October 19, 2001

6:48 AM

Don't eat the Pancakes! Those damn terrorists have gone too far now!
Caution: slow-loading page
posted by CRS (29 comments total)

Bummer, man. I was really hoping this would be something about Oolong..
posted by legibility at 7:11 AM on October 19, 2001

I've had all I can stands and I can't stands no more! Where's the nearest recruiting station?

This pancake aggression will not stand!

BTW, this phrase will be with me all day:
E. coli symptoms include diarrhea or bloody diarrhea and severe abdominal cramps.

Oh, and "bloody diarrhea" doesn't sound so bad if you say it with a British accent...
posted by ColdChef at 7:21 AM on October 19, 2001

MeTa thread ... same story different link, posted within two minutes of this one. Anyway, who's counting?

Mine's a maple syrup one, with a dash of anthrax please.
posted by walrus at 7:37 AM on October 19, 2001

so weird, i just wanted to check out mefi this morning and while the page was loading i was considering just posting a link about pancakes, right at the top of the front page there.

and what do i see?
posted by cheesebot at 7:39 AM on October 19, 2001

Who tailgates with pancakes? We drink beer and grill pork products.
posted by mad at 7:43 AM on October 19, 2001

The cases stem from a pancake tailgate event

Forgive me for asking but what the hell is a pancake tailgate event?

And why did 26 badgers get food poisoning from eating pancakes?
posted by Markb at 8:05 AM on October 19, 2001

Yet another entry in the New Mefi tagline State Lotto:

What the hell is a pancake tailgate event?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:10 AM on October 19, 2001

Waffle Woman to the rescue!!
posted by nprigoda at 8:26 AM on October 19, 2001

This just in: U2 to stage inspirational rendition of "With or Without Syrup" to benefit the fallen pancakes. Bono to grimace convincingly during performance to approximate sincerity.

Leather vests will be worn to show solidarity.

I like pancake benefit songs. Do you like pancake benefit songs?
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:48 AM on October 19, 2001

I have climbed the highest mountains, I have run through the fields, only to to eat pancakes.

But I still haven't eaten what I've wanted to.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:51 AM on October 19, 2001

somehow i just can't make "we are the international house of pancakes" fit into the tune of "we are the world." where is the king of pop when u need him?
posted by danOstuporStar at 8:54 AM on October 19, 2001

closing <i> tag...
posted by walrus at 9:03 AM on October 19, 2001

My Stavro-sense is tingling....open italics tag...must be closed....
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:03 AM on October 19, 2001

And so she woke up
from where she was lying still
Saying we got to do something about these dry pancakes.

Try it with maple
Try it with berries
Maybe try it with lemon and some sugar

Singing Ha La La La De Day
Singing Ha La La La De Day

Sweet the topping
But bitter the flapjack in my mouth
I see seven syrups
But I only see one way out
You got to coat them with butter
Douse them in jelly
Eat without raising your fork, you know
I took the syrup, from the syrup stream,
Then I floated out of here
Singing Ha La La La De Day
Singing Ha La La La De Day
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:19 AM on October 19, 2001

Kafkaesque, will you marry me?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:22 AM on October 19, 2001

egad ... you mean that now it might not (gasp) validate?

(oops nor did mine ;)
posted by walrus at 9:27 AM on October 19, 2001

I am forbidden by law to marry any more flightless meat animals, after a rather ugly scene with a Peahen some years back. Unless, of course, we could sail to international waters.

Then, all bets are off, baby.
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:58 AM on October 19, 2001

Just as a postscript here, I actually went out and bought a used copy of Joshua Tree at lunch, just because that song was stuck in my head. Just wanted to reassure everyone that U2 won't be going hungry tonight.

Curiously, I have bought that CD twice before, and lost it/had it stolen both times. This third buy will either prove or disprove the theorem that The Joshua Tree represents a sort of wormhole into a universe almost like our own but without so much ego.
posted by Kafkaesque at 2:26 PM on October 19, 2001

hey! nprigoda!!!

what the heck did you do???!!??
posted by Kafkaesque at 2:32 PM on October 19, 2001

He did this: </div> <div class="comments>

Note the missing quotation mark...

I think you could close the open tag, but I'm not gonna try it.
posted by emptyage at 5:44 PM on October 19, 2001

I'll...I'll just back out of this thread...slowly, slowly

OK RUN!!
posted by Kafkaesque at 7:06 PM on October 19, 2001

hey come back! damn kids
posted by stbalbach at 7:42 PM on October 19, 2001

Trying again
posted by nprigoda at 6:21 AM on October 22, 2001

Okay, sorry. It worked that time. I was trying to fix the extra "close italics", which was making everything left justified, tiny type.
I was wondering what the heck Miguel was talking about when he mentioned the "psychadelic thread". On my screen (Mac OS , Netscape 4.73) there was no change after my attempted "fix".
Now it looks better. Sorry again!
posted by nprigoda at 6:24 AM on October 22, 2001

Sorry, I meant to say "Mac OS 9"
posted by nprigoda at 6:26 AM on October 22, 2001

turn off the lights on your way out, nprigoda.
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:30 AM on October 22, 2001

Will do, K, How's this
posted by nprigoda at 11:57 AM on October 22, 2001