(Seems, at least if the anonymous commenter is being truthful, it wasn't so much 'threatening' as 'let his wife know he was making a fool of himself on the Internet.' My bet: "Oh, I meant 'threatening' just like Hettle meant 'threatening'. Mandelbrot set.")
So I think it's funny that the German pron spammer is going around picking on threads that contain the relevant phrase. I like to think of its frustration when it goes for "apostropher nipple" spam and sees we're already giving it away free.
Also this was funny--LB had the spirit from the very beginning. And was it only March 30?
I've been hanging around a lot since early this year -- basically since I changed jobs in January. (Although I think I commented once or twice even before that.)
I can't remember exactly how long I've been hanging around--I remember that I was thinking of volunteering to head to Chicago for the original Unf/Ogged/Wolfson/Kotsko meetup, but didn't feel as though I were securely a member of the crew yet.
And some time back I was surprised to find that you'd popped up in my 100th blog post, from Feb. '04, because of some CT comments.
The text of the Deutschepornspamkomment,* which Babelfish renders as "that the French king is not to possess a personal domain", got me to wondering about the present king of France. He's bald, isn't he?
*dass der französische König keine persönliche Domäne besitzen soll. (Text apparently snatched from here.)
Wait, hit #2 is "Electric Bugaloo"? What is going on here?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 6:07 PM
Fine. No one wants to talk about Electric Bugaloo, or why FL sucks. It's all torture, torture, torture.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 8:33 PM
Perhaps you'd find this story more to your liking? CNN seems to consider it a top story.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 8:36 PM
I for one had never seen the Calvin-peeing-on-Calvin-peeing thing before. I thought it was pretty good.
I think there is still a lot more that can be done with the whole Calvin-peeing-on-things gag. Other avenues/themes to explore . . .
Academia: Calvin peeing on Jacques Derrida (for instance)
Cartoon/kinky: Calvin peeing on Hobbes
Surrealist: Calvin peeing on a melting giraffe
Historical/ironic: John Calvin peeing on the Pope
Literal/ironic: Calvin peeing into a urinal
Where else can we take this?
Posted by My Alter Ego | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 8:39 PM
John Calvin should pee on Hobbes.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 8:44 PM
I think that reading this post before the one under it kind of ruins the effect.
Posted by neil | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 8:50 PM
Well, there's the straightforward but delightful "calvin peeing on calvin peeing on dodge/ford". But perhaps that's not consciously ironic enough.
How about the standard "calvin peeing on ford/dodge/whatever", but on a prius or a VW bug?
Posted by pdf23ds | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 9:09 PM
There is an individual using the e-mail: flossiefloss@mac.com
that has sent a threatening letter to my wife at work. Please search your records for this individual immediately.
I am concerned that he/she may pose a threat.
Thanks
Posted by Paul Deignan | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 9:10 PM
The main URL for "Electric Bugaloo" redirects to "hey freak dot com!" I guess I deserved that.
(Threatening letters: Very very bad. We disapprove.)
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 9:12 PM
I think this is properly a design job for M.P. Escher.
Posted by TJ | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 9:18 PM
M.C. Escher. In the house, yo.
Posted by M.C. Weiner | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 9:25 PM
Shouldn't that be I.C. Weiner?
Posted by teofilo | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 9:32 PM
That sucks about the threatening letter, Paul. No one with that email address has ever commented here.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 9:34 PM
12: It's actually quite warm.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 9:52 PM
Glad to hear it.
Posted by teofilo | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 10:08 PM
Calvin peeing into a fountain that runs around until it drains onto Calvin.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 10:11 PM
How about Calvin peeing on a cross? Or the other way around, if you live in Redland and are concerned about your personal safety.
Posted by rcs | Link to this comment | 11-11-05 10:38 PM
Ack, a threat? Certainly not good. (But if you have the threatening e-mail and the e-mail address, what would you need another blog's comments for?)
Escher Calvins pwn. That is my only opinion on it.
Posted by Cala | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 6:01 AM
(Seems, at least if the anonymous commenter is being truthful, it wasn't so much 'threatening' as 'let his wife know he was making a fool of himself on the Internet.' My bet: "Oh, I meant 'threatening' just like Hettle meant 'threatening'. Mandelbrot set.")
Posted by Cala | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 6:34 AM
Is this the open thread? kewl.
So I think it's funny that the German pron spammer is going around picking on threads that contain the relevant phrase. I like to think of its frustration when it goes for "apostropher nipple" spam and sees we're already giving it away free.
Also this was funny--LB had the spirit from the very beginning. And was it only March 30?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 5:51 PM
I've been hanging around a lot since early this year -- basically since I changed jobs in January. (Although I think I commented once or twice even before that.)
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 5:58 PM
I can't remember exactly how long I've been hanging around--I remember that I was thinking of volunteering to head to Chicago for the original Unf/Ogged/Wolfson/Kotsko meetup, but didn't feel as though I were securely a member of the crew yet.
And some time back I was surprised to find that you'd popped up in my 100th blog post, from Feb. '04, because of some CT comments.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 6:07 PM
The text of the Deutschepornspamkomment,* which Babelfish renders as "that the French king is not to possess a personal domain", got me to wondering about the present king of France. He's bald, isn't he?
*dass der französische König keine persönliche Domäne besitzen soll. (Text apparently snatched from here.)
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 6:12 PM
The present king isn't Santa Claus, like everywhere else?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 6:27 PM
Except in France, instead of "Ho, ho, ho!" he says "Pute, pute, pute!"
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 6:34 PM
Père Noël, n'est pas? Very bald.
Posted by teofilo | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 6:35 PM
I indirectly referred to the baldness of the present King of France two days ago.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 6:37 PM
I directly referred to it--in fact I was going to tell SB, in response to 23, "That depends on what a cohina is," but that was the next entry.
(I get pretty much pwned in comments to the first one.)
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 6:50 PM
Literal/ironic: Calvin peeing into a urinal
Brian Eno peeing onto Marcel Duchamp.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 11-12-05 7:23 PM