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My AskMefi question was deleted. How do I discover why? Is there a deleted AskMefi graveyard?
I wrote you an email about it. I was going to suggest that you work to rephrse it so that it's not exactly like some other "what's cool for the mac" posts from before. You seem to have some specific interests, so it might be better to gear your question that way. Check your email and get back to me, via email or chat, and we can get it restored and a little more specific.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:45 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:45 PM on June 12, 2006
dang!
posted by boo_radley at 1:45 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by boo_radley at 1:45 PM on June 12, 2006
Ding!
Via search-based stumbles through the archives, I've answered a good third or so of my potential AskMe questions before ever posting 'em. Due diligence, sir!
posted by cortex at 1:47 PM on June 12, 2006
Via search-based stumbles through the archives, I've answered a good third or so of my potential AskMe questions before ever posting 'em. Due diligence, sir!
posted by cortex at 1:47 PM on June 12, 2006
Word. Thanks!
posted by joe lisboa at 1:51 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by joe lisboa at 1:51 PM on June 12, 2006
We here at MeFi don't appreciate kind responses to deleted threads. Please try again after you've enveloped yourself in blind hatred towards all things 'Filter. Thanks.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 2:00 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by SeizeTheDay at 2:00 PM on June 12, 2006
We here at MeFi don't appreciate kind responses to deleted threads. Please try again after you've enveloped yourself in blind hatred towards all things 'Filter. Thanks.
Word. Thanks!
posted by joe lisboa at 2:05 PM on June 12, 2006
Word. Thanks!
posted by joe lisboa at 2:05 PM on June 12, 2006
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time.
posted by joe lisboa at 2:47 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by joe lisboa at 2:47 PM on June 12, 2006
[obligingly tackles absalom]
posted by five fresh fish at 2:55 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by five fresh fish at 2:55 PM on June 12, 2006
once, at an open mic, i heard a very drunk man perform an eight-minute-long freeform mashup of Elton John's "Rocket Man" and David Bowie's "Space Oddity"
suddenly this come back to me
posted by cortex at 3:13 PM on June 12, 2006
suddenly this come back to me
posted by cortex at 3:13 PM on June 12, 2006
Matt, please hope rocketman's sense of humor!
posted by joe lisboa at 3:15 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by joe lisboa at 3:15 PM on June 12, 2006
You just KNOW someone's gotten REALLY worked up when they say "ding dang" instead of "dang"!
/Dennis Leary
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:40 PM on June 12, 2006
/Dennis Leary
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:40 PM on June 12, 2006
jack_mo: I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but sometimes traffic cones are called "pile-ons." Presumably because of the convenient manner in which they can be stored--piled on top of one another. Though Google doesn't give much love to the term "pile-on" or "pilon."
posted by mullacc at 4:21 PM on June 12, 2006 [2 favorites]
posted by mullacc at 4:21 PM on June 12, 2006 [2 favorites]
Goddamnit, I knew it was pylon. Fuck you people for making me dumb.
posted by mullacc at 4:27 PM on June 12, 2006 [17 favorites]
posted by mullacc at 4:27 PM on June 12, 2006 [17 favorites]
Fuck you people for making me dumb.
See? That's the way, mullacc. joe lisboa, take notes here.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 5:05 PM on June 12, 2006
See? That's the way, mullacc. joe lisboa, take notes here.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 5:05 PM on June 12, 2006
Yeah, that's a classic MeTa comment. Marked as fave.
posted by languagehat at 5:38 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by languagehat at 5:38 PM on June 12, 2006
Dammit, languagehat, mentioning that you faved a comment totally subverts the whole purpose and value of the faving system as a means of non-invasive community polici—
Oh. Flagging? Really? I'm not—you're sure? Oh. Well, shit.
posted by cortex at 5:46 PM on June 12, 2006
Oh. Flagging? Really? I'm not—you're sure? Oh. Well, shit.
posted by cortex at 5:46 PM on June 12, 2006
Turns out the favorited [sic] pages are missing various ".com"s in the URLs. Matt?
posted by gleuschk at 5:49 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by gleuschk at 5:49 PM on June 12, 2006
Thanks, I'll be here all night.
Or maybe I'll cut my hand off and quit this fucking place. You decide.
posted by mullacc at 5:52 PM on June 12, 2006
Or maybe I'll cut my hand off and quit this fucking place. You decide.
posted by mullacc at 5:52 PM on June 12, 2006
It's "throat" you doglicking stoatfucker.
posted by loquacious at 6:41 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by loquacious at 6:41 PM on June 12, 2006
Mu.
posted by loquacious at 6:59 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by loquacious at 6:59 PM on June 12, 2006
This is abuse, arguments the door down.
posted by cosmicbandito at 6:59 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by cosmicbandito at 6:59 PM on June 12, 2006
I was hoping this was the thread where we could bitch about Edmonton gettin' their ass handed to them by Carolina.
Is abject before abuse and arguments?
posted by ersatzkat at 7:20 PM on June 12, 2006
Is abject before abuse and arguments?
posted by ersatzkat at 7:20 PM on June 12, 2006
Pu.
posted by stinkycheese at 7:21 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by stinkycheese at 7:21 PM on June 12, 2006
I was hoping this was the thread where we could bitch about Edmonton gettin' their ass handed to them by Carolina.
What is with people and the SPOILERS?!
posted by smackfu at 7:39 PM on June 12, 2006
What is with people and the SPOILERS?!
posted by smackfu at 7:39 PM on June 12, 2006
And hangashore breaks into the Top 5 Best Use of Image List!
That was beautiful.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:43 PM on June 12, 2006
That was beautiful.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:43 PM on June 12, 2006
It ain't *over* yet - well, it is in the sort of abject, "aw, fuck me!" sense of Edmonton being down 2-1 with 4 minutes-ish left to play, but it's not, in the "anything can happen right up to the buzzer and Alexander Ovechkin is proof of that" sense. Of course, Ovie plays for yet another team, Carolina's not letting up, and Edmonton's goalie is starting to look poopy-tired, and aw, shit, Carolina just got a power play.
posted by ersatzkat at 7:44 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by ersatzkat at 7:44 PM on June 12, 2006
...and in the "abject" column, add that a Carolina win puts them up 3-1 in the series.
posted by ersatzkat at 7:46 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by ersatzkat at 7:46 PM on June 12, 2006
Thank god.
The sooner Edmonton's choke-a-thon is finished the sooner the CBC can start broadcasting highly edited, padded out with one hour of commercials, purchasable for $3 used at Blockbuster movies on Saturday nights again.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:48 PM on June 12, 2006
The sooner Edmonton's choke-a-thon is finished the sooner the CBC can start broadcasting highly edited, padded out with one hour of commercials, purchasable for $3 used at Blockbuster movies on Saturday nights again.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:48 PM on June 12, 2006
[Turns on television]
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:52 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:52 PM on June 12, 2006
I'll need to find some other thread to piddle in on Wednesday.
posted by ersatzkat at 7:56 PM on June 12, 2006
posted by ersatzkat at 7:56 PM on June 12, 2006
And I'm in Edmonton and missed the whole thing.
Wish me luck trying to get my ball team to show up for a game on Wednesday evening (Game 5, Oil facing elimination).
posted by hangashore at 7:58 PM on June 12, 2006
Wish me luck trying to get my ball team to show up for a game on Wednesday evening (Game 5, Oil facing elimination).
posted by hangashore at 7:58 PM on June 12, 2006
ahem.
you are making it harder for me to ignore hockey.
please cut it out.
posted by Hat Maui at 11:14 PM on June 12, 2006
you are making it harder for me to ignore hockey.
please cut it out.
posted by Hat Maui at 11:14 PM on June 12, 2006
I have to say, I really appreciate the way Matt's been leaving these threads open after the fact. I've been having a lot of fun reading/posting in them. I realize noise, blah blah blah chatfilter but it's been great - here's hoping it lasts.
posted by Ryvar at 3:21 AM on June 13, 2006
posted by Ryvar at 3:21 AM on June 13, 2006
jack_mo: I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but sometimes traffic cones are called "pile-ons."
No sarcasm, being British I'd just never heard of traffic cones being called pylons, so didn't get it (never heard that word used for anything other than the big metal electricity things that make the countryside look cool.)
posted by jack_mo at 4:58 AM on June 13, 2006
No sarcasm, being British I'd just never heard of traffic cones being called pylons, so didn't get it (never heard that word used for anything other than the big metal electricity things that make the countryside look cool.)
posted by jack_mo at 4:58 AM on June 13, 2006
I'm American and I've only known it used for the big metal things too. Quick, someone get me a map of regional vocab differences!
posted by dame at 9:47 AM on June 13, 2006
posted by dame at 9:47 AM on June 13, 2006
No sarcasm, being British I'd just never heard of traffic cones being called pylons, so didn't get it
Funny, I'm American (NJ/NY) and I'd always assumed that the use of "pylon" for traffic cones was a British thing.
posted by Godbert at 10:14 AM on June 13, 2006
Funny, I'm American (NJ/NY) and I'd always assumed that the use of "pylon" for traffic cones was a British thing.
posted by Godbert at 10:14 AM on June 13, 2006
Sorry about the linguistic snafu, y'all. My first language isn't British (or 'Murrican).
posted by hangashore at 10:19 AM on June 13, 2006
posted by hangashore at 10:19 AM on June 13, 2006
I never knew the big electricity towers were called pylons, but I've heard the word used for traffic cones for as long as I can remember (SW USA).
posted by mullacc at 11:56 AM on June 13, 2006
posted by mullacc at 11:56 AM on June 13, 2006
I've known and liked the word "pylon" for a long time, but reading through this thread has made me realize that not only do I not associate it with either traffic cones (AKA "traffic cones") or big electrical towers (AKA "big electrical towers"), I can't think of anything that I would call a pylon. It's just a neat word devoid of meaning, other than vague glimmers of structuralness. How weird.
posted by cortex at 12:12 PM on June 13, 2006
posted by cortex at 12:12 PM on June 13, 2006
vague glimmers of structuralness.
Something bubbling up from the collective unconscious, cortex? Are you descended from Ancient Egyptian priests?
posted by jack_mo at 12:38 PM on June 13, 2006
Something bubbling up from the collective unconscious, cortex? Are you descended from Ancient Egyptian priests?
posted by jack_mo at 12:38 PM on June 13, 2006
And to bring it all full hemi-circle, the traffic-cone ones are familiar to (ice!) hockey players due to being used as markers for skating drills. Plenty of recreational teams (e.g.) are (self-deprecatingly) called the Pylons (especially after the potato-chip commercial where NHL start Mark Messier gets drafted into the lineup of a so-named beer-league team).
but my vote was for brain_drain...
posted by hangashore at 1:04 PM on June 13, 2006
but my vote was for brain_drain...
posted by hangashore at 1:04 PM on June 13, 2006
dame: "I'm American and I've only known it used for the big metal things too. Quick, someone get me a map of regional vocab differences!"
Ditto, and dame and I are both from the Northeast (although I don't know where she grew up). Maybe it's a southernism? The dialect maps don't cover this question, although they do cover traffic circles/rotaries/roundabouts and rubbernecking/curiosity delay
posted by Plutor at 1:17 PM on June 13, 2006
Ditto, and dame and I are both from the Northeast (although I don't know where she grew up). Maybe it's a southernism? The dialect maps don't cover this question, although they do cover traffic circles/rotaries/roundabouts and rubbernecking/curiosity delay
posted by Plutor at 1:17 PM on June 13, 2006
It's not a definition of a pylon according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, therefore you are all wrong.
posted by Plutor at 1:26 PM on June 13, 2006
posted by Plutor at 1:26 PM on June 13, 2006
1. Woah, I've never heard of a "curiosity delay."
2. This is the best definition of pylon: "a simple temporary artificial leg." (From Plutor's link.)
3. I grew up in California, land of people from elsewhere and thus bits of all sorts of usage. But my family is from the Northeast, so there you go.
4. Yes, I am too lazy to use joining up words to make these a paragraph.
posted by dame at 1:37 PM on June 13, 2006
2. This is the best definition of pylon: "a simple temporary artificial leg." (From Plutor's link.)
3. I grew up in California, land of people from elsewhere and thus bits of all sorts of usage. But my family is from the Northeast, so there you go.
4. Yes, I am too lazy to use joining up words to make these a paragraph.
posted by dame at 1:37 PM on June 13, 2006
Matt, please hope rocketman's sense of humor!
Yes! I didn't understand your joke repetition! It was so tough too wrap-around! My apologies English is not so good for me!
Anyway, sorry about Edmonton. I usually root for Canadian teams. At least, I do when the sport isn't basketball, baseball, or soccer.
posted by rocketman at 2:07 PM on June 13, 2006
Yes! I didn't understand your joke repetition! It was so tough too wrap-around! My apologies English is not so good for me!
Anyway, sorry about Edmonton. I usually root for Canadian teams. At least, I do when the sport isn't basketball, baseball, or soccer.
posted by rocketman at 2:07 PM on June 13, 2006
I think traffic cone - as - pylon is the truncated pyramid idea, actually, and it seems to be showing up on German websites.
posted by occhiblu at 2:20 PM on June 13, 2006
posted by occhiblu at 2:20 PM on June 13, 2006
Matt, please hope rocketman pull the broomstick outta his ass!
posted by joe lisboa at 5:19 PM on June 13, 2006
posted by joe lisboa at 5:19 PM on June 13, 2006
"curiosity delay"? Everyone knows that's the Gawk Factor.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:33 PM on June 13, 2006
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:33 PM on June 13, 2006
If I tried to define "pylon" I think I would come up with something like "Something large sticking out of the water"
posted by delmoi at 3:35 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by delmoi at 3:35 PM on June 14, 2006
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posted by monju_bosatsu at 1:45 PM on June 12, 2006