Ask comment:
"You do it to fantasize about being a homemaker/homeowner/whatever.
When I was 9 or 10, I was learning about the atrocities of the Nazis. I played in my yard and pretended to exterminate fictional populations in my fictional country in my..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ira_
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"It's not indecent. It's highly moral, Majesty. It's full of proper small town virtues.
Excuse me, Majesty, but what do you think these could be? Being from New York, I'd love to learn.
Well, tell him, konolia. Name us a small town virtue...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by scody, shiu mai baby
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Is there any way I can ask anonymous question but have all the favorites of the post credited to my account? TIA!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"McCain, Palin criticize Obama on earmarks (AP)
"John McCain and Sarah Palin criticized Democrat Barack Obama over the amount of money he has requested for his home state of Illinois, even though Alaska under Palin's leadership has asked..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by blueberry, drezdn, Rhaomi
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I added to the MeFi Wiki an entry for the Longest Threads. If someone has access to the info dump and could add to it, that'd be swell; or memail me so I can. For instance: not sure if the Ski Taos thread is really the longest AskMe or not. Or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by goodnewsfortheinsane
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Jesus, the historical Jesus Christ was not, in anyway, a 'community organizer'
You and your "facts". Didn't you hear Palin say she was against the Bridge last night? Facts have no place in this election.
Jesus organized his..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, cashman
Last month
MeFi comment:
"It marks you as a local if you know it, and an outsider if you say "snowmobile."
Thus the main pretense for secession and the subsequent civil war...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
Last month
MeTa comment:
"There's this song called the "Yeti Stomp" on the Backyardigans I saw a few years ago. It made me laugh." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mitzyjalapeno
Last month
MeTa comment:
""One!" said the comment exporter.
"Von!" echoed every little old gentleman in every leather-bottomed arm-chair in MeFivotteimittiss. "Von!" said mathowie's screen also; "von!" said the screen of his..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scrump
Last month
MeTa comment:
"zemblamatic writes 'I think it is sweet when you septics occasionally remember your puritan roots.'
COLONIALIST!
COLONIST!" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by zippy, BrotherCaine
Last month
MeTa comment:
"There's a commercial running nowadays for some refrigerator. The kids can't find something because hahaha kids are sloppy, irresponsible and can never remember where to put things. The dad can't find something because hahahah dads are sloppy and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by anthropoid
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"When I lived in Paris, this one crêpe-cart guy in St-Germain-des-Prés wouldn't let me take home my crêpe and eat it five minutes away. I had to consume it immediately -or at least nearby- while it was warm. He was stern, and French, and I obeyed...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by HyperBlue, noway, estherbester, spec80
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Next time I dislike a Boing Boing post, I'll simply comment, "Zzzzzzzzzzzz." They can go ahead and disemvowel that." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by oneirodynia, arcticwoman, Snyder, delmoi, JHarris, Dark Messiah, mw, hifiparasol, Sys Rq, grobstein, transona5
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm now expecting for BB to decide that today's Violet Blue post was a mistake and they unpublish it as well." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hey look! It's a video of something that'll be posted in a million other outlets by the end of the day. I'm so glad it was posted here on Metafilter because I really appreciate everyone's opinion in the comments. Everyone is so awesome...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by liza, Del Far
3 months ago
MeFi post:
This little piggy stayed home, no longer.
favorited 9 times, recently by Iamtherealme, Rhaomi, longdaysjourney, geeky, silkygreenbelly, librarina, retronic, The Ultimate Olympian, destrius
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I found the fridge part also fairly plausible. I mean, the writers actually bothered to write "LEAD" on the fridge, right? At least that's something.
For me, the worst part was the triple waterfalls. You cannot go down a jungle river..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cass
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"Ghosts are immensely afraid of terriers. Cats too. So get a pet. Terriers and cats. Why? I can't explain. I think it's the hair but ghosts aren't known to be instilled with much logic. If a ghost *does* dare to turn off your TV (why ghosts..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Narrator: Harriet runs away from her slave owner Master James and heads North to become a spy for the Union while looking for Addy.
Harriet: I'm so glad I got away from my slave owner, but what am I going to do? I think I'm going to become a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by subaruwrx, iamkimiam
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I would like to hereby declare Yeti's Law, which states:
"As a forum discussion about Hitler grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving George W. Bush approaches one...." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by Goofyy, maqsarian, jonp72, olya, 2or3whiskeysodas, amethysts, Space Kitty, badmoonrising
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Pride and Prejudice II: Prouder and Prejudiceder.
I've always preferred the working title Too Pride Too Prejudice." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by everichon
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The other night, I got roaring drunk (in real life) at a party. When I woke up the next morning, I had a vague memory of playing GTA IV before bed. When I booted up the game and Niko walked out of his apartment, I saw I had parked a hearse outside...." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by incomple, lord_wolf, Jezztek, sir_rubixalot, roll truck roll, Edgewise, Pendragon, slimepuppy, adamdschneider
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Eventually, though, she got a little too wasted and started hanging all over everybody.
That's what alcohol does, as you may know. The fact that she was flirty with you sober reveals what she really wanted. So in her mind: you go out on a date;..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Optimus Chyme, moxiedoll, Static Vagabond, peacheater
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"I had a southern friend say "I tell you what" whenever he was agreeing with me and it threw me off. In the north, it's a preamble to actually disclosing information.
North: "I only have $1 left." "I tell you what:..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Last Monday Brian Williams did a promo spot for the evening's news and with doom-ful music as a backdrop he mongered, "The roads we use to take our kids to school: are they falling apart?"
Obviously we don't have other reasons to care..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"This is pretty much how Digg works nowadays: "CONFIRMED: Clinton Accepted Bribes from Al Qaeda!!!" Annoying and dishonest. But when the din in the room become a roar, the easy way to be heard is to be outlandish and -if necessary- lie...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Inspector.Gadget
5 months ago
