Make your own squid and set it free. If it comes back to you it's yours. If it doesn't, hunt it down, kill it, and serve it wth a little lemon. Mmmmm... squid. posted by twoleftfeet at 5:16 AM on December 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'm trying to imagine just what a squid would have gotten up to.
SquidLog, Day 10: Arms and tentacles, arms and tentacles. I have decided to pretend that my tentacles are actually very long, boneless thumbs. One day I will surface, snatch some kind of pipe from a ship, and pretend to play the flute. Oh yes.
SquidLog, Day 18: Ran into my cousin, you know, Big Ted. He told me about tormenting a Japanese fishing boat, due to a little deal he had with some bereaved whales. I wish I were that large. Existential questions arise ... why am I a squid who looks like this? Was there a plan for me?
SquidLog, Day 27: Ate various other things from under the sea. Lurked in the deep some more. Feel somewhat abandoned.
SquidLog, Day 39: Came to the realization that, even if I can squirt my ink artfully over these pieces of parchment I found in a sunken vessel, nobody will read them. And I can't even get dial-up underwater. Why was I made, and by whom?
SquidLog, Day 41: Everyone likes the octopi so much more. "Oh look how clever they are, they can bang rocks on the sides of their tanks!" Bloody brilliant, trying to destroy your life support system. Surely someone cares about the squid.
SquidLog, Day 46: Plan to tap underwater transmission cable so I can send email to Bruce Schneier, who is evidently a big fan, was a painful failure. My disconnect seems total. My three hearts are breaking.
SquidLog, Day 53: "Invitation to free dinner," it says, but what is calamari? I suspect it is a sinister trap, but I no longer care. If there are no further entries, Dear Reader (whoever you are), understand that I met my fate not bravely, but with the apathy that can only come from suspecting that one's life is simply a cruel game, quickly unwrapped and discarded. posted by adipocere at 5:18 AM on December 31, 2008 [81 favorites]
I checked back to see what mine was doing, and he had attacked and killed Peter Benchley. posted by Astro Zombie at 6:05 AM on December 31, 2008 [4 favorites]
Rolf Squidboy is looking for some new glasses. posted by afx237vi at 6:06 AM on December 31, 2008
Reginald just escaped a hungry sperm whale. posted by device55 at 6:07 AM on December 31, 2008
Behold the mighty Ellsworth! posted by Manhasset at 6:15 AM on December 31, 2008
Squiddy McSquid just arranged a New Years date with a nubile young sea cow.
(Once you've given your squid the silly name, is there anything these things can actually do? Because if there is, I'm not seeing it.) posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:32 AM on December 31, 2008
This is very cute. I passed it on to a squid-obsessed friend of mine. posted by marginaliana at 6:33 AM on December 31, 2008
Mine is Qwert-shmarble. Named in honor of the elusive amazon.com product. posted by Dr-Baa at 6:47 AM on December 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
Unfortunately, Murgatroyd has a terrible memory. Earlier today, he had to flee a Green Peace ship. But now, having made friends with a giant jellyfish, he has completely forgotten the Rainbow Warrior. Only one adventure at a time for this squid. posted by honest knave at 6:57 AM on December 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
Squiddy Boy seems a little disorganized. I'm going to give him time to get adjusted to his new environment. posted by Joe Beese at 7:02 AM on December 31, 2008
There are a lot of squids from The United States named "Poopy", and now mine is one of them. posted by Science! at 7:09 AM on December 31, 2008
I don't hold out much hope for Zenobia. I suspect neon green with with pink spots might not be the best color choice for an Antarctic cephalopod. posted by weebil at 7:27 AM on December 31, 2008
Shake hands with 'Gummo' posted by sswiller at 7:37 AM on December 31, 2008
Eisenhower the Squid, we hardly knew ye. posted by awenner at 7:42 AM on December 31, 2008
"EUNICE has swum through a school of barracudinas."
...what? I don't think I like the idea of my squid associating with fish that don't have swim bladders. posted by giraffe at 7:52 AM on December 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
Mine got into a fight the minute he hit the drink. (It could be all the polka dots on his hulking frame....kind of like the visual equivalent of "A Boy Named Sue") posted by availablelight at 8:08 AM on December 31, 2008
it's like Spore...but without the DRM posted by Hands of Manos at 8:14 AM on December 31, 2008
I called mine "Gaddle."
I wish I could summon that screen by yelling "GaddleGaddleGaddleGaddleGaddle" at the computer.
Garbag has been hunting for tasty crabs. As long as he doesn't catch them from his friend the penguin, I'm happy. posted by never used baby shoes at 8:27 AM on December 31, 2008 [2 favorites]
ain't that the truth. posted by kuujjuarapik at 8:46 AM on December 31, 2008
Yay! My squid is named Flingo the Wonderful, and he has been "hunting for a hook sharpener"! Just like me! Me and Flingo, we're gonna have some great times at Home Depot together! posted by Greg Nog at 8:54 AM on December 31, 2008
And thus Larry has entered the world. posted by six-or-six-thirty at 8:54 AM on December 31, 2008
awww, I totally love my adorable squid. What fun! Thanks for this charming and endearing animation dear orthogonality. posted by nickyskye at 8:57 AM on December 31, 2008
The squid named ImNotSpongeBob made friends with a scientist. Now if he can just get some DNA re-arranging by his new friend, he can be the star in a SciFi Channel Original movie with some catchy title like "Tentacles of Doom" or "Squidasaurus" or "Calamari This" or "Kraken IV, The Revenge" or "Sucker Punch" or "Ok, I'll stop now" posted by forforf at 8:59 AM on December 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
Squid Billie has been hunting for a lost tentacle. Sounds like one of my offspring, all right. posted by notashroom at 9:02 AM on December 31, 2008
There are many, many, MANY squids named Cthulhu. Also, many lonely geeks. posted by The Bellman at 9:09 AM on December 31, 2008 [4 favorites]
My squid has signed a three-picture deal with Pixar/Disney. posted by terranova at 9:49 AM on December 31, 2008
Werner Herzog just escaped a scientist.
Werner Herzog has swum through a school of lightfish.
Werner Herzog held a gun to Klaus Squidski's head while filming of Aguirre, the Wrath of Cod. posted by buriednexttoyou at 9:55 AM on December 31, 2008 [6 favorites]
Wow. So many 'Cthulhu's. I named my squid Erik. He's not doing much, but being a squid, that was to be expected. posted by BabySeven at 10:59 AM on December 31, 2008
I call this one Bitey. posted by blue_beetle at 12:01 PM on December 31, 2008
"Molly has swum through a boat of tourists." Ouch. posted by colt45 at 12:14 PM on December 31, 2008
Dangle posted by beccaj at 12:28 PM on December 31, 2008
Jeremiah Leviathan had a fight with a teuthologist.
gompa had a brief encounter with Wikipedia. posted by gompa at 12:37 PM on December 31, 2008
St. Sammy. Doesn't seem to do much. I think mine's defective. I may have flung him too hard against the side of the screen.
I'm so sorry St. Sammy! posted by JHarris at 12:55 PM on December 31, 2008
I have the laziest squid in the world. He traveled 0 kilometres in, like, 10 hours, and made friends with an anglerfish. An anglerfish! Sometimes I feel like this is not even my squid. posted by taz at 1:00 PM on December 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
i remember te papa museum... good times posted by jcruelty at 1:36 PM on December 31, 2008
Squid Michaels chased an octopus. posted by Joey Michaels at 1:42 PM on December 31, 2008
Colonel Huffalump just kind of floats. What the fuck, Colonel Huffalump? posted by Justinian at 1:49 PM on December 31, 2008
Scrumbly, seconds after release, had a run in with Japanese whalers! Look out little buddy! posted by wherever, whatever at 1:54 PM on December 31, 2008
Gumhead will destroy you all. posted by bh at 3:17 PM on December 31, 2008
McSquiddertons has been hunting for a t-shirt with ten sleeves.
Oh don't fret so, McSquiddertons! I'll make you one! posted by Katemonkey at 3:21 PM on December 31, 2008
Sir Squidsalot likes big tentacles. He cannot lie. posted by vibrotronica at 3:23 PM on December 31, 2008
Oognooble just broke the ice. posted by dabcad at 3:41 PM on December 31, 2008
My squid, Fernando from United States, is red and has an incredibly dull life. posted by jeffamaphone at 3:49 PM on December 31, 2008
Cuthbert is ready for some action. posted by Dr. Zira at 4:08 PM on December 31, 2008
"ktulu had a fight with another squid."
Got to start somewhere, I guess. Must be tough shaking of aeons of undead sleep. posted by juv3nal at 5:26 PM on December 31, 2008
juicejuice keeps floating to the bottom of the screen. The interface does not scale down to eeepc sizes very well. I figure since juicyjuicy (as I like to call him) is all eyeballs, his modeling contract can't be far off. posted by idiopath at 5:44 PM on December 31, 2008
Predictably, John the squid soon became an extra in a shokushu goukan film and is now addicted to opium. posted by Sailormom at 6:24 PM on December 31, 2008
Mine is named "t".
If he does not make me proud by the time I return from the event this evening, it's calamari. posted by -t at 7:23 PM on December 31, 2008
Gloophar stares at me with bored malevolence when I grab him and spin him around by his flukes, but otherwise seems to be very listless. Emo squid. posted by The otter lady at 7:45 PM on December 31, 2008
I'm gonna love him and squeeze him and call him George. posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:46 PM on December 31, 2008
a wife of artie shaw just escaped a giant jellyfish. Other than that, she keeps aimlessly sinking to the bottom of the screen. I think she might be depressed about the slow dissolution of her marriage.
"Werner Herog just escaped a scientist." Hee! posted by ubersturm at 8:18 PM on December 31, 2008
Mathowie can we please have a spot in the "Also on:" section of our profiles that links to our squid
I just feel like the women of metafilter should know that my squid is of extremely high caliber
Suck it, dumb squid. posted by Samizdata at 8:45 PM on December 31, 2008
"GADDLE has been hunting for friends."
This squid is spawn of my loins... that's what I did tonight, drifted between parties, hunting down all the friends I only see once or twice a year, suctioning onto them with my tentacles. posted by Kattullus at 9:27 PM on December 31, 2008
So, I don't understand this website.
Yes, I enjoyed creating my squid. I like flinging him through the walls of my browser.
But what does it all mean? posted by mosessis at 10:07 PM on December 31, 2008
"Oognooble just passed a Greenpeace inflatable. "
Great stuff :) posted by dabcad at 10:45 PM on December 31, 2008
Euripides Trousers just escaped a hungry sperm whale.
My beloved Martin is now bopping around. We'll see if he manages to escape the wiles of other, more violent sea-creatures. posted by fantine at 1:50 AM on January 2
"Gaddle passed a vampire squid."
Is my Gaddle now a vampire? Or does it mean pass as in what happens to vampire calamari after it's traveled through a digestive system? Whichever it is, that sentence is all kinds of troublesome. posted by Kattullus at 4:23 AM on January 2 [2 favorites]
I just logged back in and usually there are squid swimming about in the background but now there were no squid. Was that just me or is that true or others? posted by Kattullus at 5:18 PM on January 2
That should've been "for others" in case it's confusing and since I'm posting I might as well mention that I logged back in and the gamboling background squid were back. posted by Kattullus at 5:22 PM on January 2
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