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# borked link
love
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:53, archived)
# that's a tad spooky
it was there a minute ago... i'm not surprised *they* don't want you to read it.
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:54, archived)
# do you
still have the page on your screen or cached? i'm intrigued to know what it was now
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:56, archived)
# no, it's gawn
hang on, i'll trawl through my temp files
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:58, archived)
# s'gone, spookier and spookier
twas entitled "Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil"
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 12:07, archived)
# cheers
ears

(edit) jeesh, what a cunt (whatsisface i mean, not you)
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 12:14, archived)
# well, i am too ;)
he might be a cunt, but he's also let slip rather. i'm surprised it's not been taken up elsewhere to be honest

*wanders off to phone daily mail*
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 12:18, archived)
# i bet
tony is having a bit of a squirm
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 12:19, archived)
# hmm
i'd never thought until now, does the word borked come from broked like pr0n comes from porn?

(edit) this reckons it is
interesting/dull etymology of computer slang terms
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:55, archived)
# Possibly.
But possibly not.
(OB1, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:57, archived)
# thanks
you've put my mind at rest
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:57, archived)
# Happy
to be of service.
(OB1, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:58, archived)
# I thought it came from the Swedish Chef.
As in, bork bork bork.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:58, archived)
# it did then
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 11:58, archived)
# it was a typo once upon a time in the spazz
Much like hummus came out of a mad rant, or THE FEAR THE FEAR was just a reply to it's first appearance...
(I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 12:15, archived)
# borked
wasn't invented by b3ta, its been used on usenet for a squillion years
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Thu 5 Jun 2003, 12:17, archived)