Ladder Match, inside!

March 1, 2004 1:03 PM

I'm calling you out jfuller! I don't know why, but it seemed like the thing to do. Dare you disgrace the name of the lovely Miss Elisabeth?! You! Me! Ladder Match, inside!
posted by Stan Chin to Etiquette/Policy at 1:03 PM (55 comments total)

Worst. Post. Ever.

Post deleted.
posted by crazy finger at 1:11 PM on March 1, 2004

That was quick. Do we still get the ladder match? I have a fetish for ladder matches.
posted by hama7 at 1:14 PM on March 1, 2004

Only Stan and I get to play. He's my friend.
posted by jfuller at 1:30 PM on March 1, 2004

Worst post ever? C'mon, there must be worse. We need a MeFi Hall-O-Shame somewhere.
posted by Shane at 1:33 PM on March 1, 2004

Please hope me.
posted by dhoyt at 1:37 PM on March 1, 2004

No extensively illustrated amputations, mutilations, severe wound infections, oddly colored discharges, feces, orifices or genitalia =| Worst. Post. Ever.
posted by y2karl at 1:40 PM on March 1, 2004

2 words: Spirit Foam
posted by amberglow at 1:42 PM on March 1, 2004

Isn't Miss Elizabeth dead? I doubt she minds.
posted by tyro urge at 1:46 PM on March 1, 2004

Thanks for nothing tyro urge. Guess my mom was right: I should find someone else and just settle down. Oh well.
posted by yerfatma at 2:11 PM on March 1, 2004

That was amusing, since it wasn't a good FPP to start with, and then the "more info to come" was incredibly long and there was zero chance anybody would have read it before commenting.
posted by smackfu at 2:12 PM on March 1, 2004

Not to mention dejah420 and homunculus's pathetic attempts at saving thier little political circle-jerk.
posted by angry modem at 2:16 PM on March 1, 2004

their
posted by angry modem at 2:16 PM on March 1, 2004

Miss Elizabeth's dead????
posted by konolia at 2:18 PM on March 1, 2004

Who the fuck is Miss Elizabeth?
posted by angry modem at 2:24 PM on March 1, 2004

Read the link labeled "dead".
posted by thomcatspike at 2:39 PM on March 1, 2004

> Post deleted.

No, it was kidnapped. I just found it in the Central African Republic. It's at home now looking pale but rested.
posted by jfuller at 2:55 PM on March 1, 2004

Back to the blue. Shoutout for smackfu and xmutex especially.
posted by jfuller at 3:21 PM on March 1, 2004

Does a "ladder match" involve two people standing on ladders & fighting with their weapon of choice, or two people bashing each other silly with ladders?

Either way, I'd pay to see it.
posted by Johnny Assay at 3:36 PM on March 1, 2004

No, it was kidnapped.

Yipes - oh well, folks - I hadn't checked MeTa to see if we'd already crapped on this topic for the day. Sorry etc. Double-post etc.
posted by ao4047 at 3:43 PM on March 1, 2004

in the interest of continuing the trend:

hama7, your ladder match fetish flat out gives me the creeps.
posted by joedan at 4:21 PM on March 1, 2004

you can't test the links exactly they will appear in your post until you're previewing.
Put the whole post (including the more inside) in the box, preview, test links, change a few words, preview, check everything is absolutely perfect, cut more inside part from box, click post, go to thread, paste more inside into box, preview once more for luck, post. No such word as can't.
posted by dg at 4:26 PM on March 1, 2004

Not to mention dejah420 and homunculus's pathetic attempts at saving thier little political circle-jerk.

I resent that. I happen to LIKE circle-jerking with dejah and homonculus.

Oh, um, you said political. I like that too.
posted by Shane at 4:32 PM on March 1, 2004

Boy, that commentary comes from, like, the whole front porch roster of the MetaFilter Retirement Home. Look at them geezers.
posted by y2karl at 4:36 PM on March 1, 2004

This post also had the honour of being called worst ever:

This debunks a few myths about PFDs.

"You need your PFD before you're unconscious, otherwise, how would you put it on?"

This is the worst post I've seen on Metafilter. You suck.
posted by tweek! at 10:31 AM PST on May 15

Classic.
posted by Shane at 4:40 PM on March 1, 2004

Boy, that commentary comes from, like, the whole front porch roster of the MetaFilter Retirement Home. Look at them geezers.

*pounds walker loudly against floorboards*

Where's my damned Metamucil??!! Nurse!
posted by jonmc at 5:55 PM on March 1, 2004

*gives jonmc pudding, and turns on Matlock*
posted by amberglow at 6:54 PM on March 1, 2004

Huh? Damn rebels!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:55 PM on March 1, 2004

You're turning on Matlock? Never thought he was your type, amber.
posted by wendell at 7:50 PM on March 1, 2004

it's an Anna Nicole thing ; >
posted by amberglow at 8:11 PM on March 1, 2004

If it was the "worst post ever", why did matt refer readers to it in another post?
posted by interrobang at 9:21 PM on March 1, 2004

I'm confused, and little frightened.

hold me
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:38 PM on March 1, 2004

I'll clarify: it was the worst excuse for a post ever.

That guy over there, yeah, the one I disagree with! He doesn't have comments on his site! Don't you hate that? So I'm posting it here even though I know you guys'll say this is a lame post but I'm calling you out, random blogger with no comments!
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:46 PM on March 1, 2004

Lack of patience, lack of foresight. Turns out I didn't need that random weblog for a bad example after all, if I'd just waited a couple hours I could have had my pick of people saying "Aristide democratically elected" right here. Should have known mefi better; I promise I'll trust you folks more next time.
posted by jfuller at 3:58 AM on March 2, 2004

Not to mention dejah420 and homunculus's pathetic attempts at saving thier little political circle-jerk.
posted by angry modem


WTF? I didn't even see the damn thread. What are you going on about? If you're going to randomly attack me dude, at least pick a thread where I've said something. Sheesh.
posted by dejah420 at 7:02 AM on March 2, 2004

dejah420, specialk420, what's the difference?
posted by vraxoin at 7:43 AM on March 2, 2004

Required reading for angry modem.
posted by soyjoy at 8:11 AM on March 2, 2004

Required reading for angry modem.

angry modem should spend less time trying to be angry. That schtick gets old awfully fast.
posted by Shane at 9:08 AM on March 2, 2004

but then he'd have to change his nick to happymodem, and really we have Riffola to be happy all the damned time.

I for one welcome our Angry overlords . . .
posted by christian at 10:05 AM on March 2, 2004

heh. god loves you.
posted by angry modem at 10:30 AM on March 2, 2004

Oh, sorry dejah. I meant the other pothead. :)
posted by angry modem at 10:36 AM on March 2, 2004

but then he'd have to change his nick to happymodem, and really we have Riffola to be happy all the damned time.

You're right. A happy modem would annoythehelloutta me. Maybe a drunken modem or mildly annoyed modem or perpetually-existentially-dissatisfied modem? These questions are tough. What the hell kinda modem is dear clavdivs, I wonder?
posted by Shane at 12:18 PM on March 2, 2004

Remember, modem = modulator/demodulator. While our clav is certainly one of those things, he's definitely not both.
posted by gleuschk at 1:54 PM on March 2, 2004

Further research reveals:

Worst. Post. Ever.

Prince Charles Adding to the Gaiety of Nations
posted by kaibutsu at 11:13 PM on March 2, 2004

wow. you guys.
posted by fishfucker at 7:42 AM on March 3, 2004

>Talking of which, that troutfishing posts too much.

Wheeeeee! :)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 12:59 PM on March 3, 2004

My god, this is a solemn moment in the history of MetaFilter. Miguel has been toppled from a position that looked impregnable. It's like Ty Cobb's hit record falling. Miguel, congratulations; your program of self-restraint, which must have been very painful, has succeeded beyond expectations. And trout, old bean, I'm afraid I'm going to have to start making merciless fun of you instead. Try not to take it personally.
posted by languagehat at 5:52 PM on March 3, 2004

It's like Ty Cobb's hit record falling.

It is almost impossible to believe, and I (for one) never thought I would live long enough to see the day. I hope that, unlike the other record-breaker, Miguel hasn't been illegally betting on these posts.
posted by LeLiLo at 7:54 PM on March 3, 2004

Let me be the first to extend a forefinger quivering with rage and resentment, and make the long overdue accusation :

troutfilter!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:40 PM on March 3, 2004

I can't believe it either. And I dropped off the top-25 list entirely. Wow.

On the other hand, I have actually met mr. troutfishing. I know he's a real person, unlike that shadowy figure from "Portugal".

Fine. I for one welcome our new troutfishing overlord.
posted by yhbc at 8:54 PM on March 3, 2004

that shadowy figure from "Portugal".
Yeah, how do we know that "Portugal" is a real place anyway? Of course, you many have only met someone posing as troutfishing, unless he produced some form of photo ID with that name on it.
posted by dg at 8:59 PM on March 3, 2004

Yeah, how do we know that "Portugal" is a real place anyway?

Just a conspiracy of cartographers, you mean?
posted by homunculus at 9:03 PM on March 3, 2004

*bows gracelessly, muttering "thank you thank you thank you until eventually falling over*

You do realize you're next, don't you, y2karl? What does that Y stand for anyway? "Yadda yadda yadda"? ;)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:37 PM on March 3, 2004

Matt Haughey's blue website, snarky individuals
Comment on it all
From all around the world
The tyranny of distance
Didn't stop ol' Cardoso
So why should it stop me
Keep posting and stay free
Ah c'mon all you lads
Let's forget and forgive
There's a thread to explore
Tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months at Metafilter
Six months at Metafilter...
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:38 PM on March 3, 2004

(er, in case you have no idea what I'm on about.)
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:39 PM on March 3, 2004

Just a conspiracy of cartographers, you mean?
I have heard less plausible conspiracy theorys in the past.
posted by dg at 10:42 PM on March 3, 2004