Bug in AskMe posting?

July 15, 2005 6:55 AM

I tried to post a question in AskMe, but it wouldn't show up. When I tried to post again, it said: sorry, you already asked a question this week. Catch 22, or is there a delay in question posting that I'm not aware of?
posted by NekulturnY to Bugs at 6:55 AM (304 comments total)

Mkay, there is a delay. # 1 please delete away (my Meta post! not my AskMe question!), I will try to delete myself as well.

*hangs head in shame, cries*
posted by NekulturnY at 6:57 AM on July 15, 2005

Hungry, eh?
posted by geekyguy at 7:14 AM on July 15, 2005

Yeah, the same thing happened to me this morning. My question didn't show up on the main AskMe page right away, but it was on the section page, which is the only reason I didn't MeTa it. I think it might be some sort of caching thing. Might still be worth looking into (or at least there should be a transition page that says "AskMe got your question, it will show up on the main page in a couple minutes").
posted by Plutor at 7:18 AM on July 15, 2005

Catch-22: "Posting AskMe questions is a leading contributor to insanity. For your protection, you can't post an AskMe question unless you're already insane. If you've never posted a question, you're clearly sane."
posted by Plutor at 7:21 AM on July 15, 2005

 
posted by NinjaPirate at 7:31 AM on July 15, 2005

yeah just happened to me. luckily you'll take the rap for this MeTa post.
posted by Frasermoo at 7:33 AM on July 15, 2005

it happened to me last week; my AskMe post never showed up. i figured it was the baby jesus telling me my question was dumb as shit so i didn't repost it and i got on with my life. he works in mysterious ways his wonders, etc.
posted by RJ Reynolds at 8:03 AM on July 15, 2005

Happened to me as well. I was mid-posting an email to Matt about it when my question appeared.
posted by dobbs at 9:13 AM on July 15, 2005

It happened to me posting FPP to the blue. It used to appear sort of instantaneously. But it took a good few minutes. When it hadn't come up I previewed it again and the URL search came up positive already. A tad strange.
posted by peacay at 10:37 AM on July 15, 2005

Posting AskMe questions is a leading contributor to insanity.

read metatalk daily, instead of just scampering in and posting when you see something different. matt has answered this question more than once. cacheing has been implemented as part of the campaign to reduce server load/errors. seems to be working.
posted by quonsar at 10:42 AM on July 15, 2005

read metatalk daily

No, don't.

On the other hand if I didn't, I would have missed q saying something nice about #1.
posted by grouse at 10:44 AM on July 15, 2005

oops, i thought that said "Posting Meta questions is a leading contributor to insanity." the advice still holds though.
posted by quonsar at 10:44 AM on July 15, 2005

quonsar IS mathowie.
posted by peacay at 11:32 AM on July 15, 2005

There shouldn't be a delay (there isn't on metafilter and metatalk, which also cache queries), some change of code recently must have messed up the ask mefi code that flushes the cache as soon as a new post is made.

It'll be fixed when I get home later tonight.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:34 AM on July 15, 2005

quonsar IS mathowie.

IHBT.
posted by grouse at 12:04 PM on July 15, 2005

This happened to me today just five minutes ago. My question shows up at the top of media & arts but not on the main page.
posted by shannymara at 3:39 PM on July 15, 2005

Bye, Cranberry.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:40 PM on July 21, 2005

*fluffs pillow and settles in for the long haul*
posted by drezdn at 10:09 AM on July 22, 2005

I do hope we can prevail upon gramschmidt and Cranberry to come over here.

It would be a shame if we were split up.
posted by kenko at 12:47 PM on July 25, 2005

language hat posted a beauty in askme 21656:
Also fig. 1912 H. G. WELLS Marriage ii. 55 She drove her little crocodile of primly sensible thoughts to their sane appointed conclusion.
No one marked lhat's comment " best", so I brought it here where we could all appreciate Mr. Wells' turn of phrase.
posted by Cranberry at 12:59 PM on July 25, 2005

*bleat*
posted by 김치 at 2:15 PM on July 25, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:14 PM on July 25, 2005

Praise unto JRun who stops the creation for his worship.

I claim this thread for the Nation of Longboat, under the white flag of Kim Chee. People of MetaFilter this talk of mine is for you and concerns the ideal way to prevent another MESS LIKE THIS.

It is simple really. Stop. Bitching.

Were there no 9925, come the fifteenth day of August in the year of Our Donkey 2005, we could not frighten your children this way. We could not piss in your threads.

If you cannot control your baser natures, how can you expect it of us? Are we not citizens of the community? Do we not share our pancakes, verily in the cafeterias' of your little ones? Can't we not co-exist?

Asshat.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:33 PM on July 25, 2005

Can I hand my towel here?
posted by wendell at 9:06 PM on July 25, 2005

ooop... missed it on livepreview...
Can I HANG my towel here?
was that slip freudian, or just schadenfreudian?
posted by wendell at 9:10 PM on July 25, 2005

who left this wet towel here?
posted by Cranberry at 1:06 AM on July 26, 2005

Poem: "What We Need" by David Budbill, from While We've Still Got Feet. © Copper Canyon Press. Reprinted without permission.

What We Need

The Emperor,
his bullies
and henchmen
terrorize the world
every day,

which is why
every day

we need

a little poem
of kindness,

a small song
of peace

a brief moment
of joy.
posted by Cranberry at 1:14 AM on July 26, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:24 PM on July 26, 2005

Cranberry, that's my towel of silence. It makes me immune to the blabbering of idiots on Metatalk.

Funny, since I started carrying it I don't see many Metatalk threads at all. Thank goodness for the occasional pristine reservations of thought such as this one!
posted by 김치 at 1:21 PM on July 26, 2005

?? please use a clean towel next time. That one was wendell's, all brackish with sea water. shudder.
posted by Cranberry at 1:33 PM on July 26, 2005

how odd! when I tried to post the above comment, I got a Jrun and was dumped out of MeTa. Yet the comment printed.
Is this a warning from #1?
Did ?? break the internets?
Did I?
Maybe I did!
Power!
posted by Cranberry at 1:38 PM on July 26, 2005

Felt it was my duty to repair the internets.
All better now.
posted by Cranberry at 1:40 PM on July 26, 2005

??, I wonder if I can just copy/paste your name and have it work.... bypassing preview for a direct post here.
posted by kenko at 2:33 PM on July 26, 2005

Looks as if the answer is "no".
posted by kenko at 8:17 PM on July 26, 2005

*looks all like
"as if, kenko!
as.
if."*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:48 PM on July 26, 2005

I got a Jrun and was dumped out of MeTa. Yet the comment printed.

You print your comments, Cranberry? How vain!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:01 PM on July 26, 2005

Printing was included in my $5.00 deal. I did not get any sox, though. Not Red, White or puppet. ;-)
posted by Cranberry at 9:15 PM on July 26, 2005

My surprise inside the box was only a temporary tattoo of a sailor with too many tattoos inside the box he was eating from.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:27 AM on July 27, 2005

*Out of breath*

I finally found you guys!
posted by drezdn at 8:40 AM on July 27, 2005

R.I.P. 9723
posted by Cranberry at 11:17 AM on July 27, 2005

"It was on this day in 1940 that Bugs Bunny made his debut in a cartoon called "A Wild Hare." Warner Brothers' writers and animators set out to make a rabbit who would be the epitome of cool. They modeled bugs on Groucho Marx with a carrot instead of a cigar. Mel Blanc gave him a Brooklyn accent. He was a nonchalant rabbit who chewed on his carrot in the face of all of his enemies and he was famous for the line, "What's up, doc?" which he used in that first cartoon when he met Elmer Fudd who was hunting rabbits."
The above borrowed from Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac.
I thought it was important to point out that Bugs is now of retirement age. Will there be funds in Social Security to allow him peaceful golden years, or will you find him greeting at Wal-Mart in order to keep himself in carrots.
posted by Cranberry at 11:23 AM on July 27, 2005

?. Sorry, I forgot the ?
posted by Cranberry at 11:24 AM on July 27, 2005

glad you made it drezdn. I worried that birds would eat the crumbs that Hansel & Gretel dropped.
posted by Cranberry at 11:27 AM on July 27, 2005

"One thing I liked and hope would return would be some of the really long threads, which will only happen if threads stick around longer than they do now."
posted by Aknaton in MeTa 9876
heh
posted by Cranberry at 12:27 PM on July 27, 2005

Sherwood Anderson: Hot or Not?


posted by gramschmidt at 2:27 PM on July 27, 2005

Marijuana: Pot or Not?


posted by gramschmidt at 2:28 PM on July 27, 2005

Stokes's Theorem: Totally Awesome or Extra Killer Cool?


posted by gramschmidt at 2:33 PM on July 27, 2005

From an image search for "9824":


posted by gramschmidt at 2:37 PM on July 27, 2005

Boy, you cult thread commenters are falling off your games! The action's a lot better over here.
posted by Lynsey at 3:25 PM on July 27, 2005

Gram, you really have a talent for coming up with weird random images.

And I still can't spell non-sequitur.
posted by raedyn at 3:25 PM on July 27, 2005

Pssht, Lynsey. Who says we're not there too?

And that thread's weak, WEAK, I tell you. 9622v2 4evar.
posted by gramschmidt at 3:58 PM on July 27, 2005

Although Nice Donkey would most likely be interested in this.

Donkey? Be you here? raedyn is here. Wo bist du? Zum Teufel?
posted by gramschmidt at 4:00 PM on July 27, 2005

9622v2 4evar.

Indeed. I thought we'd checked that already.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:08 PM on July 27, 2005

Oh.

Merciful.

Heavens.

'Tis a complication.
posted by gramschmidt at 7:16 PM on July 27, 2005

TESTES
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:27 PM on July 27, 2005

Well, this is an interesting development.
posted by kenko at 9:48 PM on July 27, 2005

posted by kenko at 10:04 PM on July 27, 2005

The post doesn't go through—the bug apparently only exists on MeTa—but still.
posted by kenko at 10:05 PM on July 27, 2005

Post to Archives Longboat Threads?
I do like the page color
posted by Cranberry at 12:43 AM on July 28, 2005

Have you told language hat and wendell what you have done?
Have you told Matt?
posted by You, Dude at 12:00 AM on
posted by Cranberry at 12:51 AM on July 28, 2005

does the "bug" work on AskMe? Could you offer to allow mefites unlimited questioning - for a price of course. Kind of a green market...
posted by Cranberry at 12:55 AM on July 28, 2005

I'm pretty sure the bug would get caught and fixed a lot quicker if we were to start using multiple questions on AskMe.
posted by raedyn at 7:14 AM on July 28, 2005

"I think I've found a bug in a popular website. Should I alert the administrator directly, or go for something more subtle?"
posted by kenko at 7:33 AM on July 28, 2005

While the server on which the image I posted above is down, I will describe it (this post will disappear once the server comes back up): it depicts me previewing a comment, saying "hi", in the original 9622. An attempt to commune with our honored ancestors.
posted by kenko at 7:35 AM on July 28, 2005

It's not as fun to post to currently active threads by this method.
posted by kenko at 8:08 AM on July 28, 2005

In a way, it's a shame to mar the lovely ending that languagehat gave to 9622v2. Eventually (but when?) Matt will find our shennanigans and close the hole. It will be a sad day.

Bets on who tattles?
posted by raedyn at 8:15 AM on July 28, 2005

Not I.
Nor will I mention that a couple of daily posters are conspicuously absent today. What could they be doing now?
posted by Cranberry at 10:55 AM on July 28, 2005

I having my hair done so I good during my interview.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:59 AM on July 28, 2005

Routines cannot be declared more than once.

It seems the hole has been closed.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:01 AM on July 28, 2005

I dont talk gud either.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:04 AM on July 28, 2005

I dunno, IIHAA. I seem to still be able to muck up 9723.
posted by raedyn at 11:07 AM on July 28, 2005

I agree with raedyn regarding the shame of 9622v2's zombie comments. languagehat's finale was most appropriate, though technically his was a zombie post as well.

And besides he's already shamed me once this month.


On preview, hmm, yr right. Has anyone ever told you yr hot when yr naughty?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:16 AM on July 28, 2005

*blushes, gets flustered*
err ... uhhh ... I didn't think this was that kind of place.

yes, I'm aware that I started it. Sometimes I know not what I do.
posted by raedyn at 11:29 AM on July 28, 2005

I changed my form so that 9723 is only place you can use it for (well there or 9720, 9721, 9722). I lost my bet that Lynsey would be the rat. Turns out it was me. But I didn't want the things to be quite so longboat-centric if he visited my form (which I decided in the end not to share anyway, but...that's where it came from).

That's also why I dumped your cranberry, Cranberry.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:37 AM on July 28, 2005

Also....

posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:46 AM on July 28, 2005

Alas, choose:


posted by gramschmidt at 11:54 AM on July 28, 2005

I see kenko has his server up. raedyn, give you any ideas?

(His meta description of the pic has yet to disappear, however. Perhaps I should flag it a couple hundred times.)
*goes off to work up a flagging script*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:42 PM on July 28, 2005

Ok, anus - I'm watching you now. I ain't no steekeen' rat, bub. Hmph!
posted by Lynsey at 1:27 PM on July 28, 2005

Ain't no steenkeen' rat, neither!
posted by Lynsey at 1:29 PM on July 28, 2005

Yay, another enemy from the old school.

I wonder how many I can take on before they overcome me?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:58 PM on July 28, 2005

Gee thanks for the 15 minutes of colorful fame. Shocking pink? That's, well, shocking.
posted by Cranberry at 2:52 PM on July 28, 2005

in 9885:
Take it to SportsFilter, Cranberry. No seriously, we need you.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:33 PM PST on July 28 [!]
where? in sportsfilter? I already know how to do needlepoint although it never occurred to me to stitch Rosey Grier. I put butterflies on the case for my shades.
posted by Cranberry at 2:58 PM on July 28, 2005

Re: Silly hats?

You call that a Cult thread? Ours was created by the ancients forged in the fires of things that are fiery. That one is like a day old.
posted by drezdn at 3:14 PM on July 28, 2005

You have destroyed my perfect work of art.

I hate you all.











Этот веник, оно вибрирует?
posted by languagehat at 3:57 PM on July 28, 2005

This broom, it does vibrate? posted by languagehat at 3:57
Is that really what you said, Comrade Hat?
posted by Cranberry at 4:40 PM on July 28, 2005

I disclaim any responsibility for the above translation. It is Babelfish's fault. In fact, I think I will declaim it loudly.
IT IS NOT MY FAULT.
posted by Cranberry at 4:43 PM on July 28, 2005

Matt ♥ Cranberry.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:08 PM on July 28, 2005

Да.
posted by languagehat at 5:15 PM on July 28, 2005

I changed my form so that 9723 is only place you can use it for (well there or 9720, 9721, 9722). I lost my bet that Lynsey would be the rat.

I changed mine so's you can post anywhere.
posted by kenko at 6:01 PM on July 28, 2005

'course you still can't post to manually-closed threads.
posted by kenko at 6:04 PM on July 28, 2005

So it does work in the blue?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:07 PM on July 28, 2005

No, but you can preview.
posted by kenko at 8:35 PM on July 28, 2005

It might still work for open threads in the blue. I didn't bother testing that because what's the point?
posted by kenko at 8:36 PM on July 28, 2005

According to Babelfish, Comrade Hat said "Yes". If you find that your broom does not meet this description, please direct your comments to Babelfish or languagehat. Or Putin for all I care. I reiterate that none of this is my fault.
posted by Cranberry at 9:15 PM on July 28, 2005

You guys totally made me forget what I wanted to say. Oh yeah ...

Now, that's my kinda cult.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:28 PM on July 28, 2005

Sorry we wrecked you elegant final post, languagehat, but I ♥'d making phantom posts.
posted by Cranberry at 9:30 PM on July 28, 2005

: Be careful,
#1 is watching and he looks rather
peeved.
posted by Cranberry at 9:43 PM on July 28, 2005

The face that only a mefite could ♥
posted by Cranberry at 9:46 PM on July 28, 2005

☜

What is this tiny little thing doing next to neckro's post?
posted by kenko at 10:00 PM on July 28, 2005

I may might have called attention to this thread with the pic of #1. Sorry.
posted by Cranberry at 10:45 PM on July 28, 2005

If you mention his name, you will draw his gaze.
posted by kenko at 10:55 PM on July 28, 2005

Thought that had to be 3 mentions to conjure up, um, #1.
posted by Cranberry at 11:05 PM on July 28, 2005

I know 3 cups of coffee in the morning sure conjures up #2. For me anyway.
posted by Harry Morgan at 3:46 AM on July 29, 2005

Not me.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:47 AM on July 29, 2005

You're an imbecile. Do you think anyone really cares about your problem? Or your stupid comments? Why am I even in this thread. All you people are hurting MetaFilter.
posted by Harry Morgan at 3:51 AM on July 29, 2005

I'm just as God made me, sir.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:57 AM on July 29, 2005

1. Am I in my group a healing, mending, integrating person, or am I divisive? What about gossip and taking other members inventories?
2. Am I a peacemaker? Or do I, with pious preludes such as "just for the sake of discussion," plunge into argument?
3. Am I gentle with those who rub me the wrong way, or am I abrasive?
4. Do I make competitive longboat remarks, such as comparing one group with another or contrasting 9622 in one place with 9622 in another?
5. Do I put down some 9622 activities as if I were superior for not participating in this or that aspect of 9622?
6. Am I informed about 9622 as a whole? Do I support, in every way I can, 9622 as a whole, or just the parts I understand and approve of ?
7. Am I as considerate of 9622 members as I want them to be of me?
8. Do I spout platitudes about love while indulging in and secretly justifying behavior that bristles with hostility?
9. Do I go to enough longboat meetings or read enough 9622 literature to really keep in touch?
10. Do I share with 9622 all of me, the bad and the good, accepting as well as giving the help of fellowship?

posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:49 AM on July 29, 2005

*picks brat chunks from teeth*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:59 AM on July 29, 2005

so, IIHAA, how many sock puppet accounts do you have anyways? (And I'm aware that you're a sock of sorts as well).
posted by raedyn at 8:11 AM on July 29, 2005

You know what's funny? When people spell Microsoft with a dollar sign, as in Micro$oft.

Pow! Take that, DollarBill Gates!
posted by Harry Morgan at 8:17 AM on July 29, 2005

6⅓, raedyn.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:22 AM on July 29, 2005

Now stop taking my members' inventory
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:31 AM on July 29, 2005

Did you all hear that movie star Harry Morgan is obsessed with splashing water over himself to protect him from his "negative" Hollywood peers?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:35 AM on July 29, 2005

Or that a fedora worn by languagehat which influenced The Beatles' costumes on the cover of classic album Sgt Pepper'S Lonely Hearts Club Band fetched GBP100,000 at auction yesterday?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:36 AM on July 29, 2005

If I Had An Anus, you sicken me. The sight of you is worse to my eyes than that of a thousand purulent buboes all suppurating in time. The syncopated sound of suppuration is preferable to the bleatings of a farmer-fucked sheep, which is the only sound you're capable of making. You are a scrofula, an eczema. Take your crusty scabs elsewhere. There are not skin conditions disgusting enough to convey the revulsion you inspire in me or in any right-thinking person.
posted by Harry Morgan at 9:21 AM on July 29, 2005

Anus, I apologize. I'm drinking bourbon through a straw.
posted by Harry Morgan at 9:30 AM on July 29, 2005

*makes "hey gram, come over here and cocoa butter my hemorrhoids" sign*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:31 AM on July 29, 2005

Excuse me? Who let Tlahtolli in this thread?
posted by gramschmidt at 9:35 AM on July 29, 2005

DUDE, YOU MISTAKINLY GRABBED THE HYDROCLORIC ACID BOTTOLE!

AGIAN!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:50 AM on July 29, 2005

I ♥ buboes
posted by kenko at 9:51 AM on July 29, 2005

Ya know, eventually some kind hearted MeFite (there are a few of them, I think) is going to report Harry Morgan for his trollish behaviour towards IIHAA. Many will become even more confused than they were before.
posted by raedyn at 9:54 AM on July 29, 2005

㊬
posted by gramschmidt at 10:07 AM on July 29, 2005

Oh, what the hell? I gave that thing plenty of room.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:08 AM on July 29, 2005

㊮



posted by gramschmidt at 10:09 AM on July 29, 2005

Hey gnfti is back! Back there.

Somebody set the sprinkler on UltraSpray and let's see if he washes up here.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:09 AM on July 29, 2005

Maybe Harry Morgan should make a Metatalk post complaining about how much IIHAA's unexpelled shit is stinking up the site, or something, and we can sit back and direct the ensuing clusterfuck from our undisclosed location here in the depths of the archives.
posted by kenko at 10:24 AM on July 29, 2005

And then get banned.
posted by kenko at 10:28 AM on July 29, 2005

And then return triumphantly as quonhowie 1, quonhowie 2, quonhowie 3, quonhowie 4, and quonhowie 5.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:46 AM on July 29, 2005

Ooh, MetaTheatre, that would be too sweet.


posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:38 AM on July 29, 2005

Excuse me? Who let Tlahtolli in this thread?
posted by gramschmidt at 9:35 AM PST on July 29 [!
Suspicion confirmed. Shall you share with us the conference with Matt mentioned in another thread?
posted by Cranberry at 12:06 PM on July 29, 2005

IIHAA, do you have a lot of dolls action figures?
posted by Cranberry at 12:07 PM on July 29, 2005

Suspicion confirmed.

Well that's intriguing. Please expound.
posted by gramschmidt at 1:39 PM on July 29, 2005

Expounding here:
When I read of Tlahtolli/Harry Morgan in another thread, the three amigos popped into my head. Silly me.
posted by Cranberry at 4:38 PM on July 29, 2005

Somebody set the sprinkler on UltraSpray and let's see if he washes up here.

*wipes self dry, wonders what liquid has just been sprayed on him*

*looks at dates*

...and this came from where?

Man, I'm getting too old for this non-stop party thing. Hell, I'll be 24 on monday. Do you guys think that if I make an FPP about that I will win anastasiav's contest?

(Yeah, that's right kids, I'm *exactly* as old as MTV.)
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:57 AM on July 30, 2005

It's worth a shot, gnfti.
posted by kenko at 3:53 PM on July 30, 2005

August first and no recent posts. So 9824 slips quietly beneath the waves two weeks before closing.
No one vies for last post, no one posts enormous letters or pictures.
goodnewsfortheinsane ages today. Happy Birthday.
posted by Cranberry at 12:29 AM on August 1, 2005

IIHAA, do you have a lot of dolls action figures?

Nope, just the one pink Luke Skywalker bobblehead on my dashboard. His robes are so flowing with the force I often nearly have accidents dreaming upon his countenance. But then I usually just pull off at nice Flying J and the accident is avoided.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:20 AM on August 1, 2005

at a nice, Flying J. Silly me.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:22 AM on August 1, 2005

Do you guys think that if I make an FPP about that I will win anastasiav's contest?

A post about you turing 24? Uh, no. But you would probably win a MetaTalk thread about you. If you were really lucky it would be 9925.

Happy birthday, anyway.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:23 AM on August 1, 2005

Uh, no. But you would probably win a MetaTalk thread about you.

A MeTa thread about me? Dude, we've been through that.


Thanks guys!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:15 PM on August 1, 2005

*posts secret message*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:46 PM on August 1, 2005

*another secret message?*

*from gramschmidt?*

*why are these three lines within asterisks?*
posted by gramschmidt at 3:04 PM on August 1, 2005

Yea or nay?
posted by gramschmidt at 3:23 PM on August 1, 2005

You mean bray or neigh, rite?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 4:00 PM on August 1, 2005

prollylolomgwtfbbq

I doubt eyeballkid would appreciate my screwing with his legacy.
posted by gramschmidt at 4:10 PM on August 1, 2005

prollylolomgwtfbbq

I apologize for the outburst.

I apologize for the apology.


posted by gramschmidt at 4:13 PM on August 1, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:59 PM on August 1, 2005

Oh, I went down South
For to see my Sal
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day
My Sal, she is A spunky gal
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day

Fare thee well, Fare thee well,
Fare thee well my fairy fay
For I'm going to Lou'siana For to see my Susyanna
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day

Oh, my Sal, she is A maiden fair
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day
With curly eyes And laughing hair
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day

Behind the barn, Down on my knees
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day
I thought I heard A chicken sneeze
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day

He sneezed so hard With the whooping cough
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day
He sneezed his head And the tail right off
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day

Oh, a grasshopper sittin' On a railroad track
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day
A-pickin' his teeth
With a carpet tack
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day

Fare thee well,
Fare thee well,
Fare thee well my fairy fay
For I'm going to Lou'siana For to see my Susyanna
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day

Oh, I went to bed But it wasn't any use
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day
My feet stuck out Like a chicken roost
Sing prollylolomgwtfbbq all the day
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:14 PM on August 1, 2005

tu-tu woo-woo snoo-snoo
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:30 PM on August 1, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:06 PM on August 1, 2005

what are you doing to that republican?
posted by Cranberry at 10:14 PM on August 1, 2005

Use your own anus, pachyderm.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 4:34 AM on August 2, 2005

HA! I've exposed this unsightly underbelly for the the meance that it is. I fully expect mathamyn to be in here in any moment to take you fuckers down, just like we used to do to those mobsters and beatniks during my early days at Dragnet.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:37 AM on August 2, 2005

Aww fuck!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:39 AM on August 2, 2005

HA! I've exposed this unsightly underbelly for the the meance that it is. I fully expect mathamyn to be in here in any moment to take you fuckers down, just like we used to do to those mobsters and beatniks during my early days at Dragnet.
posted by Harry Morgan at 5:41 AM on August 2, 2005

I didn't expose myself to 1,000,000 mefites, I swear.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:42 AM on August 2, 2005

Did you mean to say "seance", Mr. Morgan?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:43 AM on August 2, 2005

Guys, your secret message just arrived. Thanks a bunch.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:48 AM on August 2, 2005

MEANACE! I meant menace! It's a clear as day to us normal people grounded in the reality of Jesus. Take your satanic ouji board and your little boogie boards back to ... I don't know, wherever you got them, you spawn of ... I don't know, something bad.

kenko, help me out here...what's a good word for evil?
posted by Harry Morgan at 6:21 AM on August 2, 2005

spawn of ... sock puppets?
posted by raedyn at 8:07 AM on August 2, 2005

Sock puppets are God's way of saying "Oh my god, my creation has been in a horrible accident. I hope it's wearing clean underwear."
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:27 AM on August 2, 2005

I've thought about it, but I just can't make sense of that reply, IIHAA. Sorry, dude.
posted by raedyn at 8:33 AM on August 2, 2005

Does that mean you've decided whether to be flattered or creeped out?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:40 AM on August 2, 2005

Mean Ace.
posted by gramschmidt at 9:18 AM on August 2, 2005

Besides, the zeitgeist seems to be working against any hope of Hormel officials to limit...the usage of [the word] 'spam' on the Web.
--Gracious Concession on Internet 'Spam', New York Times, August 17, 1998
posted by Cranberry at 11:54 AM on August 2, 2005

Does that mean you've decided whether to be flattered or creeped out? - If I Had An Anus

I left you hanging there, didn't I?

*attempts to feign mystery*
posted by raedyn at 3:39 PM on August 2, 2005

IIHAA wrote:
"*Gathers ingredients for IIHAA's Vegan Rump Roast*" while volunteering to host the MetaFilter cook book site.
Will you write my cv next time I don't want a job? Please?
posted by Cranberry at 4:07 PM on August 2, 2005

Aww, it's good. Really.

Lots of chives, pounds of tofu and kimchi. Some paprika and brown sugar. You can hardly taste the sauerkraut.

I'm not sure how to handle disclosing the secret ingredient.

psst...it has nothing to do with Ace Frehley's sweaty wristbands, I swear.

*leaves raedyn's mystery hanging like Ron Jeremy's gut in the sauna*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:45 PM on August 2, 2005

Huh. Those fuckers must have went back in time to steal my line. I can't believe this shit. What the fuck happened to "All posts are © their original authors"? Harry, what do have to say for for your felching comrades in Hollywood?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:22 PM on August 2, 2005

Im August 1992, als die Hundstage ihrem Ende zugingen, machte ich mich auf eine Fußreise durch die ostenglische Grafschaft Suffolk in der Hoffnung, der nach dem Abschluß einer größeren Arbeit in mir sich ausbreitended Leere entkommen zu können. Diese Hoffnung erfüllte sich auch bis zu einem gewissen Grad, denn selten habe ich mich so ungebunden gefühlt wie damals be dem stunden- und tagelangen Dahinwandern durch die teilweise nur spärlich besiedelten Landstriche hinter dem Ufer des Meers. Andererseits jedoch erscheint es mir jetzt, als ob der alte Aberglaube, daß bestimmte Krankheiten des Gemüts und des Körpers sich mit Vorliebe unter dem Zeichen des Hundssterns in uns festsetzen, möglicherweise seine Berichtigung hat. Jedenfalls sowohl die Erinnerung an die schöne Freizügigkeit als auch die an das lähmende Grauen, das mich verschiedentlich überfallen hatte angesichts der selbst in dieser entlegenen Gegend bis weit in die Vergangenheit zurückgehenden Spuren der Zerstörung.
posted by kenko at 11:08 PM on August 2, 2005

Babel fish laughs at your post:
Im August 1992, when the dog steam turbine and gas turbine systems went toward to their end, I made myself on a foot journey by the eastEnglish county Suffolk in hope to be able itself to escape from the work in me, larger after the conclusion, ausbreitended emptiness. This hope fulfilled itself also up to a certain degree, because I had felt rare as freely as at that time grant and meet-long Dahinwandern by the partial only meagerly settled regions behind the bank of the sea. On the other hand however it appears now me, as if the old but faith that certain diseases of the mind and the body settle with preference under the indication of the dog star in us, has possibly its correction. Anyhow both the memory of the beautiful liberality and to the laehmende grey had attacked occasionally, me in view of even in this remote area to far into the past decreasing/going back traces of the destruction.
posted by Cranberry at 11:18 PM on August 2, 2005

pounds of tofu and kimchi.

You rang? I have gained weight recently, but I really wish you wouldn't keep pointing it out.
posted by 김치 at 9:53 AM on August 3, 2005

The extra ounces just make you look fat prosperous, kim chi
posted by Cranberry at 12:35 PM on August 3, 2005

*points at prosperousness, giggles*

*goes to get another soda*

*doesn't like popcorn*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:06 PM on August 3, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:17 PM on August 3, 2005

On the other
   hand however
   it appears now me,

as if the old but faith
    that certain diseases
    of the mind
    and the body

settle with preference
  under the indication

of the dog star in us, has possibly its correction.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:22 PM on August 3, 2005

Sirius-ly?
posted by Cranberry at 8:49 PM on August 3, 2005

Don't all the cool kids use XM instead?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:19 AM on August 4, 2005

I love Keanu. Best bassist 3V4R.
posted by gramschmidt at 9:24 AM on August 4, 2005

Don't trust the trees
posted by Cranberry at 12:14 PM on August 4, 2005

Fiesty!

Don't crust the fleas.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:25 PM on August 4, 2005

Not to mention drezdn's Is this the first... shoutout. I love the 9622v2 nation.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:31 PM on August 4, 2005

Your porn thread is thread porn. Polarizing issue, emotional responses, baiting, throbbing genitals...

It has everything.
posted by gramschmidt at 2:43 PM on August 4, 2005

except a 9622 reference, which is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:46 PM on August 4, 2005

crumplesandwich - what a nick for a sock puppet. Oh wait, it is a sock puppet.
posted by Cranberry at 3:01 PM on August 4, 2005

A real sock puppet - is that a contradiction in terms?
posted by Cranberry at 3:02 PM on August 4, 2005

I wonder if corporations give freebies for nicks that mention their names. Kinda like placement in movies.
I hereby reserve the rights to De Beers and Ross-Simons. Debeers would probably sue - but Ross-Simons might be apppreciative.
posted by Cranberry at 3:04 PM on August 4, 2005

if they like multiple ppps
posted by Cranberry at 3:05 PM on August 4, 2005

Not to de-track your train, Cranberry, but, Anus, it does now.
posted by Harry Morgan at 3:07 PM on August 4, 2005

It's better this way.
posted by kenko at 3:14 PM on August 4, 2005

It cracks me up that you chose to craft an otherwise thoughtful post and then throw in some man on donkey longboat sex. Nice execution.
posted by raedyn at 4:10 PM on August 4, 2005

Thank you.
posted by gramschmidt at 4:25 PM on August 4, 2005

(Although something as arcane as man-on-donkey sex in an old Viking-style longboat raises further questions of consent of culpability that are beyond this thread...

As far as I'm concerned man-on-donkey sex is perfectly acceptable.
posted by kenko at 4:26 PM on August 4, 2005

We all remember the trial, kenko, the tears and anguish and ruined lives and surprise witnesses and Slurpee breaks and the eventual reconciliation.

Hey, where is Nice Donkey? Has anyone seen her lately?
posted by gramschmidt at 4:33 PM on August 4, 2005

Last time I saw her she was in a longboat with Harry Morgan...

Eh. Never mind.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:48 PM on August 4, 2005

Aww, Harry Morgan, you duplicitous polywog, that's the nicest thing an utter asshole has ever done for me. Thanks.

I didn't even know you were aware of the existence of the blue, but there you go Kirkegaard Quoting with the best of 'em.

I'm with you, raedyn. These people crack me up.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:03 PM on August 4, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:47 AM on August 5, 2005

posted by raedyn at 9:45 AM on August 5, 2005

For your enjoyment:

Decomposing Kermit

posted by raedyn at 10:30 AM on August 5, 2005

Did grapefruitmoon ever make us those whale meat sandwiches? I hear it's sandwich month. Perfect timing.
posted by raedyn at 10:50 AM on August 5, 2005

gnfti, we just passed each other in #metachat. I didn't have time to make the secret gesture!
posted by kenko at 5:48 PM on August 5, 2005

lemme guess...

/me puts hands to sides of head, forefingers extended (not unlike the horns on a Viking helmet), moves them up and down

...or...
/me duz teh wiggly equine ears
for short.

At least that's the move bigbigdog showed me that night behind the barn ... when I was nervous before my date with grapefruitmoon.

It was a nice donkey gesture on his part.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:24 PM on August 5, 2005

Decomposing Kermit

We finally broke raedyn.

*happily laughs madly*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:31 PM on August 5, 2005

A real sock puppet - is that a contradiction in terms?

Depends, define terms.

What is real?
When are socks?
How is puppet?
Why is contradiction?
Where is wendell?
Tickle me elmo?

Who is crumplesandwich?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:17 PM on August 5, 2005

Paste the following into the coment box, check live preview ~>

<iframe src='http://www.lyric.co.uk/pl70.html?date=1115460000'>Rumplestiltskin?</iframe>
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:27 PM on August 5, 2005

Guys, I decided to have a go at this MeFi podcast Minutes thing. There's no consensus as to what or how (or why, for God's sake, *why?*), but I thought I'd bake something up anyway.

Here it is.

Who's up for a special Longboat Crew edition?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:44 AM on August 6, 2005

Oh, and don't forget to say what you think about it in that thread over there. Thanks.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:22 AM on August 6, 2005

Whoo! Yeah! Gnfti! *holds lighter up*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:25 PM on August 6, 2005

Sheesh, where is everyone?

Don't leave me here alone.
I can't possibly eat this all myself
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:38 PM on August 7, 2005

Are you sure that is not ceramic?
posted by Cranberry at 10:35 PM on August 7, 2005

and you are never alone - there are 25000+ mefites watching you
posted by Cranberry at 10:36 PM on August 7, 2005

*silently leers @ IIHAA*
posted by raedyn at 7:52 AM on August 8, 2005

Thanks, IIHAA. But - is that someone's INCOMING or OUTGOING tray?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:24 AM on August 8, 2005

Good question, gnifty ... either way its ivy could use some trimming.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:20 PM on August 8, 2005

Why is everybody staring at me? It's not like you've never seen threadsterbation before.

9925 sucks, even for our sorry lot. So I've got to try to enjoy This Catch 22 while I can. You can just sit there, gawking at my freakishness, or you can help stroke the longboat. Either way, you're all just <blinking> pixels to me. Shiny. Beautiful. Pixels. (Or waves in gnfti's case.)

We all know how it ends and I will try to delete myself as well.

*hangs head in shame, stomach growling*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:32 PM on August 8, 2005

Greta Van Sustern
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:36 PM on August 8, 2005

Baltimore hates you, traitorist:
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:44 PM on August 8, 2005

*gasps, drops heels and wig*

Excuse me, I thought this room was empty.
*picks up stuff, closes door*
posted by Harry Morgan at 7:51 PM on August 8, 2005

Gentleman Anus, I think we would all benefit from positive thoughts.

Man kann nicht das longboat töten.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:21 PM on August 8, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 8:37 PM on August 8, 2005

Hi everybody! Just checking in.
posted by kenko at 8:39 PM on August 8, 2005

☑ KENKO
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:21 PM on August 8, 2005

☑ ME
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:23 PM on August 8, 2005

In AskMe:
"Where can I find good electricians, plumbers, handymen, and whatnot in Baltimore? Is there a centralized resource where people can find out who's good, who's cheap, whose repair work is going to need repairing by another contractor, etc etc? Must one rely on word-of-mouth or blindly picking a name from the phonebook?
posted by schroedinger to home & garden at 4:32 PM PST - 2 comments (2 new)"
Now were is someone with a real problem in Baltimore because all the good whatnots left for Indianapolis. Doesn't this make you feel silly about whingeing over John Elway's choosing to be a Bronco instead of a Colt?
posted by Cranberry at 9:53 PM on August 8, 2005

Hello Nice Donkey!

Gram, that is not a longboat that might be killed, it is a city cop.
posted by Cranberry at 9:59 PM on August 8, 2005

☑ ME
posted by raedyn at 8:19 AM on August 9, 2005

☑ CRANBERRY
posted by raedyn at 8:19 AM on August 9, 2005

In a way, I agree with monju that it would be nice to be able to sort by recent comments in the grey like you can in the blue. Only problem is our naughty deeds would have been discovered and halted much sooner. As it is, it's pretty unlikely anyone is going to page far enough back in the archives to see that we're still (occasionally) posting to 9622v2.
posted by raedyn at 8:21 AM on August 9, 2005

Yes, I was attracted to that photo because I am a steadfast and reliable advocate of the policy of Mo' Dubya = Mo' Happy.

Except in governance. And intellectual discourse. And probably social situations -- I can't imagine what we'd have in common about which to talk.

But I would totally ask four Bushes to help me move a couch.

Does your kid dig The Wiggles, raedyn? Wouldn't he or she dig them more as four Bushes? It'd be just like The Wiggles, minus the eloquence!
posted by gramschmidt at 10:35 AM on August 9, 2005

Say guys, have you had your butt kissed by #1 lately?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 2:44 PM on August 9, 2005

Nice. Did he, you know, use tongue?
posted by gramschmidt at 3:40 PM on August 9, 2005

I've dreamed I had a rimjob once, but I think it was #26186. It was dark, kind of hard to tell, but definately not #1, the glasses were shaped all different. I remember the hotel room's wallpaper vividly though. A paisley brocade.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:03 PM on August 9, 2005

There go all the good whatnots now.

Lord Baltimore calls, laddies. Ram Denver will not be happy.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:10 PM on August 9, 2005

I needs some whalemeat is what I needs.
*loads harpoon*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:12 PM on August 9, 2005

raedyn, that was quite cruel to make me load THAT MESS again.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:20 PM on August 9, 2005

Ha ha, ?? has troubles with it too. I wonder if anyone will ask about it?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:16 AM on August 10, 2005

Dagnabbit.

ok, so what's the secret?
posted by 김치 at 8:00 AM on August 10, 2005

Worked fine in Live Preview.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:36 AM on August 10, 2005

When I tried the large image it worked in live preview and regular preview. But not the actual post. Huh.
posted by 김치 at 9:06 AM on August 10, 2005

I just tried one that crashed my machine. 200x200 giff, but it was a fairly intricate design.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:16 AM on August 10, 2005

Ha! Giff!
posted by gramschmidt at 11:22 AM on August 10, 2005

The Mystery Man is on the job.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:57 AM on August 10, 2005

It's funny how the pics are completely ignored in the ever-so-important dissection of lice dick jokes.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:59 AM on August 10, 2005

ok, that's about as precise as I can make it.

I would say that 13K is the upper bound on the image the image size that can be safely posted without cropping.

Play safely, kids!
posted by 김치 at 12:09 PM on August 10, 2005

Kinda like kamylyon in 9925, you'd think bushwiggles would at leat raise an eyebrow or something.

gramschmidt is well on his way to earning "that's just gramschmidt being gramschmidt" status. Scary.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:10 PM on August 10, 2005

Thanks, ??.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:10 PM on August 10, 2005

I would just like to say that this profile is excellent.
posted by 김치 at 12:29 PM on August 10, 2005

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posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:02 AM on August 11, 2005

Is zero one of the natural numbers?
posted by kenko at 8:30 AM on August 11, 2005

Seems controversial.
posted by kenko at 8:33 AM on August 11, 2005

That can of worms is large and wriggly, kenko.
posted by gramschmidt at 11:55 AM on August 11, 2005

It pertains to shoutouty correctness.
posted by kenko at 1:33 PM on August 11, 2005

gramschmidt, the can itself is wriggly?
posted by kenko at 1:34 PM on August 11, 2005

Has anyone ever really met a supporter of one-based arrays? Did you
posted by kenko at 3:13 PM on August 11, 2005

IIHAA really fucked some shit up there!
posted by kenko at 3:14 PM on August 11, 2005

Way to take one for the team, kenko.
posted by gramschmidt at 3:17 PM on August 11, 2005

Anyway, as I was saying, you want the set of nonnegative integers:

n ∈ Z*

Depending upon the notation you use.


&#59372;


&#59367;


&#59368;


&#59379;




posted by gramschmidt at 3:22 PM on August 11, 2005

Dammit.












posted by gramschmidt at 3:24 PM on August 11, 2005

What are you people talking about? I know only of linguistics (by nature) and statistics (by force).

Thanks for the shout-out, kenko.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:16 PM on August 11, 2005

IIHAA really fucked some shit up there!

Looks to me like you did it.

I have no idea what they're talking about, gnfti...but those are some cute little boxes huh?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:34 PM on August 11, 2005

Sounds like a challenge.

posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:07 PM on August 11, 2005

kenko - I think you just might have curly hair. All longboaters must have appreciated the shout out.
posted by Cranberry at 9:55 PM on August 11, 2005

You think, Cranberry? I guess it is a bit curly at that.
posted by kenko at 11:55 PM on August 11, 2005

Yes, I, too, am going to assume Balisong was talking to us. However, as much as I value roadtrips and libertarians' knives, I'm skeptical of our ability to coordinate a San Diego/D.C./Chicago/Canadian prairie/Netherlands/Portland/everywhere else meetup in Colorado Springs.
posted by gramschmidt at 8:21 AM on August 12, 2005

OK then, I'll unpack.
posted by Cranberry at 1:02 PM on August 12, 2005

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

I feel terrible for neglecting the longboat for several weeks. I do not deserve any sugar cubes at all. None! None at all! For at least 3 hours. But here are some things I did on my summer vacation:

1. I hiked up this!



"This" is Angel's Landing, in Zion National Park, in Utah. It is scary, as there are great, sheer cliffs on either side of the trail, and one could easily fall to one's death there. Even donkeys.

2. Before I hiked Angel's landing, I tripped on a piece of jagged sidewalk and landed on my chin. Which is further evidence that I could have easily fallen to my death from a narrow trail atop a large mountain. No pictures were taken of me eating it on the sidewalk, but my sister kindly made this illustration of the events for me:



For some reason I'm represented here as a red and blue flower. It is not a completely accurate likeness.

3. I went to a job interview with a big Band-Aid on my chin. Lovely.
posted by Nice Donkey at 1:37 PM on August 12, 2005

Nice Donkey, if you didn't cry you get a lollipop. Is your sister a mefite? Can we look forward to more illustrations?
posted by Cranberry at 1:58 PM on August 12, 2005

Did you get the job? Your user page says "working for the man in a pharmaceutical research lab". Not exactly the best place for someone who falls down - all those broken test tubes.
Your climbing feat should instil confidence in a prospective employer. Congratulations on a major achievement.
posted by Cranberry at 2:05 PM on August 12, 2005

I didn't cry. I needed hardcore pampering that day, though. No, my sister is not a mefite, but she is an illustrator. Normally a medical illustrator -- blood, guts, new surgical tools, etc. Here are some nice insides that she did:


posted by Nice Donkey at 3:24 PM on August 12, 2005

Don't know if I got the job yet. I am still "working for the man in a pharmaceutical research lab", although the potential new job wouldn't be way different from what I'm doing now.

So far I haven't fallen down at work. Wait, that's not true, once I tripped on the way up the stairs and threw a giant taco salad on the ground. Never fell on broken test tubes, though.
posted by Nice Donkey at 3:28 PM on August 12, 2005

Also, I've managed to make a few messes with radioactive material at work. But those were made mostly by dropping things, so I don't think they count.
posted by Nice Donkey at 3:31 PM on August 12, 2005

Nice Donkey, you're still my friend.

*feeds Nice Donkey sugar cubes*

The rest of you....










I hate you all.
posted by languagehat at 5:44 PM on August 12, 2005

But, but, but...she makes radioactive messes.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:32 PM on August 12, 2005

Glad you're back, ND
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:33 PM on August 12, 2005

what will happen when the Iceland authorities find that grapefruitmoon's longboat is radioactive?
Since languagehat hates us all except Nice Donkey who is drugged, let's all say he made us do it. OK?
posted by Cranberry at 11:10 PM on August 12, 2005

But I love you, languagehat!
posted by kenko at 8:29 AM on August 13, 2005

languagehate? :-)
posted by Cranberry at 4:09 PM on August 13, 2005

I kid because I hat.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:40 PM on August 13, 2005

I needed hardcore pampering that day, though.

posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:41 PM on August 13, 2005

Mom got you a job modeling? Does that mean you were famous even before so many MeFites favored your nick?
posted by Cranberry at 11:00 PM on August 13, 2005

All day long, I haven't been able to connect to MeFi from my home computer. Only from other computers via the magic of ssh. And then I couldn't log in under my real name. AND, I see that, under links, evn though live preview doesn't work, I can post without previewing!
posted by Harry Morgan at 11:03 PM on August 13, 2005

Gosh, bet that just knocks your socks off.
posted by Cranberry at 12:46 AM on August 14, 2005

Poor Hairy Organ Harry Morgan. *sheds a tear* I wonder what the problem is? I hope IIHAA isn't banned. But Matt's unlikely to remember your myriad sock puppets.

I originally typed sock as suck. Understandable typo or Freudian slip? You decide.
posted by raedyn at 9:27 AM on August 14, 2005

It's me, not IIHAA, who can't get through, raedyn.
posted by kenko at 12:20 PM on August 14, 2005

kenko mans up, admits having sock puppet, still gets no compassion for his computer troubles.
posted by Cranberry at 12:45 PM on August 14, 2005

http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/9972#238918
Good heavens, you have broken MetaFilter!
posted by Cranberry at 12:48 PM on August 14, 2005

Dude, just yesterday, I ran into MetaFilter on the street and I said to her "Hey, how are you doing, I heard you're going through a bit of a rough patch" and she just broke down and bawled all over me.

Anything can break Metafilter. We need to be nicer to her. I propose a sitewide crackdown on non-nice behaviour towards Metafilter to be overseen by Constable Harry Morgan.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:48 PM on August 14, 2005

I am not the creator of Harry Morgan, but I have been admitted to the sanctum sanctorum of Harry Morganizers.
posted by kenko at 5:11 PM on August 14, 2005

Harries Morgan.
posted by kenko at 5:11 PM on August 14, 2005

Hey! This thread is closing tomorrow!
posted by kenko at 11:23 PM on August 14, 2005

Early in the morning, too.
posted by kenko at 11:23 PM on August 14, 2005

9925 is too long already. Why not break with tradition, get off Route 101, and pop over to 9963 to help celebrate Bendy's birthday? There might be some cake left over.
posted by Cranberry at 12:51 AM on August 15, 2005

"Closing," phhushaw.

9924, bukkake.metafilter.com, sounds like a lemony-er party than Bendy's to me. But wherever, you name the thread, I'll bring my lampshade.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 4:07 AM on August 15, 2005

I don't really see what the problem with going to 9925, is. Remember: you can continue to post here.
posted by kenko at 9:13 AM on August 15, 2005

Of course if there's a consensus for the tradition break, whatever. I think 9925 will do, though.
posted by kenko at 9:17 AM on August 15, 2005

I BROKE METATALK
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:26 AM on August 15, 2005

Hope I was singing loud enough for you all to hear.
posted by raedyn at 11:42 AM on August 15, 2005

I heard it, were you singing in the shower?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:22 PM on August 15, 2005

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posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:38 PM on August 16, 2005