Did I miss the seminar on this term or something? Excuse my ignorance. posted by XQUZYPHYR at 5:29 AM on September 19, 2002
The Search Metafilter option is a great tool when you're confused about stuff. Plus it keeps MeTa clear. Use the Google search if the regular one times out. I'm sure typing in "Pancakes" and reading through will help you with any questions you may have. posted by macadamiaranch at 5:38 AM on September 19, 2002
Not being able to find pancakes on MetaFilter is like not being able to find your ass with both hands. posted by timeistight at 9:12 AM on September 19, 2002
oops, dmt already posted that. posted by mkelley at 9:19 AM on September 19, 2002
And here I was, all ready to propose that pancakes and haikus had been overthrown in favor of that new phrase (which I can't link to, since I can't search MeFi comments right now, but I'm sure you've seen it):
"So let me get this straight ... the toy broom ... it vibrates?" posted by WolfDaddy at 9:28 AM on September 19, 2002
Sweet, delicious, pancakey irony. posted by Ufez Jones at 9:34 AM on September 19, 2002
I await the arrival of our pancake overlords. posted by owillis at 9:41 AM on September 19, 2002
Just shows how useful THAT is
As usual, mischief, you're completely off base. The default "last month" search is useful for two reasons. The first is that MeFi, just like he internet, has a short collective memory. This is, of course, an assumption on my part, but it is an educated one. I would say that most of what people are looking for on this site is something that occurred within the last month, so making it the default is only logical. The second reason is that if "since day one" was the default, every search would be poking three years back into the archives for something that, again, is probably more recent. Why bother taxing the database like that? Matt may have a new server, but that doesn't mean common sense about site design and database use should be tossed.
Or I may be assuming to much. You may just be confused about the usage of a drop-down menu. May I suggest the Google search? posted by eyeballkid at 9:43 AM on September 19, 2002
...and their butter bearing minions. posted by jonmc at 9:43 AM on September 19, 2002
WHAT.
PANCAKE.
OVERLORDS.
OWILLIS? posted by rory at 9:53 AM on September 19, 2002
*yawn* posted by briank at 10:00 AM on September 19, 2002
Just shows how useful THAT is
As usual, mischief, you're completely off base.
You're off-base too, eyeballkid. The reason that search didn't work was not because there haven't been mentions of pancakes in the past month -- there have been, obviously -but because there have been no threads mentioning pancakes. Had mischief switched to "threads and comments" or "comments only" he would have found plenty of mentions. posted by me3dia at 10:05 AM on September 19, 2002
All your base are belong to our new Pancake Overlords. posted by turaho at 10:10 AM on September 19, 2002
True, but the logic behind the defaults still stands. posted by eyeballkid at 10:20 AM on September 19, 2002
www.savepancaykes.com
My cat's breath...yadda, yadda, hey... posted by i_cola at 10:37 AM on September 19, 2002
"Pancake Overlords" would be a great name for a pancake house. I smell a business opportunity! posted by kindall at 11:04 AM on September 19, 2002
"Pancake Overlords" would be a great name for a pancake house
Personally I wouldn't want anyone lording over me at the breakfast table. What's with all the power struggles at breakfast time? Captain Crunch and Count Chocula... posted by FreezBoy at 11:13 AM on September 19, 2002
King Vitaman... posted by madprops at 11:18 AM on September 19, 2002
Not to mention the crazed dictator Cookie Jarvis, out to reclaim his kingdom from the usurper Cookie Cop. posted by Kafkaesque at 11:26 AM on September 19, 2002
I have the exceptionally dubious distinction of having been the one to post the comment after aaron's seminal "Who here likes pancakes". And I'm certain that countless people have wondered what in thee hell I was talking about with my cryptic "Who likes wood" one-liner, insofar as the page it links to expired ages ago and that I consider "four" to be a uncountable quantity.
So I would like use this opportunity to set the record straight.
Did you know that in Rotterdam there's what's called De Pannenkoekenboot? The Pancake Boat is "the Netherlands' only floating pancake restaurant", featuring all-you-can-eat pancakes. You can have them "au naturel, apple or bacon pancakes, along with every imaginable topping, including cheese, ham, fruit, syrups, powdered sugar and much, much more". posted by panopticon at 11:58 AM on September 19, 2002
Oh, and that reminds me: MeFiers should do themselves a favor and watch this. Hilarity incarnate (although a lamentably abridged version of the full-length masterpiece I had the pleasure of viewing at the gym.) posted by Shadowkeeper at 12:03 PM on September 19, 2002
Thank you, Shadowkeeper. I was looking at the pancakes thread a couple of weeks ago, and ended up spending several minutes trying (and failing) to find the Dilbert you'd been pointing at. Now, at last, I can be at peace. posted by moss at 12:13 PM on September 19, 2002
While trying to find the appropriate word for plättar in english, I came up with both "small pancakes" and "hot cakes". Which one should I use if I wanted to order some in an american restaurant? posted by soundofsuburbia at 12:17 PM on September 19, 2002
Pancakes
Zippity Bop
Pony
Bunnies
X makes the baby jesus cry (where is he anyway?)
I would like to be the first to welcome our new [x] overlords
Anyother Mefi cliches I'm missing? posted by Grod at 12:17 PM on September 19, 2002
Thank you. I'll be here all week posted by dash_slot- at 3:56 PM on September 19, 2002
--Mefi post (NYT link), followed immediately by a MeTa post decrying NYT links
--"NewsFilter"
--"Newbie"
--waxing nostalgic about "the way MeFi used to be"
thanks, Crash. I haven't seen pancake bunny in ages! posted by whatnot at 3:57 PM on September 19, 2002
Not being able to find pancakes on MetaFilter is like not being able to find your ass with both hands.
, a flashlight and a book of instructions. posted by dg at 4:13 PM on September 19, 2002
I never knew what "pancakes" meant, until this thread. That said, I think it's a pretty inane "in joke".
Then again, I suppose that whatever makes things more fun; all the power to it. I just don't get the humour, nor do I wish to.
I know you don't care, BTW. :) posted by Dark Messiah at 4:37 PM on September 19, 2002
Oof! Finally a reason to link to this! posted by sklero at 4:55 PM on September 19, 2002
I've found myself asking people at the office "who wants pancakes?" to change the subject. I keep waiting for someone to accuse me of stealing material from metafilter. posted by birdherder at 5:18 PM on September 19, 2002
And to think, before Metafilter, before even the internet,
in a world where kittens were still new, all one could do was sing Heynonnynonny... posted by Smart Dalek at 6:11 PM on September 19, 2002
Anything else you hate, Dark Messiah, just for future reference?
I've found myself asking people at the office "who wants pancakes?" to change the subject. I keep waiting for someone to accuse me of stealing material from metafilter.
people here don't actually think that metafilter is the first place "i like pancakes" was used in response to a lame thread do they...? it was all the (over used) rage on msn bulletin boards and chat rooms, back in '95 when msn was still a firewalled online service like aol. i sincerely doubt it was coined there either. posted by t r a c y at 9:10 PM on September 19, 2002
There's also an idiot user on Mefi that has this obsession with Britney Spears, and every time she's mentioned he pops up in the thread .
Fuckwit. posted by owillis at 9:35 PM on September 19, 2002
panopticon: There are other pancake ships in the Netherlands, so I'm afraid their claim is a lie. I often ate at one in Groningen, which I believe was simply called "panekoekenship." posted by bingo at 11:54 PM on September 19, 2002
Don't forget the "I'm leaving Metafilter and I just thought I'd tell everybody publically" cliche. Is that a cliche? posted by Hildago at 12:16 AM on September 20, 2002
As long as we're talking about it, here is the world's stupidest pancake story. (Courtesy of the world's lamest daily newspaper.) On second thought, maybe we could see that bunny again.
Blatant Fark cliche! posted by hama7 at 2:28 AM on September 20, 2002
Plättar... hm. Some restaurants carry an item called 'silver dollar pancakes', which are larger than a silver dollar, but probably about the same size as plättar. I have no clue whether they taste anything alike.
In general, I don't like American pancakes, no matter what the size. But I love crepes! posted by Slithy_Tove at 2:36 AM on September 20, 2002
[this may be offensive] posted by adampsyche at 4:18 AM on September 20, 2002
www.metafark.com
Newbies suck
Three-digit user numbers
"I miss Holgate so much"
"Matt please delete this thread"
"Fuck foldy" (even when he's right)
"I can't understand what thomcatspike just wrote!" (I am a huge fan by the way, thomcat)
(PS
And, yes, Matt, this thread is a good candidate for an unusual Meta Talk deletion, even if you don't do such things right?)
There's also an idiot user on Mefi that has this obsession with Britney Spears, and every time she's mentioned he pops up in the thread.
And one of these days, owillis is going to discover that she's a singer and he's going to have a whole lot more to talk about. posted by MarkAnd at 9:14 AM on September 20, 2002
There are other pancake ships in the Netherlands, so I'm afraid their claim is a lie. I often ate at one in Groningen, which I believe was simply called "panekoekenship."
Bingo: Pannenkoekenschip. And isn't Groningen the best town in the world? :D
p.s. panopticon: every village/town with a canal has a pannenkoekenschip, sorry.
No, really. posted by rusty at 10:33 AM on September 20, 2002
I was hoping that "trolling for fellatio" would become a cliche, but apparently only evanizer, Miguel and I find it noteworthy. posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:48 AM on September 20, 2002
Along those lines, I was hoping "demand anal" would catch on. posted by euphorb at 12:21 PM on September 20, 2002
Trolling For Fellatio
That's my favorite Samuel Beckett play. posted by Shadowkeeper at 2:04 PM on September 20, 2002
I was hoping that "trolling for fellatio" would become a cliche, but apparently only evanizer, Miguel and I find it noteworthy.
One of my faves, too. posted by ColdChef at 7:44 AM on October 16, 2002
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