I'm Avoiding SXSW Traffic. How are you? March 14, 2010 11:07 AM Subscribe
Shmoopy... because we need it.
Hi, I'm from Austin and I'd just like to apologize for this little festival thing we've got going on down here that's [I suspect] stolen your mods for a few days. Like a classroom full of kids, chaos erupts when the teacher leaves the room.
I, for one, miss the shmoopy. I know I'm not alone in this, so let's all be nice to each other for a change and let the mods have a break, huh?
There's cookies on the table. Help yourself!
Hi, I'm from Austin and I'd just like to apologize for this little festival thing we've got going on down here that's [I suspect] stolen your mods for a few days. Like a classroom full of kids, chaos erupts when the teacher leaves the room.
I, for one, miss the shmoopy. I know I'm not alone in this, so let's all be nice to each other for a change and let the mods have a break, huh?
There's cookies on the table. Help yourself!
*uploading a cool pitcher of lemonade*
posted by SLC Mom at 11:09 AM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by SLC Mom at 11:09 AM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
"Shmoopy" always reminds me of Shipoopi and really, who can be mad during a massive dance number*?
*rhetorical question. don't answer that.
posted by cooker girl at 11:16 AM on March 14, 2010 [5 favorites]
*rhetorical question. don't answer that.
posted by cooker girl at 11:16 AM on March 14, 2010 [5 favorites]
I'll be in Austin by wednesday so if you want to buy us some tacos as an apology I will humbly accept them on behalf of the entire site.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:17 AM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:17 AM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I wonder if the OP is a French folk-loving, Manchester United supporter?
MuChao -> Man U Chao -> Manu Chao?
Or is that a fresh plate of beans that I've just served up?
posted by djgh at 11:17 AM on March 14, 2010
MuChao -> Man U Chao -> Manu Chao?
Or is that a fresh plate of beans that I've just served up?
posted by djgh at 11:17 AM on March 14, 2010
I don't normally end every sentence with a question mark?
posted by djgh at 11:18 AM on March 14, 2010
posted by djgh at 11:18 AM on March 14, 2010
That figures. I'm fresh out of shmoopy. Maybe in a couple of days.
posted by Sailormom at 11:22 AM on March 14, 2010
posted by Sailormom at 11:22 AM on March 14, 2010
There's cookies on the table
Are they vegan cookies?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:24 AM on March 14, 2010
Are they vegan cookies?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:24 AM on March 14, 2010
Perhaps we should activate the Emergency Moderator Hologram?
posted by FishBike at 11:35 AM on March 14, 2010 [16 favorites]
"Please state the nature of the moderation emergency."I'm sure the button's around here somewhere.
posted by FishBike at 11:35 AM on March 14, 2010 [16 favorites]
I'm so glad you posted this. I was going to say something but it was likely to be along the lines of "Why are we all acting like children? Go stand in the corner!"
A call for shmoopy is much better.
Now, let's have some pie!
posted by dchrssyr at 11:38 AM on March 14, 2010
A call for shmoopy is much better.
Now, let's have some pie!
posted by dchrssyr at 11:38 AM on March 14, 2010
I hate shmoopy, both as a philosophy and a word.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:39 AM on March 14, 2010 [13 favorites]
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:39 AM on March 14, 2010 [13 favorites]
Now, let's have some pie!
It is pi day, after all.
posted by FishBike at 11:40 AM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
It is pi day, after all.
posted by FishBike at 11:40 AM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
I love the schmoopy because my brain doesn't have to work hard to read it, and I don't end up feeling afterwards that MeFi is full of jerks.
So: Hooray for our moderators picking up some professional development points!
posted by not_on_display at 11:44 AM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
So: Hooray for our moderators picking up some professional development points!
posted by not_on_display at 11:44 AM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
"Please state the nature of the moderation emergency."
I'll take the Robert Picardo EMH over the Andy Dick EMH MkII, please. :)
posted by zarq at 11:45 AM on March 14, 2010
I'll take the Robert Picardo EMH over the Andy Dick EMH MkII, please. :)
posted by zarq at 11:45 AM on March 14, 2010
Alvy, don't be a shmoopy-pooper.
posted by dchrssyr at 11:45 AM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by dchrssyr at 11:45 AM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Yeah, I actually want to go on the record as not liking the word shmoopy. It sounds like a very moist form of affection that I wouldn't want to get from a thread full of quasi-anonymous people on the internet. As much as I appreciate the sentiment.
posted by Secretariat at 11:46 AM on March 14, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by Secretariat at 11:46 AM on March 14, 2010 [5 favorites]
They're tater bars, Brandon. Frosted with the finest coconut buttercream.
posted by catlet at 11:47 AM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by catlet at 11:47 AM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
CONGA LINE!!!
posted by The Whelk at 11:47 AM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 11:47 AM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I think we should have a fight about whether it's schmoopy, shmoopy, schmoopie, or some other variation that hasn't occurred to me yet.
posted by rtha at 12:02 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by rtha at 12:02 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
call it whatever you like, i'm certainly feeling the lurrrrve tonight...
posted by infini at 12:04 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by infini at 12:04 PM on March 14, 2010
It's "Shmoopix." The "x" is silent.
posted by brundlefly at 12:05 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by brundlefly at 12:05 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Sorry, Dumsnill, I'm not getting married again.
Potomac Avenue, I'll be happy to buy you tacos as soon as the traffic and tourists (and my mother) are gone.
djgh, yes, you are beanplating it, but an amusing incorrect speculation it was, so, carry on.
dchrssyr, that was my point, exactly. Also, it allowed me to bitch about SXSW in a lighthearted manner.
Pi Day group hugs!
posted by MuChao at 12:09 PM on March 14, 2010
Potomac Avenue, I'll be happy to buy you tacos as soon as the traffic and tourists (and my mother) are gone.
djgh, yes, you are beanplating it, but an amusing incorrect speculation it was, so, carry on.
dchrssyr, that was my point, exactly. Also, it allowed me to bitch about SXSW in a lighthearted manner.
Pi Day group hugs!
posted by MuChao at 12:09 PM on March 14, 2010
"Shmoopy" always reminds me of Shipoopi
Shipoopi always reminds me of The Shapoopie (asseen on TV heard on the radio).
posted by scblackman at 12:10 PM on March 14, 2010
Shipoopi always reminds me of The Shapoopie (as
posted by scblackman at 12:10 PM on March 14, 2010
Well, at least, I have learned a new name for the cat, which will now be joining wuzza wuzza, boo goo, boogie, sluggo and lumpy, among others, in rotation.
posted by y2karl at 12:31 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by y2karl at 12:31 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
It sounds like a very moist form of affection that I wouldn't want to get from a thread full of quasi-anonymous people on the internet.
It sounds to me like some defecatory portmanteau coined by an imaginary hipster parent caricature who's too self-conscious to just say poop and is looking for an edgy way to renounce their bourgeois roots: "Aww, did Boerum make a shmoopy in his L'il Yankee Apparel cords? Yes OG did! Yes, OG did!"
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:44 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
It sounds to me like some defecatory portmanteau coined by an imaginary hipster parent caricature who's too self-conscious to just say poop and is looking for an edgy way to renounce their bourgeois roots: "Aww, did Boerum make a shmoopy in his L'il Yankee Apparel cords? Yes OG did! Yes, OG did!"
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:44 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
For some bonus shmoopy, I got engaged yesterday! Shmoopy all round mefi :)
posted by ellieBOA at 12:45 PM on March 14, 2010 [15 favorites]
posted by ellieBOA at 12:45 PM on March 14, 2010 [15 favorites]
In keeping with MetaFilter's tradition of food love, I prefer 'creampuffed'.
posted by iamkimiam at 12:46 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by iamkimiam at 12:46 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
One Seinfeld episode and schmoopy is immortalized. Who needs syndication when you have MeFi?
Oh, and screw you all! Aha!
(just kidding, I think)
posted by deacon_blues at 12:53 PM on March 14, 2010
Oh, and screw you all! Aha!
(just kidding, I think)
posted by deacon_blues at 12:53 PM on March 14, 2010
Also, I need some love, [ʃmopi] or otherwise, because I only got to sleep three hours in my hostel in London this morning, since the next two were my top bunkmate's alarm going off every 10 minutes LOUDLY and without regard for other humans present. Then, naturally, the dorm got flooded by the shower nearby, and since my bunk was right next to the door, all of my belongings, stored under my bed, were soaked and much was ruined. The best part though...after the confusion of the flood, my backpack was stolen! YAY!
Please love me.
posted by iamkimiam at 12:54 PM on March 14, 2010 [7 favorites]
Please love me.
posted by iamkimiam at 12:54 PM on March 14, 2010 [7 favorites]
Who wants banana bread? I just pulled some out of the oven!
posted by mdonley at 1:01 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by mdonley at 1:01 PM on March 14, 2010
"One Seinfeld episode and schmoopy is immortalized."
Oh, is that where it's from? I knew there was a reason it annoyed me. Thanks for clearing it up!
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 1:04 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
Oh, is that where it's from? I knew there was a reason it annoyed me. Thanks for clearing it up!
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 1:04 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
Frosted with the finest coconut buttercream.
Sorry, I'm coconutist.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:05 PM on March 14, 2010
Sorry, I'm coconutist.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:05 PM on March 14, 2010
Thanks iamkimiam, that proper sucks about your hostel, I promise you life in England will be better than that!
posted by ellieBOA at 1:07 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by ellieBOA at 1:07 PM on March 14, 2010
You MeFites here have already definitively proven this to be true!
posted by iamkimiam at 1:09 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by iamkimiam at 1:09 PM on March 14, 2010
Anyone want to talk about priests from Maine?
Or is this the wrong thread for that?
posted by idiomatika at 1:12 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Or is this the wrong thread for that?
posted by idiomatika at 1:12 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
FishBike: "Perhaps we should activate the Emergency Moderator Hologram?"
Mefi doesn't have hologram money. You must be thinking of Maude Errator, the emergency inflatable moderator.
posted by Rhaomi at 1:21 PM on March 14, 2010 [5 favorites]
Mefi doesn't have hologram money. You must be thinking of Maude Errator, the emergency inflatable moderator.
posted by Rhaomi at 1:21 PM on March 14, 2010 [5 favorites]
I actually went to the kite festival here this morning. I'm pretty sure scheduling it during Interactive was an accident, because OMG the parking is gone down here, but thankfully I'm in walking distance of the park.
posted by restless_nomad at 1:30 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by restless_nomad at 1:30 PM on March 14, 2010
METAFILTER: DON'T STOP BELIEVING
posted by The Whelk at 1:46 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 1:46 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Uh, the mods are on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin right now. I got in my car and heard them just now.
posted by ishotjr at 1:52 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by ishotjr at 1:52 PM on March 14, 2010
The mods have flown into the coop?!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:54 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:54 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Sorry, Dumsnill, I'm not getting married again.
Yeah, sorry, you have no choice in this matter. You are now my spouse. Creepy, I know.
posted by Dumsnill at 1:56 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Yeah, sorry, you have no choice in this matter. You are now my spouse. Creepy, I know.
posted by Dumsnill at 1:56 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Heheh, I just tuned into KOOP via my local internets to hear MC Frontalot and heard a couple of familar voices discussing the information phone.
posted by tapeguy at 1:58 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by tapeguy at 1:58 PM on March 14, 2010
The schmoopy /shmoopy is too cloyingly cutsie for me. Can't we just have an old-fashioned orgy instead?
posted by madamjujujive at 2:00 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by madamjujujive at 2:00 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
Suggesting that somehow it's only the mods that keep us 'nice' is a little annoying. But I hope that Metafilter doesn't have to become a place where we all have to be 'nice' to each other. People have disagreements, and people can be disagreeable. It's one of the things our species is really good at.
That said, I'm all for letting the mods have a break. How's that for shmoopy?
posted by kuujjuarapik at 2:05 PM on March 14, 2010
That said, I'm all for letting the mods have a break. How's that for shmoopy?
posted by kuujjuarapik at 2:05 PM on March 14, 2010
Can't we just have an old-fashioned orgy instead?
You're inviting us to your lawn?!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:13 PM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
You're inviting us to your lawn?!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:13 PM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
The best part though...after the confusion of the flood, my backpack was stolen! YAY!
Well, if the stories we hear about London over here are true, somebody caught the whole thing on CCTV.
posted by invitapriore at 2:25 PM on March 14, 2010
Well, if the stories we hear about London over here are true, somebody caught the whole thing on CCTV.
posted by invitapriore at 2:25 PM on March 14, 2010
METAFILTER: DON'T STOP BELIEVING
HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:30 PM on March 14, 2010
HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:30 PM on March 14, 2010
I'm a stone cold gangsta.One trick sock puppets are so passé.
posted by Schmoopy at 1:01 PM on March 14
posted by Glenn Beck at 2:42 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.
posted by Wallace Shawn at 2:57 PM on March 14, 2010
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.
posted by Wallace Shawn at 2:57 PM on March 14, 2010
In the spirit of Metafilter's world-wide presence, I recommend we crash this lawn.
posted by Wuggie Norple at 3:01 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by Wuggie Norple at 3:01 PM on March 14, 2010
METAFILTER: DON'T STOP BELIEVING
Why outsource when we can get true MeFites to sing? Courtesy of Coldchef:
Don't Stop Believing: 10 years and still going.
posted by Nice Guy Mike at 3:14 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
Why outsource when we can get true MeFites to sing? Courtesy of Coldchef:
Don't Stop Believing: 10 years and still going.
posted by Nice Guy Mike at 3:14 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
Can't we just have an old-fashioned orgy instead?
I'll bring the tarps if someone else can bring the gallon jugs of oil.
posted by elizardbits at 3:43 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I'll bring the tarps if someone else can bring the gallon jugs of oil.
posted by elizardbits at 3:43 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Things have been bad lately, but on the other hand the klangklangston thread is one of the greatest, beautifulest schmoopthreads ever.
posted by Kattullus at 3:52 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Kattullus at 3:52 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I would like to discuss the disturbing usage of shmoopy in this thread.
posted by DU at 3:55 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by DU at 3:55 PM on March 14, 2010
Things have been bad lately, but on the other hand the klangklangston thread is one of the greatest, beautifulest schmoopthreads ever.
We need to fall off our bikes more often? Having trouble with the takeaway message here.
I, for one, have no bike to fall off of in the first place, so I nominate someone else.
(Yes, yes, I know the thread is awesome, but can't we manage to be awesome without a precipitating disaster?)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:59 PM on March 14, 2010
We need to fall off our bikes more often? Having trouble with the takeaway message here.
I, for one, have no bike to fall off of in the first place, so I nominate someone else.
(Yes, yes, I know the thread is awesome, but can't we manage to be awesome without a precipitating disaster?)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:59 PM on March 14, 2010
but can't we manage to be awesome without a precipitating disaster
Hi, welcome to the human race!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:21 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Hi, welcome to the human race!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:21 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Where is the succession chart? The VP, The Speaker of the House, Al Haig, matt, jess, cortex, vacapinta, pb...
posted by fixedgear at 4:22 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by fixedgear at 4:22 PM on March 14, 2010
I actually went to the kite festival here this morning. I'm pretty sure scheduling it during Interactive was an accident, because OMG the parking is gone down here, but thankfully I'm in walking distance of the park.
The kite festival was rescheduled from last Sunday, because of the threat of rain. And a good thing too, because today is/was gorgeous, and also because I got to enjoy the kites from a kayak on Lady Bird Lake.
Uh, the mods are on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin right now. I got in my car and heard them just now.
I'm guess that was slappy_pinchbottom's show.
posted by donajo at 4:32 PM on March 14, 2010
The kite festival was rescheduled from last Sunday, because of the threat of rain. And a good thing too, because today is/was gorgeous, and also because I got to enjoy the kites from a kayak on Lady Bird Lake.
Uh, the mods are on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin right now. I got in my car and heard them just now.
I'm guess that was slappy_pinchbottom's show.
posted by donajo at 4:32 PM on March 14, 2010
Admittedly, I've been distracted by being butt-naked, parboiled, roasted, stretched, walked on, and seeing more Korean cawk this weekend than any time in my life*, but Metafilter seems to be functioning pretty well aside from a bit of the Counter Reformation.
* No, I went to the spa.
posted by orthogonality at 4:58 PM on March 14, 2010
* No, I went to the spa.
posted by orthogonality at 4:58 PM on March 14, 2010
The Whelk: "CONGA LINE!!"
The Whelk: "METAFILTER: DON'T STOP BELIEVIN"
I can't Conga to that.
oh what the heck: Hold-on-to-that FEEE-LING'... Hold-on-to-that FEEE-LING'...
posted by Hardcore Poser at 5:10 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
The Whelk: "METAFILTER: DON'T STOP BELIEVIN"
I can't Conga to that.
oh what the heck: Hold-on-to-that FEEE-LING'... Hold-on-to-that FEEE-LING'...
posted by Hardcore Poser at 5:10 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
ha ha ha there was totally a girl on Haight singing Don't Stop Believin with a mini keyboard.
I did a lot of things in Brooklyn I'm not proud of.
posted by The Whelk at 5:31 PM on March 14, 2010
I did a lot of things in Brooklyn I'm not proud of.
posted by The Whelk at 5:31 PM on March 14, 2010
Oh man I am sitting next to two french game developers with the most insane facial hair - like a midlife crisis hit Ozfest in a highway crash and then fell into a burning vat of AquaNet.
Oh god the mutton chops.
posted by The Whelk at 5:43 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Oh god the mutton chops.
posted by The Whelk at 5:43 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I don' t know them by face - just that it's NOT Peter Molyneux cause , I mean really words cannot do justice to this face bush ...it should be in a museum.
Oh god his kid is with him, dressed in the same Kevin Smith Discovers E Late In Life drag. Man, kid's gonna grow up to be a banker who never takes his tie off even during sex.
I'm catching very little French except they seem to be talkin' smack about someone.
posted by The Whelk at 6:01 PM on March 14, 2010
Oh god his kid is with him, dressed in the same Kevin Smith Discovers E Late In Life drag. Man, kid's gonna grow up to be a banker who never takes his tie off even during sex.
I'm catching very little French except they seem to be talkin' smack about someone.
posted by The Whelk at 6:01 PM on March 14, 2010
Where is the succession chart?
No need. Should all of our vitals go flat for more than 15 minutes, the chips in each of your brains will explode.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:06 PM on March 14, 2010 [8 favorites]
No need. Should all of our vitals go flat for more than 15 minutes, the chips in each of your brains will explode.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:06 PM on March 14, 2010 [8 favorites]
Should all of our vitals go flat for more than 15 minutes, the chips in each of your brains will explode.
Not very schmoopy.
posted by longsleeves at 6:24 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Not very schmoopy.
posted by longsleeves at 6:24 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
If you really love someone, turn off the self-destruct chip you implanted in their head and let them go outside of tracking range.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:27 PM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:27 PM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
If you really love someone, turn off the self-destruct chip you implanted in their head and let them go outside of tracking range.
Chicken soup for the Supervillian Soul.
posted by The Whelk at 6:36 PM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
Chicken soup for the Supervillian Soul.
posted by The Whelk at 6:36 PM on March 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
haaaaaang on shmoopy
shmoopy hang on
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:39 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
shmoopy hang on
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:39 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
The interview on the radio in Austin was fun and interesting. I posted that earlier comment about it from my phone in a parking lot after pulling over. Was this interview happening promoted anywhere on the site? I would have turned in to the beginning if I'd known about it.
It was funny being in the car and turning it on to that station and hearing "Jessamyn" and thinking, "oh, that's funny, like Metafilter." Then hearing "cortex..." and realizing it WAS Metafilter on muh radio. When the internet and real life in your car collide.
posted by ishotjr at 6:52 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
It was funny being in the car and turning it on to that station and hearing "Jessamyn" and thinking, "oh, that's funny, like Metafilter." Then hearing "cortex..." and realizing it WAS Metafilter on muh radio. When the internet and real life in your car collide.
posted by ishotjr at 6:52 PM on March 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
feel the crash of steel beneath the steering wheel, see the broken links in the heat sink. Lets flame out before we die.
posted by The Whelk at 7:03 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by The Whelk at 7:03 PM on March 14, 2010
I love you all, even those of you I don't like so much on an issue to issue basis. This place has been a haven for me, a bed of intelligent conversation between brilliant people, on pretty much every conversation I can think of. Even when it isn't, we tend to talk about why it isn't, which is much cooler than most places.
Metafilter has taught me more than college ever did about dealing with people, and I love it for that...
Schmoopy.
posted by rollbiz at 7:11 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
Metafilter has taught me more than college ever did about dealing with people, and I love it for that...
Schmoopy.
posted by rollbiz at 7:11 PM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
JESSAMYN: Two thousand comments about Catholicism are about to break through that threadwall. We need time to get drunk. Create a diversion.
EMERGENCY MODERATION HOLOGRAM: This isn't part of my program. I'm a moderator, not a miracle worker.
JESSAMYN: Well, turn on the IMG tag. Fake a jRun error. I don't care. Just give us a few hours.
(Jessamyn, Matt and Josh and the rest of the SXSW attendees escape through a hatchway)
EMERGENCY MODERATION HOLOGRAM: According to Vatican theological research, overly emphatic theological debate without alcoholic lubricant can cause severe rushing of blood to the face. Perhaps you'd like a beverage?
No thanks, I just sprayed mine all over my laptop. :D :D :D
posted by zarq at 7:45 PM on March 14, 2010
EMERGENCY MODERATION HOLOGRAM: This isn't part of my program. I'm a moderator, not a miracle worker.
JESSAMYN: Well, turn on the IMG tag. Fake a jRun error. I don't care. Just give us a few hours.
(Jessamyn, Matt and Josh and the rest of the SXSW attendees escape through a hatchway)
EMERGENCY MODERATION HOLOGRAM: According to Vatican theological research, overly emphatic theological debate without alcoholic lubricant can cause severe rushing of blood to the face. Perhaps you'd like a beverage?
No thanks, I just sprayed mine all over my laptop. :D :D :D
posted by zarq at 7:45 PM on March 14, 2010
The interview on the radio in Austin was fun and interesting.
Anyone know if there's a podcast available?
posted by zarq at 7:47 PM on March 14, 2010
Anyone know if there's a podcast available?
posted by zarq at 7:47 PM on March 14, 2010
I'm just glad that thanks to my run in with cortex last Fall, I can now be a vital link in anyone's Six Degrees of MC Frontalot game.
posted by adamdschneider at 7:57 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 7:57 PM on March 14, 2010
I am within 3 degrees of Queen Elizabeth The Second and within 2 of Bette Davis or you really should use me for your game of Six Degrees Of Grand Camp Dames.
posted by The Whelk at 8:03 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by The Whelk at 8:03 PM on March 14, 2010
No need. Should all of our vitals go flat for more than 15 minutes, the chips in each of your brains will explode.
WAIT WAIT WAIT.
Kettle chips, ketchup chips, or those nasty barbecue ones?
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 8:12 PM on March 14, 2010
WAIT WAIT WAIT.
Kettle chips, ketchup chips, or those nasty barbecue ones?
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 8:12 PM on March 14, 2010
Anyone know if there's a podcast available?
It will be! I think Slappy said he'd make a metatalk. It was all pretty last minute, we hadn't planned it before sxsw.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:17 PM on March 14, 2010
It will be! I think Slappy said he'd make a metatalk. It was all pretty last minute, we hadn't planned it before sxsw.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:17 PM on March 14, 2010
Hang on Sloopy. Sloopy hang on.
posted by inturnaround at 8:20 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by inturnaround at 8:20 PM on March 14, 2010
Awesome news! Thanks, cortex. Hope you're all enjoying SXSW.
posted by zarq at 8:57 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by zarq at 8:57 PM on March 14, 2010
I'm just glad that thanks to my run in with cortex last Fall, I can now be a vital link in anyone's Six Degrees of MC Frontalot game.
I met Front at SDCC for approximately 5 seconds. That would be because he was standing next to Wil Wheaton. I dunno if it counts, but I'd be happy to help too.
Also, I bought the cutest gray wool beanie-ish at the army-navy store this weekend.
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 9:29 PM on March 14, 2010
I met Front at SDCC for approximately 5 seconds. That would be because he was standing next to Wil Wheaton. I dunno if it counts, but I'd be happy to help too.
Also, I bought the cutest gray wool beanie-ish at the army-navy store this weekend.
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 9:29 PM on March 14, 2010
Oh sweet! That puts me at 2 degrees, fairytale. (Which reminds me...)
posted by carsonb at 9:59 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by carsonb at 9:59 PM on March 14, 2010
I am within 3 degrees of Queen Elizabeth The Second and within 2 of Bette Davis...
I am within two degrees of Jerry Lewis, Martin Scorcese, Robert de Niro, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, which gives me Joan Baez, Dean Martin, Joe Pecsi, Christopher Walken and the Beatles in the third degree, among others--plus I have shook hands with Burning Spear and Johnny Guitar Watson, so, neener, neener and me hums the chorus of We are the Champions.
posted by y2karl at 11:19 PM on March 14, 2010
I am within two degrees of Jerry Lewis, Martin Scorcese, Robert de Niro, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, which gives me Joan Baez, Dean Martin, Joe Pecsi, Christopher Walken and the Beatles in the third degree, among others--plus I have shook hands with Burning Spear and Johnny Guitar Watson, so, neener, neener and me hums the chorus of We are the Champions.
posted by y2karl at 11:19 PM on March 14, 2010
Hey! I've got some schmoopy! I got to see my little 8 week old fetus' heartbeat last Monday. It was quite the relief. Now, if this never ending nausea would go away...
posted by chiababe at 11:21 PM on March 14, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by chiababe at 11:21 PM on March 14, 2010 [5 favorites]
my best friend's grandmother was a lady in waiting to the queen mother but my math's confused - is that 3 degrees or 2 degrees?
posted by infini at 11:54 PM on March 14, 2010
posted by infini at 11:54 PM on March 14, 2010
I am within two degrees of Jerry Lewis, Martin Scorcese, Robert de Niro, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, which gives me Joan Baez, Dean Martin, Joe Pecsi, Christopher Walken and the Beatles in the third degree, among others--plus I have shook hands with Burning Spear and Johnny Guitar Watson, so, neener, neener and me hums the chorus of We are the Champions.
Lets get our address books together and have THE GREATEST SPRING BREAK EVER.
posted by The Whelk at 12:40 AM on March 15, 2010
Shmoopy... because we need it.
I agree with others. A fine sentiment, mostly, but that word really sets my teeth on edge. It doesn't inspire warm feelings; it makes me want to beat people.
posted by octobersurprise at 6:07 AM on March 15, 2010
I agree with others. A fine sentiment, mostly, but that word really sets my teeth on edge. It doesn't inspire warm feelings; it makes me want to beat people.
posted by octobersurprise at 6:07 AM on March 15, 2010
I'll take the Robert Picardo EMH
My friend had this delusion that Robert Picardo was a total pervert. Just the biggest creeper in Hollywood. I don't know where he got the idea, but it stuck with me. Now every time I see him shot from the waist up, I want to shout "HE'S NOT WEARING ANY PANTS!"
So there's that.
As you were.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 6:32 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
My friend had this delusion that Robert Picardo was a total pervert. Just the biggest creeper in Hollywood. I don't know where he got the idea, but it stuck with me. Now every time I see him shot from the waist up, I want to shout "HE'S NOT WEARING ANY PANTS!"
So there's that.
As you were.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 6:32 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
My friend had this delusion that Robert Picardo was a total pervert. Just the biggest creeper in Hollywood.
It may not have been true, but damnit it's true now!
posted by generichuman at 6:37 AM on March 15, 2010
It may not have been true, but damnit it's true now!
posted by generichuman at 6:37 AM on March 15, 2010
Yesterday we had rain in Perth after 3 months with none. Okay three drops. But rain! Sorry iamkimiam - that the waterworks in your world were far less welcome.
posted by honey-barbara at 6:39 AM on March 15, 2010
posted by honey-barbara at 6:39 AM on March 15, 2010
Now every time I see him shot from the waist up, I want to shout "HE'S NOT WEARING ANY PANTS!"
The Barry White EMH: "Ooooh, Yeah. Please State The Nature of the Medical Emergency, Baby." ♪ Boom chicka wowow ♫
posted by zarq at 7:26 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
The Barry White EMH: "Ooooh, Yeah. Please State The Nature of the Medical Emergency, Baby." ♪ Boom chicka wowow ♫
posted by zarq at 7:26 AM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
Metafilter: defecatory portmanteau
that's all the schmoop i gots in me today, sorry.
posted by CitizenD at 7:29 AM on March 15, 2010
that's all the schmoop i gots in me today, sorry.
posted by CitizenD at 7:29 AM on March 15, 2010
I am within two degrees of Jerry Lewis, Martin Scorcese, Robert de Niro, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, which gives me Joan Baez, Dean Martin, Joe Pecsi, Christopher Walken and the Beatles in the third degree, among others--plus I have shook hands with Burning Spear and Johnny Guitar Watson, so, neener, neener and me hums the chorus of We are the Champions.
Yes, but do you know anyone who moved Mr. Whipple's piano?
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 9:03 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
Yes, but do you know anyone who moved Mr. Whipple's piano?
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 9:03 AM on March 15, 2010 [2 favorites]
I've just never heard of such a thing.
I think it's something they only do in that frozen wasteland they call Canadia.
posted by adamdschneider at 9:14 AM on March 15, 2010
I think it's something they only do in that frozen wasteland they call Canadia.
posted by adamdschneider at 9:14 AM on March 15, 2010
HI HI HI!
I'm at SXSW, tonight's the (perhaps) only night I have little to nothing to do. Anybody?
(Mail me.)
PS- Schmoop.
posted by functionequalsform at 9:38 AM on March 15, 2010
I'm at SXSW, tonight's the (perhaps) only night I have little to nothing to do. Anybody?
(Mail me.)
PS- Schmoop.
posted by functionequalsform at 9:38 AM on March 15, 2010
Yeah, I actually want to go on the record as not liking the word shmoopy. It sounds like a very moist form of affection that I wouldn't want to get from a thread full of quasi-anonymous people on the internet. As much as I appreciate the sentiment.
Personally, I think it sounds like something someone didn't quite manage to avoid stepping in at the dog park....
posted by FlyingMonkey at 1:16 PM on March 15, 2010
The idea behind it is pleasant enough I suppose, but the fact that it makes me think of this every time is kind of a big, fat dealbreaker.
posted by heyho at 1:52 PM on March 15, 2010
posted by heyho at 1:52 PM on March 15, 2010
Meeting character actors is the key to really lowering your KB degree. Do one show with someone like K. Callan and boom! Two degrees with everyone from Roger Corman to Zachary Quinto.
posted by Bookhouse at 2:21 PM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Bookhouse at 2:21 PM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
FUCK!
I was sure this was in SW Portland!
Now I'll have to get back on I-5 south and it's a bitch this time of day!
posted by Danf at 2:40 PM on March 15, 2010
I was sure this was in SW Portland!
Now I'll have to get back on I-5 south and it's a bitch this time of day!
posted by Danf at 2:40 PM on March 15, 2010
Personally, I think it sounds like something someone didn't quite manage to avoid stepping in at the dog park....
Shaddup and eat your plate of shmoopy.
posted by shii at 11:36 AM on March 16, 2010
Shaddup and eat your plate of shmoopy.
posted by shii at 11:36 AM on March 16, 2010
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posted by Dumsnill at 11:09 AM on March 14, 2010 [2 favorites]