Deleted Comment of the Day

November 24, 2003 8:36 PM

Deleted Comment of the Day: "I nearly choked on my dinner reading through this hilarious thread - I love Metafilter, but its smartypants members are gonna be the death of me some day."
posted by wendell to Etiquette/Policy at 8:36 PM (22 comments total)

I haven't been called 'smartypants' since 1978 (it was on a radio show where we were not allowed to say "smart-ass"). It made me feel very nostalgic.
But the important question is: Does MetaFilter need Liability Insurance in case of just such an incident? And does Matt deleting smart-ass threads constitute a potential cover-up?
posted by wendell at 8:37 PM on November 24, 2003

what a great username it would have been tho
posted by amberglow at 8:50 PM on November 24, 2003

The good, sensible MeFi member in me says "Hey! Matt deleted that thread for a REASON, bucko! Do we really need a MetaTalk thread about it?!?!", but the evil, subversive MeFi member in me says "Thanks, wendell! I missed this one, and that was for sure some funny stuff!"

And before anyone asks, no, I've never had a MeFi member in me, good and sensible or evil and subversive.

Actually, the point is a pretty good one: most of our most shining moments come when everyone knows that the thread is going to get deleted, and for good reason. I think this is MetaTopic #4 on the all-time top ten, though, so again, it probably doesn't really need to be hashed out again.
posted by yhbc at 8:50 PM on November 24, 2003

I think it's worth pointing out just for the fact that Matt's reason for deletion was phrased in haiku form.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:58 PM on November 24, 2003

wendell is a rogue poster and should be treated accordingly. death to all enemy combatants!
posted by The God Complex at 10:29 PM on November 24, 2003

omg. The reason for deletion in haiku? Now I want him to do this every time. That's my pony.
posted by taz at 11:41 PM on November 24, 2003

I think this is MetaTopic #4 on the all-time top ten, though, so again, it probably doesn't really need to be hashed out again.

naw, wendell just posted this in the hopes that he'll get lucky again.
posted by soyjoy at 7:04 AM on November 25, 2003

Wendell did you attend "Happy Hour" prior to posting this?
Ok, think I may see your angle here: Matt deleting smart-ass threads constitute a potential cover-up?{Add} Because threads like these contain The Comment of the Day
posted by thomcatspike at 9:11 AM on November 25, 2003

Perhaps the coffee just hasn't kicked in yet, but I have NFI what is going on here.
posted by scarabic at 9:25 AM on November 25, 2003

Because threads like these contain The Comment of the Day

actually one of your best comments ever -- and one of my MeFi all-time favorites -- is in a deleted thread , tcs
posted by matteo at 10:30 AM on November 25, 2003

for the record, I also posted this as a public service to the MetaTalk community by pushing the "Michael Jackson should be in JAIL, Part 2" thread off the front page
posted by wendell at 12:35 PM on November 25, 2003

am i supposed to be getting pictures of these naked men dressed as clowns spanking each other?

Is this some sort of koan? What would a naked man dressed like a clown look like?
posted by euphorb at 1:06 PM on November 25, 2003

matteo: Thanks for pointing out that thread; it's also got this excellent exchange:

does anyone "rue" anymore?
posted by ColdChef at 7:30 AM PST on June 28

Only with butter and flour.
posted by bondcliff at 7:31 AM PST on June 28

Wasn't she on "The Golden Girls"?
posted by websavvy at 7:32 AM PST on June 28

She was on the Golden Girls, covered in butter and flour.
**shudder**
posted by goto11 at 7:37 AM PST on June 28

[Links added for those who missed the jokes; I got the first, not the second.]
posted by languagehat at 1:25 PM on November 25, 2003

...or we could make this an Elephant's Burial Ground for comments and exchanges lost to thread deletion, for the benefit of those virginal MeFites who don't go looking for deleted threads...

Roo! Roo!
posted by wendell at 1:28 PM on November 25, 2003

What would a naked man dressed like a clown look like?

David Spade?

And please, people, it's roux freedom.
posted by WolfDaddy at 4:03 PM on November 25, 2003

MetaFilter: naked men dressed as clowns spanking each other.

Well, someone had to do it! ;-P
posted by mischief at 5:08 PM on November 25, 2003

MetaFilter: naked men dressed as clowns spanking each other.

The wonderchicken has two accounts?
posted by y2karl at 6:01 PM on November 25, 2003

What would a naked man dressed like a clown look like?

You had to ask.
posted by dgaicun at 6:57 PM on November 25, 2003

that would be ouchy.
posted by madamjujujive at 8:09 PM on November 25, 2003

Deletion reason of the day: who says that I am the one/ But the kid is not my son

Okay, it's not a haiku, but I laughed.
posted by arto at 11:27 PM on November 25, 2003

I must state that deleted thread reasons are where we see mathowie express true glee. Glee is something we don't really celebrate. Let's begin.
posted by WolfDaddy at 1:53 AM on November 26, 2003

Gosh, WolfDaddy, you're right. I had no idea.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:47 AM on November 27, 2003