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I approve.

You should make a guidelines page.

Um. Witticism.

I'm curious what flagrant violation of the rightful monkey path inspired this reminder for us?
Mostly so I can ostracise those responsible.

Why am I suddenly afraid to check my email when I get home from work?

Just a general sense that there was tension between MeFi and 9622. This is as much a welcome to people who have been shy to join as an admonition. Sorry if it came across as an edict or telling people what to do. It's more of a suggestion.

I just don't want to see mean-spiritedness. There's enough of that in the world. It's also not my call what goes on here. That's why I want people's opinions.

*Having wiping my eyes after viewing the illustration you chose to get us "in the mood*

I agree completely - even if a place where bullying isn't allowed couldn't be more exclusive.

I think it should only refer to MetaFilter people though (because they come here) as the rest of world is game enough (as it doesn't).

But exceptions, when passion overcomes, should be forgiven. And perhaps we need a convenient catch-all name to stand for That Hellishly Ennervating Guy Over At Thefilter (T.H.E. G.O.A.T.), whoever he or she is, whenever he or she gets ours.

We'd all know who it was on that particularly day. ;)

But still no goat sex, Stavros!

Well, with all due respect, Miguel, the idea is not to bitch about anyone from MeFi here, because it's, well, kind of shitty. Not that you ever do anyway, but I hope you catch my drift.

And it should be said that Miguel has always been the one who sticks up for pretty much everyone from MeFi.

Let me go out on a limb here...
Most of the MeFi members here already have their own blogs. If you need to vent about someone on MeFi, please do it there-- if nothing else but to avoid the backlash.

I am getting sick of the take it to 9622-type comments I've seen on MeTa though. It's the "go to your room, Mister" feeling I get whenever I see that.

I hate Miguel.

^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H

Take it it MeTa

But it's pretty valid, isn't it, tj? You may not like the tone of some of the posters, but once things start getting chatty and irrelevant to everyone but the chatters, why not take it here?

Note: I'm just discussing this, not saying that's the end-all truth of the matter.

Also, I am not good at this admin stuff. I don't want to offend anyone or come off like I'm in charge here.

i would also encourage that we not talk smack about the former members of destiny's child--they might sue us.

Heh, witchy: "say my name and you get sued". I like that.

On a serious note, I think guidelines and rules would be too much (like the old country).

Judging by 9622 so far, there has been (astoundingly) no unpleasantness. That is, apart from the constant "Come to Canada" posts from Marquis, interspersed with the "Coz I'm fucking off to Europe" ones.

And yet a lot of good ribbing goes on. So I guess, imo, it's good as it is; we can all "internalize" this gentle manifesto and hereafter play it by ear. As we in fact have been doing. Dandy, no?

I hate all of you with a blinding white rage. Keep out the Dutch. Who's with me here? Ah...you're all a bunch of Marys.

Having said that, though. I must agree. We play better when we play together.

(I'm still wondering how long it will take before this perfect little thing we've created here implodes. The world was not meant for something as beautiful as this.)

I say it's probably a good mandate to keep things site appropriate and all, as it's tacky beyond belief to slag people in a way they can't respond to easily, just as long I can still moon old people.

I'll never survive my time in Florida if I can't B.A. the elderly.

Finally, the loathsome coward ColdChef rears his tiny head.

I guess that's the brunt of the problem though, isn't it? When I call ColdChef an subhuman plonker with 3 active brain cells and the nuts of a cheesemite, he knows I'm kidding. Someone else may not know.

I'm becoming worried that too much of my writing has to do with my ass.

And for all of his anarchistic rants, I think Miguel likes us to all have a more pleasant nature. Imagine his disappointment if YHBC and I constantly referred to each other as "Fuckerhead" and fought constantly. No one wants that.

You mangy dickwads.

Wankers, all of you. I only come here so I can feel even more superior than I already do.

Wait a minute, this isn't Fark. Never mind.

*fisticuffs*

*ballyhoo*

I'd like to apologize for calling dong_resin an asshole.

Huh? I didn't?

dong_resin, your're an asshole.

I'm sorry.

There.

*brouhaha*

Also, I'm starting to feel a little stifled by the admins of this site. I think we should start another splinter site called 000176, after this thread number.

*grabs folding chair from crowd, smashes it over Matt's head*

*struts*

English Majors to one side, everyone else to the other!

Now. Let's diagram some sentences!

Why, Kaf, you forgot to begin your statement with a jihad calling...

*flings poo at all and sundry*

I win.

I shall deconstruct!

*aroooooooo!*

/me conjugates irregular verbs (with great anger and furious vengeance).

Now, when I say "poo," do I mean the signified, gooey "poo," or the signifier, "poo," and all of its socio-historic connotations?

*gets hit with flung poo*

Oh. That kind of poo.

*fling!*

Ceci n'est pas un poo.

*wipes*

*considers flinging*

*sits remorsely for a moment*

*contemplates time, the universe, death*

*flings*

Este é um poo!

*stares at navel*

*wipes poo from navel*

*bemoans mortality of poo*

*fling!*

Poo per tutti quanti!

*flings and ducks*

Oh what have I stepped in now?

Cleaning poo from belly button piercings is a real pain.

But stepping in poo is considered lucky here.

*shrugs*

Your commentary on my wishywashy, come hither/go thither ideology is noted with a smile, Miguel.

But then, Adam & Eve left Paradise...

I had a nice illistrated comment regarding this monkey buisness poo. And I'll save you the pleasure of reading it, as I deleted it on preveiw, Yet I will share this with you........I'm hung over....
(basically, is this what this site is for?)

Thomcatspike: Throw me the idol and I throw you the whip. There's no time!

Does this mean you all have to be nice to me too?
*anticipating pooflinging*

By the way, was that pic of a hamster?
Awwwwwwwwww....

OW! peanut in my eye!

dammit. Now you guys have done it.

*opens up box to the poo-catapult mega1000*

you guys wait till I get this put together, then you'll be sorry

*whistles, looks around, hides tj's screwdriver*

Hamster, I thought no sex toys on this site.
What am I thinking, every hundred posts, you get banana-ed.

You bring on the catapult, tj. I've got heavy artillery.

Why? Why must this always happ... *splat*

*wipes poo from face*

Nevermind.

*flings poo randomly*

I so need this shirt.

Great, who has the barney song qued for this site.
I fling poo
You fling it too
With a big fat
pooo that goes splat
Coming at you
With my doo doo.......
....puke, ah I feel better, ralph.........

The thing about hamsters is an urban legend.

Let's leave it at that shall we?

By the way, greetings, romakimmy!

Unless you're not new here, and I've merely missed you, in which case go to hell.

Moot point, dong_resin. I rule Hell. Feel free to drop by anyime. The minions of hell make a damn fine martini. ;)

I think part of the reason this place works (so far so good) is that any attempt to be snarky would be just interpreted as a good-natured jibe, and fall flat. It's just not trying to as serious as mefi is (trying to be).

Plus, you've got to really want to penetrate the subculture to understand the place at all. This is one of the reasons why I never really bothered with the mother thread (sacrilege!). Anyway, if anyone creates trouble, we'll just give em some of tcs' mucsle relaxers.

That said, I'm about fed up with the lot of you. Think I'm off to join that other "spinoff" site.

*flings a fat poo*

But they suck at spell checking. *pulls out whip*

Legend, not banana-ed?????
Honestly, is it a hamster?, pretty big. Yes I was trolling, for a) hamster, too big or Miguel has big feet. b) a gerbil, not sure and your legend. c) or my fist thought that I now think it to be, a guinea pig. Miguel which is it?, unless you stepped on it then forget it.

let me correct, not that it is needed here, yet "fist" was way too deep for me to think of(again pun not intended), and it's "first", I am speaking to a bunny........

Hell, I don't understand the subculture here walrus....

*slaps thomcat*

Snap out of it man! You're talking crazy!

"culture" is probably the wrong word to describe what goes on here.

Well, in the petri dish sense of the word, Chef.

Kafkaesque, remember I'm still high from last night. :P
hamster+legend+fist(meant first)= strav and the goat
I can go on, banana + 9622net=poo at you
*splat* (as it drips down your screen)

That's very similar to what I left in the "show your work" bit of the math SAT, and is why I make $4.30 an hour milking rats.

Fuck all you thundersluts.

I *heart* Brittney!

"milking" rats? is that what they told you were doing? i've got some news for you. milking just takes a simple squeeze, not constant rubbing and some lube.

By the way, we should keep our eye on "UknowForKids". A Coens fan AND and English Major? He's built for this place.

i'd bring up the thundersluts logo again, but someone pointed out the imperfections in it last time.

i'll never photoshop again.

*slaps thomcat*

Snap out of it man! You're talking crazy!

reminds me of that scene in Airplane! where all the passengers are standing in line to hit the hysterical woman with baseball bats, etc.

argh! close tag.

It's a hoop. You know, for kids.

Well, I guess I'm not sneaking any more sips at work.

And don't call me Shirley.

"Sure, sure."

rats, switch to monkeys they more fun.....

"i'll never photoshop again."

Yes! My plan is working to perfection!

Next, to commandeer a Soviet missile...

Don't forget the twine, Crash!

Yeah, and if a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump it's ass a hoppn'.

Don't attempt anything without the twine!

twas fine for twine

Sorry to crash your plane, back to thundersluts, from above I never heard the end to the story (if there was someone point my nose there please or am I mixing my meta9622net)

Dr D.R., that is pretty much what my grandfather said for years. It's one of the few things I remember him saying-and the only one of his sayings I quote-with a minor adjustment, of course.

If pigs had wings, we'd all be carrying umbrellas.

Them pills most likely break right in half, dear.

Howdy, ya'll.

I know I seldom visit and I'm probably breaking into your festivities, but I still think that this is a damn fine place.

That's it.

/leaves before getting hit with poo

Sixy!

'Tis a sign from the heavens! A favorbale harvest will bless us.

And hardly any flesh-eating satanic nanomachines.

Well, Dr D.H. they most certainly do. Are you wanting to share?

thomcat: Kafkaesque, remember I'm still high from last night. :P hamster+legend+fist(meant first)= strav and the goat I can go on, banana + 9622net=poo at you *splat* (as it drips down your screen)

Jesus.

Jesus Quintana: You said it, man. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.

The above reference is the only time Hotel California is even a smidge enjoyable.

I'd like to point out that if Avagadro really DID love us, he could link us on his ultracool site.

*flings obligatory fecal missile*

All turd chucking aside, I do agree that there shouldn't be any friction between MeFi and 9622. We complement eachother after all.

We should make some kinda short film to show our love:

AN EMPTY STRETCH OF BEACH

A MONKEY running in slow motion.

cut to PANCAKE BUNNY hopping in slo-mo.

They meet. They embrace. PANCAKE BUNNY hops happily.

MONKEY smiles.MONKEY dances.

PANCAKE BUNNY poops. MONKEY flings PANCAKE BUNNY's poop.

FADE TO BLACK.

What's going on in here?!? Hey, there's poo all over everything! Man, my English-to-thomcatspike/thomcatspike to English grammar manual is covered in shit!

Honestly, is it a hamster?

That's no hamster, Thom, that's my wife!

Oh no, sorry - wrong card.

Actually it's a coprolite which is a diet version of ancient, ancient poo.

Endangered feces!

/peeks back in

:-)

You embarrass me, ColdChef. I haven't updated my Dodge Dart of a website in many moons. Besides, I tend not to link to smaller communities, simply because much of what I like about them are their intimate natures (not that way, perv.), so an influx of new folks may overwhelm them. Not that anyone reads my site thus bringing traffic here(not that I would even know in the first place).

/ducks back out

And a turd thing: does this one look like it's full of fish vertebrae, as the caption says, or just like a tit?

Dammit! Next time Avogadro steps in here, someone lock the door behind him.

Your wife..........
ok I turn my back they make a movie, my grammar book that I published, obvious why, I'm hung over, and huhhh.............you mean the feet by the hamster? no don't tell me.
Note to self: don't try to stay on topic, as your sure to be monkey pooed in the face**splat***
PS. i lost my cookies no, not those my computer wall and I have to type tcs and tcs@hotmaildjkljk;sd
(In jonmc voice of mid life crisis)I want my cookies back..........

A warm welcome to you, avogadro. Sorry it had to be in the *clears throat* guideline-discussing thread. ;)

hey I was jsut talking with you, Coldchef go back to the other one ->

It is a hamster. I just spilled my brandy. Hello Avogadro.

Actually it's a small groundhog. (check properties on the picture.)

*pats self on back*

Actually it's a small groundhog. (check properties on the picture.)

*pats self on back*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGG!

It's my computer's fault. Jerry-built by DH.

Actually it's a small groundhog. (check properties on the picture.)

*pats self on back*

Actually it's a small groundhog. (check properties on the picture.)

*pats self on back*

::wink::

Loonies, you're all bloody loonies.

I like that about you. :)

Deja vu all over again.

I blame eyeballkid.

Well, I think that went real well. Lessee, let's take stock - (1) we fling poo, and (2) when pressed to be serious for a moment, we fling poo. Okay, now we've got something to work with here!

Mybrandyspillinghasinvokedspace-bar-wrath.Secondkeyoadhisweek:(

AlsoIdon'hinksomekeysaewokin.argh!

/peeks inside

/slips in shit

/falls full into room, rolls down stairs

I need a beer. This is too much.

Rocketman! Welcome!

* hands the poor fellow a beer, wipes off some, but not all, of the monkey poo, as a token gesture *

Now where's my damn CD, huh?

Paging adampsyche. Call for mister adampsyche:

The shirt, $16.00.

The button, $1.50.

I sent you two!

(actually, I just got interrobang in on the deal too - we're roommates)

They hit the mail last Saturday. You should see them tomorrow, I think. USPS doesn't offer tracking, curse them.

Thanks for the welcome and the cold one, by the way. Great site.

Ah, now that I check the MeFi Swap site, I see the rocketman ain't lyin' - at least one other of our group received the aforesaid two CDs from him today, so I look forward to tomorrow's mail. Also, I am reminded that he said very nice things about my own mixing abilities (unlike any such things I've heard around here, hint, hint).

Okay. Rocketman can stay. * flings beers about with wild abandon, but carefully sets aside a couple good ones for later *

I Declare Jihad!

umm...again. But this time I mean it!

I'll see your Jihad and raise you a Hajj.

i think, as a gesture of solidarity, we should all purchase one of those tshirts, then pose wearing the shirt, then post the pics online. a monkey poo gallery, of sorts.

I would, but I'm...shall we say...not petite.

The XXL shirt is still at least 1X too small for me to wear more than once, and probably 2X too small to wear more than twice. For some reason, oversized t-shirts tend to shrink at a greater rate than standard-human-sized ones. I think I need a government grant to study this.

Now, more poo flinging.

Oh, that deserves a thread of its own, Crash. Just for the hands-free autoerotic stimulation aspect alone.

* dons beret *

...hands-free autoerotic stimulation.

Has the Nobel committee been alerted??!! This guys going to Stockholm.

(by the way, Kaf, I applaud the 'don't bitch about people' stance. I couldn't agree more. Generalized whining about Metafilter as a whole is hopefully still within the Pale, though, I'm hoping.)

See : I'm applauding, and hoping. At the same time. Damn, I'm good.

Of course people can say whatever they want. I just don't understand why anyone would need to do it here. If you don't like so-and-so, then fine. Do you need 20 other people to validate that opinion? I usually just email my personal bitch connection, and then everything's OK.

Isn't that what I said?

Um.

Yeah.

*kisses Kaf full on the lips*

DUDE.

this site is too hot.

Talking of jihads, Matt linked to Starvos' "MetaFilter is boring. Let A Thousand MetaFilters Bloom" rant. What do you have to say in your defense, Stav, after all those problems you caused with the callously typed-in MeFi pointers? ;)

Damn trouble-maker!

*swoon*

I'll never wash them again!

Miguel, The Mighty Eeksy-Peeksy/Pracowity wrote that as a comment on my post, not me. My post just said that I was in a pissy mood for some reason, and Metafilter was bearing the brunt that day.

Nice to know that Matt's reading the ol' 'bottle though!

Stav,

Was that an "I love this fuckin' guy!" kiss or a "Kafka sleeps wit da fishes.." kiss?

As an Italian, these distinctions are important to me.

McItalian?

Something doesn't add up here.

Crash,

Mom is Italian-born, migrated to rural Vermont with my stonecutter grandpa at age seven. Met and married and Irish-American guy from Queens resulting in the ethnic crossbreed(know as a Gaelic and Garlic)that you see before you.

Wow. Actual heritage.

I'm Polish/Cherokee/Sioux/Scottish/EnglishandGodknowswhatelse.

Mutt, in other words.

jon : "I love this guy!" of course.

Weird! My mom also migrated to rural Vermont with jonmc's stonecutter grandpa at age seven.

Huh.

Cuzzin Kaf?!

Jon Hoek?

***swelling violins and vaselined lens***

Even though I'm only, like, an eighth Greek, my last name is Greek. And I grew up in Lowell, MA, which has a large Greek community. So everyone always assumes that I'm a Super Greek, and they're wrong. It makes me crazy. Every time I go to see my doctor, for example, he asks me if I had a good Greek Orthodox Easter (which I don't celebrate) or if my mother makes a good baklava (which she doesn't. and she's italian anyway). I don't really give a mongoose's bunghole about my heritage. I don't use it to define myself like some people do (not that there's anything wrong with that). And I definitely don't identify with a heritage that isn't even mine. Like Greekhood.

I'm not really sure I'm going with this. I just thought I'd mention it.

Wasn't Kerouac's The Town and The City set in Lowell, MA?

Kerouac actually grew up in Lowell, which is of course why he went On The Road.

Whenever I was studying in the city library, and didn't feel like studying (which was often), I'd go check out the Lowell Sun newspaper archives. If you looked in the high school sports section, you could read kerouac's footbal stats. He was Lowell High's star player.

I love The Town and The City. Definitely my favorite of his. I think that's what led me to Thomas Wolfe.

JPoulos, I'm more greek than you are. One fourth....family story is my grandfather got kicked out of his family for marrying my grandmother (she being non-greek)...he died when my mom was a baby, so the only thing Greek I got out of the deal was that my grandma could say "s**t" in Greek.
Now, though, if I go into a Greek coffee shop I get free coffee as soon as they find out. It helps that I look the part.

Hubby is Cherokee/Irish/Pensylvania Dutch.

My kids are Floridians.

the only thing Greek I got out of the deal was that my grandma could say "s**t" in Greek.

heh. and, sadly, you can't even say it in English. :-)

Actually i can say that word in 3 languages. Here in the South "shoot" does just nicely, tho. ;-)

bullshoot.

I prefer poo.

bullpoo?

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