September 10, 2002
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Any links to the news being reported in New York. Just got off the phone with a friend (I'm in San Diego), and there are reports that 3 explosives were found on the Brooklyn Bridge and diffused. Also, that Bush is reportedly going to be at ground zero tomorrow for 9X11s ceremonies. Can anyone instantiate these claims with links? Sorry, not trying to start a rumor-mill post, but rather surprised there are not posts on this info.
This post was deleted for the following reason:
I'm not sure how "instantiate" a non-existant bit of news, but I'll give it a shot.
posted by malphigian at 10:59 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by malphigian at 10:59 PM on September 10, 2002
Of course I misspell existent in my grammar snark, nice job me.
posted by malphigian at 11:00 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by malphigian at 11:00 PM on September 10, 2002
Fark.com: Nothing
Fark's gonna mention it sometime on Friday. :)
posted by RobbieFal at 11:01 PM on September 10, 2002
Fark's gonna mention it sometime on Friday. :)
posted by RobbieFal at 11:01 PM on September 10, 2002
This post has no link.
May pastel-suited jackals
Gnaw upon your bones.
posted by Slithy_Tove at 11:04 PM on September 10, 2002
May pastel-suited jackals
Gnaw upon your bones.
posted by Slithy_Tove at 11:04 PM on September 10, 2002
I'll try to do this in the most gentle and civilized way possible, considering the recent backlash against corrections and adherence to the rules.
<puts on a big fluffy bunny suit>
<hands out cotton candy and gumdrops>
<releases a flock of white doves>
(Linkless posts are a violation of one of MetaFilter's prime directives, Jon, even today. If you can't find any news of it on any of the major sources, it's probably not true.)
posted by Danelope at 11:07 PM on September 10, 2002
<puts on a big fluffy bunny suit>
<hands out cotton candy and gumdrops>
<releases a flock of white doves>
(Linkless posts are a violation of one of MetaFilter's prime directives, Jon, even today. If you can't find any news of it on any of the major sources, it's probably not true.)
posted by Danelope at 11:07 PM on September 10, 2002
pretty doves...
tasty candy...
...
I should go to bed now
posted by jazon at 11:09 PM on September 10, 2002
tasty candy...
...
I should go to bed now
posted by jazon at 11:09 PM on September 10, 2002
I'm sure it will be deleted, if it were true no one would care about no link in the main post. Relax Slithy yeesh.
posted by madmanz123 at 11:09 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by madmanz123 at 11:09 PM on September 10, 2002
I agree, posting this was irresponsible and is going to get a bunch of people worked up on the worst day to do that.
posted by gsteff at 11:10 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by gsteff at 11:10 PM on September 10, 2002
Just FYI: I just went up on the roof and looked at the Brooklyn Bridge through my telescope: Traffic is moving in both directions, no sign of police activity, so I think your source was inaccurate, nakedjon.
posted by evanizer at 11:10 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by evanizer at 11:10 PM on September 10, 2002
I'm not sure how "instantiate" a non-existant bit of news, but I'll give it a shot.
rumor = new bit_of_news();
?
posted by cortex at 11:11 PM on September 10, 2002
rumor = new bit_of_news();
?
posted by cortex at 11:11 PM on September 10, 2002
no links = liberal media conspiracy
posted by crunchburger at 11:11 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by crunchburger at 11:11 PM on September 10, 2002
So let me get this straight... the toy broom, it vibrates?
posted by crunchland at 11:13 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by crunchland at 11:13 PM on September 10, 2002
ha! I told you so, conspiring liberals!
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 11:13 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 11:13 PM on September 10, 2002
evanizer, you are using that telescope mostly for...amateur astronomy, right?
posted by crunchburger at 11:13 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by crunchburger at 11:13 PM on September 10, 2002
Ooh, code jokes!
rumor.setIsFactual(false);
(evanizer, you can see about 3 stars here in NYC, just what do you use that telescope for normally, hmm?)
posted by malphigian at 11:14 PM on September 10, 2002
rumor.setIsFactual(false);
(evanizer, you can see about 3 stars here in NYC, just what do you use that telescope for normally, hmm?)
posted by malphigian at 11:14 PM on September 10, 2002
Damn you crunchburger, and your quick wit!
posted by malphigian at 11:15 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by malphigian at 11:15 PM on September 10, 2002
Beuatiful, slithy. And danelope was so close...
fluffy bunny suit
cotton candy and gumdrops
a flock of white doves
posted by alex_reno at 11:15 PM on September 10, 2002
fluffy bunny suit
cotton candy and gumdrops
a flock of white doves
posted by alex_reno at 11:15 PM on September 10, 2002
I take the flogging. One too many beers I believe, and conversating with those in New York on the phone, leads to trigger happy typing and abstraction of mefi rules. I apologize.
posted by nakedjon at 11:16 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by nakedjon at 11:16 PM on September 10, 2002
"instantiate," then "conversating"? Son of a bitch must pay.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:19 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by kirkaracha at 11:19 PM on September 10, 2002
there are reports that 3 explosives were found on the Brooklyn Bridge and diffused
If there were explosives, I'd hope to God they weren't diffused.
posted by gsteff at 11:19 PM on September 10, 2002
If there were explosives, I'd hope to God they weren't diffused.
posted by gsteff at 11:19 PM on September 10, 2002
what a non-thread - where's the damn link? No link, no FPP
posted by SpaceCadet at 11:24 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by SpaceCadet at 11:24 PM on September 10, 2002
Evanizer:
Best. Reply. Ever.
Dude, a telescope, even. Heavens to murgatroid!
That's wicked cool mate.
going back to cooking late night sushi
posted by geekhorde at 11:26 PM on September 10, 2002
Best. Reply. Ever.
Dude, a telescope, even. Heavens to murgatroid!
That's wicked cool mate.
going back to cooking late night sushi
posted by geekhorde at 11:26 PM on September 10, 2002
28 comments and no pancakes? I mean, Pancakes?
posted by mediareport at 11:26 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by mediareport at 11:26 PM on September 10, 2002
Closest thing to a legitimate scare two hours and 30 minutes into the day.
posted by gsteff at 11:31 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by gsteff at 11:31 PM on September 10, 2002
I, for one, welcome our new non-pancake posting overlords.
posted by crunchburger at 11:32 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by crunchburger at 11:32 PM on September 10, 2002
(evanizer, you can see about 3 stars here in NYC, just what do you use that telescope for normally, hmm?)
Why, of course I use it to look at wait for it... Uranus.
I'm really into asstronomy.
I mean, you saw Rear Window, didn't you?
...
...
Apologies. I do actually have a nice telescope and I did go on the roof to check the Brooklyn Bridge, mostly because this post scared the living Bejeezus out of me. I used to be a big-time sky watcher when I lived out in the Connecticut sticks. Now, sadly, the best view I get is either a very blurry one of workers making illicit photocopies over in the Goldman-Sachs building in Lower Manhattan, or of Mrs. Rodriguez frying plantains down Roebling Street.
posted by evanizer at 11:33 PM on September 10, 2002
Why, of course I use it to look at wait for it... Uranus.
I'm really into asstronomy.
I mean, you saw Rear Window, didn't you?
...
...
Apologies. I do actually have a nice telescope and I did go on the roof to check the Brooklyn Bridge, mostly because this post scared the living Bejeezus out of me. I used to be a big-time sky watcher when I lived out in the Connecticut sticks. Now, sadly, the best view I get is either a very blurry one of workers making illicit photocopies over in the Goldman-Sachs building in Lower Manhattan, or of Mrs. Rodriguez frying plantains down Roebling Street.
posted by evanizer at 11:33 PM on September 10, 2002
what
Yes, I believe that is the proper response.
posted by mediareport at 11:40 PM on September 10, 2002
Yes, I believe that is the proper response.
posted by mediareport at 11:40 PM on September 10, 2002
I heard that terrorists were plotting to burn the American flag on the moon!
general lee?
posted by bargle at 11:52 PM on September 10, 2002
general lee?
posted by bargle at 11:52 PM on September 10, 2002
Geekhorde--Dude, cooking and sushi are SO incompatible. Happy wednesday.
posted by scottymac at 11:54 PM on September 10, 2002
posted by scottymac at 11:54 PM on September 10, 2002
'instantiate'=substantiate - to provide substance to. This thread has no substance but is nonetheless interesting. Perhaps we need a once a week Seinfeld posting to clear out the desire to post about nothing...
posted by nasim at 12:08 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by nasim at 12:08 AM on September 11, 2002
User #4423, NakedJon, though you will probably be deleted for the linkless post, you should know that the bomb rumor is probably a reaction to the story described in this MeFi thread. Also, Bush is planning on visiting ground zero tomorrow according to a published CNN report or two. I'm sorry that I don't have a link for that one, but I get all my news here. :P
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:09 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:09 AM on September 11, 2002
FUCK! there goes my award.
posted by jcterminal at 12:12 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by jcterminal at 12:12 AM on September 11, 2002
Bush, having attended the Pentagon service in the morning, is to travel next to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, to lay a wreath at the Shanksville crash site. He then goes to New York to visit Ground Zero.
posted by t r a c y at 12:27 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by t r a c y at 12:27 AM on September 11, 2002
Thank you, t r a c y.
Hope that answers both of your questions to your satisfaction, NJ.
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:50 AM on September 11, 2002
Hope that answers both of your questions to your satisfaction, NJ.
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:50 AM on September 11, 2002
Scottymac, you gots to have rice if you're gonna have sushi. It's the best.
MMMM sticky rice....
So, hopefully this whole thread is much ado about nothing, eh?
I'm hoping for a very very quiet day.
Gots to get sleep.
posted by geekhorde at 1:01 AM on September 11, 2002
MMMM sticky rice....
So, hopefully this whole thread is much ado about nothing, eh?
I'm hoping for a very very quiet day.
Gots to get sleep.
posted by geekhorde at 1:01 AM on September 11, 2002
mmmmm pie
posted by inpHilltr8r at 1:21 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by inpHilltr8r at 1:21 AM on September 11, 2002
i always use 9X11s when I'm building ceremonies...
posted by gelatinouscitizen at 1:22 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by gelatinouscitizen at 1:22 AM on September 11, 2002
Yes, I believe that is the proper response.
I propose:
WHAT
THE
FUCK
NAKEDJON!?!
crunchland: marry me. I'll never have to fulfill my husbandly duties with you. Obviously.
Santa Barbara sleeps safely tonight.
posted by WolfDaddy at 1:41 AM on September 11, 2002
I propose:
WHAT
THE
FUCK
NAKEDJON!?!
crunchland: marry me. I'll never have to fulfill my husbandly duties with you. Obviously.
Santa Barbara sleeps safely tonight.
posted by WolfDaddy at 1:41 AM on September 11, 2002
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