it is a mystery

December 4, 2005 10:50 AM

Why is this flyer pink?
posted by empath (54 comments total)

wtf?
posted by macmac at 10:54 AM on December 4, 2005

You tell me.
posted by chasing at 10:56 AM on December 4, 2005

Oh man, that site cracked me up for reasons I can't even begin to understand. I think the Roses are Red part did me in.
posted by allen.spaulding at 10:58 AM on December 4, 2005

cute! : >
posted by amberglow at 10:59 AM on December 4, 2005

"Don't say I didn't warn you." Heh!
posted by malaprohibita at 11:01 AM on December 4, 2005

posted by Optimus Chyme at 11:01 AM on December 4, 2005

This in-joke wasn't even funny on the site it came from.
posted by kjh at 11:02 AM on December 4, 2005

now that's just nasty.
posted by jonmc at 11:02 AM on December 4, 2005

Why isn't this forum pink?
posted by Rictic at 11:02 AM on December 4, 2005

I don't this hits the mark. Obviously contrived; they tried too hard.
posted by ryanhealy at 11:03 AM on December 4, 2005

^think
posted by ryanhealy at 11:04 AM on December 4, 2005

The pink flyers are neither clever nor amusing. I hope they were just thrown out.
posted by driveler at 11:04 AM on December 4, 2005

TRAPPED IN FLYER SEND HELP raised a smile.
posted by fire&wings at 11:10 AM on December 4, 2005

Personally, I enjoyed the flyers. But then, just last night a friend said to me "You are the antithesis of humor." So, whatever.

But I think I'm missing the joke on this one. I don't recognize the contorted hands as any kind of symbol or a reference to anything I've seen before. And jonmc says it's "nasty," so I guess there's something going on there that's over my head.
posted by Clay201 at 11:14 AM on December 4, 2005

That was mildly amusing!
posted by dwordle at 11:14 AM on December 4, 2005

But I think I'm missing the joke on this one. I don't recognize the contorted hands as any kind of symbol or a reference to anything I've seen before.

Try this.
posted by clevershark at 11:18 AM on December 4, 2005

The scrolling 'Why is this icon pink?' thingy is a nice touch.
posted by jack_mo at 11:27 AM on December 4, 2005

Beautiful in a hopkin green frog way.

Who let the flyer out

who
who
who
posted by naomi at 11:28 AM on December 4, 2005

Clay201s comment just made me laugh harder than the whole pink flyer thing altogether.

and, "Trapped in a flyer factory" was my favorite.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 11:30 AM on December 4, 2005

clevershark, you made my heart skip a beat there.
posted by allen.spaulding at 11:36 AM on December 4, 2005

There's a countdown here... 31 December 2005, the day pink flyers take over the world?
posted by funambulist at 11:40 AM on December 4, 2005

I thought it was hilarious.

Apparently someone tried "this flyer has anthrax" and got busted by the cops. (Go about halfway down or search the page for "Man charged in anthrax threat hoax").
posted by danb at 11:42 AM on December 4, 2005

I laughed until I realized that most of the photos were taken in and around the town in which I grew up. Then I got creeped out.
posted by zerokey at 11:44 AM on December 4, 2005

fire&wings elucidates " TRAPPED IN FLYER SEND HELP raised a smile."

Especially since it was on the side of a "flyer" truck! Laugh out loud (that's what I'm doing)!
posted by Colloquial Collision at 11:53 AM on December 4, 2005

May I ask what town that was, zerokey? (Not stalking, just curious where it started)
posted by herting at 12:11 PM on December 4, 2005

It appears the Scarlet Gang of Asakusa has struck again...
posted by hototogisu at 12:31 PM on December 4, 2005

gold, in so many ways.
posted by shoepal at 12:33 PM on December 4, 2005

Why is this pink flying?
posted by HyperBlue at 12:38 PM on December 4, 2005

The man himself?
posted by null terminated at 12:38 PM on December 4, 2005

Is this also considered a Pink flyer?
posted by HyperBlue at 12:41 PM on December 4, 2005

clevershark;

Ah. Thanks for clearing that up.
posted by Clay201 at 1:03 PM on December 4, 2005

pink fliers
posted by carsonb at 1:43 PM on December 4, 2005

If we're just going to post stuff from SA, I'd recommend the ongoing Frankie saga. (Potentially NSFW, involves strapons)
posted by H-Bar at 1:48 PM on December 4, 2005

herting -
Coral Springs, FL
posted by zerokey at 1:48 PM on December 4, 2005

I liked the elevator one. (Something Awful looks awful).
posted by nobody at 2:41 PM on December 4, 2005

hahahaha oh man, never heard that one before, nobody! XD
posted by keswick at 2:47 PM on December 4, 2005

The first twenty or so were amusing, but people really do try too hard. Maybe one of the best things about it is imagining all these people stuck with reams of pink paper when they realize it isn't funny anymore.
posted by kyleg at 3:08 PM on December 4, 2005

I had no idea it was related to something awful or I'd have included it in the original post. I searched around a little bit, but all I had to go on, basically just the link that had been e-mailed to me.
posted by empath at 3:21 PM on December 4, 2005

Thanks for posting! This one reminded me I have to pick up more dog food.
posted by jonzino at 5:15 PM on December 4, 2005

18 I thought was funny.

Though I assume I'll change my mind after some sleep...
posted by 13twelve at 5:16 PM on December 4, 2005

MetaFilter: Potentially NSFW, involves strapons.

(Seriously, my first and last time ever.)
posted by BaxterG4 at 5:36 PM on December 4, 2005

Because somebody has a lot of time on his hands and doesn't know what to do with it.
posted by neuron at 7:04 PM on December 4, 2005

OK, so he was riffing on some real "Why is this flyer pink?" flyers in strange places, right? Posted to SA, the thing took off, by the end of the next day it was on its own domain?

But the original flyers -- did we ever find out what the hell they were for?
posted by dhartung at 7:52 PM on December 4, 2005

Jebus


I gave up after seven pages of this crapola.

Just another waste of bandwith

really not entertaining, engaging, or creative in anyway.

And I thought I had no life

didi I say Jebus?
posted by timsteil at 8:22 PM on December 4, 2005

But the original flyers -- did we ever find out what the hell they were for?

As you can see in the first photo, the "original" flyer was just a college campus change of schedule sheet that happened to be printed on pink paper. Probably just whatever was in the copier at the time. The take-offs aren't even the same shade. Disappointing all around.
posted by kjh at 8:47 PM on December 4, 2005

Nr 54 is inside a radio station with their info on the sheet and a pile of pink flyers at the side (not all the same shade of pink)
No, I didn't click from 1 to 54. I started somewhere at 45.
posted by easternblot at 8:59 PM on December 4, 2005

NSFW
posted by Guy Smiley at 9:56 PM on December 4, 2005

W=G
posted by Guy Smiley at 9:56 PM on December 4, 2005

G=Guy
posted by Guy Smiley at 9:56 PM on December 4, 2005

Save me, Jebus!

Seriously, though- most of this is total crap. Except for that whole "countercounterrevolutionary" thing the flyer idea has going on.
posted by malusmoriendumest at 12:02 AM on December 5, 2005

I can't get enough of the little "it is a mystery" ghost. Seriously! I'm really not being sarcastic. I find it inexplicably amusing, The flyers though - not so much.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 12:39 AM on December 5, 2005

Good question.
posted by raedyn at 9:31 AM on December 5, 2005

I like.
posted by dontoine at 10:33 AM on December 5, 2005

*in a time warp*
posted by maggieb at 8:37 PM on December 5, 2005