March 03, 2005

• What the Lady Mothninja said - come one, come all. It will be very warm, there's culture and art and much fine food and wine. THE WEARING OF UNDERPANTS IS OPTIONAL
• I'll be there! (oh, she said that)
• Oh, I would if I could. What a lovely thought. Hope you have a terrific birthday.
• I'd love to be there too, but I can't. Just had a decadent mini-vacation already, heading to NYC just to see the Gates. And Florence sounds incredibly attractive right now -- I'm reading a history on the dome of the Duomo, and I feel a real need to see it. But I hope you monkeys have a great time -- I'm sure you will.
• Oooh, I wish I could go, too! I'm going to Mexico for a little over a week tomorrow, though. Vacation where it's not 12 degrees (F)! Yaaaaaay! Happy Birthday!
• I'd be there in a heartbeat if I wasn't busy expelling the spawn that week. We'll have to do a big meetup sometime. Next year maybe? If we can ever all agree on a place. Heh. In the meantime I shall envy you and wish you happy birthdays in advance.
• what mel said. except i'm not giving birth. i think.
• I'm down for teh international monkey meetup action, provided I'm not broke or in a criticall time at work. Also, happy almost birthdays!
• (by the above, i meant next year... Florence won't happen in April, alas. :( )
• Capt. Renault, you really have to see the dome. It doesn't disappoint up close, and the restored frescoes are stunning. Have a wonderful birthday mothninja and Danger. I'll be with you in spirit. Lots of spirits.
• Melinika has The Ultimate Excuse. Beat that, people! (I can't afford it and will seethe quietly from the opposite end of the globe.)
• That about sums up my position tracicle - let the envious seething spread to the four corners of the globe. happy birthday to you both.
• Florence. Man, that would be the bees knees. Not this year, but maybe next....
• The bees' knees will NOT attend but nonetheless hope you have a grand celebration, all!
• ahhhh! mr. medusa and I were planning to take our much-belated honeymoon in northern italy this spring, but we recently decided to wait until fall due to other plans etc., ak! well I hope that you italiano monkeys have a wonderful time in firenze, a beautiful place. please hoist a glass of vino for mr. medusa & I!
• *sigh*
• Well, there's an idea. Hmm. Haven't been to Italy since 1986. Hmm. Credit cards were made for this kind of thing, right? What's the point of having fab credit and not having a permanent job if one can't bop off to Italy when/if one pleases? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
• Florence sans underpants...this definately raises the bar for meetup superiority. What an awesome trip. Have fun. *Raises glass and toasts the birthday monkeys.*
• today i am wearing exactly 7.3 pairs of underpants
• And you have sworn that you will hunt down and capture the damned monkey that stole the other 0.7.
• TODAY I DEMAND PRECISE UNDERPANTS STATISTICS IN ALL MATTERS
• ALSO MY CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS STUCK PLEASE HELP ME
• *pokes quidnunc's button with a very long pole*
• QUID PLEASE STOP SHOUTING, THE STRIPPERS ARE COMPLAINING KTHXBYE I would so be there if i could. *snif*. You @%!$#'s better have some great meetup pics!
• One day, when I make my billion-dollar sog-proof nacho fortune, I will buy a large airliner and use it to cart my fellow monkeys around the globe, so that we can have international meetups free of charge and fight crime.
• Must we fight crime? It sounds sorta exhausting, plus would require uniforms. Can't you buy a cruise ship instead, and monkeys could invite citizens of various nations aboard to be enthralled by erudition, goofiness, shuffleboard and oysters Rockefeller?
• *sigh* term starts that week, so it's no go, I'm afraid. You guys have a good time now! *prepares for seething party by herself*
• if you get a chance, the osteria santo spirito has the best fresh spaghetti al pomodoro i've ever tasted. it's best to eat relatively early, as the fresh stuff can run out. the restaurant is on the side of the river that doesn't have the duomo (south side?). maybe ten minutes walk from the ponte vecchio.
• Good recommendation, thanks roryk. I know the place well, it's about five minutes from my house. And the food is indeed very yummy.
• Dude, teh monkeys are everywhere! -Florence -New York -Austin -London -LA duuuuuuuuude. we're, like, taking over the world!
• so how come we're not all totally oversexed? not that i'm not. Just sayin'. hello?
• Mfpb, don't forget the all-important Christchurch, headquarters of Monkeyfilter International!
• oops. and christchurch. obviously.
• Damn straight.
• Yes goofyfoot! That's *exactly* what credit cards were invented for! It would be awesome to see you!
• I'll be in Firenze March 21 - 23ish if anyone is up for a beer.
• Beers ahoy, Captain!
• Arr! I be captain quidnunc, the software pirate! I'll download yer booty and spill rum on yer poop disk!
• Here, there be beergons.
• one word: gelato.
• Now let me tell, with Dante's triple rhyme, A quick story about mothninja and Danger. When I went to their casa florentine They welcomed me - me, all but a stranger! - With jokes, and tales, and whisky sweet and strong While their dogs used the sofa as their manger. Three greyhounds! One, the subject of this song, Was "clothed in a fine pelt of dappled fur" Just like a leopard's! And, if I'm not wrong, "Lucy" was the couple's name for her. Now: leopard, greyhound, lucy, you can find In Dante's Inferno. As to what these symbols were (And how they mixed together in my mind): The leopard represents incontinent sin; The greyhound is to whom Dante assigned A virtuous victor, and his emphatic win, Over the wolf that stands for fraudulent wrong; And on St Lucy, Dante's symbolics pin The notion of clear-sightedness! Along The walk back to my small and cheap hotel I thought: how could I fashion in a song Some conclusion from these facts I have to tell? It's this: in Dante's city, Dante's echoes still exist They've come down from heaven, or even up from hell, And pant upon the sofa! Then, some pissed Pretentious visitor proclaims (and posts on the 'net) "O Lucian clarity, that sees sin and virtue mixed, And cohabit in a single well-loved pet!" - Whatever! You couldn't name a sweeter man and wife To keep her. Thus I hope to see them yet And wish them health, wealth and long life.
• quidnunc ))) terza rima))) long dogs )))
• Wow. Quidnunc wins everything.
• ))) for quidnunc!!! And praise to the long dogs and their owners! Happy get-together to all!
• You erudite, loquacious, beautiful bastard, sir. May the Florentine sunlight glide sylph-like o'er your colour-dappled visage. But, you know, we had fucking octopus in London. All love, of course, to the Hammersley/Soderblom hounds, and their fair owners. Sorry I can't make it later this April (it's the cruelest month, apparently...)
• *stands *applauds *throws roses and banana skins
• Great stuff, q-kid!
• *stands mouth agape in terza rima awe* Just ... wow. There are not enough bananas in the world to heap upon the Maestro Quidkid. Bravo, signore! A great time was had by all - discussions about the innate morality of man + solving the world's diplomatic crises via the medium of Dance Dance Revolution competitions in the debating chamber of the UN = a splendid way to while away the evening. Although we somehow inexplicably neglected to find out exactly how many underpants quid actually brought with him... Come back soon!
• holy crap quid - that was fuckin' awesome! )))!!
• *swoons*
• That deserves an entry in our (hopefully impending) Mofi poetry publication. Perhaps a section for Guests of Honour?
• Cannot ... reconcile ... such talent ... with ... man who flosses ... with ... pubes ... brain overload ... error! ... error! ... error!
• wow. just ... wow. quidnunc discussed innate morality with you guys?
• Inane morality, more like. The Dance Dance Revolution school of International Relations has legs, though. Come back soon, quid!
• poems and Florence and monkeys. sigh!
• all yours, quid.
• Think I'll go to firenze tomorrow.
• mmmmm . . gelato.
• Damn you. Damn you all, I say, from my bedroom in Hackney. OhalrightthenhaveagreatweekendinlovelypicturesqueFlorenceyouluckybastards. Oh, and say hi to Toby and "the guys" for me. Wish I could be there...
• I'm taking my copy of The London Line. I'm going to pretend that I'm flashboy, and make people worship me as a GOD.
• A GOD? Moving up from Pope, I see.
• Every time I read quid's poem, it makes me happier.
• Nah, quidnunc's just dyslexic. DIMMN and mothninja are vile, dog-worshipping heathens - quidnunc's plan is to make them believe he is the hound-deity qu'dnúnkos, and force them to become his eternal servants.
• Sweet. My pagan self is down with that. All hail the Great God Qu'dnúnkos, Wearer of Many Underpants and Defiler of Worlds!
• Well, that was gigantic amounts of fun. Wonderful to see you all - thank you so much for coming all the way here! Same time same place next year? and now I've really got to go and get some sleep... Pictures of monkeys and a statue. flash, everyone says 'hi!' back - you were much missed
• All hail Pope Quidnunc!
• Argh, I meant to post yesterday - happy birthday, mothninja! Glad it was a good party. :)
• Oh, wait - your birthday isn't until the 29th! (LJ scores again...) so I am not late in the birthday wishes. That's a first. Will wish you a good birthday again next week, then. :)
• Ooh a shout-out! Thank-you monkeys, and happy birthday Mothninja. Did Quidnunc continue on to Rome to get that imposter kicked out of his Vatican? I'm off for me hols tomorrow and will attempt a high altitude shout-out from 4,000m by the monastery on Minya Konka.
• Thanks for the shoutout!!
• Thank you, Mofirenze, for the shoutout! And such a good-looking bunch of Monkeys in Italy! Happy birthday on the 29th, monthninja!
• Grazie tanto, tutti!
• I see the Pope Quidnunc photo, and the last LA meetup, but no Firenze photos. My internets is broken!!!
• Same here, Koko.
• I think you have to sign in, Koko - they're 'members only' pictures. Not that they're rude or anything - unless a frontal view of David's wedding tackle counts.
• OK now I see them. And David's winkie. My day is complete.
• mmmmm cappuccino . . . bastards! *plans revenge*
• oops, didn't know that there was such a thing as 'members only' pictures -- should I change something? if so, what?
• I think there's a radio button you can click when you're posting, but I'm not sure
• Yay! Thanks for the shout! Happy birthday, mothninja!
• only one thing - you misspelled "petebest" as "Alnedra". I can see how that could happen, what with the language barrier and all - but please: p-e-t-e-b-e-s-t. Thank you. This has been a petebest service announcement from KPTE, your all-petebest all-the-time station. stay tuned for day 243 of our fund-raising campaign, coming up next.
• It won't happen again, Paul_Mediocre.
• Shit! Sorry, Percy_Average.
• Goddamit! P-H-I-L_A-D-E-Q-U-A-T-E. There!
• You just wait. John & Paul will come crawling back when they realize I'm a Internets supastah.
• Hee hee! ps - all of mothninja's and danger's peeps is frighteningly good-looking, intelligent, well-educated and lovely people - thereby leading me to the conclusion that they are actually NEPTUNIAN PEOPLE-IMPERSONATORS who have come to steal our underpants. You have been warned.
• Should I put a lock on my underpants?
• ps - all of mothninja's and danger's peeps is frighteningly good-looking, intelligent, well-educated and lovely people - thereby leading me to the conclusion that they are actually NEPTUNIAN PEOPLE-IMPERSONATORS who have come to steal our underpants. You have been warned. No, just italian. We're all like that, you get used to it.
• ps - all of mothninja's and danger's peeps is frighteningly good-looking, intelligent, well-educated and lovely people - thereby leading me to the conclusion that they are actually NEPTUNIAN PEOPLE-IMPERSONATORS who have come to steal our underpants. You have been warned. Naturally, this also includes Quid himself. Leading us into a spiral of logic that can only mean one thing... The Quidnunc Kid is our alien overlord. It all makes sense now, don't you think?
• First pope, then god, now alien overlord?! This kid wears too many hats.
• Silence! None shall speak his name without prior authorization. And $4.95 in cash or money order. Quidnuncbashi commands it. Or would, probably.
• It looks like you all had a fabulous time. and that my shout-out was in invisible ink. or very, very tiny print.
• The Italians are trying to steal our underpants? Classy pictures of classy people, but I don't understand why David didn't have a MoFi T shirt. Thanks for the shout out.
• woo! i gotta shoutout! oh, lordy that's so exciting! thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxx guys!
• you wrote mickey in invisible ink and misspelled petebest 'alnedra'? you guys can't be THAT smart. the pictures are awesome. thank you for the shoutout. and mothninja, that's a cute coat.
• and that my shout-out was in invisible ink. The breeders should get a special shoutout all of their own, I feel. Next time, next time.
• Oh, I missed the pictures - hadn't been logged in - awesome! You are all stunning, and it looked fun! And I got a shoutout! I have to tell you I'm actually moved, here. My first one. First times are so special... ;) THANKS!
• Thanks for the shoutout my mofirenze monos. I wish I could have made it. Hope you get your shirts soon.
• The promised mountain shoutout - a bit feeble as I could only find bits of charcoal to write with, but the scenery makes up for it.
• )))))!!!
• Mein Gott! That is good, Abiezer. Much bananas.
• Most ... remote ... shoutout ... ever. *applause*
• That's just stunning. Abiezer wins everything.
• wow... it's not feeble at all, it's subtle and fits in with the landscape. fried bananas with vanilla ice cream and honey for you!
• awesomest.shoutout.ever you misspelled "petebest" but that's okay.
• Oooohh, graffitti at the top pf the world... I just hope you didn't initiate the monkey-aimed wrath of the rashkas.
• ))) for Abiezer_Coppe!!!
• Great one, Abiezer!
• Don't worry Flagpole - it was done in charcoal on a bit of firewood stacked against the rock and will be gone in the next rain - and the resident head monk let us sleep for the night under the statue of Drolma Karpo in the main hall, so we were well protected. The monastery is undergoing major rebuilding - the courtyard and monks quarters at the back of the bit you can see on the photo are basically a construction site. I'll stick some more photos up on Flickr later so I can bore you all with my holiday snaps.
• Bore us! Bore us!
• First batch up, more to come. I'm as bad at editing photos as I am at taking them, but you can't go wrong with this subject matter.
• Wonderful shots, Abiezer -- spectacular mountains!
• Gorgeous. Thank you for sharing your pics with us!
• )))!
• Yes, Abiezer, we long to go with you on your journeys. Thanks.
• sweet, abiezer, thanks for something fantastic to look at. great photos.