Right...
I should have posted this up ages ago...
But it didn't get in to the newsletter, so I'm posting the newsletter reject here :)
Bread Olympics
Rah!
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:24,
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But it didn't get in to the newsletter, so I'm posting the newsletter reject here :)
Bread Olympics
Rah!
your URL isn't ewxactly
corporate firewall hell friendly, it's fantastic though
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:27,
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What a gentleman you are sir,
You are beginning to think my thoughts for me. Forsooth, I feel the stars themselves are looking kindly upon us.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:26,
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to make my position clear
I'm only here as a governess because I don't know that my real father, the count, is on his deathbed. Hence the pending inheritance. Is that more acceptable?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:27,
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You really should go on the game, you know
A much more reputable profession for a woman. Oh! The very phrase "profession for a woman" makes me fell quite ill. Heavens! I think I need to play the piano or do some sewing.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:30,
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can you darn the gusset on my pantaloons
i seem to have worn them through!
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:31,
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Sir,
you boil my blood.
You are not fit to bear the name 'Baron' nor are you fit to remove the scum from a pigs back with your tongue!!
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:35,
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You are not fit to bear the name 'Baron' nor are you fit to remove the scum from a pigs back with your tongue!!
one jests sir, i have removed much scum from many a pigs back..
and ones mother has never aired a grevance
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:37,
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Once more sir,
you have insulted me and my good mother.
I must soon leave for China and will not till you have left B3tashire House taking your most foul manners and tongue with you!
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:40,
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I must soon leave for China and will not till you have left B3tashire House taking your most foul manners and tongue with you!
You cannot leave us at this time of peril
There are cads, bounders, blackguards and scoundrels at the door. Who will protect us from this bed of immorality?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:43,
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I must leave in
half an hour, but will return around twoish.
I think you will be safe till then, My butler Podbury will be here to safeguard you.
And Lord Newington is a man of high morals, he will protect you.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:45,
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I think you will be safe till then, My butler Podbury will be here to safeguard you.
And Lord Newington is a man of high morals, he will protect you.
I feel somewhat safer
But wait with bated breath for the return of the beloved Squire
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:50,
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you do look a bit pale
perhaps you should lie down in a darkened room?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:32,
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surely
the young gentleman in your charge will turn out to be the rightful heir and you'll get your comeuppance whilst trying to sell him into slavery
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:33,
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he would have you think that
but it's been his plan all along to seduce me and steal my fortune. He is nearly 14 you know.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:41,
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Sir,
I impeach you no longer speak to the good Lady in such a familiar tone. Stand fast or I shall be forced to have my Father lobby the club to have your Father removed!
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:31,
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Sir,
you have affronted my reputation in the presence of a lady.
A duel sir, a duel!
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:34,
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A duel sir, a duel!
look over there
*points overhead and the runs in opposite direction*
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:35,
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gasp
*swoon* (towards Squire Bovine Ludloe or some other gentleman, as I fear the baron would take unwelcome liberties)
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:34,
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Mate, its not Shakespeare, drop all the the thee's and thous'.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:38,
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As I've not been saved, and I must go to bed
please find my body floating in the frozen pond.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:54,
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Madam
*holds hand*
Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to bring you round from a fit of the vapours.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:41,
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Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to bring you round from a fit of the vapours.
Sir
*What totally different feelings did Lady Catherine take back into the house from what she had brought out! - she had then been only daring to hope for a little respite of suffering; - she was now in an exquisite flutter of happiness, and such happiness moreover as she believed must still be greater when the flutter should have passed away.*
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:47,
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Tis a shame
I must leave you so soon.
My coach awaits at the gate and when I return I may be a different man. But know this before I leave, these past few posts have filled my heart more than any joy I have felt in the past years of my life.
I only ask a kiss before I leave.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:51,
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My coach awaits at the gate and when I return I may be a different man. But know this before I leave, these past few posts have filled my heart more than any joy I have felt in the past years of my life.
I only ask a kiss before I leave.
Come away from the trout pond, good squire!
Perchance you may fall in and then my heart would be torns into shreds.
You may kiss me, step a little closer...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:54,
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You may kiss me, step a little closer...
*chaste peck on cheek*
Oh Joy! Oh Rapture!
*swoons, swoons some more*
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:59,
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*swoons, swoons some more*
I've already swooned
if you swoon too, nobody will be able to scream or ask if anyone would like more tea.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:42,
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you aren't doing a very good job of saving me
the Baron has had me for like 10 minutes.
I should get to bed anyhow. Should I be murdered or have an accident involving a frozen pond?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:47,
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I should get to bed anyhow. Should I be murdered or have an accident involving a frozen pond?
something wrong with you more like
no offence.....well..maybe a little
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:25,
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wait, no,
you are all misunderstood, tahts not really me per say.
hypothetically assume its me since its convenient for the caption. but its not. ahah.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:28,
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hypothetically assume its me since its convenient for the caption. but its not. ahah.
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!
The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear The Fear
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:27,
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I always wondered what was happening with his nose.
Now I know!
edit - Can anyone help on optimisation. Optimised it to death and its still quite big.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:14,
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Now I know!
edit - Can anyone help on optimisation. Optimised it to death and its still quite big.
Bone Cam
ah! now things are beginning to make a little sense...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:15,
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monkey to tight to mention
ohhh! monkey, monkey, monkey...
[edit]yes i am aware that the orangutang is a member of the ape family, not the monkey family
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:38,
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[edit]yes i am aware that the orangutang is a member of the ape family, not the monkey family
What's that ape at the bottom called exactly?
I've been looking for pictures of this guy for ages but i don't know what to search for!
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 12:15,
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Oh OK then, move along...
But I do notice that the Bitter End's in Cockermouth....
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:15,
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Dear Sirs
I read with interest that they are intending to remake hilarious fifties talking horse TV show Mr. Ed and aim it at a more modern audience... I can see it now... Street talking horse... Kinda like that 'hilarious' greetings card with Ali G-G on it...
BTW in theory this is my last 'full-time' b3ta day as I start work on a proper magazine where you have to do work tomorrow... So, it's been fun - although, like Dr. Phil, I'll probably be back in two days...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:58,
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BTW in theory this is my last 'full-time' b3ta day as I start work on a proper magazine where you have to do work tomorrow... So, it's been fun - although, like Dr. Phil, I'll probably be back in two days...
neigh!
I like the old Mr Ed. If it an't broke don't fix it.
Good luck in your new job come back soon, bring pie etc.
Rob - did you know that Create Online is shutting down, talking of magazines?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:01,
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Good luck in your new job come back soon, bring pie etc.
Rob - did you know that Create Online is shutting down, talking of magazines?
Well, of all the mags I get free here
it's the one I flicked through the most. Never actually read any of it obviously...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:08,
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exactly - nothing to read
I used to read it at the station, in the shop. And I still had time to spare, after reading all the 'indepth features'.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:11,
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Never read that.
I wish magazines could be more like the annuals I used to read when I was a kid.
Editors could learn a lot by leafing through old copies of Look in, and Look and Learn.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:17,
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Editors could learn a lot by leafing through old copies of Look in, and Look and Learn.
that's the problem with the youth of today
not enough problems solved in photostories
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:25,
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Or
exploded diagrams of how aerosols work. And the details of Roman Chariot Racing.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:29,
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i read that as
"exploded diagrams of how arseholes work."
Not what one would expect from a noble squire of your ilk.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:48,
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Not what one would expect from a noble squire of your ilk.
yeah!
down with the revolution!
(what's wrong with Revolution btw?)
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:18,
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(what's wrong with Revolution btw?)
£6.50 for about 20 pages?
I thought i was grossly overpriced and had practically turned into the 'Hello' magazine of the web... I dunno. Good intentions maybe but just diddn't seem to work somehow. I was in it too, once or twice. Apparantly it was only selling about 2000 copies.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:08,
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I think it's a hard
market to sell magazines for, people who use the web tend to read about web stuff on the web.
Web.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:11,
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Web.
yup
can't stand the thing, it's sick, it's wrong and it must be stopped.
(my honour is most unpleasantly tarnished)
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:20,
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(my honour is most unpleasantly tarnished)
I don't think anything could tarnish YOUR honour
This could be taken in two ways...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:36,
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This could be taken in two ways...
yeah I heard about create
sad. a time is over. but not that sad. COZ THEY WOZ SHIT.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:07,
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Faster
than a speeding bullet..?
Be kind, I needed something nice and simple for my first anim...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:57,
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Be kind, I needed something nice and simple for my first anim...
Reminds me of my mispent youth...
... which I'm still spending, but at a lower rate of interest these days.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:01,
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"toadying"
normally stay away from poilical stuff, but if I can't take the piss out of tony, what am I paying my taxes for?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:09,
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on the subject of politics
found this today, made me giggle
404error
if it's gc then i'll relurk.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:07,
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404error
if it's gc then i'll relurk.
Stupid Auctions
Each week we get sent 2 or 3 stupid ebay auctions.
I have a problem. If I save them for the newsletter then they're out of date. If I shove them on the blog then the traffic alerts ebay and the page gets taken down.
Here's todays. (The third problem is that it's not that great anyway.)
cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2912186590&category=317
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:53,
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I have a problem. If I save them for the newsletter then they're out of date. If I shove them on the blog then the traffic alerts ebay and the page gets taken down.
Here's todays. (The third problem is that it's not that great anyway.)
cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2912186590&category=317
jesus
that looks just like my friend lee... question is, do i email it to him?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:56,
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yes
the email came with instructions too, "please please help me make this man the star he so blatantly deserves to be by forwarding this link to every1 in your address book. together we can make a difference!!!"
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:57,
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Ewwwwwwwwwwww
It's kind of reassuring to know that the world contains individuals even more pathetic than myself
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:59,
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or there are people with worse mates
who are prepared to stitch you up using only a digital camera and an ebay account.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:01,
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you scare me
But not as much as he does. (And hadn't you left B3ta?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:01,
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Why not save the html...
and pics and request that a board member with excessive amounts of free bandwidth host the page on their site?
I've had enough free gigs lately to host something like that
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:01,
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I've had enough free gigs lately to host something like that
I like the payment instructions...
"Rules n Stuff Please contact me within 3 days of the winning bid Items over 25 or from another country apart from UK , please use Billpoint All items will be packed and delivered as soon as payment is received Please leave nice feedback on ebay as soon as item is received Please check back from time to time for more bargains HAVE FUN , EBAY is not just for Christmas"
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:05,
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ooh that's just like
a pixellated version of Alan Morris's video for 'ironic'
And the original pic am de bestest thing wot I have ever seen this morning
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:08,
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And the original pic am de bestest thing wot I have ever seen this morning
Isn't it the Dutch ad for "Learn English"
with music from Chemical Brothers?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:38,
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oh yes!
just magnificent!
the board is so good today! keep it up people ;)
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:42,
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the board is so good today! keep it up people ;)
if i pre-empt this
by asking if it's the one where he has norks, could you just delete it?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:51,
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I always have trouble
remembering that - and it's my middle name...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:55,
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is it?
michael, micheal, michael, micheal. yes, it probably is. he wants to get an easy name to spell
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:57,
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um
you can't direct link off of hotmail. and you prolly didn't make that yaself, eh?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:55,
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plus it's a private group
so if it is something good, make the group public first
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:59,
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me, the 13th earl of mattingborough?
on a message board? with a young lady? with my reputation?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:07,
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Chaps and Chapessessess
Can somebody do me a favour and delete the outline and colours from this so it is left with just the orange I and the lines in the square please I am shit at it please please please
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:46,
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I know,
nevermind, its funny that other people have taken up the cry.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:49,
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or alternatively
we could all do our own work, maybe? Hmmm..... practise and you could learn how to do it yourself ;)
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:47,
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Awwww
please I am rubbish at it and it needs doing pronto or so I was ordered
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:49,
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no. We do not do unpaid freelance work
sorry - you said 'you' were ordered, so YOU do it. End of story. Now run along.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:50,
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go on pep
creative opportunities like this come but once in lifetime
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:50,
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If its not your job
Give them rubbish results. It'll encourage them to let you practice more.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:53,
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Funny thing is, in the time it took to reply...
...most of you could have just done it.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:49,
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I'm gonna shake my fist at you now...
Look out, before I get my walking stick...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:52,
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actually looks really hard to do...
..not really up for doing real work...going for tea and a roll and sausage...then newspapers....might look at it later...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:50,
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or wizz round it with paths -
which take time to learn but once you've learnt they are your friend forever. Woo to vectors.
(in p/shop)
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:57,
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(in p/shop)
Learn photoshop....
Good outline article with loads of extra notes:
www.evolt.org/article/Separating_an_object_from_its_background/22/43914/index.html
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:46,
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www.evolt.org/article/Separating_an_object_from_its_background/22/43914/index.html
Isn't it becoming obvious?
Virtually every current trend in TV and online advertising has been inspired by B3TA.
I saw fish swimming round Waterloo last night for Audi, DAZ and Flash are doing 50's style silliness just like the recent compo and I daresay the "Real" adverts compo idea will be up next.
Dogs with funny noses in six months then?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:48,
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I saw fish swimming round Waterloo last night for Audi, DAZ and Flash are doing 50's style silliness just like the recent compo and I daresay the "Real" adverts compo idea will be up next.
Dogs with funny noses in six months then?
it's true
they're everywhere
so nice to know so few of us are getting paid for it, too
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:55,
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so nice to know so few of us are getting paid for it, too
C and N
give something approximating to Woo and Yay.
shame I can't hack it
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:12,
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shame I can't hack it
theres
nowt like a silly ckicken or 2 to brighten your day up
must return to work
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:52,
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must return to work
Good lord,
thats great!
Have you gone all clever on me Mr.P.
I see that day off was well used.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:36,
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Have you gone all clever on me Mr.P.
I see that day off was well used.
Actually
I'm still ill - but (thanks to you) I'm able to log on from home now. Erm, cough, splutter...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:38,
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So,
another busy day of Tattyslapping.
Lock the door so the kids can't get in.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:39,
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Lock the door so the kids can't get in.
Nifty!
In a semi-threadjack, does anyone have a link to a really big picture of a Microsoft blue error screen?
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:36,
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Just hit all the keys at once...
... then jiggle the power lead a bit.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:38,
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install windows 98...
wait around a bit...it'll appear soon...
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:39,
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Thank you thank you thank you!
I now have a nifty new desktop!
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:45,
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that gets my thumbs up!
(anyone know how I can dislodge them?)
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:42,
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honk honk honkety parp!
Yep, that worked thanks - but now I have a messy goose on my hands.
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:46,
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I like this one, but
Oh the cruelty of it all - can't you see he's in pain!
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poor no hands!
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Tue 18 Feb 2003, 10:36,
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poor no hands!
blimey - reminds me of that sub-porn
british gas advert or whatever it was from years ago - anyone remember that? Small child in a bath and a snake crawls in. It was foul
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