This will...what? November 2, 2008 1:41 PM Subscribe
I know that "this will wendell" is a (facetious) pun on "this will end well", but what's the origin and significance of this MeFi in-joke?
Search is your friend.
Search, greenie2600. greenie2600, search.
Now go and find stuff together.
posted by rand at 1:51 PM on November 2, 2008
Search, greenie2600. greenie2600, search.
Now go and find stuff together.
posted by rand at 1:51 PM on November 2, 2008
Take it to MetaTa-...oh.
posted by turgid dahlia at 1:51 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 1:51 PM on November 2, 2008
I did search; I didn't see anything. Guess I didn't dig deep enough.
Thanks.
posted by greenie2600 at 1:53 PM on November 2, 2008
Thanks.
posted by greenie2600 at 1:53 PM on November 2, 2008
I made this!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:56 PM on November 2, 2008 [11 favorites]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:56 PM on November 2, 2008 [11 favorites]
GOOGLE RON PAUL
posted by Meatbomb at 2:04 PM on November 2, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by Meatbomb at 2:04 PM on November 2, 2008 [4 favorites]
I'm surprised nobody made a sockpuppet yet, actually.
posted by dunkadunc at 2:12 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by dunkadunc at 2:12 PM on November 2, 2008
I miss oneswellfoop.
posted by netbros at 2:38 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by netbros at 2:38 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
Wow, I never knew I had a part in the creation of the meme!
I HELPED
posted by yhbc at 2:48 PM on November 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
I HELPED
posted by yhbc at 2:48 PM on November 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
Is it true that migs and quonsor are the same person?
posted by found missing at 2:50 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by found missing at 2:50 PM on November 2, 2008
I'm disappointed that we went almost all day without a MeTa post and THIS is the one we get.
posted by desjardins at 2:53 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by desjardins at 2:53 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
We go to war with the post we have, not the post we want.
posted by found missing at 2:57 PM on November 2, 2008 [8 favorites]
posted by found missing at 2:57 PM on November 2, 2008 [8 favorites]
We have always been at war with Wendell.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:16 PM on November 2, 2008 [15 favorites]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:16 PM on November 2, 2008 [15 favorites]
He started it.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 3:27 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 3:27 PM on November 2, 2008
Does this mean that "wendell" is actually supposed to rhyme with "end well"? 'Cause in my mind, I always pronounced it "wendle".
posted by Phire at 3:40 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by Phire at 3:40 PM on November 2, 2008
Also, this is totally the first in-joke I watched being created (and damn that's an awkward turn of phrase) and for months afterwards, everytime someone invoked it I got all giddy because dude! I was there when they came up with that! But now it's just sort of overused and lame. Wendell is still okay though.
posted by Phire at 3:43 PM on November 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by Phire at 3:43 PM on November 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
posted by found missing at 3:44 PM on November 2, 2008
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
posted by found missing at 3:44 PM on November 2, 2008
We have always been at war with Wendell.
Well, ever since he spammed us, anyway.
posted by dersins at 3:57 PM on November 2, 2008
Well, ever since he spammed us, anyway.
posted by dersins at 3:57 PM on November 2, 2008
the origin and significance of this MeFi in-joke
The significance is that when "This will not wendell" is written for the nine billionth time, this and all other universes will vanish.
posted by lukemeister at 4:42 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
The significance is that when "This will not wendell" is written for the nine billionth time, this and all other universes will vanish.
posted by lukemeister at 4:42 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
SO SORRY
I AM WORSE THAN HITLER
PLEASE FORGIVE ME
posted by greenie2600 at 4:43 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
I AM WORSE THAN HITLER
PLEASE FORGIVE ME
posted by greenie2600 at 4:43 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
(Hitler, when he was having a bad day & was particularly cranky)
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:46 PM on November 2, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:46 PM on November 2, 2008 [4 favorites]
>Does this mean that "wendell" is actually supposed to rhyme with "end well"?
I guess more of a Spoonerism. "you hissed all my mystery lectures," said the history teacher to the truant student.
posted by philfromhavelock at 4:48 PM on November 2, 2008
I guess more of a Spoonerism. "you hissed all my mystery lectures," said the history teacher to the truant student.
posted by philfromhavelock at 4:48 PM on November 2, 2008
dammit
posted by DU at 5:01 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by DU at 5:01 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
You know who else forgave Hitler?
UbuRoivas.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:03 PM on November 2, 2008
UbuRoivas.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:03 PM on November 2, 2008
You know who else was worse than Hitler?
*raises hand* Okay, it's me. But just because my last name rhymes with Hitler, but with two t's (which IS worse).
Does this mean that "wendell" is actually supposed to rhyme with "end well"?
Nope, just pure anagrammage. That's the weird thing about the written word; sometimes you ignore what the words sound like, sometimes you can't.
I miss oneswellfoop.
Me too, but I still blog at this newly forged, egomanically eponymous address. And thanks for giving me an excuse to self-link it here. Bwahahahaha. That said, if I ever get up the energy, OneSwellFoop will live again in a form that will amaze some and make others say "he fucked up again". Watch for it @Projects.
We have always been at war with Wendell.
Well, ever since he spammed us, anyway.
(1) I have apologized for that more times than the number of email addresses on the list.
(2) Remember, I still have the list. Bwahahahaha.
when "This will not wendell" is written for the nine billionth time, this and all other universes will vanish
This will not wendell
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Overhead, without any fuss, the MeFites were going out. To a meetup.
posted by wendell at 5:28 PM on November 2, 2008 [6 favorites]
*raises hand* Okay, it's me. But just because my last name rhymes with Hitler, but with two t's (which IS worse).
Does this mean that "wendell" is actually supposed to rhyme with "end well"?
Nope, just pure anagrammage. That's the weird thing about the written word; sometimes you ignore what the words sound like, sometimes you can't.
I miss oneswellfoop.
Me too, but I still blog at this newly forged, egomanically eponymous address. And thanks for giving me an excuse to self-link it here. Bwahahahaha. That said, if I ever get up the energy, OneSwellFoop will live again in a form that will amaze some and make others say "he fucked up again". Watch for it @Projects.
We have always been at war with Wendell.
Well, ever since he spammed us, anyway.
(1) I have apologized for that more times than the number of email addresses on the list.
(2) Remember, I still have the list. Bwahahahaha.
when "This will not wendell" is written for the nine billionth time, this and all other universes will vanish
This will not wendell
This will not wendell
This will not wendell
This will not wendell
This will not wendell
This will not wendell
This will not wendell
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This will not wendell
Overhead, without any fuss, the MeFites were going out. To a meetup.
posted by wendell at 5:28 PM on November 2, 2008 [6 favorites]
I pronounce wendell to rhyme with end well.
posted by grouse at 5:40 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by grouse at 5:40 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
"Wendell Wittler, worse than Hitler"
Now there is no chance I will ever forget your last name
posted by jtron at 6:08 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
Now there is no chance I will ever forget your last name
posted by jtron at 6:08 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
jtron, you have just discovered the sound bite I heard more often than anything else from grades 2 through 9. Thanks for the memory.
posted by wendell at 6:14 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by wendell at 6:14 PM on November 2, 2008
You and poor old Jimmy Smitsler.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:44 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:44 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
Of course there's a new variation on the old classic:
"This will Givewell."
posted by jayder at 6:51 PM on November 2, 2008
"This will Givewell."
posted by jayder at 6:51 PM on November 2, 2008
wait, what? i forgave Hitler?
damn, i really need to install that breathalyser keyboard lock.
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:52 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
damn, i really need to install that breathalyser keyboard lock.
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:52 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
If it's any consolation, wendell, during that time in my life I was generally referred to as "Jesse Nerdwin" (née Irwin)
posted by jtron at 7:15 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by jtron at 7:15 PM on November 2, 2008
I tried mail goggles once, but all that happened was that a bunch of innocent emails started looking as if they were full of salacious & suggestive subtexts. Oh, and the senders' thumbnails became a notch or two hotter.
posted by UbuRoivas at 7:44 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by UbuRoivas at 7:44 PM on November 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
This will Hitler well?
posted by blue_beetle at 9:13 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by blue_beetle at 9:13 PM on November 2, 2008
This will quonsar.
posted by trip and a half at 10:29 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by trip and a half at 10:29 PM on November 2, 2008
47 comments and no one's mentioned nkyad yet? First MeFite to use the phrase. Also, the guy's from São Paulo, and so are these guys, so he's alright with me.
posted by Kattullus at 11:42 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by Kattullus at 11:42 PM on November 2, 2008
I am up far too late for a school night but was hoping this thread would end well.
kid ichorous's poem from the non-dualist thread a couple of days a go was pretty awesome, huh.
Off to sleep now. Good night all.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 4:52 AM on November 3, 2008
kid ichorous's poem from the non-dualist thread a couple of days a go was pretty awesome, huh.
Off to sleep now. Good night all.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 4:52 AM on November 3, 2008
Has this topic wendelled?
posted by Mastercheddaar at 6:35 AM on November 3, 2008
posted by Mastercheddaar at 6:35 AM on November 3, 2008
I once worked for a professor named Mitler, and it did not end well.
posted by lukemeister at 6:55 AM on November 3, 2008
posted by lukemeister at 6:55 AM on November 3, 2008
I second (or third, I guess) the idea of making this thread about Os Mutantes, because their music makes me very, very happy.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 8:49 AM on November 3, 2008
posted by BitterOldPunk at 8:49 AM on November 3, 2008
Has anyone seen the Os Mutantes documentary?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:59 AM on November 3, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:59 AM on November 3, 2008 [1 favorite]
Quick! Distract me!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:28 AM on November 3, 2008
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:28 AM on November 3, 2008
It worked!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:59 AM on November 3, 2008
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:59 AM on November 3, 2008
their music makes me very, very happy.
posted by BitterOldPunk
heh.
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:45 PM on November 3, 2008
posted by BitterOldPunk
heh.
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:45 PM on November 3, 2008
....and I just now heard an Os Mutantes song in a McDonald's ad.
WTF?
posted by BitterOldPunk at 3:05 PM on November 3, 2008
WTF?
posted by BitterOldPunk at 3:05 PM on November 3, 2008
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