MetaFilter posts tagged with gerbils

a complete history of gerbiling so far

flex — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:36:56 -0800

Gerbil-stuffing, urban legends, celebrity gossip, and homophobia: Jane Hu in The Awl with A Complete History Of Gerbiling So Far. Crushable - 5 Facts About The ‘Richard Gere Gerbil’ Urban Legend Snopes - From Gere To Eternity The Straight Dope (March 28, 1986) - Is it true what they say about gerbils? After Elton - From Twinkies to Gerbils: The History of the Gay Urban Legend Michael Zeleny - A study of felching and gerbiling in language, culture, and popular imagination (via wikipedia) previously on MeFi: rectal foreign bodies Jane Hu previously: the shape of things to come - don't open the elevator

"...do you really want a couple million eagles circling overhead?"

zarq — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:28:04 -0800

In 2003, the BBC reported that a population explosion of Great Gerbils had destroyed more than 4 million hectares of grasslands in China's north-western Xinjiang region -- an area about the size of Switzerland. By 2005 the damage covered 5 million hectares, and the Xinjuang Regional Headquarters for Controlling Locusts and Rodents were reported to be breeding and attracting pairs of golden eagles to curb the gerbil population. So McSweeney's Joshuah Bearman was assigned to the story. His report: An Investigation Into Xinjiang's Growing Swarm of Great Gerbils, Which May or May Not be Locked in a Death-Struggle With the Golden Eagle, With Important Parallels and/or Implications Regarding Koala Bears, The Pied Piper, Spongmonkeys, Cane Toads, Black Death, [and] Text-Messaging..

Operation Probe:

cardboard — Wed, 09 May 2001 16:13:32 -0800

Operation Probe: a top-secret, drug-sniffing gerbil program developed in the early 1980s.

Giant Flaming Gerbil Shooter

plinth — Tue, 01 Aug 2000 10:09:53 -0800

Giant Flaming Gerbil Shooter [from memepool] Three words: Oh. My. God.