Ressurrect the metafilter user sites feature?

June 27, 2005 8:04 AM

I used to enjoy surfing MeFi members' sites by using the Links, links, links! page but it seems to have been non-functional for about a year and a half (data is out of sync with user pages and no new members listed since January 2004).

Matt, any plans to resurrect this feature to include the newer members (and possibly get the info in sync?)
posted by DBAPaul to bugs at 8:04 AM (621 comments total)

You must be new here.
posted by keswick at 8:30 AM on June 27, 2005

Serious question DBAPaul: How were you able to determine when it was last updated? I always thought the page was dynamically generated.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 8:37 AM on June 27, 2005

I always thought the page was dynamically generated.

I know I changed my URL in February, and checking just now, it showed the old one. So it's definitely not dynamic.
posted by COBRA! at 8:44 AM on June 27, 2005

Kevin:
I've been waiting that long before coming to meta :p
And you'll notice that the member's sites are not listed in random order, rather they are listed highest, #17357 (bashos_frog) to oldest, #1 (mathowie), bashos_frog joined in January 2004 the next member with a specified site is #17359 schoolgirl report who joined in January 2004 also.
posted by DBAPaul at 9:14 AM on June 27, 2005

Thanks DBAPaul. That page always took 45 minutes to load for me so I just wondered. Never even looked at user numbers.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 9:45 AM on June 27, 2005

The page was over 1Mb of HTML and even though I used to only create it once a day, it would still often timeout when trying to display 15k records.

I just changed it to something much more efficient that grabs 100 random URLs.
posted by mathowie at 9:58 AM on June 27, 2005

Neat! I'd not noticed this page before and checked it out today for the first time. My own wee blog was the second to last one listed!

But I am only getting a listing of 30 random blogs, not 100. Not that I'm complaining as there's plenty of new territory with this smaller set.
posted by fenriq at 10:29 AM on June 27, 2005

Thanks Matt, now I can further my rendom surfing.
posted by DBAPaul at 10:45 AM on June 27, 2005

That's awesome, mathowie! My new favorite procrastination tool.
posted by goatdog at 10:47 AM on June 27, 2005

metafilter: 30 == 100
posted by quonsar at 10:48 AM on June 27, 2005

heh. actually, now i'm getting random numbers of random blogs. 44 one time, 26 another, etc.
posted by quonsar at 10:52 AM on June 27, 2005

The query is grabbing 100 users, but then only displaying those that have a URL, so that's sometimes 30, sometimes more.

I'm fixing the query, but there is much yak shaving along the way.
posted by mathowie at 11:04 AM on June 27, 2005

I fixed everything and it should be working now, displaying 100 records.
posted by mathowie at 11:27 AM on June 27, 2005

"Yak shaving" just became my new favorite phrase.
posted by frykitty at 11:43 AM on June 27, 2005

cool beans.
posted by andrew cooke at 12:44 PM on June 27, 2005

Okay, second favorite.
posted by frykitty at 12:56 PM on June 27, 2005

my shaved yak has cool beans in its pants.
posted by quonsar at 1:01 PM on June 27, 2005

In my defense, I am not the only cool beaner. It is a rare but venerable phrase.

Hate the chili, not the bean.
posted by frykitty at 1:05 PM on June 27, 2005

This is cute!
posted by absalom at 1:10 PM on June 27, 2005

kale bins
posted by cortex at 1:31 PM on June 27, 2005

is it a good or a bad thing? like if i say something to someone, and they reply "cool beans" should i be happy or offended?
posted by andrew cooke at 8:48 PM on June 27, 2005

and is it the same as saying "cool bananas"?
posted by dg at 9:44 PM on June 27, 2005

like if i say something to someone, and they reply "cool beans" should i be happy or offended?

Fuckin' A.
happy. unless you told them that you had cancer. then offended.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:24 AM on June 28, 2005

Just seating up a chair and marking out my spot.
posted by drezdn at 6:33 PM on June 29, 2005

*Starts grilling brats*
posted by drezdn at 6:36 PM on June 29, 2005

Oh no! Thread bifurcation!

I mean, lemme know when those brats are getting done, hey?
posted by kenko at 6:39 PM on June 29, 2005

Gary Coleman's longboat
was a-floatin' on the sea.
Dana Plato stroked it
and a sugarcube came to be.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:49 PM on June 29, 2005

NICE CHANGE,




MATHOWIE.




THANK YOU.




THIS WILL




HELP USERS




SEE OTHERS'




LINKS, EVEN




IF THEY'RE




NOT STANDING




ON A TALL




MOUNTAIN




OR LADDER.



posted by gramschmidt at 7:17 PM on June 29, 2005

Hoorah for the links page fix! I'm quite excited.
posted by gramschmidt at 7:28 PM on June 29, 2005

Could you post that last comment again, with bigger text? I had a hard time reading it. Not the "Hoorah" one, the one before that.
posted by kenko at 7:39 PM on June 29, 2005

If anyone ever reads this thread to see the current status of the links page or something, they are going to be very confused.

This thread is so fast and it doesn't reak of whale meat.


Yet.
posted by drezdn at 7:43 PM on June 29, 2005

Well, let's not abandon base camp yet, guys.
posted by kenko at 8:03 PM on June 29, 2005

Yes, this thread, about mathowie's fix of the links page, loads remarkably quickly. It's a little off-putting. Perhaps a few dozen monstrous goatse / harlequin fetus / lemon party collages will slow it down to a more comfortable speed. Donde está loquacious?

I'm excited about this fix, Matt! Thanks!
posted by gramschmidt at 8:12 PM on June 29, 2005

This is good news, good news indeed.
posted by drezdn at 8:13 AM on June 30, 2005

yes.

what?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:56 AM on June 30, 2005

*looks at dates*



and this came from where?
posted by kenko at 9:50 AM on June 30, 2005

This thread is not yet prepared for our longboat ark. BACK TO THE MOTHERSHIP, you donkey-worshippers.
posted by raedyn at 10:15 AM on June 30, 2005

[This longboat seat reserved]
posted by Fezboy! at 3:08 PM on June 30, 2005

*reserves a seat next to grapefruitmoon*
posted by languagehat at 3:46 PM on June 30, 2005

Grapefruitmoon is here? *sucks in gut, looks around*
posted by kenko at 5:43 PM on June 30, 2005

*pokes head in to check out what all the hubub is about.*

No time to take a seat in this longboat quite yet, the mothership is still running! Nice to see you kids getting ready, though. And nice to see you looking so fit, kenko!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:13 AM on July 1, 2005

NO POSTING BENEATH THIS LINE UNTIL JULY 6, 2005

---

posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:44 AM on July 1, 2005

ya know, I really like the way horizontal rules look against the MeTa gr--oh, geez! sorry
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:55 PM on July 1, 2005

5...
posted by kenko at 8:12 PM on July 1, 2005

4 ....
posted by kenko at 7:00 AM on July 2, 2005

π ....
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:45 PM on July 2, 2005

3 .....
posted by kenko at 7:04 AM on July 3, 2005

2   .....
posted by kenko at 5:47 AM on July 4, 2005

*Chalks out a spot, pitches a tent, opens a good book*
posted by dial-tone at 11:01 AM on July 4, 2005

I'm incredibly upset about the treatment of Marlon Brando's corpse by American Indian lobbyists. I very well may boycott the Florida Theatre Guild Awards this year.
posted by gramschmidt at 2:28 PM on July 4, 2005

I'm incredibly upset at sentences starting with "I". As if other people don't exist or their opinions are in some way invalid. Hummus is hubristic cattle guard injury.
posted by gramschmidt at 2:30 PM on July 4, 2005

Good play: The Imaginary Invalid.
posted by gramschmidt at 2:31 PM on July 4, 2005

*chalks out a spot that infringes on dial-tone's spot - even though there is plenty of unclaimed territory - just to be obnoxious*
posted by raedyn at 3:33 PM on July 4, 2005

Hey! Behave!
posted by kenko at 4:05 PM on July 4, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:15 PM on July 4, 2005

1...
posted by kenko at 6:05 AM on July 5, 2005

9622v2'ers do it repeatedly.

I <3 wendell.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:23 AM on July 5, 2005

Passive Aggressively makes phone call complaining to friend about the fact that someone else is infringing on my spot, talking loudly so the guilty parties can hear me.
posted by dial-tone at 6:31 AM on July 5, 2005

*cranks up stereo so that attempts to talk on a cell phone are futile*
posted by raedyn at 7:43 AM on July 5, 2005

People, people! There's enough room in this spacious new thread for all of us!
posted by kenko at 8:20 AM on July 5, 2005

Watch a rocket launch as you fight the big one!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:02 AM on July 5, 2005

Spacious? Spacious!? I'm feeling a little cramped actually. Where's the abyss?

*calls dibs on the pumpernickel blowhole 'n' feta*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:20 AM on July 5, 2005

You would feel cramped, IIHAA.
posted by kenko at 11:41 AM on July 5, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:25 PM on July 5, 2005

Beano™ cools gas fast.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:36 PM on July 5, 2005

I'm not certain that this thread can withstand a barrage of nonsense like 9622v2 did.
posted by gramschmidt at 7:57 PM on July 5, 2005

Thread has many important industrial uses. It is a crucial element in the production of horse tranquilizers, which are used to stabilize Caterpillar brand earth movers until your dad gets home. He will most probably beat you. Hide all the belts.
posted by gramschmidt at 7:59 PM on July 5, 2005

Evinrude once met a monkey in a pond. They were both lost in lysergic bliss and were seeing a great many things wholly invisible to Gerald the Frog, but, still, they came to the conclusion that Orville Wright was, indeed, not trying to rotate their tires.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:01 PM on July 5, 2005

The <em>not</em> never gets old.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:20 PM on July 5, 2005

em tag: Never.

i tag: Never.

union kingpin tag: Never.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:24 PM on July 5, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:41 AM on July 6, 2005

*pops into thread, looks around*
My groceries have to be around here somewhere...
posted by wendell at 4:25 PM on July 6, 2005

*lands shortlongboat on shore, drapes towel over self, does brief victory dance, collapses on sand.
posted by wendell at 5:24 PM on July 6, 2005

I went shopping after work and when I got back, 9622v2 was closed!

*sheds single tear*
posted by kenko at 5:24 PM on July 6, 2005

so
posted by gramschmidt at 5:25 PM on July 6, 2005

very
posted by gramschmidt at 5:25 PM on July 6, 2005

tired
posted by gramschmidt at 5:25 PM on July 6, 2005

The Bush administration's foreign policy, that is.

I'm doing fine.
posted by gramschmidt at 5:26 PM on July 6, 2005

*wakes up on beach, sees NiceDonkey's and gramschmidt's last words with big tags on 9622v2, wanders off looking for lawn*
posted by wendell at 5:29 PM on July 6, 2005

Gramschmidt, long time no see! (Lots of sea, though.) Still enjoying your ennui?
posted by Nice Donkey at 5:30 PM on July 6, 2005

Don't cry kenko.



This thread can be polluted, too.

Actually, I missed you, man. Hopefully your trip to the store was worth it. Did you get lubrication and anal beads?
posted by gramschmidt at 5:31 PM on July 6, 2005

Check it out, suckers. I got in just under the wire.

*swigs a nice cold Viking, having poured a little down Larky's throat for luck*

So... what do people do for fun around here?
posted by languagehat at 5:31 PM on July 6, 2005

You know, it hasn't even been closed for half an hour, and already I'm overcome with nostalgia—the kind of nostalgia that can't be killed with alcohol or opium, anal beads or beady anuses: no, the only solution is a dry recount of statistical trivia! I'll purge my shallow romanticism by going through every last dry detail.

2676 comments in toto, with 154 commenters, the top 40 of whom, with comment counts, were as follows:

gramschmidt: 500
wendell: 237
Cranberry: 196
kenko: 190
If I Had An Anus: 144
goodnewsfortheinsane: 124
raedyn: 93
Nice Donkey: 89
grapefruitmoon: 78
qwerty155: 68
jonmc: 67
casu marzu: 59
loquacious: 57
drezdn: 56
Frisbee Girl: 46
schyler523: 44
Fezboy!: 35
languagehat: 34
geekyguy: 32
yhbc: 27
bigbigdog: 25
scody: 21
deborah: 20
dial-tone: 20
nobody: 19
killdevil: 16
WolfDaddy: 15
longbaugh: 15
KevinSkomsvold: 12
Smart Dalek: 12
birdsquared: 11
jokeefe: 11
blag: 10
ColdChef: 9
underer: 9
Divine_Wino: 8
arse_hat: 8
papercake: 8
handee: 7
shmegegge: 7

gramschmidt accounted for 18% of the comments his own damn self.

Sixty-two commenters made just one comment, and 22 made two; nine made three and six and ten made four. Three people left eight comments, and two people left five, seven, nine, eleven, twelve, fifteen and twenty comments. Each other number of comments was left by one person: 10, 16, 19, 21, 25, 27, 32, 34, 35, 44, 46, 56, 57, 59, 67, 68, 78, 89, 93, 124, 144, 190, 196, 237, 500.
posted by kenko at 5:40 PM on July 6, 2005

Of course what we really need is a graph representing each commenter's contributions over time, so that we can see that, say, languagehat's participation increased over time (is that true? I think it's true), while gramschmidt did yeoman work the whole thread through. Oh, casu marzu, where are you? Never before has your maggoty self been needed, as it's needed now!
posted by kenko at 5:44 PM on July 6, 2005

Do potatoes really cause spikes in blood sugar levels?
posted by kenko at 5:46 PM on July 6, 2005

Not being a statisographer myself, never before have we longed so deeply for some fucked up cheese.
posted by gramschmidt at 5:52 PM on July 6, 2005

languagehat... 5:27PM?
Does that mean if you have a comment in preview when the thread officially closes, you can still post it several minutes later?

Hmmmm... this calls for an experiment...
posted by wendell at 5:56 PM on July 6, 2005

It closed at 5:28.
posted by kenko at 5:57 PM on July 6, 2005

*swoons*
Today, I got kissed by both grapefruitmoon AND languagehat (one of my long running MeFi crushes). Can this day get any better?
posted by raedyn at 6:04 PM on July 6, 2005

It officially closed at 5:21. After I realized I'd made the last, horrendously huge comment, I saved a copy of the page, sans languagehat's 5:27, and it clearly states, "This thread is over 30 days old, and has been closed for archival purposes." languagehat pulled a fast one, of sorts.
posted by gramschmidt at 6:05 PM on July 6, 2005

Huh
posted by kenko at 6:06 PM on July 6, 2005

Amazing! I spoke too soon.
posted by kenko at 6:07 PM on July 6, 2005

FOR THE RECORD: When I hit "POST" on my comment, it showed up as the last post over a "This thread has been closed..." message; then I reloaded the page and NiceDonkey & gramschmidt's comments appeared after me with the "closed" message; after languagehat's seemingly nonsensical comment here, I reloaded again, and there was his 5:27 comment, followed by the "closed" message.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
posted by wendell at 6:08 PM on July 6, 2005

Potatoes: see here. There is a lot more information than you need there, but it's all interesting (to me, at least). Apparently baked potatoes have an even higher glycemic index than potatoes prepared other ways because the starch grains are swollen to the bursting point and are therefore more easily digested. Link is to excerpt from Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy by Walter Willet (M.D., professor at Harvard).
posted by Nice Donkey at 6:08 PM on July 6, 2005

However, I have discovered a way to enclose images within the very source of this page. I suggest that we all do that from now on, just to screw each others' ability to load the page quickly by turning off images.
posted by kenko at 6:08 PM on July 6, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 6:16 PM on July 6, 2005

Solid.
posted by gramschmidt at 6:16 PM on July 6, 2005

Jesus H. JRun.
posted by gramschmidt at 11:50 PM on July 6, 2005

thanks for leaving a forwarding address, 9622v2 refugees. I was sorry to miss the dying moments and the longboat, but I checked out the place and found languagehat had left an apt epigram.
Hail and farewell.
Out of curiosity, is that when the jrun started?
Perhaps Matt will hang 9622v2 in the rafters. In all likelihood, we will never see a 9622v3.

gramschmidt - thanks for the Rapunzel powdered sugar. How did you know that I have long blonde hair? Ill save the sugar for the apple pies.
posted by Cranberry at 12:18 AM on July 7, 2005

Ah, Cranberry, you're here, in one piece. Excellent.

From the comments on the front page, it appears as though MeFi began to err around 6:20 PM PST.

After a thread like ours, it most certainly needed a nap or a massage or a cup of tea. Don't we all?
posted by gramschmidt at 12:30 AM on July 7, 2005

Pulls through breakers, trips into sand.
Coughs. Picks longboat splinters out of ass.
Hears festive music. Smiles.

Falls under a shadow, looks up,
sees languagehat smile back at him,
a shroud of white sunlight bathing his head
as he reaches out with an open palm.

"Is this the land where the ladies blow kisses?"
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:18 AM on July 7, 2005

You like it? Thanks, I had a nauseous wave of JRun to get it just right.
*flys colors* woo!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:18 AM on July 7, 2005

officially closed at 5:21.
languagehat... 5:27PM?

Wow, phantom minutes. There was a finale after all.

Peachy.
Cool beans.
Small potatoes.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:19 AM on July 7, 2005

Hey, do they have IHOPs in Iceland, or a Waffle House or something?
*craves a scattered smothered and covered*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:19 AM on July 7, 2005

gram => Galaxie 500
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:20 AM on July 7, 2005

Guys, we should spread out a little, people are gonna think we're in a band or something.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:21 AM on July 7, 2005

languagehat pulled a fast one, of sorts.

Hey, you don't get to be Grand Kaimakam and Hospodar without learning a trick or two.

*gloats over hidden cache of phantom minutes*
posted by languagehat at 7:12 AM on July 7, 2005

This is a new thread, languagehat. We're starting over, each on an equal footing. No more Grand This and Hospodar That.
posted by kenko at 7:22 AM on July 7, 2005

I missed you guys.
posted by drezdn at 10:42 AM on July 7, 2005

*smites kenko with a mighty smiting*
posted by languagehat at 10:43 AM on July 7, 2005

*smitten with languagehat*
posted by kenko at 10:46 AM on July 7, 2005

Is it ok to laugh yet?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:21 AM on July 7, 2005

has anyone seen grapefruitmoon? has goodnewsfortheinsane checked in from Poland?
all kidding aside, has qwerty155 been heard from since the bombings in London?
posted by Cranberry at 11:27 AM on July 7, 2005

Yes.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:33 AM on July 7, 2005

We seem to have shot our collective wad in crossing over to this thread, and now have nothing to say.
posted by kenko at 12:54 PM on July 7, 2005

*takes ferret out of the Nile*

You depraved ferret-drowning bush-bashers should be ashamed.
What's with the hate, man? The HATE?

posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:06 PM on July 7, 2005

We had something to say in the last thread, kenko? I think it's more we are respectfully waiting for the tube to start running again.

Did I mention I'm sorry to have likened you unto an ortho? Your sneakiness is many 1000s X more sublime.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:11 PM on July 7, 2005

IIHAA has it right for me at least. I've thought about this thread several times today, but ribal silliness just doesn't seem fitting for my current mood.

I'm thousands of kilometers away from the attacks - and in a different country - but the government buildings around here all have their flags at half mast.
posted by raedyn at 1:17 PM on July 7, 2005

Sorry to be a bit slow over here - I'm commenting from under a pile of everything I own. Transatlantic moving sure is fun. I'll be under strict radio silence tomorrow... just a minor precaution...

I just wanted to say that. Really though, I'll be on an airplane or in a car. For a really really really long time. See you kids on Saturday from the sunny shores of the USA!

*kisses and brennivín all around*
posted by grapefruitmoon at 1:18 PM on July 7, 2005

errgh... ribal = ribald
posted by raedyn at 1:18 PM on July 7, 2005

I am ashamed at my own insensitivity.
posted by kenko at 1:35 PM on July 7, 2005

Also rubber is associated with work, so, work without feeling, work for the sake of work. Just think of the billions of tyres taking us to and from work. Themes of Sulphur would doubtlessly emerge. In the case of latex Sulphur is the binding agent, turning soft sap into the tough, elastic material, which we find so useful. Apropos of which, vulcanisation of latex constitutes the major demand upon the world's Sulphur resource. So, as well as itch, skin symptoms and problems at orifices, muco-cutanious borders, stomach, intestines, etc., we might expect problems with relationships to arise. The "glue" which Sulphur is to hydrocarbon molecules, as it is in rubber, might express itself in the psyche of the provers as relationship breakdowns (lack of glue) as well as insulation, lack of connection and indifference.

Some thoughts on shame, sensitivity and rubber.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:48 PM on July 7, 2005

I wouldn't worry about it, kenko. I'm known as a bit of a suck. I was you, I wouldn't measure myself by the yardstick of me.
posted by raedyn at 1:54 PM on July 7, 2005

Pedantic post wondering if we haven't done this all before

Also, you'll never make it to 1000
posted by dial-tone at 3:45 PM on July 7, 2005

*Picks up a Charles Atlas book to deal with all the bullying*
posted by dial-tone at 3:58 PM on July 7, 2005

*wonders if it's possible to catch up to gram?*
posted by dial-tone at 4:01 PM on July 7, 2005

*dreams the impossible dream*
posted by dial-tone at 4:02 PM on July 7, 2005

*fights the impossible foe*
posted by dial-tone at 4:02 PM on July 7, 2005

*shoots the invisible swordsman*
posted by dial-tone at 4:03 PM on July 7, 2005

*dances the safety dance*
posted by dial-tone at 4:03 PM on July 7, 2005

*looks at own pants*
posted by dial-tone at 4:04 PM on July 7, 2005

*pleads with Tony Danza to be held closer*
posted by dial-tone at 4:04 PM on July 7, 2005

*burns a candle in memory of Jim Jones*
posted by dial-tone at 4:05 PM on July 7, 2005

*joins in the safety dance*

*screws up, trips, falling into dial-tone, knocking both of us down*
posted by raedyn at 4:05 PM on July 7, 2005

Apparently I'm magnetically drawn to you, dial-tone. I keep finding myself all up in your personal space.
posted by raedyn at 4:07 PM on July 7, 2005

*Checks pockets, wonders where bribes went*
posted by dial-tone at 4:09 PM on July 7, 2005

*checks head, realizes he might have a slight...................................................................................................[no carrier]
posted by dial-tone at 4:10 PM on July 7, 2005

*jumps up, waves magic wand to heal dial-tone*

*prances around, very pleased with self*
posted by raedyn at 4:17 PM on July 7, 2005

*wakes up, wonders what raedyn is dangling over my head*
posted by dial-tone at 4:21 PM on July 7, 2005

Uh ... should I leave you guys alone?
posted by kenko at 4:34 PM on July 7, 2005

OK, we gave them 45 minutes. That should be enough.
posted by wendell at 5:22 PM on July 7, 2005

Any luck with the experimentation, wendell?

I hope we can leave the nastiness of 9622v2 behind us and just let boyzones be boybands.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:31 PM on July 7, 2005

So, Jeff Beck or Eric Clapton?
posted by kenko at 6:09 PM on July 7, 2005

Depends, meat grinder or acid bath?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:18 PM on July 7, 2005

Let's say ... acid bath.
posted by kenko at 6:26 PM on July 7, 2005

Not a bit like Cagney.
posted by kenko at 6:27 PM on July 7, 2005

Interesting how episodic postings to these type threads are.
posted by kenko at 6:28 PM on July 7, 2005

One person often fair monopolizes them for stretches.
posted by kenko at 6:28 PM on July 7, 2005

(Usually not with much of interest to say, relative to the number of posts.)
posted by kenko at 6:28 PM on July 7, 2005

Then—bam, like a flash! (that goes bam)—
posted by kenko at 6:29 PM on July 7, 2005

Gone again. Still quietness reigns.
posted by kenko at 6:30 PM on July 7, 2005

Until the next spate, that is.
posted by kenko at 6:30 PM on July 7, 2005

Once in a very great while, two people fall deeply, instantly, and irremediably in lovethe time of two or more posters intersect, and then something akin to a conversation begins.
posted by kenko at 6:31 PM on July 7, 2005

Not unakin, anyway. If the thread is of manageable size, if the thread is of manageable size! For if it's too large, it can take too long to comment.
posted by kenko at 6:32 PM on July 7, 2005

Hallo out there! Anybody home?
posted by kenko at 6:34 PM on July 7, 2005

well I guess I'll just wander off then...

*wanders off*
posted by kenko at 6:35 PM on July 7, 2005

*wanders in*
posted by wendell at 6:42 PM on July 7, 2005

*wonders if*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:50 PM on July 7, 2005

Well, Dorothy'sFourthFriendInOzNobodyTalksAbout, the great experiment last night was postponed on account of jrun, but there are a some threads in MeTa set to close at 5:11PM and 5:15PM PST Tomorrow which I will attempt to work my evil ways with.

Bwahahahahaha.
posted by wendell at 6:52 PM on July 7, 2005

Hey, uh, good for you.

But what about, you know, the experimentation?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:17 PM on July 7, 2005

threads of manageable size
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:30 PM on July 7, 2005

rats of unusual size
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:35 PM on July 7, 2005

office of size standards
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:38 PM on July 7, 2005

ooh, shiny.
posted by kenko at 7:38 PM on July 7, 2005

but the correct term is narrowboats!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:41 PM on July 7, 2005

and warm.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:45 PM on July 7, 2005

Long threads? Threat or menace?
posted by wendell at 7:48 PM on July 7, 2005

Long threats? Thread or menace?
posted by wendell at 7:49 PM on July 7, 2005

Long boats? Threat or narrow?
posted by wendell at 7:49 PM on July 7, 2005

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posted by kenko at 7:50 PM on July 7, 2005

Standard size threads? Threat or menace?
posted by wendell at 7:51 PM on July 7, 2005

Long threads? Ttnnneercaasdl or mtttrriiieeaospnn?
posted by wendell at 7:53 PM on July 7, 2005

the time of two or more posters intersect, and then something akin to a conversation begins.
Never happened to me.
posted by wendell at 7:55 PM on July 7, 2005

Theme de Yoyo: awesome or kickass?
posted by kenko at 7:55 PM on July 7, 2005

MeTa 9824: Long threads. Threat or menace?

I'd pay $5 of good money to see that. By the end, who would be at the bottom of the off-topic pile on?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:57 PM on July 7, 2005

By the end, who would be at the bottom of the off-topic pile on?

Miles Davis.
posted by kenko at 7:59 PM on July 7, 2005

And, as I've never received one, is there usually penetration at the bottom of the pile on?
Everytime I jump on, I poke around for the motherland, but have never found anyplace to plant my flag.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:00 PM on July 7, 2005

Whoops, I'm listening to Theme de Yoyo again!
posted by kenko at 8:01 PM on July 7, 2005

Miles Davis? How did he come up? Did mosch bring him up?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:01 PM on July 7, 2005

I don't know from mosch. Maybe someone could say that some things shouldn't be stretched out past their prime and cite Miles Davis' long career disapprovingly (or, contrariwise, someone could cite it approvingly in support of long threads—I myself don't know anything about Davis' career after, say, the mid-70s). Then, once he came up, someone would mention his general assholishness and meanness towards women, maybe heroin use. Then we could get into a long unfocused argument about expecting artists to be even halfway decent people?

Maybe it's not the best plan, but I panicked. We can pick someone else.
posted by kenko at 8:07 PM on July 7, 2005

If there's one thing I like, it's em dashes. Em dashes and parenthetical statements, sometimes nested until you can't tell which way's up.
posted by kenko at 8:08 PM on July 7, 2005

(—)
posted by kenko at 8:10 PM on July 7, 2005

(Yeah, that'd be worth a $five(5) cover —lemme get dressed and shaved

*rummages through sock drawer.*)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:12 PM on July 7, 2005

Theme de Yoyo? Miles Davis or em dash?
posted by wendell at 8:18 PM on July 7, 2005

*wonders what everyone is talking about; fears too many hours have passed since last visit to 9723v1*
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:29 PM on July 7, 2005

So, is this the narrowboat thread, then? Or is it too soon to name the thread?
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:34 PM on July 7, 2005

Hey, where is everybody? Raedyn? Dial-tone? Kenkdellanus?
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:37 PM on July 7, 2005

See you kids on Saturday from the sunny shores of the USA!

How long have you been gone? *Wonders if she'll recognize what our country has become* *Tunes into We™ Network*

On preview: too soon I'd say
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:39 PM on July 7, 2005

*sniff*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:40 PM on July 7, 2005

Damn, that was a good Americano.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:40 PM on July 7, 2005

I mean, really good.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:41 PM on July 7, 2005

I had approximately seven orgasms while drinking it.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:41 PM on July 7, 2005

Yes, I'm fully aware that espresso snobs often look down upon Americanos.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:41 PM on July 7, 2005

*becomes disgruntled with thread because no one immediately responded to posts during random, 10-minute session of posting*

On preview: *becomes gruntled again, because IIHAA is here!*

On double-preview: *becomes double-gruntled, because gramschmidt is here, too!*
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:41 PM on July 7, 2005

Yes, it's just espresso with hot water.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:42 PM on July 7, 2005

I KNOW.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:42 PM on July 7, 2005

There are many names that have yet to wash ashore. Most probably won't make it.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:42 PM on July 7, 2005

But, and this will go without saying to anyone for whom coffee and coffee-related issues are of paramount importance, the proliferation of Starbucks has compelled several otherwise respectable coffee establishments to offer, as their house blend, a bean that produces bitter, crappy coffee.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:45 PM on July 7, 2005

Wow, that's a nice double-gruntled sowsow, she/he/it just landed, Marv.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:45 PM on July 7, 2005

This is not good. I should have used an em dash.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:46 PM on July 7, 2005

Hey, IIHAA, which do you prefer, TEAC or Technics?
posted by gramschmidt at 8:46 PM on July 7, 2005

Random 10-minute sessions are hot, even when you're alone. Americanos are hot, too. I mean, hott! Hawt, even.
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:47 PM on July 7, 2005

Hey Donkey, which do you prefer, the Stones or a new package of manila envelopes?
posted by gramschmidt at 8:47 PM on July 7, 2005

She! I'm a she! Oh, I guess I should put that in my profile, then.
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:47 PM on July 7, 2005

I thought you said, "Earn more sessions by sleeving."
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:48 PM on July 7, 2005

Hey kenko, soll ich ein Auto kaufen?
posted by gramschmidt at 8:48 PM on July 7, 2005

You said "Make believe"
But I thought you said "Maple leaves"
posted by gramschmidt at 8:49 PM on July 7, 2005

You're really attracted to the big tag, aren't you? Brings you right out of shittin' in the woods instead of 9723 where it/you belong.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:49 PM on July 7, 2005

Manilla envelopes. Do you prefer crappy, Starbucks-style non-coffee, or Plato's Dialogues?
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:50 PM on July 7, 2005

Teak, preferably non-sustainably harvested.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:51 PM on July 7, 2005

If I walked into a coffee house and started making jokes about donkeys and JRuns and longboats, there is a distinct possibility that absolutely no one would know what I'm talking about.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:51 PM on July 7, 2005

Yeah, non-sustainability is awesome. We will only defeat Mother Earth if we remain focused and diligent. She can be destroyed!
posted by gramschmidt at 8:53 PM on July 7, 2005

You said "Make believe"
But I thought you said "Maple leaves"

Well, what the hell does that mean?
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:53 PM on July 7, 2005

I don't know. That's why I came out.
posted by Nice Donkey at 8:54 PM on July 7, 2005

to you mother?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:55 PM on July 7, 2005

"She's no rocket scientist!"

"Actually, she is."
posted by gramschmidt at 8:55 PM on July 7, 2005

THERE SHE IS! MOTHER EARTH, AROUND THAT CORNER!

Okay, you take her high, Anus, and I'll take her low! Donkey, chew on her ears!

Three, two, one, GO!
posted by gramschmidt at 8:58 PM on July 7, 2005

You know an Americano is also the name of a drink that's like a negroni but with no gin.

As for the Auto issue, das hangt von vielen Dingen ab. Z.B., wenn Sie in einer größen Stadt leben, es ist nicht so wichtig, ein Auto zu haben, weil es wahrscheinlich öffentliche transportation gibt.
posted by kenko at 9:12 PM on July 7, 2005

Don't worry, mother Earth! I'll protect you!
posted by kenko at 9:13 PM on July 7, 2005

It seems I and my paltry Deutsch skillz arrived too late.
posted by kenko at 9:14 PM on July 7, 2005

Ah, well. I guess I'll just resort to that old standby, the <big> tag. It will ease my insomnia—and my loneliness.
posted by kenko at 9:15 PM on July 7, 2005

Random 10-minute sessions are hot, even when you're alone.

I think I prefer them with a partner.
posted by kenko at 9:18 PM on July 7, 2005

Is this the thread's first big marquee
posted by drezdn at 10:01 PM on July 7, 2005

*tries really hard to think of something coffee related to say*
*fails*
*tries harder*
*fails miserably*
*cries*
(hey kenko, I told you I was a suck.)
*on preview, realizes the coffee-related moment has long since passed*
posted by raedyn at 10:07 PM on July 7, 2005

Time, raedyn, is largely meaningless in these threads, I'm afraid.

However, I have a time waster enlightening, fulfilling exercise: Find a comment or string of comments in 9622v2 that you suspect was/were made while the commenter was drunk.

I'll start with two: Here and here.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:20 PM on July 7, 2005

The other, perhaps more difficult, exercise is to identify places where the commenter was not drunk.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:21 PM on July 7, 2005

If I Had An Anus : I've been gone for thirteen months and eight days. Give or take. ;)

I'm a wee bit nervous about the readjustment period. Will I be given a nice quiet chamber for the duration? Or will I simply be bombarded with Fox News and Supersized EVERYTHING?

In any case, my longboat's packed and I'm ready to go.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 1:48 AM on July 8, 2005

Note : I was not drunk for any of 9622v.2. Sadly.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 1:48 AM on July 8, 2005

The Fall: Prole art Threat?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:21 AM on July 8, 2005

Parsifal time dick! That's the google search I used in an attempt to find the quotation from Parsifal concerning time that appears in VALIS.

It didn't work.
posted by kenko at 6:21 AM on July 8, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:41 AM on July 8, 2005

So, what happens if you mess with Something Awful?
posted by kenko at 8:20 AM on July 8, 2005

mefi usename: ambilecherous
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:33 AM on July 8, 2005

I guess nothing too bad has happened in the last 13 months.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:43 AM on July 8, 2005

Dootin dootin doo dah.
posted by kenko at 9:03 AM on July 8, 2005

FOX bought CNN.
posted by kenko at 9:06 AM on July 8, 2005

And NPR.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:13 AM on July 8, 2005

And then Rupert Murdoch emerged from the belly of Newt Gingrich.
posted by kenko at 9:19 AM on July 8, 2005

He bore in his left hand an artichoke staff and in his right a chalice.
posted by kenko at 9:22 AM on July 8, 2005

For censer-swinging censors preceded him, and four followed.
posted by kenko at 9:24 AM on July 8, 2005

(For to drive away spirits, you see.)
posted by kenko at 9:25 AM on July 8, 2005

Who swung the falafel loofah?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:26 AM on July 8, 2005

They all guzzled Cynar quite shamelessly.
posted by kenko at 9:30 AM on July 8, 2005

IIHAA, his attendant, Bill O'Reilly, walked at his right hand, clad only in falafel, to hide his shame from public view.
posted by kenko at 9:32 AM on July 8, 2005

ROTFLMFAO, Bill hid his sausage.

But Paris Hilton snuck an upskirt piccie while he rode the escalator up from Newt's belly.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:47 AM on July 8, 2005

What's all this about Anne Couoltterr's website?

Eh, I guess wendell will tell us tonight when he pulls out his longsmallbeaker.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:10 AM on July 8, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:13 AM on July 8, 2005

She's much more opinionated than Rusht Limbaw.

I was just trying out other threads, to see how they felt. Terrible, by the way. Like I was sleeping on a single pea, a hundred mattresses down.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:18 AM on July 8, 2005

Heavens hope me!!!!1!!eleventy-one!!!||!|!|!|
posted by gramschmidt at 10:23 AM on July 8, 2005

Still working out the kinks in that data: URL constructor.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:24 AM on July 8, 2005

It works oh so much better with tiny gifs. But 1/3 of a beer Jesus is nice, too.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:30 AM on July 8, 2005

Oh Linux penguin, what do you see in that telescope of yours?
posted by gramschmidt at 10:35 AM on July 8, 2005

She looked like she learned to dance from a
series of still pictures
She's madly excited now, she throws her hands
up like a tulip

She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party
Where cartoon bubbles burst in the air,
champagne rolls off her tongue
Like a second language
And it should have been her biggest night
The satellite looks down on her as she begins
to cry

All over the world at the very same time people
sharing the same sorrow
As the satellite looks down her darkest hour is
somebody's bright tomorrow

He pulled on a cigarette, in the crook of his
first finger
Felt the static electric charge of her perfect
hour-glass figure
As he undressed her with his eyes her weakness
was his talent
How could she know as she stepped through
the lights, that her dress would become
transparent
And with his face pressed to the screen, he
muttered words he'd never dare to say if she
could see him

All over the world at the very same time
People sharing the same cheap sensation the
thrill of watching somebody watching those
forbidden things we never mention
posted by gramschmidt at 10:38 AM on July 8, 2005

The satellite looks down right now and forever
What it has pulled apart let no man tether his
own body to his dream,
His dream to someone else
Oh no, oh no.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:39 AM on July 8, 2005

You got penguin in my disabled images.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:40 AM on July 8, 2005

You got disabled images in my penguin.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:40 AM on July 8, 2005

The Arms of Orion, that's where I wanna be
Since U've been gone
I've been searching 4 a lover in the Sea of Tranquility
Drowning without U here, my dear
posted by gramschmidt at 10:42 AM on July 8, 2005

kenko's trick is gold.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:45 AM on July 8, 2005

Listen, man, I really don't want to hear about your little bike. Yes, its appearance is comical. Yes, it's kinda funny to watch adults in business attire ride around the office on them. I just don't care.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:54 AM on July 8, 2005

*stares intently at screen*

(pause)

Uh-huh.

(pause)
posted by gramschmidt at 11:01 AM on July 8, 2005

Did you say small beaker, Dorothy'sFourthFriendInOzNobodyTalksAbout?

Actually, I have reclaimed all my beakers and other glassware from my failed L.A. Rain Gauge project, but I will not be using any of them in today's experiment. And as for this picture, yes, I am one of those who agreed with mathowie that women wearing glasses can be sexy. But not Matthew Lesko's glasses.

(In other Wendell news, I have recently established Wendell's Hall of Renamed MeFites for anybody around here who gets on my nerves. Charter members: quonsayyouresorry, ParisHiltonParamus, stavrosthewondercock, jonmcmahon, hiney_helmet, and, among the 9622v2/9723 community: Dorothy'sFourthFriendInOzNobodyTalksAbout. Congratulations, DFFIONTA.)
posted by wendell at 11:01 AM on July 8, 2005

posted by kenko at 11:09 AM on July 8, 2005

Tee hee.
posted by kenko at 11:10 AM on July 8, 2005

Permanent Kafka and a misplaced signature. *sniff* Beautiful. So you potentially can have ridiculous avatars at MetaFilter.
posted by gramschmidt at 11:22 AM on July 8, 2005

Can you guys dumb down the trick a little? Unlike the example in the link, you're seemingly using plain img tags, rather than javascript...that part appears easy. But the encoding is not base64 like the exampple? ??Just url-encoded?? Is there an easy-bake oven tool to do the encoding, say given the image url as a parameter?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:25 AM on July 8, 2005

Anus, use the kitchen.

Enter the image's URL into that third "HTTP URI" field and hit "Generate". It should bring up a page with a hyperlink that is the new, encoded image. That link goes into the img tag directly after the = . No quotation marks necessary.
posted by gramschmidt at 11:33 AM on July 8, 2005

!!!
You know how there's a guy whose username is &nbsp;?

Well, imagine if his name were <img src="data...etc?
posted by kenko at 11:34 AM on July 8, 2005

And here I've been downloading the image and converting it to base64 by handin Python.
posted by kenko at 11:35 AM on July 8, 2005

That is:

LONG LINK STARTING WITH data: GOES HERE>
posted by gramschmidt at 11:36 AM on July 8, 2005

Damn you, preview.
posted by gramschmidt at 11:36 AM on July 8, 2005

HA! I did it, I did it! Mom, look!
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:38 AM on July 8, 2005

At least I wasn't stifled by a tiny gif restriction, and was able to use a giant png.
posted by kenko at 11:39 AM on July 8, 2005

And the thread is noticeably slower! Yay!
posted by kenko at 11:41 AM on July 8, 2005

Cold, kenko. Make fun of my One-Third Beer Jesus, why don't you?
posted by gramschmidt at 11:43 AM on July 8, 2005

The links look different.

Am I going to break metafilter by playing with toys I don't understand?
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:47 AM on July 8, 2005

Could be, Donkey.
posted by kenko at 11:50 AM on July 8, 2005

The thread was noticeably slower a minute ago, but now it's fast. What gives? Who knows? What's happening? Where am I???? AAAAAAH!

On preview: It's slow again.
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:52 AM on July 8, 2005

Huh, neat.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:56 AM on July 8, 2005

Crap, I didn't get your last two, Anus, and it appears as though Nice Donkey already chomped the end off my carrots.

What the hell, New Toy?
posted by gramschmidt at 11:59 AM on July 8, 2005

Featuring as the second track "Wrong-key Donkey".
posted by kenko at 12:01 PM on July 8, 2005

Hmm. I have a very straight set of teeth.

Yeah, anus, I can't see your last two, either.
posted by Nice Donkey at 12:02 PM on July 8, 2005

Nobody got 'em, though they worked on preview.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:03 PM on July 8, 2005

HA! Somebody needs to slip a sugarcube into Mitheral's drink.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:41 PM on July 8, 2005

Carla Bley. Donkeyophile. Who knew?
posted by Nice Donkey at 1:08 PM on July 8, 2005

I gave all my sugarcubes to Nice Donkey.
posted by languagehat at 3:58 PM on July 8, 2005

And I shared them and made tons of friends! Thanks, languagehat! Oh, and Pebbles and Thistle said to give you a big, wet kiss on the nose for them.

*licks languagehat's nose*
posted by Nice Donkey at 4:16 PM on July 8, 2005

Okay, Experiment #1: put comment into Preview before thread closes; Post after: SUCCESS!

Experiment #2: put comment into Preview after thread closes, then Post: SUCCESS!

So, if you bring up a page with a comment box before the thread closes (this applies to automatic 30-day closings, I've heard it doesn't for administrative closings)
posted by wendell at 5:21 PM on July 8, 2005

[forgot to finish sentence]
you can preview AND post after.

How long after? Ah, Experiement #3...
posted by wendell at 5:25 PM on July 8, 2005

*feels slightly addled from sugarcube residue*

*tries to lick Nice Donkey back, licks computer screen instead*
posted by languagehat at 5:46 PM on July 8, 2005

Posts an image oldeskool "sans greasemonkey" way.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:52 PM on July 8, 2005

*just now gets the 'nerves' part*

Hey! Your congratulations were sarcastic, weren't they?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:29 PM on July 8, 2005

In other Imperforate news, I am to be interviewed by the Barbara Walters of SportsFilter, wc2k2, as soon as I return from the shore. It is an honor few have known and I gladly shove it in all of your faces.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:39 PM on July 8, 2005

What are "sports"?
posted by gramschmidt at 8:54 PM on July 8, 2005

My brain tells my body
posted by gramschmidt at 10:02 PM on July 8, 2005

Keep staring at the sun
posted by gramschmidt at 10:02 PM on July 8, 2005

Till my retinas are scorched
And this torture's run it's course from me
posted by gramschmidt at 10:03 PM on July 8, 2005

zing
posted by gramschmidt at 10:17 PM on July 8, 2005

Yes, this is the thread where the ladies blow kisses...*blows kisses to all*
posted by Lynsey at 11:42 PM on July 8, 2005

whole lot of kissing going on. wonder what is happening behind gramschmidt's fence.
may I call you by your first gram?
posted by Cranberry at 11:47 PM on July 8, 2005

belated thanks to IfIHadAnAnus for finding a post from qwerty1555, thus proving him not involved in London disaster.
posted by Cranberry at 11:51 PM on July 8, 2005

la di da
posted by kenko at 8:59 AM on July 9, 2005

I fear we're getting seriously off topic.

*looks for topic, feels woozy again*
posted by languagehat at 9:57 AM on July 9, 2005

Why won't anyone in this stinking town sell me a delicious bunny rabbit, or rather a hare? I wanna eat a bunny, dammit!
posted by kenko at 12:27 PM on July 9, 2005

Anus: The impportant thing here is that we get to the part where you ask me how I'm gonna get down to the shore.
Dano: Oh, how you gettin' down to the shore?
Anus: Funny you should ask, I've got a car now..
Dano: Ah wow, how'd ya get a car?
Anus: Oh, my folks drove it down here from Iceland.
Dano: You're kidding!
Anus: I must be, Iceland is an island. Okay,, the important thing here is that, uh, you ask me what kinda car it is.
Dano: Uh uh, what kinda car do ya' got?
Anus: I've got a longass Landboat!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:33 PM on July 9, 2005

*relishes kisses from Lynsey*
*wonders why more sub-1kers can't be more like her*
*glares at wendell*
*makes farting noises (under armpit, in case yr wondering)*

Smell you kids later, maybe next weekend...hope you haven't worn out the mule by then. (Hey donkey, maybe you could invite your pony friends into the hot tub.)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:43 PM on July 9, 2005

Anus, you're leaving rigt now? But I just got back from the market, and I brought presents for everyone. Here, I'll give you yours first.
posted by Nice Donkey at 12:49 PM on July 9, 2005

I got this book for IIHAA, but I don't know if it can help him:


posted by Nice Donkey at 12:52 PM on July 9, 2005

I got these for kenko, of course!


posted by Nice Donkey at 1:04 PM on July 9, 2005

I had a hard time finding something for languagehat, but I finally settled on this woman doing sign language for the word hat.


posted by Nice Donkey at 1:05 PM on July 9, 2005

For cranberry I got a police force, because, hey, who couldn't use that?


posted by Nice Donkey at 1:07 PM on July 9, 2005

Gramschmidt seems to be having fun with lines lately, so I got him this. I hope he has some use for it.


posted by Nice Donkey at 1:11 PM on July 9, 2005

Why, thank you!

*makes 'hat' sign*
posted by languagehat at 1:14 PM on July 9, 2005

I figured wendell could use this, because people should know when they're "Entering Wendell".


posted by Nice Donkey at 1:19 PM on July 9, 2005

When I saw this I thought to myself, "Self, if you don't get this for grapefruitmoon, somebody else will buy it, and give it to a person NOT named grapefruitmoon. And that would be a shame." So I bought it!


posted by Nice Donkey at 1:28 PM on July 9, 2005

Thanks! What a nice donkey, eh?
posted by kenko at 1:32 PM on July 9, 2005

Raedyn's gift was difficult. I found this ray, which I thought was pretty neat. But as I was buying it, somebody pointed out that "You can't like, own a sun ray, man."


posted by Nice Donkey at 1:34 PM on July 9, 2005

"You can't like, own a sun ray, man."

Damn hippies. Everything can be owned in capitalism. And everything should be owned. Just ask the Cato Institute. Building society through the wholesale ownership of intangibles! Hooray!
posted by gramschmidt at 1:42 PM on July 9, 2005

For dial-tone!


posted by Nice Donkey at 1:43 PM on July 9, 2005

Extra super good. Finally, someone is putting me to good use. Take that, non-orthogonal bases!
posted by gramschmidt at 1:44 PM on July 9, 2005

Everything can be owned in capitalism.

That's what I told that damn hippie. I said, "Hippie, I'm on a capitalist spending spree, and I'm gonna spend until communism doesn't exist anymore. So there!" Then I bit him on the nose and ran off.
posted by Nice Donkey at 1:47 PM on July 9, 2005

I haven't seen Fezboy! or goodnewsfortheinsane for a long time, but if they come back, they can share this guy:


posted by Nice Donkey at 1:59 PM on July 9, 2005

Same goes for drezdn. (But really, I just got tired of carrying stuff, so I didn't get anything for drezdn. Shh! Don't tell!)
posted by Nice Donkey at 2:01 PM on July 9, 2005

Jah Division - Dub Will Tear Us Apart.
posted by kenko at 2:03 PM on July 9, 2005

Now if someone posts about Jah Division on the blue, we can angrily demand a "via" link to 9723.
posted by kenko at 2:04 PM on July 9, 2005

Oh gawd, Jah Division. You're just lucky I happen to have my copy of Substance right here, to quickly cleanse my brain. Oh Ian, where are you when we need you? Please get out of that damn coffin and DEFEND! Bernard has clearly dropped the ball.
posted by gramschmidt at 2:15 PM on July 9, 2005

Thank you, Nice Donkey,
but I already have that sign (and I warn you to take that "No Parking on Bridge" very seriously).

I also have a Wendell neon sign...

(yes, I live in a magic valley)
and a Wendell water tower...

posted by wendell at 2:34 PM on July 9, 2005

Awwww, crap! You already had that sign. But do you have one of these?


posted by Nice Donkey at 2:55 PM on July 9, 2005

Oh, and thanks for the scratches!
posted by Nice Donkey at 2:56 PM on July 9, 2005

No problem wendell. Thanks to Nice Donkey, I now look official. I have just about learned the mantra for deleted posts, so if any perps dare to park on your bridge, I will tell them to move along nothing to see here.
posted by Cranberry at 3:05 PM on July 9, 2005

btw, Nice Donkey, goodnewsforthe insane said he was going to Poland. Maybe a nice Polish-English dictionary would be helpful.
posted by Cranberry at 3:08 PM on July 9, 2005

maybe some china for drezdn? Or an atlas so he learns to spell Dresden. Whether that was his meaning or not, he might be able to use the dishes.
posted by Cranberry at 3:11 PM on July 9, 2005

How about some mint juleps? Not particularly relevant to anyone's »handle« or anything, but damn tasty.
posted by kenko at 3:34 PM on July 9, 2005

(«handle»?)
posted by kenko at 3:35 PM on July 9, 2005

–{»—«}–

I wish mathowie would fix that stupid entities-on-preview bug. How hard could it be? Solutions have been supplied, even.
posted by kenko at 3:37 PM on July 9, 2005

Rejoins thread from New England, which is magically even rainier than Iceland! Asks for quick recap.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 5:51 PM on July 9, 2005

Provides recap.
posted by kenko at 6:20 PM on July 9, 2005

Ah god, you guys really are a bunch of bums.
You get chucked out of one thread at closing time and just have to go and find somewhere else to drink.

*hats off*

Hey Cranberry, thank you for the concern - tis truly appreciated. Me and all the people I've worked with/for over the last year or so are fine (even the ones I didn't like).
posted by qwerty155 at 6:55 PM on July 9, 2005

I see how nice nice donkey has been and wanted to leave a present for her, but I dont understand why when I did a google image search or 'nice donkey' I get this:

posted by qwerty155 at 7:01 PM on July 9, 2005

Now I'm even more confused as to why a google image search for sugar cubes returns this:


posted by qwerty155 at 7:05 PM on July 9, 2005

But then, out of interest I've just done a google image search for 'qwerty' and number three on the list (safe search off) links to this website: www.bodysheen.com

Not really safe for work, nor is it worth visiting because of it's NSFW status.

I dunno, takes allsorts I guess....
posted by qwerty155 at 7:14 PM on July 9, 2005

On the other hand, an image search for "155" yields, among other things, this (warning: Huge photo).
posted by gramschmidt at 8:47 PM on July 9, 2005

I've seen huger.
posted by kenko at 9:35 PM on July 9, 2005

Rushes back to the party after a week spent lounging in the bay of green and lake of michigan....

You would not believe the longboats they have up north!

I invite you all to the wine and cheese party I'm having. I'll show all of the Fezzes' vacation slides and we'll sing Lutheran hymns as Mrs. Fez plays the autoharp. It'll be great fun!!
posted by Fezboy! at 9:49 PM on July 9, 2005

so how is Favre? will he make it through the season?
posted by Cranberry at 10:07 PM on July 9, 2005

just curious kenko. do you have a CB radio in your car/truck/rig? what is your handle good buddy?
posted by Cranberry at 10:09 PM on July 9, 2005

welcome home grapefruitmoon. if you have any questions about rain, I am in Oregon.
oh and fezboy, I am pretty uncool and would like white wine and cheddar, please. brie is ok. I do not cook except to maintain life, but would be happy to bring cheese dip.
qwerty, thanks for the picture of your personal savior, uh ok for you saviour. glad he kept you safe from the trains.
posted by Cranberry at 10:16 PM on July 9, 2005

I couldn't get to Faaav-ray as he was surrounded by a gaggle of 18-ish year old, bikini-clad fans at the hot tub....

No, wait, that was Chewie. I dunno about Bret, but I can tell you that the Green Bay women's curling team will kick ass this season. You should see the new facilities they have. Almost as cool as the longboats.

Apologies to the NE Wisconsiners on board. I'm still really tickled by the accent and culture after not experiencing it for a few years.
Cranberry, not to worry, we're good Midwesterners and feel that Swiss would be an exotic cheese if it weren't for the Olafsens next door who put it on their grilled cheeses for special occasions. We were thinking of a nice plate of cheddar and jack and some kraft singles for the kids. Mrs. Fez is still giddy about that wine those Barles and James guys put out because she thinks they're oh for funny. I'm more of a Strohs kind of fella, but have been drinking the lighter stuff these days on account of my middle. So for the wine, we'll see how that goes.

At any rate, it should be a good party, youbetcha. The Vander Laanens have already confirmed and they're real nice folks who you should really meet.
posted by Fezboy! at 10:37 PM on July 9, 2005

ooo'er, and I go on air in ~80 minutes... 128k mono mp3
posted by Fezboy! at 10:40 PM on July 9, 2005

Mmmm. Cheese.

I had this blue cheese on the plane (got bumped to first class!) and were it legal for a woman to marry lactose, I would have entered the bonds of unholy matrimony with that cheese.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:28 AM on July 10, 2005

You know "good buddy" is an insult, yeah? Like if you're looking for a good buddy for to pass the lonesome nights.
posted by kenko at 6:50 AM on July 10, 2005

grapefruitmoon, it is in fact legal for a woman to marry lactose in Massachusetts. C'mon over!
posted by languagehat at 9:04 AM on July 10, 2005

You see? This is exactly what all those conservatives were warning us about. First gay marriage, then milk.
posted by kenko at 10:51 AM on July 10, 2005

quertboy, the horrors of bodysheen.com are nothing compared to the horrors of charliesheen.com.

kenky, you must understand that for many of us, our knowledge of CB radio begins and ends with C.W. McCall's "Convoy". 10-4 ya, rubber duck.

Yes, those evil Massachussetts marriage laws - I hear that celebrity chef Ming Tsai is secretly married to MSG (that joke is Incorrect on so many levels...).

Personally, I've been having a torrid affair with Colby Jack for years (does that sound gay, or what?), or, you might say that cheese is my good buddy for to pass the lonesome nights. It brings new meaning to "Chesseheads".

And would one of you Wisconsin-enabled folks tell me honestly - what made the Bay Green?

Fezter, I have fond memories of the Saturday Night Graveyard Shift on the radio (at a station other than KROQ, and it was way back in the '70s). Wait a minute - '70s, Wisconsin, a guy named Fez - I sense a theme, and it ain't pretty.
posted by wendell at 11:31 AM on July 10, 2005

Sadly, I am merely a Vermont resident. I lost my Massachusetts address when I graduated from college. Now, I can no longer marry cheese but merely the cow that it came from. *sigh* And even then, it's only called a "civil union."
posted by grapefruitmoon at 12:32 PM on July 10, 2005

It's the thought that counts, Nice Donkey...

And would one of you Wisconsin-enabled folks tell me honestly - what made the Bay Green

If it's anything like the rest of Wisconsin, August algae. I'm a Milwaukee guy myself, but Green Bay was one of the first settlements in the state (is was settled before MKE), by Soviet fur traders I believe. The name means "Whale's Vagina" in French.
posted by drezdn at 5:40 PM on July 10, 2005

Thanks for the shout out!
posted by dial-tone at 10:20 PM on July 10, 2005

*looks around*

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

*turns out lights*
posted by languagehat at 10:12 AM on July 11, 2005

I invite you all to the wine and cheese party I'm having. I'll show all of the Fezzes' vacation slides and we'll sing Lutheran hymns as Mrs. Fez plays the autoharp. It'll be great fun!! - Fezboy!

I'd love to attend, it sounds faboo. However, having been raised a Unitarian, I am severely impaired in the Lutheran-hymn-knowing department. But I'm willing to learn. Could you accept a willing newbie at your shindig?
posted by raedyn at 10:17 AM on July 11, 2005

*in the dark, stomps foot*
Hey! I was in the middle of a sentence, there buddy. (I'm slow because I regularly get interrupted by, ya know, work. Imagine that.)

We can keep it alive!
*runs around turning lights back on and putting up streamers*

*turns festive music back on - this time it's mariachi*
posted by raedyn at 10:20 AM on July 11, 2005

I'm with raedyn. Now, who's with me?
posted by kenko at 10:46 AM on July 11, 2005

*puts green, blue & grey striped party hat on kenko*
posted by raedyn at 11:06 AM on July 11, 2005

wendell: Late night radio is great fun, especially on open-format community radio stations. Sure, there isn't any pay but the idea of a captive audience for my brand of musical quirk more than makes up for that. Besides, it makes Mmme Fez happy as I have an outlet other than the home stereo nowadays.

drezdn: That's hilarious and reminds me of how the French explorer named De Pere when he stepped out of the canoe and fell into the Fox, exclaiming "It's deep here!"

raedyn: We're Happy Lutherans so a can-do attitude is more important than past expreience and/or ability. In fact, Mmme Fez would probably appreciate a little tolerance in re her autoharping.

surreptitiously records the mariachi music with intention of playing it backwards on next week's show.

Belated note of thanks for Nice Donkey's uncovering of my senior prom photo...
posted by Fezboy! at 11:10 AM on July 11, 2005

*puts matching party hat on Fezboy!, then grabs both kenko and Fezboy! in an attempt to start conga line*
posted by raedyn at 11:18 AM on July 11, 2005

soo umm.. stupid question. how does one post inline images? (I'm comfortable with html & css, but my javascript or programming abilities are limited to cut & paste) Is it beyond my n00bish abilities?
posted by raedyn at 11:20 AM on July 11, 2005

ah doot doot, doot doot, dooo HEY!
ah doot doot, doot doot, dooo HEY!
posted by raedyn at 11:23 AM on July 11, 2005

(upon posting I realized that images are probably as simple as an img tag, but I've never tried it, and the weirdness of the images & ensuing discussion posted by gramschmidt earlier in this thread confused me)
posted by raedyn at 11:26 AM on July 11, 2005

posted by raedyn at 11:32 AM on July 11, 2005

okay then. back to conga.

ah doot doot, doot doot, dooo HEY!
ah doot doot, doot doot, dooo HEY!
ah doot doot, doot doot, dooo HEY!
ah doot doot, doot doot, dooo HEY!
ah doot doot, doot doot, dooo HEY!
ah doot doot, doot doot, dooo HEY!
posted by raedyn at 11:33 AM on July 11, 2005

posted by wendell at 12:00 PM on July 11, 2005

Colin Mockery. Isn't he lovely? He can join my conga line. But the twig in the tutu freaks me out. *scribbles out image with black marker*
posted by raedyn at 12:45 PM on July 11, 2005

But the twig in the tutu

I propose this as a euphemism for "penis".
posted by kenko at 1:00 PM on July 11, 2005

Wow, kenko, good show. I laughed so hard I snorted.
posted by raedyn at 1:36 PM on July 11, 2005

Hey, the lights are back on!

*joins conga line*

Whee!

Now, where's grapefruitmoon?
posted by languagehat at 1:41 PM on July 11, 2005

But the twig in the tutu

In all seriousness, I was looking for some kind of twig/penis in Colin's tutu. It took me a minute to realize we were talking about the tutu on the left.

*adds four hooves to conga line*
posted by Nice Donkey at 4:02 PM on July 11, 2005

*adds three Hoovers to conga line*


posted by Nice Donkey at 4:11 PM on July 11, 2005

*and a Bissell*


posted by Nice Donkey at 4:15 PM on July 11, 2005

Here's an Oreck...

posted by wendell at 5:34 PM on July 11, 2005

And two Dysons...

posted by wendell at 5:38 PM on July 11, 2005

And a DustBuster that's the same color as a Slurpee*...

*which, come to think of it, would be a pretty good brand name for a vacuum cleaner...
posted by wendell at 5:45 PM on July 11, 2005

SHARK ATTACK!!!

posted by wendell at 5:59 PM on July 11, 2005

And a little Dirt Devil...

posted by wendell at 6:07 PM on July 11, 2005

Let me be the first to say...
































This thread sucks.
posted by wendell at 6:26 PM on July 11, 2005

*makes wah wah sound with trumpet*
posted by drezdn at 11:58 PM on July 11, 2005

too late. wish I'd gotten here soon enough to hear drezdn
posted by Cranberry at 12:55 AM on July 12, 2005

rats
posted by Cranberry at 1:20 AM on July 12, 2005

star
posted by Cranberry at 1:23 AM on July 12, 2005

*pretends not to hear wendell's terrible pun*

*gives everyone a gold star*
posted by raedyn at 7:55 AM on July 12, 2005

I don't know how this is physically possible, but this thread both sucks and blows.



Sorry, couldn't resist.
posted by Nice Donkey at 10:49 AM on July 12, 2005

This is a weird conga line, what with all the appliances. But it's a good conga line. In fact, I think I'll make it a point in the future to not participate in a conga line unless a few appliances are involved.
posted by Nice Donkey at 10:51 AM on July 12, 2005

one, two, three, kick an appliance
posted by Cranberry at 11:37 AM on July 12, 2005

posted by wendell at 2:03 PM on July 12, 2005

*unplugs the toaster oven, leads the conga line in a circle around the smoldering mess*
posted by raedyn at 2:27 PM on July 12, 2005

*Follows Raedyn, occassionally kicks out foot to really get the party started. Disappointed when no one follows suit.*
posted by dial-tone at 5:00 PM on July 12, 2005

I found the answers to my chili-related question in askme unsatisfactory. I know I said it was to be a dogma-free zone, but I thought it was understood that there's no such thing as vegetarian chili.
posted by kenko at 7:08 PM on July 12, 2005

I mean, TVP? How can that go in chili?
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:40 PM on July 12, 2005

Actually, I very briefly considered posting one of my recipes for *makes big air quotes* "chili," but then I remembered that it is based largely on cans of pork and beans. How can that go in chili?
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:55 PM on July 12, 2005

m-m-m-m grated cheddar on chili. or sour cream.
posted by Cranberry at 1:06 AM on July 13, 2005

chili without meat? Isn't that called tomato sauce?
posted by Cranberry at 1:11 AM on July 13, 2005

Is wendell allergic to tomatoes?
posted by Cranberry at 1:12 AM on July 13, 2005

I'm sure between us we can cook ya up something tasty, kenko.

*leads conga line over to the stove, pours in a splash of red wine, then drops in lump of ground beef to brown*

I'll need to know if tomatoes are on wendell's no-go list.
posted by raedyn at 7:00 AM on July 13, 2005

*Cuts up an onion and throws it in with the ground beef.*
posted by Nice Donkey at 11:32 AM on July 13, 2005

I feel terrible about this - it is so like the apples not being ripe in time for the longboat. The tomatoes aren't ripe either. Would store-bought be OK?
posted by Cranberry at 12:00 PM on July 13, 2005

How about vine-ripened store-bought?
posted by Nice Donkey at 1:04 PM on July 13, 2005

Who got the crazy idea I can't eat tomatoes?!?

::squirts raeden with ketchup bottle, throws salsa on Cranberry::

My only chili-elated concern is DON'T MAKE IT TOO HOT. Those canned smoked chipotles are just about my limit for chile-heat (and otherwise yummy); any more and I'll jump out of the longboat to get water.

Other chili tips:
Cheese or sour cream? Try cream cheese.
Put a couple cloves of garlic in with the ground beef and onions.
Store-bought salsa is a good short cut, but don't bother with fresh, I like La Victoria in the jar (MEDIUM) and add it early.
I've added extra flavor to the meat by adding ground pork, italian sausage, breakfast sausage, choriso... any uncooked sausage that looks kinda like ground beef (1/2 pound per 2+ pounds of plain beef)
I haven't tried cooking it myself, but I've been served chili that contained cocoa powder (but it was too hot for me, so I couldn't tell if it really worked).
Too bad the apples aren't ripe - I've thrown in just a little bit of chopped-up apples, oranges (or juice or fruit salsas); hell, I'll throw almost anything the chili pot except broccoli, bean sprouts and bananas.

If you must do anything with beans, the bigger and redder the better, cook 'em seperately and serve 'em on the side...

Or go Cincinnati and serve the chili on spaghetti!!!

Why oh why did I eat chicken for dinner?
and no, don't put chicken in the chili!
posted by wendell at 9:54 PM on July 13, 2005

"I have taken just about any chili recipe and added dark chocolate squares to it with excellent results. Works well with both beef, venison, and meatless chili.
posted by annathea at 9:37 AM PST on July 13 [!]"

copied from an askme thread
posted by Cranberry at 10:36 PM on July 13, 2005

raedyn, if you want the salsa I'll be happy to trade for the ketchup.
wendell, we were only concerned for your health. People with food allergies are such a pai - er, such a worry for all of us.
posted by Cranberry at 10:39 PM on July 13, 2005

Or go Cincinnati and serve the chili on spaghetti!!!

Or go Filipino and serve cut-up hot dogs on spaghetti!! Ewwww! I mean the regular kind of spaghetti, with a tomato-type sauce. Ewwww!
posted by Nice Donkey at 12:13 AM on July 14, 2005

And while we're on the subject of Gross, I will tell you that my mom once made a chocolate cake containing sauerkraut. She subsequently disposed of that recipe.
posted by Nice Donkey at 12:16 AM on July 14, 2005

But the amazing part is that she made it once. She thought it might be good. *shudder*
posted by raedyn at 7:39 AM on July 14, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 8:05 AM on July 14, 2005

Allons enfants.
Anyone for storming the bastille?
posted by Cranberry at 9:12 AM on July 14, 2005

how nice. gramschmidt brought a cookie and yet another animal
posted by Cranberry at 9:14 AM on July 14, 2005

goodnewsfortheinsane sends his regards, by the way.
posted by gramschmidt at 9:36 AM on July 14, 2005

I'm up for storming the bastille, but we have to do it within the next two hours, as I can't use my home computer until I get a new CPU fan.
posted by kenko at 1:05 PM on July 14, 2005

*shows kenko how to fold a piece of paper into a fan*
posted by Cranberry at 8:11 PM on July 14, 2005

*thanks gramschmidt for the link to goodnewsforthe insane's greeting*
*wonders why gnfti had to go all the way to Poland for vodka*
posted by Cranberry at 8:13 PM on July 14, 2005

Wow. I can't believe that after all of these comments, no one has claimed this thread yet.

I hereby claim this thread and all its riches for the honor and glory of myself and my heirs.

w00t!
posted by 김치 at 8:34 PM on July 14, 2005

Did anyone tell ?? that there is a lien against this thread? ?? and his/her heirs have assumed a debt of $2,338,972.16.
Congratulations and thanks for all the cash.
posted by Cranberry at 9:15 PM on July 14, 2005

And the fish. Thanks for all the fish.
posted by wendell at 9:36 PM on July 14, 2005

All those weeks in the long boat with nothing to eat but fish - no thanks, no more fish. Would you please tell the whales?
posted by Cranberry at 11:04 PM on July 14, 2005

*looks around, considers turning off light again, worries about raedyn stomping foot, tiptoes back out*
posted by languagehat at 12:51 PM on July 15, 2005

*collapses in a heap from conga exhaustion*

4 days straight, people. four. whole. days.
posted by raedyn at 2:49 PM on July 15, 2005

What will we do now?
It was a kind of solution, that conga line.
posted by kenko at 8:35 PM on July 15, 2005

Anyone suggesting YMCA or macarena will be asked to leave the thread.
posted by Cranberry at 8:39 PM on July 15, 2005

Maybe we should have a potluck!
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:16 PM on July 15, 2005

Yum!

Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake

¾ cup sauerkraut drained and chopped
1 ½ cups sugar
½ cup butter
3 eggs
1 tsp. pure vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 cup water
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1. Sift all dry ingredients together. Cream sugar, butter and vanilla. Beat eggs in one at a time.
2. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with water.
3. Add sauerkraut mix thoroughly.
4. Pour into greased pan or pans.
5. Bake 30 to 40 minutes until cake tests done.
6. Frost
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:23 PM on July 15, 2005

You know, that recipe was disturbingly easy to find. *joins raedyn in a shudder*
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:25 PM on July 15, 2005

If I were conga-ing for four whole days, I'd be in Fresno by now...
that's assuming northbound conga line; eastbound I'd be in Death Valley, southbound I'd be past Tijuana, and westbound I'd be very very wet
posted by wendell at 10:44 PM on July 15, 2005

Ezra Pound had a moment of recognition that inspired him to write a two-line poem "In a station at the Metro," which comprised these brief sentences: "The apparition of these faces in the crowd: Petals, on a wet, black bough."
--Nancy Etcoff, Survival of the Prettiest
posted by Cranberry at 10:48 AM on July 16, 2005

Actually, that's not even one sentence. But what would you expect from the author of Survival of the Prettiest?

wendell, you must have been conga-ing westbound for years now...
posted by languagehat at 12:18 PM on July 16, 2005

"The apparition of these faces in the crowd: Petals, on a wet, black bough."

First comma isn't there, right? (I hope?)
posted by kenko at 6:46 PM on July 16, 2005

Ezra Pound's use of commas - do you think that is why he was institutionalized?
posted by Cranberry at 11:21 PM on July 16, 2005

Thank you, Nice Donkey. It was perfect beach reading.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:22 PM on July 16, 2005

Quit playing with the light, y'all. It's giving me flashbacks.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:23 PM on July 16, 2005

err, lights.

Have I apologized in this thread yet?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:24 PM on July 16, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:30 PM on July 16, 2005

no apologies needed here, If I HaD AN Anus.
posted by Cranberry at 12:59 AM on July 17, 2005

Passive aggressive "sorry" for things that may or may not have actually been my fault.
posted by drezdn at 9:19 AM on July 17, 2005

;)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:47 AM on July 17, 2005

Are those brats ready yet? Can I get sauerkraut on mine?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:53 AM on July 17, 2005

Speaking of a station at the Metro, I'm seriously considering turning some of these upside down to give myself new "W" insignia.

I would guess that the brats aren't quite ready yet. (Although putting saurkraut on them is not a bad idea...)

translatorbeanie, if I had a comeback, I'd use it right now!!! (Interestingly, the title "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" is appropriate for a conga line that has gone into the Pacific Ocean)
posted by wendell at 12:46 PM on July 17, 2005

We'll never make 500 comments (or the jump to 9824).

[This is good]
[Probably]
[But sad all the same]
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:32 AM on July 18, 2005

her mother? Sami wakes up in bed or offended? and is it the same with Lucas and they are drawn as saying "cool bananas"? like if i to each other. Lucas serves Sami say something to someone, and they breakfast in bed... trying to soothe reply "cool beans" should i be her grief and he wants to happy or offended? Fuckin' A. happy. unless you call a truce. Sami is torn; told them that you had cancer. to try and cheer her up, then offended. they end up in a tickle fight. Marlena and Kate arrive and Sami is thrilled to learn that John moved out. With one enemy down, Sami's next target is Kate. Kate warns Lucas that Sami is out to destroy her and that he should watch himself around her. to reassure him should be working now, displaying 100 that the stress from the ordeal records. "Yak shaving" just became my new of the serial killer is bothering favorite phrase. cool beans. Okay, second favorite. my shaved him. A cop catches Jan outside yak has cool beans in its the office and is about to pants. In my defense, I am not expose her to Bo, Hope and the only cool beaner. It is Shawn. Belle goes to check in with a rare but venerable phrase. Hate the her parents and gets devastating news chili, not the bean. This is cute! kale from her father that he has bins is it a good or a moved out. Belle wonders if Caroline's bad thing? like if i say prediction will come true after all: something to someone, and they reply will her father end up killing "cool beans" should i be happy this smaller set. Thanks Matt, now I up in bed with Belle and can further my rendom surfing. That's awesome, has a feeling that someone is mathowie! My new favorite procrastination tool. metafilter: watching him... but he covers, not 30 == 100 heh. actually, now i'm wanting to alarm Belle. Jan is getting random numbers of random blogs. still hiding out in the loft 44 one time, 26 another, etc. The having fantasies about a steamy reunion query is grabbing 100 users, but with Shawn. Later, Shawn goes to then only displaying those that have the police station to see how a URL, so that's sometimes 30, his father is doing and tells sometimes more. I'm fixing the query, but his parents about the odd sensation there is much yak shaving along he has that he is being the way. I fixed everything and it followed. Bo tries timeout when trying time. Celeste is awakened by an eerie to display 15k records. I just changed visitation from Roman and Maggie's spirits. it to something much more efficient They urge Celeste to warn Bo that grabs 100 random URLs. Neat! I'd that the killings are not over not noticed this page before and and that the wrong man was checked it out today for the arrested. They reveal Celeste possesses a first time. My own wee blog clue to the identity of the was the second to last one killer. Celeste is rocked to the listed! But I am only getting a core: if she figures out who listing of 30 random blogs, not the killer is, she will be 100. Not that I'm complaining as the next target. Ominous Roman warns there's plenty of new territory with that she has no choice... Shawn wakes Kate strongly disagrees and defends Roman's to oldest, #1 (mathowie), bashos_frog joined motivation to do what he thought in January 2004 the next member was right. Kate is grateful she with a specified site is #17359 and Roman took solemn vows and schoolgirl report who joined in January proclaimed their love before he died. 2004 also. Thanks DBAPaul. That page always Kate encourages her not to give took 45 minutes to load for up on John and she invites me so I just wondered. Never Marlena to visit their grandson Will even looked at user numbers. The page together. Bo is with Hope at the was over 1Mb of HTML and station to make an airtight case even though I used to only against Tony. Bo vows DiMera will create it once a day, it not get out of jail this would still often prayer and hopes able to determine when it was John will be gone when she last updated? I always thought the returns. At church, Marlena runs into page was dynamically generated. I always thought Kate and the two "widows" are the page was dynamically generated. I know uneasy with each other. Kate wants I changed my URL in February, Marlena to give up her spousal and checking just now, it showed rights to the burial plot next the old one. So it's definitely to her ex-husband as she is not dynamic. Kevin: I've been waiting that long now Mrs. Roman Brady. This does before coming to meta :p And you'll not sit well with Marlena and notice that the member's sites are she reiterates that she still blames not listed in random order, rather John and Kate for Roman's death. they are listed highest, #17357 (bashos_frog) I used to enjoy surfing MeFi The morning after a tragic night... members' sites by using the Links, Kate wakes up to find a links, links! page but it seems loving Roman in bed with her. to have been non-functional for about Relieved that it was all a a year and a half (data nightmare, she wakes up to the is out of sync with user truth: she is in bed alone. Marlena pages and no new members listed is home upset when John returns since January 2004). Matt, any plans to to the penthouse for more of resurrect this feature to include the his things. He hopes they can newer members (and possibly get the talk but Marlena is not ready. info in sync?) You must be new She leave to go to church here. Serious question DBAPaul:
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:27 PM on July 18, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:52 PM on July 18, 2005

If IHad An Anus, would you mind putting those little line marker numbers on your epic posts? It takes so long to read them and I would hate to miss a few paragraphs in a recap of a soap opera I have never watched. Thanx. Personal question - no offense intended - are you ?? too? It is none of my business why you posted a picture of kimchi, so you do not need to address that. Personal advice: there was talk in another thread about going outside into the big blue room, that is for those who have a door. (I looked out the non-electronic monitor by my desk and saw a room that was blue at the top, but green at the bottom. ymmv.) Um, do you have a door? Would fresh air and no electronics be a welcome change for you? If you are in SoCal, please disregard that suggestion since "fresh air" in SoCal can be lethal.
posted by Cranberry at 1:41 PM on July 18, 2005

I thought it was whale meat.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:09 PM on July 18, 2005

MetaFilter: fantasies about a steamy reunion query is grabbing 100 users

Yes, it is very pale 'n' lonely of me to quote myself (while plagiarizing #1) in taglines, isn't it? I guess I feel I missed all the fun while at the beach, and now she is dead and I'm so green with the necrophilia scene.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:25 PM on July 18, 2005

...but I just had to poke it—poke it—one more time.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:40 PM on July 18, 2005

for old times' sake.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:40 PM on July 18, 2005

and for the new times that exist somewhere—somewhere—in some universe where such nonsense is more appropriate and where I won't be IP banned for crapping through the damn diaper. But I just can't go there, for there is not here, and here is where the grass is grayer.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:44 PM on July 18, 2005

Okay languagehat, it is time to turn off the lights here.
posted by Cranberry at 11:45 AM on July 19, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 4:29 PM on July 19, 2005

*finally wakes up*
*finds self alone in a dark room*
*tear rolls down cheek*

*on preview, hears gram's hammer posting a pic on the wall, perks up*
posted by raedyn at 4:31 PM on July 19, 2005

WHAT'S UP, RAEDYN?!?
posted by gramschmidt at 6:27 PM on July 19, 2005

What's new? What's old?

Has your work busy-ness subsided?

I forget: was it tax season?
posted by gramschmidt at 6:31 PM on July 19, 2005

It was tax season indeed. The work has subsided somewhat. Not that we're slow, we're very busy while we're at work, but we've been able to quit working overtime.

What's new? Ummm... um... my union promised it will wait at least a few more weeks before striking. Yay? I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about that.

What's old? My husband-to-be. Well, not really. But yesterday was his birthday and he's six years older than me, so I like to give him a hard time.

And you?
posted by raedyn at 9:04 AM on July 20, 2005

If I Had An Anus... Personal question - no offense intended - are you ?? too?

I'm guessing you meant to ask IHAA, "Are you 김치 too"? But no, he's not me, and I'm not him. Such curiosity! Hehe.

I contacted my accountant to see if I could write this thread off on my taxes.
posted by 김치 at 12:52 PM on July 20, 2005

There is life here! Never mind, language hat, but thanks anyway.

This must be the day to contact professionals. I just returned from the dentist - no, no, no condolences necessary. Just a routine cleaning. Teeth are fine - see? I'm smiling now, see how the reflected light dims the screen?

btw, ??, what did your accountant say? Something like"it may be taxing but it is not deductible"?
The little jest to IIHAA was because he posted a picture of kimchi, Kimchi.
posted by Cranberry at 3:23 PM on July 20, 2005

Jan lays down and wrestles in her sleep
Moonlight spills on comic books
And superstars in magazines
An old friend calls and tells us where to meet
Her plane takes off from Baltimore
And touches down on Bourbon Street

We sit outside and argue all night long
About a god we've never seen
But never fails to side with me
Sunday comes and all the papers say
Ma Teresa's joined the mob
And happy with her full time job

Am I alive or thoughts that drift away?
Does summer come for everyone?
Can humans do as prophets say?
And if I die before I learn to speak
Can money pay for all the days I lived awake
But half asleep?

A life is time, they teach us growing up
The seconds ticking killed us all
A million years before the fall
You ride the waves and don't ask where they go
You swim like lions through the crest
And bathe yourself on zebra flesh

I've been downhearted baby,
I've been downhearted baby,
Ever since the day we met
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:23 PM on July 20, 2005

IHAA

I Had An Anus? Why do you taunt me like that, chimchee?

You're on wendell's side aren't you?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:41 PM on July 20, 2005

I hate it when my sock puppets turn against me.

*hatches plan to deny fluffy fabric softener to all my minions from this day forward*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:45 PM on July 20, 2005

A cop catches Jan outside,
Yak has cool beans in its the office

and is about to pants.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:08 PM on July 20, 2005

[via q.](pointless?)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:15 PM on July 20, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:43 PM on July 20, 2005

[via anus]



posted by gramschmidt at 8:07 PM on July 20, 2005

[via mayor mcbig cheese]
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:12 PM on July 20, 2005

[via His Honorable

Majesty the Duke

Would That I

Were in the Legal

Posession of an

Appropriate, Legitmate

Colonic Entrance]



posted by gramschmidt at 8:13 PM on July 20, 2005

viaviva! [via kenko]
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:15 PM on July 20, 2005

[via yes, it's true,


I enjoy the big tag


to an unhealthy


degree]



posted by gramschmidt at 8:16 PM on July 20, 2005

vulva Jan and gnfti
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:16 PM on July 20, 2005

{[{[{[{[Villanova]}]}]}]}
posted by gramschmidt at 8:23 PM on July 20, 2005

Vanilla cream over cranberry's
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:49 PM on July 20, 2005

This is the place to try out new pony. I wondered what the black line was for. Glad it did not grow into blue screen of death. Interesting that the live preview resists correction.
posted by Cranberry at 12:53 AM on July 21, 2005

I see a spell chekk - hm no reaction from spell check. Perhaps it only kicks in when the post button is clicked.
In two minutes, spell check did not correct chekk. So I will try posting.
posted by Cranberry at 12:57 AM on July 21, 2005

Not to brag, but I seem to have made anew word: chekk.
Not as elegant as gompa's "spectasinine", but if it is OK with spell check, it is OK with me.
posted by Cranberry at 12:59 AM on July 21, 2005

[]

» Discombobulating space combobulator?

— Chekk.

» Freeze-dried breakfast?

— Chekk.

» Lunch?

— Chekk.
*pushes launch button*

I said lunch, not launch!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 4:50 AM on July 21, 2005

I for one welcome our live preview blac box lords
posted by If I Had An Anus at 4:58 AM on July 21, 2005

I for one welcome our live blac helicoptor view
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:01 AM on July 21, 2005

Hey, I hit preview not post!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:01 AM on July 21, 2005

*dances in the black box*

*ponders the signifigance of this*

*gets a headache*

*closes eyes and goes back to dancing*
posted by raedyn at 7:15 AM on July 21, 2005

I wonder how this new feature will work out with the preview unicode errors. Will we finally have a fix? Someone has probably tested this already, and I've just missed it due to my skipping over the main MeTa page and straight to this untidy adventure.

*scampers off to investigate*
posted by raedyn at 7:18 AM on July 21, 2005

Damn. Doesn't work here, either.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:30 AM on July 21, 2005

Double post!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:15 AM on July 21, 2005

First post.
posted by gramschmidt at 9:44 AM on July 21, 2005

Yeah, but I'd get spanked if I called double post onf the second post.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:06 AM on July 21, 2005

Is this really the thread's last on preview?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:08 AM on July 21, 2005

onf?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:12 AM on July 21, 2005

Solid preview.
posted by gramschmidt at 11:03 AM on July 21, 2005

Sold the preview.
posted by gramschmidt at 11:03 AM on July 21, 2005

Can you imagine 9622v2 with the Live Preview? Without all the slow preview reloads, we could have made, like, 70 billion-finity comments.
posted by gramschmidt at 11:28 AM on July 21, 2005

the saddest words of tongue or pen are just these few - it might have been

with live preview we could have ruled the internets
we would have gone into history as the most dedicated um, well, I hate to characterize the longboat heroes as time wasting chatters, so I won't

but that is the past
this is now
can we turn this thread into a shrine to the non sequitur?
in 6 days, this thread will close no matter who gets to post after closing
should we contact the old crowd and move again to fresher fields and try for 70 billion-finity?
does you uncle have a barn for rehearsals?
posted by Cranberry at 1:16 PM on July 21, 2005

» She's Rich!

— Rich?

» Rich...powerful...If you were to rescue her, the reward would be...

— What?

» Well, more wealth than you could imagine!

— I don't know, kid...I can imagine 70 billion-finity.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:35 PM on July 21, 2005

Hi, Cranberry.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:41 PM on July 21, 2005

Sorry I've been gone so long, fellows. This time I'm back to stay, I swear!
posted by kenko at 2:53 PM on July 21, 2005

Testing, testing, 1,2, 3 (*blows into live preview*) Is this thing on? Ok, here goes...
I ♥ mathowie!
posted by Lynsey at 3:57 PM on July 21, 2005

Holy cow, it works! Look, quonsar, it works without having to replace the unicode! Cool beans!
posted by Lynsey at 3:59 PM on July 21, 2005

♥ will produce a heart? show me
posted by Cranberry at 4:05 PM on July 21, 2005

wow! no more <3
posted by Cranberry at 4:06 PM on July 21, 2005

♥ ♥ ♥
I can hardly wait for February 14th
posted by Cranberry at 4:07 PM on July 21, 2005

I ♥ Mathowie's changes.
Of course I don't mean diapers! Don't be disgusting.
posted by Cranberry at 4:11 PM on July 21, 2005

ðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØðëØ
posted by gramschmidt at 4:33 PM on July 21, 2005

I ♣ mathowie.
posted by kenko at 4:34 PM on July 21, 2005

No wait. I ♣ gramschmidt.
posted by kenko at 4:34 PM on July 21, 2005

I ☣ Grandma
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:08 PM on July 21, 2005

I ¶ kenko.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:03 PM on July 21, 2005

I have a ¥ for Cranberry.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:04 PM on July 21, 2005

I call ? on that.

There is no ?.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:03 PM on July 21, 2005

aww.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:04 PM on July 21, 2005

Hoohaw, the img tag looks bitchin' in live preview, y'all. I feel much better now, thanks.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:14 PM on July 21, 2005

♠ ♥ ♣ ?
that diamond is too small. please have the jeweler send a larger one.
posted by Cranberry at 10:24 PM on July 21, 2005

see? it wasn't even a diamond! spade, heart, club and rhinestone? no way. not cubic zirconium either.
posted by Cranberry at 10:26 PM on July 21, 2005

¸ » ¾ Ð ³


posted by gramschmidt at 10:30 PM on July 21, 2005

Mercy. Such effort.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:31 PM on July 21, 2005

♦
posted by Cranberry at 10:40 PM on July 21, 2005

oh hi gram. found out hiw to make a diamond without heat pressure and a bunch if carbon.
Is that a yen symbol up thread?
posted by Cranberry at 10:42 PM on July 21, 2005

I never took typing...maybe it shows?
posted by Cranberry at 10:43 PM on July 21, 2005

what are those other large symbols?
posted by Cranberry at 10:44 PM on July 21, 2005

Howdy, Cran-O. I think your diamond method could be big. DeBeers is simply history.

I've misplaced my original chart of special characters, so I've been stealing them from here.

Cool indeed.
posted by gramschmidt at 3:07 AM on July 22, 2005

Of course, there are much more comprehensive lists.


∫[cool integrand in x]dx


Oh integral sign. How I love thee.
posted by gramschmidt at 3:17 AM on July 22, 2005

Ok, oars and hooves up, whose seen kenko's hanging bigman?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:42 AM on July 22, 2005

*smallly raises oar*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:47 AM on July 22, 2005

Hey, WTF? I saw that working (on many reloads, believe me) last night...the cutest lil biohazard.

Home (last night): FF/,winXP; Work (now) FF/win2k
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:07 AM on July 22, 2005

Hey, Matt put the kibosh on kenko's excretion. And I didn't even see it.

Replication, anyone?
posted by gramschmidt at 8:05 AM on July 22, 2005

Which do you prefer?

€ or  ?


posted by gramschmidt at 8:13 AM on July 22, 2005

ALL HAIL


THE DIRECT SUM





⊕









posted by gramschmidt at 8:17 AM on July 22, 2005

gramschmidt, I would be afraid to repeat that performance—it left me drained and unable to do anything but eat pie.
posted by kenko at 8:23 AM on July 22, 2005

⊕
























ROFLCOPTER landing pad.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:26 AM on July 22, 2005

Ah, well then. Rest up, pie in, and perhaps a command performance could had at a later date.

Anus said "hanging bigman". What was it, a giant hangman-type thing? Or a huge  or something?
posted by gramschmidt at 8:30 AM on July 22, 2005

It was just the text "yep, that's pretty big", but it was really big. And apparently I either neglected to close a tag—or I closed too many.
posted by kenko at 9:19 AM on July 22, 2005

I mean really big.
posted by kenko at 9:20 AM on July 22, 2005

kinda like this.
posted by kenko at 9:21 AM on July 22, 2005

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!1!!!11!1!!|||!\1|\!|!|oneoneone!!!1!
posted by gramschmidt at 9:30 AM on July 22, 2005

#
posted by gramschmidt at 9:30 AM on July 22, 2005

K-Rad.
posted by gramschmidt at 9:31 AM on July 22, 2005

K-K-Rad









































K-K-Rad.
posted by gramschmidt at 9:32 AM on July 22, 2005

That's so beautiful, kenko. I may cry again.
posted by gramschmidt at 9:32 AM on July 22, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 9:35 AM on July 22, 2005

Holy shit, you broke the internets.
posted by drezdn at 9:37 AM on July 22, 2005

Oh fine. Now everyone's everyone's seen it. kenko, I thought I was special. You're a slut.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:48 AM on July 22, 2005

WARNING: Don't click the "Pol..." tab on gramschmidt's (most fetching) screen. It's crawling with NSFW midi files.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:51 AM on July 22, 2005

what is it, gram? a napoleon complex? are you really short and post monster thingies to compensate?
*goes to gram's user page, changes nick to buonashmidt*
*reconsiders, changes to gramaparte*
*starts to laugh uncontrollabby, changes nick back to gramschmidt, carefully wipes all fingerprints*
posted by Cranberry at 11:58 AM on July 22, 2005

Actually, the egregiously obscuring text was kenko.
posted by gramschmidt at 12:19 PM on July 22, 2005

sorry gram!
Kenko, see what happens? please insert your nick into my 11:58 post where I have mistakenly used gram's. thank you.
posted by Cranberry at 12:25 PM on July 22, 2005

Wish I could remember what non-sequitor means.
posted by raedyn at 12:52 PM on July 22, 2005

Nobody does hangman like nobody.
posted by 김치 at 3:20 PM on July 22, 2005

You children are being very, very bad. I'm going to have to take away your longboat privileges.
posted by languagehat at 4:29 PM on July 22, 2005

it's spelled "non sequitur".
posted by kenko at 4:30 PM on July 22, 2005

Oh fine. Now everyone's everyone's seen it. kenko, I thought I was special. You're a slut.

I'll always remember that first time, IIHAA.
posted by kenko at 4:32 PM on July 22, 2005

longboat privileges? some of you got longboat privileges?
well!
posted by Cranberry at 5:07 PM on July 22, 2005

*phones mom, blubbering* oh wait, we ate the whales in sandwiches.
*phones mom, sobbing - the other kids got longboat privileges. wah*
posted by Cranberry at 5:09 PM on July 22, 2005

hmmm... good old Windows Character Map Utility... let's see if it works...
?????????™?ض
posted by wendell at 5:39 PM on July 22, 2005

that's a big kinda no...

Trained Pony Request: Rather than just banninating for html img abuse, can specific users be stripped of the priviledge of using the "img". I'm looking at you gramschmidthead.
posted by wendell to feature requests at X:XX PM PST [!]
posted by wendell at 5:46 PM on July 22, 2005

wendell, if you had asked I would have told you that the character map would produce a ? I produced a ? instead of a ♦ because I lifted it off the character map.
Does this mean you did not read the whole thread since your last post? NOW who might be banned? OK, Matt and Jessamyn won't care, but there is such a thing as shunning or being put out on the ice like an aged Eskimo (Aleut? Inuit?)
Peer review! All 9622v2 refugees please report to the longboat for a peer review.
posted by Cranberry at 10:08 PM on July 22, 2005

Make sure you review under his tlahtolli.
posted by Harry Morgan at 2:58 PM on July 23, 2005

How DARE you look under my tlahtolli!!!
posted by wendell at 3:49 PM on July 23, 2005

There's no way any Eskimos shunned any other Eskimos when there were like only four and a half Eskimos left. And besides, I thought they were Amish.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:36 PM on July 23, 2005

But I do enjoy the sound of a good longboat peer review.

**must resist temptation to post *reviews peer***
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:40 PM on July 23, 2005

Hey, we've been shouted out at!
posted by kenko at 7:42 PM on July 23, 2005

Ok, I'll add two: I was probably not stoned when I posted this and this.

OTOH, this person was clearly drunk...







on ♥.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:57 PM on July 23, 2005

Qwerty is clearly drunk.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:01 PM on July 23, 2005

Hey, this thread is going to close in four days.
posted by kenko at 8:05 PM on July 23, 2005

posts Yum image
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:30 PM on July 23, 2005

9622: Realizing it since August 24, 2001.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:10 PM on July 23, 2005

qwerty155 lives! where did you find the shout out, kenko?
posted by Cranberry at 10:53 PM on July 23, 2005

In the unlikely event of an accident over water, forget about that seat flotation device nonsense and get of those yum thingies mentioned above. Did we have those on the longboat?
posted by Cranberry at 10:56 PM on July 23, 2005

all hail live preview. um, get ONE of those yum thingies
posted by Cranberry at 10:58 PM on July 23, 2005

Cranberry, you have to visit the main MeTa page once in a while—it's one of the London meetup pics.
posted by kenko at 7:54 AM on July 24, 2005

Right, kenko. I suppose it wouldn't hurt me to review what mefites are complaining about - and incidentally keep up with the meets.
I am distracted by the approaching closing date. Shall we hitch up some shaved yaks to pull our baggage carts to another thread? Shall we say our goodbyes and go our separate ways, only acknowledging each other when we pass in the halls with a slight twitch of an eyebrow?
posted by Cranberry at 11:17 AM on July 24, 2005

holy shit this is weird
posted by grouse at 1:29 PM on July 24, 2005

No, you're weird.
posted by kenko at 3:03 PM on July 24, 2005

This reminds me of an idea my friend and I had for the best concept band ever. Basically we would dress as ageing vikings and sing songs about viking concerns, then at the end we would get carried out into the audience on a burning longboat.

Yesterday was my birthday.
posted by drezdn at 5:01 PM on July 24, 2005

Happy birthday!
posted by kenko at 8:37 PM on July 24, 2005

H.A.P.D.Y. Birthday.*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:37 PM on July 24, 2005

drezdn - what would you do for a second act?
posted by Cranberry at 9:37 PM on July 24, 2005

but belated happy birthday anyway.
posted by Cranberry at 9:38 PM on July 24, 2005

<em>To read <strong>this comment, paste</strong></em> it into the <a href='http://www.sportsfilter.com/lockerroom/comments.cfm/774'>live preview</a> box below. <hr /><table summary="The Meta Trifecta." cellpadding='5' cellspacing='3' border='1'> <caption align="top">The Meta Trifecta</caption> <tr> <td>1. Self-<br />Referential,</td> <td>2. Indulgent,<br />3. Experimental</td> <td>4. Id Stroking.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='3'><small>I ♠ karl <small>(both y2 and R)</small>.</small></td> </tr> </table>
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:39 PM on July 24, 2005

* Has Anyone Packed the Donkey Yet?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:40 PM on July 24, 2005

IIHAA, you used the wrong ♠ and got a ?
posted by Cranberry at 10:33 PM on July 24, 2005

Is it possible that you meant to say you question karl (both y2 and R)?
Sorry your chart did not print
posted by Cranberry at 10:35 PM on July 24, 2005

Have Nice Donkey and the other refugees abandoned ship?
posted by Cranberry at 10:37 PM on July 24, 2005

holy shit this is weird
posted by grouse at 1:29 PM PST on July 24 [!]

Anyone want to comment on computational biology?
posted by Cranberry at 10:42 PM on July 24, 2005

Hmm. The shout-out was stupendous, but the Harry Morgan thread killed me.

Harry Morgan = Anus, richtig? Ja oder nein? Anus? Sagst du etwas?
posted by gramschmidt at 12:23 AM on July 25, 2005

Oh, by the way, hello to everyone, 9823, but, since Cranberry's the one around right now,hello Cranberry.
posted by gramschmidt at 12:29 AM on July 25, 2005

hello gram, just finished paying bills and eating my Jello salad. There was a lot left.
One of your links doesn't work ;-)
posted by Cranberry at 12:55 AM on July 25, 2005

9622 -> 9723 -> 9824

I sense a schism coming on.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:56 AM on July 25, 2005

It's in honor of brave men and women in the 101st Keyboarders, you see.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 4:36 AM on July 25, 2005

tote that barge, lift that bale,
get a little drunk and you land in 9824
♥ gets weary and sick o' tryin'
I'm tired o' livin' and feared o' dyin'
but old man meta he jest keep rollin' along
posted by Cranberry at 10:57 AM on July 25, 2005

me: holy shit this is weird
kenko: No, you're weird.

Those aren't mutually exclusive.
posted by grouse at 11:49 AM on July 25, 2005

Glad you liked the shout out, I was going to write everyone's names on it, but I knew I'd forget someone so went for the safe option.

IIHAA: you see, I wasnt drunk (much) at that point although was later whilst having to deal with the pisshead express out of London. Grouse just made me look drunk with his photoshop skillz. That and also as if I appear to be hoarding something in my cheeks.
posted by qwerty155 at 12:44 PM on July 25, 2005

qwerty155 et al.
(I understand your concern about leaving someone out)
If you follow the moving vans to 9824 you will find a new green pasture ready for frolicking. Some have already pitched tents there...
I thought your picture looked like a younger Russell Crowe. Of course, RC is not known for sobriety.
posted by Cranberry at 1:08 PM on July 25, 2005

um, actually the pasture is not IN the green, it is in the gray
posted by Cranberry at 1:11 PM on July 25, 2005

Second Act? Second Act?

THERE WILL BE NO ENCORES?

PROBABLY NOT EVEN A SECOND SHOW.
posted by drezdn at 1:40 PM on July 25, 2005

It's in honor of brave men and women in the 101st Keyboarders, you see.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 4:36 AM PST on July 25 [!]

101 get it?
9622 +101 = 9723
9723 +101 = 9824

drezdn - glad you survived your Viking funeral idea. Now hop with us to the next island. Grapefruitmoon? Raedyn? Nice Donkey? where is everybody?
posted by Cranberry at 4:37 PM on July 25, 2005

You will need your towel again wendell, but it is a short swim.
posted by Cranberry at 4:38 PM on July 25, 2005

Gram and If I and ?? are already there. Where is goodnews?
posted by Cranberry at 4:40 PM on July 25, 2005

kenko please show grouse the weird way to 9824
posted by Cranberry at 4:48 PM on July 25, 2005

Grouse if you'd just follow me through this link...
posted by kenko at 6:52 PM on July 25, 2005

Freakin' freaky that was.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:59 PM on July 25, 2005

grouse is the even bestest thing about qwerty's napkin.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:07 PM on July 25, 2005

Furrie. (NSFW?)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:29 PM on July 25, 2005

NSFW: Nicedonkey Strips For Wendell?
posted by wendell at 9:08 PM on July 25, 2005

oOOOoooOO sp000oooky
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:17 AM on July 27, 2005

Phantom post!
posted by Harry Morgan at 6:31 PM on July 27, 2005

Is this thing on?
posted by Harry Morgan at 6:36 PM on July 27, 2005

Funny hat thread. Indeed.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:57 PM on July 27, 2005

And be "we", I mean IIHAA. Good show old man.
posted by kenko at 9:47 PM on July 27, 2005

Testing 1 2 3...
posted by kenko at 9:51 PM on July 27, 2005

What do you mean post to 9723?
Everyone knows it is closed.
posted by Cranberry at 12:49 AM on July 28, 2005

oooooo. Naughty.
posted by raedyn at 7:05 AM on July 28, 2005

*does naughty business in the corner*
*hopes for company*
posted by raedyn at 11:06 AM on July 28, 2005

would rather just watch raedyn do her thing.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:13 AM on July 28, 2005

"I HAVE LARD IN MY ANUS"
posted by Harry Morgan at 2:19 PM on July 28, 2005

*even after consideration, doesn't know whether to be flattered or creeped out*
posted by raedyn at 3:21 PM on July 28, 2005

It's been a long time.
posted by drezdn at 10:42 PM on July 28, 2005

Brats are done.
posted by drezdn at 10:43 PM on July 28, 2005

*wakes up on lawn, *again**

Sorry I'm late, did I miss anything?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:16 AM on July 29, 2005

*decides to be flattered*
posted by raedyn at 3:36 PM on August 2, 2005

w00t!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:41 AM on August 3, 2005

*dances*
posted by raedyn at 7:15 AM on August 5, 2005

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posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:43 PM on August 16, 2005