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Flickr has become a comedy goldmine

On July 6 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary, Photography

Flickr was originally an offshoot of an online video game, but ended up becoming more successful than the game and stayed online after the game disappeared. The emphasis was on photo sharing between communities. I posted my first photo on Flickr in 2004. Early photos I remember as being a mixed bag, not [...]

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Shoe vs Bush

Shoe protest

On December 14 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

So Dubya waves goodbye to Iraq at a press conference, and a journalist chucks a shoe at his head after shouting ‘dog’. Quality. The sole of the foot, and the use of the word ‘dog’, this is a pretty serious insult in the Islamic world. Worse than war-mongering-planet-wrecking-corporate-whore-sellout-monkey-brained-piggy-eyed-fuckwit.

Cue many jokes about [...]

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London 2012 – The Comedy Games

On August 27 2008 · 5 Comments · In Diary

I find myself torn between patriotic pride at the crapness of the London 2012 performance at the Beijing Olympics handover ceremony, and shame at the crapness of the English performance at the Beijing Olympics handover ceremony. But I actually feel more pride, and it’s the Chinese I have to thank.

Looking at it, it was [...]

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