I'm in the news today, oh boy
seems that someone used my now-defunct BBC News Generator to fake a story about rapper Lil' Wayne being killed.
Consequently I got hits from all over the world and the site got suspended for going over the bandwidth limits.
At least I got the phrase "Gilgamesh BBC tool is 'dogs bollocks'" onto the Guardian's website AND Lil' Wayne made an announcement on his myspace that he was still alive.
And the NME
www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=123&title=lil_wayne_and_the_art_of_the_celebrity_d&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
And a lot more news sites
specialreport.com/lil-wayne-dead-or-alive/
www.mirror.co.uk/celebs-old/latest/2008/11/03/lil-wayne-dead-claims-fake-bbc-website-115875-20866652/
And Yahoo Answers
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081102160254AA8bGzi
And celeb gossip sites
theybf.com/index.php/2008/11/03/rumor-control-lil-wayne-is-not-dead/
and well, a million others
www.google.co.uk/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=lil+wayne+dead
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Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 3:11,
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Well Done... Absolutely fantastic!
They said "The site allows you to type in any old nonsense, including words like 'penis'". I think I actually love you!
(, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 3:17, Reply)
oh god
I've created a monster
uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=lil+wayne+dead&search_type=&aq=f
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Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 4:03,
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Hopefully
It's as dead as you promised everyone....
edit: Watched 10 seconds of that last link... string 'em up.
(, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 4:18, Reply)
If its not true, it should be (only to prevent the news stories being false of course).
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 6:26,
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nice one
the rapper in question www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp7clDjL2K8
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connor, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 6:41,
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fucking jesus
that shit should be illegal.
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 6:43,
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That's just not very good
meh at best i'm afraid Mr Wayne, or can I call you Lil'?
(, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 14:18, Reply)
Way to go!
This is too funny.. ......even if I have no idea who this rapper is, the fallout is hilarious.
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flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Fri 26 Dec 2008, 7:21,
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Hahaha
Sucks about the news page generator though. It really was the dogs bollocks
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The Coast Of Yemen, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 7:50,
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Hahaha fucking hell.
He doesn't do much, but when he does.. etc
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The Gentleman Bastard waxing lyrical. ©, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 9:57,
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hahaha, well done, that mjst have made your christmas :)
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 11:26,
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You're a fake, baby, and I'm disgusted
"False reports on a known fake website Kinetic North surfaced a few hours ago saying Lil Wayne had been fatally shot.The fake site gave fake detailed info about a murder that never happened. The fake site is known for making up false celebrity death reports. A ridiculous amount of traffic shut the site down for a while right after the fake story was posted"
The game is through and girl you're busted, you're a fake!
Happy Christmas you mentalist :)
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t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 15:21,
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if I'd known
I would have filled the site with Google ads and made a fortune from all that web traffic
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Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 16:23,
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A chance to be rich, missed.
You are a star sir...the shits and giggles from this will last a dman site longer!
Clickities and woo's for your shenanigans!
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Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Fri 26 Dec 2008, 20:00,
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All these hits
have helped my Marry Shag kill rating too!
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t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 21:48,
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Hey phoney!
You're a phoney! Hey everyone, a big phoney lives here!
haha nice work Gilgamesh.
(, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 23:00, Reply)
Fucking yes!
*Bows down in the presence of greatness*
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Monty Propps, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 22:05,
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