Turn it up to eleven point six. January 5, 2010 2:03 PM Subscribe
Mathowie was the recipient of a greeting card emergency.
Author and former greeting card creator David Ellis Dickerson (already mentioned here in the blue a few months ago) fields requests for unusual greeting card ideas in his hilarious, ingenious and thoughtful Greeting Card Emergency videos. This week, he wrote a card for our very own "web celeb" [SLYT] .
Author and former greeting card creator David Ellis Dickerson (already mentioned here in the blue a few months ago) fields requests for unusual greeting card ideas in his hilarious, ingenious and thoughtful Greeting Card Emergency videos. This week, he wrote a card for our very own "web celeb" [SLYT] .
Oh, how cool! I loved his book and this just makes me love him more.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:18 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:18 PM on January 5, 2010
MeMail me.
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:31 PM on January 5, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:31 PM on January 5, 2010 [3 favorites]
mathowie, are you going to ask for the physical card?
posted by shmegegge at 2:42 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by shmegegge at 2:42 PM on January 5, 2010
Ha! That's the best thing I've seen all day.
posted by EvaDestruction at 2:46 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by EvaDestruction at 2:46 PM on January 5, 2010
I like the specificity of "zero point five" and "eleven point six." That's the kind of detail that makes a good joke great.
posted by Kattullus at 2:46 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by Kattullus at 2:46 PM on January 5, 2010
David Ellis Dickerson always cracks me up! I love his delivery in his videos.
posted by ericb at 2:46 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by ericb at 2:46 PM on January 5, 2010
Yee haw!
posted by marxchivist at 2:47 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by marxchivist at 2:47 PM on January 5, 2010
I love that. Especially Matt's, but I'm not biased or anything. And seriously Matt, DON'T post pics. Don't need that. Nope.
posted by msali at 2:47 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by msali at 2:47 PM on January 5, 2010
That is pretty frickin cool, man!
Purely in solidarity with Matt, I was diagnosed with leukemia on Dec 4th. In four short weeks in December I went through the crazy battery of tests, the biopsy, etc. Then the chemo (ugh).
But I'm happy to say that I was so responsive that we were able to discontinue the chemo after 16 days and it looks like I'm at a good maintenance level on the white blood cells. The prognosis is great: one pill a day and I'm golden!
So YAY to surviving teh cancerz and awesome props to Dickerson for his gnarly cards. :)
posted by darkstar at 2:52 PM on January 5, 2010 [30 favorites]
Purely in solidarity with Matt, I was diagnosed with leukemia on Dec 4th. In four short weeks in December I went through the crazy battery of tests, the biopsy, etc. Then the chemo (ugh).
But I'm happy to say that I was so responsive that we were able to discontinue the chemo after 16 days and it looks like I'm at a good maintenance level on the white blood cells. The prognosis is great: one pill a day and I'm golden!
So YAY to surviving teh cancerz and awesome props to Dickerson for his gnarly cards. :)
posted by darkstar at 2:52 PM on January 5, 2010 [30 favorites]
darkstar, this is me reading your post:
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posted by Sidhedevil at 2:56 PM on January 5, 2010 [12 favorites]
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posted by Sidhedevil at 2:56 PM on January 5, 2010 [12 favorites]
Yeah, that guy is fantastically awesomely great. Wish I knew him in person.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 2:58 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 2:58 PM on January 5, 2010
Only post pics when you fuck us all. Like you promised.
posted by iamkimiam at 3:01 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by iamkimiam at 3:01 PM on January 5, 2010
Loved it.
posted by TooFewShoes at 3:09 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by TooFewShoes at 3:09 PM on January 5, 2010
It was this comment by Secret Life of Gravy that inspired me to write David Ellis Dickerson. The card came out better than I could have imagined!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 3:09 PM on January 5, 2010 [13 favorites]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 3:09 PM on January 5, 2010 [13 favorites]
Look, I'm sorry, but I can't stand MeeeeFites. I mean, we don't spend all day on Meat-a-Filter, right?
posted by niles at 3:26 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by niles at 3:26 PM on January 5, 2010
thanks, tps! because the outcome of your query to david ellis dickerson is pretty awesome. and i'm LOVING the rush limbaugh cards, too!
posted by msconduct at 3:31 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by msconduct at 3:31 PM on January 5, 2010
darkstar, I am pleased to hear that.
Is everyone clear on the fact that mathowie does not and did not have cancer? Not that he's not a total superhero [though perhaps not made of magic like pb] but it was a different sort of tumor.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:40 PM on January 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
Is everyone clear on the fact that mathowie does not and did not have cancer? Not that he's not a total superhero [though perhaps not made of magic like pb] but it was a different sort of tumor.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:40 PM on January 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
it's not a too-mah!
posted by msconduct at 3:50 PM on January 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by msconduct at 3:50 PM on January 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
This is about 9 kinds of awesome and only 2 or 3 of them have anything to do with greeting cards.
posted by jacquilynne at 3:58 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by jacquilynne at 3:58 PM on January 5, 2010
dear Matt - the news of your rapid recovery and your new found sex drive have made me so happy that I went out and bought you this watch to celebrate :)
posted by vronsky at 4:07 PM on January 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by vronsky at 4:07 PM on January 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
His goes to eleven?
...point six?!
posted by not_on_display at 4:36 PM on January 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
...point six?!
posted by not_on_display at 4:36 PM on January 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
Yeah niles, it's really more like Meh-fites, AMIRITE?
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:37 PM on January 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:37 PM on January 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
High Five, ThePinkSuperhero!
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 5:48 PM on January 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 5:48 PM on January 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
I always say "MeeeeeFites" and "AskMe" (what else would it be? Ask-Meh?) but "MeTa" is "Meh-TUH" and not "MeeeTa."
Also that card was da bomb.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:12 PM on January 5, 2010 [4 favorites]
Also that card was da bomb.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:12 PM on January 5, 2010 [4 favorites]
Yay, he says mefites the same way I do. That means I'm right.
posted by dead cousin ted at 6:20 PM on January 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by dead cousin ted at 6:20 PM on January 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
I've always say "meh-fites" and "Meh-fee" but "AskMee." After all, it's MEH-tafilter, but AskMeh just sounds weird.
posted by Tomorrowful at 6:36 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by Tomorrowful at 6:36 PM on January 5, 2010
And for those of you who aren't, you know, reaching your potential: you shall be known as "eh"fites.
posted by boo_radley at 7:09 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by boo_radley at 7:09 PM on January 5, 2010
"AskMeh just sounds weird"
posted by Tomorrowful at 12:36 PM on January 6
Unless you're Cartman.
posted by Effigy2000 at 7:11 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by Tomorrowful at 12:36 PM on January 6
Unless you're Cartman.
posted by Effigy2000 at 7:11 PM on January 5, 2010
I'm wiping my eyes - that made me laugh, hard.
So funny. And the cadence and tone really reminded me of someone very funny - Carrie Fisher, maybe.
posted by pinky at 7:50 PM on January 5, 2010
So funny. And the cadence and tone really reminded me of someone very funny - Carrie Fisher, maybe.
posted by pinky at 7:50 PM on January 5, 2010
This is hysterical. Sidhedevil, I think I'll check out his book!
posted by radioamy at 9:31 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by radioamy at 9:31 PM on January 5, 2010
"...Just please, do not post any pics."
So that's it for any hope of the image tag revival, then?
Also, that there David's a nice fella.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 9:35 PM on January 5, 2010
So that's it for any hope of the image tag revival, then?
Also, that there David's a nice fella.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 9:35 PM on January 5, 2010
That was fun. Went down the Amazon rabbit hole and read 30 or so pages of Dickerson's memoir (and I was totally going to be asleep by 11 tonight. Oh well).
And since we're polling: in my head it's meefites, but when it comes out of my mouth it's mehfites. Weird, huh?
posted by ocherdraco at 9:53 PM on January 5, 2010
And since we're polling: in my head it's meefites, but when it comes out of my mouth it's mehfites. Weird, huh?
posted by ocherdraco at 9:53 PM on January 5, 2010
The pronunciation ambiguity has always bothered me. Even in my head. If only "metafiltarians" had caught on instead...
posted by eleyna at 10:29 PM on January 5, 2010
posted by eleyna at 10:29 PM on January 5, 2010
Two things.
1) Super-awesome card.
2) I can see both sides of the argument - on the surface Mehfi(tes) may seem more stylistically consistent with the original brand, but MeeFi(tes) is how I'd pronounce those words without any context (MetaFilter). The former, stylistically consistent viewpoint becomes more problematic when you consider the popular pronunciation of the word MeFi in the Meh camp becomes more like MehFee. Maintaining rigid pronunciation of the first syllable while entertaining three variants of the second (Mehta[Fih]lter/Meh[Fie]tes/Meh[Fee]) in the different words could and perhaps should be considered irrational. I propose dropping this conformity and applying normative pronunciation rules to each case and ending the fight.
Also, beans are delicious.
posted by empyrean at 10:36 PM on January 5, 2010
1) Super-awesome card.
2) I can see both sides of the argument - on the surface Mehfi(tes) may seem more stylistically consistent with the original brand, but MeeFi(tes) is how I'd pronounce those words without any context (MetaFilter). The former, stylistically consistent viewpoint becomes more problematic when you consider the popular pronunciation of the word MeFi in the Meh camp becomes more like MehFee. Maintaining rigid pronunciation of the first syllable while entertaining three variants of the second (Mehta[Fih]lter/Meh[Fie]tes/Meh[Fee]) in the different words could and perhaps should be considered irrational. I propose dropping this conformity and applying normative pronunciation rules to each case and ending the fight.
Also, beans are delicious.
posted by empyrean at 10:36 PM on January 5, 2010
MeeFites.
AskMeeee. (No really, go ahead.)
Meh-ta-filter.
Meh-Tah
This seems an extraordinarily ordinary of a pronunciation thing to me.
posted by desuetude at 11:23 PM on January 5, 2010 [4 favorites]
AskMeeee. (No really, go ahead.)
Meh-ta-filter.
Meh-Tah
This seems an extraordinarily ordinary of a pronunciation thing to me.
posted by desuetude at 11:23 PM on January 5, 2010 [4 favorites]
Yay TPS! Yay mathowie's wife! Yay Wordboydave!
And er, wow... that's a huge plate of beans.
posted by TrishaLynn at 11:55 PM on January 5, 2010
And er, wow... that's a huge plate of beans.
posted by TrishaLynn at 11:55 PM on January 5, 2010
Ha, that was hilarious! Good job TPS and Wordboydave.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:07 AM on January 6, 2010
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:07 AM on January 6, 2010
I thought maybe M'fites
posted by criticalbill at 6:00 AM on January 6, 2010
posted by criticalbill at 6:00 AM on January 6, 2010
This means we're aren't gonna get the IMG tag back, doesn't it?
posted by interrobang at 6:44 AM on January 6, 2010
posted by interrobang at 6:44 AM on January 6, 2010
Very cool card, great idea TPS!! I'm so glad that Matt is on the upswing but I am curious how Mrs. Matthowie feels about all their "business" being talked about so much. She's a good sport, eh?
posted by pearlybob at 9:31 AM on January 6, 2010
posted by pearlybob at 9:31 AM on January 6, 2010
Image tag return will happen on a per-user basis to be decided after the Grand Fucking (or I guess Hundred Grand Fucking).
posted by plinth at 9:54 AM on January 6, 2010
posted by plinth at 9:54 AM on January 6, 2010
The Hundred Grand Fucking is an excellent name. For this or anything else, really.
posted by ocherdraco at 10:41 AM on January 6, 2010
posted by ocherdraco at 10:41 AM on January 6, 2010
That was superb. David Ellis Dickerson is a very funny guy.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 2:08 PM on January 6, 2010
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 2:08 PM on January 6, 2010
MeFites. Meh-feh-tees, like Aristophanes.
posted by workerant at 9:53 AM on January 7, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by workerant at 9:53 AM on January 7, 2010 [3 favorites]
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posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:09 PM on January 5, 2010