
All I can say is, 'I was got. And I was got good.'
There's nothing like pandering to cultural prejudice to pull off a web scam.
Yes I'm perfectly prepared to believe Americans eat meat shakes. Christ - they eat chickens feet and squirrels.
So here's the challenge. Who can pull of a spoof site about what British people eat?
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There's nothing like pandering to cultural prejudice to pull off a web scam.
Yes I'm perfectly prepared to believe Americans eat meat shakes. Christ - they eat chickens feet and squirrels.
So here's the challenge. Who can pull of a spoof site about what British people eat?

I followed the recipie.
Was delish
Salmon shake!! Yum!
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Was delish
Salmon shake!! Yum!

I'm shocked. Shocked and horny (/homersimpsonvoice).
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Blimey. I thought you were just going along with it.
This site tells of a mythical and ludicrous foodstuff known as "haggis", 'tis quite strange.
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This site tells of a mythical and ludicrous foodstuff known as "haggis", 'tis quite strange.

(I know a good cleaning service for that sort of thing)
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is it any good, and if so, where can I get it? Do I have to go to scotland?
/going to northern England in a couple of weeks.
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/going to northern England in a couple of weeks.

www.notfunny.org/media/index.php?path=recipes
edit: my god you bandwidth whores, 20 hits in as many seconds O_O
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edit: my god you bandwidth whores, 20 hits in as many seconds O_O

I have several of those in my trusty 50's recipy book.
people tend to forget that we haven't been eating pasta & rice for more than 50 odd years around here.
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people tend to forget that we haven't been eating pasta & rice for more than 50 odd years around here.

and a copy of the roadkill cookbook
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any more keen on the concept of sheep brain soup
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maybe they've stumbled on something great?
Frankly there's nothing I'd like to run better in next week's newsletter than, "We were fooled, but this guy has had a go, check the photos"
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Frankly there's nothing I'd like to run better in next week's newsletter than, "We were fooled, but this guy has had a go, check the photos"

although, if it dice it up reeeeeeeally fine like.....
hmm....
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hmm....

Now I have nothing to do, you cockturtle.
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thus removing the spoof factor from that website, thus showing that if an american is stupid enough to think it up, we're stupid enough to implement it. Thus we win.
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While the "parents out of house"/"brother in house to take photos" combination is in full effect.
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Meeeeeeeeataaaaaaaaaaalllll KOMMMMMBATTTTTTTTTTTT...
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I have nothing better to do with my time and it could be a nice article for the site. I expect vomitting, though.
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of course it could also be fatal
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next thing you'll be telling me that preparing for emergencies site was fake too
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I thought you knew it was a parody and were just keeping it quiet. Oops.
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really. I didn't even think it was worth mentioning as it was such a good jingle.
You could have gotten away with it if you'd kept quiet...
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You could have gotten away with it if you'd kept quiet...

dave - speak up next time. say the obvious. you're dealing with ME here.
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Guess I wouldn't know subtle if it jumped up and bit me...
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hopefully (see upper thread) we'll have real meat shakes for next week. AND THAT'S A RESULT.
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fool the forreners with something to do with the deferrence we show to the Royals.
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a site where the Queen dropped in to see one of her subjects at random.
She does this all the time and you cannot legally refuse her entry to your house.
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She does this all the time and you cannot legally refuse her entry to your house.