While I, too, noted the obvious fraudulent nature of this post, I tried for a full minute to assign identities of the meet-up folks to the people in these photos.
Apo, do you realize that pork products no longer need to be thoroughly cooked? Trichinosis is almost unknown in the US, and the few cases there are come from wild bear, wild boar, and free-range pigs.
I'm fairly certain that that's the well known Steven C. Den Beste who's squatting in the top picture; and I think the bearded fellow standing next to the bulls-eye flag in the second picture is the current President of the League of the South. The third picture just makes me giggle.
We survived. I never did get to see Tia and Jackmormon press their long tongues root-to-tip, though, which is all I wanted out of the evening. I assume there's a conspiracy afoot to keep me unhappy.
What an obvious fraud. It's actually from an intersection in suburban Istanbul.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 7:31 PM
While I, too, noted the obvious fraudulent nature of this post, I tried for a full minute to assign identities of the meet-up folks to the people in these photos.
Posted by Stanley | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 7:36 PM
Apo, do you realize that pork products no longer need to be thoroughly cooked? Trichinosis is almost unknown in the US, and the few cases there are come from wild bear, wild boar, and free-range pigs.
This is a public service announcement.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 8:12 PM
Apo, what search terms did you use to find those pics? Was "gaywad" among them?
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 8:18 PM
I was psyched to see an Astaroth on the far right side of the top photo.
Man, I used to kick some serious as with Astaroth on Dreamcast Soul Calibur II. Those were the days...
Posted by Gaijin Biker | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 8:37 PM
Your day crawling by slowly, Apo?
Posted by Tarrou | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 9:11 PM
I'm fairly certain that that's the well known Steven C. Den Beste who's squatting in the top picture; and I think the bearded fellow standing next to the bulls-eye flag in the second picture is the current President of the League of the South. The third picture just makes me giggle.
Posted by Paul | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 9:14 PM
Interestingly, taking pictures for the purpose of later posting them was discussed.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:03 PM
What was the result of the discussion?
Posted by teofilo | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:12 PM
Well, the discussion was about tongue length, so we started comparing and the night went on from there.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:15 PM
So we should anticipate tongue pictures. The expectation has already been set. I'd hate to be disappointed.
Posted by Stanley | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:19 PM
No pictures! Rules is rules.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:28 PM
I'm glad to see that Drymala got home safely.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:30 PM
How do you know he's home?
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:33 PM
It was touch and go for a while there.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:33 PM
13: By expressio unius, I'm offended.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:34 PM
13 & 15 - Bite me.
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:40 PM
We survived. I never did get to see Tia and Jackmormon press their long tongues root-to-tip, though, which is all I wanted out of the evening. I assume there's a conspiracy afoot to keep me unhappy.
Posted by A White Bear | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:42 PM
You know, pictures could give evidence of length, but daguerrotypes would reveal much more.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 03-29-06 10:44 PM
This is it for the meetup post? Teh lame. We want scandal and embarrassing detail.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 03-30-06 7:33 AM
Well, I wasn't there, B. I'm sure an attendee could provide more detail.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 03-30-06 7:35 AM
20 -- traditionally the "meetup post" has been written by somebody who was at the meetup. This would be more the "meetup ressentiment post".
Posted by The Modesto Kid | Link to this comment | 03-30-06 7:35 AM
Weiner-pwned.
Posted by The Modesto Kid | Link to this comment | 03-30-06 7:36 AM
17 suggests that we are being held out on.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 03-30-06 7:49 AM
22: Yeah, that was kind of my point. The subtle underlying point was that Wolfson is letting us all down.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 03-30-06 7:50 AM
Me? How am I letting y'all down? I have the least reliable, most intermittent access to the internet of anyone who was there and can make posts.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 03-30-06 8:19 AM
Also, Ben is busy corresponding with Pooh. Let him be.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 03-30-06 8:22 AM