Happy 5th July 14, 2004 12:03 AM   Subscribe

Happy 5th Birthday Metafilter.
posted by karmaville to MetaFilter-Related at 12:03 AM (40 comments total)

Self link!
posted by interrobang at 12:11 AM on July 14, 2004


MetaFilter still hasn't used the gift certificate I gave last year for Chuck E. Cheese's.

This year it gets nothing!
posted by filmgoerjuan at 12:35 AM on July 14, 2004


what the hell happend in 2001?
posted by joedan at 1:15 AM on July 14, 2004


Who's a big boy?

Thanks for all your time & dedication, Matt!
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 1:20 AM on July 14, 2004


MetaFilter has a capital F in the logo and title of the main page, but a small f in the the title of threads. This is just another sign of Matt's oppression. I'm leaving and never coming back, and I suggest you all do the same.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 1:23 AM on July 14, 2004


Hopefully Matt will let you all on the joke this year...
posted by i_cola at 1:29 AM on July 14, 2004


Yay! The experiment is over! Tomorrow morning, PST, the plug will be pulled and we can all get on with our lives! Woohoo!
posted by scarabic at 1:35 AM on July 14, 2004


Lives? This is my life!

*sobs*
posted by dg at 1:41 AM on July 14, 2004


Wow. Five is like 90 in Interweb years.
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:59 AM on July 14, 2004


happy birthday mefi...! in honour of this delightful occassion i shall try to scan one of my cats.

wow, that was surprisingly easy...

heyyy, tomorrow's my 4th anniversary of hanging around this joint.
posted by t r a c y at 4:17 AM on July 14, 2004


My, how time flies when you're having fun! Er...and having heated political exchanges with virtual strangers.

I love this place. Thanks, Matt - and happy b-day to MeFi and all those who contribute.
posted by davidmsc at 4:19 AM on July 14, 2004


Hopefully, at the party tonight, MeFi will get drunk and start hugging us, saying how much we are loved. /crossfingers
posted by rudyfink at 4:30 AM on July 14, 2004


So do we get the spoon now?
posted by DrJohnEvans at 6:42 AM on July 14, 2004


We are the MeFi,
We are the children...

posted by i_cola at 7:58 AM on July 14, 2004


Next year Mefi will be TWO hands old!

Thank you, Matt. Just as we can't imagine how much sacrifice and effort it takes to keep this going, you can't imagine the influence you've had through Mefi and your other projects. You are phenomenal.
posted by pomegranate at 8:25 AM on July 14, 2004


If I post here tomorrow
would you still remember me...

Oh wont you fly high, oh MeeeFiii


Actually, today is Pips' birthday, too. What a wild coincidence.
posted by jonmc at 8:30 AM on July 14, 2004


HAPPY.
THE.
BIRTHDAY.
MEFI?!
posted by WolfDaddy at 8:36 AM on July 14, 2004


Happy Birthday, MetaFilter! And Mahalo, Matt!
posted by scottymac at 8:46 AM on July 14, 2004


toot! toot!
posted by carter at 9:37 AM on July 14, 2004


Happy F'n Birthday. (little tear).
posted by Quartermass at 9:43 AM on July 14, 2004


Gratulerer med dagen!
posted by widdershins at 9:52 AM on July 14, 2004


Happy Birthday, Mr. President.
posted by iconomy at 10:38 AM on July 14, 2004


Happy Birthday!
I have a joke as my present. Ready?

One sunny day in 2005 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Ave, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the US Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here."

The old man said, "Okay" and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here." The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same US Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"






The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it,"

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."
posted by amberglow at 10:55 AM on July 14, 2004


Might I humbly suggest wishing Metafilter a happy birthday via Amazon or Paypal? I just kicked in ten bucks...
posted by alphanerd at 11:46 AM on July 14, 2004


Advantage: MetaFilter
posted by squirrel at 11:59 AM on July 14, 2004


Thanks alphanerd! I didn't know I could use Amazon until you mentioned it.
posted by marsha56 at 12:30 PM on July 14, 2004


And thanks Matt !!!!! For making all our online lives so much more rewarding !!!!!! Kisses and huggggggs !!!!
posted by marsha56 at 12:32 PM on July 14, 2004


Wait -- is this the year we get the pony?

Thanks for all your hard work, Matt & happy birthday, MeFi.
posted by aine42 at 12:38 PM on July 14, 2004


Thank you, Matt.
posted by Asparagirl at 2:01 PM on July 14, 2004


I salute you, Matt, sir.

MEFFEY TIMMMMMMEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
posted by ac at 2:32 PM on July 14, 2004


Happy birthday to MeFi, and much thanks to Matt.
posted by loquacious at 5:17 PM on July 14, 2004


I wish this was an mp3 blog so I could contribute my standard office rendition of "Happy Birthday" with the Cecil the Sea-Sick Sea-Serpent vocal upswing on the concluding "You-hoo!"

Ya had to be there.
posted by wendell at 6:14 PM on July 14, 2004


Happy birthday, MetaFilter! Long live the Mattman!

What a luster!

*Hands up everyone who didn't know a luster is a period of 5 years. [Scroll down.]*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:11 PM on July 14, 2004


Pancakes and salutations!
posted by billsaysthis at 8:36 PM on July 14, 2004


happy birthday
posted by orelius at 9:02 PM on July 14, 2004


... zippity bop™!
posted by octobersurprise at 9:06 PM on July 14, 2004


Happy birthday to all of us MeFians and many many thanks to Matt for all the work he's done to make it so chill for us to be here!
posted by Lynsey at 9:37 PM on July 14, 2004


yom huledet samaech.

[took a second to come up with that]
posted by zpousman at 11:08 AM on July 15, 2004


HBMF
posted by feelinglistless at 2:03 PM on July 15, 2004


happy birthday.
posted by Keyser Soze at 4:57 PM on July 15, 2004


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