is time for our holy reward. Pour the chamomile tea and bring out the saltines! Make the nightstand laden with dried fruit! Let milk pour forth from the mouth of a ceramic bovine! WE SHALL FEAST, brothers and sisters!
posted by Kattullus at 9:53 PM on October 6, 2008

Talisker?
posted by Rumple at 10:09 PM on October 6, 2008

u betcha
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:15 PM on October 6, 2008

Very well.... though my stomach doesn't do well with whiskey. I might vomit. Maybe I'll have some chamomile tea first.
posted by Kattullus at 10:18 PM on October 6, 2008

Violetta would like one too, if you're buying
posted by Rumple at 10:18 PM on October 6, 2008

Whiskey? Or chamomile?
posted by Kattullus at 10:19 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

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