when did this thing happen?

February 12, 2010 6:19 PM

Ok this is totally trivial but when did recent activity get post & comment activity squished together? I like. Is it newish?
posted by juv3nal to MetaFilter-Related at 6:19 PM (20 comments total)

It's pretty new.
posted by carsonb at 6:48 PM on February 12, 2010

Funny, it dosen't look newish....
posted by jonmc at 7:58 PM on February 12, 2010 [4 favorites]

I noticed that, too.

I like it.
posted by dunkadunc at 8:08 PM on February 12, 2010

Of course it does. Newish ponies are often attracted to money, and power, and I have BOTH, and YOU KNOW IT!
posted by carsonb at 8:10 PM on February 12, 2010

First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the ponies.
posted by The Whelk at 8:30 PM on February 12, 2010

*plays ponies to get money & power*

damned dyslexia...
posted by jonmc at 8:33 PM on February 12, 2010

Forget ponies. They poop. Ask for peonies instead.
posted by amyms at 9:52 PM on February 12, 2010

Man, fuck peonies. They get all covered in ants while they're buds, and then after they bloom they degrade into horrible rotten muck within hours.
posted by Netzapper at 10:15 PM on February 12, 2010

They get all covered in ants while they're buds...

They have to get covered with ants or they won't bloom. The ants eat the waxy coating off the buds, allowing them to open.
posted by amyms at 10:26 PM on February 12, 2010

Wait, amyms, really? The ants are a necessary part of the cycle?

If that's true, I suddenly dislike peonies way less. They do get wicked gross when they wilt, though.
posted by Netzapper at 10:59 PM on February 12, 2010

Eek! A quick perusal of Google tells me it's an old wives' tale, but I want to believe!... Either way, don't tell my elderly neighbor lady that it might not be true.
posted by amyms at 12:11 AM on February 13, 2010

I came for the site news but stayed for the horticultural banter. Truly, this is the fair flower of the Internet.
posted by Abiezer at 1:21 AM on February 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

She is newish, but doesn't practice nudaism. She still goes to the nude beach during high holidays so her parents won't flip out, and maybe to meet a nice veterinarian, worse things could happen, neigh?
posted by not_on_display at 4:57 AM on February 13, 2010 [2 favorites]

I would like to express my unbridled enthusiasm for n_o_d's comment. Most puns should be put out to pasture, but these are a horse of a different color.
posted by majick at 6:36 AM on February 13, 2010

That's no elderly neighbor lady, amyms. That's a human husk filled with and animated by the servants of The Hive Queen. She's just keeping you docile with pheromones while she prepares to strike.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:25 AM on February 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

Where do all these old wives get thier tales from? The Ants. Seriously.
posted by The Whelk at 7:31 AM on February 13, 2010

Ponies Pooped after Peonies Crash Blossom
posted by Obscure Reference at 8:30 AM on February 13, 2010

That's a human husk filled with and animated by the servants of The Hive Queen.

klangklangston?
posted by carsonb at 10:16 AM on February 13, 2010

That's no elderly neighbor lady, amyms.

It seems like that sentence should be followed by "That's a maaaaaan, baby!" but the human husk thing is much more interesting.

*stocks up on bug spray*
posted by amyms at 11:08 AM on February 13, 2010

No honey in sight.
posted by blue_beetle at 8:41 AM on February 24, 2010