The NEXT next 'All Your Base...'

May 4, 2001 10:10 AM

The NEXT next 'All Your Base...' Japanese farting fetish videos for sale. (non-pornographic link)
posted by Dirjy (18 comments total)

don't mean to self-pimp, but why repeat myself when i can just link?

http://www.crashspace.org/article.php?sid=333=thread=0=0
posted by jcterminal at 10:15 AM on May 4, 2001

Wait, are you self-pimping, or self-slutting?
posted by sonofsamiam at 10:29 AM on May 4, 2001

Exactly how many posts are we going to see this year that are the next AYB or Mahir or whatever?
posted by quirked at 10:39 AM on May 4, 2001

(non-pornographic link)

That is good, as it is victims of pornography-porn month.
posted by thirteen at 10:42 AM on May 4, 2001

I'm still wondering about the cultural penetration of AYB... Anyone got any examples of outside-the-loop people making reference to it? Fathers, Doctors, Pat Sajak?
posted by owen at 11:19 AM on May 4, 2001

Yeah, my doctor the other day was like, "All of your bases belong to us. Hahahaha!" the stupid, un-hip, wannabe loser.

No, not really.
posted by sonofsamiam at 11:24 AM on May 4, 2001

own: there's been an unconfirmed report of a pro George Bush bumper sticker with that phrase on it.

but as i said, it's unconfirmed.

outside of that, there WAS that foxtrot comic strip...

btw: we all know the next AYBABTU is http://www.dognoses.com/.
posted by jcterminal at 11:32 AM on May 4, 2001

jcterminal: that's a perfect start for the as yet to come www.amidognoseornot.com.
posted by shagoth at 12:12 PM on May 4, 2001

o_O
posted by jcterminal at 12:22 PM on May 4, 2001

I'd like to know, Dirjy, just how one stumbles on a sight like "farting fetishes," hmm?
posted by tenbroeck at 12:43 PM on May 4, 2001

All your base is a www joke. It hasn't gotten (and will not get) to the point of "whoomp! there it is" or some other common phrase.

I once wrote out how (non-www) pop phrases progress - it was about 15 steps long, and something like this:

1. NYC
2. Other major cities
then, eventually
5. High schools
then after a while
8. Letterman
9. Leno
then after a long enough time
13. Your parents
14. T-Shirts on retired people

Or something like that.
posted by jragon at 1:07 PM on May 4, 2001

If fratboys are "examples of outside-the-loop people" then I've heard reference. A couple of them were going on and on about the "coolest thing ever" the other day in the library. The guy who was explaining it wasn't exactly getting it all correct. It was sort of like an AYB game of Telephone gone horribly wrong.
posted by dizzycow at 1:15 PM on May 4, 2001

Um. People. Can someone just put up MetaAYB. or TheNextAYB.com, and just be done with it? In fact, why not .AYB as a new domain suffix?
posted by ParisParamus at 1:25 PM on May 4, 2001

Owen -
There was a blurb in the Philadelphia City Paper a few weeks back which pretty much said:

"SEPTA announces plans to increase transportation fares. Ads feature GM Jack Leary as cyborg saying "all your base fare are belong to us."'

I saw this in print first, and almost fell off the subway platform laughing.
posted by gnutron at 1:48 PM on May 4, 2001

Tenbroek:
I wish I had a better story behind it, but I don't. A friend sent the link to me this morning. We both have an affinity for Japanese culture, and often send each other the oddest bits we stumble across.

Now that you mention it, though, HE has a lot of explaining to do...
posted by Dirjy at 2:22 PM on May 4, 2001

That's right. The real legacy of AYB is people searching for another AYB.

(Hopefully that too will die off soon)
posted by Potsy at 9:46 PM on May 4, 2001

There's some great Japanese English in there. Maybe you're missing something....
posted by ParisParamus at 10:12 PM on May 4, 2001

Yes, people declaring something as "the next AYB" are invariably wrong. That's because the next AYB has already happened.

Exactly! That's why I tagged this one 'the NEXT next all your base'... which is totally different, riiiiight???

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to search for the next 'All Your Mahir.'
posted by Dirjy at 12:58 PM on May 5, 2001