virgin on the ridiculous
* Yep, they pulled the challenge
* Yep, they were told before they opened it exactly how it would play out
* Yep, they asked us to delete it
* Yep, I think think the whole thing is funny
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:44, archived)

pfffft!
Any particular reason?
( Christian Bale of Hay in a field, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:45, archived)

b3ta.com/board/6463459
( Sn0tters, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

er

( Christian Bale of Hay in a field, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:47, archived)

this may help
www.b3ta.com/board/6463413
( chenobble GSV Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:48, archived)

Aha.
o i c now.
( Christian Bale of Hay in a field, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:50, archived)

Poor ol' Branson ....

pfft
( awallafashagba, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 9:12, archived)

Poor?!
my bum
(silkysean pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, Tue 31 Oct 2006, 20:37, archived)

Hahahahaha....
They might have to some work now...

So saying YES to everything doesn't always turn out for the best

Oh, the irony!
( Joe Scaramanga and I work for Global Bastards, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:45, archived)

they're no longer Virgins!

( Griffy Savalas ON ICE!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:54, archived)

*ahem*
www.b3ta.com/board/6463057
(imnotplayinganymore it's like a pot, for chocolate tea, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:57, archived)

hehehe
mind you - the slapperness, seems to have all come at once with a gang-rape from b3ta!
( Griffy Savalas ON ICE!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:00, archived)

Yes!
Yes! Ooooh yes.
( Zak McFlimby, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:45, archived)

b3ta.com/board/6463461

haha can you post some of their emails?
(GoldenFanjita whistle posse blow! horns crew i can't hear you!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:45, archived)

i don't have any
all phone calls - and I had a lot of them last night / this morning
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

pfft
along the lines of..?
(GoldenFanjita whistle posse blow! horns crew i can't hear you!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:47, archived)

then they're obviously stupid fucktards

( TopUpTheTea the bumpy road to where the wild things are, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:47, archived)

^This
please please please please please tell us what they said and, preferably, whose compo entry offended them the most.
( Afinkawan, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

^This, a lot^

( A Vagabond don't even speak good English, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:47, archived)

^this too

( Statler&Waldorf I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:48, archived)

^And This!^

( Keyboard Weasel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:49, archived)

I look forward to reading this on the blog~~~
THIS
( gaijintendo ITS IN THE HOUSE, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:50, archived)

^more of this^
*awaits*
( Monsieur Monster FALALALALALALALALAFEL!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:51, archived)

holly & jessica was mentioned
and Richard Branson pissing in my face
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:48, archived)

Hahahahaha!
We should have a whip round and buy an Xbox for those two.
( Afinkawan, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:48, archived)

this ^^

(imnotplayinganymore it's like a pot, for chocolate tea, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:59, archived)

haha
excellent

i loved the compo so much i now have a virgin phone, drink virgin cola, and have had my anal hymen surgically restored
(GoldenFanjita whistle posse blow! horns crew i can't hear you!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:49, archived)

Haaaaaaaahahaha
Your reply made me nearly wee wee
(Chungo Our survey says - Feck Off!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:50, archived)

BEST POST EVAH!!!

( Joe Scaramanga and I work for Global Bastards, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:50, archived)

ha ha ha ha
!
( @><|= w0nu!) AKA chadder - but is still a ****, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:51, archived)

Hahaha
you DID tell them this is b3ta, right?
( Willwillwritehiswill As seen on the internet., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:51, archived)

I think they figured that we'd rather have prizes than take cheap shots

( Keyboard Weasel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:56, archived)

They were wrong

( OldWhit, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:58, archived)

they top prize was an xbox360!
i'm not one to jump through hoops for something i don't necessarily want.
( Willwillwritehiswill As seen on the internet., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:00, archived)

Besides, the chance to piss in the face of a multi-national company doesn't come by every day
And that my friends, is priceless.
( Keyboard Weasel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:02, archived)

too right.
i could buy a 360.
but to offend a big company like that so much they delete any trace of the compo warms the cockles of my heart.
( Willwillwritehiswill As seen on the internet., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:04, archived)

Plus now they have something in common
with Stalin, which a fluffy brand to be associated with
( OldWhit, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:07, archived)

What? I just wanted to post in this thread some.
(Sticky Label, Sat 28 Oct 2006, 1:51, archived)

*Signs up to Mastercard*

( OldWhit, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:05, archived)

i am

( new_matt, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:03, archived)

*places hoop over open manhole*
*waves packet of polo mints at new matt*
( chenobble GSV Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:12, archived)

*plummets*

( new_matt, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:15, archived)

We should have really gone ahead and posted 200 pictures of cocks

( Keyboard Weasel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:53, archived)

There were pics of branson.
surely that's good enough...
( Willwillwritehiswill As seen on the internet., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:56, archived)

Repost these now!!!
;)
( Debbilgrrrrl is kinda back, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:54, archived)

edit: got them both
www.b3ta.com/board/6461163

www.b3ta.com/board/6461157
( Curis, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:58, archived)

ha ha ha
'king genius... I wished they'd used that
( @><|= w0nu!) AKA chadder - but is still a ****, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:02, archived)

HAHAHAHA
Thats superb!

*EDIT* The Branson P!ss picture that is.
(Chungo Our survey says - Feck Off!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:03, archived)

Yay!
Ta.

My god they must be dim ... i mean those are fairly tame really .....
( Debbilgrrrrl is kinda back, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:14, archived)

Aaaw,
the second picture is a redex
( Fork Chuff off, you chuff., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 15:18, archived)

HAHAHA
fucking brilliant, didn't they realise what they were going to get for goodness sake? I'm still laughing and coughing simultaneously while eating an egg sandwich.
( pobblepop, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:58, archived)

di you get to keep the money?

( mictoboy lower case 'm' posse, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

Huzzah!
Did you get to keep the loot?
( Afinkawan, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

no idea if they are going to pay up
they morally should, but sadly that's not how it always works.

but I live in hope.
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:47, archived)

well it's been a laugh at least

( mictoboy lower case 'm' posse, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:48, archived)

Should've taken payment in advance
from one of their Virgin Money credit cards.
( Afinkawan, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:49, archived)

threaten to
reopen the compo and bundle them in "Virgin's bumper book of ads"
(radja, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:49, archived)

ideas have occured
but I think that's called blackmail or extortion or something
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:52, archived)

it's not blackmail or extortion
if you don't ask for any money.. it's funny
( OldWhit, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:59, archived)

^This^
.
(MrBojangles lurk...post......lurk......post, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:53, archived)

"Corporate-Ethics"
My favourite oxy-moron
( Colonel Dracula Is not as think as you drunk I am, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:52, archived)

I had the top entry
after the Danny Wallace one when it closed,

Does that mean I win?!
( HappyToast sorted on, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:11, archived)

I'm guessing
they threatened to send you some lawyers :)
(NoMoreFaith can believe its not bloody butter, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 14:04, archived)

Hahaha
silly corporate types
( chenobble GSV Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

as if we didn't know they were cocks before

( TopUpTheTea the bumpy road to where the wild things are, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

They'd better pay up
and not steal any of the ideas.
( Bloop wasn't here on, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

Ha ha
a perfect end to it all
( Stilton Cheesewright imagine finding one in your laundry basket, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

Bwaaahahahahahaha!!!one!!eleventy!!!forty three!!!
They got everything they asked for.
( A Vagabond don't even speak good English, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:46, archived)

Tip top

( DogHorse has left the building, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:47, archived)

Hahahaha!
Good grief. Stuck up anal retentives.
( wastedindustry hates writing CVs, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:48, archived)

Shirley,
we can't let this insult pass without exacting a slow torturous revenge.
( wibblywobbly - helping ugly people get laid since 1982, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:48, archived)

i imagine there is going to be fair few Branson images
you crazy kids
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:51, archived)

CELEBRITY DEATH?
Heh Heh
(Chungo Our survey says - Feck Off!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:53, archived)

GREAT IDEA
reopen last weeks compo~
( gaijintendo ITS IN THE HOUSE, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:07, archived)

I predict
plenty more Virgin Money posts for a while.


Life gets more exciting when your boss returns to the office and finds out what your latest stupid marketing idea was.
( Afinkawan, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:52, archived)

HA!
WE WIN TEH INTERNETS!
( gaijintendo ITS IN THE HOUSE, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:49, archived)

Hahaha ^THIS^
B3ta vs. Virgin
( Keyboard Weasel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:51, archived)

WE WIN!

( gaijintendo ITS IN THE HOUSE, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:53, archived)

OF
course!
(giftedweasel forgot what he was going to type on, Tue 31 Oct 2006, 16:44, archived)

haha those silly bees

( GrandmaOfShoes, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:49, archived)

THOSE BASTARDS!
All I get to do at work all day is lurk and laugh at the compo's now the MAN has denied me even that small pleasure! bollocks.
( ivesb Assistant Clinical Physiologist extraordinary, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:50, archived)

Yay
*raises fist in a che Guevaro fashion*
( Monsieur Monster FALALALALALALALALAFEL!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:50, archived)

that is so lame of them
so which corporate can we mock next?
( @><|= w0nu!) AKA chadder - but is still a ****, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:50, archived)

Delicious!
Sod the money, you've just officially entered folklore - priceless old sausage.
(ccc, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:51, archived)

did anyone take a grab of the challenge?
I don't have it :(

btw: can you phone me? I want to talk to you about maybe you helping out on a work project I'm doing (much less controversial than this one)
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:53, archived)

how can you NOT have it?
You didn't..... REALLY delete it? Did you?

Edit: Are you going to get naked for you 20k post?
( gaijintendo ITS IN THE HOUSE, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:55, archived)

What, the front page thing?
there was this:
www.b3ta.com/board/6460679
( DogHorse has left the building, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:56, archived)

Search: "Virgin"?
Will phone you this afternoon folklore type hero.
(ccc, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:56, archived)

but i don't have your number!

(GoldenFanjita whistle posse blow! horns crew i can't hear you!, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:56, archived)

virgin might actually need to do some WORK now!

( Willwillwritehiswill As seen on the internet., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 12:53, archived)

hahaha
I didn't get it anyway
( mediocre schreefloos, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:00, archived)

that's the interenet
they say they are virgins, but what they really are is whores.
( Your watch is quickly ticking towards 5K, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:01, archived)

Hahaha!
I can imagine it now:

Virgin: "Hello, we'd like to sponsor a challenge, so we can get some great ideas for a new campaign - a bit of viral marketing, that sort of thing."
Rob: "You realise it will be a tirade of abuse, against Virgin as a company, and Sir Richard as an individual don't you? With badly drawn cocks, bad taste humour, and very possibly penguins raping the Soham murder victims?"
Virgin: "Haha! Yeah, whatever. You crazy internets! Let's ROCK!"
Rob: "Erm, OK, if you insist".

Ten minutes later...

Virgin: "Holy Mother of God, have you seen this?"

*auto dials lawyers*


( Doctor When And The World Of Tomorrow, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:01, archived)

Call me cynical but
doesn't pulling the challenge get them more publicity than tolerating it? Perhaps this was their plan all along...
( Curis, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:04, archived)

Haha
Christ I've been laughing for over 20 minutes my face hurts :)
( pobblepop, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:06, archived)

^^^
sounds about right
(b3tan senseless is slowly getting older, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:06, archived)

Exactly so

( Tahkcalb &omega;&infin; for sigs, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:07, archived)

hahaha
this has had me in stitches for ages now
( swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 16:02, archived)

Hahahahaha!
Virgin: "Haha! Yeah, whatever. You crazy internets! Let's ROCK!"

That made me spit coffee on my colleague sitting opposite. He didn't understand.
( JimmerUK .com - The besterest thing on the web until, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 16:21, archived)

This for front page!!
Why no I like this link??
( weekendsession, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 18:16, archived)

Excellent
B3ta's jump the shark moment has been averted.
( Hamster Trippin', Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:03, archived)

Hahahaha
This is the best gag of all
hahahahaha
( Want Bartender Time gentlemen please.., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:04, archived)

This is the funniest post on b3ta ever
I'm literally pissing and shitting myself here.
( emvee Come to this- http://b3ta.com/calendar/event/21747, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:06, archived)

litterally?

( alistair, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 10:11, archived)

Has anyone e-mailed The Register
they'll publish this story for sure?
( OldWhit, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:11, archived)

^this!^
/relurks for another eternity
( Red wine and cheese., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:13, archived)

Do this!
Do it now!
( Mike Fishcake teamfishcake.co.uk - better than your mum's face, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:15, archived)

*done*

( The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:27, archived)

and they did
Ayn't that sweet

Virgin pulls web challenge [www.theregister.co.uk]
(3ric content? content? well, can't complain, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 13:17, archived)

why don't you post a picture noobie
aces, though. Top hole.
(rnuk -, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:13, archived)

I hope they'll compensate you for your time

( Matazone Nine and a half years? Poot., Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:14, archived)

Extending that,
They should compensate us for our time in making this challenge so, erm, distinctive...
( The Blue Aardvark Unavoidably detained by reality, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 17:14, archived)

HAHAHAHAHAHA
Why am I not surprised?
( McBadger Look over there, it's a Ferrari, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:15, archived)

Hahaha!
Fantasmic stuff!
( Fluffy elephants stnahpele yffulF, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:18, archived)

must... resist....
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
all the thread nazi-ism I've ever witnessed comes boiling out of me...

Where's your original picture to justify a new thread? Huh? huh?

(yes I know its your board and you can cry if you want to, but still)
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, wearing a sparkly bikini, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:19, archived)

So that's:
* Gutless
* Witless
* Humourless

What a bunch of ankles*.

[*I'm trying to crowbar this into popular usage; an ankle is lower than a cunt.]
( Manic declared war on Old Media, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:21, archived)

I'll help.
I've just called my boss an ankle.

Don't quite think he understood your meaning - wanna explain it to him?
(alkland, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:34, archived)

sure
give me his number
( Manic declared war on Old Media, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 13:37, archived)

ankle cant be used as an insult
ankle is someone who is totally awesome. someone who can beat the internets. coz u see. ankle is the end of the leg. LEG END. ahem
(djboo, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 11:36, archived)

How much did you get for pulling the image challenge??
I think that we should still be allowed to post - freedom of speech (while it still exists).
(jmaxi returned again on, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 16:15, archived)

I was wondering how they could stick 99.98% of our posts on a billboard
Stupid beared twunt lmao, this has made my week :D
( Jeccius Playing Diablo 2 again online, hosting b3ta game:p, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 16:50, archived)

This is
the best day ever.
( madridiot, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 18:55, archived)

Absolutely fantastic...
I will be laughing about this for hours I'm sure...

Makes me proud to be a b3tan :-)
( The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Thu 26 Oct 2006, 19:23, archived)

After seeing this post on the Inquiererererer
HELLO MUM!!!

*waves*

I'll have chips not peas tonight ta!
( Chorizowagon Came wandering back on, Fri 27 Oct 2006, 13:56, archived)

*waves at H's mum too*

( bilbobaileybarneybobs is now forbes, Fri 27 Oct 2006, 13:59, archived)

and now on El Reg
www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/b3ta_sees_off_virgin/
( The Blue Aardvark Unavoidably detained by reality, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 11:25, archived)

cor!

( Reckless_Rik, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 13:43, archived)

has no geek here noticed
that el reg live on b3ta??? they make a news story of most anything on here with a keyboard attached.
(acid_kewpie has a trouser leg differential, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 14:07, archived)

does that mean
that this thread and anyone in it will become famous as an interweb phenomenon?
...quick, to wikipedia everyone!
(0li should be in bed, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 21:24, archived)

heheh brilliant
i miss my celebrity deaths
( Arsonade is saving up for a new box of hummus, Sat 28 Oct 2006, 18:32, archived)

And now...
...The Guardian has it too: technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1934929,00.html

wee!
(fractalpat John - Stop that laughing!, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 12:32, archived)

I just want to say
'Fucksocks' as we seem to be in the news.
( Captn Hood-Butter, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 13:57, archived)

Us...
in the news...at this hour...ding dong.
( Tyronne 12 bottles of bleach please., Mon 30 Oct 2006, 14:16, archived)

Just for the benefit of any non b3tans reading this
i regularly like to rape children and worship satan, often after sniffing a bag of glue during songs of praise (it's the only way I can get a hard on any more)
( Double 2 plums, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 14:58, archived)

Who doesn't?

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 15:07, archived)

you horrible people!
leave some for the rest of us, damn it!
( Discomeats DEFEND AMBIENT FOOD ITEMS!, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 19:19, archived)

Is Songs of Praise still on the telly?

In my experience most congregations find the chidrens' scream put them off the hymns.
( Ijon Tichy, Tue 31 Oct 2006, 20:19, archived)

Maybe this is all part of Virgin's cunning plan
but I bet the publicity sells more b3ta Sick Joke books than Virgin products.
(Gyrate is watching you masturbate, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 15:37, archived)

I don't want to give them the benefit of publicising this
unless they make good with the prizes.
(Arsenic, Fri 13 Jul, 2:73 and, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 23:45, archived)

Also on Five Live at lunchtime...
...where they were made to sound incredibly foolish, and said they might still let b3ta have the swag.

Top hole!
( Scaryduck - twitter.com/duckorange, Mon 30 Oct 2006, 19:07, archived)

Branson
OK, so a company called Virgin issue a challenge to B3ta (which, lets face it, is a site obssessed with "naughty" jokes, cocks, goatse and kittens), and then is surprised at the kind of response that they get?
(Ok, I'll get me coat, Tue 31 Oct 2006, 11:56, archived)

B3TA should be proud
This is great. Maybe you should do this again. I hear that Murdoch's sniffing around the anarchic internet area. Let's make sure every multi-national conglomerate owning megalomaniac treats B3TA with kid gloves. Then when you get offered fifty squillion squillion pounds for your *brand* you can become multi-national conglomerate owning megalomaniacs yourselves.
(kevon45uk, Tue 31 Oct 2006, 16:51, archived)

Oooh - this thread is in all teh news!
I just had to join it.
( xoh Being phonetically pronounced as 'zore' since, Tue 31 Oct 2006, 18:25, archived)

me too
*waves*
(feek ferk fook foom, Tue 31 Oct 2006, 18:53, archived)

me three
*hides again*
(silkysean pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, Tue 31 Oct 2006, 20:38, archived)

*polite applause*

( 100% of Gibbon, Tue 31 Oct 2006, 21:38, archived)

Very late reply:

Death by Crudely Drawn Cock.
(Dooley, Wed 1 Nov 2006, 18:50, archived)

ha!
mine is later.
(si-mong, Wed 1 Nov 2006, 20:08, archived)