November Rain Goat
posted October 30, 2013 7:52 AM   RSS | iCal | +googleCal

Wed November 6 at 6:00 PM, Billy Goat Tavern
430 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA (Map & Directions)
Inquiring minds want to know if the Metafilter Last Supper picture is hanging on the wall at the Goat still. Why don't we check it out and also have a meet-up?
There will be fun. There will be food. There will probably be karaoke for some later.

There will be other non-photo-related questions as well.

Will the glasses taste like soap?
Is the Jen Sandwich still the Jen Sandwich if you ask for bacon?
Will somebody do "November Rain"?

(Probably, no, and no, it's too long.)
posted by MCMikeNamara to Meetup (23 comments total)

Now I have Sweet Child o Mine stuck in my head.
This replaces Ludacris' Get Back which has been stuck in there for the past 48 hours or so.

I honestly don't know which is worse.
posted by phunniemee at 8:22 AM on October 30, 2013 [1 favorite]


I am not working Thurs, and have a place in Chicago where I can stay over if necessary. The stars have aligned so this suburbanite can finally go to a Goat meetup. On my birthday, no less. Yaaaay!
posted by Fig at 10:52 AM on October 31, 2013 [4 favorites]


I really want to come - I miss you guys. We'll see how work turns out next week...

This is my earworm for the day.
posted by youngergirl44 at 11:15 AM on October 31, 2013


how the fuck has ping suddenly stopped working? I'm ready for goating NOW.
posted by garlic at 4:13 PM on November 5, 2013


I'll probably miss the Goat and head straight to the Frog. Sorry - gotta go home after work to take care of the pup!
posted by misskaz at 11:36 AM on November 6, 2013


yay! kaz at the Frog--I have not been to a kazFrog in about a million years which makes me sad.

(no offense intended to Goat or Goat-only-goers or all the other awesome FrogFolks or yup)
posted by crush-onastick at 1:15 PM on November 6, 2013


I'm leaving now, gonna park by my friend's place and cab it on over; should be at Goat around 645/7ish.
posted by Fig at 3:25 PM on November 6, 2013


Leaving work now so may actually be there a little before 6.

(Also, I stopped smoking last month -- like for reals this time -- and this is the first times I've been out since then so if you see me going to buy cigarettes, you have permission to punch me in the balls.)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 3:27 PM on November 6, 2013 [2 favorites]


Ball punching --check
posted by garlic at 3:38 PM on November 6, 2013


Also heading down now. No ball punching until I get there, please.
posted by eamondaly at 4:00 PM on November 6, 2013


I'm on my way to the goat. It has been too long since I've attended the goat portion of the evening.
posted by Zaximus at 4:28 PM on November 6, 2013


I am out entirely. Job interview tomorrow, need to prep.
posted by readery at 4:38 PM on November 6, 2013


Good luck, readery!!
posted by phunniemee at 5:48 PM on November 6, 2013 [2 favorites]


Yeezy ruined my birthday; Chicago mefites rescued it. Y'all are awesome.
posted by Fig at 8:42 PM on November 6, 2013 [2 favorites]


So I heard the first part of the conversation about the Last Supper pic, but I did not hear the resolution. My mind still inquires.
posted by crush-onastick at 7:55 AM on November 7, 2013


Which part did you hear?
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:30 AM on November 7, 2013


For background to others -- the picture came up in here in a recent MetaTalk thread. (Here's the Metatalk thread about the picture itself.)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 12:26 PM on November 7, 2013 [1 favorite]


And here's a picture of the picture up on the wall of the goat!
posted by phunniemee at 12:44 PM on November 7, 2013 [1 favorite]


I do not like the looks of this at all.
posted by Cold Lurkey at 6:23 PM on November 11, 2013


Oh no.
posted by Iridic at 7:08 PM on November 11, 2013


I call for a subcommittee to find replacement digs downtown or in an agreed-upon mutually convenient spot.

I nominate as chair anyone but me.

Parliamentarian out.

*drops gavel and mic*
posted by MCMikeNamara at 11:38 AM on November 12, 2013 [1 favorite]


It's a pity there is no Chicago Cabal*, or else we could activate one of our assets in City Hall† to repair the situation.

As it is, "many details need to be worked out and...no decisions are final," so this may not come to pass for some time, and there's some hope‡ that it may not happen at all.

*THERE IS NO CHICAGO CABAL
THERE ARE NO SLEEPER ASSETS IN CITY HALL
THERE IS NO HOPE
posted by Iridic at 12:48 PM on November 12, 2013 [3 favorites]


My company will be displaced by this development as well. I know we have at least 6 months, as we just signed a temporary 6 month lease with the Realtors. But this is bad news for the Goat, it seems to me. The "original" will be destroyed and there's no bringing that back. The appeal will be gone and there goes their tourist traffic and gruff regulars... I'm really sad for them.
posted by misskaz at 4:46 PM on November 12, 2013



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