Comments on: Happy 5th

Happy 5th

karmaville — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:03:37 -0800

Happy 5th Birthday Metafilter.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:11:34 -0800

Self link!

By: filmgoerjuan

filmgoerjuan — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:35:43 -0800

MetaFilter still hasn't used the gift certificate I gave last year for Chuck E. Cheese's.

This year it gets nothing!

By: joedan

joedan — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:15:57 -0800

what the hell happend in 2001?

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:20:32 -0800

Who's a big boy?

Thanks for all your time & dedication, Matt!

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:23:04 -0800

MetaFilter has a capital F in the logo and title of the main page, but a small f in the the title of threads. This is just another sign of Matt's oppression. I'm leaving and never coming back, and I suggest you all do the same.

By: i_cola

i_cola — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:29:41 -0800

Hopefully Matt will let you all on the joke this year...

By: scarabic

scarabic — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:35:24 -0800

Yay! The experiment is over! Tomorrow morning, PST, the plug will be pulled and we can all get on with our lives! Woohoo!

By: dg

dg — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:41:03 -0800

Lives? This is my life!

*sobs*

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:59:32 -0800

Wow. Five is like 90 in Interweb years.

By: t r a c y

t r a c y — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 04:17:14 -0800

happy birthday mefi...! in honour of this delightful occassion i shall try to scan one of my cats.

wow, that was surprisingly easy...

heyyy, tomorrow's my 4th anniversary of hanging around this joint.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 04:19:47 -0800

My, how time flies when you're having fun! Er...and having heated political exchanges with virtual strangers.

I love this place. Thanks, Matt - and happy b-day to MeFi and all those who contribute.

By: rudyfink

rudyfink — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 04:30:30 -0800

Hopefully, at the party tonight, MeFi will get drunk and start hugging us, saying how much we are loved. /crossfingers

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 06:42:04 -0800

So do we get the spoon now?

By: i_cola

i_cola — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:58:37 -0800

We are the MeFi,
We are the children...

By: pomegranate

pomegranate — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:25:47 -0800

Next year Mefi will be TWO hands old!

Thank you, Matt. Just as we can't imagine how much sacrifice and effort it takes to keep this going, you can't imagine the influence you've had through Mefi and your other projects. You are phenomenal.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:30:14 -0800

If I post here tomorrow
would you still remember me...

Oh wont you fly high, oh MeeeFiii

Actually, today is Pips' birthday, too. What a wild coincidence.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:36:09 -0800

HAPPY.
THE.
BIRTHDAY.
MEFI?!

By: scottymac

scottymac — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:46:03 -0800

Happy Birthday, MetaFilter! And Mahalo, Matt!

By: carter

carter — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:37:40 -0800

toot! toot!

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:43:50 -0800

Happy F'n Birthday. (little tear).

By: widdershins

widdershins — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:52:49 -0800

Gratulerer med dagen!

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:38:38 -0800

Happy Birthday, Mr. President.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:55:18 -0800

Happy Birthday!
I have a joke as my present. Ready?

One sunny day in 2005 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Ave, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the US Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here."

The old man said, "Okay" and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here." The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same US Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"

The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it,"

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."

By: alphanerd

alphanerd — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:46:15 -0800

Might I humbly suggest wishing Metafilter a happy birthday via Amazon or Paypal? I just kicked in ten bucks...

By: squirrel

squirrel — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:59:42 -0800

Advantage: MetaFilter

By: marsha56

marsha56 — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:30:02 -0800

Thanks alphanerd! I didn't know I could use Amazon until you mentioned it.

By: marsha56

marsha56 — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:32:36 -0800

And thanks Matt !!!!! For making all our online lives so much more rewarding !!!!!! Kisses and huggggggs !!!!

By: aine42

aine42 — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:38:13 -0800

Wait -- is this the year we get the pony?

Thanks for all your hard work, Matt & happy birthday, MeFi.

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:01:17 -0800

Thank you, Matt.

By: ac

ac — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:32:28 -0800

I salute you, Matt, sir.

MEFFEY TIMMMMMMEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

By: loquacious

loquacious — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:17:50 -0800

Happy birthday to MeFi, and much thanks to Matt.

By: wendell

wendell — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:14:02 -0800

I wish this was an mp3 blog so I could contribute my standard office rendition of "Happy Birthday" with the Cecil the Sea-Sick Sea-Serpent vocal upswing on the concluding "You-hoo!"

Ya had to be there.

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:11:16 -0800

Happy birthday, MetaFilter! Long live the Mattman!

What a luster!

*Hands up everyone who didn't know a luster is a period of 5 years. [Scroll down.]*

By: billsaysthis

billsaysthis — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:36:19 -0800

Pancakes and salutations!

By: orelius

orelius — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:02:18 -0800

happy birthday

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:06:04 -0800

... zippity bop™!

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:37:33 -0800

Happy birthday to all of us MeFians and many many thanks to Matt for all the work he's done to make it so chill for us to be here!

By: zpousman

zpousman — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:08:47 -0800

yom huledet samaech.

[took a second to come up with that]

By: feelinglistless

feelinglistless — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:03:27 -0800

HBMF

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:57:30 -0800

happy birthday.