Comments on: London meet-up follow-up

London meet-up follow-up

dodgygeezer — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:04:36 -0800

There was a MeFi Meetup in London yesterday. Here is the photographic evidence.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:07:50 -0800

"I'm with rapist" would really make a very good t-shirt. We could market that.

Man, I could do with some Ayingerboost right now. And a shave.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:08:26 -0800

Nice to meet you all, very amiable bunch of fellows.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:10:57 -0800

Jesus, I know I tend to gesticulate quite a bit in my conversation, but it seems I spent the entire evening gurning and wildy throwing shapes. With my fearsome red eyes.

Yous all were lovely, anyway.

By: Dean Keaton

Dean Keaton — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:53:34 -0800

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:07:18 -0800

By: dash_slot-

dash_slot- — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:15:40 -0800

How's yer head, dodgy? I'm impressed with the speed you got the pics up.
I had a real laugh. It was worth the trip up from town to meet y'all. Oh, and P_G/flashboy - any 'cocaine & hookers' stories from the Spanish Bar? (",)

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:18:16 -0800

Shit. I just remembered the Spanish Bar.

Thanks for the octopus, flashboy.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:34:30 -0800

Oh, lordy. I only just remembered about the octopus. My head hurts quite a bit today.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:45:34 -0800

Well Protestant.

gramschmidt - paypal *** -at- gmail -dot- com ta very much

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:50:41 -0800

My head hurts. A lot. I'm going to saw the bastard thing off to stop this horrible pain.

It was great to meet all you guys, you couldn't have been more splendid. I'd take a bullet for any of you chaps.*

So flash tell us more about this octopus you were carrying around with you.

Right, I'm off to post all your photos on Am I Hot Or Not. Let's see who wins.

* Disclaimer: Your life may be at risk if you rely on this information in a combat situation.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:56:38 -0800

you made me homesick. ah, england... real beer and ugly brits. ;o)

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:23:55 -0800

Pretty_Generic has a big head.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:29:25 -0800

I want flashboy's shirt. Man, that meetup looked good, wish I could have been there downing huge pints with you.
iBook based shoutouts are the rage.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:35:48 -0800

amibiosornot.com

orthogonality - makes sense.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 07:01:55 -0800

Oh, 13th Floor Elevators!

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 07:24:08 -0800

looks like you guys had fun--and what spanish bar?

i do! i do! both conceptually and physically ; >

By: kenko

kenko — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 07:26:15 -0800

I too want flashboy's shirt.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 07:31:03 -0800

hmm. i just rated this hot motherboard (dual processor, five memory slots, the biz) and the site just showed me another (butt ugly, cheap onboard graphics, no way you'd be seen with that in public). how do i get to see what others thought of the hot one? or is that site just a tease - a bunch of ugly mobos got together and planned how to trick someone into clicking on them?

By: naxosaxur

naxosaxur — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:05:30 -0800

Kicking RAD! Your shout-out format is awesome.

By: dash_slot-

dash_slot- — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:30:13 -0800

BTW, anyone who missed the 1st episode of the new Dr Who - it's being repeated at 7pm on BBC3.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:32:26 -0800

kenko, first person to get the shirt of flashboys back gets it.
starts seductive dance in front of flashboy. *wiggle wiggle* ......while turning up the heat to max..

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:35:05 -0800

BTW, anyone who missed the 1st episode of the new Dr Who - it's being repeated at 7pm on BBC3.

And Pretty posted the torrent link to it in the last thread--it's really good.

By: kenko

kenko — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:46:35 -0800

Dance seductively all you like, dabitch—my dart gun, loaded with darts coated with powerful tranquilizers, will win the day.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:49:30 -0800

You have no idea how hot I look in full medieval armor. ;)

By: taz

taz — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:20:02 -0800

Okay, I'm going to have to vote this best meet-up pick ever.

By: taz

taz — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:38:16 -0800

er, "pic".

(maybe "pic" + fat Irish cock = "pick"?)

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:39:43 -0800

so apparently your ugly mugs broke MeFi. ; >

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:41:08 -0800

Agreed Taz.

I like the creative shout-outs. Very cool.

A young Soupy Sayles?

By: keijo

keijo — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:06:15 -0800

Thanks for the pics, was really nice meeting you all!

By: dabitch

dabitch — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:07:11 -0800

faints due to armor and heat. kenko darts flashboy and wins...

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 02:50:28 -0800

What Spanish bar? I'm guessing Sevilla Mia - downstairs in Hanway Street?

By: dabitch

dabitch — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:03:23 -0800

No waaaay, I've spent many a shitfaced hour in there..... Was it there?

By: flashboy

flashboy — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:14:13 -0800

Yeah, that's it. The one below the Troy, then across the road for tapas and flamenco. Oh, the octopus, the octopus.

*looks down*

Hey, what's this dart sticking out of my shthsclrdddddddd... *thud*

By: sciurus

sciurus — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:32:42 -0800

That looked like a riproaring good time.

By: keijo

keijo — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:42:29 -0800

It was certainly hilarious - can't wait to do it again.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:11:52 -0800

Sorry I didn't make it down to your boat race meet the next day, keijo. I was having some difficulty with things like "moving", "standing upright" and "speaking" the next day. "Drinking coffee" and "watching The OC" were about the limit of my abilities...

By: gramschmidt

gramschmidt — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:48:52 -0800

Excellent. Thanks, P_G.

Ah, it felt so good to be back in London, hanging out on the screen of an iBook. Good 2D times.

No one spilled beer on quonsar or amberglow, did they?

By: keijo

keijo — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:54:21 -0800

No worries flashboy, the weather wasn't too good anyway. Although it was a fun event, with a people flashing from their balconies (why is baring your body such an English thing? :)) and just a huge amount of people around. All good fun, but we'll do something later I'm sure.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:27:00 -0800

Pretty_Generic, have any UK relatives now living in Dallas, Tx?
Seen your English born double in the USA.

By: seanyboy

seanyboy — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:18:45 -0800

Yeah - Thanks guys.
dash. I'm holding you personally responsible for my lack of callout.
I thought we had something special man.

By: dash_slot-

dash_slot- — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:25:05 -0800

seanyboy: Damn - I proposed you, honestly I did. But, well, I guess not everybody made the cut. *shrug* Oh yeah - and you're fired.

KevinSkomsvold : who the hell is Soupy Sayles? Google doesn't help at all. Should I be flattered or horrified?!!?

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:24:15 -0800

Soupy Sales was a comedian and for a short while a kid's show host in the 60s...He's most famous for telling all the children watching to go into their parent's wallets and purses and take out all the green paper and mail it to him.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:25:00 -0800

Ooh, bizarropeege.

By: dash_slot-

dash_slot- — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:29:45 -0800

Thanks, amberglow. I think...

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:42:09 -0800

he was very fun--tons of energy and smiley and always cracked up at his own jokes. ...On New Year's day, 1965, Soupy asked his young audience to go to Daddy's wallet and get those "little green pieces of paper with pictures of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln, and Jefferson on them, send them to me, and I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico." This led to a suspension (most people believe he was fired outright). ...

By: sharksandwich

sharksandwich — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:58:56 -0800

What a sausage party.