Awesome deletions abound!

November 19, 2007 11:38 AM

Can I just say that, despite the gravity of the post itself (I thought it was interesting, anyway), I do find it absolutely brilliantly hysterical that a post about four starving tigers eating a fifth is deleted because... the post was "pretty thin". Heh.
posted by Brockles to MetaFilter-Related at 11:38 AM (54 comments total)

Oh god, don't encourage them.
posted by chrismear at 11:42 AM on November 19, 2007

Gah. I wasn't trying to be clever, actually.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:43 AM on November 19, 2007

cortex: clever without trying to be, actually.
posted by ORthey at 11:43 AM on November 19, 2007

Tiger is delicious!
posted by kuujjuarapik at 11:46 AM on November 19, 2007

get out
posted by boo_radley at 11:49 AM on November 19, 2007

Heh. Gah. Wha?
posted by chinston at 11:52 AM on November 19, 2007

this is supposed to be for metafilter related stuff, not what makes canadians laugh, eh.
posted by quonsar at 11:52 AM on November 19, 2007

Still not Canadian, chuckie...
posted by Brockles at 11:54 AM on November 19, 2007

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posted by mediareport at 11:56 AM on November 19, 2007

HEY THERE METATALK CRAZY WEATHER WE'RE HAVING ISN'T IT
posted by shakespeherian at 12:03 PM on November 19, 2007 [2 favorites]

This will end well.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 12:06 PM on November 19, 2007

MetaTalk: Not what makes Canadians laugh, eh.
posted by never used baby shoes at 12:12 PM on November 19, 2007

Euwwww. The poster below me just farted.
posted by gomichild at 12:12 PM on November 19, 2007

Sorry. It was the fried tiger I had for lunch.
posted by brain_drain at 12:14 PM on November 19, 2007

thanks brain_drain. jerk.
posted by gomichild at 12:15 PM on November 19, 2007

I like the part when the tigers turn to butter. They are tastier that way.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:18 PM on November 19, 2007

STAY ON TARGET
posted by loquacious at 12:19 PM on November 19, 2007

i also had some chicken. jerk.
posted by brain_drain at 12:19 PM on November 19, 2007

A guy in LA tried to sell me a tiger tooth once. He said it would protect me from getting shot. I say, well, it didn't work for the tiger, did it.

DID IT?
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:21 PM on November 19, 2007 [5 favorites]

=^..^=

leave tigers alone!!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 12:22 PM on November 19, 2007

wait, one of the tigers was wearing "gore-tex"!!! you know, gore-tex/cortex, kind of similar.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 12:25 PM on November 19, 2007

SURELY THIS WILL.... wait what?
posted by shakespeherian at 12:35 PM on November 19, 2007

Stripes make you look thinner.

So does starving.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 12:36 PM on November 19, 2007 [1 favorite]

Ah, yes. I remember when I had my first beer, too.
posted by dios at 12:44 PM on November 19, 2007

There is a lion with a shark's head
and he's roaming through the jungle
He is searching for the gold
but he wants to be alone
There is a tiger with a blowjob
and he thinks that he's the best
He may think that now but I...
I need to know for sure

And now the lion's forcing movies, wishing teeth, holding nose
And the tiger is a blooster and he's tied to these big teeth
He sees a house and a boat and a car and a rock
He sees a house and a boat and a car and a rock
And he thinks that they are dumb but I...
I need to know for sure

And now the lion's playing drums
and the drums are made of dragons
and the dragons see the tiger
and the tiger turns pink
and the tiger runs a restaurant
and it is very successful
and the menu is delicious
and the restaurant
is made entirely of bees

There is a lion with a shark's head
and he's roaming through the jungle
He is searching for the gold
but he wants to be alone
There is a tiger with a blowjob
and he thinks that he's the best
He may think that now but
I need to know for sure

And the lion's forcing movies, wishing teeth, holding nose
And the tiger is a blooster and he's tied to these big teeth
He sees a house and a boat and a car and a rock
and a house and a boat and a car and a rock
and a house and a boat and a car and a rock
and a house and a boat and a car and a rock

And now the lion's playing drums
and the drums are made of dragons
and the dragons see the tiger
and the tiger turns pink
and the lion owns a restaurant
and it is very successful
and the menu is delicious
and the restaurant
is made entirely of bees
posted by shakespeherian at 12:55 PM on November 19, 2007 [5 favorites]

MetaFilter: It is very successful, and the menu is delicious, and the restaurant is made entirely of bees.
posted by lazaruslong at 12:57 PM on November 19, 2007

Ah, yes. I remember when I had my first beer, too.

Was it Tiger?
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 1:05 PM on November 19, 2007

A Siberian tiger is killed on Nov. 18 by three fellow tigers in the Glacier Zoo in Shenyang, Liaoning Province...

I do find it absolutely brilliantly hysterical that a post about four starving tigers eating a fifth is deleted because... the post was "pretty thin". Heh.
posted by Brockles

Well, it's getting fatter. Does that make it less funny?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 1:10 PM on November 19, 2007

Metafilter: I wasn't trying to be clever
posted by The Deej at 1:10 PM on November 19, 2007

actually, not many people know this, but the other tiger's killed and ate that one because it was about to sing "Let's Build a Snowman" again.
posted by shmegegge at 1:21 PM on November 19, 2007

and the restaurant
is made entirely of bees

..!

That's twice today.

Look, I only brought two suits. Third spit-take and I'm wearing the drapes. Yeah, you and the llama.

angry bees.
posted by loquacious at 1:27 PM on November 19, 2007

I like the part when the tigers turn to butter. They are tastier that way.

OMG U R A RASICT!!!!1!!
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 1:29 PM on November 19, 2007

The proposed solution to zoo's money problem was pretty creative though:

The center has continually bemoaned its lack of funds and earlier this year called for the legalization of the trade of tiger parts to boost its income

Jerks.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:29 PM on November 19, 2007

Reference included for shmegegge
posted by mrzarquon at 1:32 PM on November 19, 2007 [1 favorite]

Come to think of it... would trade in MeFi parts be legal?
posted by R. Mutt at 1:33 PM on November 19, 2007

actually, not many people know this, but the other tiger's killed and ate that one because it was about to sing "Let's Build a Snowman" again.

Poor Swan the Tiger.
posted by DrGirlfriend at 1:33 PM on November 19, 2007

OMG U R A RASICT!!!!1!!

No, no; see, the Little Black Sambo story was set in India, not Africa, that's why there are tigers, you see. It's merely coincidental that the protagonist of the story is named "Little Black" Sambo. And that he seems to have very nappy hair in the original illustrations.

(I love combining MetaTalk threads!)
posted by yhbc at 1:34 PM on November 19, 2007

There is a lion with a shark's head

Someone's been raiding Robyn Hitchcock for ideas...
posted by mykescipark at 1:55 PM on November 19, 2007

blockquote>"When Black Mumbo saw the melted butter, wasn't she pleased! 'Now,' said she, 'we'll all have pancakes for supper!'"posted by ericb at 2:11 PM on November 19, 2007

There is a lion with a shark's head
and he's roaming through the jungle
He is searching for the gold
...

Not knowing that song, I imagined those words oddly crammed into Leonard Cohen's Suzanne. That is all.
posted by juv3nal at 2:24 PM on November 19, 2007 [2 favorites]

Not knowing that song either, did a quick Google and voila! Metafilter comes up! For those curious about Dan Deacon and the Lion With a Shark's Head:

http://www.metafilter.com/63837/partymeister-to-the-plebians
posted by nkknkk at 2:46 PM on November 19, 2007

Maybe this will help.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 3:06 PM on November 19, 2007

Can they posthumously name the tiger Richard Parker? Please.
posted by Durin's Bane at 4:10 PM on November 19, 2007

White tigers are not necessarily the more intelligent, Dr. Watson.
posted by Haruspex at 5:31 PM on November 19, 2007

Bring it on, man.
posted by miss lynnster at 6:20 PM on November 19, 2007

What happened in the zoo was almost as bad as Hitler trying to genetically re-engineer tarpans.
posted by Doohickie at 7:32 PM on November 19, 2007

Ah, yes. I remember when I heard Steve Martin's first album, too.
posted by y2karl at 8:06 PM on November 19, 2007

STAY ON TARGET
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:01 PM on November 19, 2007

maybe the tigers were just playing las vegas and maybe that one tiger lost the inky-pinky-ponky and had to be roy because that's how the game of las vegas is played
posted by Reggie Digest at 7:20 AM on November 20, 2007

Or: Oh, those crazy Indians and their insatiable penchant for pancakes!
posted by Reggie Digest at 7:25 AM on November 20, 2007

HURF DURF TIGER-BUTTER EATER
posted by Sparx at 7:57 AM on November 20, 2007

three less polar bears. thanks buffalo. jerks.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 10:59 AM on November 21, 2007

three [em]fewer[/em].
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:54 PM on November 21, 2007 [1 favorite]

one less grammatical error. thanks jessamyn.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 5:04 AM on November 22, 2007