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July 9, 2001 9:45 AM

MeFi's secret language has been growing by leaps and bounds lately. It's always more fun when you're in on the joke, so here's the spot to post glossary definitions.
posted by frykitty to MetaFilter-Related at 9:45 AM (101 comments total)

Pancake

The "pancake rule" means no linkless posts. It was started by aaron in a linkless topic when he said:

"No link here.
Then don't post here.

Who here likes pancakes? I love pancakes."
posted by frykitty at 9:48 AM on July 9, 2001

what about ice cream day, when did that start?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:53 AM on July 9, 2001

I think Uncle Joe started that, didn't he? All I know is that it's on Tuesday.
posted by frykitty at 9:55 AM on July 9, 2001

And ponies? And Bens? And "The Next..."? And "Take it to MetaTalk"?

There's more, too.
posted by anildash at 9:55 AM on July 9, 2001

Ponies? As in "there's gotta be a pony in here somewhere?" Or something else? Haven't heard that one.
posted by frykitty at 9:56 AM on July 9, 2001

There is no Cabal™.
posted by Succa at 9:57 AM on July 9, 2001

I think we need a term for when two people post the same thought at the same time. "Whoops. So-and-So posted hers when I was typing mine."
posted by jpoulos at 10:08 AM on July 9, 2001

Ponies are a reference to asking Matt to add features to MeFi. "And while you're at it, Matt, I want a pony."
posted by snarkout at 10:09 AM on July 9, 2001

Oh that's cute as hell. I like that.
posted by frykitty at 10:11 AM on July 9, 2001

Confirmed: CrazyUncleJoe started ice cream day.

I'm so sorry to hear your cat died.
posted by hijinx at 10:13 AM on July 9, 2001

Zippity Bop! (this phrase and all variants © and ™ daveadams)
posted by zempf at 10:30 AM on July 9, 2001

Actually, Ice Cream Day was first posted by CUJ on the infamous Kottke thread before he replicated his meme to the Dawkins thread. I know, because I was the first one to jump on the bandwagon (bandwagon jumper). That CUJ is a sly one.
posted by timothompson at 10:37 AM on July 9, 2001

That is sly. My my.
posted by hijinx at 10:38 AM on July 9, 2001

Joe apparently feels strongly about this. I, for one, agree with him completely.
posted by frykitty at 10:42 AM on July 9, 2001

Zempf: where did Zippity Bop! start?

posted by frykitty at 10:44 AM on July 9, 2001

where did Zippity Bop! start?

It can be found in the earliest thread still in existence. Zippity BOP™! is older than time.
posted by daveadams at 10:56 AM on July 9, 2001

So it's actually © and ™ Mahogne?
posted by zempf at 10:58 AM on July 9, 2001

Let's not forget Neale's 1142 (which now has t-shirt sales). Is there a Zippity BOP™! t-shirt yet?
posted by timothompson at 11:04 AM on July 9, 2001

I don't believe that cultural touchstones like Ice Cream Day belong with puny "glossary" items. It should be referenced in the Almanac or something.
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 11:06 AM on July 9, 2001

Sonuva... no it's not mahogne's! DAMMIT.
posted by daveadams at 11:17 AM on July 9, 2001

Yeah, stop stealing Hawg's taglines, Dave.
posted by norm at 11:18 AM on July 9, 2001

Why do all these people have to steal my ideas?
posted by daveadams at 11:18 AM on July 9, 2001

IT"S MINE!!
posted by daveadams at 11:18 AM on July 9, 2001

You know very well where it came from, normie.
posted by daveadams at 11:19 AM on July 9, 2001

ZippityBOP!
posted by ZippityBOP at 11:30 AM on July 9, 2001

What this thread needs is a picture of a kitten.
posted by anapestic at 11:32 AM on July 9, 2001

Say no more!
posted by briank at 11:37 AM on July 9, 2001

I am the One True Zippity Bop™.
posted by Zippity Bop™ at 11:42 AM on July 9, 2001

That Zippity Bop is still a lot better than the All your base thing. At least for the correct purpose. You know.
posted by norm at 11:42 AM on July 9, 2001

Who are you vile heathens who defile the name of the great Zippity BOT™???
posted by Zippity BOT at 11:45 AM on July 9, 2001

Zippity BOP™!
posted by Zippity BOT at 11:49 AM on July 9, 2001

Zippity PLAGIARISTS!
posted by ZippityBOP at 11:51 AM on July 9, 2001

Kill them before they spread! They're like Tribbles!
posted by norm at 11:51 AM on July 9, 2001

Plagiarism gives the baby Jesus herpes.
posted by Succa at 11:53 AM on July 9, 2001

Zippity BOP™!

You rang?
posted by Zippity Bop™ at 11:56 AM on July 9, 2001

Look, I don't know what you guys are on about. Just tell me where I can get my fucking pancakes and ice cream.
posted by Skot at 11:57 AM on July 9, 2001

Zippity BOP is not a person. Anyone with that user ID is OBVIOUSLY a TRADEMARK INFRINGER. And as we all know, trademark infringers occupy the third deepest pit in hell.
posted by Zippity BOT at 11:59 AM on July 9, 2001

Plagiarism gives the baby Jesus herpes.

I think I'm bleeding internally from trying to suppress my laughter.
posted by Avogadro at 11:59 AM on July 9, 2001

Zippity BOP is not a person. Anyone with that user ID is OBVIOUSLY a TRADEMARK INFRINGER. And as we all know, trademark infringers occupy the third deepest pit in hell.

I am a real boy.
posted by ZippityBOP at 12:05 PM on July 9, 2001

No matter how many times I see the Baby Jesus thing, I still laugh my ass off.

But don't test that. We don't need another angry ZB-like contigent. ;)
posted by frykitty at 12:37 PM on July 9, 2001

I think we need a term for when two people post the same thought at the same time. "Whoops. So-and-So posted hers when I was typing mine."

I have three suggestions:

isopost
syncontribution
PiS - Post in Stereo
posted by starvingartist at 12:39 PM on July 9, 2001

It's a timeslip, SA.
posted by norm at 12:40 PM on July 9, 2001

Are X8IB and Zippity Bot friends or enemies?
posted by iceberg273 at 12:42 PM on July 9, 2001

"I think we need a term for when two people post the same thought at the same time. "Whoops. So-and-So posted hers when I was typing mine."

Serendipity bop™, baby!




Damn you all, now I have to go out and get some pancakes.



posted by Hackworth at 12:44 PM on July 9, 2001

You know, I actually bought pancake mix, syrup, and eggs because of that flippin' thread. It was in my last Webvan delivery. Snif.
posted by frykitty at 12:45 PM on July 9, 2001

Do you like Poison?

I love Poison.

Unskinny BOP!&tm;
posted by aaron at 1:06 PM on July 9, 2001

That would be Unskippity Bop™!, Aaron.
posted by timothompson at 1:32 PM on July 9, 2001

I know what Aaron means. I've been to a Poison concert. Opening Act: Tesla.

Unskinny Bop™!

posted by norm at 1:35 PM on July 9, 2001

Every rose does indeed have its thorn.
posted by trox at 1:36 PM on July 9, 2001

1 cup of sifted flour
1/2 teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoonful of salt
1/2 teaspoonful of baking powder
1 cup of thick, sour milk
1 or 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter

Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder, stir the soda into the sour milk and use to mix the dry ingredients to a batter; mix in the butter and bake as usual. This recipe will make about eight cakes. A cup of sweet milk and a level teaspoonful of baking powder may be substituted for the sour milk and soda.
posted by Pancake at 1:37 PM on July 9, 2001

X8IB is my sworn enemy.
posted by Zippity BOT at 1:38 PM on July 9, 2001

*cries*
posted by baby jesus at 1:54 PM on July 9, 2001

Pancakes gotta have eggs.
posted by anapestic at 2:00 PM on July 9, 2001

aaron, try & trade; instead of the & tm; sans the space between the "&" and the "t", of course.
posted by Hackworth at 2:04 PM on July 9, 2001

i think pony credit goes to ms. sapphireblue. and cat deaths to mr. boyer...
posted by judith at 2:07 PM on July 9, 2001

No, Pony credit goes to 13.
posted by norm at 2:07 PM on July 9, 2001

Lots of different things makes baby jesus cry
posted by turaho at 2:08 PM on July 9, 2001

Sorry, Pony credit goes to 13.
posted by norm at 2:10 PM on July 9, 2001

The ™ entity is not supported by all browsers because it's Unicode. ™ is more widely supported even though it's technically nonstandard.
posted by kindall at 3:44 PM on July 9, 2001

What's going on with 2411? Tomorrow's the anniversary. Is there a party planned?
posted by timothompson at 3:56 PM on July 9, 2001

On second thought, it's such a silly place...
posted by fooljay at 4:04 PM on July 9, 2001

8888 Huzzah!

You saw it here first. Well, here... but you know what I mean.
posted by owillis at 11:04 PM on July 9, 2001

What's the name for someone who creates new user accounts on MeFi so that they can put a message in their user name?
posted by Steven Den Beste at 11:56 PM on July 9, 2001

DoubleAccountGuy/Gal/Person?
posted by owillis at 1:27 AM on July 10, 2001

What's the name for someone who creates new user accounts on MeFi so that they can put a message in their user name?

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posted by anapestic at 7:51 AM on July 10, 2001

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posted by iceberg273 at 10:19 AM on July 10, 2001

That is beautiful, iceberg273. I think we need an all-ASCII thread.
posted by timothompson at 11:03 AM on July 10, 2001

Who wants Ice Cream?

WE want ice cream.

On pancakes. With crunched up maple candy on top.
posted by Zippity Bopster at 11:36 AM on July 10, 2001

I've never had pancakes.
posted by ParisParamus at 1:16 PM on July 10, 2001

That cannot be true.
posted by rodii at 2:06 PM on July 10, 2001

I also have never heard of these pancakes. What are they?
posted by BigBronzeBear at 2:40 PM on July 10, 2001

There is no pancake.
posted by kindall at 4:03 PM on July 10, 2001

I did not come up with I-want-a-pony, but I still want a pony.

I also know who has the. best. pancake recipe. ever, and if I can get him to share, all of us will be the better for it :)

You can't have a MeFi in-joke glossary without mentioning the verb "to Kaycee" --- intransitive --- to fake out, with unthinkable success.

And, lastly, while I know who was responsible for the sorry-your-cat-died business, I still don't know *why*, and it hurts.
posted by Sapphireblue at 4:24 PM on July 10, 2001

You can't have a MeFi in-joke glossary without mentioning the verb "to Kaycee"

And you can't have "to Kaycee" without having "to Scooby Doo" or just "to Scooby."
posted by kindall at 5:35 PM on July 10, 2001

Were pancakes the natural evolution of popsicles from the aforementioned oldest existing thread (#19)? And why is that nuh-nuh-nuh-nineteen song from the mid-eighties running through my head? My Stavro-sense is tingling...I sense a cabal around here somewhere...
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:55 PM on July 10, 2001

whoops...that oughta be *popsicles*....
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:59 PM on July 10, 2001

The existence of the cabal can neither be confirmed nor denied.

There is no cabal.
posted by anapestic at 1:15 PM on July 11, 2001

Exactly. Please look away.
posted by Succa at 1:16 PM on July 11, 2001

Nothing to see here. Clear the area please, folks.

(whisks curtain closed)
posted by Succa at 1:21 PM on July 11, 2001

I'm gonna git you Succa!
posted by norm at 1:23 PM on July 11, 2001

Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley Cooper, and Lauderdale.
posted by iceberg273 at 1:33 PM on July 11, 2001

Now, just to clarify, everyone does know that the guys who say There Is No Cabal are just kidding, right? I mean, of course there's a Cabal.

Just wanted to make sure no one is operating under a false assumption. Wouldn't want the midnight visit to come as a total surprise.
posted by frykitty at 2:10 PM on July 12, 2001

Get him.
posted by solistrato at 5:38 PM on July 12, 2001

Or her.
posted by rodii at 6:11 PM on July 12, 2001

Shhh. He'll hear us.
posted by solistrato at 6:37 PM on July 12, 2001

I heard that.
posted by frykitty at 9:22 AM on July 13, 2001

Nah, the real cabal people don't say "There Is No Cabal", the only people who say "There Is No Cabal" are the people who want you to think that there is indeed a cabal, and that they are part of it.

The real cabal folk know that there's no point in baiting the suckers along with misleading clues, which is in itself misleading.
posted by cCranium at 10:40 AM on July 13, 2001

That's what they want you to think.
posted by frykitty at 11:18 AM on July 13, 2001

Get them.
posted by solistrato at 11:59 AM on July 13, 2001

I am a Cabal of one.
posted by sudama at 11:11 PM on July 16, 2001

I am a Cabal of five.
posted by rodii at 3:20 PM on July 17, 2001

Wait a minute, popsicles what now?
posted by turaho at 7:07 PM on July 17, 2001

I am not a Cabal™, but I play one on TV.
posted by iceberg273 at 7:03 AM on July 18, 2001

There is no Illuminati.
posted by Johannahh at 1:05 PM on July 27, 2001

Aren't we bombing Cabal?
posted by Marquis at 6:47 AM on October 12, 2001

Aren't we bombing Cabal?

Flatter than a pancake!
posted by Carol Anne at 8:40 AM on October 12, 2001

@#%&!!
posted by y2karl at 1:15 PM on November 16, 2001

y'know, "X makes baby jesus cry" and "and a pony" (when listing impossible things) have permanently entered my vocabulary. my sweetie doesn't know that they come from MeFi. pls. don't tell!

please return to your normal absurdity.

there is no 23.
posted by epersonae at 1:39 PM on December 8, 2001

*cries*
posted by davidmsc at 11:03 PM on February 5, 2002

Now see what you've done?
posted by iceberg273 at 11:59 AM on March 25, 2002