In the middle of a conversation yesterday, I suddenly remembered this. Does anyone remember this?
For those too lazy to click, it’s a series of Amazon reviews of ‘Looking For – The Best of David Hasselhoff’. Some guy – probably Charlie Brooker or something – starting posting up review after review, all of which followed the same format. There was always a deliberate misspelling of the Hoff’s surname, a grinding simile (‘The Hoff – who can reasonably be said to have a voice like a steam train colliding with a busload of eunuchs’), some reference to a time in which the album had saved the writer’s life, and then the concluding line – ‘The song ‘Hot Shot City’ is particularly good.
Someone, Black Mask I think, posted it up when it was still in its early stages and everyone piled in. It was one of the first times I remember being aware of a sense of both anarchy and community on the Internet – this ridiculous and pointless collaborative writing project that we all got behind. I remember crying with laughter when the number of reviews hit about 200, and someone posted up a review saying ‘I haven’t heard it yet. Can anyone recommend any songs that are particularly good?’
It reminded me that there are lots and lots of funny people in the world, which is a nice thing to remember.
Can anyone else remember any other times when ‘the Internet’, for whatever reason, has bonded together like this?
Particularly examples that are funny. I need funny at the moment.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
star wars kid?
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
What is/was Star Wars Kid?
I'm quite lo-fi about these things.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
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Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
No, I can't do that, actually.
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Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: No, I can't do that, actually.
good stuff though. Poor lady.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Star Wars Kid was some kid had a video posted on the net of him pretending to wield a lightsabre, and generally making a **** of himself. It went viral, and people started recognising hmi in the street and jeering at him and bullying. Presumably this is the kind of thing Benway thinks is 'funny'. I don't know about everyone else, but I - for one - would probably feel a lot better on the forum - and [at] (meets) - if he were to attend some kind of seminar on the effects of bullying, to help him understand its... effects. I, for one, rather doubt that he would find it funny to be confronted by a bawling fat kid who'd had his knees kicked off and his ears and mouth filled with shit just because he wore the wrong brand of football scarf to a hip hop concert.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
Erm.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I think that bullying, if done properly, is the funniest thing in the world.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
especially at work.
Posted by scrawny (Member # 113) on :
Community, people. Community!
I suppose the Claire Swires stuff would qualify, mean as it was. I think the reason I found that funny is not because of the inital joke or the humiliation, but the comments people has added on the way up the email chain.
There was one that went round a couple of weeks ago about some blue-blooded psycho's birthday party at the Ritz. Anyone see that?
Posted by Roy's shirt (Member # 898) on :
quote:Originally posted by scrawny: Anyone see that?
The micro-manager?
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
I liked it when the six figure salary law firm partner sent his five quid dry cleaning bill to a secretary after she spilled mustard on his trousers or something. And the whole of London called him a tight prick. Did that go viral? It was in the Metro?
I bet the other side of that story was that she is a loon who insisted he send her the bill and then shafted him.
Does that count? Probably not.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
The thing I posted then got the guilt about ios well on it's way to being a Claire Swires thing. I look forward to seeing a conversational bit about it in the Metro in a couple of days.
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
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Posted by Roy's shirt (Member # 898) on :
Do you have hate-speech here? On The Moon Online?
Posted by scrawny (Member # 113) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: The thing I posted then got the guilt about ios well on it's way to being a Claire Swires thing. I look forward to seeing a conversational bit about it in the Metro in a couple of days.
C'moooon. Spill!
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
community on the internet is virtual though... So any meme that involved people interpreting a single idea could be called a community, because it's a collection of people unified around a concept. Surely the point of the internet is that communities can be free floating and dispersed, recognisable by their output rather than sharing a location (eg all appearing on the same web page or in a chain email), like star wars kid, All your base, calling IAN a faggot on Xbox, etc.
Although, most of these things stem from the somethingawful.com forums anyway I think. Then get mashed up in ytmnd.
Sorry, none of that makes sense.
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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Can you believe that Benway has already posted over 170 times since getting his new (shit) logon?
Perhaps you should be banned once you reach a certain number of posts.
Sorry, this has nothing to do with the conversation.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Mine was a thread from one of the myriad Handbag spin off boards. Girl gets tattoo of son's name on back. Hot foots it back to PC to tell everyone. Holds camera at angle to take picture of back. Posts picture. People say, 'isn't your son's name Alfie, not Alife?' Girl mortified. I think the forum owner has killed it now, though.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Can you believe that Benway has already posted over 170 times since getting his new (shit) logon?
Perhaps you should be banned once you reach a certain number of posts.
Sorry, this has nothing to do with the conversation.
no, you're right.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
Was the girl called Fhil?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
That's the best story ever. People who get other peoples names tattooed onto their bodies deserve killing, frankly.
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
lol really...
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
I meant, that'll teach her to visit Haw's Tatoo Palour.
But I'm a fucking idiot.
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
LOJ
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I feel quite sorry for her actually, it's generated 'ha ha what an idiot' threads on three different boards that I know of and whilst she is a bit silly I'm sure having the whole interweb giggling at you is a bit painful. But obviously I don't feel sorry enough for her to keep schtum.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
She could sue the person who did it, surely?
Pointless excercise, give him the needle, what a prick etc etc.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
It's not her fault though. It reads like she told the bloke to do Alfie and he fucked it up. Although, wait, then she shows pictures of it clearly saying Alife, and doesn't realise. So, not her fault for it being mis-spelt, but hers for then not realising it even after taking photos and publishing them.
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Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
And she probably had to check it in a mirror, like the back of your head at the hairdresser (barber). It's an easy mistake to make in mirror writing. Right guys? Poor lass.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
There are suggestions that she should change it to 'A life so precious' then add her babies name. These are from people who ticker their menstrual cycles, though.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
But it is funny though. You can’t help but mock someone who had a typo tattooed onto them and didn’t even notice until it’s pointed out to them.
The only thing that would have made the story better is if she’d have announced triumphantly that she’d actually changed the kid’s name to Alife so it matched the tattoo.
I mean it’s such a chavvy thing to do anyway, it’s like, I’m not one to judge people, but I think from what we’ve heard we can pretty much sum up exactly what kind of person she is, right down to her favourite drink, what car she drives, and her dental records.
And it’s not pretty reading! Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
first comment is good.
quote: Is it supposed to be spelt Alife?
Looks good, I like it.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
Hahaha.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I think that the bottom line is we should condemn her for her lack of taste and style in even having her son's name tattoed onto her body. The spelling mistake is just a bonus, proving what we always suspected about those kind of people.
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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I concur
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
Word, Kirk.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I was trying to be sarcastic Reading through the story, it's not really that funny after a while. She seems to be really quite upset about it, says her boyfriend is giving her shit, and she's almost begging the forum for help. That's way less funny than, for example, a global campaign to rip the piss out of a fat kid.
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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
There's this ex that I hang out with ocassionally and we have this kind of long running feud going on. We're allowed to really take enjoyment out of the other ones shortcomings. In particular, she was an absolute mong to admit that she had 'I am what I am and I do what I can' tatooed across her foot. Even after I my voice wobbled through my lie that I wouldn't take the piss, she still showed it to me. Now I mention it every time I see her, until her eyes well up a bit and I say 'I'm only kidding'
Jimmy: fucks sake, sort out the link innit.
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Posted by Vogon Poetess (Member # 164) on :
Back on topic, nobody has mentioned the GoatWeb field trip. I'm afraid Niffer's username of "Goatahell" still brings a snigger to my jaded lips.
I once queued behind a man who had somehow had a photo of his son's face tattooed on his arm. What the hell is wrong with these people?
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Oh yes. The goat in the mask. A highlight of online life.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
I was going to mention the goat field trip but I didn't think it counted, as it was only really TMO that came together.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poetess: I once queued behind a man who had somehow had a photo of his son's face tattooed on his arm. What the hell is wrong with these people?
I think they do that in Tesco, next to the cunter where you get the picture slapped onto a cheap disgusting cake. You can get a discount if you get both done.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Do you know, it's weird about the GoatWeb thing. I was an integral part of that, I was there, I was posting, I know it was a classic.
And yet, and yet... I can't actually remember much about it. I vaguely remember Thorn doing some great posts about people's favourite movies with goats in them, which of course leered dangerously towards animal porn without ever being explicit. I remember somebody doing something Old-Testamenty, but I can't remember what, and I distinctly, definitely remember the whole feeling guilty bit when they started saying how a lot of young children got a lot of enjoyment and educational benefit from the goat forum, which made us all feel really bad, and we started apologising there, and we even apologised here, and the moderator from over there came over here and accepted our apology.
I remember all that.
But I don't actually really remember any of the funny stuff.
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Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
Don't worry Mart, it's just the internet version of Senile dementia. When you've posted so many posts after a while your memory cannot keep a hold of them. A few times people have referenced things from my life and I had no idea I'd actually written anything about them. Jonesy said something once about a guy called Jake the party man - a drug dealer I met in the bahamas. I have no idea when I mentioned that on on here and yet I must have once...*sigh*.
I think of every post as a period of time - like dog years - so if every post is equivalent to a day of human life, then I've aged about 69 years since I started posting (after the counters got reset - remember that? no? me either...)
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
That makes my life sound almost glamorous, but I was on holiday with my parents, I was 18 years old with long hair, and pretty much every white person under the age of thirty got approached by drug dealers out there. I even spoke to some drug runners who talked to me about high speed chases in speedboats and stuff. They were the guys who were in charge of the jetski hire outside the hotel.
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
I've probably told you that before havent I Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Man, your holiday sounds Club Paradise.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
like
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Club Not, I can't take drugs for free Heinz baked beans for everyone Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
I've been staring at that since last night and it just doesn't scan properly, NWOD. Call yourself a lyricist? Huh.
Club Tropicana drinks are free Club Not, I can't take drugs for free
OK so far....
Fun and sunshine, there's enough for everyone Heinz baked beans for everyone
Erm...
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
Club not dot dot, drugs are free Heinz baked beans mmnn, there's enough for everyone
better
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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Hah hah, you guys like Wham.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Wham! is the only music on my mp3 player that could be considered 'optimistic' or 'upbeat'.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
It was Benway who mentioned Jake the Party Man. My contribution to Goat Web was a goat called Clifford who had a talking stomach due to the fact that he swallowed a walkie talkie. Because goats eat everything, right?
Actually, I think he was called Clifferd; his owner was a dyslexic.
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Posted by Sidney (Member # 399) on :
Going back to the tattoo lady briefly - she could always try to pass it off as the Celtic spelling of 'Alfie'. Or she could go back to the tatooist and make him/her tatoo a big, black cross through it before having another go at spelling it underneath. Like how all retards are meant to correct their spelling mistakes.
Posted by Sidney (Member # 399) on :
Check out my crap spelling mistakes, which I couldn't be arsed to edit away! I'm fucking great, I am.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Inspired by scrawny I provided a review for Gordon Ramsay's Humble Pie on Amazon. I think you lot should review it, too.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
top fucking lol!
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
lol...
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
Ace!
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I was amazed they actually printed it. It took about four days to appear. I'd written it off.
Buoyed by that success, though, I've done one for Chris Moyles new book, too. Let's see if they print that...
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
quote:Adele "Delly" (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews Only man to make me laugh so much I had to pull over in my car for fear of crashing!Can't wait to get stuck into this book, I used to write holiday brochures for a pensioners coach company (WA Chris!) and thought that was the highlight, but I suspect not!!!
what? is she saying that writing holiday brochures for a pensioners' coach company was an actual highlight of her existence, one that can only be surpassed by the reading of chris moyles' autobiography? or is she being sarcastic about the pensioners' bus copy job, because that job was a bit shit and not fun at all? if she is then what she is actually saying with this review is 'i fully expect chris moyles' autobiography to be as good as my job writing for a pensioners' coach company brochure', which is not a very good review of his book at all. especially considering that shes supposed to be a fan.
Posted by scrawny (Member # 113) on :
Sorry to bring this up again, but someone just sent me this.
Not as particularly good as the song Hot Shot City, but there's still some fun comments on there...
Posted by scrawny (Member # 113) on :
One more! Latawnya the naughty horse who smokes drugs and drinks. the pictures are awesome.
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Reading through the story, it's not really that funny after a while. She seems to be really quite upset about it, says her boyfriend is giving her shit, and she's almost begging the forum for help. That's way less funny than, for example, a global campaign to rip the piss out of a fat kid.![[Embarrassed]](redface.gif)
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