Making plans for 2008

December 21, 2001 8:20 AM

Making plans for 2008
It's the feel good story of the day. A 12 year-old German school girl gets her place in the Guinness Book of Records for her tounge.
"I'm just proud that now people everywhere can read about me and my tongue." [via BoingBoing]
posted by DragonBoy (32 comments total)

Sorry, for her tongue.
posted by DragonBoy at 8:21 AM on December 21, 2001

In an unrelated story she just signed a contract for a book aimed at teenagers called French Kissing Mishaps.
posted by skallas at 8:31 AM on December 21, 2001

Does anyone else find that incredibly disturbing?
posted by zztzed at 8:36 AM on December 21, 2001

Too! . . . Many! . . . Inappropriate! . . . Jokes! . . .



[bursts into flames]
posted by Skot at 8:47 AM on December 21, 2001

I just got the 2008 reference, you perve!
posted by wsfinkel at 8:47 AM on December 21, 2001

"My friends always said I had an incredibly long tongue - I could make lots of money with it one day," said Annika.



Maybe in the porn industry, I can't think of any other way.
posted by vbfg at 8:49 AM on December 21, 2001

It's all about the anagrams.
posted by sudama at 8:56 AM on December 21, 2001

Speaking for the ladies, which I am usually loathe to do, I have to point out that we really don't know whose team she's on yet.
posted by luser at 9:21 AM on December 21, 2001

Here's hoping no IP addresses are banned from Hell. I so want to remain a MeFi'er.
posted by luser at 9:23 AM on December 21, 2001

Maybe in the porn industry, I can't think of any other way.



She could be in a KISS cover band.
posted by yerfatma at 9:23 AM on December 21, 2001

I thought that the 2008 reference would be TOO much...but then I realized your link beat me to it. WELL DONE!!
posted by Greener at 9:36 AM on December 21, 2001

Mutant Alert
posted by adnanbwp at 10:01 AM on December 21, 2001

" Speaking for the ladies, which I am usually loathe to do, I have to point out that we really don't know whose team she's on yet."

If there is any justice in this world, she'll bat for both sides.
posted by rich at 10:41 AM on December 21, 2001

It's not the size of the tongue. It's what you do with it.
posted by fakenamex at 10:43 AM on December 21, 2001

--" Speaking for the ladies, which I am usually loathe to do, I have to point out that we really don't know whose team she's on yet."

--"If there is any justice in this world, she'll bat for both sides."

Agreed. Whichever side of the plate, it makes me glad just knowing she's out there...
posted by Ty Webb at 10:49 AM on December 21, 2001

Dragonboy, you are a filthy filthy genius. 2008! My hat's off to you.
posted by Samsonov14 at 10:50 AM on December 21, 2001

can someone give me a hint on the 2008 thing? i know i'm slow ... i just learned what tea-bagging is yesterday too.
posted by danOstuporStar at 10:52 AM on December 21, 2001

danOstuporStar: I'm guessing that's when she passes the age of consent in the US.
posted by davehat at 10:54 AM on December 21, 2001

the resemblance is uncanny...
posted by nagchampa at 11:00 AM on December 21, 2001

Damn, that slug was FINE!
posted by Ty Webb at 11:17 AM on December 21, 2001

i just learned what tea-bagging is yesterday too.


and this morning he discovered mouthwash.

Sorry, couldn't resist.
posted by skallas at 11:26 AM on December 21, 2001

Blogger of the month: DragonBoy
posted by Greener at 11:57 AM on December 21, 2001

Blogger of the month: DragonBoy

Or Mark Frauenfelder, who posted it to BoingBoing yesterday.
posted by luser at 1:49 PM on December 21, 2001

Or whoever I stole it from back in November. Wait, they'd be blogger of last month then. Nevermind.
posted by sudama at 2:08 PM on December 21, 2001

danOstuporStar -

2008 Beijing.
posted by HoldenCaulfield at 2:13 PM on December 21, 2001

I graciously accept 'blogger of last month'.

Thank you, thank you...

(of course, the real honor should go to jish)
posted by justgary at 2:20 PM on December 21, 2001

How about Zebulun, November 9. Interesting follow-up from several days later...

But DragonBoy you definitely get the award for best tag line. And Christmas comes sooner than you think. Get yourself a plane ticket for 2006.
posted by dlewis at 2:35 PM on December 21, 2001

Why in Papa New Guinea & Sri Lanka its illeagal for Male-Male & Female-Female are legal at 16? So Ellen is cool, but not....Ricky Martin?
posted by thekorruptor at 2:44 PM on December 21, 2001

I clairify: DragonBoy is the "Metafilter" Blogger of the month. From this point forward...there WILL be a blogger of the month. It will be voted upon towards the end of the month
posted by Greener at 3:24 PM on December 21, 2001

thekorruptor: The legislators probably didn't know lesbianism existed. Do they get Ellen in Sri Lanka?

And Ricky Martin? Gay?! Well you learn something new every day...
posted by dlewis at 3:28 PM on December 21, 2001

Since November 12, over 3/4 of my search engine referrers have been Irmler seekers.
posted by sudama at 7:02 PM on December 21, 2001

The girl with the serpentine tongue
Is lucky she's still much too young.
Horny men all admire her
And lesbians desire her
Let's hope she's bilingually hung.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:29 PM on December 21, 2001