First Goatup of Fall

posted September 23, 2011 6:56 PM | |

Wed October 5 at 6:00 PM, Billy Goat Tavern

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

Funny, MeFi emails me when I create an event within 50 miles of myself.
posted by youngergirl44 at 6:59 PM on September 23, 2011

Wouldn't want you to forget about it!
posted by Evilspork at 7:55 AM on September 24, 2011

No Payne no gain.
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:04 AM on September 26, 2011

Hey keen this shows up in Recent Activity even though I haven't commented (until now), just because I said I was attending.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:33 AM on September 26, 2011

I DO NOT HAVE BREAST CANCER.

I am making a list of things to do to celebrate, and one of them is to GET MY BENIGN ASS TO THE GOATUP.

Expect me, Cabal-eros.

EXPECT. ME.
posted by tzikeh at 3:19 PM on September 26, 2011 [7 favorites]

Cabal-leros, not Cabal-eros. I'm correcting my joke to add another "l" because otherwise it looks like it's going to be some kind of goat orgy.
posted by tzikeh at 3:25 PM on September 26, 2011

(Also because it's spelled with two 'l' s.)
posted by tzikeh at 3:26 PM on September 26, 2011

YES FUCKING YES HOORAY TZIKEH
posted by shakespeherian at 5:15 PM on September 26, 2011

I dunno. I like the idea of combining the benign leadership with the god of love and desire.

Also, awesome news tzikeh.
posted by crush-onastick at 5:53 PM on September 26, 2011

I haven't had the wherewithal to make it to a meet-up yet (translation: I am a little afraid of Internet People™), but I might come to this one!
posted by enlarged to show texture at 7:00 PM on September 26, 2011

As Internet People™ go, we're a pretty non-terrifying bunch, on the whole. Plenty of terrors individually, bearded and otherwise, but taken as a unit, we're pretty welcoming/approachable (read: drunk.)
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:56 AM on September 27, 2011

Maybe some people find drunk people terrifying. So let us rephrase to friendly tipsiness. In a low key, non-threatening setting.
posted by readery at 7:45 AM on September 27, 2011

Let me tell you, I am far more terrified of Internet Strangers (and non-strangers, and occasionally close friends) than most people could even imagine. I once stood my best friend from college up for a hangout because I was too weird and conflict-avoidant to call him and tell him we should postpone, so I just didn't show up. I'm crazy. Just ask these folks how frequently I say I'm going to a meetup vs. how frequently I actually go to a meetup.

All this to say, you will not be surrounded by Best Friends Who Are Outgoing And You Are The Outsider Weirdo, so maybe that helps?
posted by shakespeherian at 7:53 AM on September 27, 2011

Goat-ups are a Safe Place. Unless you prefer to leave a tidy tip pile for the beleaguered server. In that case, you will be vexed and poked with a sharp stick. Otherwise, threat-assessments of goat-ups reveal minimal terror and almost no actual scarring.
posted by crush-onastick at 8:51 AM on September 27, 2011

People! Come to the damn meetups! They're fun!
posted by evisceratordeath at 9:42 AM on September 27, 2011

I am a little afraid of Internet People™

Oh oh, I actually posted advice on this very thing to my Twitter earlier today:

"Before entering any large social situation I say to myself 3 times, "I'm a right motherfucker" and then do my best razor eyes & gallop in."
posted by Windigo at 11:33 AM on September 27, 2011

The stick's just for you, crush. Consider it an us-fulfilling prophecy.
posted by SpiffyRob at 12:22 PM on September 27, 2011 [1 favorite]

I have been on the Internet since well before the advent of the World Wide Web, and I have met many, many people IRL whom I found through internet discussion boards, chat rooms, and blogs. I have found that, on the whole, I like them *more* than people I've come across in more pedestrian ways--because we start out already knowing a lot of why we might connect, and what we have in common.

Do not be afraid. I've never made it to a meetup for all kinds of reasons, but none of them have been "OMG STRANGERS." I don't consider any of you to be strangers.

Strange, yes.
posted by tzikeh at 1:30 PM on September 27, 2011

shakespeherian - please come to this meetup if you can. I have committed to it, and I'd love to meet you.
posted by tzikeh at 1:47 PM on September 27, 2011

I WILL ATTEND THE GOAT ORGY. But I'll be a little late, though, like last time. Please wait for me.
posted by me3dia at 8:45 AM on September 28, 2011

Hey - Cabal-leros -- would you guys like copies of my MetaFilter music exchange CDs?
posted by tzikeh at 2:09 PM on September 28, 2011

I would!
posted by shakespeherian at 2:18 PM on September 28, 2011

Would you guys like copies of my skull?
posted by hydrophonic at 4:00 PM on September 29, 2011

How does that work because sure, yes, I would like a copy of your skull.
posted by crush-onastick at 5:11 PM on September 29, 2011

I... am disturbed, yet intrigued.
posted by tzikeh at 5:52 PM on September 29, 2011

Y'all almost had me with your whole "We are friendly and not at all scary!" shtick, but then hydrophonic started offering copies of his skull.

(Seriously though, I will try to make it, assuming I haven't yet begun to panic about the ever-increasing length of my to-do list. Will there be, like, a "Friends of Matt" banner or something?)
posted by enlarged to show texture at 8:06 PM on September 29, 2011

We're pretty recognizable. As soon in you're in the door, we're the large group to the left with a bunch of tables pushed together and 96% of us are wearing glasses. If you haven't been to the Goat before, there's one big room with a bar/kitchen taking up the whole middle, so there's a seating area on the right and a seating area on the left. The whole left is us.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:16 PM on September 29, 2011

Wait, really? I skull copy seems like it might be kinda neat. I could store jelly beans or something in there.
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 11:28 PM on September 29, 2011

Also, I'd never noticed the glasses thing before, so either it may not be the best identifier for a whole group, or I need to pay more attention to ocular accessories. Probably my fault.

Especially as, in retrospect, shakespeherian is pretty correct on that point.
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 11:32 PM on September 29, 2011

Now I feel like I shouldn't wear my contact lenses.
posted by tzikeh at 11:35 PM on September 29, 2011

I have acquired unnecessary glasses just for the purpose of Goating.
posted by crush-onastick at 5:14 AM on September 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

Last time hydrophonic gave out copies of his skull, there were bacon cookies. I hung my copy over my alarm clock to remind me that that's what hydrophonic's skull looks like.
posted by SpiffyRob at 5:56 AM on September 30, 2011

I usually wear three to four pairs of glasses to compensate for some of the others.
posted by shakespeherian at 6:22 AM on September 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

Another way to find us would be to locate the table where no one is wearing a sports jersey.
posted by evisceratordeath at 9:40 AM on September 30, 2011

What is a 'sports'?
posted by shakespeherian at 9:42 AM on September 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

I am totally going to wear a sports jersey and anti-glasses to trip up the newbs.

On an equally serious note: Do any of you use Credit Unions? Especially ones who don't have any requirements other than living in Chicago? If so, jump on this question. I don't think my employer has any affiliation with one, and I'd like to know a good one.
posted by SpiffyRob at 9:53 AM on September 30, 2011

Rob you already like New York 'pizza' so if you add a sports jersey and anti-glasses we may have some official Cabal* business.

*TINCC
posted by shakespeherian at 9:56 AM on September 30, 2011

You know what another name for New York Pizza is?

Pizza.

You cheese pie-loving weirdos, you.

I was wearing a sports jersey a couple nights ago. It didn't go well.
posted by SpiffyRob at 11:52 AM on September 30, 2011

It didn't go well . . . with your pants? With your shoes? With your tie? Don't leave us in suspense.
posted by crush-onastick at 6:44 PM on September 30, 2011

It was probably his tie. Sports jerseys rarely go well with ties.
posted by phunniemee at 6:24 AM on October 1, 2011

It was probably his tie-dye. Sports jerseys rarely go well with tie-dyes.
posted by shakespeherian at 9:15 AM on October 1, 2011

They really don't.
posted by Iridic at 11:45 AM on October 1, 2011 [1 favorite]

It didn't go well with my pants, so I took them off. That's when the trouble/awesomeness started.
posted by SpiffyRob at 5:58 AM on October 2, 2011

That's why you need emergency pants.
posted by Evilspork at 1:30 PM on October 2, 2011

My emergency pants clash with everything.
posted by SpiffyRob at 5:09 AM on October 3, 2011

Thus, your emergency pants create their own emergency. Very clever.
posted by crush-onastick at 6:32 AM on October 3, 2011

"We have always been at war with Rob's pants."
posted by Iridic at 7:27 AM on October 3, 2011

My fly is the Axis of Evil.
posted by SpiffyRob at 9:02 AM on October 3, 2011

So -- what all is on the menu? If I'm going to make this my dinner, how much money should I have on me?
posted by tzikeh at 3:13 PM on October 3, 2011

My fly is a fruit fly. I call him Stinky.
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 3:16 PM on October 3, 2011

Menu is here. They're cash-only, but they really don't care if you bring in outside food, so if you want something that isn't a burger or doesn't taste like a burger despite not being a burger, go ahead and grab it somewhere else.
posted by shakespeherian at 4:31 PM on October 3, 2011

Or if you want a burger, it's not too far from MBurger which is a much better burger, but the fries will be cold and sad by the time you get to the Goat.
posted by crush-onastick at 5:50 PM on October 3, 2011

Wait - the Goat servers burgers that don't taste like burgers?

Do we know what's actually in their burgers?
posted by tzikeh at 9:38 PM on October 3, 2011

No I mean all the non-burger things they have still taste like burgers because they have one cooking surface that is used to make burgers all day.
posted by shakespeherian at 5:21 AM on October 4, 2011

And the beers taste like dirt and hooray!
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:42 AM on October 4, 2011

A GRAND TIME WAS HAD BY ALL
posted by shakespeherian at 7:18 AM on October 4, 2011

The Goat is waiting for the day that the fabled Customer will walk in, scan the menu, perceive that all foods are made One in the Grease, and order a cheese-patty-bacon-egg-sausage sandwich with half a Kaiser roll on the bottom and a slice of white bread on top.

On that day, the parking meters will revert to the city, the Asian carp will flee back down the Calumet River, and a high-speed rail line to Minneapolis/St. Paul will appear. It is said that the Customer shall then scourge the wicked from City Hall, balance the budget, give succor to the homeless and destitute, save the public schools, create a myriad of middle-class jobs, and bring safety and contentment to the West and South Sides without sacrificing diversity.

And the bartender of the Goat, his eyes brimful with tears of thanksgiving, will finally clean the taps.
posted by Iridic at 8:09 AM on October 4, 2011 [8 favorites]

Iridic, you're still my nemesis, but today that relationship is a little more bittersweet.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:47 AM on October 4, 2011

LET'S DO IT

IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE PROPHECY
posted by SpiffyRob at 8:54 AM on October 4, 2011

Also, I would like to taste the tears of thanksgiving.
posted by SpiffyRob at 8:54 AM on October 4, 2011

Oh yes! The tears of unfathomable sorrow!
posted by shakespeherian at 8:56 AM on October 4, 2011

Prophecy or not, it sounds like an awesome sandwich.

You wanna know what I realized a day ago? It's Count Chocula season! I've sent The Boyfriend to the store to acquire massive quantities.
posted by youngergirl44 at 12:12 PM on October 4, 2011

Hey, speaking of Thanksgiving, is anyone else going to be an orphan this year? I'm considering hosting a potluck since I'd prefer not to fly home. All are welcome.
posted by phunniemee at 12:17 PM on October 4, 2011

Why not?
posted by Evilspork at 1:21 PM on October 4, 2011

I wore my contact lenses today just to screw with the n00bs.
posted by misskaz at 7:38 AM on October 5, 2011

rats! i forgot the glasses i don't need for the meet-up!
posted by crush-onastick at 7:51 AM on October 5, 2011

As per usual I will not be bespectacled either. But the beard remains.
posted by evisceratordeath at 8:05 AM on October 5, 2011

Just had a very GRAR-inducing moment at work. This seems to be a trend - work gets extra obnoxious on meetup days.
posted by misskaz at 8:11 AM on October 5, 2011

omg I am actually going to a meetup.

Wow.

Should I wear my glasses, since I am a n00b? Or should I be a REBEL?
posted by tzikeh at 8:24 AM on October 5, 2011

Tell you what... someone text me if tzikeh actually shows up, and I will pop in on my way home. I have an errand to run in the loop after work anyway, and I don't want to miss this momentous occasion.
posted by booknerd at 8:45 AM on October 5, 2011

Damnit. Totally left my sports jersey, anti-glasses and emergency pants at home. I'll have to Dark my sorrows away.
posted by SpiffyRob at 9:18 AM on October 5, 2011

No emergency pants? What else can you bring to cause an emergency?
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 9:27 AM on October 5, 2011

Dammit, now I've said emergency enough that it's lost all meaning to me. Emergency. Emeeeergency. Emergency. Emergency!
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 9:28 AM on October 5, 2011

I dunno if I'll be making it to the goat tonight. We'll see.
posted by Windigo at 10:24 AM on October 5, 2011

My sack full of skulls is packed and ready to go. I've got fifteen of them, in all the colors of the rainbow.
posted by hydrophonic at 10:32 AM on October 5, 2011

Or actually a few different colors including white, black and gray.
posted by hydrophonic at 10:33 AM on October 5, 2011

Dude, that's poetry:

My sack full of skulls
Is packed and ready to go
I've got fifteen of them
In all colors of the rainbow

Spiffy and the Space Whales would like to collaborate with you to make this into a song.
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:57 AM on October 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Spiffy and the Space Whales would like to collaborate with you to make this into a song.

I'm hearing a Ziggy Stardust-esque arrangement here.
posted by evisceratordeath at 11:01 AM on October 5, 2011

A scarlet os frontale
And a yellow os nasale
Green maxillae to the max
All these bones in my bags
posted by Iridic at 11:06 AM on October 5, 2011

What if my bones were in a museum,
Where aliens paid good money to see 'em?
And suppose that they'd put me together all wrong,
Sticking bones on to bones where they didn't belong!

Imagine phalanges, pelvis, and spine
Welded to mandibles that once had been mine!
With each misassemblage, the error compounded,
The aliens would draw back in terror, astounded!

Their textbooks would show me in grim illustration,
The most hideous thing ever seen in creation!
The museum would commission a model in plaster
Of ME, to be called, 'Evolution's Disaster'!

And paleontologists there would debate
Dozens of theories to help postulate
How man survived for those thousands of years
With teeth-covered arms growing out of his ears!

Oh, I hope that I'm never in such manner displayed,
No matter HOW much to see me the aliens paid.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:10 AM on October 5, 2011

I never got as far along into recording this as I wanted, so just in case I never finish, here is the first verse of Spiffy and the Space Whales (feat. Henry Rollins) - Diverting the Meteor

Adam just got back from the future
And he says we're all gonna die!
Unless someone can save us
And I think I know just the guy

On his trusty space whales he'll fly
Right into the meteor's path
All in order to protect
The cabal from the meteor's wrath...

CHORUS
Diverting!
(Diverting the meteor!)
x4
posted by SpiffyRob at 11:50 AM on October 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

In case anyone was nervous, the plan was very much to have "there is no cabal" whispered and buried in the mix at the relevant part of the relevant line.
posted by SpiffyRob at 11:56 AM on October 5, 2011

I still have my orange skull from last year.
posted by Windigo at 12:08 PM on October 5, 2011

rats, not only did i forget my nonfunctional eyewear; i'm also not wearing my groupie underwear. today is a complete fail.
posted by crush-onastick at 12:18 PM on October 5, 2011

Today is a Wednesday of Irritation and I am open to getting there as early as anyone else would be there. Just saying.
posted by misskaz at 12:31 PM on October 5, 2011

I'll be there at either six-thirty or six-thoighty, depending on dialect.
posted by Iridic at 12:37 PM on October 5, 2011

I'm just afraid that grumpy toothless guy is gonna be our server again.
posted by misskaz at 12:58 PM on October 5, 2011

Wednesday of Irritation is catching on in the North Suburbs as well, kaz. Save me a seat in the angry section.
posted by SpiffyRob at 1:24 PM on October 5, 2011

Ooo, he was grumpy. And kind of a dick. I hadn't noticed the toothless situation.

That just makes the return of awesome server that much more uplifting!
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 1:24 PM on October 5, 2011

Hey folks I hate to do this because I've been good lately but we have to back out, wifey is going out of town tomorrow on a 6am bus and we need to do preparatory things and stuff. tzikeh, this means you're on the hook for the next one.
posted by shakespeherian at 1:43 PM on October 5, 2011

I'm afraid you'll have to hold down the 5 PM fort without me, Kaz. Hopefully evisceratordeath shows early.
posted by Windigo at 1:51 PM on October 5, 2011

I'll try to get there by 5:15 or so.
posted by hydrophonic at 2:00 PM on October 5, 2011

Wednesday of Irritation is catching on in the North Suburbs as well, kaz.

They make a cream for that.
posted by Evilspork at 2:01 PM on October 5, 2011

I should be able to be there, then, too.
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 2:12 PM on October 5, 2011

Yeah I'll be in a little after 5.
posted by evisceratordeath at 2:37 PM on October 5, 2011

DO NOT HAVE ALL THE FUN BEFORE I GET THERE.
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:58 PM on October 5, 2011

You're doing it, aren't you? You're having all the fun.
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:10 PM on October 5, 2011

I AM GETTING ON THE BUS
posted by tzikeh at 3:29 PM on October 5, 2011

...figuratively.
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:40 PM on October 5, 2011

Goat bus!!
posted by youngergirl44 at 4:02 PM on October 5, 2011

What a serendipitous time to check IRL for the first time in months. On my way!
posted by jdherg at 4:14 PM on October 5, 2011

Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Steve Jobs. Crying into my tiny beer here, guys.
posted by booknerd at 6:03 PM on October 5, 2011

U mad, bro?
posted by zombiestripperjesuscat at 7:34 PM on October 5, 2011

you are DEAD to me, zombiestripperjesuscat. Dead!
posted by crush-onastick at 7:50 PM on October 5, 2011

Eggless quiche, LOL.
posted by zombiestripperjesuscat at 8:02 PM on October 5, 2011

pastry dough is NOTHING LIKE bread dough. Philistine.
posted by crush-onastick at 8:03 PM on October 5, 2011

Wonderbread is made of Philo dough.
posted by zombiestripperjesuscat at 8:18 PM on October 5, 2011

Goatup topic roundup:

CHEESE SKULLS

BATWING DRESSES

BIKE ACCIDENT STIGMATA
posted by Evilspork at 8:32 PM on October 5, 2011

AND ZOMBIE JESUS CAT
posted by tzikeh at 12:37 AM on October 6, 2011

You guys I had the BEST TIME. I am SO going to be there next month and the month after that and the month after that and I also can't believe that it was 1:00 in the morning when I though it was 10 at night.

I think it's safe to say that I... had... the time of my liiiiiiife... and I will never forget that one thing from karaoke--you guys who didn't come to karaoke--you really missed out. Fact.

Zombie Stripper Jesus Cat, I have only one thing to say to you:

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posted by tzikeh at 12:41 AM on October 6, 2011

Fuck Adam, fuck Rob.

There, I said it.
posted by eamondaly at 1:42 AM on October 6, 2011 [1 favorite]

The truth hurts!
posted by SpiffyRob at 4:20 AM on October 6, 2011

Oh, and yay tzikeh!

I totally forgot about that thing until Chris reminded me. That was awesome.
posted by eamondaly at 5:50 PM on October 6, 2011

Yeah that thing was basically the best thing. It was like a comedy unicorn prancing in slow motion through the bar.
posted by evisceratordeath at 7:27 PM on October 6, 2011

I wish we had some visual record of it besides THE IMAGE SEARED FOREVER BEHIND MY EYES.

Cripes.

Oh, I'm going to MeMail you guys with some stuff I said I would give you.

Also my roommate thinks the purple skull is the funniest thing she's ever seen. I'm assuming she has a very low humor threshhold and hasn't gotten out much.
posted by tzikeh at 9:38 PM on October 6, 2011 [1 favorite]

Fuck Adam, fuck Rob.

There, I said it.

Greta's parents were in town. :|

Good people, by the way.
posted by adamdschneider at 1:15 PM on October 7, 2011

Fuck Adam and Fuck Rob ARE good people.

As is top-shelf Soylent Green.
posted by SpiffyRob at 4:22 PM on October 7, 2011

Adam, we conferred and agreed that this is like the third time her parents have "been in town". J'ACCUSE!
posted by eamondaly at 9:37 PM on October 7, 2011

No way. Pizza meetup was a friend from Cleveland who actually ended up bailing on me. Previous Goatup we had just moved and were exhausted/unpacking...I mean her (divorced) mom came in May, but I came to the May one & a couple other summer things. I challenge you to find another time I've used this excuse! Anyway, I'm gonna be at the next one web though it will (of course) be the same night that Greta comes back after being away for five days AND I'll Bong.
posted by adamdschneider at 10:54 PM on October 7, 2011

wait! we're letting mr dschneider have the last word? what has happened to us? are we not men?
posted by crush-onastick at 6:05 AM on October 10, 2011

...are you?
posted by adamdschneider at 6:09 AM on October 10, 2011

I will have the last word. Quiche.
posted by zombiestripperjesuscat at 6:59 AM on October 10, 2011

you will have the last word--because i am reduced to inarticulate graar-ing.

seriously! pastry crust and bread dough NOT THE SAME THING. at all. really. AT ALL.
posted by crush-onastick at 7:22 AM on October 10, 2011

You know, I'm ok with it as long as we can call it "Quiche Marin".
posted by adamdschneider at 7:25 AM on October 10, 2011

Now I want quiche.
posted by tzikeh at 12:16 PM on October 10, 2011

For those of you not following the MeFi vs. reddit thread...we just kicked their asses. Solidly.

We should seek out some pub trivia in Chicago. I know a guy who runs several weekly games, but they all trend a little broey (e.g. there is always a sports round). You guys know any good ones?

Also, timshel (who is a couple) likes Iridic. Mr. timshel thinks you're "a solid guy."
posted by phunniemee at 1:57 PM on October 10, 2011

Awesome! That pleases me.

I've done trivia nights at a few places. I've never found one that I loved, but probably the best one I've been to is at State in Lincoln Park. It's broey, as you said, but the first place team gets like $800 (at least that was the case a couple years ago.) Some pretty hardcore people come out.

I remember the one at Galway Bay being alright, for certain values of "remember" (it was not my first destination that evening.) I think maybe Galway Arms does one too?

In any case sports has generally been my downfall at any trivia night I've attended, so someone would have to know that stuff.
posted by evisceratordeath at 4:24 PM on October 10, 2011

Trivia night! That's where I'm a viking. Don't know of any good ones, but I would be interested. This is where age and wisdom pay off over youthful exuberance.
Unless it is broey.
posted by readery at 4:59 PM on October 10, 2011

I always had fun at trivia at the Hidden Shamrock. As I recall, the bartenders made up the questions, using the internet (so it wasn't that horrible A/V shit that guy with the game store does). But it may no longer be how they run it.
posted by crush-onastick at 6:29 PM on October 10, 2011

I know sports! I have a jersey to prove it and everything!
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:58 PM on October 10, 2011

Also: What did some London MeFite I've never heard of say about me? Something about emergency pants, I hope!
posted by SpiffyRob at 8:00 PM on October 10, 2011

I'm all for finding a good trivia night! Though it sounds like we need to find some bros.

Also weren't a few of you talking about getting a campaign going?
posted by tzikeh at 12:26 AM on October 11, 2011

We need to start an Adopt-a-Bro program for events like this.

Also: What did some London MeFite I've never heard of say about me? Something about emergency pants, I hope!

They all said, "gee, Rob seems like a nice guy, but I hear he likes the wrong kind of pizza." Your shame has followed you across an ocean.
posted by phunniemee at 1:36 AM on October 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

I do, in fact, like the wrong kind of pizza. That's why I enjoy going to Pequod's.

Take that. Rewind it back. SpiffyRob got the beat make yo' body gooooo....
posted by SpiffyRob at 4:19 AM on October 11, 2011

With that said: All future pizza trolling will be done by my alter-ego. In reality, I think both kinds of pizza are fantastic, and I don't believe there is, as Adam so eloquently put it, "One True Pizza." I only say anything to the contrary to wind up crush. Online, SpiffyRob shall never again pizza troll nor take the pizza trolling bait.
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:03 AM on October 11, 2011

You know, like the sage Mr d schneider, I think all species of pizza has merit.[fn1]. What I take issue with is the conflating of deep dish crush with pastry/tart shell. ahem. Spiffy can share my anchovies; zombiestripperjesus & his pussycats cannot.

[fn1] I do, however, take issue with the assertion that "pizza is like sex; even when it's bad, it's good." because, jumping zombiestripperjesus on a pogo stick and flaming mary in a sidecar, bad sex is not good. Bad sex is a terrible thing to inflict upon yourself or anyone else.
posted by crush-onastick at 6:20 AM on October 11, 2011

At what point is sex so bad that it's no longer even sex?

At what point is pizza so bad that it is no longer even pizza?
posted by tzikeh at 9:52 AM on October 11, 2011

I used to be a viking at pub trivia, but my pride was shattered a couple of weeks ago after I wrongly claimed that Emerson, Lake, and Palmer were responsible for the 1971 regional hit "Lakeshore Drive." Not even correctly identifying Frank Black in the picture round could repair my self-esteem. Thank god for Timshel's very nice compliment! I think I have the strength to return to the bar stool now...
posted by Iridic at 7:35 PM on October 11, 2011

Three surnamed one hit wonders will get you every time.
posted by readery at 7:29 AM on October 12, 2011

I've been to a slew of trivia nights here, and am sure we could find a place from the long list someone helpful compiled.

State was fun (we won a wall-projecting clock radio and a Wii the two times we went), but absolutely packed. Like get-there-an-hour-early-or-zombie-stripper-jesus-cat-will-have-to-sit-on-your-lap packed. And no one wants that. He smells. Like cat, strip club, and death.
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 8:33 AM on October 14, 2011

BAM. That's my new cologne for next year's line.
posted by adamdschneider at 8:57 AM on October 14, 2011