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The internet's up sh*t creek, but at least we have aliens

Anonymous John

Well I'm not going to welcome a 5 inch tall Martian overlord. 

Alien

Coat please, plus the shoes if you've finished scraping the alien off the soles.

The_Police!

That was mine! 

Thumb Up

Nice one Robin!

Looks like you used mine:

"Loss!

By The_Police!

Posted Thursday 24th January 2008 09:47 GMT

Looks like my connection has gone up sh*t creek!

COAT!

"

from:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/h20_sewer_rollout/comments/

Robin Lettice

Re: That was mine! 

(Written by Reg staff)

Bugger! It's the law!

Okay, fair enough. You said it first, but in my defence I wasn't aware that I was nicking it. Let these comments stand as a testament to all of this.

Benjamin Kunz

wrt: sewers.. 

Coat

I'm sure some of you remember http://www.google.com/tisp/ ?

Now the question is just - when will google sue for infringement?!

WhatWasThat?

Extraterrestrial Excrement Excites Epitomes 

Boffin

Fancy that AIl alien bandwidth IS already Brought by septicNET, and That is the Reasoning For the Seasoning. Tiny Tertiary Tidbits to T*rd Tinpots Tickle Teensy Terrors? Two True!

Troy Peterson

Fibre in the sewers 

Joke

Hmm.. Somehow I missed this story when it ran. Had I seen it I would have pointed out that Google has already beaten everyone to it.. They introduced a similar system last year, on the 1st of April:

http://www.google.com/tisp/

Sounds like a great service to me.

The_Police!

@Robin Lettice 

Coat

You are free to go! Let that be a lesson to you!

Just collecting my coat. Off to the pub I go!