Goatober and Presidential Smackdown 2012

posted September 19, 2012 1:19 PM | |

Wed October 3 at 5:00 PM, The Goat

430 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, USA (Map & Directions)

Goat-->Frog? That is not how evolution works.
posted by shakespeherian at 5:03 AM on September 20, 2012 [3 favorites]

What is "tend to my puppy" a euphemism for?
posted by deathpanels at 5:47 AM on September 20, 2012

This.
posted by phunniemee at 6:24 AM on September 20, 2012

That poor puppy's come down with a case of blurritis. :(
posted by Evilspork at 10:09 AM on September 20, 2012

The good news is that I'll be at the Hyatt Regency on Whacker for this day, so I probably should be able to make it, finally (it's been a while!) The bad news is that it'll be the final day of a three day conference where I have to pretend to be a business person who gives a shit about business, and the exhaustion might send me home sooner rather than later. Still, nothing helps you shake those "I am a fake business person" blues like a boorger and seven thousand tiny beers!
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:55 AM on September 20, 2012

Oh man, one time for work I had to look professional for a thing because I was going to be meeting some people so I had to wear a shirt with buttons on it and it was awful. I don't know how some people do that every day.

(Also, very lucky that I work in an office where the dress code is basically, "please just be wearing pants. please.")

You have my greatest sympathies, Spiffy.
posted by phunniemee at 11:05 AM on September 20, 2012

I am pretty sure the first Goat I showed up to I was wearing a suit because I am SO IMPORTANT and seriously all it does it make awkward sidehugs better.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:25 AM on September 20, 2012

I think tending puppy is like tending bar.
posted by Green With You at 3:02 PM on September 20, 2012

tending puppy is way more rewarding than tending bar.
posted by crush-onastick at 6:58 PM on September 20, 2012

I'm pro goat and pro yelling at idiot debaters while stealing puppy cuddles.

Presumably chez phunniemee is BYOB. Do we get the secret details on how to get to said home via nearby liquor store at the billy goat?
posted by garlic at 2:20 PM on September 22, 2012

If this Wednesday is anything like last Wednesday, I will be practicing dagger disarms and longsword parries until after 10PM. I realize my presence has become less "assumed" and more "once in a blue moon" of late, anyway...
posted by adamdschneider at 8:05 PM on September 22, 2012

DAMN, adam - I want to go do what *you're* doing. Can we have an Intermediate Weaponry meetup?
posted by tzikeh at 6:37 AM on September 23, 2012

http://www.chicagoswordplayguild.com/classes
posted by adamdschneider at 11:07 AM on September 23, 2012 [1 favorite]

I love word play! Do they have advanced punning and disarming wit classes?
posted by Cold Lurkey at 7:23 AM on September 24, 2012 [2 favorites]

Presumably chez phunniemee is BYOB. Do we get the secret details on how to get to said home via nearby liquor store at the billy goat?

Deets on chez phunniemee:

-Yes, good point--BYOB. It doesn't even register for me to have B in my apartment because I don't drink B. I think there are two maybe three Bs in my fridge, ones that Bevos has brought over, obviously not enough B for everyone. I have been promising to bake Bevos cookies for ages, and I may just do it next week. No need to BYOC.

-Exact address will be given at the Goat, but I live off the Kedzie Pink Line on 24th Street. It's about 30 mins from the Loop. Amenities near my house are...limited. Unless you like tacos. NB: PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE TACOS ARE UNWELCOME IN CHEZ PHUNNIEMEE. SORRY.
posted by phunniemee at 8:35 AM on September 24, 2012

There are... things... that don't like tacos? I hesitate to use the word 'people.'
posted by shakespeherian at 8:41 AM on September 24, 2012 [1 favorite]

Do they have advanced punning and disarming wit classes?

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posted by adamdschneider at 10:43 AM on September 24, 2012

As usual, it depends on work. I should be out of work early enough, but if I have to open Thursday, that'll make it rough. I'd like to go though, because I miss each and every one of you (some more than others, haha. I kid, I kid.)
posted by bryanthecook at 11:05 AM on September 24, 2012

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Anyone who puns in German can't be bad!
posted by Cold Lurkey at 5:04 PM on September 24, 2012

You know who else punned in German?
posted by phunniemee at 8:14 PM on September 24, 2012

Most Germans.
posted by phunniemee at 8:18 PM on September 24, 2012

My dog has no nose.

How does he smell?

Terrible.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:24 PM on September 24, 2012

That's not German...it's like you're not even paying attention at all, shakes.
posted by phunniemee at 4:41 AM on September 25, 2012 [1 favorite]

I keep thinking this is tonight, but it's not, is it?
posted by crush-onastick at 2:29 PM on September 26, 2012

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posted by adamdschneider at 2:44 PM on September 26, 2012

BOOM
posted by shakespeherian at 3:26 PM on September 26, 2012

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posted by phunniemee at 3:40 PM on September 26, 2012

Bowing Man died?
posted by SpiffyRob at 4:50 AM on September 27, 2012

No, my Python cred did.
posted by phunniemee at 6:32 AM on September 27, 2012

I forgive you, Ryan Gosling.
posted by shakespeherian at 6:49 AM on September 27, 2012

I'm not sure I'm doing this right.
posted by phunniemee at 7:05 AM on September 27, 2012 [1 favorite]

Goatdaddy.
posted by srboisvert at 8:03 AM on September 28, 2012

This goat is not up with the times.
posted by garlic at 4:23 PM on October 2, 2012

Where is everyone?
posted by Evilspork at 5:13 PM on October 2, 2012

I guess it would help if I went there on the right day, huh.
posted by Evilspork at 5:47 PM on October 2, 2012

What? I suppose the next thing you're going to tell me is that it isn't Monday either. Damn, Those were my two best guesses for today.
posted by Cold Lurkey at 6:11 PM on October 2, 2012

I've been very excited about goating all week, but I guess not as excited as Evilspork.
posted by garlic at 7:39 PM on October 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

So assuming that tomorrow is actually Wednesday, I could be there, but not until after 8pm. Will there still be engoatening at that time?
posted by Cold Lurkey at 9:06 PM on October 2, 2012

It turns out I will neither have to pretend to be a business man nor have the ability to come today. Boo to that and boo to me.
posted by SpiffyRob at 4:38 AM on October 3, 2012

I am actually on my way to the Windy City as I type: If I can be there I will be, subject to the logistics of parking a 1-ton van in the loop.
posted by pjern at 7:23 AM on October 3, 2012

Happy goat day everyone!
posted by shakespeherian at 7:31 AM on October 3, 2012

pjern: there is plenty of parking available in the Loop if you want to pay for it. If you're a cheap bastard like me, though, I suggest checking out State street just a bit south of Roosevelt. There is generally parking available there (and the Goat is just a quick jaunt North on the Red Line). As long as your van is actually a van and not a truck of some sort, it should be just fine.
posted by phunniemee at 7:42 AM on October 3, 2012

I don't know about y'all but if I do a Google search for "Obama goat", even with SafeSearch moderate, I get some weird ass (still worksafe) images.

I did this last night to try to respond to the Huntsman goat, and it sent me down a very dark path. Newsflash: a lot of people who don't like Obama are really racist.

I should have probably checked this not logged into Google. Everybody else will probably try the same thing and have it be all goats and rainbows and it will look like I'm the strange one.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:11 AM on October 3, 2012

Ugh, I really can't go without being a neglectful doggy mom. But maybe, we'll see. If it's raining tonight he wouldn't go outside to pee anyway so maybe it would be ok to have a drink before going home.

Definitely can't make it to phunniemee's for the debates. :/
posted by misskaz at 8:30 AM on October 3, 2012

I didn't see much racist shit (I didn't look that long) but I did find this adorable picture of Michelle in grade school and she looks exactly the same as she does now.

I mean that's weird, right?
posted by shakespeherian at 8:31 AM on October 3, 2012 [1 favorite]

Definitely can't make it to phunniemee's for the debates. :/

That's ok! I'll have more formal (as opposed to just schlep yourself over after work if you wanna) debate happenings for the other debates, to which all doggies are welcome. :)
posted by phunniemee at 8:38 AM on October 3, 2012

phunniemee, do you live in a close proximity to a store which facilitates my desire to BMOB?
posted by shakespeherian at 8:43 AM on October 3, 2012

I mean that's weird, right?

I went to a small school, small enough that each senior's parents got a page in the back of the yearbook to fill with baby and little kid photos. Typically lots of fun to go through, especially when I was little, and could see what the "grown up" kids I knew looked like when they were my age.

I remember one year going through it with my brother, and landing on the page of this one girl, and my brother and I both recoiled back in horror at one of the photos.

It was her, as a toddler, with what appeared to be her fully formed adult head pasted on top. Except it wasn't pasted on top. That's just what she looked like as a toddler. Dressed up as a clown.

It has been years since I saw it, and I still think about it from time to time. Horrifying.

I just looked her up on facebook to see if she still exists--she does--and she looks exactly the same at age 37.
posted by phunniemee at 8:49 AM on October 3, 2012 [1 favorite]

There's a la casa de tequila between my house and the train station, which I assume is open pretty much all the time. I've never been in there, though. I assume they have things other than tequila.
posted by phunniemee at 8:53 AM on October 3, 2012

la casa de tequila means "a free case of tequila " right?

Also, I only wish I was still as cute as the kid in these pictures.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:14 AM on October 3, 2012 [1 favorite]

I've got a Wednesday night class, so Goatening and Debatening alike are unlikely. Not to my liking, let me tell you.

Have fun tonight, everyone!
posted by Iridic at 11:12 AM on October 3, 2012

But I was going to tell you secrets.
posted by shakespeherian at 12:35 PM on October 3, 2012

it's like looking into a mirror. a very grumpy mirror.
posted by crush-onastick at 12:38 PM on October 3, 2012 [1 favorite]

Yay -- my link was shared because I was hoping other pictures would happen. I'm not a big fan of most current baby pictures (sorry Facebook) but I LOVE pictures of people who have grown up.

(Also, it was vaguely relevant to the thread because I, like the person in phunnimee's thread, am 37, which is a connection no one would be expected to know -- welcome to the DVD commentary of my commenting process)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:06 PM on October 3, 2012 [2 favorites]

This is me and my awesome little brother. The inspiration for this photo was me being bored and saying, "hey, we should dress up in each other's clothes!" Except that I was also wearing jean shorts and a t-shirt, so we went to my closet and dug out a dress for him to wear so it would be obvious that we switched clothes.

This is me and my awesome little brother in a canoe in the middle of the street. That was the year the neighborhood flooded.
posted by phunniemee at 1:15 PM on October 3, 2012

I'm not going to make it. I threw my back out and haven't gotten a replacement yet.
posted by srboisvert at 1:46 PM on October 3, 2012

This is me at my first Christmas, getting excited about a stuffed reindeer.

And here's me at the park by my grade school in Colorado. I was such a ham.

I'm torn about whether or not I'm coming. Will there be frogging by some parties or just debating and disbanding?
posted by youngergirl44 at 1:48 PM on October 3, 2012

This is me, so chubby.
posted by misskaz at 2:18 PM on October 3, 2012

Me and my awesome little brother in a canoe.
posted by garlic at 2:33 PM on October 3, 2012

Guys I don't have any childhood pictures on the internet I don't think (except Facebook which I can't access right now) so just imagine me, only more precocious.
posted by shakespeherian at 2:38 PM on October 3, 2012

Also, I'm contemplating going to the frog after the debate tonight, depending on interest.
posted by garlic at 2:39 PM on October 3, 2012

I was also considering the Frog, but it will depend on how I pace my drinking (or more accurately, my spending, as I dumbassedly did not go to the credit union before it closed and am currently working-debit card-less)

That said, if I drink more than is currently in my wallet, I should probably stop drinking anyway.

Holy shit, why am I commenting here if it's already quarter til 5? Later gators.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:46 PM on October 3, 2012

Copycat.
posted by phunniemee at 2:47 PM on October 3, 2012

good god. how is it almost 5?
posted by crush-onastick at 2:53 PM on October 3, 2012

Well, I"m here.......
posted by pjern at 3:00 PM on October 3, 2012

I'm almost there unless that makes me first in which case I'm about fifteen minutes away.
posted by shakespeherian at 3:01 PM on October 3, 2012

oh, and $24 to park. UGH!
posted by pjern at 3:01 PM on October 3, 2012

blargh. I wish I'd seen this sooner. I'm in town and would have loved to have come. I'm practically just around the corner too. bugger. Hope y'all are having a great time.
posted by FlamingBore at 4:06 PM on October 3, 2012

I'm sure you can still come, FlamingBore. I haven't left the office yet and will be going there.
posted by youngergirl44 at 4:11 PM on October 3, 2012

I'm on my way kids. Someone better still be there drinking.
posted by youngergirl44 at 4:27 PM on October 3, 2012

Folks, it's breaking up early. I'm thinking auxiliary.
posted by crush-onastick at 5:25 PM on October 3, 2012

5 trillion dollar tax cut.
posted by garlic at 6:39 PM on October 3, 2012

Throw the challenge flag!
posted by garlic at 6:39 PM on October 3, 2012

It's math!
posted by garlic at 6:40 PM on October 3, 2012

Donald Trump doesn't like to think of himself as small anything.
posted by garlic at 6:42 PM on October 3, 2012

Big Bird/Ernie 2016
posted by phunniemee at 6:52 PM on October 3, 2012 [1 favorite]

Obama : Governor Romney has ruled out revenue...
Romney: Absolutely .
posted by garlic at 6:57 PM on October 3, 2012

If anyone is still reading this, I made it to the frog. It's lonely here. Come sing songs and cavort. I have a song I want to sing and you're all going to miss it!
posted by youngergirl44 at 8:20 PM on October 3, 2012

shakespeherian (+2)

OH I GET IT.
posted by phunniemee at 8:45 PM on October 3, 2012 [2 favorites]

Outlook not good for those at phunnieme's
posted by garlic at 8:49 PM on October 3, 2012

Did you get stabbed? I specifically told you not to get stabbed.
posted by phunniemee at 9:01 PM on October 3, 2012

I should have come for debate watching and puppy time? This is what you're telling me?
posted by youngergirl44 at 9:10 PM on October 3, 2012

All the stabbers were already in bed by the time we got out. They have to get up early for their shifts at the stab factory.
posted by shakespeherian at 9:19 PM on October 3, 2012 [2 favorites]

Eamon and I have somehow closed the Frog. Again. Cheers to little cowboys. Little tiny cowboys.

There is a chick lecturing Eamon about how he's wasting his talent by not taking his show on the road. Or being on SNL. Fact.
posted by youngergirl44 at 11:53 PM on October 3, 2012 [1 favorite]

If there is some sort of road show for karaoke, Eamon does deserve an audition for it.
posted by garlic at 5:37 AM on October 4, 2012

If there is some sort of road show for karaoke, Eamon does deserve an audition for to be the president of it.
posted by phunniemee at 6:16 AM on October 4, 2012

oooooOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo

I was wrong about the staaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAaaaaabbers
posted by the ghost of shakespeherian at 6:45 AM on October 4, 2012

Facebook event for the VP debate is live. If you aren't friends with me on facebook, 1) you're missing out on pictures of Truman, and 2) you're not invited neener neener neener. But you are welcome to come. It's just top secret.
posted by phunniemee at 8:44 AM on October 4, 2012

you're not invited neener neener neener. But you are welcome to come

This is one of those 'it's not a tax cut it's a reduction in rates' things isn't it
posted by shakespeherian at 8:46 AM on October 4, 2012

If you guys could invest, I would really, really, really like to open a gay bar called "Stab Factory."

Good to see everybody, even for a short time, at the Goat, and thanks to those who debate-watched with me and let me do my flustered liberal Archie Bunker act in somebody else's chair for a change.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 9:31 AM on October 4, 2012

What. The fuck. Happened.
posted by eamondaly at 3:55 PM on October 4, 2012

we were rudderless. unmoored. adrift.

perhaps, even, bereft.

we can only hope the future finds us more stalwart, better able and of finer mettle.
posted by crush-onastick at 8:01 PM on October 4, 2012