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And Divine_Wino, did I ever tell you about taking a tour of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, VA? Some cryptic shit in there. Some really hokey shit, too. I'm not at liberty to discuss it until I feel the tenor of your secret handshake.
But the tower offers a helluva view of NoVA and the District, and the old dude who'll tell you all about the Shriners ("Not just for funny little cars at parades anymore!") is amazing -- he's so monumentally boring that you hang on his every word.
I'm not at liberty to discuss it until I feel the tenor of your secret handshake.
You know when you try to shake Harpo Marx's hand and you end up with his foot in the pocket of your overcoat and your hat on fire in the peanut roaster? Mines even more Commedia D'ell Arte.
C'mon! We can do better than this! 21 comments? Why, this is more humiliating than the time I sent $50 to Pat Robertson because he promised to save me from the monkeys of hellfire. Sure, it was a dream, but when you walk that fine line that's what you go with. Charge the gates! Steamroll the picket lines! Butter my toast!
but i'd probably need to keep it in the fridge, since a. it would talk while i'm trying to sleep, and b. it would meeelt. and c. it would be a little creepy.
i wouldn't have the heart to eat it. but i might lick it, to make sure it really was a mars bar. because it could be a mars bar-shaped spy bug or something. anyway, i'd rather have a lion, or something, and keep my pet mars bar.