was a gay couple, but maybe I am misremembering it too? posted by jessamyn ( staff ) at 7:51 PM on November 17 was it the one where the wife was like "where can i get some dry ice asap?" and the husband came in at the end of the thread and was like YOU CAN JUST CALL ME AT WORK NEXT TIME HONEY posted by elizardbits at 8:24 PM on November 17 [ 1 favorite ] Not a big thing, but the comment with which unSane finished this thread was deeply satisfying. It also shows a, dunno, literate-maturity around MetaFilter that no-one else added further comments, or attempted to riff off the one unSane made. posted by Wordshore at 8:27 PM on November 17 [ 3 favorites ] "Being special is like being beautiful. If you have a field of flowers and they're ALL beautiful, it doesn't reduce to bland monotony -- instead it makes the experience of standing there all the more breathtaking. Everyone IS special. It's nothing to lord over anyone else because we all have it..." Seriously, that thing had me howling with laughter. It's a bit sad that the explanation was so mundane but I still find the umbrage that we would get distracted by the word "taters" to be amusing in itself. There is way too much good stuff everyday and some of my favorite threads have been where people try to connect over painful topics and really lay themselves out there. It speaks