Swapset: factory I got mine in the post yesterday, so fire&wings should be getting it today, the rest of you ... well, it depends on the postal system and whether the customs believe it's a data disk that cost 10p (although that's actually true, perhaps printing a picture on it added value, I don't know).

It's a fairly downbeat collection of tunes, called Desperate Women, although several of the artists don't appear to be that... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 12:45 AM on June 3, 2008

Received from: Fire&Wings and brodieshadetree, though I've not listened to them yet.

Fire&Wings - this is a beautiful piece of work, packaging-wise. Is it a real letter, and where did you get it from?
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 12:20 PM on June 3, 2008

With the program you must get, yes.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 11:24 AM on May 21, 2008

Warum denkst du dass?
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 12:30 AM on May 22, 2008

Sounds mad enough to work. Count me in, please.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 9:23 AM on April 30, 2008

I'm not sure what I could do for $75k, but I'd be happy to find out.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 1:03 PM on March 25, 2008

Groovy.

That is all.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 5:57 AM on February 14, 2008

That was fun.

Groovy.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 3:52 PM on March 7, 2008

Good night out! I got to stride across Millennium Bridge on the way home (stride, dammit!), which made me happy. Hooray for beer.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 5:05 PM on December 20, 2007

Seconding singular they. There's no need for anything fiddlier than that.

Also, "dick" is German for fat. You can get two constituencies with that, if it's the sort of thing you want to do.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 4:40 PM on November 24, 2007

Grease.
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:56 AM on November 25 [+] [!]

Word.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 3:08 AM on November 25, 2007

I'm coming to the conclusion that to wish violence or death on anyone, even as a joke - especially as a joke - coarsens the soul. It's something that grown-ups shouldn't do. And even though I don't think I'll ever qualify as a grown-up, I'd like to pretend.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 3:17 PM on November 19, 2007

Just so that I don't come over as too pious:

Fuck it, I'm sick of wearing trousers. I'm going to spend the rest of my life in a nappy.
Ghandi

I've wanted to post that for two days. God knows why.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 3:45 PM on November 19, 2007

is "I'd hit it" really sexist?

It's actually one of the sexist tropes that's openly (and astonishingly) misogynistic. In addition to the fact that it's generally used to undermine the female subject of the thread or a female speaker, in three words it:

Identifies the sex act (approvingly) as an act of violence. De-sexualises (and by extension reduces to an object) the person at which it is directed. Generally in... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 2:06 AM on November 23, 2007

Also, it's the second part of a statement: "Despite the fact that this thing is ugly, worthless or otherwise undeserving of my attentions, I would have sexual intercourse with it". Which isn't a very nice thing to say, or imply, even in jest.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 2:59 AM on November 23, 2007

Um, there's a picture of me in there, holding my ear and looking like I was in pain. Actually I was making a telephone call. I feel the urge to point this out.

It was a lot of fun, though. Next time I notice there's something on, I'll definitely be there.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 2:50 AM on October 6, 2007

Mee-Fee. To rhyme with Beefy. That's the way to go.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 12:35 PM on October 6, 2007

Goodness. If you've gone to the trouble of arranging a meetup less than five minutes from my home, the least I can do is drop by. Particularly if I get to do I'm-not-worthies.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 11:32 AM on September 25, 2007

I'm just not cut out and only open during the housing boom of the English class system red in tooth and claw.

When I click on the Mac keyboard for the next time I'm shoehorned into an ejaculation that doesn't mean it this morning (just claiming my brownie points there).

How many couples can say "let's call apples apples". but what does it mean?

The context of an album - nifty packaging, booklets and... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 2:35 PM on September 11, 2007

I await the day when someone can recreate Textmate in a browser window, complete with code bundles, syntax coloring, and ftp/ssh support to pull files in from remote servers.

Is this the sort of thing you mean?

(Someone probably said that weeks ago, making me look like an unbearable, clueless jackass. But then, I am, so I'm all "flaunt it, baby, flaunt it!" So.

As you were.)
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 2:10 AM on May 1, 2007

Fun, fun, fun mit der Autoban.

/Kraftwerk-filter
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 7:07 AM on May 3, 2007

Five horsemen? There's a new horseman? That's kind of wierd, like when She-Hulk was in the Fantastic Four.

Say, it's not She-Hulk, is it? Death, War, Pestilence, Famine and She-Hulk.

It would have to be a big horse.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 6:39 AM on November 4, 2006

What IS "the Internet norm"?

If I had the time, the motivation or the inline-image-posting-ability this text would be a photoshopped picture of George Wendt sitting at the bar of Cheers with a laptop. But it isn't.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 3:26 AM on October 25, 2006

It should probably be mentioned that the answer to the really important pollystark question seems to be: She got the Les Paul.

Good for her.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 11:00 AM on January 4, 2006

Which thread was it that ran for years and years and may still be running somewhere, that everyone referred to by its number and that after a while you only launched if MeFi was really quiet, and you had a fast connection and a few minutes to kill while it launched? Do you know the one I mean?
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 2:37 PM on November 30, 2005

Metafilter: Whatever, commence with the pile on.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 7:07 AM on September 11, 2005

Out of all the things that happened yesterday - and I'm grateful to Whoever that I wasn't directly involved and that all my friends who did pass through the area missed it - the only thing that made me angry was PPs comments. Anger isn't a useful response to this sort of thing for me - I learned that back when the IRA were bombing London. You can end up being angry and afraid all the time, and that isn't useful.

So, a lot of deep breathing.

The... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 1:59 AM on July 8, 2005

I, for one, welcome our "Metafilter: [this is good]" overlords; I also eat tapes, and chase them with PepsiBlue, because I have fish in my pants.

So... do you vibrate?

Here, give your pony a pancake.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 2:58 AM on June 18, 2005

I still have to run IE in order to access bank accounts, as the online banking services (in the UK) seem only to work in IE on the Mac. One of them (Cahoot) only recently made changes to their login that effectively locks out non-MS users (i.e. me. I'm not happy about it. Give me my money, you bastards).

Just saying, there are reasons why people might want to use it sometimes, and for people who aren't that interested in software that might translate to all of the time.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 11:54 PM on January 6, 2005

You know ParisParamus could just copy-and-paste chunks of his and no-one would be able to tell the difference.

If WMDs are not an argument for an immediate start to the depression on the sidelines, stop supporting a horrid regime, which is little more than the runner-up currency any time soon.

Indeed.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 1:22 PM on November 21, 2004

Smokey Robinson is dead?
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 5:53 AM on November 13, 2004

(actually, no, but his website is terrible)
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 5:55 AM on November 13, 2004

It's OK to laugh at these guys because they're idiots. Their flamboyant language and determined perseverance in the face of nonsense add to the general joy. Does this stem from their culture? Possibly. But it's fundamentally the idiot factor that makes it fun.

Nigerians have a reputation for scammery the same way that the French have a reputation for arrogance and romance, the Germans for efficiency and logicality and Americans for being loud and pushy. Nigerians turn... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 9:01 AM on December 16, 2003

Why, Grangousier, because of the 419 scam?

No, not really. 419 is the only thing that affects people in the North directly, so it's the only bit we notice (there are street scams and bank scams amongst some of the diaspora in more cosmopolitan parts of the world, but that's not on the 'net so much). As one correspondent to gamji.com (lots of interesting stuff, but the code appears to be flaky - it's crashed my browser a few times) put... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 8:55 AM on December 17, 2003

you might also be interested in this column in today's Guardian that I just found. What a coincidence! Just pointing it out, not counting it as supporting evidence of any kind, particularly the last couple of paragraphs, which I think are a bit sententious. YMMV.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 9:56 AM on December 17, 2003

And it goes without saying that these scams would never have got off the ground without the greed, corruption and stupidity of their victims. There is an interesting contrast between such failings within a broadly law-abiding society (by which I mean ours, if there's any doubt), and within a kleptocracy. It's also worth noticing that a lot of the scams are clear that what the scammee will be assisting is the illegal and immoral removal of funds from a third-world country.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 10:02 AM on December 17, 2003

I have no idea. I suppose it depends on whether they provide good material, and also on the attention-span of internet japesters (which isn't really that long). As this thread demonstrates, 419-baiting may be about to make the move to Old-Hat-Ville.

Oh, and so as not to appear to be too down on Nigeria, I'd like to remind anyone who might be watching that it's the home of the wonderful Fela Kuti (also felakuti.net - watch out for the Flash and general window-resizing... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 12:14 PM on December 17, 2003

The Bullingdon Arms ... The Jamaican Eating House

Good God, are these places still there?

I went to the Hi-Lo with a female friend who lived round the corner - in return for "allowing" the owner to chat her up (she was gorgeous and very chat-up-able), I got lots of free rum and occasional cigars, she got free rum and quite enjoyed being chatted up so it worked out well for everybody. Small children... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 12:18 PM on September 9, 2003

Damn, yes, King's Arms. I knew I'd get that wrong. It's probably ten years since I was last there and I never stayed sober for very long when I was, so little details like that slipped past me. I knew someone at New, so got drunk there quite a lot in the Old Days.

I've had more reverie: I used to work at Oxford Holographic when it still sold holograms; I played at the old Old Fire Station (a sort of hippy-inspired arts centre) before it became the new Old Fire Station... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 1:16 AM on September 10, 2003

Well, no, obviously not.

Very flat, Cambridge.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 4:06 AM on September 10, 2003

I do colouring in.

I don't do nearly as much colouring in as I used to, but it was a nice little earner once.

Actually, I reconstitute brightly coloured cartoon animals.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 1:02 PM on June 25, 2003

I followed a link to the Kaycee Nicole thread which I found the most enthralling thing I'd seen on the inter-web-thingy, probably because it seemed to be played out in front of me (although in reality it was nearly finished when I stumbled on it). I joined immediately, there being no way of keeping idiots out in those days.

Thank you Misogynist Bitch, wherever you are.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 12:08 PM on April 17, 2003

PP's aim is to be the stereotypical lunatic ranter to try get people to disagree with his rantings.

Oh, well, that's alright then. Perhaps we should have a simple, one-syllable descriptor for such a personality type.

Any ideas?
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 5:22 AM on January 21, 2003

Sgt.s: I am not completely sure
whether it was your wish in that last note
to show iambic pentameter in
action upon the Metafilter page.
If not please completely ignore my rant.
If so I am afraid you cannot count.

(Probably showing myself up as a
pedant and an ignorant one at that)
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 12:07 PM on November 9, 2002

Dressmaker's pin or drawing pin?
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 6:30 AM on October 10, 2002

Trolls, meaning someone those whose opinions you disagree with.

God, no. I disagree with a lot of people. I disagree with almost everybody. I'm a very disagreeable fellow. The Street Harrassment thread is filled with opinions that I disagree with, occasionally quite vehemently, and (oddly) on both sides, but I'm still reading it. I disagree with Fold and Mutilate, usually, but always read their posts. There is at least meat to those disagreements - in... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 7:17 AM on October 4, 2002

Actually I think Andrew is thinking of implementing his own Metafilter-filter, so it's not about forcing anything on Matt.

Perhaps if the name was at the top, like the letters page of The Times, one could spot tedium-merchants immediately. "Grangousier? Pah, no need to read that!"
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 8:59 AM on October 4, 2002

You won't need Andrew's filterfilter then. Groovy.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 9:12 AM on October 4, 2002

[sulk] I s'pose you're right.

Wouldn't use it all the time. Just sometimes.
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 10:18 AM on October 4, 2002

All the Judies came.

(I just wish I knew what the point was.)
posted to MetaTalk by Grangousier at 10:03 AM on October 4, 2002