2007-05-31

Ani - Ghost City of Armenia

Post 61676 by Kattullus deleted for the following reason: Ghost post! -- cortex

Helvetica Typeface Celebrates 50 Years

Post 61675 by zenpop deleted for the following reason: We talked about Helvetica a few months ago. -- cortex
Post 61668 by bigmusic deleted for the following reason: 1. this is a few posts down 2. hitler? in the more inside? really? 3. blame the umlaut -- jessamyn

Mind-Bogglingly Funny & Pathetic at the Same Time

Post 61664 by wfc123 deleted for the following reason: dumb comments on a community site FILM AT 11 -- mathowie

Mr. Conductor never heard from again

Post 61663 by XQUZYPHYR deleted for the following reason: LOL TORTURE COSTUME - seriously, this all you got? -- jessamyn

The TB Guy

Post 61661 by lampshade deleted for the following reason: The other thread hasn't been quarantined yet. -- cortex

2007-05-30

Air Car

Post 61646 by C17H19NO3 deleted for the following reason: Previously on Air Car Filter... -- cortex

Morphing madonnas and maidens and matrons.

Post 61644 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: posted before, but still good. -- mathowie

UFO visits India for outsourcing

Post 61643 by chrisranjana.com deleted for the following reason: Enough with the super-lightweight weird news articles! -- cortex

2007-05-29

Sahar told a visitor she was from the Dora district of Baghdad but had left “because of the troubles.” Now, she said she would leave the club with him for $200.

Post 61613 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: outragefilter -- jessamyn

When in doubt, always blame robots.

Post 61611 by amyms deleted for the following reason: the nazi robots never stop coming -- cortex

Legal tender? We don't accept that in these parts...

Post 61605 by Talez deleted for the following reason: This isn't a real post, it's some sort of crazy counterfeit double! Police! -- cortex

Ah, sweet memory of youth!

Post 61595 by KokuRyu deleted for the following reason: Ah, sweet memory of guts! -- cortex

One little piggy

Post 61590 by dov3 deleted for the following reason: QUIT HOGGING THE FRONT PAGE -- cortex

Killola Rocks K))

Post 61589 by SinisterPurpose deleted for the following reason: your favorite band may or may not suck but they should definitely be on YOB. -- jessamyn

2007-05-28

Furry Happy Monsters

Post 61566 by pruner deleted for the following reason: This song, and others, previously. -- cortex

Google and Stalking

Post 61565 by quarsan deleted for the following reason: this is really a GYOB sort of post - less issuefilter, more info please -- jessamyn

2007-05-27

2007-05-26

Bowie

Post 61536 by sgt.serenity deleted for the following reason: ashes to ashes / rocks to rubble / we know Major Tom's a double -- cortex

Bush Resigns

Post 61528 by wfc123 deleted for the following reason: Seriously, that's all? -- cortex

teacher

Post 61522 by IronWolve deleted for the following reason: link definitely MIA. -- jessamyn -- jessamyn

2007-05-25

While You Were Sleeping

Post 61511 by augustweed deleted for the following reason: I'm supressing this double post under the direct order of the President of the United States of America. -- cortex

Paradise found

Post 61508 by dov3 deleted for the following reason: I'm pretty sure this was covered in the lold testament. -- cortex

Pop Star's

Post 61489 by Roger Davis deleted for the following reason: this isnt' a good post to metafilter for several reasons. -- jessamyn

2007-05-24

Pepsi Green

Post 61471 by humblepigeon deleted for the following reason: this isn't ironic you know. -- jessamyn

Start a fight, be charged of attempted second-degree murder

Post 61459 by electriccynic deleted for the following reason: posted yesterday -- mathowie

2007-05-23

Jim Henson's THE CUBE (February 23, 1969)

Post 61443 by spock deleted for the following reason: Cube * 2 -- cortex

Oral sex and Throat Cancer

Post 61441 by misha deleted for the following reason: We covered the story recently, and this is not a good post for mefi. -- cortex

Keeping nerds healthy since 2006.

Post 61438 by ericbop deleted for the following reason: A long time ago, in an FPP far, far away... -- cortex

Who would win a fight between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and a couple crocodiles?

Post 61422 by Manjusri deleted for the following reason: A couple of crocs, nine lions, fifty two and a half buffalo, six tourists, and two posts. -- cortex

2007-05-22

Pop-Up Pulp Covers

Post 61417 by Alvy Ampersand deleted for the following reason: I feel like I've seen this pulp novel cover art cowboy pop out somewhere before, but that's crazy talk. Nutso! Moonjuice! -- cortex

Real World vs the Internet

Post 61413 by kamikazegopher deleted for the following reason: I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU -- cortex

A Slate Photo Essay

Post 61389 by time to put your air goggles on! deleted for the following reason: See yesterday's Metatalk thread. Hi, brownpau! -- cortex

The Wide World of Fair Use

Post 61385 by maryh deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

2007-05-21

Break a Leg episode two

Post 61374 by Wataki deleted for the following reason: This is pretty much just a double post of that post that you linked to. -- cortex

The most forgiving animal lover on the planet.

Post 61366 by usedwigs deleted for the following reason: If a woman bites a gorilla, that's news. -- cortex

Hast Thou Read Thine Manual?

Post 61363 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- added helpdesk to the tags on the older post. -- jessamyn

2007-05-20

Is anyone hurt by Google and Firefox's amazingly wealthy partnership?

Post 61356 by commonmedia deleted for the following reason: This reads like a blog post, not a mefi post. -- cortex

Vonnegut's Asterisk

Post 61354 by serazin deleted for the following reason: It's a double, but Martin Freeman is just plain adorable. -- cortex

RIP Bill

Post 61353 by thirteenkiller deleted for the following reason: yes yes HURF DURF. -- jessamyn

Violence in Lebanon

Post 61352 by Deathalicious deleted for the following reason: thisis why newsfilter isn't always right for metafilter. OMG this just happened is rarely a good reason for an FPP. -- jessamyn

Sniper Shooting In Moscow, Idaho

Post 61348 by Ignition deleted for the following reason: this is sort of a cut and dried newsfilter post. -- jessamyn

2007-05-19

On the Edge of Bladerunner

Post 61329 by loquacious deleted for the following reason: The double post lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. -- cortex

stay the course? where the money goes

Post 61323 by Postroad deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

Third leading cause of death: doctors

Post 61314 by wallstreet1929 deleted for the following reason: link is broken. if it were not broken I suspect it would be a seven year old article. -- jessamyn

2007-05-18

He's blind, but he can see.

Post 61305 by miss lynnster deleted for the following reason: posted pretty much previously -- jessamyn

The War To End All Wars - Until The Next One

Post 61304 by lysdexic deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

Your Favourite Photo Site Sucks

Post 61302 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: Flickr apologized about the fuckup; her account is in good standing; everybody's apparently cool. Where's the drama? -- cortex

The Smoothie of the Lord!

Post 61284 by The Bellman deleted for the following reason: I would like to alert you, plaintively and without irony, to the fact that this post is a double. -- cortex

2007-05-17

Oddly, No Cat Macros For Shop Class Geeks.

Post 61270 by jonson deleted for the following reason: im in ur over-trafficked meme, stating ur ironic deletion raisin -- cortex

Rage Against The Machine Live at Coachella 2007

Post 61264 by koenie deleted for the following reason: I'm waiting for the This Post comeback tour. -- cortex

Wolfowitz resigns

Post 61260 by sien deleted for the following reason: This would make a fine addition to the open Wolfowitz thread. -- cortex

NO!

Post 61242 by Mentallo The Brain God deleted for the following reason: This is not a good mefi post, Mentallo. -- cortex

2007-05-16

Starting trouble ? Push the train

Post 61236 by chrisranjana.com deleted for the following reason: Not so much with the little bits of not-very-weird news, please. -- cortex

Great new product for mothers

Post 61225 by toddbass10 deleted for the following reason: you may be unclear on the concept here. -- jessamyn

Sex Insurance

Post 61218 by commander_cool deleted for the following reason: This strained, inexplicable allegory doesn't make for a very good mefi post. -- cortex

2007-05-15

Mmm-bop

Post 61193 by dydecker deleted for the following reason: Did Drew Curtis put you up to this? -- cortex

In Trouble Again

Post 61190 by kurmbox deleted for the following reason: ShockJockPushesEnvelopeWithStuntAndGetsInTroubleFilter -- cortex

Another Bad Creation

Post 61182 by jeremy b deleted for the following reason: Apparently, we can get enough of them. -- cortex

2007-05-14

Verizon Customer Support Hell

Post 61168 by Crotalus deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

Bushies Behaving Badly via Slate

Post 61152 by sneakin deleted for the following reason: Doubled! -- cortex

James Dunnigan on what happens if we leave Iraq.

Post 61151 by dragonsi55 deleted for the following reason: The bar for IraqFilter should probably be a bit higher than a few paragraphs of speculation on some dude's site. -- cortex

The oPhone by Microsoft

Post 61145 by jonson deleted for the following reason: oSnap -- cortex

2007-05-13

On the internets, noone knows you are Bruce Willis

Post 61135 by rsanheim deleted for the following reason: posted a couple days back -- mathowie

William Blake Archive

Post 61116 by Servatron deleted for the following reason: blakearchive.org has been posted a couple of times previously. -- cortex

2007-05-12

truisms

Post 61111 by vronsky deleted for the following reason: make some sense or no post for you. -- jessamyn

yamaiga.com

Post 61106 by hama7 deleted for the following reason: while there is nothing at all wrong with non-english posts generally, there is something wrong with this non-english post specifically. -- jessamyn

Inlandfay = awesomeway

Post 61092 by mdonley deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

2007-05-11

Senile agitation

Post 61083 by edgeways deleted for the following reason: seen it, regrettably. try the cooterwash tag. -- jessamyn

2007-05-10

Post 61064 by milestogo deleted for the following reason: oy gevalt -- cortex

There's a joke here about 'intelligence' but I'm too dumb to find it

Post 61059 by unSane deleted for the following reason: nanotwice -- cortex

The smoking gun?

Post 61057 by EarBucket deleted for the following reason: talking points memo has its own blog. -- jessamyn

(Again) Welcome to the new American century.

Post 61055 by acro deleted for the following reason: please use quotations properly and save the OMG for things that people really said and plurals for when there are more than 1 + echo chamber -- jessamyn

Wii can't win.

Post 61051 by adamms222 deleted for the following reason: The school of meh? -- cortex

Beyond Growing Pains

Post 61046 by thirteenkiller deleted for the following reason: pls leave the LOL XIANS for your own blog kthxbi -- jessamyn

Sign a Petition to Get Fox News to Drop Junk Science on Global Warming

Post 61045 by jacob hauser deleted for the following reason: please don't use MeFi for "sign my petition" activities. -- jessamyn

O Hai I just Upgraded UR meme

Post 61036 by moonbird deleted for the following reason: If you asked me ten years ago, I would never have guessed I'd someday be saying "please put this in the open lolcats grammatical analysis thread". -- cortex

2007-05-08

Duclod Part 2

Post 61008 by magikker deleted for the following reason: posted followed up refollowed up reposted delteed metaed redeleted and reposted and about to be deleted. previously and all that. -- jessamyn

Cornerstone of Israeli Nationalism

Post 61007 by acro deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

Boycott gas? No thanks. Boycott Microsoft? Yes!

Post 60997 by lesseffective deleted for the following reason: Gee, lesseffective and pwily are coming from the exact same IP, and pwily owns this page? We should start a boycot against lame-ass selflinkers. -- cortex

tupperware party fodder

Post 60995 by petsounds deleted for the following reason: ranty SLBOEfilter -- jessamyn

Duclod Man: his one true love is organic gardening.

Post 60993 by Mo Nickels deleted for the following reason: Let it have been taken to metatalk! -- cortex

New Theme Park

Post 60991 by byronimation deleted for the following reason: There's not really any, you know, content here. RIP, Yul. -- cortex

1 km = 7 pixels

Post 60981 by signal deleted for the following reason: the engine passed at six o'clock / the cab passed by at nine -- cortex

a major archaeological discovery?

Post 60979 by Prunedish deleted for the following reason: 200 word BBC fluff piece on a maybe? Not great. -- cortex

Arrest warrant for Richard Gere in India

Post 60977 by chrisranjana.com deleted for the following reason: Dated celebrity news-of-the-weird blip? -- cortex

2007-05-07

Tori Amos and the PS22 Chorus

Post 60974 by AloneOssifer deleted for the following reason: I'll admit I made out to Under the Pink a lot in high school, but we saw this a couple of days ago. -- cortex

2007-05-06

Everyware and nowhere

Post 60944 by infini deleted for the following reason: Good on Adam, but "watch this 30 minute video and discuss" is not the right way to approach this, and we have indeed covered this before. -- cortex

Idiotic answers from exam students: Very funny stuff!

Post 60933 by mesmerx deleted for the following reason: This was old long before you self-linked to your blog about it. -- cortex

Time Man of the Year

Post 60928 by bobbyelliott deleted for the following reason: Old and thin. -- cortex

2007-05-05

Tell me when you've had enough

Post 60917 by unSane deleted for the following reason: SLOE outragefilter. -- jessamyn

What Am I For?

Post 60905 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: LOLCELEBZ-filter. this sort of eyerolling gossip column tepid outrage filter isn't really what mefi is for. -- jessamyn

2007-05-04

It was a dark and stormy American Idol night...

Post 60898 by konolia deleted for the following reason: Kinda lame -- mathowie

V2 rocket firsts

Post 60897 by Twang deleted for the following reason: peak V2 -- cortex
Post 60896 by bardic deleted for the following reason: Three and counting. -- cortex

World longest distance kill - 2,430 metres(1.5 miles)

Post 60886 by Betmenko deleted for the following reason: Weak-ass post, shameless self-link? Banned. -- cortex

La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde

Post 60883 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: Seen it. Waiting for the Bayeux/Bruckheimerre remake. -- cortex

Three to one

Post 60880 by unSane deleted for the following reason: There's a GOP prez debate thread open still. -- cortex

A few easy One million Dollars

Post 60878 by Captain Crusty's Zeppelin Repair Service deleted for the following reason: self-link, banned. -- mathowie

2007-05-03

You gonna finish that?

Post 60867 by MiltonRandKalman deleted for the following reason: Yeah, still crappy. -- cortex

Oakland Harbor’s Pearl Harbor!??? Seriously?

Post 60866 by miss lynnster deleted for the following reason: i want to believed -- cortex

David Hasselhoff Drunk.

Post 60860 by thebigpoop deleted for the following reason: this is not what metafilter is for -- jessamyn

2007-05-02

Seasonal body parts

Post 60836 by Listener deleted for the following reason: Double duck-dick? Denied! (Duex!) -- cortex

Denver Mayor Wins Reelection in a Close One

Post 60831 by impolitic deleted for the following reason: wtf? -- jessamyn

Firefox Print Woes

Post 60821 by KRS deleted for the following reason: dude, ask mefi is in aisle two. -- mathowie

Pigpen, where are you?

Post 60820 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: besides the fact that we've done this before, this is sort of mental illness subculture tourism. -- jessamyn

Compulsive Hoarding

Post 60818 by vanadium deleted for the following reason: we've sort of done the hoarding thing here before. -- jessamyn

Let them eat code.

Post 60814 by rzklkng deleted for the following reason: This'd make a great comment in the open thread. -- cortex

2007-05-01

Seems so far away.

Post 60811 by Tacos Are Pretty Great deleted for the following reason: You know, between Loyalty Day, IT May Day, Loyalty Day, Law Day, and Loyalty Day, we've probably got it covered pretty well already. -- cortex

09 men reportedly pressed the F9 button that caused 11 PCs to crash, while 02 elementary school students in class 9D...

Post 60810 by delmoi deleted for the following reason: more like hddvdon't -- cortex

hotornot?

Post 60801 by signal deleted for the following reason: been there, rated that -- cortex

Loyalty Day

Post 60799 by stbalbach deleted for the following reason: oh for crap's sake -- cortex

Biker action? Pffft...is there any other kind of action?

Post 60787 by Betty Tyranny deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- jessamyn

With licorice and jugs of wine for owls

Post 60782 by Mayor Curley deleted for the following reason: This would be noteworthy if it wasn't a yearly rite going back decades, I guess. Also, see previous. -- cortex