October 06, 2006

MoFi London/Dublin/Firenze Meetups! It's a bit last minute, but I thought I'd bump this very old meetup thread to the front page to (1) alert any eyes in those locales who haven't followed that old thread and (2) taunt all of you who can't go. We'll be meeting up Monday the 9th in London...where? Dunno. Let's work that out here. We'll be meeting up in Florence...when? where? Dunno. Let's, like, talk about it and stuff, baby.

So, Monday the 9th in London, as I recall. We'll be coming in to Florence late on the 10th and heading out the following Friday, driving to Montepulciano. We'll also be in Rome, but I'm not aware of any Roman monkeys. For Irish monkeys, we'll be in Kilkenny on the 18th and early 19th, and then to Dublin from the 19th until the early morning hours of the 21st. Then we fly to Gatwick and back home. We intend to be drunk and/or naked for most of this trip, so we need your help! I want to meet you people!

posted by middleclasstool 17 years ago
  • *coughfuckcough* *coughyoucough*
  • *tips hat to the Cap'n* I won't let a brother down.
  • Bring me back something chintzy and worthless, preferably beer-related, please. Or a first-edition poetry book from Charing Cross Road. Either way.
  • Middleclass, I vote we meet up at The Cock Tavern. Easy to get to from Oxford Circus. 6pm, Monday 9 October, London, England. Map.
  • Don't be taken in mct, he's only picked it because it says 'cock'.
  • Famous for its punch.
  • Ha! The link is blocked by my work filters. I'll look it over tonight. Doesn't matter, though. I trust the locals' judgment on this. And I love cock.
  • I demand a sacrifice at each and every meetup. Failure to appease me will result in FIERY WRATH and MEAN CURSES ON YOUR CHILDREN and SHORT-SHEETED BEDS. I have many followers worldwide, particularly in the hospitality industry. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
  • Oh, and enjoy your trip! Tip generously.
  • A spot of luncheon on the 11th in Firenze perhaps? Then DIMMN and I can mark your maps with groovy things to see and/or guide you about if you like... I suggest our local bar: Caffe degli Artigiani, on the corner of Piazza della Passera (which, amusingly, roughly translates as "Pussy Square" - it's where historically all the prostitutes used to hang out...) on Via dello Sprone. It's about 10 mins walk from where you're staying. 1pm good? And if any other monkeys feel like a couple of days' break in sunny Florence, come join share! We have sofa! Very much looking forward to meeting you and Mrs Tool!
  • /fantasizes about impulsive trip to europe...
  • *("Pussy Square"?)* *(Mothninja at "Pussy Square"?)* *faints*
  • Heh heh heh. Eexcellent. The plan to knock out that fool MCT and take his place is all coming together. Missusclasstool will be distracted by the charms of Europe, and I - I in my handsome new suit, will dine and drink with the creme de la creme of MonkeyFilter, returning to our lushly appointed hotel room with the sumptuous Missusclasstool and no one the wiser! MWuAhahAhaaaaa!! Best of all, should any of that rabble suspect - that dunderhead petebest will take the fall! Yeessss! Ha ha! Yess it's all working perfectly . . *touches up fake beard, admires reflection*
  • What th- WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON IN HERE!?!
  • Thought you could fool a few, eh SECOND BEST? Hm mm hmmm . . . noo, I was on to this little scheme from the start . . . Over there. Hands up! That's the way. Now . . .To take this handsome new suit and the train tickets . . thank you! The police'll be along shortly. Mind you behave yourself now . . .
  • You forgot to log out of the other body, pete. *knows where pete2 got his beard hair from*
  • bastard!
  • better watch out, I hear there was a sighting of pete_best recently, and you know he'll make a play for the tix!
  • SHORT-SHEETED BEDS Awww damn, so it was you! How can I lift that curse?
  • Lunch sounds divine, mothy. We'd be happy to eat in Pussy Square. Well, one of us will. Hot damn, I'm looking forward to all of this.
  • Box lunch?
  • LOL @ Capt
  • Cock on Monday is good by me. See you 6-ish!
  • So you're drinking at the Cock, eating in Pussy square... I wish I'd had Monkeyfilter in 91, when I was Eurailing across Europe. All I had were the english-speakers I met at the youth hostels. And they stank of cigarettes and BO. Much like me.
  • Monday is Space Kitten's birthday, and if you won't send airfare, then we require an elaborate shoutout. *seethes*
  • Y'know, SpaceKitty, the Missusclasstool wig would fit you . . just a thought, just a thought.
  • My wife informs me that if we're drinking at the Cock and eating in Pussy Square, we should look for the Round-The-Corner-Fudge-Is-Made Cafe in Dublin. This is why I married her, people. That, and she falls down a lot.
  • Mesdames et monsieurs, je vous presente, pour votre amusants: The Back Gate The Issac Butt (Et mon favouri...) The Bleeding Horse. (Horse as in pommel horse, or 'pummel' horse, I mean. Oh, never mind.)
  • Because you ride a horse. Get it now? C'maaaaan. And then the bleeding because, well, you know.
  • That, and she falls down a lot. Is that a euphemism for oral sex, or is she just clumsy? Either way, her humor is flawless.
  • Capt: obviously you haven't been to the Bas Ass, Dirty Dick's, and Filty McNasty's on Rose Street in Edinburgh.
  • May I propose a meetup at 69 Cox (at Dixwell St) in Morehead City NC?
  • There are plenty of Filthy McNasty's here in Southern Ontario, and they're all equally terrible. Like TIGFridays, only worse. A lousy chain, outdone in its lousy-chainness only by Musselini's.
  • At least at Musselini's you can call the wait staff "Fascists!" and always get a good laugh.
  • Yeah, we didn't go inside those pubs, but Rose Street did confirm one of our theories: Mexican food diminishes in quality the farther one is from the Mexican border.
  • And we are setting aside billions of dollars to fence out that very cuisine.
  • I think you're getting away from the main point here, which is ME. I am going to EUROPE to meet EUROPEANS, who are like older than my whole COUNTRY. Like quidnunc, who is like a THOUSAND YEARS OLD or something. And Plegmund patented DIRT. That's how much HISTORY they have there, and they all live in CASTLES and have BUTLERS and eat BANGERS, which is why they have no gang violence, and they invented ITALIAN DRESSING, which in Italy is just referred to as "the dressing." And all you LUZERS are coming to ME to BEG for SHOUTOUTS, which I probably won't even give to you, because you're all STUPID AMERICANS and can suck it. So thanks for the good wishes. You guys are my best friends.
  • I don't want your pity shout-out, damn you, but have a great time anyway. Or else. Don't make me come over there.
  • If I may be so bold as to proffer a word of advice (and I am speaking here as a Canadian so take from that what you will), some Britons, by no means all of them mind you, but some, prefer not to be lumped together with "Europeans", a group that, when taken together, some Britons regard as just a bit smelly, unwilling to speak the Queen's English and somewhat more hairy than is absolutely necessary. One trusts that this bit of advice will stand you in good stead throughout your adventure and will not endanger ones fervent hope of a tiny shoutout. Godspeed Mr. & Mrs. Tool.
  • Hmm... some of you people owe me substantial royalties... It's true one doesn't always relish being lumped in with what the young people call 'Europe', but which one still usually thinks of as 'The Continent'. Quid will certainly not relish it, in any case, since he is in fact from Down Under.
  • Quid's a sewer rat? I knew it! And if you're in the area, MCT, I hear Bodø is bloody cold at this time of the year.
  • I did know about the Euro/Brit/quid's-an-Aussie thing. That was me being an ass. No offense meant, sorry. What's that you say, Skrik? Freezing cold? O's with slashes through them? Count my wife in! actually, the photos I've seen up there look gorgeous, and I'd love to see it up close. Woo! Only a matter of hours!
  • I'm up for London! Who's in charge here?
  • *seething at the taunts
  • Who's in charge here? A ten-limbed giant sea monster called "the tracickraken". But ignore her - meet us at the Cock on Great Portland Street, 6pm on Monday eve.
  • One shoutout requested for the_bone.
  • I DON'T WANT ANY GOD DAMNED SHOUTOUT.
  • Because you can do your own God damned shouting?
  • I want a shout out. I write on my underwear for you people. I want a flipping shoutout!
  • *shouts out at Medusa with attendant monkey gang-signs*
  • DAMN STRAIGHT I CAN. Ah, the MoFi gang sign. Memories...
  • I'll be at the Cock Tavern just after 6 tomorrer. Foaming nut brown ale better be waiting, or GERTCHA!
  • Not bloody likely! You guys have fun tonight. I'm not jealous at all.
  • Have a fucking good one, guys.
  • When in Dublin call 0863066813 from any payphone I will buy ye a pint ya langer.
  • Man, y'alls payphones are way better than ours.
  • What, no time in your busy jet-setting schedule for a day trip to scenic Liverpool to meet the lovely Mr. and Mrs. Kitfisto?? Koko is not pleased. No. Not pleased at all. Now, where did I put that smiting rod ...
  • So will the monkeys who're met be blogging the Tools' trek through the Old Countries? With embarassing pics, hopefully? I'm so lonely now that the tools have gone... *sniff* *regrets not having stowed away as missustool's carry-on*
  • *lone Monkey, standing out in the cold, alone and forlorn
  • /brings blanket and apples to lonely BlueHorse (I'd bring you a pint as well, but it's hard to hold your glass in iron-shod forehoofs) The evening was great! Muteboy and Plegmund are great company as always, the Tools ROCK, and how can words do justice to our scintillating, stylish quidnunc? Shout-outs aplenty coming soon.
  • pics!!!
  • A few pictures... Many, many outs were shouted - but the Tools have them, so it may be a while before they are posted... It turns out Muteboy and I both went to school in Bedford, although I think I was there in an earlier epoch.
  • Everyone is so cute! Were I a squee-er, I would squee.
  • Fantastic.
  • Ah yes, Bedford, home of John Bunyan, Esquires nightclub and The Bear I had a super time, it was good to meet Plegmund, good to see Pallas and quidnunc again, and fandabbidozey to meet the Tools. I wish them the best Grand Tour ever. And I'm glad we got the gravy question sorted out. I had such a great time I now have an eye infection and I'm off work. Result!
  • If ye are going to capitalize Tools I suggest ye put an O' in front o' them. Or perhaps Eau. As in Eau haut haut.
  • The O'Tools look a bit jet-lagged. Well, come to think of it, mct always looks that way. DOWN IN ONE! DOWN IN ONE! DOWN IN ONE! (If the O'Tools are not pissed every step of the way through Europe, I'll never trust a monkey again.)
  • It sounds like you all had fun. I'm sorry Dreadnought and I couldn't come - we've been busy enough lately that I didn't see this thread until Sunday evening, and I was sorry we couldn't come down. I hope you're enjoying Britain and Europe as much as I do, mct.
  • Looks like it sucked. Pending the report from the Shout-Out lab, of course.
  • hmmmmm, sounds like it was a pretty fun evening I certainly hope Muteboy's was the only "infection" transmitted.
  • I tried my best, but hot eyeball-on-eyeball action was apparently not what people were after. Who knew?
  • Tsk, tsk. "Monkey Cock Meetup" could have SO EASILY been condensed into "Monkey Cock-up."
  • But then they'd be spreading poultry conjunctivitis, TUM. No one wants that.
  • I do not think I have any infections. We'll have to wait and see what happens to Mothninja and Danger...
  • We are in Firenze! We'll give you the details later, but the gist is this: Flight came in an hour late, BOTH straps simultaneously broke off our massive hiking backpack, we couldn't get a cab, and the fucking ATM at the airport (yes there's only one) wouldn't take our card, so we had only US dollars. All this at about one in the morning. But then mothy and DimMN bought us lunch and beer and wine, and we got to see Family Guy in Italian, and damn, but our British monkeys are wonderful people (muteboy is anything but, by the way). We'll post shoutout pics as well as any tips Ben has for me on how to become an international man of mystery. Word to my Cock homies, we'll be back as soon as possible. Oh, and fuck, Florence is gorgeous. We're staying.
  • sounds like you two are having all the necessary components for a real travel adventure! Florence is beautiful. Check out the Strozzi Museum if you get a chance :)
  • our British monkeys are wonderful people *cries*
  • *points, laughs*
  • MonkeyFilter: Word to my Cock homies
  • The Aussie monkeys, while friendly enough, smell like my poo did this morning after my tripe dinner with mothy and Danger last night. HAHA! Quid, Plegmund, muteboy, and Pallas Athena: Please to be e-mailing me with your full mailing addresses, pronto. kthxbi.
  • kthxbi Kinky Tree Hugger and Ex-Bisexual?
  • I can't believe you tools are missing the book club for this. :(
  • The tools are sending you the bill! Don't answer him!
  • DimMN--that has got to be the coolest pic of the tool ever taken. Seriously, he has to write an offbeat-mainstream literary coming-of-age novel now, just so that pic can be on the back cover. Great stuff. Also, he looks quite the jammy git. Do they still say "jammy git"? It was part of the patois in the early 90s, last time I left the country...
  • Wooo! Rep-rah-shent!
  • Goddamn, my nose looks eight feet long. We're in Rome now, and absolutely exhausted. We miss the monkeys already, had a ball with you all. The asploded backpack has further asploded while being packed, and is now being held together with prayers and sex towels (they're sticky!). I've already drafted a letter of congratulations to the company. gorgeousjunkie, we'll call you when we hit Dublin. See you soon.
  • TMI, mct!
  • *calls 3M about adhesive discovery*
  • *answers phone at 3M* *blushes, hangs up*
  • (muteboy is anything but, by the way) WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ARE YOU SAYING I GO ON I DON'T GO ON DO I I DON'T THINK I GO ON, DO I GO ON?
  • It's the Eddie Izzard model -- Ooh, it's all sticky! No. No, you don't go on. *coughs uncomfortably, looks away* Ben, Anna, we're coming to live with you. Make a spot on the floor, please. We continue to be in Rome and have paid 18€ for a new bag from a street vendor, mostly to ease our minds that we can get the wine home intact. Other than that, we're just eating gelato and looking at old stuff. Check in later, prolly from Dublin.
  • just eating gelato and looking at old stuff. Ford Prefect would be proud.
  • get the wine home intact Haha, that's not allowed anymore. You'll have to walk.
  • ... make a spot on the floor ... !
  • ew! MCT likes to sleep in the wet spot /heehee
  • I'll take what I can get, in Florence.
  • you in dublin yet, o'tool?
  • ... make a spot on the floor ... Ah. That'll be the dogs. Sorry about that. *rushes for mop* You're welcome to the spare bed anytime you like, it was awesomely great to meet you both! Enjoy the rest of the trip!
  • We are indeed now in Dublin, just checked in at the hostel after a glorious night spent waaaaaaay too drunk in Kilkenny. gorgeousjunkie, we'll be calling you soon. roryk, if you're in the country, contact gj and we'll all get together. More beer! Yay!
  • mrs roryk will be in dublin this afternoon. i'm in france babysitting. stupid continental drift.
  • Ah, dammit. Well, we met gorgeousjunkie last night, and he took us to a club for a quick drink and a chance to see some friends of his play there -- damn good band, actually. Really good lead singer. Then we stumbled back to our hostel and collapsed. Home is two days away! And the Cards are going to the World Series! Wheeeeeeeeee!
  • herewith a request that photos of dublin be posted at the earliest possible opportunity, once ye have recovered from the jetlag and all of that.
  • We're still waiting for the preliminary reports from Shout-Out Labs, thankyouverymuch.
  • I have not forgotten you. Still getting organized and de-jetlagged, and I'll have 'em up ASAP.
  • *cracks knuckles, rubs hands together* Alllllllll right, now. Where to begin? I've finally found the time to upload the photos, which I will link below. As to the trip, well,I expected to have pages and pages of comments to make on the people I met alone, but I find myself uncharacteristically lacking the words. So I'll just say this: I loved every moment I spent with every last one of you. We had a wonderful vacation, but it wouldn't have been half as fun as it was if it hadn't been for all of you. You showed us around, gave us advice, shared good stories, and bought us drinks. You made us laugh. You told us about very large slides at the Tate Modern. You got us drunk and fed us tripe. You introduced me to the Negroni (a debt I can never repay). You told us about your children and your music. You got us backstage to meet the band. You showed up our first night overseas, already half in the bag but eager to say hello. We played with your greyhounds and watched Battlestar Galactica with you while very, very drunk. Every plane we got on to get further from you made us just a little sadder. We'd just made these wonderful friends, and already it was time to go. Goddamn if we aren't coming back. You'll notice that there are a lot of pics from London, a few from Firenze, and none from Dublin. Much like the family that has four hundred photos of their first child and twelve of their second, we found the camera becoming an increasing burden as the trip progressed. By the time we hit Dublin, we took photos as much out of a sense of obligation as anything. So there are no Dublin photos, roryk, sorry -- we didn't even take the camera our first night to meet gorgeousjunkie, and a combination of my incompetence and exhaustion and missustool's stomach prevented a second meeting, I'm sad to say. However, such as they are, you can find our meetup photos right here.
  • The fridge magnet was much appreciated. My younger daughter looked at it curiously and asked "Is that Tony Blair or something?".
  • Just wondering...does my ass look big in that shoutout?
  • Lovely pictures. Thanks for the chocotastic shoutout. Glad you had a good time. WHAT ABOUT MY GODDAMNED SACRIFICES. I GAVE YOU VERY SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS. PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE HAD THEM PRINTED ON BEER MATS FOR YOU.
  • Best. Shoutout. Evar. I may just have to make that my AIM avatar.
  • Oh oh oh... A skrik-out!!!
  • Hurray for those great pictures! And many thanks for the bee-ewe-teaful shoutout.
  • I really do say "y'all" like, all the time.
  • Oooh- thanks for the shout-out!
  • Likewise.
  • <^_^>
  • Whatta buncha gorgeous monkeys! Many thanks for the nautical shout-out!
  • Holy crap, I got a whole sheet of paper all to myself. That is very cool.
  • *wakes, yawns, devours souls* Nice shoutout, by the way. I'm still seething.
  • Great pics, great shout-out, great shoes. Glad ya had a good time. Come to Liverpool next time and I'll tutor you in the ways of righteousness.
  • nice one! glad you guys had a good time.
  • It was double-super-cool to meet the tools, and I'm glad they had such a great time. The pics are lurvely, and I must admit to rendering Monkeybashi as a giant squid and as for Skrik, am I right about it being that sound? And Koko, I sacrificed my dignity to the lens, is that enough?
  • I got the first shoutout, because mct loves me most. Nyah. Also, because I threatened retribution on his reproductive capabilities if he failed to throw out the shout. That's the way our friendship has always been. Oh, and you monkeys are all teh hawt, each and every one. I want to snog every last mother's son and daughter of you, toot sweet. So beware.
  • Validated! So validated! Thanks guys! You like me! You really like me! *sniff*
  • And Koko, I sacrificed my dignity to the lens, is that enough? Burn some incense, and we'll call it a day. so hard to find decent sycophants these days ...
  • I don't have any incense, and I'm not about to draw my own blood for you, but if I were to slap myself quite hard about the chops, would that appease you? *slaps self, draws blood* bugger!
  • You English and your delicate complexions! That'll do, muteboy, that'll do.
  • yeah!! thanks for the snakeshout out!!!