I was idly browsing through the They’re Back archive just now, and got to issue 119 – which, seemingly, I did not purchase. However, at the very end of the ‘And the Rest’ column, seemingly *completely randomly*, you mentioned me.
Erm. Hmm?
So I’m wondering, since I see no reason for my being mentioned there, am I missing something? Or, perhaps, did it refer to someone with the same name? Or, erm. Yeah. Just hmm?
Lewis – They cut it from the printed version. It was a reference to a forum gag where someone in-house stated that any requests for reviews on the disc would cause it to be delayed by another month. You did so, I referenced it. Shame it didn’t get in, really.
Of course, the real reason there aren’t reviews on the disc is far more interesting.
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July 23rd, 2005 on 09:54
Those are fantastic.
There’s a pub just off Carnaby Street with “I sit here, heartbroken” scrawled next to a really intricate drawing of a girl.
The stuff you find on cubicle doors.
Someone should do a trendy photo blog of them. Call it “LooArt” or something.
July 23rd, 2005 on 11:48
If it’s anything to compete, Carpe Diem in Leeds has, written on the condom machine in the gents’:
ROLL UP, ROLL UP!
£2 a go! Burst one, win a baby!
July 23rd, 2005 on 12:03
Oh, incidentally, John:
I was idly browsing through the They’re Back archive just now, and got to issue 119 – which, seemingly, I did not purchase. However, at the very end of the ‘And the Rest’ column, seemingly *completely randomly*, you mentioned me.
Erm. Hmm?
So I’m wondering, since I see no reason for my being mentioned there, am I missing something? Or, perhaps, did it refer to someone with the same name? Or, erm. Yeah. Just hmm?
July 23rd, 2005 on 13:17
You take your camera to the toilet?
July 23rd, 2005 on 15:12
You don’t?
July 23rd, 2005 on 15:14
Lewis – They cut it from the printed version. It was a reference to a forum gag where someone in-house stated that any requests for reviews on the disc would cause it to be delayed by another month. You did so, I referenced it. Shame it didn’t get in, really.
Of course, the real reason there aren’t reviews on the disc is far more interesting.
July 23rd, 2005 on 17:56
Obscure licensing issues?
July 23rd, 2005 on 22:37
very good blog!
July 23rd, 2005 on 23:01
John: ah! I have… no recollection of that. Heh. How random.