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Thought-crime poster remixes

Posted on 25th March 2009 by G W

Those nutty police ads encouraging people to report others for “studying CCTV cameras” have encouraged a lot of remixes on BoingBoing. Some of the best, starting with my favourite, are posted below. Some of them get cut off at the … Continue reading →

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Double whammy

Posted on 24th March 2009 by G W

Very clever, British Transport Police. Not only does your newspaper advert induce total, irrational paranoia (“BABIES and OLD MEN WITH HATS will be EXPLODED into THOUSANDS of SHAMI CHAKRABARTI SHAPED PIECES if we don’t SPY ON EACH OTHER!”). It also encourages people … Continue reading →

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Pure evil, in ‘song’ form.

Posted on 9th January 2009 by G W

I don’t care if this is tongue-in-cheek. Everyone involved should be maimed in indescribably unpleasant ways for their participation. A YouTube commenter summed it up hilariously: “stemcellfilms (9 seconds ago)  and yeah, beyond the awfulness, something that hasnt been addressed … Continue reading →

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Clogdancers required

Posted on 15th January 2008 by G W

Spotted on the Gumtree Glasgow site:  Clogdancers Wanted for 2 Bed Flat (£175 pw) Reply to:  Click here to email the poster Date:  Monday 14th January  Date available:  14/02   Beautiful,large, recently redecorated flat 5 minutes walk from Byres Road … Continue reading →

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Linux ‘Switcher’ ad

Posted on 25th January 2005 by G W

Edu’s Worthless blog links to a Flash movie parody of the Apple ‘Switch’ campaign, adapted for Linux. It’s so true…

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