December 12, 2004

Curious George: Everyone else is doing it, so why can't we? Is anyone else up for "The Best of Mofi"?

The idea of filtering Mofi might seem strange, but it appeals to me because I've had my time sucked up by other less fun things lately, so I figured this might be a good way to get an overview of the best of MoFi - one year 13 months(ish) later since the great amnesia incident, and perhaps allow some new monkeys to get up to speed on old jokes..? I'm waiting to be shot down in flames for FPP'ing this..

posted by sarah 19 years ago
  • yes, let us wiki ourselves! i'll do it of course someone should profile of tracicle: granddame monkeykeeper, built the branches
  • I like the idea.
  • Great. We'll all end up pregnant...especially if we get all drunk first. I'm in :)
  • that was do a profile do a tracicle? i'd have to see the profile first i'm already barefoot frephilssake
  • How about we wait a little longer? This is a little bit self-congratulatory for me.
  • less backslapping, more bananas?
  • It's a nice enough idea, but let's not, shall we? The saccharine burst of self-congratulation is heady, but the aftertaste is unpleasant. My vote instead goes to quiet satisfaction, companionship, respect and wombats. The wombats are negotiable. Far better to imagine a thousand monkeys, all smiling quietly and nodding in agreement, than to draw up nominations lists for the category of Best Pop Culture Reference in a Sarcastic Comment, 2004. I fear the fun:tiresome ratio would rapidly change for the worse, unfortunately.
  • Some monkeys seemed to find the idea of shout-outs being posted after a meet-up to be unfair -- so this, as I see it, can only result in more grouching and hurt feelings. When monkeys can't take things in a spirit of fun, let's not do 'em. And I am all for more wombats.
  • The idea of filtering Mofi might seem strange... A MonkeyFilter Filter? A Mofifi? I'd say no, but then I'd never get another opportunity to say Mofifi. Some monkeys seemed to find the idea of shout-outs being posted after a meet-up to be unfair The way to get a shoutout is to have an interesting and attention getting handle, so that it pops up in people's minds when trying recall names to shoutout to. That works for me, at least. posted by HeyLookAtMe!!!_*waves* at 00:99FM ETC on Spoofpostber 32 Mofifi is such a cool word. I better remember to give a shoutout to HeyLookAtMe!!!_*waves* at the next Hawaii MoFi meetup. They seem really interesting and attention getting. Yes, I'm a dork. Sorry
  • I am a wombat. A MAGIC WOMBAT FROM VENUS WUBBA WUBBA WUBBA
  • Then I am doomed to love ye, Nostril. /glubba *sinks, is sunk*
  • I wouldn't hesitate before getting Moneyjane pregnant.
  • It's a nice enough idea, but let's not, shall we? The saccharine burst of self-congratulation is heady, but the aftertaste is unpleasant. And the olestra-associated anal leakage is messy, lets don't forget that. What flashboy said (I said again, not as well, except the quoting part). (I actually like the idea, but let's face it, we're too cool for self-examination)
  • just don't sacrific standards for festering community just the name Mofifi seems like a good enough reason to me best list name ever: one vote
  • then we can segregate into mofifi and nomofifi and label ourselves
  • Mofifi For the record, I think that should be pronounced MOFIFI, As in MO FI FO FUM not,MO feefee (as you would call a poodle).
  • When monkeys can't take things in a spirit of fun, let's not do 'em. That is best. Too bad, it would have been hilarious (at least to me).
  • Monkeyfilter: I am all for more wombats Monkeyfilter: The wombats are negotiable. Another favorite, thank you, flash. Arguments for, arguments against. I just don't know about how well it would work, but I sure do like the idea of mofifi and nomofifi. Say that ten times, fills your mouth like a wet piece of lint. Surely we should consult the Bashi on this one, and let the royal decision be made?
  • nomofifi, but very much yeswombats
  • I'm throwing my hat on the side of Nostrildamus and Flashboy. Just has a vague circle-jerk aura to it. There's enough of that in other places.
  • Waah, don't make me choose! I guess I'd say we're not ready/big enough to need it yet. Maybe hold on to this idea for, say, our second birthday?
  • Alright. Who ordered the wombats?
  • Ok, I'm up for getting pregnant, and I like the drunk part.
  • Every so often he catches Bella and bites her on the bum, this is wombat foreplay. Terrestrial wombats have a limited social life, I'd say. N.B.Wot magical Venusian wonbats may do seems still shrouded in mystery.
  • as a known bum biter, i may have to just compile a personal fifi to avoid any devisiveness as long as it doesn't offend some of the canadians i'm going with the free feefee poodle sound
  • Hmm...personal fifi... Wot about the exceptionally Free French housemaid Fifi class, with long legs, high heels, black uniform with white frilly apron, and plenty of Oo-la-la, as so often potrayed on Benny Hill's show, for one?
  • Let's do a best of best of contest for the best contest. Whaddayathink?
  • Only a suggestion, not intended as a question, that.
  • From vapidave's link: The South Sotho name 'Mofifi' means 'darkness', and in Lesotho they say "darkness overcomes witchcraft".
  • 'nother one who says, "nay" Some monkeys seemed to find the idea of shout-outs being posted after a meet-up to be unfair If we ever do a Vancouver meetup my shout out would be 'monkeyfilter' anyhow - the paper wouldn't be big enough to include 2000+ names - not to mention the hand cramps I'd get from writting all those names ;)
  • Too late, I've already proclaimed myself best of the best of the best of everything filter. beeswacky came in second.
  • I venture to say this idea would be a sort of meta-MonkeyFilter. . . MonkeyFilter: Darkness Overcomes Witchcraft wow. creepy.
  • I believe we get more quality X's with our non-competitive environment than we would get if every X was a contest.
  • I take the award for...uh...most buttons on my MoFi pages.
  • Let's just disappear up our own fundaments, why don't we...We can become so self-referential and congratulatory that we cease to have any significance or be of any interest to anyone other than ourselves...Then who will we be like?
  • MeFi
  • I did some thing like this once, where people could add their favourite threads and a reason why they liked it. It broke down, though, and I never resurrected it. Sorry.
  • I liked it, dng. Not that I'm asking you to resurrect it, I just liked it.
  • wow when was it that any goofy idea wasn't in the spirit of fun? does everything have to be a consensus declaration to the nth degree? am i or anyone suppose to be taking such things so seriously? where's my rubber chicken? actually, after i posted the idea on a lark i was going to post a motalk type of question about using the nonclosing threads glad i didn't
  • ethylene, I have your rubber chicken. Don't worry, I'm taking good care of it -- I feed it rubber pellets every day.
  • i want a rubber wombat. And frankly, all of this . . this posting to MonkeyFilter is just getting out of hand. Where are the lazy days of clicking "refresh" 50 times before giving up when there was only languagehat and wendell (who'd posted only by accident, beliving this to be a MeFi beta something)?? Where, I ask ye?! Oh. Googlecache. Right. I knew that.
  • Wombats don't bother sending candy or flowers; just chase her in figure eights for a couple of hours, (don't forget to bite her on the bum) until, thanks to your persistence and her sheer exhastion, she finally shies from maiden caution, and lets herself be overcome.
  • Have you guys ever met (or tried to snuggle up with) a wombat? They hurt. They aren't all like Fatso, I promise. And anyway, a warped sense of humour is good, and let's face it, Mofifi is a kick-ass name ;o) (NoMofifi just doesn't have the same short snappy happy vibe about it..)
  • A momo is a Tubetan dumpling, for what that's worth, sarah