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03 October 2005

Hey, have you guys noticed that we never post about jruns on MeFi anymore?→[More:]

Guess we are a world unto ourselves now. I kinda like that.

post by: Specklet at: 14:22 | 37 comments

I thought it just got boring.

Are you posting this because MeFi is down right now, or is that a coincidence? :P

posted by agropyron 03 October | 14:26

Clever rhetorical trick, Specklet.

What's the proper* name for that**? Honestly, I can't remember.

* technical, actual term of rhetoric.
** where your mention of not talking about the thing is the way to talk about the thing.

posted by safetyfork 03 October | 14:29

i blame the advent of penis cozies

posted by ethylene 03 October | 14:32

I noticed this too. I just figured people got sick of it since its happened so many times.

posted by puke & cry 03 October | 14:33

Heh heh... Nah, it's more like I noticed that MeFi was down and realized that no one had posted about it. I wasn't really intending for people to then try to get on the site, I really thought it was interesting that nobody posts about it anymore.

Incidentally, the only reason I was frustrated MeFi was down was because I wanted to check out the links in this thread.

posted by Specklet 03 October | 14:33

I've just been waiting for the right moment to post "The document has no penis".

Or perhaps "the penis has no data", even though penises, allegedly, have higher bandwidth than cable modems.

Where's my cozy?

posted by WolfDaddy 03 October | 14:40

I like penises. I know some girls think they're funny looking. But I think they're friendly.

(Also, it is clearly nap time.)

posted by dame 03 October | 14:45

technical, actual term of rhetoric.

Apophasis

Man, I think I'm going to be on that page all day. Check out Synecdoche

posted by Capn 03 October | 14:47

Wolfdaddy, is this big enough?

*knitting furiously*

posted by iconomy 03 October | 14:47

Penis cozies are the new ________ (fill in the blank).

posted by iconomy 03 October | 14:50

merkins?
brazilians?

posted by ethylene 03 October | 14:52

Apophasis.

Thanks, Capn.
I love saying that.

posted by safetyfork 03 October | 14:54

And I was just going to search Ask Metafilter for anniversary present ideas. Too bad I can't knit.

posted by rainbaby 03 October | 14:54

I like penises. I know some girls think they're funny looking. But I think they're friendly.

Annie Lamott said a penis looks like a cross between a heart and a snake, and I think that's a pretty good description. I mean that in the nicest way possible; I like penises too.

posted by Specklet 03 October | 14:57

Actually I almost never get a jrun error anymore, instead the even more irritating "document contains no data"

posted by Mitheral 03 October | 15:03

Apophasis apofaces applefaces?

posted by Specklet 03 October | 15:05

Specklet, I don't know if we can be friends. I mean, we agree on the penis front. But you like Halloween. And read Anne Lamott.

posted by dame 03 October | 15:10

I love saying that.

It is 50% of the reason for the handle.

posted by Capn 03 October | 15:11

iconomy was that Jim Carrey?

And that cozy looks to be big enough for me and a few friends. Mmmmm, friends.

posted by WolfDaddy 03 October | 15:24

Dern, dame. Surely you can forgive the Anne Lamott thing... I mean, everyone has those writers that they like for no good reason. And Halloween? We just won't hang out that one day of the year.

It's all about bonding over penises, I tell yuh.

posted by Specklet 03 October | 15:25

Personaly I'm more a fan of the vagina.

As long as there's no sand in it.

posted by delmoi 03 October | 15:26

Anne Lamott = idiot. IMO.

posted by delmoi 03 October | 15:27

It's all about bonding over penises, I tell yuh.

You are somewhat persuasive. Also sprained toes. I walked into my bathroom door two Weds. ago, and my ring toe is still swollen.

posted by dame 03 October | 15:32

i blame the advent of penis cozies

You mean wives, girlfriends, flings, and husbands, boyfriends and flings?

Those make good penis cozies.

posted by teece 03 October | 15:34

cozy peni tend to lessen the the anal effluvia
in some cases

posted by ethylene 03 October | 15:36

Fucking hell, MetaFilter's cup JRunneth over today.

posted by fandango_matt 03 October | 15:41

Hey, while on the subject of penises, anyone else unable to stop laughing over the "phallus slave" on last night's episode of Rome on HBO?

Golden turtle ... silver platter ... and PENIS!

posted by WolfDaddy 03 October | 15:44

...my ring toe is still swollen.

Yow! My brokeny toe is almost all better, but it aches when it gets cold. I'm going to start predicting the weather soon.

posted by Specklet 03 October | 16:07

Oh wolfdaddy, I laughed like a hyena and then moved closer to the screen. What was the line Atia used? Something like "A large penis is always welcome" or something like that?

posted by LeeJay 03 October | 16:07

I believe that's correct LeeJay. The accents in Rome are even thicker than those in I, Claudius so it's sometimes a bit hard for me to understand what's being said. However, I find the dialogue highly amusing at times. Especially Pullo: "She'd better fuck like Helen of Troy with her ass on fire!" Too funny.

posted by WolfDaddy 03 October | 16:13

Yep, it was Jim Carrey.

posted by iconomy 03 October | 16:17

Hey, if it weren't for anal effluvia, big assholes like me wouldn't have anything to say.

posted by Hugh Janus 03 October | 16:45

i haven't been attendent enough to notice but i thought you had your clench and pucker trained
*excuses self*

posted by ethylene 03 October | 16:50

I'm all clench and pucker.

posted by Hugh Janus 03 October | 17:01

I'm all clench and pucker.

I can help you with that. What, with dame laying claim to your penis, it's the least I could do to keep your other end from feeling neglected. I could even enlist Miss Speck's help.

posted by Frisbee Girl 03 October | 17:12

Hmm. I am intrugued by your idea and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

posted by Specklet 03 October | 17:19

Hey, have you guys noticed that we never post about jruns on MeFi anymore?→

What the fuck you talkin' about? I'm still there -- here -- there. What the fuck!!!

posted by jrun 03 October | 23:48

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