Pictures from Seattle meetup Oct 2005

October 3, 2005 12:08 PM

Some pictures from the recent Seattle meetup which was inspired by an AskMe thread. Certain users couldn't make it but that didn't stop them from being there anyway.
posted by fatllama to MetaFilter Gatherings at 12:08 PM (26 comments total)

heh
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:41 PM on October 3, 2005

Looks like it was good times Seattlites. I'm trying to not take the fork sign personally.
posted by safetyfork at 1:16 PM on October 3, 2005

I love the masks. Especially the anonymasks, those should be standard issue for any MeFi gathering.
posted by cali at 1:38 PM on October 3, 2005

More pictures will be posted after work hours today.
posted by matildaben at 1:41 PM on October 3, 2005

OK, I'm just a little confused by "Ethiopian food". I thought those poor bastards were starving. Sally Struthers keeps asking me to send money, so you can see the dilemma here.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:47 PM on October 3, 2005

(The preceding post was for the benefit of Juliet Banana)
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:50 PM on October 3, 2005

Hakim Stout? That looks fantastic...
posted by hototogisu at 3:34 PM on October 3, 2005

OK, I'm just a little confused by "Ethiopian food". I thought those poor bastards were starving.

HARHARLOL!!!! GOOD ONE DOOD!!!!

Actually I'm pretty sure that the regional cuisines are much older than the climate, political, and socio-economic conditions which have caused famine there.

Ethiopian (sometimes 'Eritrean') is delicious. You should try it.
posted by scarabic at 4:39 PM on October 3, 2005

scarabic, m_c_d linked to the original post he made the ironic joke for.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:41 PM on October 3, 2005

That still doesn't mean it was that great of a joke.
posted by matildaben at 5:07 PM on October 3, 2005

Ethiopian (sometimes 'Eritrean')

Careful where you conflate those two. Wars have started over less.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 5:30 PM on October 3, 2005

The Bedele lager was also fantastic, absolutely the best and most interesting new beer I have had in ages.
posted by mwhybark at 5:59 PM on October 3, 2005

Bedele, to be precise.
posted by mwhybark at 7:00 PM on October 3, 2005

That's one of the more surreal-looking meetups of which I've seen photos. Of this I approve.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:15 PM on October 3, 2005

Yes, Matt, the irony doth flow in both directions. It's a lame joke but a reasonable enough question to those with no direct experience with the food. I thought I might comment on it while we were on the subject. I'm jealous, too. We should do Ethiopian out here sometime. There're many good options, and beer goes well with it :)
posted by scarabic at 8:33 PM on October 3, 2005

Didn't U.N. Owen come up with the "Hurf-durf buttereater" thing?

Oh JVB, wherefor out thaow with thine wacky real name?

(in refrence to this pic)
posted by delmoi at 8:56 PM on October 3, 2005

What is this thing all about? Does it have something to do with smoking pot?
posted by delmoi at 8:58 PM on October 3, 2005

fatllama is a high-energy physicist who stops atoms from moving with lasers.

for reals.
posted by mwhybark at 9:41 PM on October 3, 2005

fatllama is a high-energy physicist who stops atoms from moving with lasers.

Isn't that a bit of a contradiction?
posted by delmoi at 9:59 PM on October 3, 2005

Didn't U.N. Owen come up with the "Hurf-durf buttereater" thing?

delmoi, click on the link under that photo and it'll take you right to the thread where the phrase was first used (yes, by u.n. owen).
posted by matildaben at 6:21 AM on October 4, 2005

More photos here. I wasn't happy with the way my flash turned out (and didn't have time to adjust levels), so I just posted the ones not already duplicated by fatllama.
posted by matildaben at 6:22 AM on October 4, 2005

Didn't U.N. Owen come up with the "Hurf-durf buttereater" thing?

Hurf durf buttereater has become a part of my regular vocabulary. u.n. owen be damned, that's just a funny phrase.
posted by chiababe at 8:40 AM on October 4, 2005

Huh. I make quite the dashing mathowie!
posted by spinifex23 at 8:48 AM on October 4, 2005

fatllama is a high-energy physicist...

Only after I've had my coffee!
posted by fatllama at 8:54 AM on October 4, 2005

mwhybark looks like a professor I once had. For a class.
posted by kenko at 11:27 PM on October 4, 2005

This really needs to happen again. Definitely. Thank you all for coming out to my first planned Meetup!

We could try all the Ethiopian restaurants in Seattle!
posted by spinifex23 at 8:42 AM on October 5, 2005