NPR Drops the MeFi Name

January 30, 2009 7:14 AM

Linda Holmes discusses the fishy smell of "Dating a Banker Anonymous" on NPR, cites Metafilter. The thread in question.
posted by kosem to MetaFilter-Related at 7:14 AM (19 comments total)

On review of the MeFi thread, I see that CunningLinguist found it first.
posted by kosem at 7:28 AM on January 30, 2009

Please tell me that Linda Wertheimer said my name. Please?
posted by ColdChef at 8:21 AM on January 30, 2009 [1 favorite]

*thinks he knows where the fishy smell is coming from*
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:30 AM on January 30, 2009

Well don't look at me.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 8:41 AM on January 30, 2009

Secret Life of Fish Gravy.
posted by cjorgensen at 8:49 AM on January 30, 2009

* puts on sunglasses * I'm NPR famous.
posted by boo_radley at 9:20 AM on January 30, 2009

*now wishes he posted in the thread*
posted by Jahaza at 9:57 AM on January 30, 2009 [1 favorite]

I can't wait to hear Noah Adams run a little blurb about NPR being mentioned on MetaFilter.
posted by DU at 9:59 AM on January 30, 2009 [3 favorites]

but there's no group of thirty people on the internet where nobody gets defensive

okay, this is funny. also true.
posted by rmd1023 at 10:33 AM on January 30, 2009

Clueless NPR woman from Maryland is clueless.
posted by Zambrano at 10:43 AM on January 30, 2009

okay, this is funny. also true.

What are you implying, huh? I'm not getting defensive!!! YOU ARE!
posted by spicynuts at 12:27 PM on January 30, 2009

Fishy smell?
posted by The Straightener at 12:52 PM on January 30, 2009

Soupy twist!
posted by ooga_booga at 1:27 PM on January 30, 2009

Who do I talk to, in order to get my complementary tote bag?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:34 PM on January 30, 2009

Fishy smell?

Yeah, I'm not so sure if the title of this thread is kosher.
posted by loquacious at 1:44 PM on January 30, 2009

Maybe I dashed that off a touch too quickly.
posted by kosem at 2:17 PM on January 30, 2009

We're bad. We're nationwide.
posted by Joe Beese at 4:28 PM on January 30, 2009

I'll have the soup.
posted by davejay at 7:42 PM on January 30, 2009

Wait, non-members can access this site? I retract everything I ever said about testicles. Which was nothing. HA! NYTimes, you just got punk'd! *patiently awaiting NPR coverage*
posted by joe lisboa at 9:20 AM on January 31, 2009