Happy New Year ! December 31, 2007 8:47 PM Subscribe
This might be the HAPPY NEW YEAR thread...
I've just wandered in , good luck to you all, have a good one, hugs and kisses etc - thanks for a great site and all that : )
I've just wandered in , good luck to you all, have a good one, hugs and kisses etc - thanks for a great site and all that : )
Alright, serenity, come clean! What do you hope to gain from this post? Trying to direct traffic to your userpage or something? Yeah, right, "Happy New Year"... suuuuure, pal! I see through your little ruse.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:03 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:03 PM on December 31, 2007
Just follow the damn restraining order this time and we'll be fine this year, ok?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:04 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:04 PM on December 31, 2007
Flappy new ear!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:05 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:05 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
World didn't end: Check.
posted by yeoz at 9:08 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by yeoz at 9:08 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
I hope the intent of your post is to demand the best holiday you can get, as you do with every other event, rather than settling for a "double-check" that your celebration isn't being lit on fire. If that's what you're looking for, I recommend Arbor Day.
posted by dhammond at 9:09 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by dhammond at 9:09 PM on December 31, 2007
January 1st is the also the celebration of the circumcision of poor baby Jesus. I double-dare someone to make a FPP on that topic.
posted by Rumple at 9:13 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by Rumple at 9:13 PM on December 31, 2007
World didn't end: Check.
But maybe that will only occur when clocks strike 12 in Hawaii! It's only, like 7:15 over there. Someone will have to check. I'm not staying up that late.
posted by clevershark at 9:15 PM on December 31, 2007
But maybe that will only occur when clocks strike 12 in Hawaii! It's only, like 7:15 over there. Someone will have to check. I'm not staying up that late.
posted by clevershark at 9:15 PM on December 31, 2007
This is really not a MeTa post of any stripe, I'm not sure what it's doing here.
posted by The Deej at 9:16 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by The Deej at 9:16 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Once when I was a little kid I was playing outside on Dec. 31 (it's Texas, so it was probably like 70 degrees), and a neighbor kid asked me if I was going to "light fireworks for happy new year's." He was pretty dumb.
Happy happy new year, everybody!
posted by tepidmonkey at 9:17 PM on December 31, 2007
Happy happy new year, everybody!
posted by tepidmonkey at 9:17 PM on December 31, 2007
It's f-f-f-f-f-fffffreeeezing here in Montana. I am not doing anything that requires going out the door! Not even to light fireworks.
posted by The Deej at 9:21 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by The Deej at 9:21 PM on December 31, 2007
This is really not a MeTa post of any stripe, I'm not sure what it's doing here.
Happy New Year, you ice-hearted killjoy!
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 9:21 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Happy New Year, you ice-hearted killjoy!
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 9:21 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Whatever. It's barely nine, server time. Happy Still Old Year, everybody.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:22 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:22 PM on December 31, 2007
Whatever. It's barely nine, server time.
And don't forget to tip your server!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:23 PM on December 31, 2007
And don't forget to tip your server!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:23 PM on December 31, 2007
World didn't end: Check.
Damn. I had 2007 in the pool. Well, still a couple more hours here on the Left Coast...
posted by wendell at 9:34 PM on December 31, 2007
Damn. I had 2007 in the pool. Well, still a couple more hours here on the Left Coast...
posted by wendell at 9:34 PM on December 31, 2007
Happy New Year, you ice-hearted killjoy!
posted by Cool Papa Bell
HEY! That's MISTER Ice-Hearted Killjoy!
Oh... very well then... here's $100! Go buy the biggest new year's goose in the window!
posted by The Deej at 9:36 PM on December 31, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by Cool Papa Bell
HEY! That's MISTER Ice-Hearted Killjoy!
Oh... very well then... here's $100! Go buy the biggest new year's goose in the window!
posted by The Deej at 9:36 PM on December 31, 2007 [2 favorites]
Go buy the biggest new year's goose in the window!
Ice hearted goose killer!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:38 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
Ice hearted goose killer!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:38 PM on December 31, 2007 [1 favorite]
It's f-f-f-f-f-fffffreeeezing here in Montana. I am not doing anything that requires going out the door! Not even to light fireworks.
The solution is to crack the window open, point the .357 Magnum away from the Rimrocks, and fire at will.
*Not Montanaist*
posted by Tube at 9:42 PM on December 31, 2007
The solution is to crack the window open, point the .357 Magnum away from the Rimrocks, and fire at will.
*Not Montanaist*
posted by Tube at 9:42 PM on December 31, 2007
Wait a minute... if I win the pool, how do I collect?
I gotta talk to the guy who's holding the money...
posted by wendell at 9:45 PM on December 31, 2007
I gotta talk to the guy who's holding the money...
posted by wendell at 9:45 PM on December 31, 2007
True goose related a story:
A friend called me on Christmas morning and said her boyfriend wanted goose for Christmas. They knew a guy with a goose hunting license, so they took him along to go get a goose. So... where does one go to get a goose? Why, of course, the local duck and goose feeding pond! Yes, they nabbed a goose from the park. No gunfire, just chased one and grabbed it, and put it in the car. No clue whether chloroform was involved. Took it to the house, chopped the head off and started gutting and skinning.
And I am cold hearted? I don't think so!
And, yes, I actually can open my window, and at least the see the Rimrocks. I don't think I could hit them with a gunshot though, since they are a few miles away. And I do not own a gun.
posted by The Deej at 9:48 PM on December 31, 2007
A friend called me on Christmas morning and said her boyfriend wanted goose for Christmas. They knew a guy with a goose hunting license, so they took him along to go get a goose. So... where does one go to get a goose? Why, of course, the local duck and goose feeding pond! Yes, they nabbed a goose from the park. No gunfire, just chased one and grabbed it, and put it in the car. No clue whether chloroform was involved. Took it to the house, chopped the head off and started gutting and skinning.
And I am cold hearted? I don't think so!
And, yes, I actually can open my window, and at least the see the Rimrocks. I don't think I could hit them with a gunshot though, since they are a few miles away. And I do not own a gun.
posted by The Deej at 9:48 PM on December 31, 2007
Oh, and how do you catch a goose? You chase it down!
Bwahahahaaaaa!!!! Ha!!! HAHAAA!!! Hehe. Heh.
posted by The Deej at 9:49 PM on December 31, 2007
Bwahahahaaaaa!!!! Ha!!! HAHAAA!!! Hehe. Heh.
posted by The Deej at 9:49 PM on December 31, 2007
Hey, sgt.serenity, you might like to check out this cool site I found.
posted by ClaudiaCenter at 10:01 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by ClaudiaCenter at 10:01 PM on December 31, 2007
Enjoy the final New Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo!
posted by evilcolonel at 10:05 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by evilcolonel at 10:05 PM on December 31, 2007
Okay so it's almost 7:30 am on January 1st here and I'm reading metafilter. Happy new year, people!
posted by sveskemus at 10:18 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by sveskemus at 10:18 PM on December 31, 2007
Sarge just can't get enough of this stuff....., and it is good. Happy 2008 you bunch of degenerates.
posted by caddis at 10:21 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by caddis at 10:21 PM on December 31, 2007
There's also a New Year thread of sorts in the blue (shameless self-FPP linkage - I mean the post is mine, not the links in the post (just warding off the detectives)). It's sort of evolved into an "I love you guys" and "Best wishes for 2008" thread. Hugs all around!
posted by amyms at 10:26 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by amyms at 10:26 PM on December 31, 2007
Remember that awful race & IQ FPP thread? This article explains everything (well, some stuff, anyway).
posted by ClaudiaCenter at 10:45 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by ClaudiaCenter at 10:45 PM on December 31, 2007
It's been 2008 for like 17 hours now, here. It's the Best Year Ever, folks†!
†may be hyperbolic.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:47 PM on December 31, 2007
†may be hyperbolic.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:47 PM on December 31, 2007
I started to write the long saga of how I came to post here, but then I realized that I'm too drunk and that you should be kissing too many members of the opposite sex to reply.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:47 PM on December 31, 2007
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:47 PM on December 31, 2007
Happy new year, server time.
posted by philomathoholic at 12:01 AM on January 1, 2008
posted by philomathoholic at 12:01 AM on January 1, 2008
Happy new year, folks. Here's to a prosperous 1967!
posted by maxwelton at 12:09 AM on January 1, 2008
posted by maxwelton at 12:09 AM on January 1, 2008
Aw, happy new year to you too, philomathoholic.
posted by server time at 12:10 AM on January 1, 2008
posted by server time at 12:10 AM on January 1, 2008
Happy New Year Pacific Coast time! Whee! And this is what the last sunset of 2007 looked like, as if Mother Nature had saved the best for last....
posted by Lynsey at 12:18 AM on January 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by Lynsey at 12:18 AM on January 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
That was one hell of a party I went to. 4:15 AM? Ugh.
METAFILTER: HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GO FUCK YOURSELF!
posted by Ryvar at 1:20 AM on January 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
METAFILTER: HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GO FUCK YOURSELF!
posted by Ryvar at 1:20 AM on January 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
Metafilter does not support the War on New Year's, apparently... but to be safe, I'll just say, "I hope everyone has a much better than average temporal celebration of your choice!"
and I KISS you all!!! *Hic*
posted by taz at 1:20 AM on January 1, 2008
and I KISS you all!!! *Hic*
posted by taz at 1:20 AM on January 1, 2008
Resolutions?
Spend less time checking My Profile's Favourited By Others count.
Happy Nu Year Mefites!
posted by brautigan at 1:39 AM on January 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
Spend less time checking My Profile's Favourited By Others count.
Happy Nu Year Mefites!
posted by brautigan at 1:39 AM on January 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
BTW what do you international kidz do on the 31st/1st?
Here we get stuck right into Hogmanay which mainly involves boozing, recreational drugs, overpriced club parties, over hyped house parties and waiting hours in the rain for a taxi home.
(Take it to Askme?)
Naw.
posted by brautigan at 1:44 AM on January 1, 2008
Here we get stuck right into Hogmanay which mainly involves boozing, recreational drugs, overpriced club parties, over hyped house parties and waiting hours in the rain for a taxi home.
(Take it to Askme?)
Naw.
posted by brautigan at 1:44 AM on January 1, 2008
A sock puppet created just for me? This really is the best year yet!
posted by philomathoholic at 2:22 AM on January 1, 2008
posted by philomathoholic at 2:22 AM on January 1, 2008
nice to see you all : )
Happy new year and may you all increase your penis size by 30%
(old scots blessing)
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:05 AM on January 1, 2008
Happy new year and may you all increase your penis size by 30%
(old scots blessing)
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:05 AM on January 1, 2008
Happy new year and may you all increase your penis size by 30%
Those words did just that.
My girlfriend thanks you and wishes you the same.
posted by brautigan at 4:13 AM on January 1, 2008
Those words did just that.
My girlfriend thanks you and wishes you the same.
posted by brautigan at 4:13 AM on January 1, 2008
Hey ho!
Dec 31st was one of the most hectic days of my year. The second day of a winter camp for kids from all over Afghanistan. There were some provinces that were recruited for by American Councils - they all showed up on time, and with their English tuned up and ready to go. The other "no-go" provinces that the Ministry of Education sent kids from are where it is too dangerous for Americans to be recruiting, and most of these guys showed up late, and I needed to do their placement tests. Two shy girls from Faizabad in Badakshan province who started their two day journey to Kabul on donkeys. 20-something men who are finishing 10th class in Khost and Gardez. Guys dressed like they stepped out of the 19th century, all of them from different tribes and in their special hats and blankets and baggy peron-tonbon and flowing robes. Dirty, dirty hands and faces. Their English was on the whole way too low for our program, but what are you gonna do, send them back home?
In retrospect that was a pretty good day. This is a weird planet. HAPPY NEW YEARS.
posted by Meatbomb at 4:27 AM on January 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
Dec 31st was one of the most hectic days of my year. The second day of a winter camp for kids from all over Afghanistan. There were some provinces that were recruited for by American Councils - they all showed up on time, and with their English tuned up and ready to go. The other "no-go" provinces that the Ministry of Education sent kids from are where it is too dangerous for Americans to be recruiting, and most of these guys showed up late, and I needed to do their placement tests. Two shy girls from Faizabad in Badakshan province who started their two day journey to Kabul on donkeys. 20-something men who are finishing 10th class in Khost and Gardez. Guys dressed like they stepped out of the 19th century, all of them from different tribes and in their special hats and blankets and baggy peron-tonbon and flowing robes. Dirty, dirty hands and faces. Their English was on the whole way too low for our program, but what are you gonna do, send them back home?
In retrospect that was a pretty good day. This is a weird planet. HAPPY NEW YEARS.
posted by Meatbomb at 4:27 AM on January 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
2008...wow.
Happy New Year to all of you. Mine will be filled with graduations and important anniversaries and milestone birthdays. Woo.
posted by konolia at 5:43 AM on January 1, 2008
Happy New Year to all of you. Mine will be filled with graduations and important anniversaries and milestone birthdays. Woo.
posted by konolia at 5:43 AM on January 1, 2008
For your unrestrained resolution makin'-and-discussin', we've got a Very Special Thread* over at Big Big Question.
*Note: thread not actually all that special.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:42 AM on January 1, 2008
*Note: thread not actually all that special.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:42 AM on January 1, 2008
Happy birthday to me! And happy new year to the rest of y'all.
posted by sugarfish at 8:13 AM on January 1, 2008
posted by sugarfish at 8:13 AM on January 1, 2008
What did the baby cow say at midnight?
HAPPY MOO YEAR!!!!!!
posted by inigo2 at 8:32 AM on January 1, 2008
HAPPY MOO YEAR!!!!!!
posted by inigo2 at 8:32 AM on January 1, 2008
Gleðilegt nýtt ár!
First there was a family gathering, with the requisite eating of a lot of tasty things and the watching of Áramótaskaupið. Then there was the communal blowing up of fireworks. In Iceland pretty much every family has its own private fireworks show on New Year's. Looking over Reykjavík around midnight is amazing, fireworks going off everywhere, the whole cityscape acquiring a layer of color on top of itself. Afterwards I went to a party with some friends where I wore a Venetian mask, bonded over feminism, drank Havana Club and a fine white wine, sang Dylan, Cave and Megas with the last few people and walked home at 10 in the morning where I ate some leftovers and took a shower.
Finally, I want to share with you the joke that was in my New Year's cracker:
What kind of sweet swings through the jungle?
Tarzipan.
May all of you have a lovely 2008, with more hugs and kisses and less pomade fires and weasel bites.
posted by Kattullus at 9:36 AM on January 1, 2008
First there was a family gathering, with the requisite eating of a lot of tasty things and the watching of Áramótaskaupið. Then there was the communal blowing up of fireworks. In Iceland pretty much every family has its own private fireworks show on New Year's. Looking over Reykjavík around midnight is amazing, fireworks going off everywhere, the whole cityscape acquiring a layer of color on top of itself. Afterwards I went to a party with some friends where I wore a Venetian mask, bonded over feminism, drank Havana Club and a fine white wine, sang Dylan, Cave and Megas with the last few people and walked home at 10 in the morning where I ate some leftovers and took a shower.
Finally, I want to share with you the joke that was in my New Year's cracker:
What kind of sweet swings through the jungle?
Tarzipan.
May all of you have a lovely 2008, with more hugs and kisses and less pomade fires and weasel bites.
posted by Kattullus at 9:36 AM on January 1, 2008
Happy new year and may you all increase your penis size by 30%
er... I think mine may be big enough. Happy New Year folks!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:02 AM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
er... I think mine may be big enough. Happy New Year folks!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:02 AM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
2007 sucked. I'm glad it died. 2008 better watch itself, too. 2008 tries to pull the same kind of shit 2007 did, it's history. 2009? I've got my eye on you. You better be prepared to step in early. Things happen.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:43 AM on January 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:43 AM on January 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
If anybody needs me, me and 2014 are smoking out by the bleachers.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:53 AM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:53 AM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
Hey, it's morning, and damn but it's bright out. Happiest, y'all.
posted by mumkin at 12:18 PM on January 1, 2008
posted by mumkin at 12:18 PM on January 1, 2008
In the year 9595, I'm kinda wonderin' if Man is gonna be alive. He's taken everything this old Earth can give, and he ain't put back nothing.
Until then, happy new year!
posted by languagehat at 12:26 PM on January 1, 2008
Until then, happy new year!
posted by languagehat at 12:26 PM on January 1, 2008
So is 2008 when we get food pills, jet packs, and sleep learning? I drank a lot of Beam last night so I'm a little shaky on this.
posted by jtron at 1:24 PM on January 1, 2008
posted by jtron at 1:24 PM on January 1, 2008
I'm with It's Raining Florence Henderson. 2007 was distinctly not my year. 2008 had better watch it, or I'm going after it with a crowbar.
It's been a very low-key start to the year and I like it that way. I've spent most of the day napping. I'm pro-nap! And I vote!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 1:52 PM on January 1, 2008
It's been a very low-key start to the year and I like it that way. I've spent most of the day napping. I'm pro-nap! And I vote!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 1:52 PM on January 1, 2008
OK, so it's 2008. Where's my fucking flying car?
Also, I hope that all of you achieve at least some of the goals you set yourselves this year and that this year is better than the last. You're a great bunch, even if I often call you bad names under my breath.
posted by dg at 3:24 AM on January 2, 2008
Also, I hope that all of you achieve at least some of the goals you set yourselves this year and that this year is better than the last. You're a great bunch, even if I often call you bad names under my breath.
posted by dg at 3:24 AM on January 2, 2008
Happy new year!
I would have said as much yesterday, but I was busy recovering. We were testing a "what's the smallest number of people it takes to drink a keg?" sort of theory. The answer: I don't remember.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 10:50 AM on January 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
I would have said as much yesterday, but I was busy recovering. We were testing a "what's the smallest number of people it takes to drink a keg?" sort of theory. The answer: I don't remember.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 10:50 AM on January 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
Ugh. Halfway through my two day hangover.
Band played an after party for a New Year's celebration. That means we started playing at 12:30 until 5 a.m.
Ugggh....urghl.....
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:53 AM on January 2, 2008
Band played an after party for a New Year's celebration. That means we started playing at 12:30 until 5 a.m.
Ugggh....urghl.....
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:53 AM on January 2, 2008
Item and I dressed in costumes, burned things, buried a time capsule, watched bizarre films, drank and ate and snuggled. Please let the rest of the year be exactly like that.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 8:50 PM on January 2, 2008
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 8:50 PM on January 2, 2008
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Now I must go to bed, since ideally I would be walking up in 2 hours...
posted by Deathalicious at 8:55 PM on December 31, 2007