diff --git a/classes/Avatar.php b/classes/Avatar.php
index 8cff14273c..aed6ea0dd2 100644
--- a/classes/Avatar.php
+++ b/classes/Avatar.php
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ class Avatar extends Managed_DataObject
 
     /* the code above is auto generated do not remove the tag below */
     ###END_AUTOCODE
-
-	static function pivotGet($keyCol, $keyVals, $otherCols)
-	{
-	    return Memcached_DataObject::pivotGet('Avatar', $keyCol, $keyVals, $otherCols);
-	}
 	
     public static function schemaDef()
     {
diff --git a/classes/Managed_DataObject.php b/classes/Managed_DataObject.php
index d173deff24..4ec8de669d 100644
--- a/classes/Managed_DataObject.php
+++ b/classes/Managed_DataObject.php
@@ -61,6 +61,20 @@ abstract class Managed_DataObject extends Memcached_DataObject
         return parent::pkeyGetClass(get_called_class(), $kv);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get multiple items from the database by key
+     *
+     * @param string  $keyCol    name of column for key
+     * @param array   $keyVals   key values to fetch
+     * @param array   $otherCols Other columns to hold fixed
+     *
+     * @return array Array mapping $keyVals to objects, or null if not found
+     */
+	static function pivotGet($keyCol, array $keyVals, array $otherCols=array())
+	{
+	    return parent::pivotGetClass(get_called_class(), $keyCol, $keyVals, $otherCols);
+	}
+
     /**
      * Get a multi-instance object
      *
diff --git a/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php b/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php
index aa3a70395f..262f83b83c 100644
--- a/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php
+++ b/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Memcached_DataObject extends Safe_DataObject
      */
     function multiGet($cls, $keyCol, $keyVals, $skipNulls=true)
     {
-        $result = self::pivotGet($cls, $keyCol, $keyVals);
+        $result = self::pivotGetClass($cls, $keyCol, $keyVals);
 
         $values = array_values($result);
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Memcached_DataObject extends Safe_DataObject
      *
      * @return array Array mapping $keyVals to objects, or null if not found
      */
-    static function pivotGet($cls, $keyCol, $keyVals, $otherCols = array())
+    static function pivotGetClass($cls, $keyCol, array $keyVals, array $otherCols = array())
     {
         if (!is_a($cls, __CLASS__, true)) {
             throw new Exception('Trying to fetch ' . __CLASS__ . ' into a non-related class');
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class Memcached_DataObject extends Safe_DataObject
         }
 
         if (count($allPkeys) > 0) {
-            $keyResults = self::pivotGet($cls, $pkeyCols, $allPkeys);
+            $keyResults = self::pivotGetClass($cls, $pkeyCols, $allPkeys);
 
             foreach ($pkeyMap as $keyVal => $pkeyList) {
                 foreach ($pkeyList as $pkeyVal) {
diff --git a/classes/Notice.php b/classes/Notice.php
index 4f78343798..e71b63ba47 100644
--- a/classes/Notice.php
+++ b/classes/Notice.php
@@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@ class Notice extends Managed_DataObject
 		
 		$ids = array_unique($ids);
 		
-		return Memcached_DataObject::pivotGet('Profile', 'id', $ids); 
+		return Profile::pivotGet('id', $ids); 
 	}
 	
 	static function fillGroups(&$notices)
@@ -2621,7 +2621,7 @@ class Notice extends Managed_DataObject
 		
 		$gids = array_unique($gids);
 		
-		$group = Memcached_DataObject::pivotGet('User_group', 'id', $gids);
+		$group = User_group::pivotGet('id', $gids);
 		
 		foreach ($notices as $notice)
 		{
@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ class Notice extends Managed_DataObject
 
         $fileIds = array_unique($fileIds);
 
-		$fileMap = Memcached_DataObject::pivotGet('File', 'id', $fileIds);
+		$fileMap = File::pivotGet('id', $fileIds);
 
 		foreach ($notices as $notice)
 		{
diff --git a/classes/Profile.php b/classes/Profile.php
index 93eb41bdcb..c8f44c007b 100644
--- a/classes/Profile.php
+++ b/classes/Profile.php
@@ -1494,8 +1494,4 @@ class Profile extends Managed_DataObject
     {
         return $this;
     }
-
-    static function pivotGet($key, $values, $otherCols=array()) {
-        return Memcached_DataObject::pivotGet('Profile', $key, $values, $otherCols);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/inboxnoticestream.php b/lib/inboxnoticestream.php
index fee0e8a096..27fec9518b 100644
--- a/lib/inboxnoticestream.php
+++ b/lib/inboxnoticestream.php
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class RawInboxNoticeStream extends NoticeStream
 
             $ids = $this->getNoticeIds($offset, $limit, $sinceId, $maxId);
 
-            $notices = Memcached_DataObject::pivotGet('Notice', 'id', $ids);
+            $notices = Notice::pivotGet('id', $ids);
 
             // By default, takes out false values
 
diff --git a/lib/noticelist.php b/lib/noticelist.php
index 7f38cf005b..c242417e5a 100644
--- a/lib/noticelist.php
+++ b/lib/noticelist.php
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ class NoticeList extends Widget
                     $ids[] = $notice->id;
                 }
     	
-                Memcached_DataObject::pivotGet('Fave', 'notice_id', $ids, array('user_id' => $p->id));
-                Memcached_DataObject::pivotGet('Notice', 'repeat_of', $ids, array('profile_id' => $p->id));
+                Fave::pivotGet('notice_id', $ids, array('user_id' => $p->id));
+                Notice::pivotGet('repeat_of', $ids, array('profile_id' => $p->id));
             }
 
             Event::handle('EndNoticeListPrefill', array(&$notices, &$profiles, $avatarSize));
diff --git a/lib/scopingnoticestream.php b/lib/scopingnoticestream.php
index 9a101fa3ac..c1651d5a30 100644
--- a/lib/scopingnoticestream.php
+++ b/lib/scopingnoticestream.php
@@ -89,10 +89,9 @@ class ScopingNoticeStream extends FilteringNoticeStream
                 $pids[] = $profile->id;
             }
             
-            Memcached_DataObject::pivotGet('Profile_role',
-                                           'profile_id',
-                                           $pids,
-                                           array('role' => Profile_role::SILENCED));
+            Profile_role::pivotGet('profile_id',
+                                   $pids,
+                                   array('role' => Profile_role::SILENCED));
         }
     }
 }