Thanks!

November 2, 2004 9:16 AM

Let me just say for the record that it's noon, eastern standard time, and as far as I can tell none of the new ElectionFilter threads have devolved into the mess of baseless accusations and screaming threats I was afraid I'd see today. Thanks to everyone for keeping cool heads on this so far, and whatever happens I hope we can keep it this way. I know we're all tired of it.
posted by caution live frogs to Etiquette/Policy at 9:16 AM (57 comments total)

Metafilter: Fuck Yeah!
posted by drezdn at 9:27 AM on November 2, 2004

Either they're all in six hour queues waiting to vote or they're saving all that shit for tomorrow - assuming it doesn't take a month to get a result.
posted by dodgygeezer at 9:27 AM on November 2, 2004

i wish i could vote against bush every day of my life!
posted by quonsar at 9:29 AM on November 2, 2004

Let me just say it's 9:45 on the West Coast and the day is young.
posted by scarabic at 9:45 AM on November 2, 2004

Q, you can.

You certainly can.
posted by chicobangs at 9:51 AM on November 2, 2004

Oh, give it until tonight, tomorrow at the latest. Half empty. Yep.
posted by adampsyche at 9:52 AM on November 2, 2004

Well, James Wolcott said it for me:

I am preparing myself for either outcome today. Should Kerry win, I will post an important statement called "A Time for Healing," or something equally noble-sounding. Should Bush win, I shall post a statement of philosophical resignation tentatively titled "Good, Go Ahead, America, Choke on Your Own Vomit, You Deserve to Die." The latter will probably require a little more tweaking.

posted by y2karl at 10:13 AM on November 2, 2004

HIT A REPUBLICAN IN THE FACE WITH A BRICK

posted by quonsar at 3:09 PM CST on October 26
posted by four panels at 10:14 AM on November 2, 2004

Man that comment has been reposted and reposted. I think what he actually meant was more to go out and hit a brick in the broadside with a Republican's face. It's an anti-masonry point-of-view, but hardly misanthropic, or even partisan, really. Democrats have faces, too.
posted by scarabic at 10:24 AM on November 2, 2004

I'll be up drinking long and hard tonight. Of this you can be sure...
posted by kaibutsu at 10:32 AM on November 2, 2004

Remind me to explain the concept of "joke" sometime.

Also, the concepts of "sabbatical" and "over".
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:33 AM on November 2, 2004

I shall offend y2karl by semi-quoting myself and offering that instead of posting needlessly, people have decided to shut the fuck up and vote. Including me, as soon as I get off work.

Besides, the important news is that I've discovered this marvelous new flavor of Doritos down at my deli....
posted by jonmc at 10:40 AM on November 2, 2004

How were those jonmc? I saw some while on a road trip the other day and came real close to trying them, but backed out for my favorite road trip food: CornNuts.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:43 AM on November 2, 2004

Mother of pearl, jonmc, those look like crack in a bag!
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:46 AM on November 2, 2004

Black Pepper Jack? That's just its pirate name, matey! Argh!

(by the way, did you know that the pirate name for jonmc is "Fruitless Edgar Hornigold"? Now that's just rude.)
posted by taz at 10:59 AM on November 2, 2004

The pirate name for Orange Swan is "Encephalitic Beatrice Sparrow".

I wish I could vote against Bush today.
posted by orange swan at 11:11 AM on November 2, 2004

jonmc, you really should lay off that stuff - or they're gonna be routing out your arteries with pipe cleaners and tiny brillo pads.

"none of the new ElectionFilter threads have devolved into the mess of baseless accusations and screaming threats" - Damn, I sure did sleep late today.
posted by troutfishing at 11:11 AM on November 2, 2004

Actually, the chips are pretty damned good. And the pirate name for my full name is: Pirate Hank the Badly Burnt. Go figure.

But I've bet a co-worker a cuppa joe and a beer that Kerry's going to pull it out, and I intend to do my part to see that happen. Also, the fact that I found a "No W" pin on the floor of the subway this morning is a sign, so I picked it up and pinned it to my coat.

On preview: no way, trout, I have to reprazent for Cheese-Costed Greasesacks for Kerry, dude.
posted by jonmc at 11:14 AM on November 2, 2004

Hmm. my real-life pirate name is "Pirate Avalon the Off-White", which, as coincidence would have it, is what I've been calling myself for the past three weeks. eerie.

So, I guess I have to reprazent for "Not-perfectly-white Mythical Islands of Fabled Dead Briton Kings for Kerry".
posted by taz at 11:25 AM on November 2, 2004

And for a truly great chipsperience try these. It's a meal on a chip. They're also 99 cents a bag at my local Key Food, proving my axiom that in the case of chips the cheaper stuff is better than the gourmet chips.
posted by jonmc at 11:29 AM on November 2, 2004

How does this become a pirate name
Not-So-Keen-On-the-Womenfolk Hidalgo
posted by mss at 11:43 AM on November 2, 2004

Snyder's of Hanover makes a chip they claim tastes like a Coney Island Hot Dog. It tastes like a chip soaked in hot dog water and sparyed with fake mustard. Truly awful. However, I think they coat them in something addictive because every time I see them I buy a bag and eat them; and want to puke after.
posted by sciurus at 11:56 AM on November 2, 2004

Now I want the meat chips. Also Coronation Chicken chips, but I would have to go into Harvard Square to get them from the fancy food store that costs the earth. Oh, I also want ketchup-flavored chips. And dill pickle chips. And those deep-fried snow pea thingies.

chips chips chips chips chips chips chips chips
posted by Sidhedevil at 11:58 AM on November 2, 2004

i wish i was allowed to vote against bush, just once.
posted by The God Complex at 12:16 PM on November 2, 2004

Sidhedevil, I'm beginning to think you have a chip on your shoulder. If you were to visit AskMe and request advice, I think a lot of people here would be delighted to chip in to help you. Yet, I understand your reluctance - even in this brave new world of nanochips and on-demand cyberlove, we may still suspect that here on the other side of our reassuringly glowing screens we are all merely chips passing in the night.

PS: Please forward to jonmc
posted by taz at 12:16 PM on November 2, 2004

You shameless chippies.
posted by jonmc at 12:24 PM on November 2, 2004

well, Paris is back to brighten our lives with sunshine and rainbows.
posted by amberglow at 12:31 PM on November 2, 2004

Damn the chips! I want baseless accusations and screaming threats. Now!
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 12:32 PM on November 2, 2004

Amberglow, I am convinced that Paris is all performance art. Just sit back and enjoy the show, and then get on with the matters at hand.
posted by orange swan at 12:36 PM on November 2, 2004

From PP's profile:

I have gone into "lurk/non-contribution" mode until the Presidential Election has been decided--which may not be on Election Day-

Just noticin', 'sall.
posted by Danf at 12:44 PM on November 2, 2004

the black pepper jack chips are crack. i ate bunches of them on friday night at a party.


uncle ray's (detroit based) makes some good chips... the roasted garlic ones are interesting (they don't always come with a bag of weed inside though).

uncle ray always has some weird (and often incredibly depressing) story on the side of the bag. "one summer years ago, my friend albert was severely mutilated in a freak accident. it reminds me of the time...." and all that sort, usually ending in an inspirational message. uncle ray is a strange guy.

so... election threads looking pissy yet? (i'm trying not to look, but as much as we bitch about the traffic backup and the rubberneckers, when the cop finally waves you past the pile-up you still want to peek...)
posted by caution live frogs at 12:48 PM on November 2, 2004

Oh, thanks, taz. It's so nice of you to care. I was very serious about the first three very thoughtful bits of advice I offered PP in that thread.

And I was serious about the fourth bit of advice, too, even though I finally lost my temper. He would really be happier if he didn't act like a pit bull with delusions.

But I really, really appreciate your diagnosis. You're a marvelously enlightened soul and I think you've taught me an important lesson today!
posted by Sidhedevil at 12:53 PM on November 2, 2004

uncle ray's (detroit based) makes some good chips

I actually had a couple bags of Ray's chips that I bought at a gas station in Danbury, CT of all places. The chips were good, plus they had moving sentimental stories of Ray's upbringing in the Detroit projects to read on the back of the bag. Flavor and pathos, what a combo.
posted by jonmc at 12:56 PM on November 2, 2004

Sidhedevil, you thought I was talking about something real to do with comments in another thread? Trust me, I was just making chips jokes...

Most people here can probably tell you that I never have anything to do with the politics threads, and I don't even know what people here are going on about half the time, unless they point out out specific comments. So this was just stupid jokes about chips, really.
posted by taz at 1:01 PM on November 2, 2004

Man that comment has been reposted and reposted.

they keep posting and reposting that, but the whole point of it was the disclamer, which they conveniently edit out. it's classic rovian communication technology: keep bashing the nation in the face with bricks while screaming repeatedly through a megaphone "I AM NOT BASHING YOUR FACE IN WITH MASONRY. WE NEED STRONG, STEADFAST BRICKS WHICH WILL STAY THE COURSE, WHICH IS NOT YOUR FACE."

but the local deep-thinking right-leaning mouthbreathers keep trying to make a case for my involuntary incarceration. perhaps a PPO prohibiting my proximity to the brickyard?

hoo! i'm warming up nicely!
posted by quonsar at 1:26 PM on November 2, 2004

hoo! : >
posted by amberglow at 1:27 PM on November 2, 2004

I am now thinking about modifying Wolcott's statement to something like When Kerry wins, I will post an important statement called "Good, Go Ahead, Wingnuts, Choke on Your Own Vomit, You Deserve to Die--cue Queen's 'We Are The Champions', I Want To Sing!" to more fit my current mood.  The latter will probably not require a little more tweaking.
posted by y2karl at 1:39 PM on November 2, 2004

kiddin'! But no promises on gloating. Oh, gloat, gloat, gloat, goat...

...comes after hope, hope, hope, hope--plus much prayer with intent to deflect the Bush evangelical prayer asteroid away from impact and back to the Oort Belt.
posted by y2karl at 1:45 PM on November 2, 2004

Sorry, taz! After I hit the "post" button, I wondered if indeed you were just chipping away at me.

Obviously, I felt guilty about being hostile over on the Green, even though it was so so so so so deserved that I assumed you were speaking for my Agonized Conscience.

In other news, I decided that I would start a punk band called "Rutherford B. Hayes and the Faithless Electors". Who's in? Medical marijuana should be cheap and plentiful!
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:01 PM on November 2, 2004

If you will accept my application for the position of roadie for the RBH&FE band, all is forgiven.
posted by taz at 2:13 PM on November 2, 2004

and as far as I can tell none of the new ElectionFilter threads have devolved into the mess of baseless accusations and screaming threats I was afraid I'd see today.

Why would threads where 99 percent of the people agree turn into screaming threats?

This is like congrats to a fan club for not fighting.
posted by justgary at 2:27 PM on November 2, 2004

well, see parisparamus in the "early exit polling" thread - it is possible to have a discussion about the election without obvious trolling. before paris began trolling, i started this thread - in the hopes that people like paris would not troll, and also (worst case scenario of course) that the 99% of us who agree wouldn't feel the need to flame the 1% who don't if things don't go our way.

so far only one troll, but there might be more under the birdge. i'll do my best not to be a liberal troll if i don't see the outcome i'm hoping to see...
posted by caution live frogs at 2:46 PM on November 2, 2004

Hooo!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:17 PM on November 2, 2004

is that uncle ray the one that looper sings about?
posted by andrew cooke at 3:21 PM on November 2, 2004

My pirate names:

DrJohnEvans -> Pirate Wally the Well-Tanned
Dr. John Evans -> Disembowlin' Nigel Slasher
My real name -> Pirate Willie the Pink

Hmm. My username and real name are similar in result, but my unabbreviated username is completely different. In any case, I think I know which way I have to go here.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 3:40 PM on November 2, 2004

Based on various Wendell/Birthname/Initial combinations, you can call me...

Pirate Elmer the Staggering Drunk
Noseless Dan Bellamy
Butterfingers Billy
Fruitless Booker Drake
Fruity Davy Slasher (from Pirate Eye for the Arrrr Guy?)
and my favorite...
Can't-Remember-Where-the-Damn-Treasure's-Buried Eugene

On second thought, just call me Wendell.

Thanks for the diversion.

Now, on the subject of chips, I vote for Tostitos Restaurant Style With A Hint of Lime Tortilla Chips and their corporate cousins, Lay's Limón Tangy Lime Flavored Potato Chips. Yeah, I'm a Limey, and I gotta try some other manufacturers Lime Chips. Any recommendations? Or should I take it to AskMe?

Anyway, thanks for the other diversion.
posted by wendell at 4:32 PM on November 2, 2004

Garden of Eatin' Chili Lime Tortilla Chips. SO good.
posted by Sidhedevil at 4:55 PM on November 2, 2004

You're welcome caution live frogs. Always happy to serve you.
posted by bonaldi at 4:58 PM on November 2, 2004

Wendell's english? Who knew?
posted by dash_slot- at 5:07 PM on November 2, 2004

I really like "Noseless Dan Bellamy" as a pirate name.
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:15 PM on November 2, 2004

Yeah, I'm a Limey, and I gotta try some other manufacturers Lime Chips. Any recommendations?

The latin groceries here in Queens have salt & lime flavored peanuts which are mighty tasty. I'm also working my way through a sixer of Mike's Hard Lime as we palaver, since I have a feeling it's gonna be a long tense night.

Although I did stop by the local PS and cast my vote for the war hero from Beantown.
posted by jonmc at 5:20 PM on November 2, 2004

jon. I'm allergic to peanuts. I'll take that as a threat against my life. SECRET SERVICE!

And I have real "gringo taste buds", so are Chile Lime chips hotter than La Victoria Mild Salsa?
posted by wendell at 6:48 PM on November 2, 2004

you puckers.
posted by quonsar at 7:53 PM on November 2, 2004

Shoot the puck.

*mourns nhl more than presidential election.*
posted by adampsyche at 8:48 PM on November 2, 2004

Tostitos Restaurant Style With A Hint of Lime Tortilla Chips

These should be called Tostitos Restaurant Style With An Overpowering, Nauseating Wallop of Lime. I love me some lime, but I also understand what the word "hint" means. Also, I know that lime and corn do not go together.
posted by kindall at 12:52 AM on November 3, 2004

These should be called Tostitos Restaurant Style With An Overpowering, Nauseating Wallop of Lime. I love me some lime, but I also understand what the word "hint" means. Also, I know that lime and corn do not go togethe

Heretic! If anything, it could use more artificial "lime" flavor.
posted by gyc at 1:16 AM on November 3, 2004

Told you.
posted by adampsyche at 7:15 AM on November 3, 2004