April Frist! March 31, 2012 9:12 PM Subscribe
It's only 10pm here in Albuquerque, but it's April 1st somewhere, so I'm giving everyone randomized (staff) tags in MetaTalk! Happy April!
lol butts
posted by elizardbits (stockholm syndrome) at 9:13 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits (stockholm syndrome) at 9:13 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
i don't even.
posted by iamabot (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 9:14 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by iamabot (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 9:14 PM on March 31, 2012
I was wondering! I was so confused ..
posted by dotgirl (stent) at 9:15 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by dotgirl (stent) at 9:15 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
Is this some kind of joke?
posted by ericost (karen carpenter) at 9:16 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by ericost (karen carpenter) at 9:16 PM on March 31, 2012
Make it stop!
posted by pemberkins (stars in your eyes) at 9:16 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by pemberkins (stars in your eyes) at 9:16 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
does anyone read the posts down here?
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 (spouse) at 9:16 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 (spouse) at 9:16 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
totes.
posted by Jimbob (stagger lee) at 9:16 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Jimbob (stagger lee) at 9:16 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
I have a number of questions.
posted by nicething (stairway to heaven) at 9:17 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by nicething (stairway to heaven) at 9:17 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
My first act as official steve-o/stet/stuffed/'struth will be to timeshift msacheson's "Harrumph!" comment about two minutes forward on the 'we have cameras' thread, so NortonDC's rejoinder is immediately consecutive to marknau's rant. It is only proper.
posted by brownpau (horse ebooks) at 9:17 PM on March 31, 2012 [6 favorites]
posted by brownpau (horse ebooks) at 9:17 PM on March 31, 2012 [6 favorites]
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
posted by kmz (snodgrass) at 9:18 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by kmz (snodgrass) at 9:18 PM on March 31, 2012
<3
posted by jessamyn (stand and deliver) at 9:18 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (stand and deliver) at 9:18 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
Wheeeeeee!
posted by sarcasticah (starvin') at 9:18 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by sarcasticah (starvin') at 9:18 PM on March 31, 2012
I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I
posted by spiderskull (stack hat) at 9:18 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by spiderskull (stack hat) at 9:18 PM on March 31, 2012
Oh, "staves" apparently.
posted by spiderskull (stuffing) at 9:19 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by spiderskull (stuffing) at 9:19 PM on March 31, 2012
yay
posted by Wordwoman (stanley kubrick) at 9:19 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Wordwoman (stanley kubrick) at 9:19 PM on March 31, 2012
OK, Blue Jays, let's play ball.
posted by Space Coyote (stasi) at 9:19 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Space Coyote (stasi) at 9:19 PM on March 31, 2012
lookout
posted by mwhybark (horse ebooks) at 9:20 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by mwhybark (horse ebooks) at 9:20 PM on March 31, 2012
Get stuffed.
posted by gingerbeer (stamos potential) at 9:20 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by gingerbeer (stamos potential) at 9:20 PM on March 31, 2012
⛄
posted by Threeway Handshake (step) at 9:21 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Threeway Handshake (step) at 9:21 PM on March 31, 2012
Was this inspired by the staph joke on Science Friday this week?
Totally was. Totally was.
posted by thirteenkiller (fapfapfap) at 9:21 PM on March 31, 2012
Totally was. Totally was.
posted by thirteenkiller (fapfapfap) at 9:21 PM on March 31, 2012
Heh.
posted by gingerbeer (graft) at 9:21 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by gingerbeer (graft) at 9:21 PM on March 31, 2012
Woot.
posted by cozenedindigo (stefi graf) at 9:22 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by cozenedindigo (stefi graf) at 9:22 PM on March 31, 2012
Oooh they change. Which makes that a little less funny than it was the first time.
posted by gingerbeer (stamos potential) at 9:22 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by gingerbeer (stamos potential) at 9:22 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
fuck
posted by cellphone (riffraff) at 9:23 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by cellphone (riffraff) at 9:23 PM on March 31, 2012
stet
posted by cellphone (stebbins) at 9:23 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by cellphone (stebbins) at 9:23 PM on March 31, 2012
I've gone ahead and authorized to be implemented, memento project for Mefi, you'll thank me later (while sifting through all the rest of the non-mementoed web, and finding it to be full of holes).
Also, pb will now have a partner in j.
Also, why could a large portion of the choir not play woodwind, brass, or other fingered instruments?
They were Altos.
posted by infinite intimation (staphylococcus) at 9:23 PM on March 31, 2012
Also, pb will now have a partner in j.
Also, why could a large portion of the choir not play woodwind, brass, or other fingered instruments?
They were Altos.
posted by infinite intimation (staphylococcus) at 9:23 PM on March 31, 2012
.
posted by barely legal (stats) at 9:24 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by barely legal (stats) at 9:24 PM on March 31, 2012
It's just what I've always wanted.
posted by donnagirl (stippled) at 9:24 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by donnagirl (stippled) at 9:24 PM on March 31, 2012
And they change every time I refresh the page! Bitchin'!
posted by rtha (chaff) at 9:25 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by rtha (chaff) at 9:25 PM on March 31, 2012
OHNOITSDEAD!!!
posted by latkes (zach braf) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by latkes (zach braf) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
This shall not stand
posted by allen.spaulding (staring contest) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by allen.spaulding (staring contest) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
Oh wait, it's back!?!!
posted by latkes (shillelagh) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by latkes (shillelagh) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
Weird, it went away on the last couple posts for a minute...
posted by latkes (stefi graf) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by latkes (stefi graf) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
refresh, latkes.
posted by gingerbeer (staph) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by gingerbeer (staph) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
Hope I get shillelagh.
posted by chococat (stanley kubrick) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by chococat (stanley kubrick) at 9:26 PM on March 31, 2012
damn.
posted by chococat (puff daddy) at 9:27 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by chococat (puff daddy) at 9:27 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
April Fish everybody!
posted by themanwho (stilettos) at 9:27 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by themanwho (stilettos) at 9:27 PM on March 31, 2012
Stet is a Latin word (meaning "let it stand") used by proofreaders and editors to instruct the typesetter or writer to disregard a change the editor or proofreader had previously marked.[1]
This convention is usually marked by writing and circling the word stet above or beside the unwanted edit and underscoring the selection with dashes or dots.[1] Alternatively, a circled tick (check mark) may be used in the margin.[2]
In connection with this usage, stet is also sometimes used as a verb, e.g., "Stet that colon."
Imagine the headlines, MeFi colon "explorer".
Colon explorer?
You know what I'm saying. Stet that colon.
I'll let it stand.
posted by infinite intimation (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 9:27 PM on March 31, 2012
This convention is usually marked by writing and circling the word stet above or beside the unwanted edit and underscoring the selection with dashes or dots.[1] Alternatively, a circled tick (check mark) may be used in the margin.[2]
In connection with this usage, stet is also sometimes used as a verb, e.g., "Stet that colon."
Imagine the headlines, MeFi colon "explorer".
Colon explorer?
You know what I'm saying. Stet that colon.
I'll let it stand.
posted by infinite intimation (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 9:27 PM on March 31, 2012
How come filthy light thief got to do this?
posted by oneswellfoop (graph) at 9:28 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (graph) at 9:28 PM on March 31, 2012
aww, poots (srsly i heart this).
posted by kpht (snodgrass) at 9:28 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by kpht (snodgrass) at 9:28 PM on March 31, 2012
I <3 New Mexico and ABQ. RUIDOSO REPPIN HERE YO!
posted by PapaLobo (stfu) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by PapaLobo (stfu) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
How come filthy light thief got to do this?
Because he's a member of the staves, obviously.
posted by cortex (steve-o) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
Because he's a member of the staves, obviously.
posted by cortex (steve-o) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
...so begins a 24 hour period of trusting no one.
posted by Rinku (mr. belvedere) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Rinku (mr. belvedere) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
I want!
posted by LobsterMitten (stagger lee) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by LobsterMitten (stagger lee) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012
Dammit.
posted by LobsterMitten (hairway to steven) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by LobsterMitten (hairway to steven) at 9:29 PM on March 31, 2012
This is awesome!
posted by lucy.jakobs (stacked) at 9:30 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by lucy.jakobs (stacked) at 9:30 PM on March 31, 2012
That's it, I'm going down to the radio station where flt does a Techno music show on Sunday mornings (absolutely true) and I'm bringing all my Weird Al records!!!
posted by oneswellfoop (stack exchange) at 9:30 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stack exchange) at 9:30 PM on March 31, 2012
test
posted by hellojed (stippled) at 9:30 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by hellojed (stippled) at 9:30 PM on March 31, 2012
First time I loaded this mine was "staph," second time I loaded it was "stet"
posted by LobsterMitten ('struth) at 9:31 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by LobsterMitten ('struth) at 9:31 PM on March 31, 2012
They should have let Meatbomb announce it.
posted by grouse (gaffe) at 9:31 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by grouse (gaffe) at 9:31 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
For the next 24 hours, I'm banning everyone I meet!
posted by meese (stack exchange) at 9:31 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by meese (stack exchange) at 9:31 PM on March 31, 2012
"How come filthy light thief got to do this?"
Because, after stealing all the sunlight, over the dim, dull winter months, there is the rejuvenation and rebirth season of spring...
Who better than the filthy light theif their-sizzelf to return the world to the joy, light, and abundant spring of spring-time?
It might become a new holiday (Cleansed Light Returns). Maybe.
posted by infinite intimation (zach braf) at 9:31 PM on March 31, 2012 [3 favorites]
Because, after stealing all the sunlight, over the dim, dull winter months, there is the rejuvenation and rebirth season of spring...
Who better than the filthy light theif their-sizzelf to return the world to the joy, light, and abundant spring of spring-time?
It might become a new holiday (Cleansed Light Returns). Maybe.
posted by infinite intimation (zach braf) at 9:31 PM on March 31, 2012 [3 favorites]
Figured that out the hard way, rtha. Btw, it's totally true. I really am stacked.
posted by brina (stack hat) at 9:32 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by brina (stack hat) at 9:32 PM on March 31, 2012
third was "stella"... this encourages reload abuse!
posted by LobsterMitten (stamos potential) at 9:32 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by LobsterMitten (stamos potential) at 9:32 PM on March 31, 2012
lemme see what this may look a like
posted by TangerineGurl (stoned) at 9:33 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by TangerineGurl (stoned) at 9:33 PM on March 31, 2012
need more categories...
striped
stripped
stark, ned
stark, tony
stark naked
stark raving
schlump
slacker
posted by oneswellfoop (stabilizer) at 9:33 PM on March 31, 2012
striped
stripped
stark, ned
stark, tony
stark naked
stark raving
schlump
slacker
posted by oneswellfoop (stabilizer) at 9:33 PM on March 31, 2012
gingerbeer and I, both sitting here with our laptops of course, are noticing that the tags are different for each of us! Fun!
posted by rtha (sylvan learning center) at 9:34 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by rtha (sylvan learning center) at 9:34 PM on March 31, 2012
I want one!
posted by kellyblah (stairway to heaven) at 9:34 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by kellyblah (stairway to heaven) at 9:34 PM on March 31, 2012
Finally, I get the respect I deserve around here!
posted by Salvor Hardin (stanley kubrick) at 9:34 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Salvor Hardin (stanley kubrick) at 9:34 PM on March 31, 2012
me too
posted by mustard seeds (stebbins) at 9:35 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by mustard seeds (stebbins) at 9:35 PM on March 31, 2012
This is a much better April Fool's prank than the one I thought up: sending "You're failing" emails to all of my students. (I don't think I can actually do that, because the firing would be for reals.)
posted by ilana (stoopid) at 9:36 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ilana (stoopid) at 9:36 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
I want in on this too.
posted by The Man from Lardfork (stamps.com) at 9:37 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by The Man from Lardfork (stamps.com) at 9:37 PM on March 31, 2012
This is excellent. I still remember fondly the April Fool's AskMe page. Can I still find that somewhere?
posted by latkes (st00pid) at 9:37 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by latkes (st00pid) at 9:37 PM on March 31, 2012
I would like to subscribe to this newsletter, please.
posted by heurtebise (stuff) at 9:39 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by heurtebise (stuff) at 9:39 PM on March 31, 2012
Huzzah!
posted by Ghidorah (steppenwolf) at 9:39 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Ghidorah (steppenwolf) at 9:39 PM on March 31, 2012
Interesting. I started reading this thread when there were only a few comments. When I came back I clicked "40 new comments" and those comments did not have the yellow tags. When I refreshed they were awarded tags. I always find little "bugs" like that fascinating.
posted by HMSSM (stet) at 9:40 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by HMSSM (stet) at 9:40 PM on March 31, 2012
stef is not so random. stef is a conspiracy.
posted by feloniousmonk (stagger lee) at 9:41 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by feloniousmonk (stagger lee) at 9:41 PM on March 31, 2012
I've got a staff. Anyone want to see?
posted by deezil (staffing solutions) at 9:41 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by deezil (staffing solutions) at 9:41 PM on March 31, 2012
My second act with a mod-tag (after the huzzahing) will be the implementation of EatMe...
huh, what? You mean it's just a tag? No powers?
posted by Ghidorah (sartori) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012
huh, what? You mean it's just a tag? No powers?
posted by Ghidorah (sartori) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012
Staff tagged all my life
posted by Occula (silver surfer) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Occula (silver surfer) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012
This longboat looks awful short.
posted by bigbigdog (stacked) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by bigbigdog (stacked) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
I want to be stylin'.
posted by desjardins (stop sign) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by desjardins (stop sign) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012
:(
posted by desjardins (zach braf) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by desjardins (zach braf) at 9:42 PM on March 31, 2012
"stuffed" tagged all my life
posted by Occula (studmuffin) at 9:43 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Occula (studmuffin) at 9:43 PM on March 31, 2012
Why does mine only say Stab?
Is it because im supposed to stab?
Guide me metafilter
posted by Potomac Avenue (stalwart) at 9:43 PM on March 31, 2012
Is it because im supposed to stab?
Guide me metafilter
posted by Potomac Avenue (stalwart) at 9:43 PM on March 31, 2012
Slayer!
posted by blaneyphoto (studmuffin) at 9:43 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by blaneyphoto (studmuffin) at 9:43 PM on March 31, 2012
Heh, you're currently stacked, deezil.
And oneswellfoop, I'm not doing my radio show tomorrow. I'm actually and truly in New Mexico.
posted by filthy light thief (sweeney toddler) at 9:44 PM on March 31, 2012
And oneswellfoop, I'm not doing my radio show tomorrow. I'm actually and truly in New Mexico.
posted by filthy light thief (sweeney toddler) at 9:44 PM on March 31, 2012
What sorcery is this?
posted by radwolf76 (stet) at 9:45 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by radwolf76 (stet) at 9:45 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
then I'm going to go in AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME, bwahahahaha....
posted by oneswellfoop (standup comedian) at 9:46 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (standup comedian) at 9:46 PM on March 31, 2012
more like April Stirf, amirite?
posted by oneswellfoop (zach braf) at 9:49 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (zach braf) at 9:49 PM on March 31, 2012
This is totally illegal and I am telling.
posted by Meatbomb (stoooooooooooooned) at 9:50 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Meatbomb (stoooooooooooooned) at 9:50 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
I got stiff right now.
posted by The Whelk (stalwart) at 9:51 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by The Whelk (stalwart) at 9:51 PM on March 31, 2012
What?
posted by The Whelk (giraffed) at 9:51 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by The Whelk (giraffed) at 9:51 PM on March 31, 2012
Hmmm.
posted by postel's law (farts) at 9:52 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by postel's law (farts) at 9:52 PM on March 31, 2012
okay, which one of you is stimpy?
posted by oneswellfoop (fapfapfap) at 9:54 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (fapfapfap) at 9:54 PM on March 31, 2012
OHIJUSTREALIZEDALLTHEOTHERMETASARELIKETHISTOO!
posted by latkes (stax exchange) at 9:55 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by latkes (stax exchange) at 9:55 PM on March 31, 2012
is this something i need a television to understand?
posted by sambosambo (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 9:56 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by sambosambo (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 9:56 PM on March 31, 2012
Well done.
posted by vegartanipla (newborn calf) at 9:57 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by vegartanipla (newborn calf) at 9:57 PM on March 31, 2012
What? Why I don't even... huh?
posted by trip and a half (stamps.com) at 9:57 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by trip and a half (stamps.com) at 9:57 PM on March 31, 2012
Shenanigans'
posted by Weeping_angel (stats) at 9:59 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Weeping_angel (stats) at 9:59 PM on March 31, 2012
exciting
posted by MythMaker (stack exchange) at 10:02 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by MythMaker (stack exchange) at 10:02 PM on March 31, 2012
Best $5 evar!
posted by Sailormom (stack exchange) at 10:04 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Sailormom (stack exchange) at 10:04 PM on March 31, 2012
I am going to be reloading all the MetaTalk pages constantly for the next 24 hours because I like it when it changes. Sigh.
posted by trip and a half (stent) at 10:05 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by trip and a half (stent) at 10:05 PM on March 31, 2012
Me sum two.
posted by a humble nudibranch (stats) at 10:07 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by a humble nudibranch (stats) at 10:07 PM on March 31, 2012
Eager ears, expectant, joyful.
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER (chaff) at 10:07 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER (chaff) at 10:07 PM on March 31, 2012
Stoned!
posted by a humble nudibranch (stamp tramp) at 10:09 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by a humble nudibranch (stamp tramp) at 10:09 PM on March 31, 2012
Whoa whoa!
posted by suedehead (stand and deliver) at 10:12 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by suedehead (stand and deliver) at 10:12 PM on March 31, 2012
As charming as this is, my fervent wish for a tiny video mathowie continues unabated. PERCHANCE NEXT YEAR.
posted by Rhaomi (star wars) at 10:12 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Rhaomi (star wars) at 10:12 PM on March 31, 2012
Nice!
posted by Laura Macbeth (stopped) at 10:12 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Laura Macbeth (stopped) at 10:12 PM on March 31, 2012
FINALLY
posted by unknowncommand (puff daddy) at 10:12 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by unknowncommand (puff daddy) at 10:12 PM on March 31, 2012
More responsibility but no power to abuse! Awwgghh
posted by TwelveTwo (stanley kubrick) at 10:13 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stanley kubrick) at 10:13 PM on March 31, 2012
Weeee!
posted by Defying Gravity (seven chinese brothers) at 10:13 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Defying Gravity (seven chinese brothers) at 10:13 PM on March 31, 2012
Also (of course): eponysterical! Yay!
posted by trip and a half (stet) at 10:13 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by trip and a half (stet) at 10:13 PM on March 31, 2012
One hour in and you've added a bunch more variations, none of them among those I suggested. stiffed
posted by oneswellfoop (calved) at 10:14 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop (calved) at 10:14 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh yes.
posted by Evernix (starburns) at 10:14 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Evernix (starburns) at 10:14 PM on March 31, 2012
alright, random tag... let's do this!
posted by palomar (scrappy-doo) at 10:17 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by palomar (scrappy-doo) at 10:17 PM on March 31, 2012
lol stuff
posted by daniel_charms (stan the potato man) at 10:18 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stan the potato man) at 10:18 PM on March 31, 2012
Yay
posted by jabo (snodgrass) at 10:19 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by jabo (snodgrass) at 10:19 PM on March 31, 2012
Is there a Steffi Graf reference I missed somewhere, or is it just a random thing?
true fact: in Brazilian Portuguese they have a really hard time with words that end in a consonant. Steffi Graf was at her peak when I was living in Brazil, where they called her "Steffi Graffi." She is forever Steffi Graffi to me.
posted by ambrosia (waft) at 10:21 PM on March 31, 2012
true fact: in Brazilian Portuguese they have a really hard time with words that end in a consonant. Steffi Graf was at her peak when I was living in Brazil, where they called her "Steffi Graffi." She is forever Steffi Graffi to me.
posted by ambrosia (waft) at 10:21 PM on March 31, 2012
I am so confused.
posted by mollymayhem (starburns) at 10:22 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by mollymayhem (starburns) at 10:22 PM on March 31, 2012
I hope someone who has a better OS/screen-shot app than I do is posting the gems somewhere.
posted by trip and a half (ffats) at 10:22 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by trip and a half (ffats) at 10:22 PM on March 31, 2012
i want one
posted by changeling (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 10:22 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by changeling (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 10:22 PM on March 31, 2012
i want a different one
posted by changeling (stout) at 10:23 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by changeling (stout) at 10:23 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
My turn! What am I?
posted by Metroid Baby (stupid) at 10:24 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Metroid Baby (stupid) at 10:24 PM on March 31, 2012
This was a good one:
Finally, I get the respect I deserve around here!posted by slidell (stamp out litter) at 10:24 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Salvor Hardin [winner] at 9:34 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
!
posted by Chionophilia (stan the potato man) at 10:24 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Chionophilia (stan the potato man) at 10:24 PM on March 31, 2012
What does a winder chicken do, I wonder?
posted by Eyebrows McGee (standardized test) at 10:26 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Eyebrows McGee (standardized test) at 10:26 PM on March 31, 2012
At first I thought it was a greasemonkey script gone wrong.
posted by ZeusHumms (zach braf) at 10:26 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by ZeusHumms (zach braf) at 10:26 PM on March 31, 2012
Oh, they all change if you refresh the page. Right now I'm SHAFT. I can dig it.
posted by Metroid Baby (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 10:27 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Metroid Baby (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 10:27 PM on March 31, 2012
" Eyebrows McGee ('struth)"
Yeah I am!
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staple singers) at 10:27 PM on March 31, 2012
Yeah I am!
posted by Eyebrows McGee (staple singers) at 10:27 PM on March 31, 2012
Whoa:
" What does a winder chicken do, I wonder? posted by Eyebrows McGee (stavrosthewinderchicken)"
It's watching me.
posted by Eyebrows McGee (spouse) at 10:28 PM on March 31, 2012
" What does a winder chicken do, I wonder? posted by Eyebrows McGee (stavrosthewinderchicken)"
It's watching me.
posted by Eyebrows McGee (spouse) at 10:28 PM on March 31, 2012
The winder chicken cracks me up!
posted by squid in a people suit (stack hat) at 10:28 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by squid in a people suit (stack hat) at 10:28 PM on March 31, 2012
Google to bring autonomous vehicle technology to NASCAR.
posted by furiousxgeorge (waft) at 10:29 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by furiousxgeorge (waft) at 10:29 PM on March 31, 2012
I guess it's better than random staph infections.
posted by Confess, Fletch (studebaker) at 10:29 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Confess, Fletch (studebaker) at 10:29 PM on March 31, 2012
Remember, with great power comes great irresponsibility.
posted by Dr. Zira (seven chinese brothers) at 10:30 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Dr. Zira (seven chinese brothers) at 10:30 PM on March 31, 2012
What does a winder chicken do, I wonder?
posted by Eyebrows McGee (stippled)
Hm...everyone must get different results
posted by LionIndex (stoat) at 10:30 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Eyebrows McGee (stippled)
Hm...everyone must get different results
posted by LionIndex (stoat) at 10:30 PM on March 31, 2012
hi me too please
posted by sunnichka (stapler)
thanks!
posted by sunnichka (taffy) at 10:30 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by sunnichka (stapler)
thanks!
posted by sunnichka (taffy) at 10:30 PM on March 31, 2012
Random my ass.
posted by Neale (stilettos) at 10:31 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Neale (stilettos) at 10:31 PM on March 31, 2012
Yep. I get a different tag on my own comment if I refresh.
posted by LionIndex (stack hat) at 10:31 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by LionIndex (stack hat) at 10:31 PM on March 31, 2012
Even cortex is affected. Sweet.
posted by Mitheral (stabbatical) at 10:31 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Mitheral (stabbatical) at 10:31 PM on March 31, 2012
Now I wanna get hurf durf butter staffer!
posted by rtha (stebbins) at 10:32 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by rtha (stebbins) at 10:32 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
hi me too please
posted by sunnichka (stapler)
thanks!
posted by sunnichka (stodgy)
am not you bastards
posted by sunnichka (stacked) at 10:32 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by sunnichka (stapler)
thanks!
posted by sunnichka (stodgy)
am not you bastards
posted by sunnichka (stacked) at 10:32 PM on March 31, 2012
I hope someone who has a better OS/screen-shot app than I do is posting the gems somewhere.
posted by trip and a half (stupid) at 12:22 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Don't know if it's a gem but
posted by Sailormom (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 10:32 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by trip and a half (stupid) at 12:22 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Don't know if it's a gem but
posted by Sailormom (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 10:32 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
Me too!
posted by runningwithscissors (stanky) at 10:32 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by runningwithscissors (stanky) at 10:32 PM on March 31, 2012
At this moment mine says stavrosthewonderchicken. I lol'd.
posted by Mitheral (starblazers) at 10:33 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Mitheral (starblazers) at 10:33 PM on March 31, 2012
Don't know if it's a gem but
posted by Sailormom (fapfapfap) at 10:32 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
gem!
posted by rtha (staphylococcus) at 10:33 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Sailormom (fapfapfap) at 10:32 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
gem!
posted by rtha (staphylococcus) at 10:33 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
Everyone is banned, but is free to reapply for their old usernames!
posted by ignignokt (stef) at 10:33 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by ignignokt (stef) at 10:33 PM on March 31, 2012
hi me too please
posted by sunnichka (stapler)
thanks!
posted by sunnichka (stodgy)
am not you bastards
posted by sunnichka (star trek)
oh snap
posted by sunnichka (puff daddy) at 10:33 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by sunnichka (stapler)
thanks!
posted by sunnichka (stodgy)
am not you bastards
posted by sunnichka (star trek)
oh snap
posted by sunnichka (puff daddy) at 10:33 PM on March 31, 2012
Random my ass.
posted by Neale (stoopid) at 10:31 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (gaffe) at 10:34 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Neale (stoopid) at 10:31 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (gaffe) at 10:34 PM on March 31, 2012
hi me too please
posted by sunnichka (stapler)
thanks!
posted by sunnichka (stodgy)
am not you bastards
posted by sunnichka (star trek)
oh snap
posted by sunnichka (staves)
good i was hoping for a verb
posted by sunnichka (sterling) at 10:34 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by sunnichka (stapler)
thanks!
posted by sunnichka (stodgy)
am not you bastards
posted by sunnichka (star trek)
oh snap
posted by sunnichka (staves)
good i was hoping for a verb
posted by sunnichka (sterling) at 10:34 PM on March 31, 2012
This one goes to eleven.
posted by blaneyphoto (esteban) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by blaneyphoto (esteban) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
Thank you, Sailormom! Several gems in there. But now I realize there's just going to be an endless flood of gems. But don't let that stop you, people!
posted by trip and a half (simple machine) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by trip and a half (simple machine) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
Staff me, yeah like that.
posted by Trivia Newton John (stand and deliver) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Trivia Newton John (stand and deliver) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
That turned out better than I could have planned it.
posted by Trivia Newton John (riffraff) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Trivia Newton John (riffraff) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
If I don't get to sleep in another hour, I'm gonna try to pokemon (GOTTA GET EM ALL) all the IDs. Or I'm gonna do a meltdown/flameout here where nobody will take it seriously.
posted by oneswellfoop (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 10:36 PM on March 31, 2012
IT JUST KEEPS DOING IT! I love this FLT.
posted by Trivia Newton John (standardized test) at 10:37 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Trivia Newton John (standardized test) at 10:37 PM on March 31, 2012
Cool!
posted by lee (stanley kubrick) at 10:37 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by lee (stanley kubrick) at 10:37 PM on March 31, 2012
Yay!!
posted by nooneyouknow (seven chinese brothers) at 10:38 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by nooneyouknow (seven chinese brothers) at 10:38 PM on March 31, 2012
Whaaaaaaaaaaat?
posted by susanbeeswax (stiffie) at 10:39 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by susanbeeswax (stiffie) at 10:39 PM on March 31, 2012
Mod note: Comments deleted. If you have to talk about grilled cheese, please take it to fromagefrottage.metafilter.com]
(giddy with power, I tell you)
posted by zippy (starship trooper) at 10:40 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
(giddy with power, I tell you)
posted by zippy (starship trooper) at 10:40 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
First I got "riffraff" and I was sad.
Then I got "winner" and I was happy.
Then I saw it wasn't just me and I was sad again.
But then I got "hurf durf butter staffer" and my life is complete.
posted by arcticseal (stuff) at 10:43 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
Then I got "winner" and I was happy.
Then I saw it wasn't just me and I was sad again.
But then I got "hurf durf butter staffer" and my life is complete.
posted by arcticseal (stuff) at 10:43 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
he staves it off, our
lone, wracked star trekker:
with stodgy stapler
posted by sunnichka (starship trooper) at 10:45 PM on March 31, 2012
lone, wracked star trekker:
with stodgy stapler
posted by sunnichka (starship trooper) at 10:45 PM on March 31, 2012
i want HURF DURF BUTTER STAFFER on a t-shirt, please.
you know, like the one i saw the other day on some dude walking toward me downtown. black t-shirt, big shiny gold foil lettering that read I'LL SEE YOU AT HOME DAD.
what.
posted by palomar (star trek) at 10:45 PM on March 31, 2012
you know, like the one i saw the other day on some dude walking toward me downtown. black t-shirt, big shiny gold foil lettering that read I'LL SEE YOU AT HOME DAD.
what.
posted by palomar (star trek) at 10:45 PM on March 31, 2012
I've never ever posted on MeTa before. But the tags.
posted by bbuda (stfu) at 10:45 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by bbuda (stfu) at 10:45 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
he staves it off, our
lone, wracked star trekker:
with stodgy stapler
posted by sunnichka (stoooooooooooooned)
et fin
posted by sunnichka (stabbatical) at 10:46 PM on March 31, 2012
lone, wracked star trekker:
with stodgy stapler
posted by sunnichka (stoooooooooooooned)
et fin
posted by sunnichka (stabbatical) at 10:46 PM on March 31, 2012
it's fun to say "walking toward me downtown" in a faux irish accent. although mine keeps slipping more toward miss cleo territory. call me now for your free readin'! faith and begorrah!
posted by palomar (smithers) at 10:46 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by palomar (smithers) at 10:46 PM on March 31, 2012
Aha, finally the power I've always craved!
NO SELF-LINKING RECIPES IN METATALK HAVEN'T YOU READ THE FAQ YOU FIE' DOLLAH N000OOOooooOOOoooOOOooob!?
posted by carsonb (stalwart) at 10:46 PM on March 31, 2012
NO SELF-LINKING RECIPES IN METATALK HAVEN'T YOU READ THE FAQ YOU FIE' DOLLAH N000OOOooooOOOoooOOOooob!?
posted by carsonb (stalwart) at 10:46 PM on March 31, 2012
omg, I forgot it was April Fools today. So many crises averted.
posted by stoneandstar (stuff) at 10:47 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by stoneandstar (stuff) at 10:47 PM on March 31, 2012
boioioioioioioioing
posted by palomar (scrappy-doo) at 10:49 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by palomar (scrappy-doo) at 10:49 PM on March 31, 2012
Yes, that's the idea, Burhanistan! More of this, please.
posted by trip and a half (staph) at 10:50 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by trip and a half (staph) at 10:50 PM on March 31, 2012
Please for to be entaggening.
posted by Cold Lurkey (stapler) at 10:51 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Cold Lurkey (stapler) at 10:51 PM on March 31, 2012
Me me please!
posted by Kerasia (puff daddy) at 10:52 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Kerasia (puff daddy) at 10:52 PM on March 31, 2012
That's what all the men say down at the ED clinic - "That babe Kerasia has staffing solutions."
posted by Kerasia (stupid) at 10:54 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Kerasia (stupid) at 10:54 PM on March 31, 2012
LATE TO THE PARTY
posted by zennish (stand and deliver) at 10:55 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by zennish (stand and deliver) at 10:55 PM on March 31, 2012
Life: the greatest April Fools Day joke of all.
posted by Kerasia (stella) at 10:56 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Kerasia (stella) at 10:56 PM on March 31, 2012
barely legal got the one I wanted
(this IS the first time I've said that phrase, I swear)
it was farts that I wanted
(also a first)
posted by MCMikeNamara (stapler) at 10:56 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
(this IS the first time I've said that phrase, I swear)
it was farts that I wanted
(also a first)
posted by MCMikeNamara (stapler) at 10:56 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
heh
posted by MCMikeNamara (graft) at 10:57 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by MCMikeNamara (graft) at 10:57 PM on March 31, 2012
Is this something I'd have an internet to understand? I quit that before it was cool.
posted by five fresh fish (standup bass) at 10:59 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by five fresh fish (standup bass) at 10:59 PM on March 31, 2012
Cold Lurkey farts is making my whole day right now
wow, that sounds awkward when it's outside of my head
posted by palomar (stand and deliver) at 10:59 PM on March 31, 2012
wow, that sounds awkward when it's outside of my head
posted by palomar (stand and deliver) at 10:59 PM on March 31, 2012
well i never
posted by stray (staphylococcus) at 11:03 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by stray (staphylococcus) at 11:03 PM on March 31, 2012
It's April 1st every day for the Blaze, baby.
posted by Blazecock Pileon (starburns) at 11:03 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Blazecock Pileon (starburns) at 11:03 PM on March 31, 2012
Wow, that is in fact my official job description. How'd you know?
posted by stray (half) at 11:03 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by stray (half) at 11:03 PM on March 31, 2012
Ooh, shiny!
posted by it must be bunnies (staphylococcus) at 11:05 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by it must be bunnies (staphylococcus) at 11:05 PM on March 31, 2012
Me gusta.
posted by Neilopolis (stasi) at 11:08 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Neilopolis (stasi) at 11:08 PM on March 31, 2012
So, going back into the archives some time after this... unless the tags get glued to this thread once April Fools is over, this is going to be one hell of a strange thread.
I'm all for it.
I, personally, hope I can be SHAFT to someone, somewhere, and remain SHAFT forever afterward.
posted by neewom (steppenwolf) at 11:08 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
I'm all for it.
I, personally, hope I can be SHAFT to someone, somewhere, and remain SHAFT forever afterward.
posted by neewom (steppenwolf) at 11:08 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
*burp*
posted by cgg (hairway to steven) at 11:12 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by cgg (hairway to steven) at 11:12 PM on March 31, 2012
Nice.
posted by crossoverman (stacked) at 11:14 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by crossoverman (stacked) at 11:14 PM on March 31, 2012
I go outside for a week and just look what happens to this place!
posted by Devils Rancher (riffraff) at 11:14 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Devils Rancher (riffraff) at 11:14 PM on March 31, 2012
Thanks to a James Herriot story that made a huge impression on 13-year-old me, I want "shillelagh" pls.
posted by cybercoitus interruptus (stoooooooooooooned) at 11:14 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by cybercoitus interruptus (stoooooooooooooned) at 11:14 PM on March 31, 2012
What happened here?
posted by AElfwine Evenstar (stalin) at 11:17 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by AElfwine Evenstar (stalin) at 11:17 PM on March 31, 2012
10 refreshes later it still wouldn't give me "shillelagh" but I stopped at "winner" so, ok, good enough.
posted by cybercoitus interruptus (stuffed) at 11:17 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by cybercoitus interruptus (stuffed) at 11:17 PM on March 31, 2012
God damn you it must be bunnies you stole MY staff tag :)
posted by AElfwine Evenstar (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 11:18 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by AElfwine Evenstar (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 11:18 PM on March 31, 2012
Tag! You're it!
posted by daniel_charms (stuff) at 11:21 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stuff) at 11:21 PM on March 31, 2012
Okay, I decided to stop being lazy and figure out how to immortalize neewom.
posted by trip and a half (starblazers) at 11:22 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by trip and a half (starblazers) at 11:22 PM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
so far (in no particular order, may not be complete, some duplicates may occur so sue me)...
(stifler)
(starburns)
(staves)
(shillelagh)
(graph)
(stanley kubrick)
(start)
(stop sign)
('struth)
(hurf durf butter staffer)
(stoned)
(chaff)
(stavrosthewonderchicken)
(waft)
(half)
(stefi graf)
(stef)
(stiffie)
(president taft)
(steve-o)
(naff)
(stazi)
(spouse)
(zach braf)
(giraffed)
(stuffed)
(fapfapfap)
(stiff)
(stella)
(stout)
(stodgy)
(star wars)
(stanky)
(esteban)
(SHAFT)
(stephen hawking)
(shillelagh)
(gaffe)
(stuffed)
(staph)
(step)
(stippled)
(stooped)
(graft)
(stopped)
(stent)
(nobody understands him but his woman )
(stoopid)
(puff daddy)
(newborn calf)
(stoat)
(stuffing)
(naff)
(stapler)
(starvin')
(stacked)
(behalf)
(raff scaff)
(stentoria)
(taffy)
(calved)
(waft)
(fapfapfap)
(stebbins)
(stet)
(stars in your eyes)
(starvin')
(stodgy)
(stilettos)
(studmuffin)
('struth)
(stuffing)
(stentoria)
(stupid)
(graft)
(sterling)
(starter)
(pfaff)
(staffing solutions)
(riff raff)
(star light star bright)
(stagger lee)
(stamps.com)
(stack exchange)
(stax exchange)
(stamen)
(studebaker)
(mood)
(stadia)
(stoooooooooooooned)
(winner)
posted by oneswellfoop (stapler) at 11:23 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
(stifler)
(starburns)
(staves)
(shillelagh)
(graph)
(stanley kubrick)
(start)
(stop sign)
('struth)
(hurf durf butter staffer)
(stoned)
(chaff)
(stavrosthewonderchicken)
(waft)
(half)
(stefi graf)
(stef)
(stiffie)
(president taft)
(steve-o)
(naff)
(stazi)
(spouse)
(zach braf)
(giraffed)
(stuffed)
(fapfapfap)
(stiff)
(stella)
(stout)
(stodgy)
(star wars)
(stanky)
(esteban)
(SHAFT)
(stephen hawking)
(shillelagh)
(gaffe)
(stuffed)
(staph)
(step)
(stippled)
(stooped)
(graft)
(stopped)
(stent)
(nobody understands him but his woman )
(stoopid)
(puff daddy)
(newborn calf)
(stoat)
(stuffing)
(naff)
(stapler)
(starvin')
(stacked)
(behalf)
(raff scaff)
(stentoria)
(taffy)
(calved)
(waft)
(fapfapfap)
(stebbins)
(stet)
(stars in your eyes)
(starvin')
(stodgy)
(stilettos)
(studmuffin)
('struth)
(stuffing)
(stentoria)
(stupid)
(graft)
(sterling)
(starter)
(pfaff)
(staffing solutions)
(riff raff)
(star light star bright)
(stagger lee)
(stamps.com)
(stack exchange)
(stax exchange)
(stamen)
(studebaker)
(mood)
(stadia)
(stoooooooooooooned)
(winner)
posted by oneswellfoop (stapler) at 11:23 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
I don't understand what's going on. It's still March on the west coast. But I wholeheartedly approve.
posted by ActingTheGoat (starship trooper) at 11:27 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by ActingTheGoat (starship trooper) at 11:27 PM on March 31, 2012
よっしゃ！
posted by emmling (stop sign) at 11:30 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by emmling (stop sign) at 11:30 PM on March 31, 2012
I should not have taken that last Percoset.
posted by Karlos the Jackal (stamos potential) at 11:32 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Karlos the Jackal (stamos potential) at 11:32 PM on March 31, 2012
:0 haha whooo
posted by beepbeepboopboop (stadia) at 11:36 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by beepbeepboopboop (stadia) at 11:36 PM on March 31, 2012
okay, when I saw (stable boy) I gave up.
posted by oneswellfoop (stooped) at 11:38 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stooped) at 11:38 PM on March 31, 2012
stamps.com!
posted by two lights above the sea (stef) at 11:41 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by two lights above the sea (stef) at 11:41 PM on March 31, 2012
Meanwhile, I am also enjoying the Ad Paws Ad Block kitty goodness on the rest of the web.
posted by mephisjo (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 11:43 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by mephisjo (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 11:43 PM on March 31, 2012
Woop woop!
posted by Juso No Thankyou (stack o toads) at 11:45 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by Juso No Thankyou (stack o toads) at 11:45 PM on March 31, 2012
How come filthy light thief got to do this?
Because he's a member of the staves, obviously.
posted by cortex (stupid) at 9:29 PM on March 31 [2 favorites +] [!]
There were (hilarious and fun) reasons. I KNOW WHAT I SAW!!!
posted by trip and a half (graph) at 11:45 PM on March 31, 2012
Because he's a member of the staves, obviously.
posted by cortex (stupid) at 9:29 PM on March 31 [2 favorites +] [!]
There were (hilarious and fun) reasons. I KNOW WHAT I SAW!!!
posted by trip and a half (graph) at 11:45 PM on March 31, 2012
Looks like what we have on our hands here . . .
sunglasses
Is one mighty big staff infection.
YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
posted by secret about box (studebaker) at 11:52 PM on March 31, 2012 [3 favorites]
sunglasses
Is one mighty big staff infection.
YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
posted by secret about box (studebaker) at 11:52 PM on March 31, 2012 [3 favorites]
Hi, what's happening? It's after midday, ya know.
posted by h00py (stagger lee) at 11:53 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by h00py (stagger lee) at 11:53 PM on March 31, 2012
Stodgy!
posted by h00py (stack hat) at 11:53 PM on March 31, 2012
posted by h00py (stack hat) at 11:53 PM on March 31, 2012
Fun! Thank you!
posted by marimeko (zach braf) at 12:01 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by marimeko (zach braf) at 12:01 AM on April 1, 2012
Lolz.
posted by alby (star wars) at 12:05 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by alby (star wars) at 12:05 AM on April 1, 2012
Okay, I decided to stop being lazy and figure out how to immortalize neewom.
Oh, trip and a half, I love you so much.
posted by neewom (stefi graf) at 12:05 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh, trip and a half, I love you so much.
posted by neewom (stefi graf) at 12:05 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Did I miss it?
posted by ninazer0 (starburns) at 12:06 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ninazer0 (starburns) at 12:06 AM on April 1, 2012
This is the best thing that has happened to me all day....
posted by ninazer0 (raff scaff) at 12:07 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ninazer0 (raff scaff) at 12:07 AM on April 1, 2012
Gimmee something good!
posted by Brandon Blatcher (naff) at 12:09 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Brandon Blatcher (naff) at 12:09 AM on April 1, 2012
oh.
posted by iamkimiam (star trek) at 12:09 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by iamkimiam (star trek) at 12:09 AM on April 1, 2012
Noooooooooo!
posted by Brandon Blatcher (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 12:09 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Brandon Blatcher (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 12:09 AM on April 1, 2012
Okay, so on posting I got stamps.com, which is like, whoa man, cause I totally worked there.
You know, back in the day.
posted by ApathyGirl (stan the potato man) at 12:09 AM on April 1, 2012
You know, back in the day.
posted by ApathyGirl (stan the potato man) at 12:09 AM on April 1, 2012
And then my val-speak laden post got labeled 'stoned' so... I'm just going to shut up before I cause a singularity or something.
posted by ApathyGirl (stentoria) at 12:12 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ApathyGirl (stentoria) at 12:12 AM on April 1, 2012
Brandon, your exclamation was oddly appropriate in my little window:
Noooooooooo!
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stanley kubrick) at 3:09 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
posted by neewom (raff scaff) at 12:14 AM on April 1, 2012
Noooooooooo!
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stanley kubrick) at 3:09 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
posted by neewom (raff scaff) at 12:14 AM on April 1, 2012
People, lend me your ears for I have an urgent question: has anyone managed to figure out just how they got all those cats to fit in a scanner? Anyone?
posted by MattMangels (stoooooooooooooned) at 12:15 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by MattMangels (stoooooooooooooned) at 12:15 AM on April 1, 2012
♪ You get me closer to mod. ♫
posted by Pronoiac (stoooooooooooooned) at 12:18 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Pronoiac (stoooooooooooooned) at 12:18 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Yay, sterling!
posted by Pronoiac (snodgrass) at 12:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Pronoiac (snodgrass) at 12:18 AM on April 1, 2012
Oddly enough, it's accurate.
posted by empyrean (standup comedian) at 12:29 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by empyrean (standup comedian) at 12:29 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh nuts I just banninated myself. A little help?
posted by Pronoiac (stuffing) at 12:29 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Pronoiac (stuffing) at 12:29 AM on April 1, 2012
This and the Adblock kittens are the only AFJs I'm enjoying today. Grumble grumble.
posted by knile (sterling) at 12:29 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by knile (sterling) at 12:29 AM on April 1, 2012
Huzzah!
posted by lumensimus (stout) at 12:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by lumensimus (stout) at 12:32 AM on April 1, 2012
this is glorious
posted by These Birds of a Feather (zach braf) at 12:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by These Birds of a Feather (zach braf) at 12:32 AM on April 1, 2012
Happy April Fish Day everyone! (Neat trick FLT.)
posted by hurdy gurdy girl (graph) at 12:38 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by hurdy gurdy girl (graph) at 12:38 AM on April 1, 2012
anyway
posted by philip-random (stack o toads) at 12:39 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by philip-random (stack o toads) at 12:39 AM on April 1, 2012
I wants one too.
posted by lollusc (steppenwolf) at 12:40 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by lollusc (steppenwolf) at 12:40 AM on April 1, 2012
Oooh.
posted by lollusc (standup comedian) at 12:40 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by lollusc (standup comedian) at 12:40 AM on April 1, 2012
Actually, I think I'll bask in the warmth of the northern hemisphere's April Fools celebrations and help myself to another. Ta!
posted by h00py (smithers) at 12:44 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by h00py (smithers) at 12:44 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Staff of Fats
posted by daniel_charms (stfu) at 12:45 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stfu) at 12:45 AM on April 1, 2012
woot
posted by TungstenChef (karen carpenter) at 12:48 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by TungstenChef (karen carpenter) at 12:48 AM on April 1, 2012
This is pretty much proof that we're all too easily amused, isn't it?
posted by BitterOldPunk (stebbins) at 12:49 AM on April 1, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by BitterOldPunk (stebbins) at 12:49 AM on April 1, 2012 [3 favorites]
Stodgy stanky stiffie.
posted by BitterOldPunk (stable boy) at 12:51 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by BitterOldPunk (stable boy) at 12:51 AM on April 1, 2012
You dipsticks. April Fools was finished 6 hours ago.
posted by malibustacey9999 (sweeney toddler) at 12:52 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by malibustacey9999 (sweeney toddler) at 12:52 AM on April 1, 2012
Love this so hard.
posted by rhapsodie (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 12:54 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by rhapsodie (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 12:54 AM on April 1, 2012
wins wins wins!
posted by Catch (sterling) at 12:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Catch (sterling) at 12:58 AM on April 1, 2012
I say things.
posted by IvoShandor (graph) at 12:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by IvoShandor (graph) at 12:58 AM on April 1, 2012
This is pretty much proof that we're all too easily amused, isn't it?
Me stiffie, you stiffie.
posted by IvoShandor (stippled) at 12:59 AM on April 1, 2012
Me stiffie, you stiffie.
posted by IvoShandor (stippled) at 12:59 AM on April 1, 2012
This is, for serious, my birthday. Everyone who knows me will point out it's all too fitting.
So when the whole internet tries to out-prank itself, it makes me happy.
posted by cmyk (puff daddy) at 1:01 AM on April 1, 2012
So when the whole internet tries to out-prank itself, it makes me happy.
posted by cmyk (puff daddy) at 1:01 AM on April 1, 2012
:D
posted by zarq (stack exchange) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zarq (stack exchange) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012
latkes: I still remember fondly the April Fool's AskMe page. Can I still find that somewhere?
The fake AskMe questions are still around. There's a fairly comprehensive (self-plug) page for site jokes on the wiki.
posted by Pronoiac (stack o toads) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]
The fake AskMe questions are still around. There's a fairly comprehensive (self-plug) page for site jokes on the wiki.
posted by Pronoiac (stack o toads) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]
Rolling......
posted by nestor_makhno (stax exchange) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by nestor_makhno (stax exchange) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012
[Insert meaningful content here]
posted by Infinite Jest (stamps.com) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Infinite Jest (stamps.com) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012
THAT'S BETTER.
posted by zarq (star wars) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zarq (star wars) at 1:02 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh, that's just odd. They change with every reload. Talk about an ephemeral high.
posted by zarq (naff) at 1:03 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zarq (naff) at 1:03 AM on April 1, 2012
...or low, as the case may be.
posted by zarq (stockholm syndrome) at 1:03 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zarq (stockholm syndrome) at 1:03 AM on April 1, 2012
Started with "stout", went to "spouse".
That's progress I guess, kids.
posted by Infinite Jest (starter) at 1:05 AM on April 1, 2012
That's progress I guess, kids.
posted by Infinite Jest (starter) at 1:05 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zarq (star trek) at 4:02 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
That's worth preserving!
posted by zarq (stef) at 1:05 AM on April 1, 2012
That's worth preserving!
posted by zarq (stef) at 1:05 AM on April 1, 2012
Google gets in on the act.(the april fools act that is)
posted by AElfwine Evenstar (stamps.com) at 1:06 AM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by AElfwine Evenstar (stamps.com) at 1:06 AM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]
I JUST POOPED ON MY OWN FACE
posted by dirigibleman (fapfapfap) at 1:06 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by dirigibleman (fapfapfap) at 1:06 AM on April 1, 2012
DAMNIT!
posted by stet (stockholm syndrome) at 1:08 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by stet (stockholm syndrome) at 1:08 AM on April 1, 2012
Once more.
posted by stet (mr. belvedere) at 1:08 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by stet (mr. belvedere) at 1:08 AM on April 1, 2012
I JUST POOPED ON MY OWN FACE
posted by dirigibleman (waft) at 1:06 AM
*fans the air toward stet*
posted by taz (soup to nuts) at 1:10 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by dirigibleman (waft) at 1:06 AM
*fans the air toward stet*
posted by taz (soup to nuts) at 1:10 AM on April 1, 2012
rolling for mod
posted by secret about box (stan the potato man) at 1:11 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by secret about box (stan the potato man) at 1:11 AM on April 1, 2012
This username remains embarrassing, but one more try to get it to match.
posted by stet (behalf) at 1:11 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by stet (behalf) at 1:11 AM on April 1, 2012
I JUST POOPED ON MY OWN FACE
posted by dirigibleman (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 7:06 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
I'm so happy right now. (I'm not his woman, by the way).
posted by h00py (standup comedian) at 1:14 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by dirigibleman (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 7:06 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
I'm so happy right now. (I'm not his woman, by the way).
posted by h00py (standup comedian) at 1:14 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh, that's just odd. They change with every reload.
There's some kind of Zen lesson being taught here, I think.
posted by secret about box (president taft) at 1:14 AM on April 1, 2012
There's some kind of Zen lesson being taught here, I think.
posted by secret about box (president taft) at 1:14 AM on April 1, 2012
Finally, I get the respect I deserve around here!
posted by Salvor Hardin (stoopid) at 12:34 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Heh.
posted by zarq (stockholm syndrome) at 1:15 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Salvor Hardin (stoopid) at 12:34 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Heh.
posted by zarq (stockholm syndrome) at 1:15 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Test comment, please ignore.
posted by fight or flight (stet) at 1:16 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by fight or flight (stet) at 1:16 AM on April 1, 2012
Once more.
posted by stet (stef) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Now they're just playing with you.....
posted by zarq (start) at 1:17 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by stet (stef) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Now they're just playing with you.....
posted by zarq (start) at 1:17 AM on April 1, 2012
OOOH! GOT IT!
*Shakes dice*
*Rolls*
posted by stet (hurf durf butter staffer) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
DAMNIT!
posted by stet (stet) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Once more.
posted by stet (spouse) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
posted by zarq (stoooooooooooooned) at 1:18 AM on April 1, 2012
*Shakes dice*
*Rolls*
posted by stet (hurf durf butter staffer) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
DAMNIT!
posted by stet (stet) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Once more.
posted by stet (spouse) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
posted by zarq (stoooooooooooooned) at 1:18 AM on April 1, 2012
I may have to out my sock puppet for this.
posted by wierdo (stoned) at 3:13 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
How did you know????
posted by wierdo (stamps.com) at 1:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by wierdo (stoned) at 3:13 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
How did you know????
posted by wierdo (stamps.com) at 1:18 AM on April 1, 2012
Don't you dare put a tag by my name, FLT!
posted by P.o.B. (cory doctorow) at 1:19 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by P.o.B. (cory doctorow) at 1:19 AM on April 1, 2012
I may have to out my sock puppet for this.
posted by wierdo (stoned) at 3:13 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
How did you know????
posted by wierdo (stoooooooooooooned) at 7:18 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
It's just so goddamn meta.
posted by h00py (stagger lee) at 1:20 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by wierdo (stoned) at 3:13 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
How did you know????
posted by wierdo (stoooooooooooooned) at 7:18 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
It's just so goddamn meta.
posted by h00py (stagger lee) at 1:20 AM on April 1, 2012
Once there was a guy from Atlanta whose limericks were indistinguishable from prose.
posted by Joseph Gurl (stamp tramp) at 1:21 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Joseph Gurl (stamp tramp) at 1:21 AM on April 1, 2012
Boo-yah!
posted by stet (stet) at 1:18 AM on April 1 [2 favorites +] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (stella) at 1:21 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by stet (stet) at 1:18 AM on April 1 [2 favorites +] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (stella) at 1:21 AM on April 1, 2012
h00py, I got:
I may have to out my sock puppet for this.
posted by wierdo (stoned) at 3:13 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
How did you know????
posted by wierdo ('struth) at 3:18 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Now the paranoia isn't going to let up for a week at least.
posted by wierdo (staph) at 1:21 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
I may have to out my sock puppet for this.
posted by wierdo (stoned) at 3:13 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
How did you know????
posted by wierdo ('struth) at 3:18 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Now the paranoia isn't going to let up for a week at least.
posted by wierdo (staph) at 1:21 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
I JUST POOPED ON MY OWN FACE
posted by dirigibleman (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 7:06 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
I'm so happy right now. (I'm not his woman, by the way).
posted by h00py (farts) at 4:14 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
I don't even know where to go from that.
OOOH! GOT IT!
*Shakes dice*
*Rolls*
posted by stet (hurf durf butter staffer) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
DAMNIT!
posted by stet (stet) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Once more.
posted by stet (spouse) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
posted by zarq (stop sign) at 4:18 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Heh.
posted by dirigibleman (stodgy) at 1:22 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by dirigibleman (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 7:06 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
I'm so happy right now. (I'm not his woman, by the way).
posted by h00py (farts) at 4:14 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
I don't even know where to go from that.
OOOH! GOT IT!
*Shakes dice*
*Rolls*
posted by stet (hurf durf butter staffer) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
DAMNIT!
posted by stet (stet) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Once more.
posted by stet (spouse) at 4:08 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
posted by zarq (stop sign) at 4:18 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Heh.
posted by dirigibleman (stodgy) at 1:22 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
it's starting to get way too appropriate to be totally random.
posted by oneswellfoop (stamos potential) at 1:23 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stamos potential) at 1:23 AM on April 1, 2012
Are you guys seeing what I'm seeing? It is sooooo funny. Here let me go ahead and copy pasta half a page of comments...
posted by P.o.B. (stella) at 1:24 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by P.o.B. (stella) at 1:24 AM on April 1, 2012
Am I too late? I want one!
posted by emd3737 (stairway to heaven) at 1:25 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by emd3737 (stairway to heaven) at 1:25 AM on April 1, 2012
zarq: ""steve-o"?? Hmph."
Crosses fingers for the collectible "Steve Holt!" tag...
posted by arcticseal (stifler) at 1:26 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Crosses fingers for the collectible "Steve Holt!" tag...
posted by arcticseal (stifler) at 1:26 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Requesting a 'stamp licker' tag.
posted by daniel_charms (farts) at 1:29 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (farts) at 1:29 AM on April 1, 2012
fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu
posted by P.o.B. (fapfapfap) at 1:19 AM on April 1
I knew I brought the box of tissues along for a reason.
posted by taz (no soap) at 1:29 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by P.o.B. (fapfapfap) at 1:19 AM on April 1
I knew I brought the box of tissues along for a reason.
posted by taz (no soap) at 1:29 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Wet wipes please. I can't properly poop a party without 'em.
posted by P.o.B. (stoopid) at 1:31 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by P.o.B. (stoopid) at 1:31 AM on April 1, 2012
Ask for "Steve Holt!" and get zach braf. Ruling.
posted by Joseph Gurl (stan the potato man) at 1:31 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Joseph Gurl (stan the potato man) at 1:31 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm in this thread w/ 329 others.
posted by finite (stephen hawking) at 1:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by finite (stephen hawking) at 1:32 AM on April 1, 2012
.
posted by eyeballkid (gaffe) at 1:32 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by eyeballkid (gaffe) at 1:32 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
This staph thing seems pretty contagious...
posted by Petrot (starship trooper) at 1:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Petrot (starship trooper) at 1:34 AM on April 1, 2012
This thread reminds me of this yt vid.
posted by AElfwine Evenstar (stiffie) at 1:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by AElfwine Evenstar (stiffie) at 1:34 AM on April 1, 2012
.
posted by eyeballkid (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 1:32 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
I LOLed. Honest.
posted by oneswellfoop (stats) at 1:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by eyeballkid (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 1:32 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
I LOLed. Honest.
posted by oneswellfoop (stats) at 1:34 AM on April 1, 2012
just when you think it's safe to go back into the thread...
posted by oneswellfoop (soup to nuts) at 1:35 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (soup to nuts) at 1:35 AM on April 1, 2012
If holidays weren't so unAmerican, April 1st would be a good one to declare as the next national one.
posted by i_cola (stamos potential) at 1:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by i_cola (stamos potential) at 1:36 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm kinda surprised it hasn't been co-opted by greeting card companies or beer brewers...
posted by oneswellfoop (star wars) at 1:39 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (star wars) at 1:39 AM on April 1, 2012
¿Y en el Dia de los Inocentes nada?
posted by Omon Ra (starfish kisses) at 1:39 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Omon Ra (starfish kisses) at 1:39 AM on April 1, 2012
Who's in charge around here?
posted by vacapinta (mr. belvedere) at 1:41 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by vacapinta (mr. belvedere) at 1:41 AM on April 1, 2012
I hate to break it to you, vac, but YOU ARE.
posted by oneswellfoop (behalf) at 1:42 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (behalf) at 1:42 AM on April 1, 2012
(for no other reason than that you were the first to ask)
posted by oneswellfoop (graft) at 1:43 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (graft) at 1:43 AM on April 1, 2012
Dude!
posted by ooga_booga (SHAFT) at 1:50 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ooga_booga (SHAFT) at 1:50 AM on April 1, 2012
What is this i don't even
posted by Acheman (sweeney toddler) at 1:59 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Acheman (sweeney toddler) at 1:59 AM on April 1, 2012
Fun.
posted by solotoro (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 2:07 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by solotoro (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 2:07 AM on April 1, 2012
WELP GOTTA FIND OUT
posted by tzikeh (fapfapfap) at 2:10 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by tzikeh (fapfapfap) at 2:10 AM on April 1, 2012
All of you have too much time on your hands.
posted by HuronBob (stand and deliver) at 2:11 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by HuronBob (stand and deliver) at 2:11 AM on April 1, 2012
*Crosses fingers*
posted by HandfulOfDust (stent) at 2:13 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by HandfulOfDust (stent) at 2:13 AM on April 1, 2012
This audacious wayward-ness is most delight-ful indeed. A most frolic-some romp in a the court-yard of our dreams. This is a caper most punctuated with mischievous-ness!
Sorry, I wanted to call shenanigans but someone other rapscallion employed the word before I could even load the paper into my type-writer so I went with this Thesaurus driven approach punctuated with old-timey hyphens a la the old Onion guy
posted by aydeejones (starter) at 2:13 AM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]
Sorry, I wanted to call shenanigans but someone other rapscallion employed the word before I could even load the paper into my type-writer so I went with this Thesaurus driven approach punctuated with old-timey hyphens a la the old Onion guy
posted by aydeejones (starter) at 2:13 AM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
posted by daniel_charms (stella) at 2:21 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stella) at 2:21 AM on April 1, 2012
Only a few hours of April one left here
posted by meech (stentoria) at 2:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by meech (stentoria) at 2:36 AM on April 1, 2012
This is great!
posted by shelleycat (starvin') at 2:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by shelleycat (starvin') at 2:36 AM on April 1, 2012
Let's see....
posted by Harald74 (sylvan learning center) at 2:42 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Harald74 (sylvan learning center) at 2:42 AM on April 1, 2012
Happy 'Don't believe anything you see on the web' day!
posted by fearfulsymmetry (starfish kisses) at 2:44 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by fearfulsymmetry (starfish kisses) at 2:44 AM on April 1, 2012
I too am in this thread.
posted by Jofus (puff daddy) at 2:45 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Jofus (puff daddy) at 2:45 AM on April 1, 2012
Must post.
posted by that girl (startled moose) at 2:50 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by that girl (startled moose) at 2:50 AM on April 1, 2012
Guess I may as well post too.
posted by knapah (starvin') at 2:51 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by knapah (starvin') at 2:51 AM on April 1, 2012
It's like getting my fortune told....
posted by GenjiandProust (naff) at 3:07 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by GenjiandProust (naff) at 3:07 AM on April 1, 2012
This is so awesome.
posted by Admiral Haddock (step) at 3:10 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Admiral Haddock (step) at 3:10 AM on April 1, 2012
This really is a delightful April Fool's joke, well done. :)
posted by smoke (simple machine) at 3:15 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by smoke (simple machine) at 3:15 AM on April 1, 2012
Let's see what we got here...
posted by Jilder (standup comedian) at 3:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Jilder (standup comedian) at 3:18 AM on April 1, 2012
I wonder if it's the same tag for every comment.
posted by Jilder (studmuffin) at 3:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Jilder (studmuffin) at 3:18 AM on April 1, 2012
How many unique tags are there ?
posted by Pendragon (stagger lee) at 3:27 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Pendragon (stagger lee) at 3:27 AM on April 1, 2012
Can we keep the tags for the rest of time ?
posted by Pendragon (starvin') at 3:28 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Pendragon (starvin') at 3:28 AM on April 1, 2012
I posted a splendid April Fools joke in FB and fooled everyone! It was great.
posted by By The Grace of God (waft) at 3:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by By The Grace of God (waft) at 3:34 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh my
posted by litleozy (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 3:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by litleozy (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 3:36 AM on April 1, 2012
.
posted by missmagenta (behalf) at 3:37 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by missmagenta (behalf) at 3:37 AM on April 1, 2012
Heh.
posted by robocop is bleeding (stable boy) at 3:41 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by robocop is bleeding (stable boy) at 3:41 AM on April 1, 2012
Wha
posted by goshling (mr. belvedere) at 3:44 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by goshling (mr. belvedere) at 3:44 AM on April 1, 2012
wait, wtf?
posted by russm (cory doctorow) at 3:45 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by russm (cory doctorow) at 3:45 AM on April 1, 2012
*Arrives late to party, but with his drink on.*
I'll draw a card.
posted by three blind mice (stet) at 3:46 AM on April 1, 2012
I'll draw a card.
posted by three blind mice (stet) at 3:46 AM on April 1, 2012
boom!
posted by latch24 (mr. belvedere) at 3:47 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by latch24 (mr. belvedere) at 3:47 AM on April 1, 2012
(I want a redo.)
posted by mdonley (stanley kubrick) at 3:52 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by mdonley (stanley kubrick) at 3:52 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm not here
posted by parmanparman (stab) at 3:55 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by parmanparman (stab) at 3:55 AM on April 1, 2012
What! Stupid puff daddy??? Noooooooooooooooooooo.
posted by b33j (sweeney toddler) at 4:03 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by b33j (sweeney toddler) at 4:03 AM on April 1, 2012
poop
posted by Stynxno (mr. belvedere) at 4:12 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Stynxno (mr. belvedere) at 4:12 AM on April 1, 2012
\o/
posted by bh (riffraff) at 4:17 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by bh (riffraff) at 4:17 AM on April 1, 2012
Well, I never!
posted by zizzle (stoooooooooooooned) at 4:17 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zizzle (stoooooooooooooned) at 4:17 AM on April 1, 2012
Dude, I came in here specifically to post the phrase "well, I never." Way to steal my thunder.
posted by Bulgaroktonos (puff daddy) at 4:19 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Bulgaroktonos (puff daddy) at 4:19 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
?
posted by rdr (zach braf) at 4:22 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by rdr (zach braf) at 4:22 AM on April 1, 2012
!
posted by Chairboy (mr. belvedere) at 4:27 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Chairboy (mr. belvedere) at 4:27 AM on April 1, 2012
Why am I up at 5am?
posted by never used baby shoes (stapler) at 4:28 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by never used baby shoes (stapler) at 4:28 AM on April 1, 2012
[A couple comments removed. Please behave like you're used to this please.]
posted by klarck (stapler) at 4:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by klarck (stapler) at 4:32 AM on April 1, 2012
Testing...
posted by Godwin Interjection (stoat) at 4:35 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Godwin Interjection (stoat) at 4:35 AM on April 1, 2012
Me! Me! I want one.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts (stamos potential) at 4:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts (stamos potential) at 4:36 AM on April 1, 2012
I, too, inexplicably desire to see my username next to a random word in a bright yellow box. Thanks in advance! (I think)
posted by argonauta (zach braf) at 4:38 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by argonauta (zach braf) at 4:38 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by argonauta (stanley kubrick) at 12:38 PM on April 1
Damn. I wanted to be Stanley Kubrick.
posted by Len (stats) at 4:39 AM on April 1, 2012
Damn. I wanted to be Stanley Kubrick.
posted by Len (stats) at 4:39 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh, it still works. Must be a US timezone thing. Phew.
posted by Chichibio (smithers) at 4:41 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Chichibio (smithers) at 4:41 AM on April 1, 2012
I love this game!
posted by honey-barbara (stack o toads) at 4:47 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by honey-barbara (stack o toads) at 4:47 AM on April 1, 2012
My cat played an April Fools joke on us at 5 am this morning. Only instead of a joke it was poo.
posted by Kimberly (sylvan learning center) at 4:48 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Kimberly (sylvan learning center) at 4:48 AM on April 1, 2012
POISSON D'AVRIL !
(don't ask me why fish on April 1st I don't know I just live here and have citizenship)
posted by fraula (stebbins) at 4:53 AM on April 1, 2012
(don't ask me why fish on April 1st I don't know I just live here and have citizenship)
posted by fraula (stebbins) at 4:53 AM on April 1, 2012
pffffffff this site is SOOO Anglo-centric. "Stop sign"? Come ooon. "Arrêt", s'il vous plaît.
posted by fraula (shillelagh) at 4:53 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by fraula (shillelagh) at 4:53 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh cool. I always wanted to be a random member of the staff.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs (staphylococcus) at 4:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs (staphylococcus) at 4:58 AM on April 1, 2012
This ALMOST makes up for me having to work today.
posted by bibliogrrl (stairway to heaven) at 4:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by bibliogrrl (stairway to heaven) at 4:58 AM on April 1, 2012
Come ooon. "Arrêt", s'il vous plaît.
except that doesn't start with "s"
posted by russm (stadia) at 4:59 AM on April 1, 2012
except that doesn't start with "s"
posted by russm (stadia) at 4:59 AM on April 1, 2012
It's going to be a good week.
posted by safetyfork (stodgy) at 4:59 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by safetyfork (stodgy) at 4:59 AM on April 1, 2012
Me too!
posted by OsoMeaty (stippled) at 4:59 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by OsoMeaty (stippled) at 4:59 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Just checking me.
posted by Stewriffic (stalin) at 5:11 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Stewriffic (stalin) at 5:11 AM on April 1, 2012
I want one!
posted by bilabial (stanley kubrick) at 5:17 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by bilabial (stanley kubrick) at 5:17 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm only here for the free beer tags.
posted by get off of my cloud (mood) at 5:20 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by get off of my cloud (mood) at 5:20 AM on April 1, 2012
My cat played an April Fools joke on us at 5 am this morning. Only instead of a joke it was poo.
posted by Kimberly (stoooooooooooooned) at 7:48 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Yep, that works.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (simple machine) at 5:21 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Kimberly (stoooooooooooooned) at 7:48 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Yep, that works.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (simple machine) at 5:21 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh, dear.
posted by Johnny Wallflower (stella) at 5:23 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Johnny Wallflower (stella) at 5:23 AM on April 1, 2012
This is the greatest.
posted by Scientist (riffraff) at 5:23 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Scientist (riffraff) at 5:23 AM on April 1, 2012
Jesus.
Me too!
posted by OsoMeaty (chickenfucker) at 7:59 AM on April 1
I want one!
posted by bilabial (support santorum) at 8:17 AM
Yep, that works.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (lobotomy) at 8:21 AM on April 1
posted by gman (step) at 5:29 AM on April 1, 2012
Me too!
posted by OsoMeaty (chickenfucker) at 7:59 AM on April 1
I want one!
posted by bilabial (support santorum) at 8:17 AM
Yep, that works.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (lobotomy) at 8:21 AM on April 1
posted by gman (step) at 5:29 AM on April 1, 2012
How did you do it?
posted by jgirl (star trek) at 5:31 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by jgirl (star trek) at 5:31 AM on April 1, 2012
Well, since I'm up an hour early because my clock was set an hour ahead this morning I might as well see what the fuss is about over in Metatalk.
posted by bondcliff (stabilizer) at 5:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by bondcliff (stabilizer) at 5:32 AM on April 1, 2012
Outstanding.
posted by bondcliff (stamp tramp) at 5:33 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by bondcliff (stamp tramp) at 5:33 AM on April 1, 2012
I want one!!!!
posted by pearlybob (stars in your eyes) at 5:36 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by pearlybob (stars in your eyes) at 5:36 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
.staff { position: relative; top: -1px; }
posted by seanmpuckett (naff) at 5:37 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by seanmpuckett (naff) at 5:37 AM on April 1, 2012
Bad ass!
posted by ersatzkat (stack exchange) at 5:43 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ersatzkat (stack exchange) at 5:43 AM on April 1, 2012
:-/
posted by phatkitten (spouse) at 8:45 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Well maybe you out to leave the commune then.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stabbatical) at 5:48 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by phatkitten (spouse) at 8:45 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Well maybe you out to leave the commune then.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stabbatical) at 5:48 AM on April 1, 2012
Huh.
posted by donpardo (hurf durf butter staffer) at 5:48 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by donpardo (hurf durf butter staffer) at 5:48 AM on April 1, 2012
Stapler? Stapler. Stapler? STAPLER!
posted by The White Hat (st00pid) at 5:55 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by The White Hat (st00pid) at 5:55 AM on April 1, 2012
Good news, everyone!
posted by audi alteram partem (stabbatical) at 5:56 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by audi alteram partem (stabbatical) at 5:56 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
I want in in this too
posted by ShawnString (sweeney toddler) at 5:57 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ShawnString (sweeney toddler) at 5:57 AM on April 1, 2012
I want one, I want one! Ugh, I didn't want THAT one!
posted by briank (chaff) at 5:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by briank (chaff) at 5:58 AM on April 1, 2012
Hehe. I'm 3 S's in a row. WOOT
posted by ShawnString (shillelagh) at 5:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ShawnString (shillelagh) at 5:58 AM on April 1, 2012
You all realize, of course, that tomorrow, when those tags are gone, this thread is going to make you all look like lunatics.
oh, wait...never mind
posted by HuronBob (stable boy) at 6:01 AM on April 1, 2012
oh, wait...never mind
posted by HuronBob (stable boy) at 6:01 AM on April 1, 2012
I feel so trustworthy right now guys
posted by en forme de poire (sartori) at 6:04 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by en forme de poire (sartori) at 6:04 AM on April 1, 2012
oh HELL no.
posted by en forme de poire (stippled) at 6:04 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by en forme de poire (stippled) at 6:04 AM on April 1, 2012
cool!
posted by Curious Artificer (snodgrass) at 6:05 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Curious Artificer (snodgrass) at 6:05 AM on April 1, 2012
That's better.
posted by eriko (standup bass) at 6:05 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by eriko (standup bass) at 6:05 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm just going to keep hitting refresh until I get a good'un, and then leave for the day.
posted by Curious Artificer (studmuffin) at 6:09 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Curious Artificer (studmuffin) at 6:09 AM on April 1, 2012
A+
posted by soundofsuburbia (sylvan learning center) at 6:10 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by soundofsuburbia (sylvan learning center) at 6:10 AM on April 1, 2012
Survey says...
posted by qwip (stamps.com) at 6:12 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by qwip (stamps.com) at 6:12 AM on April 1, 2012
We may be over-staffed at this point.
posted by ShutterBun ('struth) at 6:14 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ShutterBun ('struth) at 6:14 AM on April 1, 2012
Hey!!
posted by ShutterBun (sartori) at 6:15 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ShutterBun (sartori) at 6:15 AM on April 1, 2012
and today I learned that I am, sometimes, a joiner.
posted by namewithoutwords (starfish kisses) at 6:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by namewithoutwords (starfish kisses) at 6:18 AM on April 1, 2012
At last, my contributions have been properly appreciated by bringing me on staff. w00t!
posted by kaibutsu (stopped) at 6:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by kaibutsu (stopped) at 6:18 AM on April 1, 2012
Lol. Not according that tag namewithoutwords
posted by ShawnString (stapler) at 6:19 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ShawnString (stapler) at 6:19 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh I see now they always change. Poo
posted by ShawnString (karen carpenter) at 6:20 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ShawnString (karen carpenter) at 6:20 AM on April 1, 2012
CATS FOR ALL.
posted by Wuggie Norple (smithers release the hounds) at 6:24 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Wuggie Norple (smithers release the hounds) at 6:24 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh! Do me! Do me!
posted by msali (starfish kisses) at 6:24 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by msali (starfish kisses) at 6:24 AM on April 1, 2012
Yay!
posted by msali (fapfapfap) at 6:25 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by msali (fapfapfap) at 6:25 AM on April 1, 2012
Foo
posted by dayintoday (hairway to steven) at 6:27 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by dayintoday (hairway to steven) at 6:27 AM on April 1, 2012
I must know...
posted by amy lecteur (smithers) at 6:28 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by amy lecteur (smithers) at 6:28 AM on April 1, 2012
Heh. You know me too well.
posted by amy lecteur (newborn calf) at 6:30 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by amy lecteur (newborn calf) at 6:30 AM on April 1, 2012
Edit buttons for everyone!
posted by MexicanYenta (stefi graf) at 6:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by MexicanYenta (stefi graf) at 6:32 AM on April 1, 2012
Empirical testing reveals that the comment preceding this one is uproariously funny approximately 40% of the time. Carry on.
posted by amy lecteur (staph) at 6:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by amy lecteur (staph) at 6:32 AM on April 1, 2012
gman
They are in fact random. Mine shows as:
I want one!
posted by bilabial (star light star bright) at 8:17 AM on April 1 [+]
posted by bilabial (stoopid) at 6:34 AM on April 1, 2012
They are in fact random. Mine shows as:
I want one!
posted by bilabial (star light star bright) at 8:17 AM on April 1 [+]
posted by bilabial (stoopid) at 6:34 AM on April 1, 2012
I dig this pony.
posted by Joey Michaels (sartori) at 6:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Joey Michaels (sartori) at 6:34 AM on April 1, 2012
This is a stupid idea and I do not wish to participate.
posted by The Deej (star trek) at 6:34 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by The Deej (star trek) at 6:34 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
HEY!!!!
posted by The Deej (sylvan learning center) at 6:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by The Deej (sylvan learning center) at 6:34 AM on April 1, 2012
My turn.
posted by Obscure Reference (spouse) at 6:35 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Obscure Reference (spouse) at 6:35 AM on April 1, 2012
OK, I'm...
posted by Kronos_to_Earth (graph) at 6:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Kronos_to_Earth (graph) at 6:36 AM on April 1, 2012
Liked it better before I hit refresh.
posted by ShutterBun (spouse) at 6:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ShutterBun (spouse) at 6:36 AM on April 1, 2012
I said Meh!
posted by eriko (farts) at 9:05 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
It's like a beautiful snapshot, forever captured, so that generations may gaze upon it in wonder.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stiff) at 6:38 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by eriko (farts) at 9:05 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
It's like a beautiful snapshot, forever captured, so that generations may gaze upon it in wonder.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stiff) at 6:38 AM on April 1, 2012
ooh gotta try
posted by Cocodrillo (behalf) at 6:39 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Cocodrillo (behalf) at 6:39 AM on April 1, 2012
Can I just keep hitting refresh until I get to be President Taft?
posted by Cocodrillo (stan the potato man) at 6:41 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Cocodrillo (stan the potato man) at 6:41 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh, oops! Here is the proper thread for tag checking. Tag check!
posted by tickingclock (giraffed) at 6:44 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by tickingclock (giraffed) at 6:44 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh, oops! Here is the proper thread for tag checking. Tag check!
posted by tickingclock (stapler) at 9:44 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
YESSS
posted by tickingclock (spouse) at 6:44 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by tickingclock (stapler) at 9:44 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
YESSS
posted by tickingclock (spouse) at 6:44 AM on April 1, 2012
I am also here for special badgers.
posted by middleclasstool (starvin') at 6:45 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by middleclasstool (starvin') at 6:45 AM on April 1, 2012
lol butts
posted by elizardbits (stanley kubrick)
this just seems so appropriate somehow
posted by nathancaswell (stent) at 6:46 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by elizardbits (stanley kubrick)
this just seems so appropriate somehow
posted by nathancaswell (stent) at 6:46 AM on April 1, 2012
Metafilter: This Just seems so appropriate somehow
posted by slater (president taft) at 6:48 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by slater (president taft) at 6:48 AM on April 1, 2012
Judge me oh great random word assigner!
posted by nfg (star wars) at 6:49 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by nfg (star wars) at 6:49 AM on April 1, 2012
You can dome in the morning, you can dome in the night...
posted by norm (stars in your eyes) at 6:49 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by norm (stars in your eyes) at 6:49 AM on April 1, 2012
Good morning.
posted by EmpressCallipygos (stoooooooooooooned) at 6:50 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by EmpressCallipygos (stoooooooooooooned) at 6:50 AM on April 1, 2012
Ok.
posted by codacorolla (stoopid) at 6:54 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by codacorolla (stoopid) at 6:54 AM on April 1, 2012
Good morning.
posted by EmpressCallipygos (puff daddy) at 9:50 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
posted by Brandon Blatcher (half) at 6:54 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by EmpressCallipygos (puff daddy) at 9:50 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
posted by Brandon Blatcher (half) at 6:54 AM on April 1, 2012
And the tag I got for my comment was "stoopid". I guess that sums it up...
posted by klausness (stooped) at 6:55 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by klausness (stooped) at 6:55 AM on April 1, 2012
I always said that my cats have staff. Now I'll have the stinkin' badge to go with the title...
posted by MonkeyToes (spouse) at 6:56 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by MonkeyToes (spouse) at 6:56 AM on April 1, 2012
I know more about this than you could possibly imagine!
posted by wittgenstein (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 6:56 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by wittgenstein (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 6:56 AM on April 1, 2012
SWEATER STUFFERS
posted by Cool Papa Bell (snuffleuppagus) at 6:56 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Cool Papa Bell (snuffleuppagus) at 6:56 AM on April 1, 2012
And my comment about my comment was tagged "fapfapfap". I get the hint.
posted by klausness (star wars) at 6:57 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by klausness (star wars) at 6:57 AM on April 1, 2012
Like
posted by Melismata (stabilizer) at 6:57 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Melismata (stabilizer) at 6:57 AM on April 1, 2012
GO!
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza (staffing solutions) at 6:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza (staffing solutions) at 6:58 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh, I want the "stasi" tag!
posted by Cool Papa Bell (snuffleuppagus) at 6:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Cool Papa Bell (snuffleuppagus) at 6:58 AM on April 1, 2012
:D
posted by zarq (fapfapfap) at 4:02 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
SWEATER STUFFERS
posted by Cool Papa Bell (stupid) at 9:56 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stadia) at 6:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zarq (fapfapfap) at 4:02 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
SWEATER STUFFERS
posted by Cool Papa Bell (stupid) at 9:56 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stadia) at 6:58 AM on April 1, 2012
This is fun!
posted by jenny76 (stacked) at 10:06 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Yeah, pretty much.
posted by jenny76 (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 7:07 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by jenny76 (stacked) at 10:06 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Yeah, pretty much.
posted by jenny76 (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 7:07 AM on April 1, 2012
i promised myself i wouldn't get involved in this nonsense
posted by Mach5 (stuffed) at 7:11 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Mach5 (stuffed) at 7:11 AM on April 1, 2012
If nominated I will not run.
posted by Splunge (sylvan learning center) at 7:12 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Splunge (sylvan learning center) at 7:12 AM on April 1, 2012
Do I get one?
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed (starter) at 7:12 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed (starter) at 7:12 AM on April 1, 2012
i promised myself i wouldn't get involved in this nonsense
posted by Mach5 (stupid) at 10:11 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Why?!
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stoopid) at 7:12 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Mach5 (stupid) at 10:11 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Why?!
posted by Brandon Blatcher (stoopid) at 7:12 AM on April 1, 2012
Yes indeed!
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed (stafu) at 7:12 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed (stafu) at 7:12 AM on April 1, 2012
Does anyone read the posts down here?
posted by mygothlaundry (staph) at 7:15 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by mygothlaundry (staph) at 7:15 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm just here for staves and spouses.
posted by yellowbinder (stars in your eyes) at 7:15 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by yellowbinder (stars in your eyes) at 7:15 AM on April 1, 2012
You sure this is a good idea?
posted by Ironmouth (smithers) at 7:16 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Ironmouth (smithers) at 7:16 AM on April 1, 2012
This is a comment.
posted by double block and bleed (start) at 7:17 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by double block and bleed (start) at 7:17 AM on April 1, 2012
The woman in the office next to mine threatened to replace the sugar shaker with salt so I guess all the people who like sugar in their coffee are lucky that april 1st is on a sunday this year.
posted by martinX's bellbottoms (stapler) at 7:17 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by martinX's bellbottoms (stapler) at 7:17 AM on April 1, 2012
No "Smapdi, age six"?
posted by ROU_Xenophobe (stamps.com) at 7:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ROU_Xenophobe (stamps.com) at 7:18 AM on April 1, 2012
[fart sound]
not a judgement call, just think farts are hilarious
posted by troika (stan the potato man) at 7:22 AM on April 1, 2012
not a judgement call, just think farts are hilarious
posted by troika (stan the potato man) at 7:22 AM on April 1, 2012
Badges? Badges?
We don't need no stinkin' badges....
posted by jenkinsEar (staple singers) at 7:24 AM on April 1, 2012
We don't need no stinkin' badges....
posted by jenkinsEar (staple singers) at 7:24 AM on April 1, 2012
What?
posted by languagehat (stefi graf) at 7:26 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by languagehat (stefi graf) at 7:26 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh!
posted by languagehat (horse ebooks) at 7:26 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by languagehat (horse ebooks) at 7:26 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh!
posted by languagehat (studmuffin) at 7:26 AM on April 1 [+] [!] Other [2/2]: «≡·
Heck yeah!
posted by rtha (stiffie) at 7:27 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by languagehat (studmuffin) at 7:26 AM on April 1 [+] [!] Other [2/2]: «≡·
Heck yeah!
posted by rtha (stiffie) at 7:27 AM on April 1, 2012
I have to know
posted by Elly Vortex (behalf) at 7:43 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Elly Vortex (behalf) at 7:43 AM on April 1, 2012
Here I am! I'm here!
posted by thinkpiece (fapfapfap) at 7:44 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by thinkpiece (fapfapfap) at 7:44 AM on April 1, 2012
Hope me
posted by Mick (horse ebooks) at 7:45 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Mick (horse ebooks) at 7:45 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm not a mod, I'm a rocker!
posted by peppermind (stet) at 7:49 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by peppermind (stet) at 7:49 AM on April 1, 2012
Me too! Me too!
posted by iminurmefi (raff scaff) at 7:53 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by iminurmefi (raff scaff) at 7:53 AM on April 1, 2012
...
posted by danb (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 7:54 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by danb (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 7:54 AM on April 1, 2012
Just checking.
posted by gjc (snuffleuppagus) at 7:57 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by gjc (snuffleuppagus) at 7:57 AM on April 1, 2012
This is pretty awesome.
posted by A dead Quaker (stent) at 8:01 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by A dead Quaker (stent) at 8:01 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm a mod, I'm a mod! Do not arouse the wrath of the great and terrible mod!
posted by Elsa (scrappy-doo) at 8:03 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Elsa (scrappy-doo) at 8:03 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
It makes me feel complete when I get "(half)".
posted by trip and a half (studebaker) at 8:08 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by trip and a half (studebaker) at 8:08 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
fun
posted by braksandwich (stab) at 8:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by braksandwich (stab) at 8:18 AM on April 1, 2012
Staff staff staff staff
posted by The Whelk (stack exchange) at 8:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by The Whelk (stack exchange) at 8:18 AM on April 1, 2012
lol buttz
posted by jivadravya (stent) at 8:19 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by jivadravya (stent) at 8:19 AM on April 1, 2012
Hurf durf butter staffer made me laugh entirely too hard when I saw it in another thread just now. Definitely my favorite.
posted by des (stats) at 8:21 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by des (stats) at 8:21 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
There are too many comments to read but I want a sticker.
posted by maryr (ffats) at 8:25 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by maryr (ffats) at 8:25 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh lord, here we go . . .
posted by KingEdRa (staple singers) at 8:29 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by KingEdRa (staple singers) at 8:29 AM on April 1, 2012
I wanna try, I wanna try...
posted by whatideserve (behalf) at 8:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by whatideserve (behalf) at 8:32 AM on April 1, 2012
None of you realize the difficulty of being on the staff! None of you!
posted by Danf (fapfapfap) at 8:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Danf (fapfapfap) at 8:34 AM on April 1, 2012
But yer not staff, yer stoooopid.
Stupid monkey.
posted by The Whelk (horse ebooks) at 8:36 AM on April 1, 2012
Stupid monkey.
posted by The Whelk (horse ebooks) at 8:36 AM on April 1, 2012
My first official act as staff - give myself the banhammer. Hurts so good.
posted by tristeza (zach braf) at 8:37 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by tristeza (zach braf) at 8:37 AM on April 1, 2012
Nice
posted by ninekinds (starfish kisses) at 8:39 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ninekinds (starfish kisses) at 8:39 AM on April 1, 2012
I went dancing last night. Depeche Mode dance party down town. Great time.
posted by frecklefaerie ('struth) at 8:45 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by frecklefaerie ('struth) at 8:45 AM on April 1, 2012
Post in place of information merely to discover staff tag...
posted by Exchequer (no soap) at 8:45 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Exchequer (no soap) at 8:45 AM on April 1, 2012
Stoat.
Some people get Stars in their eyes.
I get Stoat.
Boy this better be random.
posted by SLC Mom (puff daddy) at 8:47 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Some people get Stars in their eyes.
I get Stoat.
Boy this better be random.
posted by SLC Mom (puff daddy) at 8:47 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
> Boy this better be random.
posted by SLC Mom (farts) at 11:47 AM on April 1
There ya go.
posted by languagehat (stentoria) at 8:47 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by SLC Mom (farts) at 11:47 AM on April 1
There ya go.
posted by languagehat (stentoria) at 8:47 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Whee!
posted by leotrotsky (stephen hawking) at 8:50 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by leotrotsky (stephen hawking) at 8:50 AM on April 1, 2012
Whee, indeed!
posted by InfidelZombie (stamp out litter) at 8:53 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by InfidelZombie (stamp out litter) at 8:53 AM on April 1, 2012
This will be my one moment of April foolery.
posted by Ruki (smithers release the hounds) at 8:53 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Ruki (smithers release the hounds) at 8:53 AM on April 1, 2012
Stapler? Stapler. Stapler? STAPLER!
posted by The White Hat (fapfapfap) at 8:55 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Mr. Cortex told me to talk to payroll and then payroll told me to talk to Mr. Cortex and I still haven't received my paycheck and he took my stapler, my special red Swingline stapler and he never brought it back and then they moved my desk to storage room B and there was garbage on it...
posted by zarq (stable boy) at 8:54 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by The White Hat (fapfapfap) at 8:55 AM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Mr. Cortex told me to talk to payroll and then payroll told me to talk to Mr. Cortex and I still haven't received my paycheck and he took my stapler, my special red Swingline stapler and he never brought it back and then they moved my desk to storage room B and there was garbage on it...
posted by zarq (stable boy) at 8:54 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
buuuuuuuuuuurp
posted by timetoevolve ( radio) at 8:56 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by timetoevolve ( radio) at 8:56 AM on April 1, 2012
Hahahaha awesome!!
posted by lazaruslong (cory doctorow) at 8:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by lazaruslong (cory doctorow) at 8:58 AM on April 1, 2012
Fun trick!
posted by juliplease (stooped) at 8:59 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by juliplease (stooped) at 8:59 AM on April 1, 2012
Awesome! Looking forward to getting the benefits package info in the mail.
posted by smirkette (stagger lee) at 8:59 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by smirkette (stagger lee) at 8:59 AM on April 1, 2012
(also: a couple friends of mine sent out save-the-date postcards to their friends for April Fools, which is epic, but I hope it doesn't backfire on them.)
posted by smirkette (sartori) at 9:00 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by smirkette (sartori) at 9:00 AM on April 1, 2012
Testing...
posted by jenfullmoon (hurf durf butter staffer) at 9:03 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by jenfullmoon (hurf durf butter staffer) at 9:03 AM on April 1, 2012
Yay!
posted by ants (smithers) at 9:08 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ants (smithers) at 9:08 AM on April 1, 2012
V. cool. I want a go.
posted by featherboa (stamos potential) at 9:12 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by featherboa (stamos potential) at 9:12 AM on April 1, 2012
needs a spartacus tag
posted by elizardbits (sweeney toddler) at 9:14 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits (sweeney toddler) at 9:14 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
This is excellent.
Congrats, filthy light thief.
posted by bru (starfish kisses) at 9:14 AM on April 1, 2012
Congrats, filthy light thief.
posted by bru (starfish kisses) at 9:14 AM on April 1, 2012
this pleases me.
posted by ninjew (snodgrass) at 9:24 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ninjew (snodgrass) at 9:24 AM on April 1, 2012
HURF BLURF I ARE MODENATOR
posted by Inspector.Gadget (graft) at 9:25 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Inspector.Gadget (graft) at 9:25 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Can we have stars too?
posted by cmyk (starfish kisses) at 9:26 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by cmyk (starfish kisses) at 9:26 AM on April 1, 2012
Stars? Some of us get (star wars)
posted by oneswellfoop (smithers) at 9:28 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (smithers) at 9:28 AM on April 1, 2012
.
posted by The corpse in the library (naff) at 9:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by The corpse in the library (naff) at 9:32 AM on April 1, 2012
Tagged!
posted by fiercekitten (stax exchange) at 9:37 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by fiercekitten (stax exchange) at 9:37 AM on April 1, 2012
Ummm....ok.
posted by nickthetourist (stasi) at 9:37 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by nickthetourist (stasi) at 9:37 AM on April 1, 2012
This is significantly less disturbing than the realization via cats that there are significantly more ads on the internet than I had ever imagined.
posted by Nimmie Amee (stars in your eyes) at 9:38 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Nimmie Amee (stars in your eyes) at 9:38 AM on April 1, 2012
Who am I? Who am I? I'm...
posted by DevilsAdvocate (stopped) at 9:39 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by DevilsAdvocate (stopped) at 9:39 AM on April 1, 2012
Woo hoo!
posted by Elly Vortex (stats) at 9:41 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Elly Vortex (stats) at 9:41 AM on April 1, 2012
and I do NOT resemble zach braf!
posted by ninjew (sweeney toddler) at 9:44 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ninjew (sweeney toddler) at 9:44 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm . . .
posted by freshwater (staring contest) at 9:52 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by freshwater (staring contest) at 9:52 AM on April 1, 2012
i can't make the cats happen anywhere and i am sad.
SAD AND CATLESS
posted by elizardbits (stabbatical) at 9:59 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
SAD AND CATLESS
posted by elizardbits (stabbatical) at 9:59 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
It's like Christmas! I hope I get socks!
posted by maudlin (hairway to steven) at 10:00 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by maudlin (hairway to steven) at 10:00 AM on April 1, 2012
Ho! Haha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!
posted by not_on_display (stax exchange) at 10:01 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display (stax exchange) at 10:01 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
This is probably too my first metatalk post.
posted by olya (sterling) at 10:01 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by olya (sterling) at 10:01 AM on April 1, 2012
No socks? *pouts*
posted by maudlin (snuffleuppagus) at 10:02 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by maudlin (snuffleuppagus) at 10:02 AM on April 1, 2012
<== I'm with elizardbits.
posted by maudlin (staffing solutions) at 10:03 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by maudlin (staffing solutions) at 10:03 AM on April 1, 2012
Yoiks! And awa-aaay!!!
posted by not_on_display (hairway to steven) at 10:03 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display (hairway to steven) at 10:03 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh. They randomize every time the page is refreshed. Not quite like Christmas, then. At least, not in my house.
posted by maudlin (stop sign) at 10:03 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by maudlin (stop sign) at 10:03 AM on April 1, 2012
I just want to see my tag.
posted by Captain_Science (stable boy) at 10:09 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Captain_Science (stable boy) at 10:09 AM on April 1, 2012
I disagree with everybody.
posted by Sys Rq (stamos potential) at 10:12 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Sys Rq (stamos potential) at 10:12 AM on April 1, 2012
This makes me happy.
posted by jason's_planet (stagger lee) at 10:14 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by jason's_planet (stagger lee) at 10:14 AM on April 1, 2012
What is this tag you are all speaking of?
posted by marxchivist (stebbins) at 10:14 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by marxchivist (stebbins) at 10:14 AM on April 1, 2012
Brandy, you're a fine girl . . .
posted by jason's_planet (stuffed) at 10:15 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by jason's_planet (stuffed) at 10:15 AM on April 1, 2012
Who took my frog?
posted by m0nm0n (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 10:15 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by m0nm0n (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 10:15 AM on April 1, 2012
Brandy, you're . . . sort of OK, I guess
posted by jason's_planet (newborn calf) at 10:16 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jason's_planet (newborn calf) at 10:16 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Indeed?
posted by Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory (stack exchange) at 10:17 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory (stack exchange) at 10:17 AM on April 1, 2012
I wonder who I get to be...
posted by langeNU (stars in your eyes) at 10:19 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by langeNU (stars in your eyes) at 10:19 AM on April 1, 2012
Wheeee!
posted by redsparkler (stan the potato man) at 10:20 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by redsparkler (stan the potato man) at 10:20 AM on April 1, 2012
Burhanistan: I win!
Dude, I can go you one better....
posted by tzikeh (behalf) at 10:25 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Dude, I can go you one better....
posted by tzikeh (behalf) at 10:25 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Cool!
posted by chaff (raff scaff) at 10:26 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by chaff (raff scaff) at 10:26 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
mine had better say GROUPIE...
posted by scody (waft) at 10:27 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by scody (waft) at 10:27 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
GODDAMMIT
posted by scody (star trek) at 10:27 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by scody (star trek) at 10:27 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Things that bother you,
never bother me
I feel happy and fine!
AHA!
Living in the sunlight,
loving in the moonlight
Having a wonderful time!
posted by Earl the Polliwog (standup bass) at 10:28 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
never bother me
I feel happy and fine!
AHA!
Living in the sunlight,
loving in the moonlight
Having a wonderful time!
posted by Earl the Polliwog (standup bass) at 10:28 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
could have been pontiac.
posted by adamvasco (smithers) at 10:30 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by adamvasco (smithers) at 10:30 AM on April 1, 2012
Ooo oooo. CANNAE HAZ??!!
posted by Skygazer (newborn calf) at 10:31 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (newborn calf) at 10:31 AM on April 1, 2012
It changes.
posted by Skygazer (snodgrass) at 10:33 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (snodgrass) at 10:33 AM on April 1, 2012
So I haven't yet put my contact lenses in, which means small text clarity is... dodgy, at best--
In accordance with the "Note" below the comment box, I offer everyone in this thread a twig. Apparently, you need one.
posted by tzikeh (staph) at 10:34 AM on April 1, 2012
In accordance with the "Note" below the comment box, I offer everyone in this thread a twig. Apparently, you need one.
posted by tzikeh (staph) at 10:34 AM on April 1, 2012
Most excellent.
posted by bitter-girl.com (stella) at 10:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by bitter-girl.com (stella) at 10:34 AM on April 1, 2012
I have no idea why all these people got staff tags, or why.
posted by Lutoslawski (silver surfer) at 10:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Lutoslawski (silver surfer) at 10:34 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh! Langenu has my tattoo! (stet) ...no fair!
posted by bitter-girl.com (snuffleuppagus) at 10:35 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by bitter-girl.com (snuffleuppagus) at 10:35 AM on April 1, 2012
mine had better say GROUPIE...
posted by scody (horse ebooks) at 10:27 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
GODDAMMIT
posted by scody (steve-o) at 10:27 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Hehe.
posted by filthy light thief (stamen) at 10:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by scody (horse ebooks) at 10:27 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
GODDAMMIT
posted by scody (steve-o) at 10:27 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Hehe.
posted by filthy light thief (stamen) at 10:36 AM on April 1, 2012
!
posted by randomination (graph) at 10:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by randomination (graph) at 10:36 AM on April 1, 2012
what is this i don't even
posted by heeeraldo (soup to nuts) at 10:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by heeeraldo (soup to nuts) at 10:36 AM on April 1, 2012
Finally! A real job title!
posted by JoanArkham (calved) at 10:37 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by JoanArkham (calved) at 10:37 AM on April 1, 2012
I'm a what now?
posted by gusandrews ( radio) at 10:38 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by gusandrews ( radio) at 10:38 AM on April 1, 2012
Huh. A thing like that.
posted by .kobayashi. (star light star bright) at 10:39 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by .kobayashi. (star light star bright) at 10:39 AM on April 1, 2012
I have just discovered they change upon refresh. Quit making me look the fool, MeFi!
posted by threeants (hairway to steven) at 10:39 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by threeants (hairway to steven) at 10:39 AM on April 1, 2012
I imagine that cortex was up late last night fervently scribbling into a notebook labeled "Things That Rhyme With Staff"
posted by burnmp3s (starburns) at 10:40 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by burnmp3s (starburns) at 10:40 AM on April 1, 2012
What the?
posted by gemmy (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 10:40 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by gemmy (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 10:40 AM on April 1, 2012
Does this mean I actually have to be productive here now?
posted by Samizdata (president taft) at 10:40 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Samizdata (president taft) at 10:40 AM on April 1, 2012
Oboes
posted by Windopaene (stefi graf) at 10:42 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Windopaene (stefi graf) at 10:42 AM on April 1, 2012
I don't like my April Fools Mefi joke. Wah.
What's wrong with being mean and cliquey anyhow??
posted by Skygazer (steve-o) at 10:42 AM on April 1, 2012
What's wrong with being mean and cliquey anyhow??
posted by Skygazer (steve-o) at 10:42 AM on April 1, 2012
Quickly, touch me before it wears off!
posted by Foci for Analysis (smithers release the hounds) at 10:42 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Foci for Analysis (smithers release the hounds) at 10:42 AM on April 1, 2012
Hooray!
posted by ShawnStruck (stodgy) at 10:43 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ShawnStruck (stodgy) at 10:43 AM on April 1, 2012
Mod note: I have just discovered they change upon refresh. Quit making me look the fool, MeFi!
posted by threeants (stoopid) at 10:39 AM on April 1
noted for moar posterity.
posted by taz (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 10:43 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by threeants (stoopid) at 10:39 AM on April 1
noted for moar posterity.
posted by taz (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 10:43 AM on April 1, 2012
mine had better say GROUPIE...
posted by scody (stella) at 1:27 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Stella is pretty good though!
posted by Skygazer (starship trooper) at 10:43 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by scody (stella) at 1:27 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Stella is pretty good though!
posted by Skygazer (starship trooper) at 10:43 AM on April 1, 2012
Quickly, touch me before it wears off!
posted by Foci for Analysis (fapfapfap) at 1:42 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Urrr...
ew...
posted by Skygazer (stamps.com) at 10:44 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Foci for Analysis (fapfapfap) at 1:42 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Urrr...
ew...
posted by Skygazer (stamps.com) at 10:44 AM on April 1, 2012
I am 99 kinds of hung over (but I made it to church this morning). So what does that make me?
posted by Lulu's Pink Converse (stifler) at 10:46 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Lulu's Pink Converse (stifler) at 10:46 AM on April 1, 2012
We haven't had many April 1st prank posts around the internet today. Or maybe I've simply been otherwise engaged?
posted by jeffburdges (stefi graf) at 10:46 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by jeffburdges (stefi graf) at 10:46 AM on April 1, 2012
I like that they all seem to have a combination of ST or rhyme with "staff".
posted by oneirodynia (smithers) at 10:47 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneirodynia (smithers) at 10:47 AM on April 1, 2012
I just want esteban.
posted by Drumhellz (esteban) at 11:12 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
Your wish is/was granted.
posted by filthy light thief (stax exchange) at 10:48 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Drumhellz (esteban) at 11:12 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
Your wish is/was granted.
posted by filthy light thief (stax exchange) at 10:48 AM on April 1, 2012
Actually, it seems to be any two letter combination from STAFF, now that I see a puffy daddy has weighed in.
If someone posted this revelation already, well, I just woke up.
posted by oneirodynia (stuff) at 10:50 AM on April 1, 2012
If someone posted this revelation already, well, I just woke up.
posted by oneirodynia (stuff) at 10:50 AM on April 1, 2012
Whoa.
posted by no regrets, coyote (winner) at 10:51 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by no regrets, coyote (winner) at 10:51 AM on April 1, 2012
wtf
posted by FrauMaschine (staring contest) at 10:52 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by FrauMaschine (staring contest) at 10:52 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh man this thread is so fun.
posted by WidgetAlley (stairway to heaven) at 10:54 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by WidgetAlley (stairway to heaven) at 10:54 AM on April 1, 2012
Yay!
posted by fermezporte (smithers release the hounds) at 10:55 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by fermezporte (smithers release the hounds) at 10:55 AM on April 1, 2012
Awesome
posted by decathecting (stebbins) at 10:56 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by decathecting (stebbins) at 10:56 AM on April 1, 2012
NO U
posted by casarkos (stamp tramp) at 10:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by casarkos (stamp tramp) at 10:58 AM on April 1, 2012
I have nothing to say, but want to see what my random badge will be anyways.
posted by Dr. Eigenvariable (stabbatical) at 10:58 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Dr. Eigenvariable (stabbatical) at 10:58 AM on April 1, 2012
omgwtfbbq
posted by Nutri-Matic Drinks Synthesizer (stabilizer) at 10:59 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Nutri-Matic Drinks Synthesizer (stabilizer) at 10:59 AM on April 1, 2012
That's fantastic.
posted by Dr. Eigenvariable (stax exchange) at 10:59 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Dr. Eigenvariable (stax exchange) at 10:59 AM on April 1, 2012
I hope these don't have any sort of greater cosmic significance.
posted by eggplantplacebo (stand and deliver) at 11:07 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by eggplantplacebo (stand and deliver) at 11:07 AM on April 1, 2012
Someone stop the madness.
posted by incessant (stamos potential) at 11:08 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by incessant (stamos potential) at 11:08 AM on April 1, 2012
Although now apparently I'm one bad mother, so -
posted by incessant (smithers) at 11:09 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by incessant (smithers) at 11:09 AM on April 1, 2012
I want mine!
posted by Edna Million (stagger lee) at 11:09 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Edna Million (stagger lee) at 11:09 AM on April 1, 2012
W00t
posted by special-k (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 11:10 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by special-k (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 11:10 AM on April 1, 2012
WAT
posted by 1024x768 (puff daddy) at 11:10 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by 1024x768 (puff daddy) at 11:10 AM on April 1, 2012
I feel important, now!
posted by The Great Big Mulp (puff daddy) at 11:11 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by The Great Big Mulp (puff daddy) at 11:11 AM on April 1, 2012
*... wonders if he is stuffed, stasi, or star bright....*
posted by philipy (stapler) at 11:13 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by philipy (stapler) at 11:13 AM on April 1, 2012
It turns out, I'm graph.
But am I also anything else?
posted by philipy (soup to nuts) at 11:13 AM on April 1, 2012
But am I also anything else?
posted by philipy (soup to nuts) at 11:13 AM on April 1, 2012
In a very zen like way, whatever I thought I was, that was then, and now I am that no more.
posted by philipy (stamp tramp) at 11:15 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by philipy (stamp tramp) at 11:15 AM on April 1, 2012
omg, cooolz!
posted by yodelingisfun (steppenwolf) at 11:18 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by yodelingisfun (steppenwolf) at 11:18 AM on April 1, 2012
This is awesome.
posted by ZaphodB (stamp tramp) at 11:19 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by ZaphodB (stamp tramp) at 11:19 AM on April 1, 2012
ee!
posted by shinyshiny (starburns) at 11:20 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by shinyshiny (starburns) at 11:20 AM on April 1, 2012
yay!
posted by Shit Parade (stand and deliver) at 11:24 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Shit Parade (stand and deliver) at 11:24 AM on April 1, 2012
So.
posted by zennie (smithers release the hounds) at 11:28 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zennie (smithers release the hounds) at 11:28 AM on April 1, 2012
Gimme gimme gimme!
posted by EvaDestruction (star light star bright) at 11:28 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by EvaDestruction (star light star bright) at 11:28 AM on April 1, 2012
No fair. EvaDestruction gets better tags than me.
posted by zennie (stanky) at 11:30 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zennie (stanky) at 11:30 AM on April 1, 2012
I must know!
posted by fillsthepews (star trek) at 11:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by fillsthepews (star trek) at 11:32 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh yay! I always wanted to be somebody!
posted by dinty_moore (horse ebooks) at 11:32 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by dinty_moore (horse ebooks) at 11:32 AM on April 1, 2012
what is this i don;t even
posted by EndsOfInvention (standup bass) at 11:33 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by EndsOfInvention (standup bass) at 11:33 AM on April 1, 2012
tl;dr, give me me title.
posted by mccarty.tim (stentoria) at 11:33 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by mccarty.tim (stentoria) at 11:33 AM on April 1, 2012
I am rolling again.
posted by mccarty.tim (stack exchange) at 11:33 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by mccarty.tim (stack exchange) at 11:33 AM on April 1, 2012
I'll take it.
posted by mccarty.tim (stamps.com) at 11:34 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by mccarty.tim (stamps.com) at 11:34 AM on April 1, 2012
Can pb code a banhammer so powerful not even he could lift it?
posted by mccarty.tim (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 11:35 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by mccarty.tim (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 11:35 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
I'll play along...
posted by Doktor Zed (raff scaff) at 11:35 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Doktor Zed (raff scaff) at 11:35 AM on April 1, 2012
This needs to be site-wide and permanent. I'm hoping for the [winner] tag.
posted by fuq (stats) at 11:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by fuq (stats) at 11:36 AM on April 1, 2012
I have little to add.
posted by crush-onastick (stamp tramp) at 11:36 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by crush-onastick (stamp tramp) at 11:36 AM on April 1, 2012
So.I dunno, from my side it looks like you're coming out ahead so far, zennie.
posted by zennie (stab) at 2:28 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Gimme gimme gimme!
posted by EvaDestruction (stuff) at 2:28 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
These tags are really distracting.
posted by zennie (stab) at 2:29 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
No fair. EvaDestruction gets better tags than me.
posted by zennie (stefi graf) at 2:30 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
posted by EvaDestruction (snuffleuppagus) at 11:37 AM on April 1, 2012
Although your "stab" just changed to "farts" and my "stuff" just changed to "winner"... I still think you're doing pretty well, all up.
posted by EvaDestruction (spouse) at 11:39 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by EvaDestruction (spouse) at 11:39 AM on April 1, 2012
Awesome.
posted by devinemissk (studebaker) at 11:41 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by devinemissk (studebaker) at 11:41 AM on April 1, 2012
The
posted by Navelgazer (stoat) at 11:41 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Navelgazer (stoat) at 11:41 AM on April 1, 2012
Jessamyn is my spouse.
posted by urbanwhaleshark (stairway to heaven) at 11:43 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by urbanwhaleshark (stairway to heaven) at 11:43 AM on April 1, 2012
And you are president taft.
posted by jessamyn (simple machine) at 11:43 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by jessamyn (simple machine) at 11:43 AM on April 1, 2012
Uh, I think I misunderstood the point of this.
posted by urbanwhaleshark (scrappy-doo) at 11:44 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by urbanwhaleshark (scrappy-doo) at 11:44 AM on April 1, 2012
Gimme gimme gimme!I submit Item A above into evidence.
posted by EvaDestruction (newborn calf) at 2:28 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
posted by zennie (snodgrass) at 11:44 AM on April 1, 2012
Fun Fact: I actually use the 'professional white background.' Bet you didn't think the Cube would be so boring! (It's actually just to balance out my crazy bohemian lifestyle.)
posted by Weighted Companion Cube (winner) at 11:47 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Weighted Companion Cube (winner) at 11:47 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (horse ebooks) at 6:33 AM on April 1 [+] [!]Clear winner.
posted by xqwzts (fapfapfap) at 11:48 AM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
I submit Item A above into evidence.
posted by zennie (mr. belvedere) at 2:44 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
I submit you're just getting better tags for everybody than I am. I hadn't even seen "newborn calf" before.
posted by EvaDestruction (staple singers) at 11:50 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by zennie (mr. belvedere) at 2:44 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
I submit you're just getting better tags for everybody than I am. I hadn't even seen "newborn calf" before.
posted by EvaDestruction (staple singers) at 11:50 AM on April 1, 2012
Oh my giddy aunt!
posted by bentley (smithers) at 11:51 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by bentley (smithers) at 11:51 AM on April 1, 2012
I want to be pancake captain.
posted by Tesseractive (stack exchange) at 11:52 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by Tesseractive (stack exchange) at 11:52 AM on April 1, 2012
> I, too, inexplicably desire to see my username next to a random word in a bright yellow box [colored according to my chosen theme]. Thanks in advance! (I think)
FTFY. Amen.
posted by tarheelcoxn (behalf) at 11:55 AM on April 1, 2012
FTFY. Amen.
posted by tarheelcoxn (behalf) at 11:55 AM on April 1, 2012
.!
posted by panda (stamp out litter) at 11:56 AM on April 1, 2012
posted by panda (stamp out litter) at 11:56 AM on April 1, 2012
furtwangler!
posted by lalochezia (stamp tramp) at 12:00 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by lalochezia (stamp tramp) at 12:00 PM on April 1, 2012
/.
posted by LSK (stalwart) at 12:00 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by LSK (stalwart) at 12:00 PM on April 1, 2012
Please and thank you.
posted by brookedel (stoooooooooooooned) at 12:02 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by brookedel (stoooooooooooooned) at 12:02 PM on April 1, 2012
Can pb code a banhammer so powerful not even he could lift it?
posted by mccarty.tim (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 11:35 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
How many times would stavros have to post before he got his own tag?
posted by jokeefe (stagger lee) at 12:02 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by mccarty.tim (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 11:35 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
How many times would stavros have to post before he got his own tag?
posted by jokeefe (stagger lee) at 12:02 PM on April 1, 2012
what did I get?
posted by ClanvidHorse (smithers) at 12:04 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by ClanvidHorse (smithers) at 12:04 PM on April 1, 2012
I'll April you, fools.
posted by mostlymartha (stilettos) at 12:09 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by mostlymartha (stilettos) at 12:09 PM on April 1, 2012
This comment is going to seem pretty stupid come April 2.
It don't seem too witty right now, neither.
posted by deliquescent (stippled) at 12:10 PM on April 1, 2012
It don't seem too witty right now, neither.
posted by deliquescent (stippled) at 12:10 PM on April 1, 2012
with the season premiere of Game of Thrones within hours, I am still quite disappointed that there is no (ned stark) tag... or would it require cutting off the user's SPOILER
posted by oneswellfoop (starship trooper) at 12:10 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (starship trooper) at 12:10 PM on April 1, 2012
Lulu's Pink Converse: "I am 99 kinds of hung over (but I made it to church this morning). So what does that make me?"
puff daddy.
posted by wierdo (stamos potential) at 12:12 PM on April 1, 2012
puff daddy.
posted by wierdo (stamos potential) at 12:12 PM on April 1, 2012
Oh, hell yes!
posted by pupperduck (stafu) at 12:15 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by pupperduck (stafu) at 12:15 PM on April 1, 2012
Happy April 1st, MeF!
posted by theora55 (mr. belvedere) at 12:27 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by theora55 (mr. belvedere) at 12:27 PM on April 1, 2012
woot.
posted by Tennyson D'San (hairway to steven) at 12:28 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Tennyson D'San (hairway to steven) at 12:28 PM on April 1, 2012
Telephone.
posted by Fister Roboto (step) at 12:29 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Fister Roboto (step) at 12:29 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Can I go again?
posted by davemee (mr. belvedere) at 12:30 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by davemee (mr. belvedere) at 12:30 PM on April 1, 2012
Get's repetitive and predictable.
3 out of 5 stars.
posted by Skygazer (stop sign) at 12:32 PM on April 1, 2012
3 out of 5 stars.
posted by Skygazer (stop sign) at 12:32 PM on April 1, 2012
Ponies for everyone!
posted by deborah (karen carpenter) at 12:32 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by deborah (karen carpenter) at 12:32 PM on April 1, 2012
Too much "fapfapfap."
posted by Skygazer (cory doctorow) at 12:33 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (cory doctorow) at 12:33 PM on April 1, 2012
I submit you're just getting better tags for everybody than I am. I hadn't even seen "newborn calf" before.
posted by EvaDestruction (spouse) at 2:50 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
*pout*
posted by zennie (staphylococcus) at 12:33 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by EvaDestruction (spouse) at 2:50 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
*pout*
posted by zennie (staphylococcus) at 12:33 PM on April 1, 2012
Like IRL.
posted by Skygazer (giraffed) at 12:33 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (giraffed) at 12:33 PM on April 1, 2012
why so many S's?
posted by shothotbot (stuff) at 12:34 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by shothotbot (stuff) at 12:34 PM on April 1, 2012
*Moons Metafilter*
posted by Skygazer (stanley kubrick) at 12:35 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (stanley kubrick) at 12:35 PM on April 1, 2012
Ooh, ooh, do me next!
posted by benito.strauss (simple machine) at 12:35 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by benito.strauss (simple machine) at 12:35 PM on April 1, 2012
nice
posted by patheral (silver surfer) at 2:35 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Yay! silver surfer!
posted by patheral (pfaff) at 12:35 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by patheral (silver surfer) at 2:35 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Yay! silver surfer!
posted by patheral (pfaff) at 12:35 PM on April 1, 2012
half? half?
posted by benito.strauss (standup bass) at 12:36 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by benito.strauss (standup bass) at 12:36 PM on April 1, 2012
I'm joining in.
posted by Salmonberry (smithers) at 12:38 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Salmonberry (smithers) at 12:38 PM on April 1, 2012
That's true. I am starvin'. Gonna go eat a scone now.
posted by Salmonberry (stagger lee) at 12:38 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Salmonberry (stagger lee) at 12:38 PM on April 1, 2012
.
posted by axiom (staphylococcus) at 12:41 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by axiom (staphylococcus) at 12:41 PM on April 1, 2012
I ate a bee.
posted by hot soup girl (standardized test) at 12:45 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by hot soup girl (standardized test) at 12:45 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
what
posted by The Biggest Dreamer (stamps.com) at 12:48 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by The Biggest Dreamer (stamps.com) at 12:48 PM on April 1, 2012
So...am I cool now?
posted by Mr. Bad Example (stairway to heaven) at 12:49 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Mr. Bad Example (stairway to heaven) at 12:49 PM on April 1, 2012
noooo
posted by The Biggest Dreamer (starter) at 12:49 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by The Biggest Dreamer (starter) at 12:49 PM on April 1, 2012
So, do we have to post to find out what our staff tag is?
posted by daniel striped tiger (staple singers) at 12:51 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by daniel striped tiger (staple singers) at 12:51 PM on April 1, 2012
Whee! Hugs for everyone.
posted by coppermoss (stabbatical) at 12:51 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by coppermoss (stabbatical) at 12:51 PM on April 1, 2012
The upside to pessimism is that there's always room for pleasant surprises.
posted by pwnguin (starburns) at 12:52 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by pwnguin (starburns) at 12:52 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
daniel striped tiger: "So, do we have to post to find out what our staff tag is"
They appear to be random per comment, not per person.
posted by pwnguin (newborn calf) at 12:53 PM on April 1, 2012
They appear to be random per comment, not per person.
posted by pwnguin (newborn calf) at 12:53 PM on April 1, 2012
Happy April, fools!
posted by zoetrope (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 12:54 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by zoetrope (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 12:54 PM on April 1, 2012
Oooh, Staff-Tag Roulette makes April Fool's so exciting!
posted by Devika (puff daddy) at 1:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Devika (puff daddy) at 1:01 PM on April 1, 2012
Man I got chaff?? I am wheat for sure, fuck this noise.
posted by Devika (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 1:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Devika (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 1:01 PM on April 1, 2012
What what ... I swear it was chaff a moment ago .. *blinks*
posted by Devika (stamp out litter) at 1:02 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Devika (stamp out litter) at 1:02 PM on April 1, 2012
Meeee
posted by Grlnxtdr (riffraff) at 1:03 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Grlnxtdr (riffraff) at 1:03 PM on April 1, 2012
Oh, man - look what happens when I try to stay off the internet and get something accomplished!
posted by Space Kitty (sartori) at 1:05 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Space Kitty (sartori) at 1:05 PM on April 1, 2012
Yea!
posted by amelliferae (stefi graf) at 1:14 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by amelliferae (stefi graf) at 1:14 PM on April 1, 2012
Woohoo!
posted by IndigoRain (stamps.com) at 1:21 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by IndigoRain (stamps.com) at 1:21 PM on April 1, 2012
Me too!
posted by cholly (newborn calf) at 1:25 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by cholly (newborn calf) at 1:25 PM on April 1, 2012
Oh, man. This is worth getting off my ass for.
posted by procrastination (snodgrass) at 1:26 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by procrastination (snodgrass) at 1:26 PM on April 1, 2012
Woot.
posted by zoo (stan the potato man) at 1:30 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by zoo (stan the potato man) at 1:30 PM on April 1, 2012
Oh me me!
posted by greta simone (waft) at 1:31 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by greta simone (waft) at 1:31 PM on April 1, 2012
Woooooo.
posted by defenestration (stack exchange) at 1:33 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by defenestration (stack exchange) at 1:33 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Finally, the recognition I deserve.
posted by 1000monkeys (start) at 1:37 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by 1000monkeys (start) at 1:37 PM on April 1, 2012
What's mine then?
posted by rubbish bin night (stairway to heaven) at 1:40 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by rubbish bin night (stairway to heaven) at 1:40 PM on April 1, 2012
Golly!
posted by atomicmedia (stab) at 1:42 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by atomicmedia (stab) at 1:42 PM on April 1, 2012
whatamiwhatami?!
posted by ocherdraco (snuffleuppagus) at 1:44 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by ocherdraco (snuffleuppagus) at 1:44 PM on April 1, 2012
Silver Surfer. Nice as a comic fan I approve.
posted by MsLgean (smithers) at 1:45 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by MsLgean (smithers) at 1:45 PM on April 1, 2012
For the moment, apparently, I am stanley kubrick. (Yesssss.)
posted by ocherdraco (stodgy) at 1:45 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by ocherdraco (stodgy) at 1:45 PM on April 1, 2012
zach braff is misspelled. This pains me and it pains me that it pains me.
posted by sweetkid (stoned) at 1:47 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by sweetkid (stoned) at 1:47 PM on April 1, 2012
Fool me! OH YES FOOL ME UP GOOD
posted by chinesefood (starblazers) at 1:48 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by chinesefood (starblazers) at 1:48 PM on April 1, 2012
Um, so they change if you refresh the page or whatever. Just sayin'.
posted by Sys Rq (scrappy-doo) at 1:49 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Sys Rq (scrappy-doo) at 1:49 PM on April 1, 2012
i need to know what i am, please define me metafilter...
posted by ifjuly (stiffie) at 1:52 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by ifjuly (stiffie) at 1:52 PM on April 1, 2012
Huzzah!
posted by houlihan (staring contest) at 1:52 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by houlihan (staring contest) at 1:52 PM on April 1, 2012
It's an electrified foolin machine!
posted by The Whelk (staple singers) at 1:53 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by The Whelk (staple singers) at 1:53 PM on April 1, 2012
So cool!
So where from do the words get chosen? The entire site? (Doesn't seem to be, otherwise there would be fewer repetitions and more words like "the".) How does this work?
posted by Omnomnom (stooped) at 1:53 PM on April 1, 2012
So where from do the words get chosen? The entire site? (Doesn't seem to be, otherwise there would be fewer repetitions and more words like "the".) How does this work?
posted by Omnomnom (stooped) at 1:53 PM on April 1, 2012
Sweet.
posted by eendje (stentoria) at 2:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by eendje (stentoria) at 2:01 PM on April 1, 2012
Hope it's an old school solution like pulling titles from random.txt.
posted by fluffy battle kitten (starburns) at 2:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by fluffy battle kitten (starburns) at 2:01 PM on April 1, 2012
Hooray!
posted by ShawnStruck (stuffing) at 10:43 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
[noted for moar posterity. ]
posted by taz (stuffed) at 10:43 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Well, if we're going to keep these things around for posterity...
posted by P.o.B. ( radio) at 2:03 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by ShawnStruck (stuffing) at 10:43 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
[noted for moar posterity. ]
posted by taz (stuffed) at 10:43 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
Well, if we're going to keep these things around for posterity...
posted by P.o.B. ( radio) at 2:03 PM on April 1, 2012
Things like this are why I love Metafilter. <3
posted by lysimache (stabilizer) at 2:03 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by lysimache (stabilizer) at 2:03 PM on April 1, 2012
Staff tag is:
posted by kate blank (stet) at 2:05 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by kate blank (stet) at 2:05 PM on April 1, 2012
Curiosity wins out.
posted by starvingartist (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 2:06 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by starvingartist (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 2:06 PM on April 1, 2012
Loves it.
posted by futureisunwritten (stasi) at 2:07 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by futureisunwritten (stasi) at 2:07 PM on April 1, 2012
...and what powers does this give me?
(I would very much like to render as stapler, for that would have some obvious purpose.)
posted by beryllium (standup comedian) at 2:07 PM on April 1, 2012
(I would very much like to render as stapler, for that would have some obvious purpose.)
posted by beryllium (standup comedian) at 2:07 PM on April 1, 2012
This is a stupid idea and I do not wish to participate.
posted by The Deej (stupid) at 6:34 AM on April 1 [1 favorite +] [!]
Ha!
posted by The Deej (raff scaff) at 2:10 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by The Deej (stupid) at 6:34 AM on April 1 [1 favorite +] [!]
Ha!
posted by The Deej (raff scaff) at 2:10 PM on April 1, 2012
I have to know...
posted by Mister Moofoo (staffing solutions) at 2:11 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Mister Moofoo (staffing solutions) at 2:11 PM on April 1, 2012
tag check
posted by vagabond (stand and deliver) at 2:12 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by vagabond (stand and deliver) at 2:12 PM on April 1, 2012
You know when you've been giraffed...
posted by panboi (snodgrass) at 2:15 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by panboi (snodgrass) at 2:15 PM on April 1, 2012
Yay!!!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero (soup to nuts) at 2:22 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by ThePinkSuperhero (soup to nuts) at 2:22 PM on April 1, 2012
Uh, what?
posted by mr_crash_davis (karen carpenter) at 2:24 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by mr_crash_davis (karen carpenter) at 2:24 PM on April 1, 2012
Aw, *I* wanted to be esteban!
posted by mreleganza (stiff) at 2:25 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by mreleganza (stiff) at 2:25 PM on April 1, 2012
Must post to see name....
posted by tryniti (smithers) at 2:25 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by tryniti (smithers) at 2:25 PM on April 1, 2012
Is it the same every time?
posted by sklero (starfish kisses) at 2:33 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by sklero (starfish kisses) at 2:33 PM on April 1, 2012
for me?
posted by Orinda (stamp tramp) at 2:37 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Orinda (stamp tramp) at 2:37 PM on April 1, 2012
My moment of triumph!
posted by xiw (studebaker) at 2:39 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by xiw (studebaker) at 2:39 PM on April 1, 2012
finally, my contributions around here are recognized.
posted by xbonesgt (staph) at 2:40 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by xbonesgt (staph) at 2:40 PM on April 1, 2012
finally, my contributions around here are recognized.
posted by xbonesgt (stable boy) at 5:40 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
:(
posted by xbonesgt (pfaff) at 2:41 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by xbonesgt (stable boy) at 5:40 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
:(
posted by xbonesgt (pfaff) at 2:41 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Why am I sober?
posted by cjorgensen (studebaker) at 2:41 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by cjorgensen (studebaker) at 2:41 PM on April 1, 2012
Why am I sober?
posted by cjorgensen (stout)
hehehehe
posted by The Whelk (riffraff) at 2:43 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by cjorgensen (stout)
hehehehe
posted by The Whelk (riffraff) at 2:43 PM on April 1, 2012
Metafilter: Easily amused.
posted by Skygazer (steppenwolf) at 2:45 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (steppenwolf) at 2:45 PM on April 1, 2012
April is the cruelest month..
posted by Skygazer (stack hat) at 2:46 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (stack hat) at 2:46 PM on April 1, 2012
Still April First here - wonder what I'll be
posted by motdiem2 (stentoria) at 2:49 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by motdiem2 (stentoria) at 2:49 PM on April 1, 2012
Today's secret word is ↓
posted by milquetoast (stamps.com) at 2:54 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by milquetoast (stamps.com) at 2:54 PM on April 1, 2012
I'm with -------------------------------
|
\/
posted by jeremias (stars in your eyes) at 2:55 PM on April 1, 2012
\/
posted by jeremias (stars in your eyes) at 2:55 PM on April 1, 2012
I'm with a mod ↑.
posted by adamrice (stamos potential) at 2:56 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by adamrice (stamos potential) at 2:56 PM on April 1, 2012
Is it time for Mod Men?
posted by oneswellfoop (farts) at 2:57 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (farts) at 2:57 PM on April 1, 2012
WHOA
posted by clockworkjoe (half) at 3:02 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by clockworkjoe (half) at 3:02 PM on April 1, 2012
Ich bin ein wurst.
posted by Bonky Moon (raff scaff) at 3:04 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Bonky Moon (raff scaff) at 3:04 PM on April 1, 2012
toasting an epic bread
posted by Auguris (stockholm syndrome) at 3:05 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Auguris (stockholm syndrome) at 3:05 PM on April 1, 2012
Did I miss it? I kept waiting for the screen to change colors.
posted by Sweetie Darling (riffraff) at 3:07 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Sweetie Darling (riffraff) at 3:07 PM on April 1, 2012
:::fingers crossed for something good::::
posted by NoraCharles (staphylococcus) at 3:16 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by NoraCharles (staphylococcus) at 3:16 PM on April 1, 2012
????? I am confused
posted by Ayn Rand and God (stalwart) at 3:16 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Ayn Rand and God (stalwart) at 3:16 PM on April 1, 2012
Am I ready, can I handle the responsibility of this new title?
posted by Heart_on_Sleeve (stax exchange) at 3:32 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Heart_on_Sleeve (stax exchange) at 3:32 PM on April 1, 2012
I'd like to thank my cat.
posted by swift (staph) at 3:38 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by swift (staph) at 3:38 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
I want to see.
posted by Anxietygirl (stuffed) at 3:40 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Anxietygirl (stuffed) at 3:40 PM on April 1, 2012
Outstanding. Thanks!
posted by angrynerd (stack exchange) at 3:47 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by angrynerd (stack exchange) at 3:47 PM on April 1, 2012
lol, awesome
posted by Xany (star wars) at 3:54 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Xany (star wars) at 3:54 PM on April 1, 2012
Mine is the bestest.
posted by Mittenz (mr. belvedere) at 3:55 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Mittenz (mr. belvedere) at 3:55 PM on April 1, 2012
New title? Do we get wafers with it?
posted by bakerina (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 3:59 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by bakerina (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 3:59 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by bakerina (gaffe) at 3:59 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Oh, pardon me. How embarrassing.
posted by bakerina (sartori) at 4:00 PM on April 1, 2012
Oh, pardon me. How embarrassing.
posted by bakerina (sartori) at 4:00 PM on April 1, 2012
No way I'm missing out on this.
posted by Schismatic (taffy) at 4:03 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Schismatic (taffy) at 4:03 PM on April 1, 2012
aw, markr said what I was going to say.
posted by Chris4d (stars in your eyes) at 4:20 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Chris4d (stars in your eyes) at 4:20 PM on April 1, 2012
Omnomnom: pretty sure the mods just riffed on "staff" and came up with a grab bag of funny things based on site history and, you know, human culture stuff. The 'filthy light thief' thing is pretty danged funny, though.
posted by trip and a half (staple singers) at 4:20 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by trip and a half (staple singers) at 4:20 PM on April 1, 2012
I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it! Let's do it!
posted by Hey Dean Yeager! ('struth) at 4:28 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Hey Dean Yeager! ('struth) at 4:28 PM on April 1, 2012
This is a stupid idea and I do not wish to participate.
posted by The Deej (stupid) at 6:34 AM on April 1 [1 favourite +] [!]
Ha!
posted by The Deej (winner)
Double ha!
posted by dg (stiff) at 4:29 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by The Deej (stupid) at 6:34 AM on April 1 [1 favourite +] [!]
Ha!
posted by The Deej (winner)
Double ha!
posted by dg (stiff) at 4:29 PM on April 1, 2012
I want one!
posted by TedW (silver surfer) at 4:30 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by TedW (silver surfer) at 4:30 PM on April 1, 2012
Hooray!
posted by TedW (stippled) at 4:30 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by TedW (stippled) at 4:30 PM on April 1, 2012
oh hey
posted by book 'em dano (star light star bright) at 4:32 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by book 'em dano (star light star bright) at 4:32 PM on April 1, 2012
I suspect that 'filthy light thief' (who I have met and is not filthy but is rather light) was the first person to notice that the tagging had been implemented AND that nobody official had made a post to announce it, so he decided to make himself into somebody official to make a post to announce (hey, I'd've done the same thing). Still, it confirms something I have suspected since his 14th megapost on the blue... he spends WAY too much time here. As I do, and so do many of you reading this.
Also, (spends WAY too much time here) should've been one of the tags.
posted by oneswellfoop (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 4:34 PM on April 1, 2012
Also, (spends WAY too much time here) should've been one of the tags.
posted by oneswellfoop (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 4:34 PM on April 1, 2012
Well that's a mouthful.
posted by book 'em dano (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 4:35 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by book 'em dano (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 4:35 PM on April 1, 2012
throwaway comment as suggested by cortex in that other thread
posted by newpotato (silver surfer) at 4:38 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by newpotato (silver surfer) at 4:38 PM on April 1, 2012
Heh.
posted by embrangled ( radio) at 4:39 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by embrangled ( radio) at 4:39 PM on April 1, 2012
I cannot rationally explain why I find this so hilarious.
posted by clavier (standup comedian) at 4:39 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by clavier (standup comedian) at 4:39 PM on April 1, 2012
Metafilter: The only site on the internet that does April Fool's well.
posted by booknerd (stats) at 4:39 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by booknerd (stats) at 4:39 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
also, is this going to last forever, or are our tags going to magically disappear at midnight?
posted by newpotato (half) at 4:40 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by newpotato (half) at 4:40 PM on April 1, 2012
This is all temporary anyway, but on MeTa it totally broke the Mefi Navigation greasemonkey script. Anytime I click to see someone's next or previous link it goes to the FAQ page.
I hope I get "gripe" as my tag on this one
posted by chimaera (stoopid) at 4:40 PM on April 1, 2012
I hope I get "gripe" as my tag on this one
posted by chimaera (stoopid) at 4:40 PM on April 1, 2012
and so do many of you reading this
I can quit anytime I want, just choose not to.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 4:41 PM on April 1, 2012
I can quit anytime I want, just choose not to.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 4:41 PM on April 1, 2012
מה נשתנה, הלילה הזה
?מכל הלילות
posted by not_on_display (horse ebooks) at 4:42 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
?מכל הלילות
posted by not_on_display (horse ebooks) at 4:42 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
is this going to last forever, or are our tags going to magically disappear at midnight?
This is all temporary anyway,
While the rest of MeTa will soon return to normal, why does THIS thread have to? It could become a semi-permanent (what is REALLY permanent on the Web, anyway?) shrine to the awesomeness that is having April Fools Day fall on a Sunday...
posted by oneswellfoop (stand and deliver) at 4:46 PM on April 1, 2012
This is all temporary anyway,
While the rest of MeTa will soon return to normal, why does THIS thread have to? It could become a semi-permanent (what is REALLY permanent on the Web, anyway?) shrine to the awesomeness that is having April Fools Day fall on a Sunday...
posted by oneswellfoop (stand and deliver) at 4:46 PM on April 1, 2012
This is delightfully amusing.
posted by rmd1023 (sterling) at 4:50 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by rmd1023 (sterling) at 4:50 PM on April 1, 2012
Is it too late?
posted by in the methow (staring contest) at 4:52 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by in the methow (staring contest) at 4:52 PM on April 1, 2012
Show me "stentorian"
posted by sciatica (stax exchange) at 4:59 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by sciatica (stax exchange) at 4:59 PM on April 1, 2012
dang, I didn't see this till April 1st is mostly over!
posted by easily confused (sartori) at 5:09 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by easily confused (sartori) at 5:09 PM on April 1, 2012
CooltagCooltagNowhammiesNowhammiesSTOP
posted by the other side (no soap) at 5:11 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by the other side (no soap) at 5:11 PM on April 1, 2012
stable boy??? stable BOY?!? hrumph.
posted by easily confused (stadia) at 5:11 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by easily confused (stadia) at 5:11 PM on April 1, 2012
come on, taters
posted by joshuaconner (stamp out litter) at 5:12 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by joshuaconner (stamp out litter) at 5:12 PM on April 1, 2012
Rabbit rabbit?
posted by zerbinetta (stamen) at 5:12 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by zerbinetta (stamen) at 5:12 PM on April 1, 2012
my turn!
posted by Bohemia Mountain (stella) at 5:14 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Bohemia Mountain (stella) at 5:14 PM on April 1, 2012
My throwaway comment. Per cortex.
posted by Glinn (stanley kubrick) at 5:14 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Glinn (stanley kubrick) at 5:14 PM on April 1, 2012
Awesome.
posted by guster4lovers (graft) at 5:16 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by guster4lovers (graft) at 5:16 PM on April 1, 2012
oh, good
posted by readery (stoooooooooooooned) at 5:16 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by readery (stoooooooooooooned) at 5:16 PM on April 1, 2012
Oooooo, what am I?
posted by limeonaire (stop sign) at 5:21 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by limeonaire (stop sign) at 5:21 PM on April 1, 2012
Heh. I'm a simple machine. Or am I?
posted by limeonaire (stoopid) at 5:22 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by limeonaire (stoopid) at 5:22 PM on April 1, 2012
Hooray For Everything!
posted by blaneyphoto (puff daddy) at 5:22 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by blaneyphoto (puff daddy) at 5:22 PM on April 1, 2012
Ooo, now I'm a stab. Sorry.
posted by limeonaire (step) at 5:22 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by limeonaire (step) at 5:22 PM on April 1, 2012
Who's the April Fool now?
posted by ThatCanadianGirl (stefi graf) at 5:23 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by ThatCanadianGirl (stefi graf) at 5:23 PM on April 1, 2012
happy sigh
posted by Mouse Army (shillelagh) at 5:24 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Mouse Army (shillelagh) at 5:24 PM on April 1, 2012
Hey, anybody notice that it's April Fool's Day?
posted by Chanther (stiff) at 5:28 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Chanther (stiff) at 5:28 PM on April 1, 2012
Who are I? Who Who? WHo WHo?
posted by holdkris99 (staves) at 5:30 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by holdkris99 (staves) at 5:30 PM on April 1, 2012
All I want to know is:
a) What is my staff tag?
b) Will these appear in these threads tomorrow?
c) Does this appear in old threads?
I can only answer the first one by posting, the second one by waiting, and the third one by going to another thread I posted in (which can't happen till after I post.) So.
posted by SMPA (stalin) at 5:30 PM on April 1, 2012
a) What is my staff tag?
b) Will these appear in these threads tomorrow?
c) Does this appear in old threads?
I can only answer the first one by posting, the second one by waiting, and the third one by going to another thread I posted in (which can't happen till after I post.) So.
posted by SMPA (stalin) at 5:30 PM on April 1, 2012
Holding out for something like "floor wax and dessert topping"...
Hitting post... and...
posted by pianoblack (staph) at 5:31 PM on April 1, 2012
Hitting post... and...
posted by pianoblack (staph) at 5:31 PM on April 1, 2012
I love it when I can answer all my questions with thirty seconds of effort. Now to keep on refreshing till I get "winner" back as my tag.
posted by SMPA (fapfapfap) at 5:32 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by SMPA (fapfapfap) at 5:32 PM on April 1, 2012
Um, er. this doesn't mean I'm actually going to have to, you know, DO anything? 'cause that would probably be bad.
posted by jlkr (stout) at 5:37 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by jlkr (stout) at 5:37 PM on April 1, 2012
Not too late?
posted by Flitcraft (stebbins) at 5:39 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Flitcraft (stebbins) at 5:39 PM on April 1, 2012
Doing this thing.
posted by tumid dahlia (stacked) at 5:52 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by tumid dahlia (stacked) at 5:52 PM on April 1, 2012
*fistpump*
posted by tumid dahlia (staple singers) at 5:52 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by tumid dahlia (staple singers) at 5:52 PM on April 1, 2012
oooh! this is so cool.
posted by Uniformitarianism Now! (stan the potato man) at 6:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Uniformitarianism Now! (stan the potato man) at 6:01 PM on April 1, 2012
I'm disgusted by this whole spectacle.
posted by Red Loop (snodgrass) at 6:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Red Loop (snodgrass) at 6:01 PM on April 1, 2012
baaaaaaddddaaaaassssss.....
posted by porn in the woods (st00pid) at 6:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by porn in the woods (st00pid) at 6:01 PM on April 1, 2012
woo!
posted by Vectorcon Systems (stanley kubrick) at 6:02 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Vectorcon Systems (stanley kubrick) at 6:02 PM on April 1, 2012
Tagcheck!
posted by painquale (newborn calf) at 6:02 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by painquale (newborn calf) at 6:02 PM on April 1, 2012
CooltagCooltagNowhammiesNowhammiesSTOP
posted by the other side (fapfapfap) at 7:11 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
^^^ that was funny.
posted by patheral (stax exchange) at 6:09 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by the other side (fapfapfap) at 7:11 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
^^^ that was funny.
posted by patheral (stax exchange) at 6:09 PM on April 1, 2012
CooltagCooltagNowhammiesNowhammiesSTOP
posted by the other side (fapfapfap) at 7:11 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
^^^ that was funny.
posted by patheral (stoned) at 8:09 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Double funny.
posted by patheral (mood) at 6:10 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by the other side (fapfapfap) at 7:11 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
^^^ that was funny.
posted by patheral (stoned) at 8:09 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Double funny.
posted by patheral (mood) at 6:10 PM on April 1, 2012
Hey everyone, I just got back from St. Louis. What'd I miss?
posted by 40 Watt (pfaff) at 6:10 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by 40 Watt (pfaff) at 6:10 PM on April 1, 2012
Pony Request: Why didn't you give everyone my little ponytars for april foals?
posted by mccarty.tim (stephen hawking) at 6:14 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by mccarty.tim (stephen hawking) at 6:14 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Purple monkey dishwasher give me a tag
posted by mccarty.tim (snuffleuppagus) at 6:17 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by mccarty.tim (snuffleuppagus) at 6:17 PM on April 1, 2012
I <3 mefi
posted by beandip (startled moose) at 6:19 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by beandip (startled moose) at 6:19 PM on April 1, 2012
ok
posted by AZNsupermarket (stoat) at 6:19 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by AZNsupermarket (stoat) at 6:19 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
git 'er done
posted by Arch_Stanton (stars in your eyes) at 6:22 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Arch_Stanton (stars in your eyes) at 6:22 PM on April 1, 2012
Oh, cool! I just notice that they change every time you go out and come back again.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl ('struth) at 6:25 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by ThatCanadianGirl ('struth) at 6:25 PM on April 1, 2012
moo
posted by strixus (silver surfer) at 6:27 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by strixus (silver surfer) at 6:27 PM on April 1, 2012
How many times do I have to reload to get the SHAFT tag?
posted by googly (stockholm syndrome) at 6:32 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by googly (stockholm syndrome) at 6:32 PM on April 1, 2012
Somebody poke me in my appendicitis detection spot.
posted by Sallyfur (stuff) at 6:36 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Sallyfur (stuff) at 6:36 PM on April 1, 2012
Time to close this thread.
posted by sciurus (smithers) at 6:38 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by sciurus (smithers) at 6:38 PM on April 1, 2012
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite MeTa on the Citadel.
posted by Verdandi (steppenwolf) at 6:43 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Verdandi (steppenwolf) at 6:43 PM on April 1, 2012
I wonder what my tag is.
posted by mrzarquon (karen carpenter) at 6:44 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by mrzarquon (karen carpenter) at 6:44 PM on April 1, 2012
I want chocolate cake.
posted by needled (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 6:53 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by needled (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 6:53 PM on April 1, 2012
Neato!
posted by Renoroc (stan the potato man) at 6:56 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Renoroc (stan the potato man) at 6:56 PM on April 1, 2012
Fucking ticks. Now I itch EVERYWHERE. Bluh.
posted by mountain_william (stasi) at 7:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by mountain_william (stasi) at 7:01 PM on April 1, 2012
Remember, with great power comes great irresponsibility.
posted by Dr. Zira (stalin) at 12:30 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
heh.
posted by zenon (standup comedian) at 7:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Dr. Zira (stalin) at 12:30 AM on April 1 [+] [!]
heh.
posted by zenon (standup comedian) at 7:01 PM on April 1, 2012
Awesome.
posted by KB.Boston_implant.By way of NY (stella) at 7:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by KB.Boston_implant.By way of NY (stella) at 7:01 PM on April 1, 2012
I want chocolate cake.
posted by needled (stuffing) at 6:53 PM on April 1 [+] [!] No other comments.
Perfect. I also want chocolate cake.
posted by rtha (spouse) at 7:05 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by needled (stuffing) at 6:53 PM on April 1 [+] [!] No other comments.
Perfect. I also want chocolate cake.
posted by rtha (spouse) at 7:05 PM on April 1, 2012
i was asking myself - should I check metatalk for hints on the april fool's joke, because I couldn't find anything on the blue. i'm glad I came by here!
posted by bitteroldman (stebbins) at 7:08 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by bitteroldman (stebbins) at 7:08 PM on April 1, 2012
it is tag-check
posted by speedo (stars in your eyes) at 7:09 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by speedo (stars in your eyes) at 7:09 PM on April 1, 2012
I tried resisting the lure of a free mod tag all day, but I am so weak...
posted by girl scientist (SHAFT) at 7:13 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by girl scientist (SHAFT) at 7:13 PM on April 1, 2012
me too!
posted by FatRabbit (scrappy-doo) at 7:14 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by FatRabbit (scrappy-doo) at 7:14 PM on April 1, 2012
Whew. I made it before the end of the day!
posted by schnee (karen carpenter) at 7:16 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by schnee (karen carpenter) at 7:16 PM on April 1, 2012
Are these tags going to disappear at server midnight? Because...wow, won't this thread be surreal then.
posted by zarq (stiff) at 7:19 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by zarq (stiff) at 7:19 PM on April 1, 2012
Wat
posted by malapropist (stout) at 7:21 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by malapropist (stout) at 7:21 PM on April 1, 2012
My God, it's full of st...aff tags
posted by angiep (stable boy) at 7:23 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by angiep (stable boy) at 7:23 PM on April 1, 2012
Are these tags going to disappear at server midnight?
I think the plan is to leave this thread as is but axe them from the other threads? Not entirely certain.
posted by jessamyn (farts) at 7:25 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
I think the plan is to leave this thread as is but axe them from the other threads? Not entirely certain.
posted by jessamyn (farts) at 7:25 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Cool!
posted by carmicha (stilettos) at 7:26 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by carmicha (stilettos) at 7:26 PM on April 1, 2012
My pony approves!
posted by troll on a pony (mr. belvedere) at 7:26 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by troll on a pony (mr. belvedere) at 7:26 PM on April 1, 2012
jessamyn: " I think the plan is to leave this thread as is but axe them from the other threads? Not entirely certain."
Yay! Hope that happens. :)
posted by zarq (stack hat) at 7:26 PM on April 1, 2012
Yay! Hope that happens. :)
posted by zarq (stack hat) at 7:26 PM on April 1, 2012
tag - you're it!
posted by tim_in_oz (puff daddy) at 7:27 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by tim_in_oz (puff daddy) at 7:27 PM on April 1, 2012
Ooooh, now I'm Stefi Graf? My husband will be thrilled!
posted by ThatCanadianGirl (sterling) at 7:27 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by ThatCanadianGirl (sterling) at 7:27 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by jessamyn (sartori) at 10:25 PM on April 1 [+] [!] [quote]
Hey, your tags don't say "staff" in this thread. You're off the clock! :D
posted by zarq (stentoria) at 7:28 PM on April 1, 2012
Hey, your tags don't say "staff" in this thread. You're off the clock! :D
posted by zarq (stentoria) at 7:28 PM on April 1, 2012
I'm curious what mine is gonna be :)
posted by marcusesses (stabilizer) at 7:30 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by marcusesses (stabilizer) at 7:30 PM on April 1, 2012
So who else has gone back to all their previous MetaTalk comments in old threads to see their new tags? I am going to make a poem out of mine. Eventually.
posted by andraste (staphylococcus) at 7:31 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by andraste (staphylococcus) at 7:31 PM on April 1, 2012
ORANGE SODA
ORANGE POP
WEED ON MY BLOCK
DOESN'T STOP
BURMA SHAVE
posted by Minus215Cee (standup comedian) at 7:39 PM on April 1, 2012
ORANGE POP
WEED ON MY BLOCK
DOESN'T STOP
BURMA SHAVE
posted by Minus215Cee (standup comedian) at 7:39 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Minus215Cee (stab) at 22:39 on April 1 [+] [!]
How'd you know? So appropriate.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to apologize for my last FPP. It was meant to be funny. Sorry.
posted by Minus215Cee (hurf durf butter staffer) at 7:44 PM on April 1, 2012
How'd you know? So appropriate.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to apologize for my last FPP. It was meant to be funny. Sorry.
posted by Minus215Cee (hurf durf butter staffer) at 7:44 PM on April 1, 2012
Ooooh, now I'm Stefi Graf? My husband will be thrilled!
posted by ThatCanadianGirl (stanley kubrick) at 7:27 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Your husband will be surprised.
posted by oneswellfoop (stack hat) at 7:44 PM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by ThatCanadianGirl (stanley kubrick) at 7:27 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
Your husband will be surprised.
posted by oneswellfoop (stack hat) at 7:44 PM on April 1, 2012 [2 favorites]
better
posted by firstdrop (standup comedian) at 7:49 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by firstdrop (standup comedian) at 7:49 PM on April 1, 2012
So who else has gone back to all their previous MetaTalk comments in old threads to see their new tags? I am going to make a poem out of mine. Eventually.
posted by andraste (stamps.com) at 7:31 PM on April 1 [+] [!] No other comments.
Ooh, brilliant.
posted by rtha (stalin) at 7:50 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by andraste (stamps.com) at 7:31 PM on April 1 [+] [!] No other comments.
Ooh, brilliant.
posted by rtha (stalin) at 7:50 PM on April 1, 2012
stellar stella.
posted by firstdrop (starfish kisses) at 7:51 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by firstdrop (starfish kisses) at 7:51 PM on April 1, 2012
Ooh, you're the best!
posted by flibbertigibbet (stamen) at 7:53 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by flibbertigibbet (stamen) at 7:53 PM on April 1, 2012
Whatever's generating them must be doing it when the page is actually produced in your browser, they all change if you reload the page. Which is going to make for a lot of wack comments about what titles people "got" at the end of the day. Also I'm presuming after the day's out they will all disappear.
posted by nanojath (giraffed) at 7:55 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by nanojath (giraffed) at 7:55 PM on April 1, 2012
I would like speak with you about a little ol' website that goes by the name of The Filter.
posted by nenequesadilla (behalf) at 7:57 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by nenequesadilla (behalf) at 7:57 PM on April 1, 2012
"Bart, you've graffito-tagged public property!" That's the best Simpsons reference I could come up. What tag will I get?
posted by sillygwailo (hurf durf butter staffer) at 8:12 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by sillygwailo (hurf durf butter staffer) at 8:12 PM on April 1, 2012
lulz
posted by stagewhisper (taffy) at 8:13 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by stagewhisper (taffy) at 8:13 PM on April 1, 2012
Not too late to be easily amused?
posted by asperity (karen carpenter) at 8:27 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by asperity (karen carpenter) at 8:27 PM on April 1, 2012
"Bart, you've graffito-tagged public property!" That's the best Simpsons reference I could come up. What tag will I get?
posted by sillygwailo (simple machine) at 8:12 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
lulz
posted by stagewhisper (smithers release the hounds) at 8:13 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
missed it by THAT MUCH... (Get Smart reference)
posted by oneswellfoop (stack exchange) at 8:30 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by sillygwailo (simple machine) at 8:12 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
lulz
posted by stagewhisper (smithers release the hounds) at 8:13 PM on April 1 [+] [!]
missed it by THAT MUCH... (Get Smart reference)
posted by oneswellfoop (stack exchange) at 8:30 PM on April 1, 2012
winner is me?
posted by emeiji (stand and deliver) at 8:37 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by emeiji (stand and deliver) at 8:37 PM on April 1, 2012
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
posted by eddydamascene (taffy) at 8:38 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by eddydamascene (taffy) at 8:38 PM on April 1, 2012
It's not too late is it?
posted by Pyry (riffraff) at 8:40 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Pyry (riffraff) at 8:40 PM on April 1, 2012
Are you out of words?
posted by raisingsand (stella) at 8:46 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by raisingsand (stella) at 8:46 PM on April 1, 2012
This is the only April Fools "thing" that I have liked on the internets today.
posted by desuetude ('struth) at 8:46 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by desuetude ('struth) at 8:46 PM on April 1, 2012
Make it so.
posted by eunoia (horse ebooks) at 8:50 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by eunoia (horse ebooks) at 8:50 PM on April 1, 2012
Wait, what?
posted by elsietheeel (staph) at 8:51 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by elsietheeel (staph) at 8:51 PM on April 1, 2012
Not too late??
posted by of strange foe (hurf durf butter staffer) at 8:53 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by of strange foe (hurf durf butter staffer) at 8:53 PM on April 1, 2012
Will all this April folly never end?
posted by Skygazer (snodgrass) at 8:55 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (snodgrass) at 8:55 PM on April 1, 2012
...and with the playing of somebody else's familiar theme, it is time once again to bid a fond farewell and 'don't let the screen door hit your ass on your way out' to another April Foolishness Day here at the USS MetaFilter "FPP-1701", and invite everyone to meet your intrepid crew and their intrepid crew cuts on the Lido Shuffle deck for a few games of late-night shuffleboard and pina coladas watered down by the rain. This is your underpaid Masturbator of Ceremonies, MC Donalds, reminding you to tip your server over to find the hidden code number you can use to open a high-interest credit card account and if you haven't tried the veal, it'll get off on a technicality. And here's hoping you get off on whatever technicality gets you off, so if the Good Lord's willing and exists in your theology and the creek don't rise more than the souffle, I hope you'll join me later, because I usually fall to bite-sized pieces by the end of the week, and I will be here all week, and even weaker on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And I leave you with the words of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater: "YEOUCH!!!"
posted by oneswellfoop (stoopid) at 8:58 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop (stoopid) at 8:58 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Sic Semper Tyran
posted by Skygazer (stefi graf) at 8:59 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (stefi graf) at 8:59 PM on April 1, 2012
..us
posted by Skygazer (sylvan learning center) at 8:59 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (sylvan learning center) at 8:59 PM on April 1, 2012
As if...
posted by spacelux (staple singers) at 9:00 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by spacelux (staple singers) at 9:00 PM on April 1, 2012
Fun!
posted by Doleful Creature (stapler) at 9:01 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Doleful Creature (stapler) at 9:01 PM on April 1, 2012
<>·>··<>
Lizards Everywhere!!
posted by empatterson (stab) at 9:07 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by empatterson (stab) at 9:07 PM on April 1, 2012
Metatalk. Tis a silly place.
posted by Green With You (zach braf) at 9:11 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Green With You (zach braf) at 9:11 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
(and the tags have been turned off everywhere but here... there is nowhere else to go)
posted by oneswellfoop (stephen hawking) at 9:12 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stephen hawking) at 9:12 PM on April 1, 2012
<>->--<---
How odd. It looked fine in preview...</
posted by empatterson (stodgy) at 9:12 PM on April 1, 2012
How odd. It looked fine in preview...</
posted by empatterson (stodgy) at 9:12 PM on April 1, 2012
oh, bollocks! I'm taking my lizard and going home.
posted by empatterson (starter) at 9:17 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by empatterson (starter) at 9:17 PM on April 1, 2012
:P
posted by Betafae (starvin') at 9:20 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Betafae (starvin') at 9:20 PM on April 1, 2012
:3
posted by rhythm and booze (sweeney toddler) at 9:23 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by rhythm and booze (sweeney toddler) at 9:23 PM on April 1, 2012
woot woot!
posted by prototype_octavius (horse ebooks) at 9:25 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by prototype_octavius (horse ebooks) at 9:25 PM on April 1, 2012
And my lucky tag is...
posted by mazola (studmuffin) at 9:27 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by mazola (studmuffin) at 9:27 PM on April 1, 2012
RIFFRAFF
posted by The Whelk (staphylococcus) at 9:29 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by The Whelk (staphylococcus) at 9:29 PM on April 1, 2012
Actually this may be the best Metafilter April Fool's gag ever: when they turn these "mod" labels off and they all disappear these discussions left over are going to look absolutely insane with everything they were referencing gone.
posted by nanojath (stooped) at 9:29 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by nanojath (stooped) at 9:29 PM on April 1, 2012
I have just spent a frustrating two hours trying to file my taxes (and failing due to a SOFTWARE ERROR, thank you TurboTax) so now I just want to see what my label is because I'd really like to redeem this evening.
posted by librarylis (staring contest) at 9:35 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by librarylis (staring contest) at 9:35 PM on April 1, 2012
I have just spent a frustrating two hours trying to file my taxes (and failing due to a SOFTWARE ERROR, thank you TurboTax) so now I just want to see what my label is because I'd really like to redeem this evening.
posted by librarylis (smithers) at 12:35 AM on April 2 [+] [!]
Mission accomplished.
posted by Skygazer (stadia) at 9:40 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by librarylis (smithers) at 12:35 AM on April 2 [+] [!]
Mission accomplished.
posted by Skygazer (stadia) at 9:40 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
And my lucky tag is...
posted by mazola (stand and deliver) at 9:27 PM on April 1 [+] [!] Other [1/2]: ·≡»
Is that better?
I have just spent a frustrating two hours trying to file my taxes (and failing due to a SOFTWARE ERROR, thank you TurboTax) so now I just want to see what my label is because I'd really like to redeem this evening.
posted by librarylis (stack exchange) at 9:35 PM on April 1 [+] [!] No other comments.
Beautiful.
posted by rtha (stapler) at 9:40 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by mazola (stand and deliver) at 9:27 PM on April 1 [+] [!] Other [1/2]: ·≡»
Is that better?
I have just spent a frustrating two hours trying to file my taxes (and failing due to a SOFTWARE ERROR, thank you TurboTax) so now I just want to see what my label is because I'd really like to redeem this evening.
posted by librarylis (stack exchange) at 9:35 PM on April 1 [+] [!] No other comments.
Beautiful.
posted by rtha (stapler) at 9:40 PM on April 1, 2012
WIFFWAFF.
posted by Skygazer (stilettos) at 9:41 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (stilettos) at 9:41 PM on April 1, 2012
Is this something I'd need to be a mod to understand?
posted by jmd82 (stabbatical) at 9:42 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by jmd82 (stabbatical) at 9:42 PM on April 1, 2012
Is this something I'd need to be a mod to understand?
posted by jmd82 (stfu) at 12:42 AM on April 2 [+] [!]
You made it mad.
posted by Skygazer (stars in your eyes) at 9:43 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jmd82 (stfu) at 12:42 AM on April 2 [+] [!]
You made it mad.
posted by Skygazer (stars in your eyes) at 9:43 PM on April 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
I'm late
posted by Superfrankenstein (simple machine) at 9:44 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Superfrankenstein (simple machine) at 9:44 PM on April 1, 2012
April folly brings May holly.
posted by Skygazer (newborn calf) at 9:45 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (newborn calf) at 9:45 PM on April 1, 2012
I'm late
posted by Superfrankenstein (studmuffin)
posted by The Whelk (star wars) at 9:51 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Superfrankenstein (studmuffin)
posted by The Whelk (star wars) at 9:51 PM on April 1, 2012
So how will this glorious nonsense be preserved posterity? Tomorrow is another day, which not 4.1... so what happens then?
fartfartfart
posted by Cold Lurkey (stodgy) at 10:03 PM on April 1, 2012
fartfartfart
posted by Cold Lurkey (stodgy) at 10:03 PM on April 1, 2012
It will be preserved in amber.
posted by Skygazer (stamos potential) at 10:05 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Skygazer (stamos potential) at 10:05 PM on April 1, 2012
Skygazer (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 12:43 AM on April 2 [+] [!]
(This is that panel in a cartoon strip where the two characters just stare at one another without any expression.)
posted by Skygazer ('struth) at 10:09 PM on April 1, 2012
(This is that panel in a cartoon strip where the two characters just stare at one another without any expression.)
posted by Skygazer ('struth) at 10:09 PM on April 1, 2012
hey you guuuuuuyyssss
posted by Pink Fuzzy Bunny (stamos potential) at 10:09 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Pink Fuzzy Bunny (stamos potential) at 10:09 PM on April 1, 2012
Am I too late?
posted by Pallas Athena (raff scaff) at 10:27 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Pallas Athena (raff scaff) at 10:27 PM on April 1, 2012
It's always April frist in hear.
posted by a humble nudibranch (startled moose) at 10:28 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by a humble nudibranch (startled moose) at 10:28 PM on April 1, 2012
*bounce for joy*
posted by Pallas Athena (waft) at 10:31 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Pallas Athena (waft) at 10:31 PM on April 1, 2012
I'm late
posted by Superfrankenstein (studmuffin)
Posted by The Whelk (starblazers)
posted by Superfrankenstein (standup comedian) at 10:39 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Superfrankenstein (studmuffin)
Posted by The Whelk (starblazers)
posted by Superfrankenstein (standup comedian) at 10:39 PM on April 1, 2012
I'm late
posted by Superfrankenstein (studmuffin)
Posted by The Whelk (starblazers)
posted by Superfrankenstein (nobody understands him but his woman )
it never ends...
posted by oneswellfoop (hurf durf butter staffer) at 10:44 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Superfrankenstein (studmuffin)
Posted by The Whelk (starblazers)
posted by Superfrankenstein (nobody understands him but his woman )
it never ends...
posted by oneswellfoop (hurf durf butter staffer) at 10:44 PM on April 1, 2012
tee hee
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints (stamp out litter) at 10:45 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints (stamp out litter) at 10:45 PM on April 1, 2012
what.
posted by azarbayejani (staring contest) at 11:00 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by azarbayejani (staring contest) at 11:00 PM on April 1, 2012
Kitchen is through there.
posted by flabdablet (no soap) at 11:14 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by flabdablet (no soap) at 11:14 PM on April 1, 2012
Hmmmm.
posted by Rangeboy (stabbatical) at 11:15 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by Rangeboy (stabbatical) at 11:15 PM on April 1, 2012
Alright, I give in. Although I do feel pressured to type something witty.
posted by piedmont (stabilizer) at 11:44 PM on April 1, 2012
posted by piedmont (stabilizer) at 11:44 PM on April 1, 2012
Am I too late?
posted by taff (riffraff) at 12:16 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by taff (riffraff) at 12:16 AM on April 2, 2012
My goodness this is a long one!
posted by Bibliogeek (graph) at 12:33 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Bibliogeek (graph) at 12:33 AM on April 2, 2012
I want more! GIVE ME ALL THE TAGS!
posted by stray (soup to nuts) at 2:35 AM on April 2 [+] [!]
Fuckin' genius.
posted by tzikeh (stack o toads) at 1:11 AM on April 2, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by stray (soup to nuts) at 2:35 AM on April 2 [+] [!]
Fuckin' genius.
posted by tzikeh (stack o toads) at 1:11 AM on April 2, 2012 [2 favorites]
ooh and me!
posted by TheOtherGuy (starter) at 2:00 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by TheOtherGuy (starter) at 2:00 AM on April 2, 2012
nah i want a better one..
posted by TheOtherGuy (waft) at 2:00 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by TheOtherGuy (waft) at 2:00 AM on April 2, 2012
Everything is lovely.
posted by Pallas Athena (horse ebooks) at 3:59 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Pallas Athena (horse ebooks) at 3:59 AM on April 2, 2012
Well, I'm not commenting just to get a silly funtag. That would be crass, especially at this late stage.
Ahem.
posted by robself (start) at 4:03 AM on April 2, 2012
Ahem.
posted by robself (start) at 4:03 AM on April 2, 2012
I approve!
posted by LMGM (fapfapfap) at 4:52 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by LMGM (fapfapfap) at 4:52 AM on April 2, 2012
Oh, who can resist? Not I.
posted by Scram (stax exchange) at 4:53 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Scram (stax exchange) at 4:53 AM on April 2, 2012
Did I miss it?
posted by joe vrrr (stamp tramp) at 5:56 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by joe vrrr (stamp tramp) at 5:56 AM on April 2, 2012
I am late. As usual.
posted by somanyamys (starburns) at 6:29 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by somanyamys (starburns) at 6:29 AM on April 2, 2012
oh.
posted by wreckingball (stilettos) at 6:49 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by wreckingball (stilettos) at 6:49 AM on April 2, 2012
My folks had one very simple rule for April fools day: You clean up after the joke.
So, mainly we just skipped the classics and went for thinking man's pranks; I switched out my brother's deodorant for a women's brand, and put the appropriate Nirvana single in his cars tape deck.
The problem was that every couple of years, one of the older kids would decide it'd be funny to play what we all called the reverse. Basically you'd just spend the whole day talking about how awesome the prank you set up was, and how the person was going to get it, and then do nothing.
Which was mildly amusing the first time, but by the 6th time through, we all knew what was going on. It just became a this weird tradition, and nobody want to break with tradition, and we all felt that if we just said "I'm going to get you" one more time than the person did last year, we'd REALLY sell it. So by the end, the true April Fool's Day joke was done by the receiver of the threat (being the youngest, it was usually me). I'd just goad them on by acting scared, and then at the end of the day, after they spent hours formulating how to threaten me with an action we both knew wasn't going to happen, I'd say "yeah, I knew what you were doing."
So, in the spirit of the reverse-reverse, having made all of you take the time to read this expecting some sort of punchline, when the only one that you're going to get is disappointing and predictable, I say, a day late:
April Fools.
posted by Gygesringtone (snuffleuppagus) at 6:52 AM on April 2, 2012 [3 favorites]
So, mainly we just skipped the classics and went for thinking man's pranks; I switched out my brother's deodorant for a women's brand, and put the appropriate Nirvana single in his cars tape deck.
The problem was that every couple of years, one of the older kids would decide it'd be funny to play what we all called the reverse. Basically you'd just spend the whole day talking about how awesome the prank you set up was, and how the person was going to get it, and then do nothing.
Which was mildly amusing the first time, but by the 6th time through, we all knew what was going on. It just became a this weird tradition, and nobody want to break with tradition, and we all felt that if we just said "I'm going to get you" one more time than the person did last year, we'd REALLY sell it. So by the end, the true April Fool's Day joke was done by the receiver of the threat (being the youngest, it was usually me). I'd just goad them on by acting scared, and then at the end of the day, after they spent hours formulating how to threaten me with an action we both knew wasn't going to happen, I'd say "yeah, I knew what you were doing."
So, in the spirit of the reverse-reverse, having made all of you take the time to read this expecting some sort of punchline, when the only one that you're going to get is disappointing and predictable, I say, a day late:
April Fools.
posted by Gygesringtone (snuffleuppagus) at 6:52 AM on April 2, 2012 [3 favorites]
IS THIS THING STILL ON? CAN I SAY HI TO MY MOM?
HI MOM!!!
posted by slogger (taffy) at 7:04 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
HI MOM!!!
posted by slogger (taffy) at 7:04 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
Hmm.
posted by jonnyploy (star trek) at 7:08 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by jonnyploy (star trek) at 7:08 AM on April 2, 2012
I knew I should have stopped by here on the 1st. Tarnation!
posted by Deathalicious (staphylococcus) at 7:19 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Deathalicious (staphylococcus) at 7:19 AM on April 2, 2012
Okay why not.
posted by Partial Law (horse ebooks) at 7:32 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Partial Law (horse ebooks) at 7:32 AM on April 2, 2012
Did I miss this fun thing?
posted by jph (starburns) at 7:32 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by jph (starburns) at 7:32 AM on April 2, 2012
I do prefer stout.
posted by jph (stack hat) at 7:33 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by jph (stack hat) at 7:33 AM on April 2, 2012
Ooh, they keep changing!
posted by jph (hurf durf butter staffer) at 7:34 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by jph (hurf durf butter staffer) at 7:34 AM on April 2, 2012
Is this still working? I want a tag!
posted by caution live frogs (star wars) at 7:34 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by caution live frogs (star wars) at 7:34 AM on April 2, 2012
Why golly it IS working. Now I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Thanks, Metafilter!
posted by caution live frogs (karen carpenter) at 7:35 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by caution live frogs (karen carpenter) at 7:35 AM on April 2, 2012
Ooh cool. I hope I get one that says 'staff'.
posted by mbd1mbd1 (snodgrass) at 7:44 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by mbd1mbd1 (snodgrass) at 7:44 AM on April 2, 2012
Tag me! Tag me!
posted by never used baby shoes (stamen) at 8:00 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by never used baby shoes (stamen) at 8:00 AM on April 2, 2012
I'm glad this wizardry still appears to work - I want a shiny tag!
posted by Rallon (snodgrass) at 8:41 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Rallon (snodgrass) at 8:41 AM on April 2, 2012
Really?
posted by unreasonable (hurf durf butter staffer) at 8:56 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by unreasonable (hurf durf butter staffer) at 8:56 AM on April 2, 2012
Man, I don't know how the MeFi staff can handle wearing these tags everyday.
I find the responsibility that goes along with it very stressful.
posted by mazola (seven chinese brothers) at 8:56 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
I find the responsibility that goes along with it very stressful.
posted by mazola (seven chinese brothers) at 8:56 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
Longest meta ever?
posted by Pontius Pilate (no soap) at 9:16 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Pontius Pilate (no soap) at 9:16 AM on April 2, 2012
Not even close
posted by The Whelk (mr. belvedere) at 9:20 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by The Whelk (mr. belvedere) at 9:20 AM on April 2, 2012
Pontius Pilate: "Longest meta ever?"
We're in top 20 territory, but that's it.
posted by zarq (stifler) at 9:28 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
We're in top 20 territory, but that's it.
posted by zarq (stifler) at 9:28 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
Kind of an I Ching thing, really.
posted by Chrysostom (standup bass) at 9:35 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Chrysostom (standup bass) at 9:35 AM on April 2, 2012
No, seriously. Does Filthy Light Thief have some special coding privileges or something?
posted by Melismata (stab) at 9:36 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Melismata (stab) at 9:36 AM on April 2, 2012
No, seriously. He just noticed the April Fools thing we implemented before anyone else.
posted by jessamyn (stoned) at 9:39 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by jessamyn (stoned) at 9:39 AM on April 2, 2012
How did I miss this? Funny MF events should happen on work days.
posted by 2bucksplus (stanley kubrick) at 9:42 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by 2bucksplus (stanley kubrick) at 9:42 AM on April 2, 2012
*tap tap* Is this thing still on?
posted by widdershins (stoopid) at 9:52 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by widdershins (stoopid) at 9:52 AM on April 2, 2012
OOh, can I play?
posted by rabbitrabbit (taffy) at 9:55 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by rabbitrabbit (taffy) at 9:55 AM on April 2, 2012
Let's make it longer by having Sarah Palin confess which account is her sockpuppet and have a Scott Adams meltdown.
posted by mccarty.tim (star trek) at 10:17 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by mccarty.tim (star trek) at 10:17 AM on April 2, 2012
Random tags you say.. I want one too
posted by radsqd (stabilizer) at 10:34 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by radsqd (stabilizer) at 10:34 AM on April 2, 2012
Oooh, me next!
posted by saladin (newborn calf) at 10:37 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by saladin (newborn calf) at 10:37 AM on April 2, 2012
Late to the party.
posted by kimdog (stan the potato man) at 10:58 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by kimdog (stan the potato man) at 10:58 AM on April 2, 2012
Later to the party.
posted by mlle valentine (stoat) at 11:04 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by mlle valentine (stoat) at 11:04 AM on April 2, 2012
yay, I'm not too late!
posted by vespabelle (starship trooper) at 11:13 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by vespabelle (starship trooper) at 11:13 AM on April 2, 2012
shouldn't mine be Stellllllaaaaaaaaaa!
posted by vespabelle (stamp out litter) at 11:14 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by vespabelle (stamp out litter) at 11:14 AM on April 2, 2012
Hey everybody what's happening
posted by Westringia F. (riffraff) at 11:16 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Westringia F. (riffraff) at 11:16 AM on April 2, 2012
Want
posted by craven_morhead (stupid) at 11:18 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by craven_morhead (stupid) at 11:18 AM on April 2, 2012
If this continues to have the tags available until it gets its standard 30-day shutdown (which would correspond to the entire month of April), I think it'll end up a contender for all-time longest MeTa, especially if more tags are regularly added to the mix, which, considering what I know about the people with access to the tag creation, is fairly likely.
(startled moose) and (standup bass) look like two of those added since April 1st officially passed.
And why are they still ignoring my suggestions of (ned stark) or (tony stark) or (stark naked) or (stark raving)? Oh, yeah, because they're MY suggestions.
Or we could just convert this to a Kickstarter project. Hey, there's another tag idea you can ignore because I suggested it: (kickstarter).
posted by oneswellfoop (studmuffin) at 11:18 AM on April 2, 2012
(startled moose) and (standup bass) look like two of those added since April 1st officially passed.
And why are they still ignoring my suggestions of (ned stark) or (tony stark) or (stark naked) or (stark raving)? Oh, yeah, because they're MY suggestions.
Or we could just convert this to a Kickstarter project. Hey, there's another tag idea you can ignore because I suggested it: (kickstarter).
posted by oneswellfoop (studmuffin) at 11:18 AM on April 2, 2012
Nothing to see here, move along.
posted by FarOutFreak (mood) at 11:27 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by FarOutFreak (mood) at 11:27 AM on April 2, 2012
We're not adding more tags. We haven't added more tags since 4/1 was officially over in our time zones. We didn't ignore your suggestions as much as we just didn't take suggestions from the thread itself.
posted by jessamyn (graft) at 11:57 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (graft) at 11:57 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
Day late! But it's nice to feel being a part of the staff.
posted by phyrewerx (sartori) at 11:59 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by phyrewerx (sartori) at 11:59 AM on April 2, 2012
'sup, y'all?
posted by dismas (staffing solutions) at 12:06 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by dismas (staffing solutions) at 12:06 PM on April 2, 2012
does anyone read the posts down here?
posted by starman (stack exchange) at 12:15 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by starman (stack exchange) at 12:15 PM on April 2, 2012
Last!
posted by bodega (calved) at 12:19 PM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by bodega (calved) at 12:19 PM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
Will I embroider my nickname on a pillow?
posted by shortyJBot (karen carpenter) at 12:29 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by shortyJBot (karen carpenter) at 12:29 PM on April 2, 2012
It's not too late!
posted by furtive (silver surfer) at 12:32 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by furtive (silver surfer) at 12:32 PM on April 2, 2012
HEY MISTER BASSMAN, I WANT TO BE A BASSMAN TOO.
posted by not_on_display (fapfapfap) at 12:40 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by not_on_display (fapfapfap) at 12:40 PM on April 2, 2012
Yay!
posted by rollbiz (stabilizer) at 12:41 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by rollbiz (stabilizer) at 12:41 PM on April 2, 2012
It was the year the April Fools thread lastes all year, until the next year. Until the very last minute of the very last second, of the very next April Fool's Day.
Most of that year had not taken place yet, though so he couldn't quite figure out what should happen next. Should he disable his Metafilter account for the year until the very next April Fool's Day?
The End.
posted by Skygazer (taffy) at 12:41 PM on April 2, 2012
Now Zoidberg is the popular one!
posted by Demogorgon (stairway to heaven) at 12:42 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Demogorgon (stairway to heaven) at 12:42 PM on April 2, 2012
i did not realise i had to share my zach braf-ness :(
posted by batmonkey (snodgrass) at 12:44 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by batmonkey (snodgrass) at 12:44 PM on April 2, 2012
Now ist the time on Metatalk ven we haff tags!
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit (stop sign) at 1:08 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit (stop sign) at 1:08 PM on April 2, 2012
One for the road.
posted by wallabear (giraffed) at 1:20 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by wallabear (giraffed) at 1:20 PM on April 2, 2012
One for the road.
posted by wallabear (stars in your eyes) at 1:20 PM
Works for me :)
posted by wallabear (stet) at 1:21 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by wallabear (stars in your eyes) at 1:20 PM
Works for me :)
posted by wallabear (stet) at 1:21 PM on April 2, 2012
I read this last night and didn't post and now I want one I hope I can have one oh boy oh boy!!
posted by thankyouforyourconsideration (waft) at 1:22 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by thankyouforyourconsideration (waft) at 1:22 PM on April 2, 2012
This is great, if for no other reason that it's keeping people occupied and therefore not making whiny new metatalk posts.
posted by Melismata (zach braf) at 1:23 PM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Melismata (zach braf) at 1:23 PM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
mine!
posted by mareli (fapfapfap) at 1:25 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by mareli (fapfapfap) at 1:25 PM on April 2, 2012
Dang, I forgot to add the [sarcasm] tag to my last comment here.
posted by oneswellfoop (stacked) at 1:57 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stacked) at 1:57 PM on April 2, 2012
I was otherwise occupied yesterday - better late than, and all that.
posted by shiny blue object (stippled) at 2:02 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by shiny blue object (stippled) at 2:02 PM on April 2, 2012
Every fool's an April fool
For foolery's in flower.
There's sugar in the salt shaker
And corn oil in the shower.
That heavy breathing call was me
Made to your office phone;
I cling-wrap-trapped the toilet bowl
For you and you alone.
The whoopee cushion sighs my love
Wherever you are seated;
And when you come to share my bed
You'll find yourself shortsheeted.
Oh every fool's an April fool
So take my hand and sing:
For you may hope to spring the trap,
But never trap the Spring.
posted by Pallas Athena (mr. belvedere) at 2:24 PM on April 2, 2012 [4 favorites]
For foolery's in flower.
There's sugar in the salt shaker
And corn oil in the shower.
That heavy breathing call was me
Made to your office phone;
I cling-wrap-trapped the toilet bowl
For you and you alone.
The whoopee cushion sighs my love
Wherever you are seated;
And when you come to share my bed
You'll find yourself shortsheeted.
Oh every fool's an April fool
So take my hand and sing:
For you may hope to spring the trap,
But never trap the Spring.
posted by Pallas Athena (mr. belvedere) at 2:24 PM on April 2, 2012 [4 favorites]
I see this thread still maintains the randomized tags. Neat.
posted by jabberjaw (stafu) at 2:34 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stafu) at 2:34 PM on April 2, 2012
I want one.
posted by Mo Nickels (stuff) at 2:40 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Mo Nickels (stuff) at 2:40 PM on April 2, 2012
:)
posted by Mo Nickels (staple singers) at 2:40 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Mo Nickels (staple singers) at 2:40 PM on April 2, 2012
Frist!
posted by Rocket Surgeon (stack hat) at 2:58 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Rocket Surgeon (stack hat) at 2:58 PM on April 2, 2012
I mean - Second!
posted by Rocket Surgeon (mood) at 2:59 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Rocket Surgeon (mood) at 2:59 PM on April 2, 2012
Late to the party, but Yay for jokes!
posted by DiscourseMarker ('struth) at 3:05 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by DiscourseMarker ('struth) at 3:05 PM on April 2, 2012
Chicken check.
posted by fiercecupcake ( radio) at 3:18 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by fiercecupcake ( radio) at 3:18 PM on April 2, 2012
This is just to say
wee! I'm not too late!
posted by twoporedomain (starblazers) at 3:26 PM on April 2, 2012
wee! I'm not too late!
posted by twoporedomain (starblazers) at 3:26 PM on April 2, 2012
Yey!!1!
posted by edmz (stars in your eyes) at 3:26 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by edmz (stars in your eyes) at 3:26 PM on April 2, 2012
Is this thing still on??!
posted by wemayfreeze (stoat) at 4:08 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by wemayfreeze (stoat) at 4:08 PM on April 2, 2012
Sweet I love toads.
posted by wemayfreeze (stable boy) at 4:08 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by wemayfreeze (stable boy) at 4:08 PM on April 2, 2012
I love silly words!
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly (standup bass) at 4:10 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly (standup bass) at 4:10 PM on April 2, 2012
In to this thread before the whistle blows...
posted by infini (stamp tramp) at 4:18 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by infini (stamp tramp) at 4:18 PM on April 2, 2012
I'm just greedy, I want another tag.
posted by patheral (stagger lee) at 4:38 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by patheral (stagger lee) at 4:38 PM on April 2, 2012
Why did it take me so long to discover this thread?
posted by Metro Gnome (stoned) at 5:27 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Metro Gnome (stoned) at 5:27 PM on April 2, 2012
What fun!
posted by nickyskye (zach braf) at 5:30 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by nickyskye (zach braf) at 5:30 PM on April 2, 2012
And I am...
posted by thrako (stagger lee) at 5:35 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by thrako (stagger lee) at 5:35 PM on April 2, 2012
Me too! Me too!
posted by Kinbote (newborn calf) at 5:36 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Kinbote (newborn calf) at 5:36 PM on April 2, 2012
Yay! We still have tags!
posted by SisterHavana ('struth) at 6:19 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by SisterHavana ('struth) at 6:19 PM on April 2, 2012
Is this the thread with the most individual posters? If not, where does it fall on the spectrum?
posted by batmonkey (steve-o) at 6:40 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by batmonkey (steve-o) at 6:40 PM on April 2, 2012
Anybody know where I can download Game of Thrones?
posted by BobbyVan (stet) at 6:58 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by BobbyVan (stet) at 6:58 PM on April 2, 2012
Okay, a person can resist temptation for only so long. Well, this person, anyway.
posted by gingerest (stamp out litter) at 7:15 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by gingerest (stamp out litter) at 7:15 PM on April 2, 2012
Me too.
posted by onlyconnect (stand and deliver) at 7:32 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by onlyconnect (stand and deliver) at 7:32 PM on April 2, 2012
Is this thing still on?
Tags: latetotheparty
posted by joe lisboa (stack o toads) at 7:49 PM on April 2, 2012
Tags: latetotheparty
posted by joe lisboa (stack o toads) at 7:49 PM on April 2, 2012
I wish you people wouldn't keep saying you're late to the party. I still have plenty of my father's recipe Clam Dip left! (Why won't anybody even try my father's recipe Clam Dip?!?)
posted by oneswellfoop (chaff) at 8:21 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (chaff) at 8:21 PM on April 2, 2012
Oooh, it still works!
I hope it does otherwise this post will look pretty stupid...
posted by booksherpa (stiff) at 8:32 PM on April 2, 2012
I hope it does otherwise this post will look pretty stupid...
posted by booksherpa (stiff) at 8:32 PM on April 2, 2012
Oh thank goodness I'm not too late for this party. Thank you flt.
posted by gubenuj (winner) at 8:35 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by gubenuj (winner) at 8:35 PM on April 2, 2012
Sure, flt was here to start the party, but he left hours ago to get more chips and hasn't come back!
posted by oneswellfoop (stamps.com) at 8:57 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stamps.com) at 8:57 PM on April 2, 2012
Is this thing still on?
posted by insectosaurus (stilettos) at 9:30 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by insectosaurus (stilettos) at 9:30 PM on April 2, 2012
Ooh, I've always wanted to be a mod!
posted by DakotaPaul (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 10:05 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by DakotaPaul (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 10:05 PM on April 2, 2012
help my marathon writing session is driving me mad help
posted by The Whelk (standup bass) at 10:10 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by The Whelk (standup bass) at 10:10 PM on April 2, 2012
!
posted by asuprenant (stoned) at 10:18 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by asuprenant (stoned) at 10:18 PM on April 2, 2012
Ma dai!
posted by francesca too (graph) at 10:52 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by francesca too (graph) at 10:52 PM on April 2, 2012
One for the road.
posted by wallabear (soup to nuts) at 1:20 PM on April 2 [+] [!]
One for the road.
posted by wallabear (stars in your eyes) at 1:20 PM
Works for me :)
posted by wallabear (soup to nuts) at 1:21 PM on April 2 [+] [!]
Double?
posted by wallabear (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 10:57 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by wallabear (soup to nuts) at 1:20 PM on April 2 [+] [!]
One for the road.
posted by wallabear (stars in your eyes) at 1:20 PM
Works for me :)
posted by wallabear (soup to nuts) at 1:21 PM on April 2 [+] [!]
Double?
posted by wallabear (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 10:57 PM on April 2, 2012
There are those among us that will name their offspring April
posted by Sailormom (stanley kubrick) at 11:12 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Sailormom (stanley kubrick) at 11:12 PM on April 2, 2012
Is this thing on?
posted by bluedaisy (standup bass) at 11:32 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by bluedaisy (standup bass) at 11:32 PM on April 2, 2012
And I thought I'd missed this party
posted by Augenblick (SHAFT) at 11:35 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by Augenblick (SHAFT) at 11:35 PM on April 2, 2012
April Fool's is more of a season, really.
posted by drinkyclown (stabilizer) at 11:40 PM on April 2, 2012
posted by drinkyclown (stabilizer) at 11:40 PM on April 2, 2012
Me too!
posted by Start with Dessert (stamp tramp) at 1:58 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by Start with Dessert (stamp tramp) at 1:58 AM on April 3, 2012
Woot!
posted by BrotherCaine (stefi graf) at 3:13 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by BrotherCaine (stefi graf) at 3:13 AM on April 3, 2012
Wait is this really random?
posted by BrotherCaine (stentoria) at 3:14 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by BrotherCaine (stentoria) at 3:14 AM on April 3, 2012
What's all this then?
posted by biscotti (stable boy) at 4:58 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by biscotti (stable boy) at 4:58 AM on April 3, 2012
What good-natured fun! Not like some other threads.
Note: Everyone needs a hug... AND A COMICAL TAG.
posted by Coaticass (stef) at 5:05 AM on April 3, 2012
Note: Everyone needs a hug... AND A COMICAL TAG.
posted by Coaticass (stef) at 5:05 AM on April 3, 2012
An overwhelming majority of these new tags begin with the letter S. What's up with that?
posted by slogger (fapfapfap) at 5:52 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by slogger (fapfapfap) at 5:52 AM on April 3, 2012
"hairway to steven" is my favorite.
posted by slogger (starburns) at 5:52 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by slogger (starburns) at 5:52 AM on April 3, 2012
Am I too late?
posted by harriet vane (stopped) at 6:06 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by harriet vane (stopped) at 6:06 AM on April 3, 2012
I'm sleepy.
posted by Shepherd (stockholm syndrome) at 6:32 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by Shepherd (stockholm syndrome) at 6:32 AM on April 3, 2012
S is the happiest letter.
posted by h00py (stamp tramp) at 6:42 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by h00py (stamp tramp) at 6:42 AM on April 3, 2012
Not late at all, by the looks..
posted by bystander (standardized test) at 7:03 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by bystander (standardized test) at 7:03 AM on April 3, 2012
Just passing through...
posted by isnotchicago (starblazers) at 7:05 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by isnotchicago (starblazers) at 7:05 AM on April 3, 2012
Am I too early?
posted by owtytrof (stairway to heaven) at 7:47 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by owtytrof (stairway to heaven) at 7:47 AM on April 3, 2012
Yes.
posted by ourobouros (stan the potato man) at 8:00 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by ourobouros (stan the potato man) at 8:00 AM on April 3, 2012
A HUMAN HEAD
posted by cashman (sweeney toddler) at 10:13 AM on April 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by cashman (sweeney toddler) at 10:13 AM on April 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
Turn around, turn around...
posted by fiercecupcake (stable boy) at 11:42 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by fiercecupcake (stable boy) at 11:42 AM on April 3, 2012
... BRIGHT EYES
posted by The Whelk (smithers) at 11:48 AM on April 3, 2012
posted by The Whelk (smithers) at 11:48 AM on April 3, 2012
Not too late? Here's a value-add Ogden Nash poem in thanks for all the staff-tag lulz: "Always Marry an April Girl."
Praise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true --
I love April, I love you.
posted by ottereroticist (stax exchange) at 2:47 PM on April 3, 2012 [3 favorites]
Praise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true --
I love April, I love you.
posted by ottereroticist (stax exchange) at 2:47 PM on April 3, 2012 [3 favorites]
How many refreshes will I need before I find a worthy tag?
posted by CancerMan (stockholm syndrome) at 2:58 PM on April 3, 2012
posted by CancerMan (stockholm syndrome) at 2:58 PM on April 3, 2012
hey
posted by TheGoodBlood (scrappy-doo) at 3:01 PM on April 3, 2012
posted by TheGoodBlood (scrappy-doo) at 3:01 PM on April 3, 2012
i'm baaaaack.
posted by AJaffe (stilettos) at 3:18 PM on April 3, 2012
posted by AJaffe (stilettos) at 3:18 PM on April 3, 2012
How many refreshes will I need before I find a worthy tag?
I don't know. I never made it without biting.
posted by cashman (SHAFT) at 3:56 PM on April 3, 2012
I don't know. I never made it without biting.
posted by cashman (SHAFT) at 3:56 PM on April 3, 2012
Now me!
posted by cmoj (standardized test) at 4:48 PM on April 3, 2012
posted by cmoj (standardized test) at 4:48 PM on April 3, 2012
Hi
posted by SarahElizaP (graft) at 5:44 PM on April 3, 2012
posted by SarahElizaP (graft) at 5:44 PM on April 3, 2012
Hip deep in April fools unafraid to let their fool flag fly. Ah, breath it in....do you recognize the scent in in the Spring air? It is the intoxicating scent of freedom and fools. Fools unfolding into flowers of romance.
posted by Skygazer (st00pid) at 6:37 PM on April 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Skygazer (st00pid) at 6:37 PM on April 3, 2012 [1 favorite]
Sexy sexy time for Metafilter and April foolery....
posted by Skygazer (studebaker) at 6:44 PM on April 3, 2012
posted by Skygazer (studebaker) at 6:44 PM on April 3, 2012
I'm always late to the party, as usual.
posted by Effigy2000 (smithers release the hounds) at 8:53 PM on April 3, 2012
posted by Effigy2000 (smithers release the hounds) at 8:53 PM on April 3, 2012
A what?
posted by azazello (horse ebooks) at 10:21 PM on April 3, 2012
posted by azazello (horse ebooks) at 10:21 PM on April 3, 2012
April Fools Day? More like April Fools Month, amirite?
posted by oneswellfoop (stalwart) at 10:33 PM on April 3, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stalwart) at 10:33 PM on April 3, 2012
Ding
posted by Monday (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 2:48 AM on April 4, 2012
posted by Monday (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 2:48 AM on April 4, 2012
Dong
posted by Monday (cory doctorow) at 2:48 AM on April 4, 2012
posted by Monday (cory doctorow) at 2:48 AM on April 4, 2012
yo!
posted by blueberrypicasso (stephen hawking) at 7:24 AM on April 4, 2012
posted by blueberrypicasso (stephen hawking) at 7:24 AM on April 4, 2012
What?
posted by Happy Dave (giraffed) at 9:15 AM on April 4, 2012
posted by Happy Dave (giraffed) at 9:15 AM on April 4, 2012
two?
posted by jrb223 (snuffleuppagus) at 10:30 AM on April 4, 2012
posted by jrb223 (snuffleuppagus) at 10:30 AM on April 4, 2012
Two three.
posted by Ms. Next (stefi graf) at 12:04 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by Ms. Next (stefi graf) at 12:04 PM on April 4, 2012
Two four.
posted by owtytrof (stack hat) at 12:18 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by owtytrof (stack hat) at 12:18 PM on April 4, 2012
Two much.
posted by oneswellfoop (horse ebooks) at 2:29 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (horse ebooks) at 2:29 PM on April 4, 2012
Six seasons and a movie!
posted by mbrubeck (starfish kisses) at 4:09 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by mbrubeck (starfish kisses) at 4:09 PM on April 4, 2012
?
posted by The Card Cheat (naff) at 4:19 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by The Card Cheat (naff) at 4:19 PM on April 4, 2012
hm
posted by bdave (shillelagh) at 4:37 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by bdave (shillelagh) at 4:37 PM on April 4, 2012
With just over 1200 comments, this thread would check in at #14 of the "posts in MetaTalk with the most comments" list when it is next updated. It'll take over 800 more to make the Top 5, and 2400 more to grab the gold ring. I, for one, think it would be a cool thing if this did unseat the "sansgras" thread for #1, but it'll take all of our efforts, returning every few days to drop a bon mot or nonsequitur, to accomplish this before the inevitable closure on April 30th. COME ON METATALKERS, LET'S MAKE THIS AN APRIL TO REMEMBER.
posted by oneswellfoop (winner) at 5:15 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (winner) at 5:15 PM on April 4, 2012
You know I'm going to do MY part...
posted by oneswellfoop (stoned) at 5:16 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stoned) at 5:16 PM on April 4, 2012
...because apparently I have nothing better to do.
posted by oneswellfoop (hairway to steven) at 5:17 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (hairway to steven) at 5:17 PM on April 4, 2012
Whatsamatter, burhan? Your arms tired? Have some grog!
posted by rtha (chaff) at 5:41 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by rtha (chaff) at 5:41 PM on April 4, 2012
okay, then MeMail all your contacts who haven't already participated...
posted by oneswellfoop (starvin') at 5:43 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (starvin') at 5:43 PM on April 4, 2012
I would like to volunteer to be the cox of the longboat of debauchery.
posted by arcticseal (zach braf) at 6:53 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by arcticseal (zach braf) at 6:53 PM on April 4, 2012
Beanplating the longboat, I see. Splendid!
Oh yeah....chicka bow wow...chicka chicka bow bow....
posted by Skygazer (stop sign) at 7:51 PM on April 4, 2012
Oh yeah....chicka bow wow...chicka chicka bow bow....
posted by Skygazer (stop sign) at 7:51 PM on April 4, 2012
Y'arr ye scurvy scalawags! All 'board th' longboat, we'll be takin' it fer a voyage. Thar be treasure 800 posts thataway!
Whars th' grog now?
posted by jabberjaw (stamp tramp) at 7:55 PM on April 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
Whars th' grog now?
posted by jabberjaw (stamp tramp) at 7:55 PM on April 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
I'm thinking this may be less of a longboat and more of a Long Long Trailer.
posted by oneswellfoop (stoooooooooooooned) at 8:06 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stoooooooooooooned) at 8:06 PM on April 4, 2012
FOOOOPY! WHAAAT HAVE YOU DONE?
posted by loquacious (soup to nuts) at 9:16 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by loquacious (soup to nuts) at 9:16 PM on April 4, 2012
It can't be done, I say.
posted by owtytrof (staphylococcus) at 9:22 PM on April 4, 2012
posted by owtytrof (staphylococcus) at 9:22 PM on April 4, 2012
I'm so late to this thread it's not even fashionably late. It's now in the area where it's just plain rude and if someone is showing up this late they should either bring fucking dessert or just not come.
I felt obligated to post something to get my tag..
posted by Deflagro (stagger lee) at 11:47 PM on April 4, 2012
I felt obligated to post something to get my tag..
posted by Deflagro (stagger lee) at 11:47 PM on April 4, 2012
Ok, I'm sure I can come up with brownies... somewhere.
(This is what I get for being so far behind in Google Reader.)
posted by RyanAdams (staphylococcus) at 6:54 AM on April 5, 2012
(This is what I get for being so far behind in Google Reader.)
posted by RyanAdams (staphylococcus) at 6:54 AM on April 5, 2012
Also, if this thread is going to really vie for the big prize, I think it needs more badges. More stinking badges. Because we do need more stinking badges!
posted by Skygazer (sweeney toddler) at 8:04 AM on April 5, 2012
posted by Skygazer (sweeney toddler) at 8:04 AM on April 5, 2012
oneswellfoop: "(Why won't anybody even try my father's recipe Clam Dip?!?)"
Is it kosher? :D
posted by zarq (stab) at 8:05 AM on April 5, 2012
Is it kosher? :D
posted by zarq (stab) at 8:05 AM on April 5, 2012
I have posted in this heaven.
posted by anazgnos (scrappy-doo) at 5:03 PM on April 5, 2012
posted by anazgnos (scrappy-doo) at 5:03 PM on April 5, 2012
Ain't no party like a randomized (staff) tags party, 'cause a randomized (staff) tags party don't stop!
posted by diogenes (stilettos) at 10:43 AM on April 6, 2012
posted by diogenes (stilettos) at 10:43 AM on April 6, 2012
It's april 6th, get back to work you crumb-bums!
posted by codacorolla (standup bass) at 10:54 AM on April 6, 2012
posted by codacorolla (standup bass) at 10:54 AM on April 6, 2012
It's april 6th, get back to work you crumb-bums!
Its Good Friday you numbskull!
posted by infini (sylvan learning center) at 11:27 AM on April 6, 2012
Its Good Friday you numbskull!
posted by infini (sylvan learning center) at 11:27 AM on April 6, 2012
testing, testing, 1-2-3
posted by livinglearning (stuffed) at 6:46 AM on April 7, 2012
posted by livinglearning (stuffed) at 6:46 AM on April 7, 2012
Crumb-bums, love.
posted by thinkpiece (raff scaff) at 10:36 AM on April 7, 2012
posted by thinkpiece (raff scaff) at 10:36 AM on April 7, 2012
Staff tags (the real ones) are hard to search for using Command-F. I often resort to viewing source.
That’s the best I can come up with.
posted by joeclark (stout) at 12:59 PM on April 7, 2012
That’s the best I can come up with.
posted by joeclark (stout) at 12:59 PM on April 7, 2012
staff tag tartan pony?
posted by jeffburdges (studebaker) at 2:11 PM on April 7, 2012
posted by jeffburdges (studebaker) at 2:11 PM on April 7, 2012
want another
posted by Wordwoman (star trek) at 2:56 PM on April 7, 2012
posted by Wordwoman (star trek) at 2:56 PM on April 7, 2012
Game of Thrones trivia question: In Westeros, do they celebrate Wester?
posted by oneswellfoop (stan the potato man) at 6:20 PM on April 7, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stan the potato man) at 6:20 PM on April 7, 2012
Always late.
posted by elmono (star wars) at 9:27 AM on April 8, 2012
posted by elmono (star wars) at 9:27 AM on April 8, 2012
Game of Thrones trivia question: In Westeros, do they celebrate Wester?
In Soviet Westeros, eggs hunt you!
posted by Sys Rq (newborn calf) at 10:52 AM on April 8, 2012
In Soviet Westeros, eggs hunt you!
posted by Sys Rq (newborn calf) at 10:52 AM on April 8, 2012
They roll Ned Stark's head down a hill.
posted by arcticseal (stairway to heaven) at 3:25 PM on April 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by arcticseal (stairway to heaven) at 3:25 PM on April 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
okay, but i really do want to know if this (or another) post has the most unique commenters in it ("unique" as in "individual" not as in "remarkable", 'though i'm sure everyone here is quite remarkably unique).
posted by batmonkey (startled moose) at 12:17 PM on April 9, 2012
posted by batmonkey (startled moose) at 12:17 PM on April 9, 2012
I'm pretty sure that about 50% of the posters are actually filthy light thief's sock puppets (including a couple of the "real" moderators). So, it would be impossible to tell.
posted by jabberjaw (snuffleuppagus) at 9:15 AM on April 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jabberjaw (snuffleuppagus) at 9:15 AM on April 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
hah. nice.
(still: i will send cookies to anyone who can give my statistics-obsessed mind a real answer, even if it's just a reference to the thread that beats this one)
posted by batmonkey (staple singers) at 2:47 PM on April 10, 2012
(still: i will send cookies to anyone who can give my statistics-obsessed mind a real answer, even if it's just a reference to the thread that beats this one)
posted by batmonkey (staple singers) at 2:47 PM on April 10, 2012
Did I just wake up?
posted by Edison Carter (stairway to heaven) at 6:42 AM on April 11, 2012
posted by Edison Carter (stairway to heaven) at 6:42 AM on April 11, 2012
If I had this many socks, I'd rich.
Because I'd trade my sock puppets to the underwear gnomes.
And then I'd profit.
posted by filthy light thief (stfu) at 3:16 PM on April 11, 2012
Because I'd trade my sock puppets to the underwear gnomes.
And then I'd profit.
posted by filthy light thief (stfu) at 3:16 PM on April 11, 2012
I'd trade my sock puppets to the underwear gnomes.
Can I make a t-shirt of that?
posted by oneswellfoop (star trek) at 3:23 PM on April 11, 2012
Can I make a t-shirt of that?
posted by oneswellfoop (star trek) at 3:23 PM on April 11, 2012
Depicting the actions of trade, or from the physical products of my trade?
posted by filthy light thief (SHAFT) at 3:27 PM on April 11, 2012
posted by filthy light thief (SHAFT) at 3:27 PM on April 11, 2012
No, just the words, which with enough 'viral' manipulation can become a cool catchphrase. (Get me some cat pictures and Impact type!)
posted by oneswellfoop (stupid) at 3:39 PM on April 11, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stupid) at 3:39 PM on April 11, 2012
Will you settle for photoshopped Economist magazine covers and Comic Sans?
posted by jabberjaw ( radio) at 4:07 PM on April 11, 2012
posted by jabberjaw ( radio) at 4:07 PM on April 11, 2012
SPREAD THE MEME
posted by oneswellfoop (stan the potato man) at 8:05 PM on April 11, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop (stan the potato man) at 8:05 PM on April 11, 2012 [3 favorites]
This thread needs a major kick in the butt.
posted by Skygazer (starfish kisses) at 9:58 AM on April 12, 2012
posted by Skygazer (starfish kisses) at 9:58 AM on April 12, 2012
I have an underwear Gnome....
IN MY PANTS!!! HA AHA HA!!!
posted by Skygazer (graph) at 10:03 AM on April 12, 2012
IN MY PANTS!!! HA AHA HA!!!
posted by Skygazer (graph) at 10:03 AM on April 12, 2012
*splooosh*
posted by khedron (mr. belvedere) at 10:13 AM on April 12, 2012
posted by khedron (mr. belvedere) at 10:13 AM on April 12, 2012
This thread needs a major kick in the butt.
I thought the Underwear Gnomes would do that...
posted by oneswellfoop (sterling) at 11:37 AM on April 12, 2012
I thought the Underwear Gnomes would do that...
posted by oneswellfoop (sterling) at 11:37 AM on April 12, 2012
I thought DMT was a common explanation for the activities of lawn gnomes (and the writers of "Gnomeo and Juliet")
posted by oneswellfoop (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 12:03 PM on April 12, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 12:03 PM on April 12, 2012
Is that a picture of Sifl & Ollie? If not, it should be.
posted by jabberjaw (stalin) at 1:45 PM on April 12, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stalin) at 1:45 PM on April 12, 2012
This longboat is languishing, with nary a gust to move it along.
Maybe Friday the 13th will do something.
Because I'm totally out of ideas. And steam.
No more steam for this day.
I should have opted for a nuclear power. Instead, I went old fashioned, and chose steam powered.
posted by filthy light thief (sartori) at 4:34 PM on April 12, 2012
Maybe Friday the 13th will do something.
Because I'm totally out of ideas. And steam.
No more steam for this day.
I should have opted for a nuclear power. Instead, I went old fashioned, and chose steam powered.
posted by filthy light thief (sartori) at 4:34 PM on April 12, 2012
Like beating swords into plowshares, it's time to turn sock puppets into sock portraits.
posted by oneswellfoop (staring contest) at 7:35 PM on April 12, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (staring contest) at 7:35 PM on April 12, 2012
I'll bite.
posted by palegirl (stefi graf) at 11:15 PM on April 12, 2012
posted by palegirl (stefi graf) at 11:15 PM on April 12, 2012
NOTHING BUT VAMPIRE EROTICA FROM HERE ON
posted by The Whelk (stabbatical) at 8:57 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by The Whelk (stabbatical) at 8:57 AM on April 13, 2012
ANYTHING BUT VAMPIRE EROTICA FROM EREHWON
posted by daniel_charms (stiff) at 9:34 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stiff) at 9:34 AM on April 13, 2012
Once upon a time there was a vampire that sucked. A lot.
The end.
posted by jabberjaw (stan the potato man) at 9:58 AM on April 13, 2012
The end.
posted by jabberjaw (stan the potato man) at 9:58 AM on April 13, 2012
boy: hey
girl doesn’t say anything
boy: i really like u
girl doesn’t say anything
boy: ok, i love u
girl still isn’t sayin nothin!
boy: and i never wanna let u go
girl remains silence..
boy kisses girl
boy eats girl
boy was vampire the whole time
posted by mccarty.tim (stephen hawking) at 10:07 AM on April 13, 2012
girl doesn’t say anything
boy: i really like u
girl doesn’t say anything
boy: ok, i love u
girl still isn’t sayin nothin!
boy: and i never wanna let u go
girl remains silence..
boy kisses girl
boy eats girl
boy was vampire the whole time
posted by mccarty.tim (stephen hawking) at 10:07 AM on April 13, 2012
You know those photographers who go around photographing people in clubs, photoshopping the pictures to look more glamorous, and selling em' back to people? Yeah, they should start photoshopping vampire fangs on everyone, maybe goths aren't rich enough to be a target demographic for that.
posted by jeffburdges (staves) at 10:49 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by jeffburdges (staves) at 10:49 AM on April 13, 2012
Vampire walks into a bar.
Bartender says, "We don't serve your kind here!"
Vampire, dejected, begins to walk out of the bar. Then stops, turns around, and says: "I have long walked this earth and been sneered upon by people. I may never see the sun, for it would burn my skin until I die. And because of my curse, I may never know love. I know nothing but rejection and sadness."
Bartender, feeling bad, tells the vampire to come back.
And then they make out.
Erotically.
posted by jabberjaw (stable boy) at 10:50 AM on April 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
Bartender says, "We don't serve your kind here!"
Vampire, dejected, begins to walk out of the bar. Then stops, turns around, and says: "I have long walked this earth and been sneered upon by people. I may never see the sun, for it would burn my skin until I die. And because of my curse, I may never know love. I know nothing but rejection and sadness."
Bartender, feeling bad, tells the vampire to come back.
And then they make out.
Erotically.
posted by jabberjaw (stable boy) at 10:50 AM on April 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
Goths with money are more concerned with their dead mice dollhouses and authentic black lace gloves to worry about things as silly as fangs
posted by The Whelk (staves) at 10:50 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by The Whelk (staves) at 10:50 AM on April 13, 2012
How do you unerotically make out anyway?
posted by The Whelk (stodgy) at 10:51 AM on April 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk (stodgy) at 10:51 AM on April 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
Yes, Kirk Cameron makes out with vampires unerotically, which is why I didn't include that story here.
posted by jabberjaw (stuffed) at 11:01 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stuffed) at 11:01 AM on April 13, 2012
Is this thread still giving out tags?
posted by bardophile (staves) at 11:09 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by bardophile (staves) at 11:09 AM on April 13, 2012
TAGS A PLENTY
posted by The Whelk (newborn calf) at 11:20 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by The Whelk (newborn calf) at 11:20 AM on April 13, 2012
For real?
posted by jquinby (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 11:21 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by jquinby (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 11:21 AM on April 13, 2012
Yes Virginia.
posted by The Whelk (starfish kisses) at 11:24 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by The Whelk (starfish kisses) at 11:24 AM on April 13, 2012
since I habitually wear pins with my jackets I'm wondering if I should just co-ordinate them with my mood to see if anyone notices.
posted by The Whelk (standardized test) at 11:25 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by The Whelk (standardized test) at 11:25 AM on April 13, 2012
you totally should
posted by jabberjaw (stamos potential) at 11:26 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stamos potential) at 11:26 AM on April 13, 2012
what emotions are tied to a Nuka Cola cap pin?
posted by The Whelk (winner) at 11:27 AM on April 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk (winner) at 11:27 AM on April 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
FOR LANGUAGE IMPERALISM
posted by The Whelk (president taft) at 11:42 AM on April 13, 2012
posted by The Whelk (president taft) at 11:42 AM on April 13, 2012
Funny, I expected when this thread reached the 'undead' stage it'd be more Zombie than Vampire.
Still, nobody wants to see zombie erotica.
posted by oneswellfoop (star light star bright) at 11:43 AM on April 13, 2012
Still, nobody wants to see zombie erotica.
posted by oneswellfoop (star light star bright) at 11:43 AM on April 13, 2012
dead mice dollhouses
So are these dollhouses made out of dead mice, dollhouses marketed at the dead mouse demographic or regular dollhouses featuring dead mice as one of the furnishings?
posted by Mitheral (star trek) at 1:15 PM on April 13, 2012
So are these dollhouses made out of dead mice, dollhouses marketed at the dead mouse demographic or regular dollhouses featuring dead mice as one of the furnishings?
posted by Mitheral (star trek) at 1:15 PM on April 13, 2012
I saw Endhiran (the Indian Robot) movie recently and it was great! Bollywood! Aishwarya Rai Bachchan looking gorgeous! Big fabulous musical numbers! Geeky plot things! Bonus "Demon Seed" type content. ALL THE CHEEZETASTIC ACTION.
posted by rmd1023 (president taft) at 2:12 PM on April 13, 2012
posted by rmd1023 (president taft) at 2:12 PM on April 13, 2012
So are these dollhouses made out of dead mice, dollhouses marketed at the dead mouse demographic or regular dollhouses featuring dead mice as one of the furnishings?
Yes.
posted by The Whelk (stiff) at 3:39 PM on April 13, 2012
Yes.
posted by The Whelk (stiff) at 3:39 PM on April 13, 2012
So they're dollhouses by, for, and of dead mice.
posted by mbrubeck (stagger lee) at 4:11 PM on April 13, 2012
posted by mbrubeck (stagger lee) at 4:11 PM on April 13, 2012
Ah, what of Dollmouse, the Joss Vermin show starring Eliza Dusquirrel?
posted by jabberjaw (stamp out litter) at 5:31 PM on April 13, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by jabberjaw (stamp out litter) at 5:31 PM on April 13, 2012 [3 favorites]
Oh man, dollhouse, there was a good 12 episode series stuck inside those 26 episodes
posted by The Whelk (stalwart) at 5:59 PM on April 13, 2012
posted by The Whelk (stalwart) at 5:59 PM on April 13, 2012
I suspect our cat has a dead mice dollhouse behind the couch, but I'm too scared to look.
posted by arcticseal (stalin) at 6:00 PM on April 13, 2012
posted by arcticseal (stalin) at 6:00 PM on April 13, 2012
The Dollhouse is MICE!!
posted by jeffburdges (simple machine) at 7:00 PM on April 13, 2012
posted by jeffburdges (simple machine) at 7:00 PM on April 13, 2012
I think Disney owns the copyright and trademark on "Mouse House".
Could always go for a "Rats Haven".
posted by oneswellfoop (standup comedian) at 10:30 PM on April 13, 2012
Could always go for a "Rats Haven".
posted by oneswellfoop (standup comedian) at 10:30 PM on April 13, 2012
I hate it when I read the first few comments then scroll to the bottom and the conversation has gone all Salvador Dali. I just wanted to see more tags!
posted by taff (stuff) at 6:18 AM on April 14, 2012
posted by taff (stuff) at 6:18 AM on April 14, 2012
girl remains silence..
boy kisses girl
boy eats girl
boy was vampire the whole time
Girl was dead the whole time.
posted by daniel_charms (starter) at 10:50 AM on April 14, 2012
boy kisses girl
boy eats girl
boy was vampire the whole time
Girl was dead the whole time.
posted by daniel_charms (starter) at 10:50 AM on April 14, 2012
The Double Vampire Reveal - dude was actually vampire, but a really shitty one.
posted by The Whelk (standardized test) at 10:56 AM on April 14, 2012
posted by The Whelk (standardized test) at 10:56 AM on April 14, 2012
I don't know how anyone can look at the collection of tags and expect anything other than Salvador Dali. Maybe Rene Magritte? "This is not a tag."
posted by oneswellfoop (stamos potential) at 11:00 AM on April 14, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stamos potential) at 11:00 AM on April 14, 2012
This is not a comment.
posted by oneswellfoop (stack o toads) at 11:01 AM on April 14, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stack o toads) at 11:01 AM on April 14, 2012
This is not a foop.
posted by oneswellfoop (stockholm syndrome) at 11:01 AM on April 14, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stockholm syndrome) at 11:01 AM on April 14, 2012
I, however, remain bedeviled.
posted by Devils Rancher (starburns) at 11:07 AM on April 14, 2012
posted by Devils Rancher (starburns) at 11:07 AM on April 14, 2012
I FOUND THE HUGS BISON (and I bought the t-shirt)
posted by oneswellfoop (stabbatical) at 11:33 AM on April 14, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop (stabbatical) at 11:33 AM on April 14, 2012 [1 favorite]
I am a not-so-great, tiny plum.
posted by The Great Big Mulp (starblazers) at 11:53 AM on April 14, 2012
posted by The Great Big Mulp (starblazers) at 11:53 AM on April 14, 2012
Okay, okay, I'll admit it, I'm not that swell.
posted by oneswellfoop (naff) at 3:19 PM on April 14, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (naff) at 3:19 PM on April 14, 2012
Let me know when you're done with the fork, I've got some angel hair pasta to eat.
posted by jabberjaw (standup bass) at 9:33 PM on April 14, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (standup bass) at 9:33 PM on April 14, 2012
The_Whelk has retweeted you : "This is not and never has been Twitter."
posted by The Whelk (sartori) at 9:25 AM on April 16, 2012
posted by The Whelk (sartori) at 9:25 AM on April 16, 2012
Doesn't mean it can't be in the future, if my Hostile Takeover Plans work out...
posted by oneswellfoop (stifler) at 3:54 PM on April 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop (stifler) at 3:54 PM on April 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
So now we've got about two weeks to double the comments in this thread and make it the most commented-on MetaTalk thread ever.
NOW LOOK AT THESE SHINY STAFF TAGS AND POST SOMETHING
posted by jabberjaw (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 7:43 PM on April 16, 2012
NOW LOOK AT THESE SHINY STAFF TAGS AND POST SOMETHING
posted by jabberjaw (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 7:43 PM on April 16, 2012
DM @Burhanistan: you finished with that fork yet? #isitdoneyet
posted by arcticseal (simple machine) at 3:06 AM on April 17, 2012
posted by arcticseal (simple machine) at 3:06 AM on April 17, 2012
#hastag
posted by infini (mr. belvedere) at 5:10 AM on April 17, 2012
posted by infini (mr. belvedere) at 5:10 AM on April 17, 2012
Happy Birthday Ian MacKaye! #Try #MinorThreat
posted by Skygazer (stamen) at 10:22 AM on April 17, 2012
posted by Skygazer (stamen) at 10:22 AM on April 17, 2012
I don't know what it's going to take to get this thread moving. Maybe if I disavowed any involvement in it...
posted by oneswellfoop (studmuffin) at 8:07 PM on April 17, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (studmuffin) at 8:07 PM on April 17, 2012
oneswellfoop: "I don't know what it's going to take to get this thread moving. "
$20 SAIT.
posted by arcticseal (standup bass) at 7:44 AM on April 18, 2012
$20 SAIT.
posted by arcticseal (standup bass) at 7:44 AM on April 18, 2012
Oh, well looky here. I'm both stodgy and stoned. Obviously I need a third. I may refresh it eventually. Then I'll have lots of titles. I'll be a goddamn star!
posted by h00py (behalf) at 8:08 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by h00py (behalf) at 8:08 AM on April 18, 2012
Could we get Hologram Tupoc added as a title?
posted by jeffburdges (stamp out litter) at 8:26 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by jeffburdges (stamp out litter) at 8:26 AM on April 18, 2012
Do we get a new name every time we comment?
posted by insectosaurus (starship trooper) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by insectosaurus (starship trooper) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
Yes we do!
posted by insectosaurus (stats) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by insectosaurus (stats) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
yay
posted by insectosaurus (staphylococcus) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by insectosaurus (staphylococcus) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
Thank goodness oneswellfoop is gone. Party!
posted by jabberjaw (raff scaff) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (raff scaff) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
And also every time the page refreshes, apparently.
posted by insectosaurus (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by insectosaurus (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 8:56 AM on April 18, 2012
Recipes? I would rather have an alphabet thread.
posted by not_on_display (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 9:21 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by not_on_display (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 9:21 AM on April 18, 2012
Are recipes naughty? what?
posted by jeffburdges (winner) at 9:33 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by jeffburdges (winner) at 9:33 AM on April 18, 2012
THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF JULIA CHILD: A FICTIONAL MEMOIR IN SVEN SCENTS.
posted by The Whelk (raff scaff) at 9:37 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by The Whelk (raff scaff) at 9:37 AM on April 18, 2012
Could we get Hologram Tupoc added as a title?
Does it have to be misspelled?
posted by Sys Rq (gaffe) at 9:37 AM on April 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
Does it have to be misspelled?
posted by Sys Rq (gaffe) at 9:37 AM on April 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
But of course.
posted by adamvasco (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 9:38 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by adamvasco (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 9:38 AM on April 18, 2012
Cold and misty morning, I heard a warning borne in the air
About an age of power where no one had an hour to spare,
Where the seeds have withered, silent children shivered, in the cold
Now their faces captured in the lenses of the jackals for gold.
I'll be there
I'll be there
I will be there.
Suffering in silence, they've all been betrayed.
They hurt them and they beat them, in a terrible way,
Praying for survival at the end of the day.
There is no compassion for those who stay.
I'll be there
I'll be there
I will be there.
There must be someone who can set them free:
To take their sorrow from this odyssey
To help the helpless and the refugee
To protect what's left of humanity.
Can't you see
Can't you see
Can't you see.
I'll be there
I'll be there
I will be there;
To heal their sorrow
To beg and borrow
Fight tommorow.
Step inside! Hello! We've the most amazing show
You'll enjoy it all we know
Step inside! Step Inside!
We've got thrills and shocks, supersonic fighting cocks.
Leave your hammers at the box
Come Inside! Come Inside!
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Left behind the bars, rows of Bishops' heads in jars
and a bomb inside a car
Spectacular! Spectacular!
If you follow me there's a speciality
some tears for you to see
Misery, misery,
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Next upon the bill in our House of Vaudeville
We've a stripper in a till
What a thrill! What a thrill!
And not content with that, with our hands behind our backs,
We pull Jesus from a hat,
Get into that! Get into that!
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
Come inside! Come inside!
There behind a glass is a real blade of grass
be careful as you pass.
Move along! Move along!
Come inside, the show's about to start
guaranteed to blow your head apart
Rest assured you'll get your money's worth
The greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth.
You've got to see the show, it's a dynamo.
You've got to see the show, it's rock and roll ....
Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of Vaseline
Will perform on guillotine
What a scene! What a scene!
Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand
to Alexander's Ragtime Band
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Performing on a stool we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool. Keep it cool.
We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown
were exclusively our own,
All our own. All our own.
Come and see the show! Come and see the show! Come and see the show!
See the show!
posted by fearfulsymmetry (stamos potential) at 10:06 AM on April 18, 2012 [3 favorites]
About an age of power where no one had an hour to spare,
Where the seeds have withered, silent children shivered, in the cold
Now their faces captured in the lenses of the jackals for gold.
I'll be there
I'll be there
I will be there.
Suffering in silence, they've all been betrayed.
They hurt them and they beat them, in a terrible way,
Praying for survival at the end of the day.
There is no compassion for those who stay.
I'll be there
I'll be there
I will be there.
There must be someone who can set them free:
To take their sorrow from this odyssey
To help the helpless and the refugee
To protect what's left of humanity.
Can't you see
Can't you see
Can't you see.
I'll be there
I'll be there
I will be there;
To heal their sorrow
To beg and borrow
Fight tommorow.
Step inside! Hello! We've the most amazing show
You'll enjoy it all we know
Step inside! Step Inside!
We've got thrills and shocks, supersonic fighting cocks.
Leave your hammers at the box
Come Inside! Come Inside!
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Left behind the bars, rows of Bishops' heads in jars
and a bomb inside a car
Spectacular! Spectacular!
If you follow me there's a speciality
some tears for you to see
Misery, misery,
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Next upon the bill in our House of Vaudeville
We've a stripper in a till
What a thrill! What a thrill!
And not content with that, with our hands behind our backs,
We pull Jesus from a hat,
Get into that! Get into that!
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
Come inside! Come inside!
There behind a glass is a real blade of grass
be careful as you pass.
Move along! Move along!
Come inside, the show's about to start
guaranteed to blow your head apart
Rest assured you'll get your money's worth
The greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth.
You've got to see the show, it's a dynamo.
You've got to see the show, it's rock and roll ....
Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of Vaseline
Will perform on guillotine
What a scene! What a scene!
Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand
to Alexander's Ragtime Band
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Performing on a stool we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool. Keep it cool.
We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown
were exclusively our own,
All our own. All our own.
Come and see the show! Come and see the show! Come and see the show!
See the show!
posted by fearfulsymmetry (stamos potential) at 10:06 AM on April 18, 2012 [3 favorites]
Show? Show? I love a good show.
posted by rjs (stalwart) at 10:37 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by rjs (stalwart) at 10:37 AM on April 18, 2012
Don't you know, don't you know? Duh.
posted by adamvasco (star light star bright) at 10:38 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by adamvasco (star light star bright) at 10:38 AM on April 18, 2012
(holds up lighter)
DO LUCKY MAN
posted by jquinby (stiffie) at 10:54 AM on April 18, 2012 [2 favorites]
DO LUCKY MAN
posted by jquinby (stiffie) at 10:54 AM on April 18, 2012 [2 favorites]
Friedman's Syndrome - A form of lingering 911 PTSD that involves Stockholm Syndrome towards the extreme Right and a pathological need to brown-nose those with political power and/or vast wealth.
posted by Skygazer (horse ebooks) at 11:05 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by Skygazer (horse ebooks) at 11:05 AM on April 18, 2012
I wasn't going to return, honest, but fearfulsymmmetry, you can't do Karn Evil 9 lyrics and omit the 3RD IMPRESSION:
Man alone; born of stone;
Will stamp the dust of time
His hands strike the flame of his soul;
Ties a rope to a tree and hangs the Universe
Until the winds of laughter blows cold.
Fear that rattles in men's ears
And rears it's hideous head
Dread .... Death .... in the wind ....
Man of steel pray and kneel
With fever's blazing torch
Thrust in the face of the night;
Draws a blade if compassion
Kissed by countless Kings
Whose jewelled trumpet words blind his sight.
Walls that no man thought would fall
The altars of the just
Crushed .... Dust .... in the wind ....
No man yields who flies in my ship
DANGER!
Let the bridge computer speak
STRANGER!
LOAD YOUR PROGRAM. I AM YOURSELF.
No computer stands in my way
Only blood can cancel my pain
Guardians of a nuclear dawn
Let the maps of war be drawn.
Rejoice! Glory is ours!
Our young men have not died in vain,
Their graves need no flowers
The tapes have recorded their names.
I am all there is
NEGATIVE! PRIMITIVE! LIMITED! I LET YOU LIVE!
But I gave you life
WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?
To do what was right
I'M PERFECT! ARE YOU?
posted by oneswellfoop (staring contest) at 2:53 PM on April 18, 2012
Man alone; born of stone;
Will stamp the dust of time
His hands strike the flame of his soul;
Ties a rope to a tree and hangs the Universe
Until the winds of laughter blows cold.
Fear that rattles in men's ears
And rears it's hideous head
Dread .... Death .... in the wind ....
Man of steel pray and kneel
With fever's blazing torch
Thrust in the face of the night;
Draws a blade if compassion
Kissed by countless Kings
Whose jewelled trumpet words blind his sight.
Walls that no man thought would fall
The altars of the just
Crushed .... Dust .... in the wind ....
No man yields who flies in my ship
DANGER!
Let the bridge computer speak
STRANGER!
LOAD YOUR PROGRAM. I AM YOURSELF.
No computer stands in my way
Only blood can cancel my pain
Guardians of a nuclear dawn
Let the maps of war be drawn.
Rejoice! Glory is ours!
Our young men have not died in vain,
Their graves need no flowers
The tapes have recorded their names.
I am all there is
NEGATIVE! PRIMITIVE! LIMITED! I LET YOU LIVE!
But I gave you life
WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?
To do what was right
I'M PERFECT! ARE YOU?
posted by oneswellfoop (staring contest) at 2:53 PM on April 18, 2012
must be noted:
I am all there is
NEGATIVE! PRIMITIVE! LIMITED! I LET YOU LIVE!
But I gave you life
WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?
To do what was right
I'M PERFECT! ARE YOU?
posted by oneswellfoop (star trek) at 2:53 PM on April 18 [+] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (graph) at 2:56 PM on April 18, 2012
I am all there is
NEGATIVE! PRIMITIVE! LIMITED! I LET YOU LIVE!
But I gave you life
WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?
To do what was right
I'M PERFECT! ARE YOU?
posted by oneswellfoop (star trek) at 2:53 PM on April 18 [+] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (graph) at 2:56 PM on April 18, 2012
I spent literally all day reading fan fiction and now I feel dirty.
posted by The Whelk (stockholm syndrome) at 3:09 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by The Whelk (stockholm syndrome) at 3:09 PM on April 18, 2012
(stumbles to parking lot...can't find van among the others w/custom Frazetta scenes painted on the sides)
posted by jquinby (sartori) at 3:16 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by jquinby (sartori) at 3:16 PM on April 18, 2012
I read scene as scone as was momentarily confused. Now I want jam.
posted by arcticseal (SHAFT) at 3:38 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by arcticseal (SHAFT) at 3:38 PM on April 18, 2012
Sconester kids are ruining this town.
posted by cortex (stand and deliver) at 5:08 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by cortex (stand and deliver) at 5:08 PM on April 18, 2012
But they're pretty well ensconced by now, so we're in a jam and we're gonna get creamed.
posted by flabdablet (stanky) at 5:39 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by flabdablet (stanky) at 5:39 PM on April 18, 2012
Hey, dude, you look totally sconed...
posted by oneswellfoop (president taft) at 5:50 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (president taft) at 5:50 PM on April 18, 2012
Yeah, man, I'm so baked.
posted by flabdablet (stifler) at 5:52 PM on April 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by flabdablet (stifler) at 5:52 PM on April 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
I hardly remember why this is in my recent activity, and even looking at the comment I posted can't elucidate that mystery, but that said, I felt compelled to say:
I enjoy twice-baked potatoes. I hope to enjoy some on Friday, April 20.
posted by feloniousmonk (stoat) at 5:57 PM on April 18, 2012
I enjoy twice-baked potatoes. I hope to enjoy some on Friday, April 20.
posted by feloniousmonk (stoat) at 5:57 PM on April 18, 2012
I tried twice-baked cookies and they were awful.
posted by feloniousmonk (shillelagh) at 6:07 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by feloniousmonk (shillelagh) at 6:07 PM on April 18, 2012
Concise-baked potatoes are very ...exact.
posted by The Whelk (stairway to heaven) at 6:09 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by The Whelk (stairway to heaven) at 6:09 PM on April 18, 2012
Have some refried beans with your twice-baked potatoes and other foods cooked in your double boiler for Redundancy Day! (12/12/12)
posted by oneswellfoop (starblazers) at 6:13 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (starblazers) at 6:13 PM on April 18, 2012
and then there's triple sec...
posted by oneswellfoop (scrappy-doo) at 6:48 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (scrappy-doo) at 6:48 PM on April 18, 2012
a real double duchess
posted by fiercecupcake (zach braf) at 8:51 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by fiercecupcake (zach braf) at 8:51 PM on April 18, 2012
The Double Down Sandwich Where The Bread Is Made Of Fried Chicken And There Is Bacon Inside It And Also Some Cheese Or Something is back at KFC.
(In case anyone was looking to double barf.)
posted by Sys Rq (studebaker) at 9:59 PM on April 18, 2012
(In case anyone was looking to double barf.)
posted by Sys Rq (studebaker) at 9:59 PM on April 18, 2012
Or just get a Double Double at In-And-Out.
posted by oneswellfoop (sweeney toddler) at 10:11 PM on April 18, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (sweeney toddler) at 10:11 PM on April 18, 2012
I'll in and out your Dutch double.
posted by dg (stamps.com) at 10:37 PM on April 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by dg (stamps.com) at 10:37 PM on April 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
ich bin ein stroopwafel?
posted by oneswellfoop (stippled) at 12:55 AM on April 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop (stippled) at 12:55 AM on April 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
batmonkey: okay, but i really do want to know if this (or another) post has the most unique commenters in it ("unique" as in "individual" not as in "remarkable", 'though i'm sure everyone here is quite remarkably unique).
I've looked into this. The results:
* 819 - the number of unique contributors to this thread, so far.
* 838 - the most on a Metatalk thread: Get well soon, mathowie!
* 919 - the most on any subsite: Steve Jobs, RIP
posted by Pronoiac (riffraff) at 2:12 AM on April 19, 2012 [3 favorites]
I've looked into this. The results:
* 819 - the number of unique contributors to this thread, so far.
* 838 - the most on a Metatalk thread: Get well soon, mathowie!
* 919 - the most on any subsite: Steve Jobs, RIP
posted by Pronoiac (riffraff) at 2:12 AM on April 19, 2012 [3 favorites]
Right now I’m parsing XML for a point-and-click web app for the iPhone that’ll spice up four hundred contemporary American ethnic dishes with Chinese herbs and sauces.
posted by flabdablet (stooped) at 4:49 AM on April 19, 2012
posted by flabdablet (stooped) at 4:49 AM on April 19, 2012
wir alle sind chili sauce.
posted by arcticseal (staphylococcus) at 6:22 AM on April 19, 2012
posted by arcticseal (staphylococcus) at 6:22 AM on April 19, 2012
This is in real time!
I'll create a gooey inner face using Visual Basic.
posted by flabdablet (half) at 6:58 AM on April 19, 2012
I'll create a gooey inner face using Visual Basic.
posted by flabdablet (half) at 6:58 AM on April 19, 2012
This is in real time!
Oh, in that case let me just nip in to the kitchen and brb
posted by infini (taffy) at 7:32 AM on April 19, 2012
Oh, in that case let me just nip in to the kitchen and brb
posted by infini (taffy) at 7:32 AM on April 19, 2012
Enhance 224 to 176. Enhance, stop. Move in, stop. Pull out, track right, stop. Center in, pull back. Stop. Track 45 right. Stop. Center and stop. Enhance 34 to 36. Pan right and pull back. Stop. Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back. Wait a minute, go right, stop. Enhance 57 to 19. Track 45 left. Stop. Enhance 15 to 23. Give me a hard copy right there.
posted by flabdablet (staple singers) at 8:10 AM on April 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by flabdablet (staple singers) at 8:10 AM on April 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
I've looked into this. The results:
* 819 - the number of unique contributors to this thread, so far.
* 838 - the most on a Metatalk thread: Get well soon, mathowie!
* 919 - the most on any subsite: Steve Jobs, RIP
Welp, time to register a few more sockpuppets.
posted by daniel_charms (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 8:14 AM on April 20, 2012
* 819 - the number of unique contributors to this thread, so far.
* 838 - the most on a Metatalk thread: Get well soon, mathowie!
* 919 - the most on any subsite: Steve Jobs, RIP
Welp, time to register a few more sockpuppets.
posted by daniel_charms (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 8:14 AM on April 20, 2012
sockpuppet account reporting for duty
posted by spockpuppet (soup to nuts) at 8:48 AM on April 20, 2012
posted by spockpuppet (soup to nuts) at 8:48 AM on April 20, 2012
I am my own sockpuppe
posted by TwelveTwo (star trek) at 9:03 AM on April 20, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (star trek) at 9:03 AM on April 20, 2012
At this late an hour, I believe it is time that we begin to discuss little known historical facts that aren't true:
* In the spring of 1783 young Napoléon Bonaparte, under the influence of ergot poisoning, tripped so hard that his spirit traveled 201 years into the future where he logged an entry onto erowid.org, where it still remain, categorized as a Bad Trip.
* 'Dungeons & Dragons' was originally to be titled 'Dungeons & Monsters & Treasure', or DMT for short. It was not until a brief romance with alliteration that Ernest Gygax renamed himself and the game, Gary Gygax, and Dungeons and Dragons. However, this was not all without protests from friends and family. Dave Arneson, in particular, wished that the game be called 'The Battle Tunnels of Sublackmoor'. Gary Gygax's father, the violinist Ernest Gygax, upset by his son's change of name, would not cease playing Shoenberg at the dinner table, despite the protestations of family members and neighbors.
* Irving Morrow's parents were killed by poets. During his work on the design of the Golden Gate Bridge he recognized the ease in which one might find rhymes to the words 'Golden', 'Gate', and 'Bridge', afraid his work would someday be to the benefit of poets, he petitioned that the color of the bridge be Orange, and that it be renamed "San Francisco-Marin Iron Orange Breadth." Fortunately, Leon Moisseiff countered the plan to rename by observing that technically the bridge would be made of steel. Defeated, Irving Morrow faded into the background, never again able to function as an architect. Decades later, diagnosed with a terminal illness, seeking long-wished for revenge, Irving Morrow successfully sabotaged Leon Moisseiff's Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The physics proved too complex for the jury to understand, and he was found not guilty on all charges.
* On July 20, 1969 we landed on the moon, but we did not land on our moon. In 2010, the division assigned to the study of the lunar dust brought back by the astronauts was disbanded. Due to the secrecy of the project it remains unknown whether or not the location of the moon had been identified prior to NASA budgetary cuts. However, in 2009 Michael Douglas Griffin, then NASA Administrator, reported to the media that they were making remarkable progress on a construction in space, when asked if it was a base on our moon, he smiled and said no. Since 2010, no one has seen Michael Douglas Griffin, or the scientists assigned to the study of the lunar dust brought back by Apollo 11. On November 8th, 2011 at 08:33 EST, a freelance journalist working for Gawker tweeted Buzz Aldrin asking him what he knew about the missing division of scientists, Mr. Aldrin tweeted in return: "Elon Musk." At 08:41 EST, the servers went down for maintenance, when Twitter returned at 09:12 EST, the tweets were missing. Later that week the journalist in question was arrested for stealing what was reported to be an iPhone5.
posted by TwelveTwo (stanky) at 5:29 PM on April 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
* In the spring of 1783 young Napoléon Bonaparte, under the influence of ergot poisoning, tripped so hard that his spirit traveled 201 years into the future where he logged an entry onto erowid.org, where it still remain, categorized as a Bad Trip.
* 'Dungeons & Dragons' was originally to be titled 'Dungeons & Monsters & Treasure', or DMT for short. It was not until a brief romance with alliteration that Ernest Gygax renamed himself and the game, Gary Gygax, and Dungeons and Dragons. However, this was not all without protests from friends and family. Dave Arneson, in particular, wished that the game be called 'The Battle Tunnels of Sublackmoor'. Gary Gygax's father, the violinist Ernest Gygax, upset by his son's change of name, would not cease playing Shoenberg at the dinner table, despite the protestations of family members and neighbors.
* Irving Morrow's parents were killed by poets. During his work on the design of the Golden Gate Bridge he recognized the ease in which one might find rhymes to the words 'Golden', 'Gate', and 'Bridge', afraid his work would someday be to the benefit of poets, he petitioned that the color of the bridge be Orange, and that it be renamed "San Francisco-Marin Iron Orange Breadth." Fortunately, Leon Moisseiff countered the plan to rename by observing that technically the bridge would be made of steel. Defeated, Irving Morrow faded into the background, never again able to function as an architect. Decades later, diagnosed with a terminal illness, seeking long-wished for revenge, Irving Morrow successfully sabotaged Leon Moisseiff's Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The physics proved too complex for the jury to understand, and he was found not guilty on all charges.
* On July 20, 1969 we landed on the moon, but we did not land on our moon. In 2010, the division assigned to the study of the lunar dust brought back by the astronauts was disbanded. Due to the secrecy of the project it remains unknown whether or not the location of the moon had been identified prior to NASA budgetary cuts. However, in 2009 Michael Douglas Griffin, then NASA Administrator, reported to the media that they were making remarkable progress on a construction in space, when asked if it was a base on our moon, he smiled and said no. Since 2010, no one has seen Michael Douglas Griffin, or the scientists assigned to the study of the lunar dust brought back by Apollo 11. On November 8th, 2011 at 08:33 EST, a freelance journalist working for Gawker tweeted Buzz Aldrin asking him what he knew about the missing division of scientists, Mr. Aldrin tweeted in return: "Elon Musk." At 08:41 EST, the servers went down for maintenance, when Twitter returned at 09:12 EST, the tweets were missing. Later that week the journalist in question was arrested for stealing what was reported to be an iPhone5.
posted by TwelveTwo (stanky) at 5:29 PM on April 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
Atlantic Timezone Go Boom
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (ffats) at 7:59 PM on April 20, 2012
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (ffats) at 7:59 PM on April 20, 2012
Go on.
posted by TwelveTwo (shillelagh) at 8:27 PM on April 20, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (shillelagh) at 8:27 PM on April 20, 2012
Eastern Timezone Go Boom
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (stiff) at 9:04 PM on April 20, 2012
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (stiff) at 9:04 PM on April 20, 2012
Hm! Now, don't let me stop you, finish your thoughts.
posted by TwelveTwo (stent) at 9:26 PM on April 20, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stent) at 9:26 PM on April 20, 2012
Central Timezone Go Boom
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (startled moose) at 10:00 PM on April 20, 2012
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (startled moose) at 10:00 PM on April 20, 2012
Speaking of Corgi on stilts, that reminds me of some more little known historical facts that aren't true.
* In the 1960s, Queen Elizabeth II took ownership of 16 corgi puppies. However, given the cultural mores at the time the comedic dog was mocked by the press. To maintain appearances the queen was forced to dress the dogs in regimental garb, however due to the economy at the time, only yellow and black fabrics were available. On the day of their debut, March 3rd 1961, the Queen was doubly embarrassed and roundly lampooned. Having only easy access to yellows and blacks, the poor dogs were dressed in royal navy ceremonial dress, and secondly, because of the excessive use in yellow in their costumes, the dogs looked more like bees than vice admirals. While all that is more than irrelevant now, the consequences are not. In one throw, the Queen gave birth to not one but two dog fashion trends: Dressing dogs in sailor outfits, and dressing them in bee outfits.
* Corgis are born with tails, but every sixth tail is possessed by the devil. Since Vatican 2 and the cut in exorcism budgets, it has become uneconomical to bless each and every Corgi. Instead, the tails are cut so the dogs may live a murder free life without worry or care.
posted by TwelveTwo (step) at 10:46 PM on April 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
* In the 1960s, Queen Elizabeth II took ownership of 16 corgi puppies. However, given the cultural mores at the time the comedic dog was mocked by the press. To maintain appearances the queen was forced to dress the dogs in regimental garb, however due to the economy at the time, only yellow and black fabrics were available. On the day of their debut, March 3rd 1961, the Queen was doubly embarrassed and roundly lampooned. Having only easy access to yellows and blacks, the poor dogs were dressed in royal navy ceremonial dress, and secondly, because of the excessive use in yellow in their costumes, the dogs looked more like bees than vice admirals. While all that is more than irrelevant now, the consequences are not. In one throw, the Queen gave birth to not one but two dog fashion trends: Dressing dogs in sailor outfits, and dressing them in bee outfits.
* Corgis are born with tails, but every sixth tail is possessed by the devil. Since Vatican 2 and the cut in exorcism budgets, it has become uneconomical to bless each and every Corgi. Instead, the tails are cut so the dogs may live a murder free life without worry or care.
posted by TwelveTwo (step) at 10:46 PM on April 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by TwelveTwo (stoooooooooooooned)
Write some more, it was fascinating reading.
posted by infini (stars in your eyes) at 10:54 PM on April 20, 2012
Write some more, it was fascinating reading.
posted by infini (stars in your eyes) at 10:54 PM on April 20, 2012
TwelveTwo, it is my understanding that John Belushi's bee character was intended as an act of anti-Windsor japery, funded by a rump society of Roundheads. Can you illuminate this matter with further historical facts?
posted by mwhybark (mood) at 11:26 PM on April 20, 2012
posted by mwhybark (mood) at 11:26 PM on April 20, 2012
Mountain Timezone Go Boom (running late)
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (calved) at 11:27 PM on April 20, 2012
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (calved) at 11:27 PM on April 20, 2012
* Central Oregon's Deschutes River was named for French-Canadian pioneer and brewery founder Rene Deschutes, who died of complications from a ruptured stomach at the age of 39 after boasting to a rival barley baron that he "could drink the whole of the river".
posted by cortex (chaff) at 11:33 PM on April 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by cortex (chaff) at 11:33 PM on April 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
Yo momma so fat I just checked into her on foursquare.
posted by special-k (stars in your eyes) at 11:36 PM on April 20, 2012
posted by special-k (stars in your eyes) at 11:36 PM on April 20, 2012
Pacific Timezone Go PHOTOBOMB
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (stebbins) at 12:00 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight (stebbins) at 12:00 AM on April 21, 2012
Oliver North is testifying on TV as a sort of running background to everything.
posted by flabdablet (farts) at 6:54 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by flabdablet (farts) at 6:54 AM on April 21, 2012
I'm really fucking disgusted that Rage is playing Robert Palmer.
posted by h00py (staph) at 8:23 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by h00py (staph) at 8:23 AM on April 21, 2012
And although I love the first You Am I cd with all of my heart, I think Tim Rogers is a fuckwit. With bad taste. And he sucks on stage too. Although he's now recommending Powderfinger who had some really good songs, you have to admit that. Some sucked but some are really good. Fuxk you Tim Rogers though?!
posted by h00py (snuffleuppagus) at 8:25 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by h00py (snuffleuppagus) at 8:25 AM on April 21, 2012
* Corgis are born with tails, but every sixth tail is possessed by the devil.
I have no reason to disbelieve this claim, and on the other hand, plenty of reason to consider it totally understandable.
posted by ShutterBun (giraffed) at 8:39 AM on April 21, 2012
I have no reason to disbelieve this claim, and on the other hand, plenty of reason to consider it totally understandable.
posted by ShutterBun (giraffed) at 8:39 AM on April 21, 2012
TwelveTwo, it is my understanding that John Belushi's bee character was intended as an act of anti-Windsor japery, funded by a rump society of Roundheads. Can you illuminate this matter with further historical facts?
The more fascinating element to that story is the origin of John Belushi himself.
* John Belushi was the imaginary friend of James Belushi. Constantly picked on by his siblings, James Belushi was never very happy as a child. This would all change. It was the Summer of 1962. Adam Belushi, their father, brought the children to visit his homeland. He had come from the village of Qytezë, a small community deep in Albania, north of the border to Greece, and famous for its traditional dish of dolma. A few days into their visit, sleeping at their grandparents home, young James Belushi was awoken by a voice. While James Belushi remains silent on the details, his father in a 1970s interview described the morning. Waking up to the smell of frying dolma, Adam Belushi noticed his son missing. He was not eating dolma, or in the village at all. His search turned frantic, and the village joined him. It was the afternoon when they finally discovered young James. He was sleeping beside a column of some forgotten temple. But here is where the story becomes interesting, Adam Belushi did not only find young James there, there was another boy there, an older boy. He introduced himself as John Belushi. When they returned to the village, the chief of the village eyed the child inspecting for the devil in him. Finding none evil but a soul of infinite age, the village elders declared the child to be one of the Bellios, their traditional name, and so the child was declared son of Adam Belushi. The following evening, James was teased by his sister Marian for unwrapping his dolma before eating its contents, but in a twist of history, the curious entity known as John Belushi interrupted her by doing the same as James, then proceeded to ask if she likes to sea food, and with her answer, showed his tongue at her. It would not be until the 80s that archaeologists would identify the temple as the lost Temple of Crius. During the first dig in 1982, a young graduate student by the name of Mary Frances damaged one of the buried statues in an attempt to excavate it. The beheaded, the statue was identified as the central statue of Crius. Panicked, the villagers ceased assisting the dig site. The following night, her daughter Merritt went missing. In the morning, the archaeologists were perplexed, and over coffee every option was considered, the question on their minds was not the missing child, but how did the head find itself back on the statue. There was no sign of the break. Mary Frances discovered her daughter by the columns above the dig, next to her was a child, he introduced himself as Zach. No one has since returned to the dig site.
posted by TwelveTwo (stippled) at 8:50 AM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
The more fascinating element to that story is the origin of John Belushi himself.
* John Belushi was the imaginary friend of James Belushi. Constantly picked on by his siblings, James Belushi was never very happy as a child. This would all change. It was the Summer of 1962. Adam Belushi, their father, brought the children to visit his homeland. He had come from the village of Qytezë, a small community deep in Albania, north of the border to Greece, and famous for its traditional dish of dolma. A few days into their visit, sleeping at their grandparents home, young James Belushi was awoken by a voice. While James Belushi remains silent on the details, his father in a 1970s interview described the morning. Waking up to the smell of frying dolma, Adam Belushi noticed his son missing. He was not eating dolma, or in the village at all. His search turned frantic, and the village joined him. It was the afternoon when they finally discovered young James. He was sleeping beside a column of some forgotten temple. But here is where the story becomes interesting, Adam Belushi did not only find young James there, there was another boy there, an older boy. He introduced himself as John Belushi. When they returned to the village, the chief of the village eyed the child inspecting for the devil in him. Finding none evil but a soul of infinite age, the village elders declared the child to be one of the Bellios, their traditional name, and so the child was declared son of Adam Belushi. The following evening, James was teased by his sister Marian for unwrapping his dolma before eating its contents, but in a twist of history, the curious entity known as John Belushi interrupted her by doing the same as James, then proceeded to ask if she likes to sea food, and with her answer, showed his tongue at her. It would not be until the 80s that archaeologists would identify the temple as the lost Temple of Crius. During the first dig in 1982, a young graduate student by the name of Mary Frances damaged one of the buried statues in an attempt to excavate it. The beheaded, the statue was identified as the central statue of Crius. Panicked, the villagers ceased assisting the dig site. The following night, her daughter Merritt went missing. In the morning, the archaeologists were perplexed, and over coffee every option was considered, the question on their minds was not the missing child, but how did the head find itself back on the statue. There was no sign of the break. Mary Frances discovered her daughter by the columns above the dig, next to her was a child, he introduced himself as Zach. No one has since returned to the dig site.
posted by TwelveTwo (stippled) at 8:50 AM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
* The first functioning artificial heart was originally tested in an elephant. For decades man knew how to build an artificial heart, but the smallest functioning model was three feet in diameter. But seeing as how elephants are so big, the scientists reasoned that an artificial heart could be implanted into an elephant without any need for miniaturization. They went to work immediately and the elephant which went by the name of Elton was given a fresh artificial heart, made of rubber, brass, and wood, it was capable of pumping . The elephant died at the Vienna Zoo at the age of 2. Elton's heart continued to beat for a full year after and so drew crowds and tourists from all around the globe. Elton was officially buried in 1871.
posted by TwelveTwo (winner) at 9:21 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (winner) at 9:21 AM on April 21, 2012
* Developed by the diaper industry in the 1950s, early tests of ShamWoW proved the substance to be capable of absorbing 100,000x its own weight in liquids. In early tests the material proved a viable weapon against Communism. In 1953 Lake Chihuahuan was successfully absorbed by the Marine Engineers and successfully wrung over the province of Gangwon. And so, the Korean War came to a close, but at the cost of the city Gangneung which washed into the sea, and came to rest off the coast of the Gyeongsangbuk-do province as the island of Ulleung. The Korean word for Bullshit.
posted by TwelveTwo (stuff) at 9:32 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stuff) at 9:32 AM on April 21, 2012
* Kelis's yard was actually a natural boy magnet in its own right. A canny business woman, she had identified the inherent value of the property on that basis, purchased the lot, and then leveraged the arrangement to market her milkshake to the local retail customer base. The sideline in continuing education programs in milkshake production were just icing on the cake.
posted by cortex (sweeney toddler) at 9:39 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by cortex (sweeney toddler) at 9:39 AM on April 21, 2012
Somewhere, someone is using a machine learning algorithm and getting some totally crazy results.
posted by TwelveTwo (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 9:43 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 9:43 AM on April 21, 2012
I think I'm numb to everything but I'll put my clenched hand up your bottom and then try to find some kind of meaning to it whilst ejaculating and pushing ever onwards *Stinkfist - Tool, that really obvious song that I was somehow mostly oblivious to, up until about 30 minutes ago when I read the lyrics.
posted by h00py (stack hat) at 9:47 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by h00py (stack hat) at 9:47 AM on April 21, 2012
I mean I was oblivious to the whole fisting thing. I loved the song from the first time I heard it, oh so many years ago.
posted by h00py (stoned) at 9:56 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by h00py (stoned) at 9:56 AM on April 21, 2012
* While the famous Formula 409 is known by all by its number, few know that earlier formulas were sold under popular brand names, many of which still on shelves today. Before settling on 409, Formula 408 was proven worthless in cleaning tests but similar enough to orange juice when mixed with water that it was packaged as Tang for young Americans. Formula 401 to 412 were sold as salad dressings. Formula 386 delighted children of all ages when the artificial life that grew from the experiment were sold as Sea-Monkeys. Classified by the state department, Formulas 340 to 385 are believed to be key ingredients for the incapacitating agent BZ, also known as Agent 15. As for Formulas 1, 2, and 3, they are your common condiments, Mustard, Ketchup, and Tabasco Sauce.
posted by TwelveTwo (stabilizer) at 9:59 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stabilizer) at 9:59 AM on April 21, 2012
* Many Americans do not know that the forests of North America once stretched to the Sierra-Nevada. Few Americans know that the American Chestnut is haunted by the windigo. During strong wind storms, the trees would rattle and allow for the entry of the terrible wind spirit into the mortal lands. In 1816, as America encroached on the haunted forests, word returned to Washington that the frontiersmen were fallings to cannibalism, that unspeakable things were done to man by man. Then Secretary of State, James Monroe knew that this is what the Algonquins were warning of. Consulting with a neighboring tribe, James Monroe proved himself in a series of trials, promised the natives land once he became President, and in return was blessed with a hatchet that can banish the windigo to its shadow dimension. Easily winning the Presidency on promises of destroying the creature which threatens the sanity of mankind, James Monroe set out to visit the cities and town of America. Wherever he went, his hatchet went with him. Once the cursed American Chestnut was identified, he would take one, two, three chops, and the tree would fall, the settlers would awake from their spell, and rise up, cutting all the trees down. From town to town, James Monroe fought back the windigo spirit, and when he came across the continent's mother chestnut, he took one, two, three chops, and the effect spread across the country, killing the trees everywhere. Those chestnuts that grew again in the east were free of the curse, but there still remained a single chestnut from the mother tree that was undestroyed. It traveled west in time, and planted in a town called Sherwood, Oregon. But yet, no reports have been made that the terrifying tendrils of the beastly windigo spirit have returned, but time will tell if the west is safe from the windigo.
posted by TwelveTwo (stooped) at 10:15 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stooped) at 10:15 AM on April 21, 2012
* The NACA XXC-1 was the first ship to reach the edge of space. Due to a shortage of dogs in the country due to the Dog Flu scare of 1947 and subsequent Canine Eradication Act signed by Harry S. Truman, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was forced to use cats for test pilots. The NACA XXC-1 was originally designed to hold two Labrador Retrievers. The engineers compensated for the loss of weight by fitting the craft with the supplies necessary for twelve cats. Outfitted in their astronautic suits, the twelve cats were readied for flight in the summer of 1948. But then Harry S. Truman heard word of the project. He had never been alerted of the project due to his superstitious nature, and distrust of cats. He moved to cancel the launch. However, he was too late. The cats, fascinated by the instrument panel and wholly lacking in military discipline, initiated the launch. According to logs, the NACA XXC-1 orbited the earth twice before descending again, crash landing safely in the city of Wellington, New Zealand. The cats, so uniformed in tiny astronaut suits, were mistaken for aliens. In expectation of apocalypse, the city broke into hysterics, mass looting, and general hooliganism.
posted by TwelveTwo (stable boy) at 10:44 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stable boy) at 10:44 AM on April 21, 2012
* The University of Loughborough is notable for being the only university founded by a gorilla. Mistaking the gorilla’s grunts and mutterings for the accent of a Cambridge vice-chancellor, then councillor of the market town of Lougborough, William Carwright misunderstood the guttural noises as a proposal for the founding of a technical institute. Discovered later to be blind and mad from mercury poisoning, William Carwright was removed from office and replaced by popularly elected alderman Thomas Mayo. Since the charter had been signed, and the proposal proved popular with the citizenry, Thomas Mayo decided to complete the project he had inherited. In 1909 the university opened. The gorilla proved an effective chancellor of the university until his forced resignation in 1915. Groomed for the position, naturalist Dr. Herbert Schofield took over from the gorilla, and directed the university until 1950.
posted by TwelveTwo (graph) at 11:00 AM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (graph) at 11:00 AM on April 21, 2012
worth repeating...
* The University of Loughborough is notable for being the only university founded by a gorilla. Mistaking the gorilla’s grunts and mutterings for the accent of a Cambridge vice-chancellor, then councillor of the market town of Lougborough, William Carwright misunderstood the guttural noises as a proposal for the founding of a technical institute. Discovered later to be blind and mad from mercury poisoning, William Carwright was removed from office and replaced by popularly elected alderman Thomas Mayo. Since the charter had been signed, and the proposal proved popular with the citizenry, Thomas Mayo decided to complete the project he had inherited. In 1909 the university opened. The gorilla proved an effective chancellor of the university until his forced resignation in 1915. Groomed for the position, naturalist Dr. Herbert Schofield took over from the gorilla, and directed the university until 1950.
posted by TwelveTwo (cory doctorow) at 11:00 AM on April 21 [+] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (stoooooooooooooned) at 2:21 PM on April 21, 2012
* The University of Loughborough is notable for being the only university founded by a gorilla. Mistaking the gorilla’s grunts and mutterings for the accent of a Cambridge vice-chancellor, then councillor of the market town of Lougborough, William Carwright misunderstood the guttural noises as a proposal for the founding of a technical institute. Discovered later to be blind and mad from mercury poisoning, William Carwright was removed from office and replaced by popularly elected alderman Thomas Mayo. Since the charter had been signed, and the proposal proved popular with the citizenry, Thomas Mayo decided to complete the project he had inherited. In 1909 the university opened. The gorilla proved an effective chancellor of the university until his forced resignation in 1915. Groomed for the position, naturalist Dr. Herbert Schofield took over from the gorilla, and directed the university until 1950.
posted by TwelveTwo (cory doctorow) at 11:00 AM on April 21 [+] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (stoooooooooooooned) at 2:21 PM on April 21, 2012
* The Tom Jones single "Sex Bomb" is nothing more than a crude bowdlerization of a ditty written by Nazi soldiers during the occupation of Lapland. As the original lyric goes, a Finn named Jorma is attempting to hide from the invading horde by standing behind a tree; unfortunately, the tree is so narrow (or the Finn so fat; it is not made clear which) that it would take six to obscure him effectively. Thus the taunting refrain: "Sechs Bäume! Sechs Bäume! Jorma, sechs Bäume!" A scratchy 78-rpm recording of this version was purchased in Hamburg by George Harrison in 1960, and the tune became a regular part of the Beatles' setlist until the band was forced to drop all Nazi-penned songs as a condition of their contract for transatlantic superstardom. At the tail end of an otherwise unfruitful recording session in 1999, an exhausted Tom Jones was asked if he could think of anything else to record. Recalling a tune he had heard thirty-five years earlier, Jones hurriedly scribbled down a what seemed to be the lyrics he seemed to remember seeming to hear the Beatles seeming to sing, then tunelessly belted out these words over a generic dance beat. This proved to be a winning formula, as the song became an immediate smash hit.
posted by Sys Rq (stout) at 2:34 PM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Sys Rq (stout) at 2:34 PM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
Funny, because Cory Doctorow is an integral actor in the most fiendish plots of all history, a conspiracy stretching west, east, north, and all remaining cardinal directions. But I cannot tell the tale, this epic secret history composed of facts that I made up will never be heard. Never to be communicated because there are such things as laws. Laws that prohibit defamation, calumny, vilification, traducement, slander, fraud, and libel. But once they are dead, or give me written permission, well, then I can tell the real false truth to my dishonest heart's content.
posted by TwelveTwo (taffy) at 2:35 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (taffy) at 2:35 PM on April 21, 2012
There are no frost giants; and as his is the only promise kept, I shall worship Odin.
posted by seanmpuckett (stephen hawking) at 3:44 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by seanmpuckett (stephen hawking) at 3:44 PM on April 21, 2012
defamation, calumny, vilification, traducement, slander, fraud, and libel
Sounds like excellent material for
(a) Reddit
(b) Breitbart
(c) Huffington Post
(d) Boing Boing
(e) Cracked
(f) nytimes.com
(g) Wikipedia
(h) all of the above (ANYWHERE but MetaFilter)
posted by oneswellfoop (sweeney toddler) at 4:30 PM on April 21, 2012
Sounds like excellent material for
(a) Reddit
(b) Breitbart
(c) Huffington Post
(d) Boing Boing
(e) Cracked
(f) nytimes.com
(g) Wikipedia
(h) all of the above (ANYWHERE but MetaFilter)
posted by oneswellfoop (sweeney toddler) at 4:30 PM on April 21, 2012
In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed to sea. He told us of his life in the land of submarines. So we sailed on to the sun 'til we found a sea of green, and we lived beneath the waves in our yellow submarine. Our friends are all aboard. Many more of them live next door. And the band begins to play "We all live in a yellow submarine".
posted by oneswellfoop (riffraff) at 4:35 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (riffraff) at 4:35 PM on April 21, 2012
Originally „Der feige Unterseeboot“
posted by Sys Rq (standup comedian) at 4:45 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by Sys Rq (standup comedian) at 4:45 PM on April 21, 2012
* The first dance party without live sacrifice occurred in the spring of 122 A.D. Dance parties prior to 122 A.D. commonly involved the sacrifice of non-dancing participants, or those whose dancing could be deemed equivalent to the absence of dancing. Blood of the sacrificed would be whisked into a foam by servants and rained upon the living. Few would regard a party without blood foam as a party at all. Cicero wrote, "to many a dance party is only perceived to be a a party until the blood foam of the few has descended from the servant floor and unto the dancing floor." While the decline of this proud human tradition would fill many books the turning point was in 122 A.D. When the first dance party without blood foam was recorded and popularly regarded as a true dance party and not merely an event involving dancing, or a party featuring dancing. Nevertheless many artifacts remain from these primitive days, inexplicable habits of western and eastern society carried passed down from our wilder history. For instance, the phrase "wall flower" remains in common use. The phrase originally refers to the torture device once used to extract blood for use as foam, but today means merely a non-participant, someone who in more primitive times would have been sacrificed for the sake of the party.
posted by TwelveTwo (karen carpenter) at 5:21 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (karen carpenter) at 5:21 PM on April 21, 2012
Usavich (a series of short cartoons made for MTV Japan about two Russian rabbits in a Soviet Era prison...and then it gets weird)
posted by oneswellfoop (taffy) at 5:21 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (taffy) at 5:21 PM on April 21, 2012
* The first rabbit was born on a Thursday. In the 1700s economists fascinated by human population growth curves worked on a collective project to not only predict the population growth of mankind, but also to identify the date in which Adam and Eve begat it on. Due to the limitations of their time they had no reasonable or accurate census data on humans, few scholars were capable of any substantial conclusions. Dismayed, economists gave up on trying to predict human population, but one scholar did not: Jean-Michel Sauteur d'Chartreux. In a small monstary in the south of France, Saint Amant de Lapin Abbaye, famous for its sémillon vines and its written record of all rabbit births and deaths which they had been maintaining since 33 A.D. after a biblical passage was tragically misunderstood. Jean-Michel Sauteur d'Chartreux had followed the failures of others to calculate the holy birth date, and decided on a simpler task. He would calculate the day of the flood. Knowing about Saint Amant de Lapin Abbaye, he set forth from Paris to seek the assistance of the monks. Reasoning that rabbit procreation was more rational than man's, he set to work. Three years later, he sent letter to a correspondence in Tuscany, in the writing, he mocks the man for failing in his task to calculate the birthday of mankind, and boasts that through the generosity of rabbits he had identified all that he could not. Unfortunately, the work of Jean-Michel Sauteur d'Chartreux has all but been lost. A casualty of the French Revolution. Of what we have are only notes pertaining to the calculations of the day of the week, and his letters writing home complaining about the occitan dialect. In these calculations, however, while missing many of the variables necessary to reconstruct his work, his conclusion read as clear as if it were written today: Bien sûr, le premier lapin est né un jeudi. Les moines étaient corrects. Le jeudi est le plus rationnel de jours, le premier jour il ne faut pas manger un lapin. Quelle erreur mon mentor était en prétendant - Naturally, he wrote, the first rabbit was born on a Thursday.
posted by TwelveTwo (stack exchange) at 5:54 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stack exchange) at 5:54 PM on April 21, 2012
On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that some day he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his friend, Oscar Madison. Several years earlier, Madison's wife had thrown HIM out, requesting that HE never return. Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?
posted by oneswellfoop (sweeney toddler) at 6:42 PM on April 21, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop (sweeney toddler) at 6:42 PM on April 21, 2012 [2 favorites]
* The Mallard is the only surviving species of aquatic bird that has never successfully killed a human. This is surprising only in light of the great number of European kings that have been killed by Loons, Geese, Swans and Coots.
posted by TwelveTwo (graph) at 8:06 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (graph) at 8:06 PM on April 21, 2012
DUCK
posted by flabdablet (riffraff) at 8:46 PM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by flabdablet (riffraff) at 8:46 PM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
However, Leonard Nimoy's second child Nathan, at age two, was held hostage for more than a month by a pair of terns, six puffins and a teal.
posted by Devils Rancher (stable boy) at 8:47 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by Devils Rancher (stable boy) at 8:47 PM on April 21, 2012
*
posted by not_on_display (starburns) at 9:31 PM on April 21, 2012 [4 favorites]
Some people call me the space cowboy.The phrases "space cowboy", "gangster of love" and "Maurice" are all references to previous [Steve] Miller songs. The "pompatus" line is also a reference to an earlier song of his, "Enter Maurice", which was recorded the previous year:
Yeah! Some call me the gangster of love.
Some people call me Maurice,
'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love.
My dearest darling, come closer to MauriceAlthough Miller claims he invented the words "epismetology" (metathesis of epistemology) and "pompatus", all of his song-writing demonstrates strong rhythm and blues influences, and a 1954 song called "The Letter" by the Medallions had the lines:
so I can whisper sweet words of epismetology
in your ear and speak to you of the pompatus of love.
Oh my darling, let me whisperThe song was composed by Vernon Green as a description of his dream woman. "Pizmotality described words of such secrecy that they could only be spoken to the one you loved", Green explained. He coined the term puppetutes "to mean a secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children".
sweet words of pizmotality
and discuss the puppetutes of love.
posted by not_on_display (starburns) at 9:31 PM on April 21, 2012 [4 favorites]
I got nothing.
posted by arcticseal (zach braf) at 10:05 PM on April 21, 2012
posted by arcticseal (zach braf) at 10:05 PM on April 21, 2012
Hail, April showers and the sprinkles of fairy dust that turn Bottoms into dreamers
posted by infini (stamen) at 10:05 PM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by infini (stamen) at 10:05 PM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
It began in the future. A scientist turning to evil, a time machine called TRAX, criminals who vanish and a lawman with a mission. He has one weapon and a computer named SELMA. With them he will travel to a time more innocent than his own. Now he is among us. A special breed of man, a hunter, traveling through our world searching for fugitives from his own, knowing he can not go home until he has found them all. His name is Darien Lambert and this is his story.
posted by oneswellfoop (stuffing) at 10:33 PM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop (stuffing) at 10:33 PM on April 21, 2012 [1 favorite]
However, Leonard Nimoy's second child Nathan, at age two, was held hostage for more than a month by a pair of terns, six puffins and a teal.
Relating the story at dinner, a young Michael Bay was inspired to make action films. Because, his cousin, Susan Bay, is the wife of Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy and they frequently shared family dinners together. No freakin asterisk at the front of this post, no sir, true as an arrow: Michael Bay and Leonard Nimoy are related, I'm not making nothing up. But I can keep going: Nicolas Cage is the son of August Coppola, the creator of the famous Tactile Dome in the San Francisco Exploratorium, and August Coppola was brother to director Francis Ford Coppola, who in turn is the father of Sofia Coppola, who is named after this can of wine I am drinking, can of wine, how is this possible, a can of wine, what a world we live in, wottaworld wottaworld!
posted by TwelveTwo (stef) at 12:07 AM on April 22, 2012
Sauteur d'Chartreux
au Lapin Agile.
I was laughing so hard, keep it up!
posted by mwhybark (gaffe) at 12:21 AM on April 22, 2012
au Lapin Agile.
I was laughing so hard, keep it up!
posted by mwhybark (gaffe) at 12:21 AM on April 22, 2012
RABBIT
posted by flabdablet (stet) at 9:43 AM on April 22, 2012
posted by flabdablet (stet) at 9:43 AM on April 22, 2012
* The Phonautograph, precursor to the gramophone, was originally invented to alleviate stress on court stenographers. At a hearing regarding his printing practices, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville publicly mocked the mustaches of the court, identifying their mustaches as effeminate and proof of poor virility. To his surprise, the stress placed on the forearm by verbatim shorthand writing proved identical to the exercise routine of a trained boxer, and with one quick jab the court stenographer knocked him down for the count. Infuriated by the unnatural arm strength of stenographers, he began work on a machine which would replace them. The phonautograph picked up the vibrations of sound and translated them to the motion of a stylus, and by so doing, draw the shape of the sound. Unfamiliar with what shorthand was he enthusiastically misunderstood his device's output as shorthand. Proud of his invention, he offered a bet to the stenographer that had bested him. He bet that his machine could not only maintain pace with an auctioneer, but do so longer than he could. They shook hands. Soon, all of Paris heard word of this mighty event and the Paris auction house was packed with interest. With a blast of a pistol, the auctioneer began reading. A famous pervert, the auctioneer hastily read from Les Liaisons Dangereuses, assuming the voices for each letter in turn. By the second hour, many had fainted, the stenographer kept his stride, and the phonautograph squeaked along. By the third hour, the stenographer broke a sweat, in dire need of oil the phonoautograph screeched with the sound of metal. The auctioneer, finishing the text, took a sip of wine, and began again. The stenographer collapsed in the fifth hour. A bell was sound. In absolute silence, the auctioneer strode to Édouard-Léon, gripped his hand, threw it to the air and so announced him the winner. The audience exploded into cheers, cheers which echoed throughout all of Paris, setting dogs off for miles around. Women surrounded Édouard-Léon with compliments on his virile mustache, champagne was opened. In the excitement no one saw that the stenographer gathered himself, stumbled to the phonautograph, and gripped a sheet, his career ruined, he squinted, scribbles, he threw a sheet aside, took another, scribbles, threw it, another, and another, his palms black with ink and sweat, he gripped another, scribbles. Faint, the stenographer grabbed the coat of the auctioneer, and with the last of his energy the man shouted, he shouted so loud as to silence the crowds, the chatter, the dogs, he silenced all of france and he shouted only one word, he shouted: scribbles. With no more life in him he fell to the ground papers clutched in his mighty hands, dead. The auctioneer looked, demanded an explanation from Édouard-Léon, and he answered with an excuse destined to be so famous that french students still use it today in defense of their notebooks, he said to the auctioneer: "Obviously, it must be you who speaks illegibly." With a swift jab, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville spent the rest of his days trying to create a machine to replace auctioneers.
posted by TwelveTwo (stout) at 10:07 AM on April 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by TwelveTwo (stout) at 10:07 AM on April 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
* The Welsh Language was originally devised as a way to frustrate the English. Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd, King of Gwynedd, his original name now long forgotten, became frustrated at a dinner with King Henry II of England when King Henry II would not summon his servants. King of Gwynedd requested politely that the salt be passed down. King Henry II ignored the request, wishing instead to finish telling the Welsh king more stories from his childhood. The Welsh King repeated the request again, and again, after half an hour had passed, King Henry II summoned his servants. However, he mistakenly passed the pepper down the table. Irritated by King Henry II, King Owain proceeded to speak gibberish at King Henry II. When asked to speak properly, the King of Wales claimed it as his own native language. Smiling, he was able to frustrate the king's demand for compliments for the remainder of the dinner. Irritated, the King of England sent agents to the home of the King of Wales. He sought proof that the King of Wales was mocking him with a mock language. Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd had always been a clever man, and was able to convince his entire court to speak similarly non-sensibly. Taking pride in the prank, he even devised a new written language, and as the King of England became more intent on revealing the King of Wales as a prankster, the King of Wales become more amused and engaged in the prank. To allow business to operate as usual, the King of Wales secretly disseminated texts explaining how to keep up the joke and provided formulae for restructuring personal and town names to be impenetrably "Welsh". It was the Christmas Letter that the King of Wales sent to the King of England that sent King Henry II over the edge. Infuriated by the mad spelling in the letter, he invaded Wales in the year 1157. The prank had been going on for three years, and all road signs had been rewritten. Confused and lost by the signage his army marched on Glasglow, and in 1158 the army found their way, ultimately defeating the army of the King of Wales. At sword point, the Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd complied with King Henry II, admitting that it was all a joke. However, this changed nothing, for when King Henry II would later point this out publicly, his advisers, not believing Henry II's claim, recommended him not to tell such jokes, they were in poor taste. Nevertheless, Henry II insisted, the Welsh just made it up to mock him. For generations to follow, English bards would mock King Henry II for his paranoid delusions regarding the Welsh.
posted by TwelveTwo (stapler) at 10:44 AM on April 22, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by TwelveTwo (stapler) at 10:44 AM on April 22, 2012 [2 favorites]
I've decided to start a tumblr.
posted by TwelveTwo (stop sign) at 11:59 AM on April 22, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by TwelveTwo (stop sign) at 11:59 AM on April 22, 2012 [2 favorites]
Is the "follow" thingie on tumblr blocked or just my screen?
posted by infini (stopped) at 12:01 PM on April 22, 2012
posted by infini (stopped) at 12:01 PM on April 22, 2012
I think maybe now?
posted by TwelveTwo (starvin') at 12:12 PM on April 22, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (starvin') at 12:12 PM on April 22, 2012
* There are over 300 types of lettuce that grow naturally in the wild; of these, 98% are poisonous. Rabbits, however, have evolved an immunity to the lettuces' poisons, and instead experience otherworldly states of euphoria when ingesting wild lettuce.
posted by not_on_display (st00pid) at 12:55 PM on April 22, 2012
posted by not_on_display (st00pid) at 12:55 PM on April 22, 2012
* The word "Michigan" is derived from the Iriquois word for "mitten"
posted by not_on_display (stack hat) at 12:57 PM on April 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display (stack hat) at 12:57 PM on April 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
* The word "Michigan" is derived from the Iriquois word for "mitten"
I always had a suspicion.
posted by TwelveTwo (stoopid) at 1:01 PM on April 22, 2012
I always had a suspicion.
posted by TwelveTwo (stoopid) at 1:01 PM on April 22, 2012
That's a common reaction. And an old one. In fact, the word "suspicion" is a corruption of the Iriquois word for that specific feeling, which roughly transliterates as "suspichigan".
posted by cortex (stasi) at 2:11 PM on April 22, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by cortex (stasi) at 2:11 PM on April 22, 2012 [4 favorites]
* While "Detroit" comes from the same Latin root as "detritus".
posted by oneswellfoop (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 4:31 PM on April 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 4:31 PM on April 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
* The word "cortex" is directly derived from the Latin, cortex, meaning "one who wears togas with funny maxims woven into the fabric."
posted by not_on_display (starship trooper) at 4:59 PM on April 22, 2012
posted by not_on_display (starship trooper) at 4:59 PM on April 22, 2012
* And the phrase "one swell foop" is derived from the German "ündërsvëlläfüpër", meaning "that guy who does the practical joke with the ketchup packet and the straw".
posted by oneswellfoop (stooped) at 5:53 PM on April 22, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stooped) at 5:53 PM on April 22, 2012
"Now you’re just some Bobby that I used to know."
posted by oneswellfoop (stooped) at 11:03 PM on April 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop (stooped) at 11:03 PM on April 22, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oneswellfoop, that's a great idea for when the red sox inevitably fire Valentine.
posted by Ghidorah (stack exchange) at 11:19 PM on April 22, 2012
posted by Ghidorah (stack exchange) at 11:19 PM on April 22, 2012
...could also apply to Bobby Darin, Bobby Brown, Bobby Fischer and Bobby Flay. But none of them would look as funny painted over like that.
posted by oneswellfoop (starter) at 12:03 AM on April 23, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (starter) at 12:03 AM on April 23, 2012
My dog has no-nos.
posted by flabdablet (stamps.com) at 10:01 AM on April 23, 2012
posted by flabdablet (stamps.com) at 10:01 AM on April 23, 2012
There's a nap for that.
posted by zarq (sylvan learning center) at 10:05 AM on April 23, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by zarq (sylvan learning center) at 10:05 AM on April 23, 2012 [3 favorites]
REAG
rolls eyes and groans
posted by infini (standardized test) at 11:45 AM on April 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
rolls eyes and groans
posted by infini (standardized test) at 11:45 AM on April 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
REAG
rolls eyes and groans
posted by i (cory doctorow)
posted by infini (stuff) at 11:45 AM on April 23, 2012
rolls eyes and groans
posted by i (cory doctorow)
posted by infini (stuff) at 11:45 AM on April 23, 2012
For all intensive porpoises this thread should just about be done.
posted by Sailormom (smithers release the hounds) at 5:39 PM on April 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Sailormom (smithers release the hounds) at 5:39 PM on April 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
* The porpoise has no purpose.
posted by TwelveTwo (stoooooooooooooned) at 12:08 AM on April 24, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stoooooooooooooned) at 12:08 AM on April 24, 2012
Does that make it o-fish-al?
yes, I know porpoises are mammals, now go away
posted by oneswellfoop (chaff) at 11:04 AM on April 24, 2012
yes, I know porpoises are mammals, now go away
posted by oneswellfoop (chaff) at 11:04 AM on April 24, 2012
I find it very odd, and somewhat disconcerting, that some animals have a single nostril that comes out of the top of their head, even if they are all sea mammals.
posted by jabberjaw (graft) at 11:47 AM on April 24, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (graft) at 11:47 AM on April 24, 2012
Well, I guess that's much less odd and disconcerting, as I imagine humans with a giant back-nostril instead of humans with a giant head-nostril.
In Spanish, the nose is called las narices, which translates to "the nostrils," indicating that the nose is not a singular organ, but two separate ones combined.
posted by jabberjaw (stentoria) at 12:30 PM on April 24, 2012
In Spanish, the nose is called las narices, which translates to "the nostrils," indicating that the nose is not a singular organ, but two separate ones combined.
posted by jabberjaw (stentoria) at 12:30 PM on April 24, 2012
Then my noses are stuffed.
posted by TwelveTwo (hairway to steven) at 12:36 PM on April 24, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (hairway to steven) at 12:36 PM on April 24, 2012
DO WHALES SNEEZE? DOES ANYONE HAVE A VIDEO? THIS IS URGENT
posted by TwelveTwo (scrappy-doo) at 12:37 PM on April 24, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (scrappy-doo) at 12:37 PM on April 24, 2012
Of course, a bunch of 5 year olds will probably be better than the writers than most other Fox shows.
posted by jabberjaw (stockholm syndrome) at 12:55 PM on April 24, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stockholm syndrome) at 12:55 PM on April 24, 2012
Yes, but can they defeat a legion of armed Roman soldiers, if transported back in time and given modern weapons?
posted by not_on_display (stafu) at 2:47 PM on April 24, 2012
posted by not_on_display (stafu) at 2:47 PM on April 24, 2012
Burhanistan: And the neat thing is that you could totally cut a hole in your back and run some tubing from it to your primary bronchea and then pretend that you're a whale.
Oddly enough, this is exactly how the human centipede concept started out.
posted by misha ('struth) at 4:06 PM on April 24, 2012
Oddly enough, this is exactly how the human centipede concept started out.
posted by misha ('struth) at 4:06 PM on April 24, 2012
Yes, but can they defeat a legion of armed Roman soldiers, if transported back in time and given modern weapons?
DAY 1: Mrs. Hansen's kindergarten class is outside playing during recess. The bell rings, signalling the end of recess. Suddenly, the class vanishes.
The playground full swings, a couple of seesaws, a backstop and a foursquare court suddenly reappears in a field outside Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber River. Without substantially prepared ground under it, the blacktop and concrete begins sinking into the marshy ground and cracking.
Jared starts crying first. Bella tells everybody to duck and cover, believing the class is trapped in an earthquake.
Pretty soon everybody starts crying. A few have wet themselves. Bella now believes something more terrible has occurred -- she and her classmates maybe teleported like the Autobots did in that Transformers movie. Only a few kids have realized that the rest of Andrew Jackson Elementary School has vanished, but that will soon become apparent when that one kid, Mason, who has an iPhone, tries calling his mommie, to no avail.
Within an hour, the kids are all disoriented. Some are still crying. Others are playing in the mud. The playground is not the only modern thing transported to Rome, though; with them are the entire inventory of the 35th Marine Expedition Unit: guns, tanks, helicopters and rations.
Bella looks at her best friend, Maddy. With grim determination in their eyes, they understand what must be done. Maddy pulls a belt of .50 caliber bullets over her shoulder as she starts fumbling with an M-4. Bella puts on a shoulder-holster, pulls out the .45 caliber pistol, releases the clip to make sure it is full before pushing it back in and chambering the first round. Bella and Maddy look at each other in the eye.
"Lock and load. Let's take out a whole legion of Roman motherfuckers."
Bella turns to her classmates. There are 21 of them altogether. "Who's in?" she shouts.
Logan has already crawled into a helicopter, flipping a few switches to activate the control panel. He sees the fuel gauge is full, but the GPS isn't tracking for shit. He pulls oversized aviators over his eyes. "I'm in, sweetheart."
posted by jabberjaw (starfish kisses) at 5:03 PM on April 24, 2012 [5 favorites]
DAY 1: Mrs. Hansen's kindergarten class is outside playing during recess. The bell rings, signalling the end of recess. Suddenly, the class vanishes.
The playground full swings, a couple of seesaws, a backstop and a foursquare court suddenly reappears in a field outside Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber River. Without substantially prepared ground under it, the blacktop and concrete begins sinking into the marshy ground and cracking.
Jared starts crying first. Bella tells everybody to duck and cover, believing the class is trapped in an earthquake.
Pretty soon everybody starts crying. A few have wet themselves. Bella now believes something more terrible has occurred -- she and her classmates maybe teleported like the Autobots did in that Transformers movie. Only a few kids have realized that the rest of Andrew Jackson Elementary School has vanished, but that will soon become apparent when that one kid, Mason, who has an iPhone, tries calling his mommie, to no avail.
Within an hour, the kids are all disoriented. Some are still crying. Others are playing in the mud. The playground is not the only modern thing transported to Rome, though; with them are the entire inventory of the 35th Marine Expedition Unit: guns, tanks, helicopters and rations.
Bella looks at her best friend, Maddy. With grim determination in their eyes, they understand what must be done. Maddy pulls a belt of .50 caliber bullets over her shoulder as she starts fumbling with an M-4. Bella puts on a shoulder-holster, pulls out the .45 caliber pistol, releases the clip to make sure it is full before pushing it back in and chambering the first round. Bella and Maddy look at each other in the eye.
"Lock and load. Let's take out a whole legion of Roman motherfuckers."
Bella turns to her classmates. There are 21 of them altogether. "Who's in?" she shouts.
Logan has already crawled into a helicopter, flipping a few switches to activate the control panel. He sees the fuel gauge is full, but the GPS isn't tracking for shit. He pulls oversized aviators over his eyes. "I'm in, sweetheart."
posted by jabberjaw (starfish kisses) at 5:03 PM on April 24, 2012 [5 favorites]
Oh, those naughty Canadians...
posted by oneswellfoop (star trek) at 5:20 PM on April 24, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (star trek) at 5:20 PM on April 24, 2012
DAY 41: Bella stands amid a field of fallen soldiers, a long scar running across her chin where a javelin had made a close call. She pulls the cigar she found in her flack jacket pocket up to her lips, puffing, the orange embers mirroring the sun setting in the distance. The humvee stops next to her, rolling over the bones of dead soldiers, the door opening.
Jared, the crybaby, had come to his own; he was wearing a legionnaire's helmet that was still crusted with the blood of the valiant soldier who had died in it, Jared's first kill, weeks earlier. He carefully climbs down from the vehicle, as the distance from the ground is almost as tall as him. Jared glances up to Jasmine who was manning the .50 caliber gun on top of the vehicle, and gives her a thumbs up.
"Fuckin' A!" shouts Jasmine from above, brandishing her ka-bar knife like a sword.
Bella puts her foot on the Centurion lying dead next to her, and leans her elbow on her knee. Ethan, carrying the radio, hands the headset to Bella. "Status, Maddy? Over."
"All quiet on the western front. Repeat, all quiet on the western front. Over."
"Copy. Logan, are you on?"
The whir from the helicopter is relatively silent, but Logan shouts into the mic anyways. "Dustin' a few creepers tryin' ta get away!" Machine gun sounds in spurts.
"Save your ammo, and get your butt back on the ground. It's getting dark."
Bella's classmates gradually gather around her. She surveys the group of little hardened warriors, some of whom barely knew how to tie their shoes, but goddamn could they shoot a machine gun.
Bella grins, admiring the destruction they had wrought, and thinks, A bunch of 5-year olds with modern weapons fighting a Roman army is awesome.
posted by jabberjaw (giraffed) at 6:21 PM on April 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
Jared, the crybaby, had come to his own; he was wearing a legionnaire's helmet that was still crusted with the blood of the valiant soldier who had died in it, Jared's first kill, weeks earlier. He carefully climbs down from the vehicle, as the distance from the ground is almost as tall as him. Jared glances up to Jasmine who was manning the .50 caliber gun on top of the vehicle, and gives her a thumbs up.
"Fuckin' A!" shouts Jasmine from above, brandishing her ka-bar knife like a sword.
Bella puts her foot on the Centurion lying dead next to her, and leans her elbow on her knee. Ethan, carrying the radio, hands the headset to Bella. "Status, Maddy? Over."
"All quiet on the western front. Repeat, all quiet on the western front. Over."
"Copy. Logan, are you on?"
The whir from the helicopter is relatively silent, but Logan shouts into the mic anyways. "Dustin' a few creepers tryin' ta get away!" Machine gun sounds in spurts.
"Save your ammo, and get your butt back on the ground. It's getting dark."
Bella's classmates gradually gather around her. She surveys the group of little hardened warriors, some of whom barely knew how to tie their shoes, but goddamn could they shoot a machine gun.
Bella grins, admiring the destruction they had wrought, and thinks, A bunch of 5-year olds with modern weapons fighting a Roman army is awesome.
posted by jabberjaw (giraffed) at 6:21 PM on April 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
at least we got something past day 7.
posted by mwhybark (snodgrass) at 9:51 PM on April 24, 2012
posted by mwhybark (snodgrass) at 9:51 PM on April 24, 2012
On the seventh day shit was awesome
posted by TwelveTwo (stuffing) at 10:12 PM on April 24, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stuffing) at 10:12 PM on April 24, 2012
My seventh shit today was not so awesome.
posted by h00py (stupid) at 12:35 AM on April 26 [+] [!]
Awesome!
posted by h00py (startled moose) at 6:36 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by h00py (stupid) at 12:35 AM on April 26 [+] [!]
Awesome!
posted by h00py (startled moose) at 6:36 AM on April 25, 2012
DAY 7: The few skirmishes the days before didn't count. Today they face an army which spans wider and deeper than the class of 5-year olds could imagine.
General Septimus Publius marches with his men across the battlefield. It was a good day to battle with the menacing little demons that had been unleashing thunder, lightning and fire on his troops. "Let us see how they fare against an entire Legion," he smirks. Septimus is not known for his lack of hubris. 6,000 soldiers marching, a fast-moving cavalry of 300 men at its head.
The sun is low yet, still rising, but the wind is crisp and the clouds sparse. His men are well-fed on the stores of the little villages nearby, and they are eager for battle against what truly seemed to be mystical creatures. But he knows, a secret kept to himself and the highest ranking cadre, that they were only children; they had captured one of the wily things from the gullet of a disabled giant metal war wagon, who had simply bawled in some demon language, "Mommy, mommy!" Septimus could guess what it meant.
Then he hears thunder in the distance. An advance group of men on horseback return to him now, less one rider. He calls his bannermen to stop the marching. "The moment of reckoning has come," Septimus thinks to himself.
And then in a flash of light, and Septimus was disintegrated.
Although not listed among the typical stores of the MEU, half a dozen tactical nuclear weapons were among its stock. Jenna had come up with the idea of tricking the soldiers into a trap. None of the 5-year-olds could really comprehend the power of the tactical nukes, so they stayed miles away from them after they had laid them the afternoon before. They had rigged some "fireworks" to warn them when the Legion was in place.
Bella feels the first flash of light, like lightning from a distant storm. Then a second. "That shit is awesome," she mouths, not sure if she made any sound. The sound of the explosions is intense, but the class of children all are shielded in vehicles and wearing earplugs and mufflers. Besides, they are used to the sounds of explosions by now. She would ask Mason to fly his chopper over the detonation area around noon to see what had happened; even if any Roman soldier survived, she doubted they would continue their march.
At least, not today.
posted by jabberjaw (stand and deliver) at 8:10 AM on April 25, 2012
General Septimus Publius marches with his men across the battlefield. It was a good day to battle with the menacing little demons that had been unleashing thunder, lightning and fire on his troops. "Let us see how they fare against an entire Legion," he smirks. Septimus is not known for his lack of hubris. 6,000 soldiers marching, a fast-moving cavalry of 300 men at its head.
The sun is low yet, still rising, but the wind is crisp and the clouds sparse. His men are well-fed on the stores of the little villages nearby, and they are eager for battle against what truly seemed to be mystical creatures. But he knows, a secret kept to himself and the highest ranking cadre, that they were only children; they had captured one of the wily things from the gullet of a disabled giant metal war wagon, who had simply bawled in some demon language, "Mommy, mommy!" Septimus could guess what it meant.
Then he hears thunder in the distance. An advance group of men on horseback return to him now, less one rider. He calls his bannermen to stop the marching. "The moment of reckoning has come," Septimus thinks to himself.
And then in a flash of light, and Septimus was disintegrated.
Although not listed among the typical stores of the MEU, half a dozen tactical nuclear weapons were among its stock. Jenna had come up with the idea of tricking the soldiers into a trap. None of the 5-year-olds could really comprehend the power of the tactical nukes, so they stayed miles away from them after they had laid them the afternoon before. They had rigged some "fireworks" to warn them when the Legion was in place.
Bella feels the first flash of light, like lightning from a distant storm. Then a second. "That shit is awesome," she mouths, not sure if she made any sound. The sound of the explosions is intense, but the class of children all are shielded in vehicles and wearing earplugs and mufflers. Besides, they are used to the sounds of explosions by now. She would ask Mason to fly his chopper over the detonation area around noon to see what had happened; even if any Roman soldier survived, she doubted they would continue their march.
At least, not today.
posted by jabberjaw (stand and deliver) at 8:10 AM on April 25, 2012
wait a sec...Bella sounds like an Italian name. Lucky she doesn't just blink out of existence in an explosion of timey wimey stuff.
posted by juv3nal (stifler) at 12:08 PM on April 25, 2012
posted by juv3nal (stifler) at 12:08 PM on April 25, 2012
Fortunately, no. Her parents, however, were Twilight fans. Also, this:
2007 Popular Baby Names:
Female Names
1. Emily
2. Isabella
3. Emma
4. Ava
5. Madison
Male Names:
1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Ethan
4. Joshua
5. Daniel
posted by jabberjaw (stack o toads) at 12:31 PM on April 25, 2012
2007 Popular Baby Names:
Female Names
1. Emily
2. Isabella
3. Emma
4. Ava
5. Madison
Male Names:
1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Ethan
4. Joshua
5. Daniel
posted by jabberjaw (stack o toads) at 12:31 PM on April 25, 2012
He's just playing guess who?
posted by arcticseal (stafu) at 5:08 PM on April 25, 2012
posted by arcticseal (stafu) at 5:08 PM on April 25, 2012
If you're playing Guess Who, I'd like to hear "No Sugar Tonight"
posted by oneswellfoop (stefi graf) at 12:04 AM on April 26, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stefi graf) at 12:04 AM on April 26, 2012
You just bought yourself another Saturday, Burhanistan.
posted by jabberjaw (stef) at 7:38 AM on April 26, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stef) at 7:38 AM on April 26, 2012
Late to the party...
posted by bluefly (raff scaff) at 7:54 AM on April 26, 2012
posted by bluefly (raff scaff) at 7:54 AM on April 26, 2012
Now when you say "John Hughes' movies", do you mean only the ones he directed? Or also ones he wrote? I don't feel particularly compelled to defend any of the movies he directed (although I disagree with you) but are you also saying that Home Alone and National Lampoon's Vacation/Christmas Vacation are awful?
posted by SpiffyRob (staffing solutions) at 8:41 AM on April 26, 2012
posted by SpiffyRob (staffing solutions) at 8:41 AM on April 26, 2012
I'm not going to defend Say Anything, but 1980's John Cusack was a role model. Mostly for Better Off Dead. Savage Steve Holland, the answer to John Hughes.
By the way, most, nay, all Cameron Crowe stuff is schlock.
posted by jabberjaw (standup comedian) at 9:04 AM on April 26, 2012
By the way, most, nay, all Cameron Crowe stuff is schlock.
posted by jabberjaw (standup comedian) at 9:04 AM on April 26, 2012
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is at least very entertaining schlock.
posted by SpiffyRob (spouse) at 9:22 AM on April 26, 2012
posted by SpiffyRob (spouse) at 9:22 AM on April 26, 2012
Still, compare all those "80s Movies" directors to today's crop, the Class of Michael Bay. Okay, Josh Whedon is cool, but his 'style' might age as badly as Hughes' has in a couple decades unless he brings something really unique to "Avengers". Tim Burton is the only seeming survivor of that era, and he's... well...
posted by oneswellfoop (no soap) at 10:36 AM on April 26, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (no soap) at 10:36 AM on April 26, 2012
And another Saturday. Instead of going to prison, you'll come here, Burhanistan.
posted by jabberjaw (starship trooper) at 11:00 AM on April 26, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (starship trooper) at 11:00 AM on April 26, 2012
It's Mondays I don't like.
posted by arcticseal (hairway to steven) at 11:41 AM on April 26, 2012
posted by arcticseal (hairway to steven) at 11:41 AM on April 26, 2012
Well, hold on then, because tomorrow's Friday (what? you think I linked to THAT video?)
posted by oneswellfoop (stephen hawking) at 12:10 PM on April 26, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stephen hawking) at 12:10 PM on April 26, 2012
Just another manic Monday. I don't like Mondays.
posted by jabberjaw (cory doctorow) at 12:22 PM on April 26, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (cory doctorow) at 12:22 PM on April 26, 2012
Let's not forget Wednesday. Or Wednesday. Or Wednesday. Or Wednesday. Or Wednesday.
posted by oneswellfoop (president taft) at 12:59 PM on April 26, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (president taft) at 12:59 PM on April 26, 2012
okay, we can close the thread now.
posted by oneswellfoop (half) at 10:55 PM on April 26, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (half) at 10:55 PM on April 26, 2012
i aill miss iuiuu thasd this thread id mu gsborite oh u lovr uu thrreadd i hug if i cpuld tressdad fick hyy did i torb off autoborrecy on mu piphone o wil moss iuiuu you fyheead theread do k
posted by TwelveTwo (naff) at 11:02 PM on April 26, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (naff) at 11:02 PM on April 26, 2012
that's easy for you to say...
hey, remember when that was the standard comeback instead of "That's what she said"?
posted by oneswellfoop (stuffed) at 11:37 PM on April 26, 2012
hey, remember when that was the standard comeback instead of "That's what she said"?
posted by oneswellfoop (stuffed) at 11:37 PM on April 26, 2012
For goodness sake, don't type "Zerg Rush" into Google right now.
Unless you want to waste a lot of time.
posted by jabberjaw (stebbins) at 8:35 AM on April 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Unless you want to waste a lot of time.
posted by jabberjaw (stebbins) at 8:35 AM on April 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
It is like a reenactment of what I felt happened to Valencia street.
posted by TwelveTwo (stabilizer) at 10:39 AM on April 27, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stabilizer) at 10:39 AM on April 27, 2012
Zerg Rush? Is that a Limbaugh joke?
posted by oneswellfoop (raff scaff) at 12:04 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (raff scaff) at 12:04 PM on April 27, 2012
Dear God, don't play Pacman in Google either!
posted by jabberjaw (waft) at 1:06 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (waft) at 1:06 PM on April 27, 2012
so should that be called Zarq Rush?
posted by oneswellfoop (starburns) at 1:09 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (starburns) at 1:09 PM on April 27, 2012
And, for the love of all that is holy, don't google "do a barrel roll"1!!
posted by jabberjaw (stack hat) at 1:13 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stack hat) at 1:13 PM on April 27, 2012
oneswellfoop: "so should that be called Zarq Rush?"
Perhaps after I create a post chronicling the history of this song. ;)
posted by zarq (stacked) at 8:58 PM on April 27, 2012
Perhaps after I create a post chronicling the history of this song. ;)
posted by zarq (stacked) at 8:58 PM on April 27, 2012
Ah, "the sounds of salesman". There isn't a human being who ever worked at a commercial radio station in any capacity who does not want to yell "F&@* Yeah!!" after that line...
posted by oneswellfoop (stack exchange) at 9:29 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stack exchange) at 9:29 PM on April 27, 2012
Anybody figure out how many unique Mod titles there are?
posted by jabberjaw (stout) at 11:34 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stout) at 11:34 PM on April 27, 2012
Enough.
posted by arcticseal (stars in your eyes) at 11:47 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by arcticseal (stars in your eyes) at 11:47 PM on April 27, 2012
Never!!
posted by Skygazer (shillelagh) at 12:46 AM on April 28, 2012
posted by Skygazer (shillelagh) at 12:46 AM on April 28, 2012
I'm going to need a form 5f for that.
posted by arcticseal (newborn calf) at 10:27 AM on April 28, 2012
posted by arcticseal (newborn calf) at 10:27 AM on April 28, 2012
Mickey Mouse was a Pluto-crat.
(but definitely not a Pluto-cat)
posted by oneswellfoop (half) at 12:12 PM on April 28, 2012
(but definitely not a Pluto-cat)
posted by oneswellfoop (half) at 12:12 PM on April 28, 2012
Pluto-cat, that's a redundant term. All cats are from pluto.
posted by TwelveTwo (snodgrass) at 12:18 PM on April 28, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (snodgrass) at 12:18 PM on April 28, 2012
Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
posted by Skygazer (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 12:33 PM on April 28, 2012
posted by Skygazer (nobody understands him but his woman ) at 12:33 PM on April 28, 2012
Cats are no longer considered aliens, but natives of earth! See how everything works out, as if, as if everything were planned by the Cat Council of Pluto.
posted by TwelveTwo (farts) at 12:47 PM on April 28, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (farts) at 12:47 PM on April 28, 2012
Maybe the cats were on Pluto (the dwarf planet) because they were chased there by Pluto (the Disney dog). So where does Bluto fit in all this?
posted by oneswellfoop (stable boy) at 12:57 PM on April 28, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stable boy) at 12:57 PM on April 28, 2012
Goofy was a dog, as was Pluto. Was it weird that Mickey had a dog for a pet and a best friend? Why was Goofy more sentient than Pluto?
posted by owls (staves) at 5:37 PM on April 28, 2012
posted by owls (staves) at 5:37 PM on April 28, 2012
because it's a cartoon, you can do anything you want, regardless of logic, in a cartoon. kind of like zombo.com or the GOP.
besides, Walt Disney had tried Horace Horsecollar as a 'tall-guy' sidekick for Mickey and Donald and he tested very badly, so he was running out of popular domestic animal species.
posted by oneswellfoop (studebaker) at 5:47 PM on April 28, 2012
besides, Walt Disney had tried Horace Horsecollar as a 'tall-guy' sidekick for Mickey and Donald and he tested very badly, so he was running out of popular domestic animal species.
posted by oneswellfoop (studebaker) at 5:47 PM on April 28, 2012
Disney was obviously reluctant with Goofy; Walt didn't name him right away, considered 'Dippy Dog'.
posted by oneswellfoop (stebbins) at 5:58 PM on April 28, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stebbins) at 5:58 PM on April 28, 2012
Why do I know that but can't remember the name of the neighbor 3 doors away?
posted by oneswellfoop (seven chinese brothers) at 5:59 PM on April 28, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (seven chinese brothers) at 5:59 PM on April 28, 2012
Electricity comes from other planets.
posted by Sailormom (newborn calf) at 4:35 AM on April 29, 2012
posted by Sailormom (newborn calf) at 4:35 AM on April 29, 2012
Other planets are spooky.
posted by Skygazer (horse ebooks) at 5:55 AM on April 29, 2012
posted by Skygazer (horse ebooks) at 5:55 AM on April 29, 2012
Spooky wears a derby.
posted by flabdablet (stupid) at 5:59 AM on April 29, 2012
posted by flabdablet (stupid) at 5:59 AM on April 29, 2012
More like Blecch Water, amirite?
posted by oneswellfoop (sterling) at 8:54 PM on April 29, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (sterling) at 8:54 PM on April 29, 2012
Speaking of the Doobie Brothers, just the other day, their song "China Grove" was played on GreatBigRadio and, while listening, I noticed for the first time the line: "the sheriff and his buddies with their samurai swords" and thought "SAMURAI? Isn't that Japanese? What's that doing in CHINA Grove?" And I realized I had gone over 38 years since the record came out and I just noticed it NOW...
The next time I act like I'm pretty damn smart, please remind me of that.
posted by oneswellfoop (simple machine) at 9:03 PM on April 29, 2012
The next time I act like I'm pretty damn smart, please remind me of that.
posted by oneswellfoop (simple machine) at 9:03 PM on April 29, 2012
ok
posted by Danila (startled moose) at 11:33 PM on April 29, 2012
posted by Danila (startled moose) at 11:33 PM on April 29, 2012
Commenting just to get a title, alas.
posted by KathrynT (scrappy-doo) at 11:33 PM on April 29, 2012
posted by KathrynT (scrappy-doo) at 11:33 PM on April 29, 2012
Everybody needs a title.
posted by CrystalDave (starter) at 11:40 PM on April 29, 2012
posted by CrystalDave (starter) at 11:40 PM on April 29, 2012
chortle
posted by MillMan (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 11:50 PM on April 29, 2012
posted by MillMan (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 11:50 PM on April 29, 2012
Que sera sera.
posted by Monsieur Caution (stuff) at 11:51 PM on April 29, 2012
posted by Monsieur Caution (stuff) at 11:51 PM on April 29, 2012
So, I can haz two staff tags?
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts (stairway to heaven) at 11:52 PM on April 29, 2012
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts (stairway to heaven) at 11:52 PM on April 29, 2012
Last!!
Oh, its still 29th for you guys...
posted by infini (soup to nuts) at 11:58 PM on April 29, 2012
Oh, its still 29th for you guys...
posted by infini (soup to nuts) at 11:58 PM on April 29, 2012
Last!!
Oh, its still 29th for you guys...
posted by infini (winner)
posted by infini (chaff) at 11:59 PM on April 29, 2012
Oh, its still 29th for you guys...
posted by infini (winner)
posted by infini (chaff) at 11:59 PM on April 29, 2012
Late to the party.
posted by kitty teeth (startled moose) at 12:08 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by kitty teeth (startled moose) at 12:08 AM on April 30, 2012
better late than never, Smithers, or whoever you are these days!
posted by iamkimiam (staph) at 12:11 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by iamkimiam (staph) at 12:11 AM on April 30, 2012
What do I win? (I never win these things!)
posted by iamkimiam ( radio) at 12:11 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by iamkimiam ( radio) at 12:11 AM on April 30, 2012
Heh. I just realised that I need to be here for the next 2 (or 3) hours, if I *really* want to win.
(But I kind of want to!)
posted by iamkimiam (stopped) at 12:13 AM on April 30, 2012
(But I kind of want to!)
posted by iamkimiam (stopped) at 12:13 AM on April 30, 2012
What was I doing on April 1st? Probably hiding under the bed like all the chronically gullible.
Anyway, I had to peek...
posted by Grangousier (stockholm syndrome) at 12:15 AM on April 30, 2012
Anyway, I had to peek...
posted by Grangousier (stockholm syndrome) at 12:15 AM on April 30, 2012
Oh, sorry, Kim...
(I'm getting in the way again.)
posted by Grangousier (stack hat) at 12:17 AM on April 30, 2012
(I'm getting in the way again.)
posted by Grangousier (stack hat) at 12:17 AM on April 30, 2012
So, what did I get?
posted by vidur (smithers) at 12:20 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by vidur (smithers) at 12:20 AM on April 30, 2012
WTF Matt?
posted by Wilder (stefi graf) at 12:21 AM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Wilder (stefi graf) at 12:21 AM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
It's 2012 and we're still doing this??
posted by zachlipton (stagger lee) at 12:23 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by zachlipton (stagger lee) at 12:23 AM on April 30, 2012
Er, it's April 30 and we're still doing this?? :-)
posted by zachlipton (stippled) at 12:24 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by zachlipton (stippled) at 12:24 AM on April 30, 2012
MetaFilter posts remain open for 30 days. April has 30 days. Coincidence? I think... uh, maybe.
posted by oneswellfoop (karen carpenter) at 12:25 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (karen carpenter) at 12:25 AM on April 30, 2012
totally missed this.
posted by coriolisdave (sartori) at 1:31 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by coriolisdave (sartori) at 1:31 AM on April 30, 2012
who am i
posted by PinkMoose (snodgrass) at 1:34 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by PinkMoose (snodgrass) at 1:34 AM on April 30, 2012
I was working the Wireless & Multimedia phone queue in Applecare, back on the April 1st that MetaFilter did the whole color-cycling thing. Sadly, I didn't get any calls about it. (Or any other website's antics.)
posted by Kalthare (stupid) at 1:48 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Kalthare (stupid) at 1:48 AM on April 30, 2012
Bravo!
posted by StrikeTheViol (stoned) at 2:01 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by StrikeTheViol (stoned) at 2:01 AM on April 30, 2012
Hooray!
posted by StrikeTheViol (staves) at 2:02 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by StrikeTheViol (staves) at 2:02 AM on April 30, 2012
Yippee!
posted by StrikeTheViol (puff daddy) at 2:02 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by StrikeTheViol (puff daddy) at 2:02 AM on April 30, 2012
Huzzah!
posted by StrikeTheViol (smithers release the hounds) at 2:03 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by StrikeTheViol (smithers release the hounds) at 2:03 AM on April 30, 2012
Huh?
posted by alltomorrowsparties (spouse) at 2:14 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by alltomorrowsparties (spouse) at 2:14 AM on April 30, 2012
And it was...
posted by alltomorrowsparties (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 2:14 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by alltomorrowsparties (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 2:14 AM on April 30, 2012
interrobang?!
posted by duende (stuffing) at 2:15 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by duende (stuffing) at 2:15 AM on April 30, 2012
Ok so
posted by tractorfeed (starblazers) at 2:29 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by tractorfeed (starblazers) at 2:29 AM on April 30, 2012
Wakka wakka?
posted by Wylla (starburns) at 2:34 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Wylla (starburns) at 2:34 AM on April 30, 2012
I'm just watching the parade go by, but then I see something like...
Wakka wakka?
posted by Wylla (fapfapfap)
posted by oneswellfoop (smithers release the hounds) at 2:37 AM on April 30, 2012
Wakka wakka?
posted by Wylla (fapfapfap)
posted by oneswellfoop (smithers release the hounds) at 2:37 AM on April 30, 2012
Hopscotch on a bonnet with croutons. Severely delightful, titles. Aren't they?
posted by 0127661 (pfaff) at 3:03 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by 0127661 (pfaff) at 3:03 AM on April 30, 2012
Holla!
posted by mossicle (stack o toads) at 3:17 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by mossicle (stack o toads) at 3:17 AM on April 30, 2012
Sigh.
posted by ob1quixote (stasi) at 3:17 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by ob1quixote (stasi) at 3:17 AM on April 30, 2012
.
posted by nobody (stack o toads) at 3:25 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by nobody (stack o toads) at 3:25 AM on April 30, 2012
I'm just watching the parade go by, but then I see something like...
Wakka wakka?
posted by Wylla (fapfapfap)
posted by oneswellfoop (staffing solutions) at 11:37 on April 30 [+] [!] [quote]Other [99/99]: «≡·
posted by Dumsnill (starburns) at 3:46 AM on April 30, 2012
Wakka wakka?
posted by Wylla (fapfapfap)
posted by oneswellfoop (staffing solutions) at 11:37 on April 30 [+] [!] [quote]Other [99/99]: «≡·
posted by Dumsnill (starburns) at 3:46 AM on April 30, 2012
obligatory tag whore here joining the ovinous masses...
posted by arzakh (stupid) at 4:07 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by arzakh (stupid) at 4:07 AM on April 30, 2012
Oh, hey, I'll have one of these....
posted by penguin pie (stiff) at 4:24 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by penguin pie (stiff) at 4:24 AM on April 30, 2012
Sigh, it's impossible to resist.
posted by bcwinters (stentoria) at 4:36 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by bcwinters (stentoria) at 4:36 AM on April 30, 2012
I can't wait to see my randomly chosen nickname
posted by joost de vries (stefi graf) at 4:37 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by joost de vries (stefi graf) at 4:37 AM on April 30, 2012
Okay, fine.
posted by ladygypsy (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 4:43 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by ladygypsy (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 4:43 AM on April 30, 2012
What is this I don't even
posted by K.P. (stable boy) at 4:44 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by K.P. (stable boy) at 4:44 AM on April 30, 2012
What bcwinters said.
posted by inigo2 (giraffed) at 4:59 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by inigo2 (giraffed) at 4:59 AM on April 30, 2012
Obviously
posted by rocket88 (stuffing) at 5:06 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by rocket88 (stuffing) at 5:06 AM on April 30, 2012
dammit
posted by chillmost (snuffleuppagus) at 5:11 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by chillmost (snuffleuppagus) at 5:11 AM on April 30, 2012
Heh. I wanted to "close" this thread prematurely but it turns out there are filters in place to prevent people from spoofing someone else's comments.
posted by daniel_charms (stoopid) at 5:12 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stoopid) at 5:12 AM on April 30, 2012
Wut?
posted by Decani (president taft) at 5:15 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Decani (president taft) at 5:15 AM on April 30, 2012
HAHA. Chillmost is a simple machine!
posted by joost de vries (stax exchange) at 5:16 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by joost de vries (stax exchange) at 5:16 AM on April 30, 2012
Nothing like waiting until the last minute...
posted by COD (stabilizer) at 5:21 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by COD (stabilizer) at 5:21 AM on April 30, 2012
Drumroll, please.....
posted by qldaddy (sylvan learning center) at 5:24 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by qldaddy (sylvan learning center) at 5:24 AM on April 30, 2012
Eh, okay.
posted by katemonster ('struth) at 5:26 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by katemonster ('struth) at 5:26 AM on April 30, 2012
last?
posted by bilabial (staple singers) at 5:26 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by bilabial (staple singers) at 5:26 AM on April 30, 2012
Foolish fools fun!
posted by dust of the stars (star trek) at 5:26 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by dust of the stars (star trek) at 5:26 AM on April 30, 2012
In under the wire!
posted by Skorgu (stefi graf) at 5:29 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Skorgu (stefi graf) at 5:29 AM on April 30, 2012
Rolling ...
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing (stent) at 5:46 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing (stent) at 5:46 AM on April 30, 2012
just made it, fools!
posted by anya32 (stagger lee) at 5:46 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by anya32 (stagger lee) at 5:46 AM on April 30, 2012
Nick of time!
posted by lovedbymarylane (stars in your eyes) at 5:48 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by lovedbymarylane (stars in your eyes) at 5:48 AM on April 30, 2012
I'm just here for the cheese.
posted by metabrilliant (stars in your eyes) at 5:49 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by metabrilliant (stars in your eyes) at 5:49 AM on April 30, 2012
Zerg were always my favorites.
posted by jeffburdges (puff daddy) at 5:51 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by jeffburdges (puff daddy) at 5:51 AM on April 30, 2012
How did I miss this thread? I like fun.
posted by dorkydancer (stentoria) at 5:52 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by dorkydancer (stentoria) at 5:52 AM on April 30, 2012
Ooh!
posted by pointystick (stockholm syndrome) at 5:53 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by pointystick (stockholm syndrome) at 5:53 AM on April 30, 2012
┻━┻ ︵ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ︵ ┻━┻
posted by isopraxis (mr. belvedere) at 5:56 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by isopraxis (mr. belvedere) at 5:56 AM on April 30, 2012
I came to inflate a statistic, and left with a random tag of my own.
posted by helicomatic (chaff) at 5:56 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by helicomatic (chaff) at 5:56 AM on April 30, 2012
Well, I wasn't that excited.
posted by littlesq (star light star bright) at 6:02 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by littlesq (star light star bright) at 6:02 AM on April 30, 2012
So when the thread closes are the tags going to freeze?
posted by jonnyploy (chaff) at 6:05 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by jonnyploy (chaff) at 6:05 AM on April 30, 2012
ok, maybe really last?
posted by bilabial (karen carpenter) at 6:07 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by bilabial (karen carpenter) at 6:07 AM on April 30, 2012
I came back for the data (thanks, Pronoiac!) and was hypnotised by the stream of surreality.
This thread is ridiculous.
posted by batmonkey (starburns) at 6:13 AM on April 30, 2012
This thread is ridiculous.
posted by batmonkey (starburns) at 6:13 AM on April 30, 2012
Very late....
posted by kjs4 (smithers) at 6:23 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by kjs4 (smithers) at 6:23 AM on April 30, 2012
I want one!
posted by likeatoaster (sweeney toddler) at 6:24 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by likeatoaster (sweeney toddler) at 6:24 AM on April 30, 2012
TL;DR
posted by terrapin (standup comedian) at 6:25 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by terrapin (standup comedian) at 6:25 AM on April 30, 2012
SMITHERS
posted by mippy (staring contest) at 6:29 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by mippy (staring contest) at 6:29 AM on April 30, 2012
HELLO WORLD.
posted by Medieval Maven (puff daddy) at 6:31 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Medieval Maven (puff daddy) at 6:31 AM on April 30, 2012
Huzzah!
posted by DWRoelands (stamp out litter) at 6:41 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by DWRoelands (stamp out litter) at 6:41 AM on April 30, 2012
oneswellfoop: "Why do I know that but can't remember the name of the neighbor 3 doors away?"
Anterograde amnesia?
posted by zarq (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 6:42 AM on April 30, 2012
Anterograde amnesia?
posted by zarq (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 6:42 AM on April 30, 2012
Oh my!
posted by bjrn (shillelagh) at 6:44 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by bjrn (shillelagh) at 6:44 AM on April 30, 2012
Poop!
posted by Cat Pie Hurts (no soap) at 6:44 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Cat Pie Hurts (no soap) at 6:44 AM on April 30, 2012
Oh I was so sad to have missed out on this, I thought it only was going to work on April 1st. Yay for my new title!
posted by 8dot3 (mood) at 6:44 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by 8dot3 (mood) at 6:44 AM on April 30, 2012
I'm just here for the random mod tag. :)
posted by LN (stack exchange) at 6:44 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by LN (stack exchange) at 6:44 AM on April 30, 2012
How did I miss this?
posted by Bummus (cory doctorow) at 6:48 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Bummus (cory doctorow) at 6:48 AM on April 30, 2012
Yes please!
posted by MT (staple singers) at 6:50 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by MT (staple singers) at 6:50 AM on April 30, 2012
Goodness gracious me.
posted by erebora (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 6:53 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by erebora (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 6:53 AM on April 30, 2012
Stupid sexy Flanders.
posted by One Hand Slowclapping (stand and deliver) at 6:55 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by One Hand Slowclapping (stand and deliver) at 6:55 AM on April 30, 2012
☃
posted by zamboni (giraffed) at 7:02 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by zamboni (giraffed) at 7:02 AM on April 30, 2012
Has anyone said, "Does anyone read the posts down here," yet?
posted by amarynth (staffing solutions) at 7:02 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by amarynth (staffing solutions) at 7:02 AM on April 30, 2012
Ew. I hope that's calved as in I have them and not calved as in I gave birth to one.
posted by amarynth (stifler) at 7:03 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by amarynth (stifler) at 7:03 AM on April 30, 2012
I have no idea how these people got their randomized staff tags wedged into their scanners.
posted by etc. (stoooooooooooooned) at 7:18 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by etc. (stoooooooooooooned) at 7:18 AM on April 30, 2012
Fat Freddy's Cat
posted by timsteil (newborn calf) at 7:23 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by timsteil (newborn calf) at 7:23 AM on April 30, 2012
Gimme gimme!
posted by piro (stand and deliver) at 7:33 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by piro (stand and deliver) at 7:33 AM on April 30, 2012
STAFF TAGS
posted by insectosaurus (smithers) at 7:40 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by insectosaurus (smithers) at 7:40 AM on April 30, 2012
ಠ_ಠ
posted by Dipsomaniac (staple singers) at 7:46 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Dipsomaniac (staple singers) at 7:46 AM on April 30, 2012
‽
posted by sephira (star light star bright) at 7:50 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by sephira (star light star bright) at 7:50 AM on April 30, 2012
.
posted by 2or3whiskeysodas (starter) at 7:51 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by 2or3whiskeysodas (starter) at 7:51 AM on April 30, 2012
I'm always late.
posted by mokeydraws (star wars) at 7:52 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by mokeydraws (star wars) at 7:52 AM on April 30, 2012
OK, I'll get in here before it's too late.
posted by Clandestine Outlawry (stuffing) at 8:02 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Clandestine Outlawry (stuffing) at 8:02 AM on April 30, 2012
Last.
posted by allkindsoftime (studmuffin) at 8:05 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by allkindsoftime (studmuffin) at 8:05 AM on April 30, 2012
Not last, but not first either...
posted by Xoder (starblazers) at 8:07 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Xoder (starblazers) at 8:07 AM on April 30, 2012
Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
posted by tilde (starfish kisses) at 8:11 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by tilde (starfish kisses) at 8:11 AM on April 30, 2012
Party like it's 30042012
posted by fearfulsymmetry (giraffed) at 8:20 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by fearfulsymmetry (giraffed) at 8:20 AM on April 30, 2012
Staff tag
posted by Mattat (stan the potato man) at 8:21 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Mattat (stan the potato man) at 8:21 AM on April 30, 2012
I think the announcement today was just a cheap plug to get more comments.
posted by moviehawk (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 8:22 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by moviehawk (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 8:22 AM on April 30, 2012
Late to the party.
posted by arcticwoman (farts) at 8:22 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by arcticwoman (farts) at 8:22 AM on April 30, 2012
oh fine why not I've always regretted not participating in 9622
posted by ook (startled moose) at 8:24 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by ook (startled moose) at 8:24 AM on April 30, 2012
Tag test!
posted by drlith (horse ebooks) at 8:26 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by drlith (horse ebooks) at 8:26 AM on April 30, 2012
a month late, almost.
posted by ADent (stefi graf) at 8:27 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by ADent (stefi graf) at 8:27 AM on April 30, 2012
hm?
posted by cilantro (standardized test) at 8:36 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by cilantro (standardized test) at 8:36 AM on April 30, 2012
so, so late
posted by dual_action (stax exchange) at 8:41 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by dual_action (stax exchange) at 8:41 AM on April 30, 2012
Filthy Light Thief, how did you DO that?
posted by jgirl (fapfapfap) at 8:42 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by jgirl (fapfapfap) at 8:42 AM on April 30, 2012
I'm official!
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish (hairway to steven) at 8:44 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish (hairway to steven) at 8:44 AM on April 30, 2012
curiosity too much to resist...
posted by supermedusa (scrappy-doo) at 8:44 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by supermedusa (scrappy-doo) at 8:44 AM on April 30, 2012
I guess I never got one.
posted by Miko (stamps.com) at 8:49 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Miko (stamps.com) at 8:49 AM on April 30, 2012
Me neither, Miko.
posted by routergirl (stairway to heaven) at 8:54 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by routergirl (stairway to heaven) at 8:54 AM on April 30, 2012
Dollywood was okay.
posted by KogeLiz (hurf durf butter staffer) at 8:54 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by KogeLiz (hurf durf butter staffer) at 8:54 AM on April 30, 2012
NSFW
posted by scratch (steppenwolf) at 8:55 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by scratch (steppenwolf) at 8:55 AM on April 30, 2012
How'd I miss this?
posted by white_devil (stack hat) at 8:55 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by white_devil (stack hat) at 8:55 AM on April 30, 2012
Much better, thanks.
posted by scratch (stilettos) at 8:55 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by scratch (stilettos) at 8:55 AM on April 30, 2012
It's like I'm having a conversation with a machine!
posted by scratch (starblazers) at 8:56 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by scratch (starblazers) at 8:56 AM on April 30, 2012
I give.
posted by scratch (giraffed) at 8:57 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by scratch (giraffed) at 8:57 AM on April 30, 2012
<3
posted by topoisomerase (mood) at 8:58 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by topoisomerase (mood) at 8:58 AM on April 30, 2012
Late adopter as usual.
posted by prize bull octorok (silver surfer) at 8:59 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by prize bull octorok (silver surfer) at 8:59 AM on April 30, 2012
In under the wire.
posted by Iridic (standup comedian) at 9:06 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Iridic (standup comedian) at 9:06 AM on April 30, 2012
jgirl: Filthy Light Thief, how did you DO that?
Mostly magic and hacking.
posted by filthy light thief (winner) at 9:07 AM on April 30, 2012
Mostly magic and hacking.
posted by filthy light thief (winner) at 9:07 AM on April 30, 2012
Since the wire was raised early, I wonder if it will be lowered late? We'll see.
posted by filthy light thief (stopped) at 9:07 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by filthy light thief (stopped) at 9:07 AM on April 30, 2012
Fierce Pajamas and other short stories.
posted by Chutzler (newborn calf) at 9:10 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Chutzler (newborn calf) at 9:10 AM on April 30, 2012
Thanks to the late advertising maybe this thread will make it as having the most unique contributors.
posted by Mitheral (calved) at 9:12 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Mitheral (calved) at 9:12 AM on April 30, 2012
did i miss the party
posted by TwelveTwo (snuffleuppagus) at 9:13 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (snuffleuppagus) at 9:13 AM on April 30, 2012
It would be the best joke to keep this open for 60 days and we spend a whole month trying to be the last comment.
posted by TwelveTwo (stop sign) at 9:14 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (stop sign) at 9:14 AM on April 30, 2012
We're #7! We're #7!
The current #6 placed with 1779 comments. We might ratchet up another rank yet!
posted by filthy light thief (staph) at 9:15 AM on April 30, 2012
The current #6 placed with 1779 comments. We might ratchet up another rank yet!
posted by filthy light thief (staph) at 9:15 AM on April 30, 2012
(Note: the info dumpster doesn't list this thread ranked at all, so it might take a while to see it up there)
posted by filthy light thief (stack hat) at 9:16 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by filthy light thief (stack hat) at 9:16 AM on April 30, 2012
Fun fact: I am (in my own current view) first a [stable boy] and last a [newborn calf]. But that'll change on the next refresh.
posted by filthy light thief (behalf) at 9:18 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by filthy light thief (behalf) at 9:18 AM on April 30, 2012
what is my staff tag?
posted by fireflies (karen carpenter) at 9:28 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by fireflies (karen carpenter) at 9:28 AM on April 30, 2012
awesome.
posted by fireflies (standardized test) at 9:28 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by fireflies (standardized test) at 9:28 AM on April 30, 2012
Last gasp
posted by SpaceWarp13 (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 9:37 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by SpaceWarp13 (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 9:37 AM on April 30, 2012
^ DAY 1
^ DAY 7
^ DAY 41
DAY 86: The survivors of Mrs. Hansen's kindergarten class have satisfied their quest to defeat the Roman Legions, with the help of the rogue Roman general, Cassius Martimus, and his army of former slaves and wild germanic tribesmen. All kneel before the children, some of whom have turned 6 years of age during the ongoing war. Bella, exhausted but full of vigor, gazes at the field, brimming with ancient warriors. She is wearing what was once a lavender shirt with a sequined rainbow, but was now stained with blood, ashes, mud and courage. Jared had lost a tooth during battle, but that will grow back soon enough. Maddy's right eye is bandaged with linen wrapped around her head, where a flaming arrow had burned it. It might heal yet. She is chewing an old piece of gum.
On Day 86, though, another terrible ripple through the dimensions occurs. Alien robots with no faces but instead had like butts for a face, except they were cat butts with the tail and everything, and they were green too, and they have even more superior technology, suddenly appear on the banks of the Tiber river. Whether conquest grips their intentions as it had Mrs. Hansen's kindergarten class remained to be seen.
For on Day 86, yet another curse blights Ancient Rome. Golden ashes fall from the sky, but from no source; as if the ashes precipitate from the atmosphere itself. And the dead begin to rise. Reamimated corpses shake off the buzzards feasting on their putrid corpses. Thousands of reanimated corpses.
5-(and 6)-year-olds with modern weapons vs. green robot aliens with cat-butt faces vs. Roman soldier zombies. It was totally happening.
posted by jabberjaw (seven chinese brothers) at 9:37 AM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
^ DAY 7
^ DAY 41
DAY 86: The survivors of Mrs. Hansen's kindergarten class have satisfied their quest to defeat the Roman Legions, with the help of the rogue Roman general, Cassius Martimus, and his army of former slaves and wild germanic tribesmen. All kneel before the children, some of whom have turned 6 years of age during the ongoing war. Bella, exhausted but full of vigor, gazes at the field, brimming with ancient warriors. She is wearing what was once a lavender shirt with a sequined rainbow, but was now stained with blood, ashes, mud and courage. Jared had lost a tooth during battle, but that will grow back soon enough. Maddy's right eye is bandaged with linen wrapped around her head, where a flaming arrow had burned it. It might heal yet. She is chewing an old piece of gum.
On Day 86, though, another terrible ripple through the dimensions occurs. Alien robots with no faces but instead had like butts for a face, except they were cat butts with the tail and everything, and they were green too, and they have even more superior technology, suddenly appear on the banks of the Tiber river. Whether conquest grips their intentions as it had Mrs. Hansen's kindergarten class remained to be seen.
For on Day 86, yet another curse blights Ancient Rome. Golden ashes fall from the sky, but from no source; as if the ashes precipitate from the atmosphere itself. And the dead begin to rise. Reamimated corpses shake off the buzzards feasting on their putrid corpses. Thousands of reanimated corpses.
5-(and 6)-year-olds with modern weapons vs. green robot aliens with cat-butt faces vs. Roman soldier zombies. It was totally happening.
posted by jabberjaw (seven chinese brothers) at 9:37 AM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
I knew nothing of this!
posted by daydreamer (starblazers) at 9:46 AM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by daydreamer (starblazers) at 9:46 AM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
I await my birthright and calling, lord
posted by naju (snodgrass) at 9:47 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by naju (snodgrass) at 9:47 AM on April 30, 2012
As site overlord, I am going to make you all do crafts.
posted by orange swan (stan the potato man) at 9:48 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by orange swan (stan the potato man) at 9:48 AM on April 30, 2012
Ooh ooh I got winner! Yay me!
posted by Lynsey (studebaker) at 9:53 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Lynsey (studebaker) at 9:53 AM on April 30, 2012
blah
posted by lee (cory doctorow) at 9:55 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by lee (cory doctorow) at 9:55 AM on April 30, 2012
whoa! this thing's still open!
posted by iamkimiam (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 9:56 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by iamkimiam (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 9:56 AM on April 30, 2012
I am just looking for a used car...what is all this?
posted by ALongDecember (smithers) at 9:56 AM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ALongDecember (smithers) at 9:56 AM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Shoobie doobie doooooooo
posted by not_on_display (stoat) at 9:56 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by not_on_display (stoat) at 9:56 AM on April 30, 2012
Will this thread
be so mighty
as to lay low
the mountains
of the uuuurrth?
posted by seanmpuckett (sartori) at 10:00 AM on April 30, 2012
be so mighty
as to lay low
the mountains
of the uuuurrth?
posted by seanmpuckett (sartori) at 10:00 AM on April 30, 2012
Hay guys
posted by Toothless Willy (stairway to heaven) at 10:02 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Toothless Willy (stairway to heaven) at 10:02 AM on April 30, 2012
We are the hollow guys
We are the stuffed guys
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with hay. Alas!
posted by Sys Rq (steve-o) at 10:05 AM on April 30, 2012
We are the stuffed guys
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with hay. Alas!
posted by Sys Rq (steve-o) at 10:05 AM on April 30, 2012
I don't read MeTa much, so I totally missed this.
posted by deanc (fapfapfap) at 10:06 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by deanc (fapfapfap) at 10:06 AM on April 30, 2012
Testing 1, 2, 3.
Is this thing on? *tap tap*
posted by SpacemanStix (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 10:21 AM on April 30, 2012
Is this thing on? *tap tap*
posted by SpacemanStix (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 10:21 AM on April 30, 2012
I'm hoping for smithers release the hounds.
posted by joyceanmachine (sylvan learning center) at 10:24 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by joyceanmachine (sylvan learning center) at 10:24 AM on April 30, 2012
DARN.
posted by joyceanmachine (stapler) at 10:24 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by joyceanmachine (stapler) at 10:24 AM on April 30, 2012
"farts" is disturbingly appropriate.
posted by karlos (starship trooper) at 10:26 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by karlos (starship trooper) at 10:26 AM on April 30, 2012
"...it's just a little slimy. It's still good! It's still good!"
posted by zarq (starfish kisses) at 10:35 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by zarq (starfish kisses) at 10:35 AM on April 30, 2012
for posterity...
posted by SweetTeaAndABiscuit (stoopid) at 10:42 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by SweetTeaAndABiscuit (stoopid) at 10:42 AM on April 30, 2012
I'm running late, as usual.
posted by dejah420 (star light star bright) at 10:43 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by dejah420 (star light star bright) at 10:43 AM on April 30, 2012
In under the wire like always
posted by HopperFan (stalwart) at 10:48 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by HopperFan (stalwart) at 10:48 AM on April 30, 2012
procrastination does this to people
posted by expialidocious (snuffleuppagus) at 10:50 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by expialidocious (snuffleuppagus) at 10:50 AM on April 30, 2012
Yoink!
posted by Kitty Stardust (stable boy) at 10:52 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Kitty Stardust (stable boy) at 10:52 AM on April 30, 2012
sartori - the state of being really relaxed about your clothes
posted by expialidocious (sterling) at 10:53 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by expialidocious (sterling) at 10:53 AM on April 30, 2012
In before an essay concerning human understanding.
posted by tigrefacile (graph) at 11:03 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by tigrefacile (graph) at 11:03 AM on April 30, 2012
.
posted by Smart Dalek (stabbatical) at 11:13 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by Smart Dalek (stabbatical) at 11:13 AM on April 30, 2012
Oh... okay.
posted by lumpenprole (stack exchange) at 11:25 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by lumpenprole (stack exchange) at 11:25 AM on April 30, 2012
Curiosity, cat, all that.
posted by jetlagaddict (stuffing) at 11:41 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by jetlagaddict (stuffing) at 11:41 AM on April 30, 2012
Better be a good one!
posted by typewriter (star wars) at 11:44 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by typewriter (star wars) at 11:44 AM on April 30, 2012
Can't believe I missed it this year...
posted by geckoinpdx (stopped) at 11:51 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by geckoinpdx (stopped) at 11:51 AM on April 30, 2012
I'm curious...
posted by elerina (stuffing) at 11:55 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by elerina (stuffing) at 11:55 AM on April 30, 2012
What's all the fuss about?
posted by smcniven (stabilizer) at 11:58 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by smcniven (stabilizer) at 11:58 AM on April 30, 2012
How did I miss this?
posted by brundlefly (half) at 11:58 AM on April 30, 2012
posted by brundlefly (half) at 11:58 AM on April 30, 2012
Nope!
posted by flatluigi (hurf durf butter staffer) at 12:13 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by flatluigi (hurf durf butter staffer) at 12:13 PM on April 30, 2012
I am wasting my morning and have crucial shit I should be doing!
posted by EatTheWeek (stopped) at 12:17 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by EatTheWeek (stopped) at 12:17 PM on April 30, 2012
age of aqua
posted by JohnR (raff scaff) at 12:35 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by JohnR (raff scaff) at 12:35 PM on April 30, 2012
if my fake admin title is anything but "2: Return of shmegegge" or "2: Electric Boogaloo" I will be extremely disappointed.
posted by shmegegge (st00pid) at 12:37 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by shmegegge (st00pid) at 12:37 PM on April 30, 2012
god damn it.
posted by shmegegge (stable boy) at 12:37 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by shmegegge (stable boy) at 12:37 PM on April 30, 2012
blah. (since no one is reading these, i don't have to be clever)
posted by Mchelly (cory doctorow) at 12:42 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Mchelly (cory doctorow) at 12:42 PM on April 30, 2012
Radio?
posted by Mchelly (stockholm syndrome) at 12:43 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Mchelly (stockholm syndrome) at 12:43 PM on April 30, 2012
Mine better say Emperor...
posted by lilkeith07 (starter) at 12:45 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by lilkeith07 (starter) at 12:45 PM on April 30, 2012
I came for the silly name.
posted by munchingzombie ( radio) at 12:59 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by munchingzombie ( radio) at 12:59 PM on April 30, 2012
Comment #1797
posted by filthy light thief (standup comedian) at 1:00 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by filthy light thief (standup comedian) at 1:00 PM on April 30, 2012
*draws*
posted by JoeXIII007 (stabilizer) at 1:00 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by JoeXIII007 (stabilizer) at 1:00 PM on April 30, 2012
Rather, that was #1798, making this #1799, and the next.
posted by filthy light thief (stephen hawking) at 1:01 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by filthy light thief (stephen hawking) at 1:01 PM on April 30, 2012
Dammit! #1801
posted by filthy light thief (stoat) at 1:01 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by filthy light thief (stoat) at 1:01 PM on April 30, 2012
Zip zap doobity bap.
posted by Sangermaine (waft) at 1:04 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Sangermaine (waft) at 1:04 PM on April 30, 2012
I am a
posted by MuffinMan (hurf durf butter staffer) at 1:09 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by MuffinMan (hurf durf butter staffer) at 1:09 PM on April 30, 2012
haha, lol, lmao, whatever...
posted by jasper411 (stand and deliver) at 1:16 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by jasper411 (stand and deliver) at 1:16 PM on April 30, 2012
# 1807.
In the year 1807, the Slave Trade was abolished in both the U.S. and Great Britain. Aaron Burr was acquitted of treason. Steamboat service began on the Hudson. Robert E. Lee was born.
posted by jabberjaw (stuff) at 1:20 PM on April 30, 2012
In the year 1807, the Slave Trade was abolished in both the U.S. and Great Britain. Aaron Burr was acquitted of treason. Steamboat service began on the Hudson. Robert E. Lee was born.
posted by jabberjaw (stuff) at 1:20 PM on April 30, 2012
late to the party
posted by cosmicbandito (stand and deliver) at 1:28 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by cosmicbandito (stand and deliver) at 1:28 PM on April 30, 2012
This sounds like a neat idea!
posted by Kevin Street (stiffie) at 1:34 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Kevin Street (stiffie) at 1:34 PM on April 30, 2012
Particle Man
posted by thesmallmachine (stiffie) at 1:39 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by thesmallmachine (stiffie) at 1:39 PM on April 30, 2012
At this rate, we (I like to be inclusive) have a shot at breaking 2000 comments and the low-hanging 5th Place Longest Thread (at 2014).
MORE NON-SEQUITURS, PLEASE!
posted by oneswellfoop (stapler) at 1:41 PM on April 30, 2012
MORE NON-SEQUITURS, PLEASE!
posted by oneswellfoop (stapler) at 1:41 PM on April 30, 2012
meow
posted by lakersfan1222 (stamen) at 1:45 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by lakersfan1222 (stamen) at 1:45 PM on April 30, 2012
Chirp
posted by cobain_angel (stoopid) at 1:48 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by cobain_angel (stoopid) at 1:48 PM on April 30, 2012
How did I miss this?
posted by cooker girl (snuffleuppagus) at 1:59 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by cooker girl (snuffleuppagus) at 1:59 PM on April 30, 2012
Awesome.
posted by zara (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 2:06 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by zara (stavrosthewinderchicken) at 2:06 PM on April 30, 2012
How did I miss this?
posted by cooker girl (fapfapfap) at 3:59 PM on April 30
I think I have an idea...
posted by TheWhiteSkull (staring contest) at 2:06 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by cooker girl (fapfapfap) at 3:59 PM on April 30
I think I have an idea...
posted by TheWhiteSkull (staring contest) at 2:06 PM on April 30, 2012
I'm the slowest mod in the world.
posted by athenasbanquet (stippled) at 2:08 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by athenasbanquet (stippled) at 2:08 PM on April 30, 2012
meep!
posted by beandip (stagger lee) at 2:33 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by beandip (stagger lee) at 2:33 PM on April 30, 2012
Mod note: Thanks for the heads up, oneswellfoop wendell
posted by SpookyFish (standup comedian) at 2:44 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by SpookyFish (standup comedian) at 2:44 PM on April 30, 2012
My cat's breath smells like very tiny fingers.
posted by munchingzombie (stack o toads) at 2:46 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by munchingzombie (stack o toads) at 2:46 PM on April 30, 2012
Bleep bloop.
posted by wuzandfuzz (sweeney toddler) at 2:49 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by wuzandfuzz (sweeney toddler) at 2:49 PM on April 30, 2012
Cool.
posted by snorkmaiden (stamos potential) at 3:01 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by snorkmaiden (stamos potential) at 3:01 PM on April 30, 2012
My fingers smell like very tiny cats.
posted by dg (stack hat) at 3:16 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by dg (stack hat) at 3:16 PM on April 30, 2012
My fingers smell like very tiny cats.
posted by dg (sweeney toddler)
heh
posted by Sailormom (riffraff) at 3:22 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by dg (sweeney toddler)
heh
posted by Sailormom (riffraff) at 3:22 PM on April 30, 2012
Just came here from the April Last thread. Commenting to see what tag I get, and to further oneswellfoops ambition for it.
posted by marienbad (starburns) at 3:30 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by marienbad (starburns) at 3:30 PM on April 30, 2012
Well. That was disappointing.
posted by horsemuth (stamp out litter) at 3:37 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by horsemuth (stamp out litter) at 3:37 PM on April 30, 2012
Oh FUCK NO. I'm not stopping with THAT next to my name!
posted by horsemuth (stuff) at 3:37 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by horsemuth (stuff) at 3:37 PM on April 30, 2012
No! I thought it was showing something completely different! I liked "staph". Now when I hit this I'll get another. I have to stop, but I just need one more hit! Always one more hit.
posted by horsemuth (stab) at 3:41 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by horsemuth (stab) at 3:41 PM on April 30, 2012
oh, it keeps changing. well for context. The one that I was objecting to was "cory doctorow"
posted by horsemuth (stentoria) at 3:42 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by horsemuth (stentoria) at 3:42 PM on April 30, 2012
I wasn't going to do this, but...
posted by willbaude (stable boy) at 3:43 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by willbaude (stable boy) at 3:43 PM on April 30, 2012
Its full off stars
posted by Jikido (sweeney toddler) at 3:50 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Jikido (sweeney toddler) at 3:50 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Tyger! Tyger!
posted by fearfulsymmetry (starburns) at 3:54 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by fearfulsymmetry (starburns) at 3:54 PM on April 30, 2012
hah, horsemuth, I had the same reaction after I got stuck with the "stupid" tag. But now a random assortment of other people are "stupid," so my life is back on track! at least until I refresh
posted by en forme de poire (zach braf) at 4:19 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by en forme de poire (zach braf) at 4:19 PM on April 30, 2012
Needs Les Nessman.
posted by oneswellfoop (stiff) at 4:48 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stiff) at 4:48 PM on April 30, 2012
En forme de poire, now nobody understands you but your woman.
posted by verbyournouns (start) at 4:48 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by verbyournouns (start) at 4:48 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Did Roger Sterling ever meet Rod Serling? If so, I'll bet he hired him to do commercials.
posted by oneswellfoop (half) at 4:49 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (half) at 4:49 PM on April 30, 2012
IN B4 MAY
posted by zompist (staring contest) at 4:51 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by zompist (staring contest) at 4:51 PM on April 30, 2012
oneswellfoop: Did Roger Sterling ever meet Rod Serling?
Doubtful, but Star Wars' Han Solo will be assisted by Real-Life Han Soto. Though not in the Star Wars universe.
posted by filthy light thief (stack hat) at 4:58 PM on April 30, 2012
Doubtful, but Star Wars' Han Solo will be assisted by Real-Life Han Soto. Though not in the Star Wars universe.
posted by filthy light thief (stack hat) at 4:58 PM on April 30, 2012
If your last name is Soto, why wouldn't you give your son the name Han, just to increase the odds he'd grow up to be awesome (but not necessarily an actor)?
posted by oneswellfoop (stebbins) at 5:02 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stebbins) at 5:02 PM on April 30, 2012
Not that I'm obsessed, but 167 comments to be ranked #5 chattiest MeTa (where "chatty" is defined by number of comments)
posted by filthy light thief (stagger lee) at 5:03 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by filthy light thief (stagger lee) at 5:03 PM on April 30, 2012
It's
posted by oneswellfoop (stefi graf) at 5:04 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stefi graf) at 5:04 PM on April 30, 2012
a
posted by oneswellfoop (stax exchange) at 5:04 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stax exchange) at 5:04 PM on April 30, 2012
dirty
posted by oneswellfoop (stoopid) at 5:05 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stoopid) at 5:05 PM on April 30, 2012
job
posted by oneswellfoop (stuffed) at 5:05 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stuffed) at 5:05 PM on April 30, 2012
but
posted by oneswellfoop (staple singers) at 5:05 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (staple singers) at 5:05 PM on April 30, 2012
somebody's
posted by oneswellfoop (naff) at 5:05 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (naff) at 5:05 PM on April 30, 2012
got
posted by oneswellfoop (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2012
to
posted by oneswellfoop (behalf) at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (behalf) at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2012
do
posted by oneswellfoop (stack hat) at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stack hat) at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2012
it.
posted by oneswellfoop (standup bass) at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (standup bass) at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2012
in bed.
posted by zamboni (stoopid) at 5:07 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by zamboni (stoopid) at 5:07 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
WtLola. fami reading
posted by The otter lady (staph) at 5:09 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by The otter lady (staph) at 5:09 PM on April 30, 2012
Yay!
posted by sabira (zach braf) at 5:25 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by sabira (zach braf) at 5:25 PM on April 30, 2012
#1863. Something something history, Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, year 1863.
posted by jabberjaw (stamp out litter) at 5:34 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stamp out litter) at 5:34 PM on April 30, 2012
And, I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.
posted by jabberjaw (stephen hawking) at 5:35 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jabberjaw (stephen hawking) at 5:35 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Yeah, I know, kinda cheating there...
posted by oneswellfoop (chaff) at 5:38 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (chaff) at 5:38 PM on April 30, 2012
T.S. Eliot (1888–1965). The Waste Land. 1922.posted by Skygazer (stable boy) at 5:43 PM on April 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
The Waste Land
I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering 5
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee
With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade,
And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, 10
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
And when we were children, staying at the archduke’s,
My cousin’s, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie, 15
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow
Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, 20
You cannot say, or guess, for you know only
A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,
And the dry stone no sound of water. Only
There is shadow under this red rock, 25
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust. 30
Frisch weht der Wind
Der Heimat zu,
Mein Irisch Kind,
Wo weilest du?
“You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; 35
They called me the hyacinth girl.”
—Yet when we came back, late, from the Hyacinth garden,
Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not
Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither
Living nor dead, and I knew nothing, 40
Looking into the heart of light, the silence.
Öd’ und leer das Meer.
Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante,
Had a bad cold, nevertheless
Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe, 45
With a wicked pack of cards. Here, said she,
Is your card, the drowned Phoenician Sailor,
(Those are pearls that were his eyes. Look!)
Here is Belladonna, the Lady of the Rocks,
The lady of situations. 50
Here is the man with three staves, and here the Wheel,
And here is the one-eyed merchant, and this card,
Which is blank, is something he carries on his back,
Which I am forbidden to see. I do not find
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water. 55
I see crowds of people, walking round in a ring.
Thank you. If you see dear Mrs. Equitone,
Tell her I bring the horoscope myself:
One must be so careful these days.
Unreal City, 60
Under the brown fog of a winter dawn,
A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many,
I had not thought death had undone so many.
Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled,
And each man fixed his eyes before his feet. 65
Flowed up the hill and down King William Street,
To where Saint Mary Woolnoth kept the hours
With a dead sound on the final stroke of nine.
There I saw one I knew, and stopped him, crying “Stetson!
You who were with me in the ships at Mylae! 70
That corpse you planted last year in your garden,
Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year?
Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed?
Oh keep the Dog far hence, that’s friend to men,
Or with his nails he’ll dig it up again! 75
You! hypocrite lecteur!—mon semblable,—mon frère!”
II. A GAME OF CHESS
The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines
From which a golden Cupidon peeped out 80
(Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra
Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion; 85
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes,
Unguent, powdered, or liquid—troubled, confused
And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air
That freshened from the window, these ascended 90
In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.
Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone, 95
In which sad light a carvèd dolphin swam.
Above the antique mantel was displayed
As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene
The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale 100
Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
And still she cried, and still the world pursues,
“Jug Jug” to dirty ears.
And other withered stumps of time
Were told upon the walls; staring forms 105
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.
Footsteps shuffled on the stair,
Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair
Spread out in fiery points
Glowed into words, then would be savagely still. 110
“My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me.
Speak to me. Why do you never speak? Speak.
What are you thinking of? What thinking? What?
I never know what you are thinking. Think.”
I think we are in rats’ alley 115
Where the dead men lost their bones.
“What is that noise?”
The wind under the door.
“What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?”
Nothing again nothing. 120
“Do
You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember
Nothing?”
I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes. 125
“Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?”
But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag—
It’s so elegant
So intelligent 130
“What shall I do now? What shall I do?
I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
With my hair down, so. What shall we do to-morrow?
What shall we ever do?”
The hot water at ten. 135
And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.
When Lil’s husband got demobbed, I said,
I didn’t mince my words, I said to her myself, 140
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Albert’s coming back, make yourself a bit smart.
He’ll want to know what you done with that money he gave you
To get yourself some teeth. He did, I was there.
You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set, 145
He said, I swear, I can’t bear to look at you.
And no more can’t I, I said, and think of poor Albert,
He’s been in the army four years, he wants a good time,
And if you don’t give it him, there’s others will, I said.
Oh is there, she said. Something o’ that, I said. 150
Then I’ll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look.
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you don’t like it you can get on with it, I said,
Others can pick and choose if you can’t.
But if Albert makes off, it won’t be for lack of telling. 155
You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique.
(And her only thirty-one.)
I can’t help it, she said, pulling a long face,
It’s them pills I took, to bring it off, she said.
(She’s had five already, and nearly died of young George.) 160
The chemist said it would be alright, but I’ve never been the same.
You are a proper fool, I said.
Well, if Albert won’t leave you alone, there it is, I said,
What you get married for if you don’t want children?
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME 165
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon,
And they asked me in to dinner, to get the beauty of it hot—
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill. Goonight Lou. Goonight May. Goonight. 170
Ta ta. Goonight. Goonight.
Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.
III. THE FIRE SERMON
The river’s tent is broken: the last fingers of leaf
Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind
Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed. 175
Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.
The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers,
Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends
Or other testimony of summer nights. The nymphs are departed.
And their friends, the loitering heirs of city directors; 180
Departed, have left no addresses.
By the waters of Leman I sat down and wept…
Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song,
Sweet Thames, run softly, for I speak not loud or long.
But at my back in a cold blast I hear 185
The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear.
A rat crept softly through the vegetation
Dragging its slimy belly on the bank
While I was fishing in the dull canal
On a winter evening round behind the gashouse. 190
Musing upon the king my brother’s wreck
And on the king my father’s death before him.
White bodies naked on the low damp ground
And bones cast in a little low dry garret,
Rattled by the rat’s foot only, year to year. 195
But at my back from time to time I hear
The sound of horns and motors, which shall bring
Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in the spring.
O the moon shone bright on Mrs. Porter
And on her daughter 200
They wash their feet in soda water
Et, O ces voix d’enfants, chantant dans la coupole!
Twit twit twit
Jug jug jug jug jug jug
So rudely forc’d. 205
Tereu
Unreal City
Under the brown fog of a winter noon
Mr Eugenides, the Smyrna merchant
Unshaven, with a pocket full of currants 210
C. i. f. London: documents at sight,
Asked me in demotic French
To luncheon at the Cannon Street Hotel
Followed by a week-end at the Metropole.
At the violet hour, when the eyes and back 215
Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits
Like a taxi throbbing waiting,
I Tiresias, though blind, throbbing between two lives,
Old man with wrinkled female breasts, can see
At the violet hour, the evening hour that strives 220
Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea,
The typist home at tea-time, clears her breakfast, lights
Her stove, and lays out food in tins.
Out of the window perilously spread
Her drying combinations touched by the sun’s last rays, 225
On the divan are piled (at night her bed)
Stockings, slippers, camisoles, and stays.
I Tiresias, old man with wrinkled dugs
Perceived the scene, and foretold the rest—
I too awaited the expected guest. 230
He, the young man carbuncular, arrives,
A small house-agent’s clerk, with one bold stare,
One of the low on whom assurance sits
As a silk hat on a Bradford millionaire.
The time is now propitious, as he guesses, 235
The meal is ended, she is bored and tired,
Endeavours to engage her in caresses
Which still are unreproved, if undesired.
Flushed and decided, he assaults at once;
Exploring hands encounter no defence; 240
His vanity requires no response,
And makes a welcome of indifference.
(And I Tiresias have foresuffered all
Enacted on this same divan or bed;
I who have sat by Thebes below the wall 245
And walked among the lowest of the dead.)
Bestows one final patronizing kiss,
And gropes his way, finding the stairs unlit…
She turns and looks a moment in the glass,
Hardly aware of her departed lover; 250
Her brain allows one half-formed thought to pass:
“Well now that’s done: and I’m glad it’s over.”
When lovely woman stoops to folly and
Paces about her room again, alone,
She smoothes her hair with automatic hand, 255
And puts a record on the gramophone.
“This music crept by me upon the waters”
And along the Strand, up Queen Victoria Street.
O City City, I can sometimes hear
Beside a public bar in Lower Thames Street, 260
The pleasant whining of a mandoline
And a clatter and a chatter from within
Where fishmen lounge at noon: where the walls
Of Magnus Martyr hold
Inexplicable splendour of Ionian white and gold. 265
The river sweats
Oil and tar
The barges drift
With the turning tide
Red sails 270
Wide
To leeward, swing on the heavy spar.
The barges wash
Drifting logs
Down Greenwich reach 275
Past the Isle of Dogs.
Weialala leia
Wallala leialala
Elizabeth and Leicester
Beating oars 280
The stern was formed
A gilded shell
Red and gold
The brisk swell
Rippled both shores 285
South-west wind
Carried down stream
The peal of bells
White towers
Weialala leia 290
Wallala leialala
“Trams and dusty trees.
Highbury bore me. Richmond and Kew
Undid me. By Richmond I raised my knees
Supine on the floor of a narrow canoe.“ 295
“My feet are at Moorgate, and my heart
Under my feet. After the event
He wept. He promised ‘a new start.’
I made no comment. What should I resent?”
“On Margate Sands. 300
I can connect
Nothing with nothing.
The broken finger-nails of dirty hands.
My people humble people who expect
Nothing.” 305
la la
To Carthage then I came
Burning burning burning burning
O Lord Thou pluckest me out
O Lord Thou pluckest 310
burning
IV. DEATH BY WATER
Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep seas swell
And the profit and loss.
A current under sea 315
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.
Gentile or Jew
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, 320
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
V. WHAT THE THUNDER SAID
After the torch-light red on sweaty faces
After the frosty silence in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
The shouting and the crying 325
Prison and place and reverberation
Of thunder of spring over distant mountains
He who was living is now dead
We who were living are now dying
With a little patience 330
Here is no water but only rock
Rock and no water and the sandy road
The road winding above among the mountains
Which are mountains of rock without water
If there were water we should stop and drink 335
Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think
Sweat is dry and feet are in the sand
If there were only water amongst the rock
Dead mountain mouth of carious teeth that cannot spit
Here one can neither stand nor lie nor sit 340
There is not even silence in the mountains
But dry sterile thunder without rain
There is not even solitude in the mountains
But red sullen faces sneer and snarl
From doors of mud-cracked houses
If there were water 345
And no rock
If there were rock
And also water
And water
A spring 350
A pool among the rock
If there were the sound of water only
Not the cicada
And dry grass singing
But sound of water over a rock 355
Where the hermit-thrush sings in the pine trees
Drip drop drip drop drop drop drop
But there is no water
Who is the third who walks always beside you?
When I count, there are only you and I together 360
But when I look ahead up the white road
There is always another one walking beside you
Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
—But who is that on the other side of you? 365
What is that sound high in the air
Murmur of maternal lamentation
Who are those hooded hordes swarming
Over endless plains, stumbling in cracked earth
Ringed by the flat horizon only 370
What is the city over the mountains
Cracks and reforms and bursts in the violet air
Falling towers
Jerusalem Athens Alexandria
Vienna London 375
Unreal
A woman drew her long black hair out tight
And fiddled whisper music on those strings
And bats with baby faces in the violet light
Whistled, and beat their wings 380
And crawled head downward down a blackened wall
And upside down in air were towers
Tolling reminiscent bells, that kept the hours
And voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells.
In this decayed hole among the mountains 385
In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing
Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel
There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home.
It has no windows, and the door swings,
Dry bones can harm no one. 390
Only a cock stood on the roof-tree
Co co rico co co rico
In a flash of lightning. Then a damp gust
Bringing rain
Ganga was sunken, and the limp leaves 395
Waited for rain, while the black clouds
Gathered far distant, over Himavant.
The jungle crouched, humped in silence.
Then spoke the thunder
DA 400
Datta: what have we given?
My friend, blood shaking my heart
The awful daring of a moment’s surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
By this, and this only, we have existed 405
Which is not to be found in our obituaries
Or in memories draped by the beneficent spider
Or under seals broken by the lean solicitor
In our empty rooms
DA 410
Dayadhvam: I have heard the key
Turn in the door once and turn once only
We think of the key, each in his prison
Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison
Only at nightfall, aetherial rumours 415
Revive for a moment a broken Coriolanus
DA
Damyata: The boat responded
Gaily, to the hand expert with sail and oar
The sea was calm, your heart would have responded 420
Gaily, when invited, beating obedient
To controlling hands
I sat upon the shore
Fishing, with the arid plain behind me
Shall I at least set my lands in order? 425
London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down
Poi s’ascose nel foco che gli affina
Quando fiam ceu chelidon—O swallow swallow
Le Prince d’Aquitaine à la tour abolie
These fragments I have shored against my ruins 430
Why then Ile fit you. Hieronymo’s mad againe.
Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata.
Shantih shantih shantih
.
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike (stasi) at 5:44 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike (stasi) at 5:44 PM on April 30, 2012
oh, great, now they're gonna shut us down early for copyright violation...
MetaTalk
Now a Fully Owned Subsidiary of the Estate of T.S. Eliot
posted by oneswellfoop (stalwart) at 5:47 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
MetaTalk
Now a Fully Owned Subsidiary of the Estate of T.S. Eliot
posted by oneswellfoop (stalwart) at 5:47 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Woke up this morning, got myself a tag...
posted by Juffo-Wup (stabilizer) at 5:50 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Juffo-Wup (stabilizer) at 5:50 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
butts.
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] (hurf durf butter staffer) at 5:51 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] (hurf durf butter staffer) at 5:51 PM on April 30, 2012
whee!
posted by arnicae (staphylococcus) at 5:56 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by arnicae (staphylococcus) at 5:56 PM on April 30, 2012
In the name of the most holy and individual Trinity: Be it known to all, and every one whom it may concern, or to whom in any manner it may belong, That for many Years past, Discords and Civil Divisions being stir'd up in the Roman Empire, which increas'd to such a degree, that not only all Germany, but also the neighbouring Kingdoms, and France particularly, have been involv'd in the Disorders of a long and cruel War: And in the first place, between the most Serene and most Puissant Prince and Lord, Ferdinand the Second, of famous Memory, elected Roman Emperor, always August, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Arch-Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Marquiss of Moravia, Duke of Luxemburgh, the Higher and Lower Silesia, of Wirtemburg and Teck, Prince of Suabia, Count of Hapsburg, Tirol, Kyburg and Goritia, Marquiss of the Sacred Roman Empire, Lord of Burgovia, of the Higher and Lower Lusace, of the Marquisate of Slavonia, of Port Naon and Salines, with his Allies and Adherents on one side; and the most Serene, and the most Puissant Prince, Lewis the Thirteenth, most Christian King of France and Navarre, with his Allies and Adherents on the other side. And after their Decease, between the most Serene and Puissant Prince and Lord, Ferdinand the Third, elected Roman Emperor, always August, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Arch-Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Marquiss of Moravia, Duke of Luxemburg, of the Higher and Lower Silesia, of Wirtemburg and Teck, Prince of Suabia, Count of Hapsburg, Tirol, Kyburg and Goritia, Marquiss of the Sacred Roman Empire, Burgovia, the Higher and Lower Lusace, Lord of the Marquisate of Slavonia, of Port Naon and Salines, with his Allies and Adherents on the one side; and the most Serene and most Puissant Prince and Lord, Lewis the Fourteenth, most Christian King of France and Navarre, with his Allies and Adherents on the other side: from whence ensu'd great Effusion of Christian Blood, and the Desolation of several Provinces. It has at last happen'd, by the effect of Divine Goodness, seconded by the Endeavours of the most Serene Republick of Venice, who in this sad time, when all Christendom is imbroil'd, has not ceas'd to contribute its Counsels for the publick Welfare and Tranquillity; so that on the side, and the other, they have form'd Thoughts of an universal Peace. And for this purpose, by a mutual Agreement and Covenant of both Partys, in the year of our Lord 1641. the 25th of December, N.S. or the 15th O.S. it was resolv'd at Hamburgh, to hold an Assembly of Plenipotentiary Ambassadors, who should render themselves at Munster and Osnabrug in Westphalia the 11th of July, N.S. or the 1st of the said month O.S. in the year 1643. The Plenipotentiary Ambassadors on the one side, and the other, duly establish'd, appearing at the prefixt time, and on the behalf of his Imperial Majesty, the most illustrious and most excellent Lord, Maximilian Count of Trautmansdorf and Weinsberg, Baron of Gleichenberg, Neustadt, Negan, Burgau, and Torzenbach, Lord of Teinitz, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Privy Counsellor and Chamberlain to his Imperial Sacred Majesty, and Steward of his Houshold; the Lord John Lewis, Count of Nassau, Catzenellebogen, Vianden, and Dietz, Lord of Bilstein, Privy Counsellor to the Emperor, and Knight of the Golden Fleece; Monsieur Isaac Volmamarus, Doctor of Law, Counsellor, and President in the Chamber of the most Serene Lord Arch-Duke Ferdinand Charles. And on the behalf of the most Christian King, the most eminent Prince and Lord, Henry of Orleans, Duke of Longueville, and Estouteville, Prince and Sovereign Count of Neuschaftel, Count of Dunois and Tancerville, Hereditary Constable of Normandy, Governor and Lieutenant-General of the same Province, Captain of the Cent Hommes d'Arms, and Knight of the King's Orders, &c. as also the most illustrious and most excellent Lords, Claude de Mesmes, Count d'Avaux, Commander of the said King's Orders, one of the Superintendents of the Finances, and Minister of the Kingdom of France &c. and Abel Servien, Count la Roche of Aubiers, also one of the Ministers of the Kingdom of France. And by the Mediation and Interposition of the most illustrious and most excellent Ambassador and Senator of Venice, Aloysius Contarini Knight, who for the space of five Years, or thereabouts, with great Diligence, and a Spirit intirely impartial, has been inclin'd to be a Mediator in these Affairs. After having implor'd the Divine Assistance, and receiv'd a reciprocal Communication of Letters, Commissions, and full Powers, the Copys of which are inserted at the end of this Treaty, in the presence and with the consent of the Electors of the Sacred Roman Empire, the other Princes and States, to the Glory of God, and the Benefit of the Christian World, the following Articles have been agreed on and consented to, and the same run thus.
posted by mwhybark (SHAFT) at 5:58 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by mwhybark (SHAFT) at 5:58 PM on April 30, 2012
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
written by
Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard
FINAL SCRIPT
ACT I SCENE I
The camera pans to show aAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
posted by oneswellfoop (standardized test) at 6:10 PM on April 30, 2012
written by
Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard
FINAL SCRIPT
ACT I SCENE I
The camera pans to show aAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
posted by oneswellfoop (standardized test) at 6:10 PM on April 30, 2012
How did I not know of this? I am filled with both hope and dread...
posted by maxwelton (smithers release the hounds) at 6:13 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by maxwelton (smithers release the hounds) at 6:13 PM on April 30, 2012
...and as life has shown me time and again, there's something to that "dread" thing.
posted by maxwelton (staring contest) at 6:14 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by maxwelton (staring contest) at 6:14 PM on April 30, 2012
Here! Take one of mine! I have plenty!
posted by oneswellfoop (mr. belvedere) at 6:21 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (mr. belvedere) at 6:21 PM on April 30, 2012
Huzzah
posted by Lobster Garden (standup comedian) at 6:37 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Lobster Garden (standup comedian) at 6:37 PM on April 30, 2012
Exeunt, pursued by a bear.
posted by fiercecupcake (staph) at 6:39 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by fiercecupcake (staph) at 6:39 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
I've been a mod for a whole MONTH now, and I think I deserve a raise!
posted by easily confused (stanky) at 6:44 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by easily confused (stanky) at 6:44 PM on April 30, 2012
Watching House for the first time this season.
Well, okay, then. Something something slashfic? Not that the show hasn't been King Slash Show for eight years, but this is extra-special Fanfiction-Gets-Airtime, ain't it.
posted by tzikeh (standardized test) at 6:45 PM on April 30, 2012
Well, okay, then. Something something slashfic? Not that the show hasn't been King Slash Show for eight years, but this is extra-special Fanfiction-Gets-Airtime, ain't it.
posted by tzikeh (standardized test) at 6:45 PM on April 30, 2012
whan in april with his shoures soote
the droghte of march hath perced to the roote
and bathed every vein in swich licuor
of which virtu engendred is the flour
whan zephyrus eeks with his sweete breetch
inspired hath every holt and heeth
tendre croppes and yonge sonne
hath in the ram his halve cours yronne,
and smale foweles maken melodye,
that slepen al the nyght with open ye
(so priketh hem nature in hir corages);
thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
and palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,
to ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
and specially from every shires ende
of engelond to caunterbury they wende,
the hooly blisful martir for to seke,
that hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke
I had to memorize that in the 10th grade. We had the option of saying it in modern English ("When in April with his showers sooth / the drought of March has pierced to the root / and bathed every vein in such liquor / of which virtue engendered is the flower. / When Zephyrus eeks with his sweeth breath / inspired hath every holt and hearth / tender crops and young sun / has in the rams his half-course run") but it sounds like a bunch of Valley-speak, so I recited it in the Middle English pronunciation as best I could.
posted by jabberjaw (stabbatical) at 6:47 PM on April 30, 2012
the droghte of march hath perced to the roote
and bathed every vein in swich licuor
of which virtu engendred is the flour
whan zephyrus eeks with his sweete breetch
inspired hath every holt and heeth
tendre croppes and yonge sonne
hath in the ram his halve cours yronne,
and smale foweles maken melodye,
that slepen al the nyght with open ye
(so priketh hem nature in hir corages);
thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
and palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,
to ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
and specially from every shires ende
of engelond to caunterbury they wende,
the hooly blisful martir for to seke,
that hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke
I had to memorize that in the 10th grade. We had the option of saying it in modern English ("When in April with his showers sooth / the drought of March has pierced to the root / and bathed every vein in such liquor / of which virtue engendered is the flower. / When Zephyrus eeks with his sweeth breath / inspired hath every holt and hearth / tender crops and young sun / has in the rams his half-course run") but it sounds like a bunch of Valley-speak, so I recited it in the Middle English pronunciation as best I could.
posted by jabberjaw (stabbatical) at 6:47 PM on April 30, 2012
Tag me
posted by andythebean (stippled) at 6:48 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by andythebean (stippled) at 6:48 PM on April 30, 2012
OK, you're It.
posted by flabdablet (stalwart) at 6:49 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by flabdablet (stalwart) at 6:49 PM on April 30, 2012
He's it? I thought I was it!
posted by oneswellfoop (zach braf) at 6:50 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (zach braf) at 6:50 PM on April 30, 2012
And then in the 11th grade we had to write from memory Hamlet's To Be or Not To Be speech, then my teacher decided to recite Rime of the Ancient Mariner from memory while we did it to fuck with us. Hilarious.
It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
`By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?
To be or not to be, that is the question.
whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
or to take arms against a sea of trouble
The bridegroom's doors are opened wide,
And I am next of kin;
The guests are met, the feast is set:
Mayst hear the merry din.'
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
He holds him with his skinny hand,
"There was a ship," quoth he.
`Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!'
Eftsoons his hand dropped he.
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
posted by jabberjaw (half) at 6:52 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
`By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?
To be or not to be, that is the question.
whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
or to take arms against a sea of trouble
The bridegroom's doors are opened wide,
And I am next of kin;
The guests are met, the feast is set:
Mayst hear the merry din.'
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
He holds him with his skinny hand,
"There was a ship," quoth he.
`Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!'
Eftsoons his hand dropped he.
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
posted by jabberjaw (half) at 6:52 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Abbott: Well Costello, I'm going to New York with you. The Yankee's manager gave me a job as coach for as long as you're on the team.
Costello: Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players.
Abbott: I certainly do.
Costello: Well you know I've never met the guys. So you'll have to tell me their names, and then I'll know who's playing on the team.
Abbott: Oh, I'll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names.
Costello: You mean funny names?
Abbott: Strange names, pet names...like Dizzy Dean...
Costello: His brother Daffy.
Abbott: Daffy Dean...
Costello: And their French cousin.
Abbott: French?
Costello: Goofè.
Abbott: Goofè Dean. Well, let's see, we have on the bags, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third...
Costello: That's what I want to find out.
Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.
Costello: Are you the manager?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: You gonna be the coach too?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: And you don't know the fellows' names?
Abbott: Well I should.
Costello: Well then who's on first?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: I mean the fellow's name.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy on first.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The first baseman.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy playing...
Abbott: Who is on first!
Costello: I'm asking YOU who's on first.
Abbott: That's the man's name.
Costello: That's who's name?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: That's who?
Abbott: Yes.
PAUSE
Costello: Look, you gotta first baseman?
Abbott: Certainly.
Costello: Who's playing first?
Abbott: That's right.
Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money?
Abbott: Every dollar of it.
Costello: All I'm trying to find out is the fellow's name on first base.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy that gets...
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: Who gets the money...
Abbott: He does, every dollar. Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it.
Costello: Who's wife?
Abbott: Yes.
PAUSE
Abbott: What's wrong with that?
Costello: Look, all I wanna know is when you sign up the first baseman, how does he sign his name?
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: How does he sign...
Abbott: That's how he signs it.
Costello: Who?
Abbott: Yes.
PAUSE
Costello: All I'm trying to find out is what's the guy's name on first base.
Abbott: No. What is on second base.
Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
Abbott: Who's on first.
Costello: One base at a time!
Abbott: Well, don't change the players around.
Costello: I'm not changing nobody!
Abbott: Take it easy, buddy.
Costello: I'm only asking you, who's the guy on first base?
Abbott: That's right.
Costello: Ok.
Abbott: All right.
PAUSE
Costello: What's the guy's name on first base?
Abbott: No. What is on second.
Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
Abbott: Who's on first.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott: He's on third, we're not talking about him.
Costello: Now how did I get on third base?
Abbott: Why you mentioned his name.
Costello: If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing third?
Abbott: No. Who's playing first.
Costello: What's on first?
Abbott: What's on second.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott: He's on third.
Costello: There I go, back on third again!
PAUSE
Costello: Would you just stay on third base and don't go off it.
Abbott: All right, what do you want to know?
Costello: Now who's playing third base?
Abbott: Why do you insist on putting Who on third base?
Costello: What am I putting on third.
Abbott: No. What is on second.
Costello: You don't want who on second?
Abbott: Who is on first.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott & Costello Together:Third base!
PAUSE
Costello: Look, you gotta outfield?
Abbott: Sure.
Costello: The left fielder's name?
Abbott: Why.
Costello: I just thought I'd ask you.
Abbott: Well, I just thought I'd tell ya.
Costello: Then tell me who's playing left field.
Abbott: Who's playing first.
Costello: I'm not... stay out of the infield! I want to know what's the guy's name in left field?
Abbott: No, What is on second.
Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
Abbott: Who's on first!
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott & Costello Together: Third base!
PAUSE
Costello: The left fielder's name?
Abbott: Why.
Costello: Because!
Abbott: Oh, he's centerfield.
PAUSE
Costello: Look, You gotta pitcher on this team?
Abbott: Sure.
Costello: The pitcher's name?
Abbott: Tomorrow.
Costello: You don't want to tell me today?
Abbott: I'm telling you now.
Costello: Then go ahead.
Abbott: Tomorrow!
Costello: What time?
Abbott: What time what?
Costello: What time tomorrow are you gonna tell me who's pitching?
Abbott: Now listen. Who is not pitching.
Costello: I'll break your arm, you say who's on first! I want to know what's the pitcher's name?
Abbott: What's on second.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott & Costello Together: Third base!
PAUSE
Costello: Gotta a catcher?
Abbott: Certainly.
Costello: The catcher's name?
Abbott: Today.
Costello: Today, and tomorrow's pitching.
Abbott: Now you've got it.
Costello: All we got is a couple of days on the team.
PAUSE
Costello: You know I'm a catcher too.
Abbott: So they tell me.
Costello: I get behind the plate to do some fancy catching, Tomorrow's pitching on my team and a heavy hitter gets up. Now the heavy hitter bunts the ball. When he bunts the ball, me, being a good catcher, I'm gonna throw the guy out at first base. So I pick up the ball and throw it to who?
Abbott: Now that's the first thing you've said right.
Costello: I don't even know what I'm talking about!
PAUSE
Abbott: That's all you have to do.
Costello: Is to throw the ball to first base.
Abbott: Yes!
Costello: Now who's got it?
Abbott: Naturally.
PAUSE
Costello: Look, if I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta get it. Now who has it?
Abbott: Naturally.
Costello: Who?
Abbott: Naturally.
Costello: Naturally?
Abbott: Naturally.
Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally.
Abbott: No you don't, you throw the ball to Who.
Costello: Naturally.
Abbott: That's different.
Costello: That's what I said.
Abbott: You're not saying it...
Costello: I throw the ball to Naturally.
Abbott: You throw it to Who.
Costello: Naturally.
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: That's what I said!
Abbott: You ask me.
Costello: I throw the ball to who?
Abbott: Naturally.
Costello: Now you ask me.
Abbott: You throw the ball to Who?
Costello: Naturally.
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: Same as you! Same as YOU! I throw the ball to who. Whoever it is drops the ball and the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What. What throws it to I Don't Know. I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow, Triple play. Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know! He's on third and I don't give a damn!
Abbott: What?
Costello: I said I don't give a damn!
Abbott: Oh, that's our shortstop.
posted by oneswellfoop (newborn calf) at 6:57 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Costello: Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players.
Abbott: I certainly do.
Costello: Well you know I've never met the guys. So you'll have to tell me their names, and then I'll know who's playing on the team.
Abbott: Oh, I'll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names.
Costello: You mean funny names?
Abbott: Strange names, pet names...like Dizzy Dean...
Costello: His brother Daffy.
Abbott: Daffy Dean...
Costello: And their French cousin.
Abbott: French?
Costello: Goofè.
Abbott: Goofè Dean. Well, let's see, we have on the bags, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third...
Costello: That's what I want to find out.
Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.
Costello: Are you the manager?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: You gonna be the coach too?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: And you don't know the fellows' names?
Abbott: Well I should.
Costello: Well then who's on first?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: I mean the fellow's name.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy on first.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The first baseman.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy playing...
Abbott: Who is on first!
Costello: I'm asking YOU who's on first.
Abbott: That's the man's name.
Costello: That's who's name?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: That's who?
Abbott: Yes.
PAUSE
Costello: Look, you gotta first baseman?
Abbott: Certainly.
Costello: Who's playing first?
Abbott: That's right.
Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money?
Abbott: Every dollar of it.
Costello: All I'm trying to find out is the fellow's name on first base.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy that gets...
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: Who gets the money...
Abbott: He does, every dollar. Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it.
Costello: Who's wife?
Abbott: Yes.
PAUSE
Abbott: What's wrong with that?
Costello: Look, all I wanna know is when you sign up the first baseman, how does he sign his name?
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: How does he sign...
Abbott: That's how he signs it.
Costello: Who?
Abbott: Yes.
PAUSE
Costello: All I'm trying to find out is what's the guy's name on first base.
Abbott: No. What is on second base.
Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
Abbott: Who's on first.
Costello: One base at a time!
Abbott: Well, don't change the players around.
Costello: I'm not changing nobody!
Abbott: Take it easy, buddy.
Costello: I'm only asking you, who's the guy on first base?
Abbott: That's right.
Costello: Ok.
Abbott: All right.
PAUSE
Costello: What's the guy's name on first base?
Abbott: No. What is on second.
Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
Abbott: Who's on first.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott: He's on third, we're not talking about him.
Costello: Now how did I get on third base?
Abbott: Why you mentioned his name.
Costello: If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing third?
Abbott: No. Who's playing first.
Costello: What's on first?
Abbott: What's on second.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott: He's on third.
Costello: There I go, back on third again!
PAUSE
Costello: Would you just stay on third base and don't go off it.
Abbott: All right, what do you want to know?
Costello: Now who's playing third base?
Abbott: Why do you insist on putting Who on third base?
Costello: What am I putting on third.
Abbott: No. What is on second.
Costello: You don't want who on second?
Abbott: Who is on first.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott & Costello Together:Third base!
PAUSE
Costello: Look, you gotta outfield?
Abbott: Sure.
Costello: The left fielder's name?
Abbott: Why.
Costello: I just thought I'd ask you.
Abbott: Well, I just thought I'd tell ya.
Costello: Then tell me who's playing left field.
Abbott: Who's playing first.
Costello: I'm not... stay out of the infield! I want to know what's the guy's name in left field?
Abbott: No, What is on second.
Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
Abbott: Who's on first!
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott & Costello Together: Third base!
PAUSE
Costello: The left fielder's name?
Abbott: Why.
Costello: Because!
Abbott: Oh, he's centerfield.
PAUSE
Costello: Look, You gotta pitcher on this team?
Abbott: Sure.
Costello: The pitcher's name?
Abbott: Tomorrow.
Costello: You don't want to tell me today?
Abbott: I'm telling you now.
Costello: Then go ahead.
Abbott: Tomorrow!
Costello: What time?
Abbott: What time what?
Costello: What time tomorrow are you gonna tell me who's pitching?
Abbott: Now listen. Who is not pitching.
Costello: I'll break your arm, you say who's on first! I want to know what's the pitcher's name?
Abbott: What's on second.
Costello: I don't know.
Abbott & Costello Together: Third base!
PAUSE
Costello: Gotta a catcher?
Abbott: Certainly.
Costello: The catcher's name?
Abbott: Today.
Costello: Today, and tomorrow's pitching.
Abbott: Now you've got it.
Costello: All we got is a couple of days on the team.
PAUSE
Costello: You know I'm a catcher too.
Abbott: So they tell me.
Costello: I get behind the plate to do some fancy catching, Tomorrow's pitching on my team and a heavy hitter gets up. Now the heavy hitter bunts the ball. When he bunts the ball, me, being a good catcher, I'm gonna throw the guy out at first base. So I pick up the ball and throw it to who?
Abbott: Now that's the first thing you've said right.
Costello: I don't even know what I'm talking about!
PAUSE
Abbott: That's all you have to do.
Costello: Is to throw the ball to first base.
Abbott: Yes!
Costello: Now who's got it?
Abbott: Naturally.
PAUSE
Costello: Look, if I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta get it. Now who has it?
Abbott: Naturally.
Costello: Who?
Abbott: Naturally.
Costello: Naturally?
Abbott: Naturally.
Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally.
Abbott: No you don't, you throw the ball to Who.
Costello: Naturally.
Abbott: That's different.
Costello: That's what I said.
Abbott: You're not saying it...
Costello: I throw the ball to Naturally.
Abbott: You throw it to Who.
Costello: Naturally.
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: That's what I said!
Abbott: You ask me.
Costello: I throw the ball to who?
Abbott: Naturally.
Costello: Now you ask me.
Abbott: You throw the ball to Who?
Costello: Naturally.
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: Same as you! Same as YOU! I throw the ball to who. Whoever it is drops the ball and the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What. What throws it to I Don't Know. I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow, Triple play. Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know! He's on third and I don't give a damn!
Abbott: What?
Costello: I said I don't give a damn!
Abbott: Oh, that's our shortstop.
posted by oneswellfoop (newborn calf) at 6:57 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
No shit. A damn, maybe (although when they were on the radio they softened it to a darn).
posted by oneswellfoop (stacked) at 7:02 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stacked) at 7:02 PM on April 30, 2012
What would be funny is if this thread never closed to new comments for some reason.
posted by jabberjaw (star light star bright) at 7:02 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (star light star bright) at 7:02 PM on April 30, 2012
There is no cabal.
posted by girlhacker (stop sign) at 7:03 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by girlhacker (stop sign) at 7:03 PM on April 30, 2012
Yes there is. My ISP is Charter Cabal.
posted by oneswellfoop (staph) at 7:04 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (staph) at 7:04 PM on April 30, 2012
Christmas in July, err, April!
posted by caroo (winner) at 7:10 PM on April 30 [+] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (stamp tramp) at 7:22 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by caroo (winner) at 7:10 PM on April 30 [+] [!]
posted by oneswellfoop (stamp tramp) at 7:22 PM on April 30, 2012
I'm just here for the free buffet....
posted by anastasiav (silver surfer) at 7:27 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by anastasiav (silver surfer) at 7:27 PM on April 30, 2012
Here are a few select quotes from my massive "cool/interesting/funny shit people have said on MetaFilter" file (chosen randomly and in no particular order):
***
It's a terrible thing to have to wake up one day and realize that while you were sleeping the Stupid Fairy came and stuck his dick in your ear.
***
Batman isn't a superhero. he has no powers. He's just a dude with a cool outfit and a secret identity. By that logic, drag queens are superheroes.
***
I regret that I have but one face to palm for my country.
***
No, no, no, no...
Jazz is produced by people who LOVE music. They have consumed, and played, so much music that it's coming out of their ears and fingertips. They've played so much music that it's hard for them to find music they're not bored with. They're analytical enough that they can actually change every chord to the m6(9)12th version of that chord, and leave off the melody line altogether, and STILL recognize that the original head was "It Could Happen to You."
And then everyone hates it.
***
Please [name], shut up. I'm begging you, you screeching eyeball stupid shitbox clownshoes.
***
Great, Science, just great. You have found the star that should not be. Now all those Great Old Ones are gonna hear about it in their primordial necrotic slumbers, they are gonna stir in their sleep, then waken and devour the few last shrieking handfuls of humanity before rising to take their place in the Universe.
You had to go fucking around with telescopes, didn't you?
***
Maybe the trailer has all the good parts, but the trailer has people falling out of an exploding airplane in a tank, and shooting at things with the tank as it's not so much flying as plummeting.
That's crap I can support. All it's missing is that the tank should shoot bees. (re: The A-Team movie trailer.)
***
Every time I hear homophobic comments from a computer geek, I grab their collar, yell "ALAN TURING!" as loud as I can, and run away.
***
There needs to be an action film that centers on the battle for Earth between Segway monks with fire on their heads and Lady Gaga's army of ice skaters.
Whoever wins, I can't really say we lose.
***
The internet sees your paternal nationalism, and raises you a hivemind.
***
"Transferred to another college" doesn't have quite the impact of "was never seen alive again."
***
I think what I like most about cats is that, in the big feline decision-making flowchart, all of those little diamond boxes like "Is it animate? Yes/No," "Is it larger than me? Larger/Same/Smaller," "Can I eat it? Yes/Maybe/No," all lead to this cloud with a tiny game spinner on it, and then out to rectangles marked "Attack," "Ignore," and "Run" ... and next back to the game spinner.
***
Ask your doctor if Theocracy is right for you. Side effects include burning at the stake, torture, imprisonment or diarrhea. Don't take Theocracy if you're currently nursing or believe in science.
***
Also, fun fact: every band that has ever been in a recording studio has recorded a cover of John Cage's "4′33″" - they rarely release it, even as a b-side, but if you went through the masters you would find multiple versions.
***
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has found that torturing all blacks, gays and disabled people to death is unconstitutional. Writing for the minority, Justice Scalia stated "Grrrlaahuahhh Cthulhu Ia C'geathealeh ia - CTHULHU FHTAGN! Ssalmani-ia ana pagri tapqida duppira; Ssalmani-ia ana pagri taxira duppira; Ssalmani ini ishdi pagri tushni-illa duppira:-- ALL IS DUST TO THE OLD ONES"
***
It's true that homosexuals can be cured. It's a difficult and time-consuming process, but it you've ever eaten gay prosciutto, you know just how worth the extra effort it is.
***
I find that screaming "MIND-POISON!!!" at the top of my lungs at any negative person when they start to speak settles things pretty quickly.
If they persist, I just pretend that they're dead. Only problem is that I'm a little too good at that and usually end up freaking myself out. Later, when they find me holed up in a closet crying and clutching one of my many homemade crucifixes, I scream "MIND-POISON!!!" at them and the process begins anew.
I live a very active lifestyle.
***
So wait...did he ever go back to Africa and do his gay voodoo limbo tango and wango dance and jump and prance and all over the place half naked? I need closure.
posted by tzikeh (stanky) at 7:29 PM on April 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
***
It's a terrible thing to have to wake up one day and realize that while you were sleeping the Stupid Fairy came and stuck his dick in your ear.
***
Batman isn't a superhero. he has no powers. He's just a dude with a cool outfit and a secret identity. By that logic, drag queens are superheroes.
***
I regret that I have but one face to palm for my country.
***
No, no, no, no...
Jazz is produced by people who LOVE music. They have consumed, and played, so much music that it's coming out of their ears and fingertips. They've played so much music that it's hard for them to find music they're not bored with. They're analytical enough that they can actually change every chord to the m6(9)12th version of that chord, and leave off the melody line altogether, and STILL recognize that the original head was "It Could Happen to You."
And then everyone hates it.
***
Please [name], shut up. I'm begging you, you screeching eyeball stupid shitbox clownshoes.
***
Great, Science, just great. You have found the star that should not be. Now all those Great Old Ones are gonna hear about it in their primordial necrotic slumbers, they are gonna stir in their sleep, then waken and devour the few last shrieking handfuls of humanity before rising to take their place in the Universe.
You had to go fucking around with telescopes, didn't you?
***
Maybe the trailer has all the good parts, but the trailer has people falling out of an exploding airplane in a tank, and shooting at things with the tank as it's not so much flying as plummeting.
That's crap I can support. All it's missing is that the tank should shoot bees. (re: The A-Team movie trailer.)
***
Every time I hear homophobic comments from a computer geek, I grab their collar, yell "ALAN TURING!" as loud as I can, and run away.
***
There needs to be an action film that centers on the battle for Earth between Segway monks with fire on their heads and Lady Gaga's army of ice skaters.
Whoever wins, I can't really say we lose.
***
The internet sees your paternal nationalism, and raises you a hivemind.
***
"Transferred to another college" doesn't have quite the impact of "was never seen alive again."
***
I think what I like most about cats is that, in the big feline decision-making flowchart, all of those little diamond boxes like "Is it animate? Yes/No," "Is it larger than me? Larger/Same/Smaller," "Can I eat it? Yes/Maybe/No," all lead to this cloud with a tiny game spinner on it, and then out to rectangles marked "Attack," "Ignore," and "Run" ... and next back to the game spinner.
***
Ask your doctor if Theocracy is right for you. Side effects include burning at the stake, torture, imprisonment or diarrhea. Don't take Theocracy if you're currently nursing or believe in science.
***
Also, fun fact: every band that has ever been in a recording studio has recorded a cover of John Cage's "4′33″" - they rarely release it, even as a b-side, but if you went through the masters you would find multiple versions.
***
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has found that torturing all blacks, gays and disabled people to death is unconstitutional. Writing for the minority, Justice Scalia stated "Grrrlaahuahhh Cthulhu Ia C'geathealeh ia - CTHULHU FHTAGN! Ssalmani-ia ana pagri tapqida duppira; Ssalmani-ia ana pagri taxira duppira; Ssalmani ini ishdi pagri tushni-illa duppira:-- ALL IS DUST TO THE OLD ONES"
***
It's true that homosexuals can be cured. It's a difficult and time-consuming process, but it you've ever eaten gay prosciutto, you know just how worth the extra effort it is.
***
I find that screaming "MIND-POISON!!!" at the top of my lungs at any negative person when they start to speak settles things pretty quickly.
If they persist, I just pretend that they're dead. Only problem is that I'm a little too good at that and usually end up freaking myself out. Later, when they find me holed up in a closet crying and clutching one of my many homemade crucifixes, I scream "MIND-POISON!!!" at them and the process begins anew.
I live a very active lifestyle.
***
So wait...did he ever go back to Africa and do his gay voodoo limbo tango and wango dance and jump and prance and all over the place half naked? I need closure.
posted by tzikeh (stanky) at 7:29 PM on April 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
Warren or Jimmy?
posted by oneswellfoop (gaffe) at 7:30 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (gaffe) at 7:30 PM on April 30, 2012
Chinese Buffet? Must be one of the New Billionaires.
posted by oneswellfoop (starship trooper) at 7:35 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (starship trooper) at 7:35 PM on April 30, 2012
PEOPLE
PEOPLE
Let's have a discussion here. Come on. We need to show the mods that we can handle an infinite thread with responsibility, dignity, style. Let's have the best infinite thread ever, one without shitting, without ascii, without long cut and pasted entries. Something human, cultured, beautiful, and special. Let's do it. Let's do it together.
posted by TwelveTwo (stan the potato man) at 7:36 PM on April 30, 2012
PEOPLE
Let's have a discussion here. Come on. We need to show the mods that we can handle an infinite thread with responsibility, dignity, style. Let's have the best infinite thread ever, one without shitting, without ascii, without long cut and pasted entries. Something human, cultured, beautiful, and special. Let's do it. Let's do it together.
posted by TwelveTwo (stan the potato man) at 7:36 PM on April 30, 2012
I think TwelveTwo is coming on to me.
posted by jabberjaw (zach braf) at 7:38 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (zach braf) at 7:38 PM on April 30, 2012
Elucidation is needed, jabberjaw. Let us continue this conversation full monocle. We are being dignified, worthy of this infinite thread.
posted by TwelveTwo (SHAFT) at 7:40 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by TwelveTwo (SHAFT) at 7:40 PM on April 30, 2012
I will try to behave. Where's my dog collar?
posted by oneswellfoop (soup to nuts) at 7:42 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (soup to nuts) at 7:42 PM on April 30, 2012
Now this is getting kinky.
Rather: Heretofore, the visage of this monumental collection of plain-speaking thoughts, within which the wisdom of ages is surely kept, appears to have been overcome by overzealous, peculiar, yet benign hormonal proclivities.
Allow me to present, for the benefit of this wholesome argument, Exhibit A:
"Let's do it together." - TwelveTwo
And, to further expose the foundation upon which my thesis is wrough, Exhibit B:
"Where's my dog collar?" - oneswellfoop
The dignity of this thread, I proclaim, has not been sullied by these innuendos, but rather, it endures, and should ever endure, in its majesty, for the ages.
posted by jabberjaw (no soap) at 7:50 PM on April 30, 2012
Rather: Heretofore, the visage of this monumental collection of plain-speaking thoughts, within which the wisdom of ages is surely kept, appears to have been overcome by overzealous, peculiar, yet benign hormonal proclivities.
Allow me to present, for the benefit of this wholesome argument, Exhibit A:
"Let's do it together." - TwelveTwo
And, to further expose the foundation upon which my thesis is wrough, Exhibit B:
"Where's my dog collar?" - oneswellfoop
The dignity of this thread, I proclaim, has not been sullied by these innuendos, but rather, it endures, and should ever endure, in its majesty, for the ages.
posted by jabberjaw (no soap) at 7:50 PM on April 30, 2012
SERIOUSLY, the length of this thread made me think about April Fools Day's relationship to the whole month of April and gave me an idea. What if April 30th, the last day of the month, were to be celebrated as a kind of Unfools Day? You could do something surprisingly nice for someone. Or celebrate the times you didn't get fooled. Or, likely to be the most popular idea, the victims of April Fools Day pranks get a shot at payback. Still, consider the 30th as April Genius Day (see if we can get a sponsorship from Apple), with Stephen Hawking as Honorary Chairman with in Honorary Chair which will never have a whoopie cushion in it. Too late for this year, but that just means we have 11 months to work on it.
posted by oneswellfoop (mr. belvedere) at 7:53 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (mr. belvedere) at 7:53 PM on April 30, 2012
And... gratuitous obsessive desire to see staff tag.
posted by DoubleLune (stupid) at 7:57 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by DoubleLune (stupid) at 7:57 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Or we could go to an April Fools Month. I think that might be where birthdays are heading.
posted by box (stilettos) at 7:59 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by box (stilettos) at 7:59 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by DoubleLune (snuffleuppagus) at 7:57 PM on April 30 [1 favorite +] [!]
You got one of the good tags while I was peeking.
posted by jabberjaw (winner) at 8:00 PM on April 30, 2012
You got one of the good tags while I was peeking.
posted by jabberjaw (winner) at 8:00 PM on April 30, 2012
TwelveTwo: Let us continue this conversation full monocle.
Full monocle sounds kinky, but awkwardly so. Like some overly formal kink. I'll leave you with that thought.
posted by filthy light thief (fapfapfap) at 8:17 PM on April 30, 2012
Full monocle sounds kinky, but awkwardly so. Like some overly formal kink. I'll leave you with that thought.
posted by filthy light thief (fapfapfap) at 8:17 PM on April 30, 2012
.
posted by fantabulous timewaster (sweeney toddler) at 8:17 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by fantabulous timewaster (sweeney toddler) at 8:17 PM on April 30, 2012
1920!
posted by filthy light thief (star light star bright) at 8:17 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by filthy light thief (star light star bright) at 8:17 PM on April 30, 2012
DAMNIT! Someone always sneaks in and ruins my attempts to number comments.
1922, unless I'm mistaken
posted by filthy light thief (stamen) at 8:18 PM on April 30, 2012
1922, unless I'm mistaken
posted by filthy light thief (stamen) at 8:18 PM on April 30, 2012
1923: Yankee Stadium opens; Time Magazine hits the stands; Pancho Villa is assassinated; Warren G. Harding dies in office; The Walt Disney Company is founded; an earthquake kills Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people.
posted by jabberjaw (staring contest) at 8:22 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (staring contest) at 8:22 PM on April 30, 2012
'overly formal kink' is filthy light thief's sockpuppet. just sayin'.
posted by oneswellfoop (stifler) at 8:24 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stifler) at 8:24 PM on April 30, 2012
Better late than never, I guess.
posted by apartment dweller (soup to nuts) at 8:29 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by apartment dweller (soup to nuts) at 8:29 PM on April 30, 2012
1926
posted by oneswellfoop (shillelagh) at 8:36 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (shillelagh) at 8:36 PM on April 30, 2012
1927
posted by oneswellfoop (graft) at 8:37 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (graft) at 8:37 PM on April 30, 2012
I don't know how these things work, exactly, but I think we have until 10:12 p.m. Albuquerque time before this thread shuts down on it's exact 30-day mark. That's, like, 1/2 an hour, right?
posted by jabberjaw (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 8:37 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stavrosthewonderchicken) at 8:37 PM on April 30, 2012
Things to do on May 1st: kill jabberjaw
posted by oneswellfoop (sartori) at 8:38 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (sartori) at 8:38 PM on April 30, 2012
Still open.
posted by daniel_charms (silver surfer) at 8:42 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (silver surfer) at 8:42 PM on April 30, 2012
What if I'm already dead?
posted by jabberjaw (stefi graf) at 8:42 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by jabberjaw (stefi graf) at 8:42 PM on April 30, 2012
and yes, it should be a half-hour from now.
posted by oneswellfoop (staves) at 8:42 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (staves) at 8:42 PM on April 30, 2012
30 minutes. What can you do in 30 minutes?
posted by daniel_charms (naff) at 8:43 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (naff) at 8:43 PM on April 30, 2012
You can pluck, like, five chicken in 30 minutes.
posted by daniel_charms (stentoria) at 8:44 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stentoria) at 8:44 PM on April 30, 2012
Choreograph an interpret dance of my childhood or make chocolate and caramel covered graham crackers-your choice
posted by miss-lapin (stiff) at 8:44 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by miss-lapin (stiff) at 8:44 PM on April 30, 2012
Just about anything, if you know what your doing.
posted by oddman (st00pid) at 8:44 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oddman (st00pid) at 8:44 PM on April 30, 2012
What if I'm already dead?
I have experience with that excuse. It never works.
Also: Not if I kill you first.
What makes you think I'm still alive?
posted by oneswellfoop (stippled) at 8:46 PM on April 30, 2012
I have experience with that excuse. It never works.
Also: Not if I kill you first.
What makes you think I'm still alive?
posted by oneswellfoop (stippled) at 8:46 PM on April 30, 2012
Well, if my Dominos pizza doesn't get here by the time this thread closes, I should get it free.
Especially since I ordered it four hours ago.
posted by oneswellfoop (stella) at 8:47 PM on April 30, 2012
Especially since I ordered it four hours ago.
posted by oneswellfoop (stella) at 8:47 PM on April 30, 2012
Jesus fuck, scrolling through this on the iPad is a fucking endurance sport.
posted by box (mood) at 8:48 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by box (mood) at 8:48 PM on April 30, 2012
Can ghosts kill each other?
Find out on May 1 ... if this thread is still alive.
posted by jabberjaw (st00pid) at 8:48 PM on April 30, 2012
Find out on May 1 ... if this thread is still alive.
posted by jabberjaw (st00pid) at 8:48 PM on April 30, 2012
What can you do in 30 minutes?
On a Monday evening? "How I Met Your Mother", including commercials. Anything else, don't bother.
posted by oneswellfoop (karen carpenter) at 8:49 PM on April 30, 2012
On a Monday evening? "How I Met Your Mother", including commercials. Anything else, don't bother.
posted by oneswellfoop (karen carpenter) at 8:49 PM on April 30, 2012
Find out on May 1 ... if this thread is still alive.
If not, there'll be an update in this thread. Because... IT NEVER ENDS.
posted by oneswellfoop ( radio) at 8:50 PM on April 30, 2012
If not, there'll be an update in this thread. Because... IT NEVER ENDS.
posted by oneswellfoop ( radio) at 8:50 PM on April 30, 2012
Jesus fuck, scrolling through this on the iPad is a fucking endurance sport.
posted by box (stupid) at 8:48 PM on April 30 [+] [!]
heh
posted by jabberjaw (standardized test) at 8:51 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by box (stupid) at 8:48 PM on April 30 [+] [!]
heh
posted by jabberjaw (standardized test) at 8:51 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
twenty minutes and counting (maybe)...
posted by oneswellfoop (taffy) at 8:52 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (taffy) at 8:52 PM on April 30, 2012
NEVAR
posted by Xere (stabilizer) at 8:55 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Xere (stabilizer) at 8:55 PM on April 30, 2012
Anything else, don't bother.
Well, if I didn't have plans for today that preclude this sort of behaviour, I would have got drunk on (this) Monday night. Because hey, Walpurgisnacht followed by a public holiday.
posted by daniel_charms (stupid) at 8:56 PM on April 30, 2012
Well, if I didn't have plans for today that preclude this sort of behaviour, I would have got drunk on (this) Monday night. Because hey, Walpurgisnacht followed by a public holiday.
posted by daniel_charms (stupid) at 8:56 PM on April 30, 2012
Fifteen.
posted by daniel_charms (stamp out litter) at 8:57 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stamp out litter) at 8:57 PM on April 30, 2012
New goal: will we reach 2,000 comments before the clock runs out?
posted by daniel_charms (shillelagh) at 8:58 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (shillelagh) at 8:58 PM on April 30, 2012
I bid adieu. I wish I could stay on a bit longer for the final push.
I'll see you in the next life, brotha.
posted by jabberjaw (stoat) at 9:00 PM on April 30, 2012
I'll see you in the next life, brotha.
posted by jabberjaw (stoat) at 9:00 PM on April 30, 2012
Posting for the Glorious Revolution!
posted by arcticseal (smithers release the hounds) at 9:05 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by arcticseal (smithers release the hounds) at 9:05 PM on April 30, 2012
what? have you all started your May 1st General Strike NOW?!?
posted by oneswellfoop (stentoria) at 9:06 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stentoria) at 9:06 PM on April 30, 2012
Boss' orders, sorry.
posted by daniel_charms (step) at 9:07 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (step) at 9:07 PM on April 30, 2012
I don't think we're going to make it...
posted by daniel_charms (newborn calf) at 9:08 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (newborn calf) at 9:08 PM on April 30, 2012
Well, with the playing of someone else's familiar theme, I can tell by the old clock on the wall that somebody took the old clock off the wall and painted a clock that had me fooled for about, say, six hours. Anyway, our floor director has alerted me by slitting his wrists and bleeding all over my cue cards, so, let me just remind everyone in our half-vast audience that the home edition of this show is available from all stores that carry products because their buyers can be bribed. And for everyone here at the famous Club Baby Seals, don't forget to tip the veal and try your server. Remember, I will be performing at the Aquarium, where I have been held under for an extra week, and until we meet again, remember the immortal words of our Founding Fathers, "we never had sex with that woman". Good night, anybody!!!
Portions of this program were pre-recorded before other parts which have not been recorded yet.
posted by oneswellfoop (stephen hawking) at 9:08 PM on April 30, 2012
Portions of this program were pre-recorded before other parts which have not been recorded yet.
posted by oneswellfoop (stephen hawking) at 9:08 PM on April 30, 2012
Is thing still on?
posted by oneswellfoop (seven chinese brothers) at 9:10 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (seven chinese brothers) at 9:10 PM on April 30, 2012
Glorious Last Post for the Glorious Revolution!
posted by daniel_charms (stiffie) at 9:10 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stiffie) at 9:10 PM on April 30, 2012
Oh, yeah, one more thing...
posted by oneswellfoop (simple machine) at 9:11 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (simple machine) at 9:11 PM on April 30, 2012
Capitalist pig.
posted by daniel_charms (winner) at 9:11 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (winner) at 9:11 PM on April 30, 2012
30 seconds.
posted by daniel_charms (stodgy) at 9:11 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stodgy) at 9:11 PM on April 30, 2012
Last!
posted by daniel_charms (soup to nuts) at 9:11 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (soup to nuts) at 9:11 PM on April 30, 2012
Last?
posted by daniel_charms (stab) at 9:12 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stab) at 9:12 PM on April 30, 2012
and we're going into overtime!!!!
posted by oneswellfoop (starship trooper) at 9:12 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (starship trooper) at 9:12 PM on April 30, 2012
oh noes!
posted by daniel_charms (start) at 9:12 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (start) at 9:12 PM on April 30, 2012
Maybe that was supposed to be thirty-ONE days?
posted by oneswellfoop (stoopid) at 9:13 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stoopid) at 9:13 PM on April 30, 2012
It must be the Apocalypse.
posted by daniel_charms (stars in your eyes) at 9:13 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stars in your eyes) at 9:13 PM on April 30, 2012
Is my face red!
I'm not embarrassed, just having a bad allergic reaction to something...
posted by oneswellfoop (fapfapfap) at 9:14 PM on April 30, 2012
I'm not embarrassed, just having a bad allergic reaction to something...
posted by oneswellfoop (fapfapfap) at 9:14 PM on April 30, 2012
It's supposed to be 30 days.
posted by daniel_charms (sylvan learning center) at 9:15 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (sylvan learning center) at 9:15 PM on April 30, 2012
Unless...
posted by daniel_charms (stoat) at 9:16 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stoat) at 9:16 PM on April 30, 2012
Yes, mathowie could override the normal shutdown, but if he saw what we've been up to the last 24 hours, I doubt he'd want to. Or maybe when pb enabled the continued tagging of comments after all the other MetaTalk threads returned to normal, he may have unintentionally given this thread other mutant powers.
Or something else.
posted by oneswellfoop (stoooooooooooooned) at 9:22 PM on April 30, 2012
Or something else.
posted by oneswellfoop (stoooooooooooooned) at 9:22 PM on April 30, 2012
DON'T NOBODY SUBMIT A BUG REPORT.
IT'S NOT A BUG, IT'S A FEATURE.
posted by oneswellfoop (hurf durf butter staffer) at 9:23 PM on April 30, 2012
IT'S NOT A BUG, IT'S A FEATURE.
posted by oneswellfoop (hurf durf butter staffer) at 9:23 PM on April 30, 2012
Because,
I think a robot tag generator just wrote a poem, either, or, mefi is the ghost in the machine of puff-daddy, pdidy, you know who it is... with gusto;
posted by infinite intimation (stoat) at 9:23 PM on April 30, 2012
IT JUST KEEPS DOING IT! I love this FLT. ft. Mefi
posted by Trivia Newton John (stavrosthewonderchitlin) at 9:37 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
I want to be Sterrance. Awww.
posted by Metroid Baby (puff daddy) at 9:37 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
Cool!
posted by lee (president taft) at 9:37 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
Yay!!
posted by nooneyouknow (puff daddy) at 9:38 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
Whaaaaaaaaaaat?
posted by susanbeeswax (newborn calf) at 9:39 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
posted by zippy (waft) at 9:40 PM on March 31 [1 favorite +] [!]
First I got "riffraff" and I was sad.
posted by Burhanistan (shillelagh*'T) at 9:44 PM on March 31 [2 favorites +] [!]
よっしゃ！
posted by emmling (half) at 10:30 PM on March 31 [+] [!]
(stax exchange)
(stamen)
(studebaker)
(mood)
(moodmaker)
No, I think you're just drunk.
posted by flatluigi (stuffing) at 9:29 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by flatluigi (stuffing) at 9:29 PM on April 30, 2012
Don't drink, but tag generator produced rhyming names, including Puff-Daddy. Noted with bemuse-ation. That is all. Capitals were in the copied text. It was not so exciting. There was maybe amusement to be percieved at the obviously absurd idea of a poetry generating computer machine keeping a thread open longer than normal.
The best funny comes in the explanations, not jokes, I guess.
posted by infinite intimation (stentoria) at 9:38 PM on April 30, 2012
The best funny comes in the explanations, not jokes, I guess.
posted by infinite intimation (stentoria) at 9:38 PM on April 30, 2012
this has all happened before, you know. Except this time it seems not so much revenant as undying.
posted by mwhybark (giraffed) at 9:39 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by mwhybark (giraffed) at 9:39 PM on April 30, 2012
We are still 40 39 comments short of the #5 all-time MeTa thread. But I suspect it'll be a while until the Usual Suspects regain consciousness - including me. Nighties!
posted by oneswellfoop (stoned) at 9:39 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by oneswellfoop (stoned) at 9:39 PM on April 30, 2012
...and furthermore. so, in essence, this has not only wendelled, but is wendelling again also!
posted by mwhybark (simple machine) at 9:43 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by mwhybark (simple machine) at 9:43 PM on April 30, 2012
cortex' handwaving in the loooooong thread that resurrected itself. Seems likely a related thing.
posted by mwhybark (naff) at 9:50 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by mwhybark (naff) at 9:50 PM on April 30, 2012
I am curious...
posted by MissySedai (shillelagh) at 9:53 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by MissySedai (shillelagh) at 9:53 PM on April 30, 2012
and may I say, also, for posterity and the universe:
lol butts
posted by mwhybark (esteban) at 9:55 PM on April 30, 2012
lol butts
posted by mwhybark (esteban) at 9:55 PM on April 30, 2012
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
posted by flabdablet (puff daddy) at 9:57 PM on April 30, 2012
Does anybody really care?
posted by flabdablet (puff daddy) at 9:57 PM on April 30, 2012
FLASH
posted by flabdablet (smithers release the hounds) at 10:05 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by flabdablet (smithers release the hounds) at 10:05 PM on April 30, 2012
DAYMAN
posted by mwhybark (shillelagh) at 10:07 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by mwhybark (shillelagh) at 10:07 PM on April 30, 2012
This first page party has got to stop, hey hey!
posted by daniel_charms (stoned) at 10:11 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stoned) at 10:11 PM on April 30, 2012
The boat has reached the shore
posted by Sailormom (hairway to steven) at 10:12 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Sailormom (hairway to steven) at 10:12 PM on April 30, 2012
Still not dead yet.
posted by daniel_charms (stiffie) at 10:12 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by daniel_charms (stiffie) at 10:12 PM on April 30, 2012
oneswellfoop: We are still 40 39 comments short of the #5 all-time MeTa thread. But I suspect it'll be a while until the Usual Suspects regain consciousness - including me. Nighties!
While it was not a MeTa thread, I live in hope that, one day, one day, my fellow MeFites will have an FPP worth of a discussion that allows us to eclipse the comment count on the Palin thread. The fact that that thread stands as the one with the most comments pains me to my soul.
posted by tzikeh (ffats) at 10:14 PM on April 30, 2012
While it was not a MeTa thread, I live in hope that, one day, one day, my fellow MeFites will have an FPP worth of a discussion that allows us to eclipse the comment count on the Palin thread. The fact that that thread stands as the one with the most comments pains me to my soul.
posted by tzikeh (ffats) at 10:14 PM on April 30, 2012
Technically May 1, but just in case...
posted by MeghanC (starship trooper) at 10:20 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by MeghanC (starship trooper) at 10:20 PM on April 30, 2012
Dennis, there's some lovely filth down 'ere!
posted by mwhybark (stooped) at 10:29 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by mwhybark (stooped) at 10:29 PM on April 30, 2012
Isn't it based on Pacific Time?
posted by Skygazer (standup bass) at 10:42 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Skygazer (standup bass) at 10:42 PM on April 30, 2012
I hope mine has something to do with bears...
posted by schyler523 (studmuffin) at 10:44 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by schyler523 (studmuffin) at 10:44 PM on April 30, 2012
Everything has something to do with bears if you look hard enough.
posted by dg (horse ebooks) at 10:54 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by dg (horse ebooks) at 10:54 PM on April 30, 2012
It was awesome, and had to do with Theodore Roosevelt bears
posted by infinite intimation (smithers release the hounds) at 11:00 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by infinite intimation (smithers release the hounds) at 11:00 PM on April 30, 2012
The thread has outlived a time-of-day theard close marker based in Pacific Time, Skygazer. But based on previous aberrant thread closure ghe next likely closing time is midnight Pacific, an hour from now.
posted by mwhybark (stabilizer) at 11:01 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by mwhybark (stabilizer) at 11:01 PM on April 30, 2012
or perhaps a day from now, if the SQL goblin takes the March 31 - April 30 time basis to mean May 1 is one month from March 31.
Basically, it's chicken bones and entrails from here on out.
posted by mwhybark (sartori) at 11:03 PM on April 30, 2012
Basically, it's chicken bones and entrails from here on out.
posted by mwhybark (sartori) at 11:03 PM on April 30, 2012
GHE THEARD
posted by mwhybark (star trek) at 11:04 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by mwhybark (star trek) at 11:04 PM on April 30, 2012
What if instead of closing in an hour this thread comes to life and unsticks itself from the internet and beings to travel through the world with it's thousands of comments stomping on buildings and causing havoc and thrashing through cities and derailing trains with people in them and picking them up and looking inside and then the only thing that will stop it is a thread of equal power from an island in the Pacific where it is worshiped as a GOD, with ritual music and dances in grass skirts...
posted by Skygazer (stoooooooooooooned) at 11:09 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Skygazer (stoooooooooooooned) at 11:09 PM on April 30, 2012
WHY ARE NONE OF YOU DIGNIFIED
I TOLD YOU HOW TO KEEP THIS THREAD OPEN FOREVER
BUT NO
NO ONE LISTENS
NOW YOU'LL HAVE TO SACRIFICE MATHOWIE'S SPIRIT ANIMAL
BASICALLY NO ONE KNOWS THE RITES OF SACRIFICE
I DON'T KNOW IT
WHO KNOWS IT?
WE ARE DOOMED
posted by TwelveTwo (stoned) at 11:10 PM on April 30, 2012
I TOLD YOU HOW TO KEEP THIS THREAD OPEN FOREVER
BUT NO
NO ONE LISTENS
NOW YOU'LL HAVE TO SACRIFICE MATHOWIE'S SPIRIT ANIMAL
BASICALLY NO ONE KNOWS THE RITES OF SACRIFICE
I DON'T KNOW IT
WHO KNOWS IT?
WE ARE DOOMED
posted by TwelveTwo (stoned) at 11:10 PM on April 30, 2012
THE END IS NIGH
IF ONLY YOU LISTENED
posted by TwelveTwo (staple singers) at 11:11 PM on April 30, 2012
IF ONLY YOU LISTENED
posted by TwelveTwo (staple singers) at 11:11 PM on April 30, 2012
FAQ says 30 days, not a month. The thread started April 1, 2012 15:12 and it is now May 1, 2012 16:17. Therefore, the thread closed 1:05 ago. This comment does not exist.
posted by dg (studmuffin) at 11:18 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by dg (studmuffin) at 11:18 PM on April 30, 2012
I'm not here
posted by Sailormom (fapfapfap) at 11:20 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Sailormom (fapfapfap) at 11:20 PM on April 30, 2012
You can't ask that here, because this thread is closed to new comments! Can't you read?
posted by dg (stax exchange) at 11:23 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by dg (stax exchange) at 11:23 PM on April 30, 2012
I'm not really here. I'm watching an interview with Mark Burgess from the Chameleons.
posted by Skygazer ('struth) at 11:24 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Skygazer ('struth) at 11:24 PM on April 30, 2012
Database has some funny ideas about time, I tell you what.
posted by cortex (starfish kisses) at 11:30 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by cortex (starfish kisses) at 11:30 PM on April 30, 2012
Gee, at first I thought all that cheese talk was about me. But no. I'm the wrong kind of cheese.
posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese (stuff) at 11:33 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese (stuff) at 11:33 PM on April 30, 2012
lol database can't even tell time.
posted by Sailormom (stoooooooooooooned) at 11:37 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Sailormom (stoooooooooooooned) at 11:37 PM on April 30, 2012
Stupid database. Haw haw haw....must run on cheese!
posted by Skygazer (simple machine) at 11:42 PM on April 30, 2012
posted by Skygazer (simple machine) at 11:42 PM on April 30, 2012
this is the sign of the end
you must sacrifice whatever animals you can find
the blood must be made into a circle
an altar must be made of your computer
you must act now
the administrators do not look kindly on insolence
we did not act with dignity
we did not act with responsibility
there is no way to maintain an immortal thread
without sacrifice
blood sacrifice
it is time
it is now
now
posted by TwelveTwo (sylvan learning center) at 11:43 PM on April 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
you must sacrifice whatever animals you can find
the blood must be made into a circle
an altar must be made of your computer
you must act now
the administrators do not look kindly on insolence
we did not act with dignity
we did not act with responsibility
there is no way to maintain an immortal thread
without sacrifice
blood sacrifice
it is time
it is now
now
posted by TwelveTwo (sylvan learning center) at 11:43 PM on April 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
Poor database. Don't worry, I'll look after you. Come over and sit with me. Tell me, do you like gladiator movies?
posted by dg (hairway to steven) at 11:45 PM on April 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by dg (hairway to steven) at 11:45 PM on April 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
see, thread time is cyclical. it turns back upon itself every so often.
What I am saying is we have all done this before, and we will all do this again.
LO AND THE THREADENDING TIMES CAME UPON THE MEFITES AND THEY WERE SORE AFEARED COR WHEN THE ENDED THREAD REMAINED OPENENDED DENDUR WAS SEEN TO PROCLAIM THE END OF THE PRIOR THREADEDENDING AGE AND THE BEGINNINATION OF A NEWDEN THREADYNASTIC SUCCESSION.
posted by mwhybark (stupid) at 11:45 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
What I am saying is we have all done this before, and we will all do this again.
LO AND THE THREADENDING TIMES CAME UPON THE MEFITES AND THEY WERE SORE AFEARED COR WHEN THE ENDED THREAD REMAINED OPENENDED DENDUR WAS SEEN TO PROCLAIM THE END OF THE PRIOR THREADEDENDING AGE AND THE BEGINNINATION OF A NEWDEN THREADYNASTIC SUCCESSION.
posted by mwhybark (stupid) at 11:45 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
i will miss all of you
i hope you all remember
that i started a tumblr
about historical events that did not happen
i hope you all remember me
in your next thread
in your next life
i will miss you all
this was a beautiful thread
i know none of you listened
and now we will witness the end
the end of this beautiful thread
but i will cherish the memories
the memories of this beautiful
beautiful thread
posted by TwelveTwo (gaffe) at 11:49 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
i hope you all remember
that i started a tumblr
about historical events that did not happen
i hope you all remember me
in your next thread
in your next life
i will miss you all
this was a beautiful thread
i know none of you listened
and now we will witness the end
the end of this beautiful thread
but i will cherish the memories
the memories of this beautiful
beautiful thread
posted by TwelveTwo (gaffe) at 11:49 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
April fools all month long
posted by Sailormom (st00pid) at 11:57 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Sailormom (st00pid) at 11:57 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
the trick is to not want to be the last comment
posted by TwelveTwo (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 11:58 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by TwelveTwo (sunday sunday SUNDAY) at 11:58 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
whyyyy
posted by TwelveTwo (taffy) at 11:59 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by TwelveTwo (taffy) at 11:59 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Thats not what I'm here for
posted by Sailormom (spouse) at 11:59 PM on April 30, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by Sailormom (spouse) at 11:59 PM on April 30, 2012 [3 favorites]
You are not logged in, either login or create an account to post comments
posted by filthy light thief (stairway to heaven) at 9:12 PM on March 31, 2012 [2 favorites]