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February 16, 2005 2:54 PM

Is there a way to see an aggregate of all the silly one-liners where someone takes a comment from higher up in a thread and posts "Metafilter: Blah blah blah blah"? I tried the search page with the query "metafilter:" but it just dropped the colon and returned everything that had the word metafilter in it. This is probably a futile request but I thought maybe someone either had a hack or was collecting them offline somewhere for his/her own amusement.
posted by matildaben to MetaFilter-Related at 2:54 PM (13 comments total)

someone was collecting them, darned if i can remember who though!
posted by quonsar at 3:00 PM on February 16, 2005

Here's something like what you're asking for.
posted by driveler at 3:02 PM on February 16, 2005

Unfortunately the link driveler points to only goes up to 2004 and lacks this classic.
posted by matildaben at 3:08 PM on February 16, 2005

We'll have additional responses to matildaben's request in just a few moments.
But now, we'd like you to settle back and be patient as we pause for station identification...
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:13 PM on February 16, 2005

"I thought maybe someone... was collecting them offline somewhere for his/her own amusement."

And that's where teh funny belongs: offline.

Because you can't create community when everybody is having a good time. Would the Puritans have founded America if they'd been jolly pranksters? I don't think so.

Metafilter: seriously solemn and solemnly serious.
posted by orthogonality at 3:29 PM on February 16, 2005

Here.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:31 PM on February 16, 2005

I wonder if you can do it in some alternate search engine?
posted by smackfu at 3:41 PM on February 16, 2005

Just the other day I was thinking of coding up something like this.
posted by delmoi at 4:36 PM on February 16, 2005

I'd love to see the new design incorporate all of these -- pulling one at random on each reload.
posted by Robot Johnny at 4:44 PM on February 16, 2005

I made an updated list a few months ago and sent it to whomever maintains the list, but I don't think it ever got incorporated.
posted by kenko at 4:57 PM on February 16, 2005

Metafilter: Pausing for station identification.

did I do it right?
posted by Chuckles at 9:23 PM on February 16, 2005

I wonder if you can do it in some alternate search engine online community?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 3:47 AM on February 17, 2005

Good luck.
posted by Eideteker at 6:02 AM on February 17, 2005