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# unshopped, blah blah blah
but I got a genuine Lol out of this

(I helped save b3ta! Pope Yoda is OLD, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:36, archived)
# GOLF SALE ---->
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:38, archived)
# I just got the following PR email at work.
Slightly worrying line in bold.

“NEW” MUSIC BUSINESS - OLD HAT FOR MARILLION!

In late 2007 Marillion announced to the fans that their (as yet unnamed) 15th studio album was available to buy – even though it would not be released until late 2008. To date 12,000 fans so far have each paid £30 for an album that is still being written! Yes you can do the maths – that’s an income of £360,000 so far, much more than any traditional record deal could ever expect to offer them.

Of course this is not the first time Marillion have done this.

Previous Marillion albums “Marbles” (2004) and “Anoraknophobia” (2001) were financed the same way, pioneering the direct-to-fanbase power of the internet, and freeing the band from the conventional music industry.

With this latest pre-sale album, Marillion have added extra incentives to encourage early ordering by entering fans who ordered within the first 6 months. In addition to each and every fan that ordered getting their name listed in the “thank you’s” of the album artwork, additional give-aways ranged from the standard fayre of tickets and back-stage passes for the 2008 tour to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of being invited to the band’s recording studio to actually play on the new album. Other unique prizes included private gigs for fans, phone calls from the band, and all-expense-paid trips to their biennial convention in Holland.

Marillion are no strangers to harnessing the power of the Internet, with a pedigree of internet ‘firsts’ that are now employed by many others today. Back in the mid-90’s, Marillion were one of the first groups in the UK to set up a website (www.marillion.com) to communicate with and sell Marillion products to their fans – fans from as far and wide as Brazil to Japan and Australia to Iceland. They now have an active database of over 90,000 fans who regularly visit their website on a weekly basis.
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:44, archived)
# Kayleigh!
I just want to say I'm sorry
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:45, archived)
# sounds a bit fishy
/coat
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:46, archived)
# you cod be right
/for fucks sake blog :)
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:47, archived)
# I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight the production of my album
that you can get on preorder for £30 each

of course, it hasn't been written yet and I need to learn how to use "instruments"

but if I take the money now I can get the finest tuition possible and create the best album ever

:D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:46, archived)
# Fish, ex-out of Marillion, once called me a poof

(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:46, archived)
# Fish is your ex?
no wonder you dumped him with a name like that
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:47, archived)
# is there anything wrong / funny about that?
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:47, archived)
# asstute if you ask me
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:49, archived)
# Did you use lube on him?
'Cause I've heard he thinks that's a bit girly.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:49, archived)
# They printed a picture of his bollocks in Viz once
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:49, archived)
# They played some of his bollocks on the radio once
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:50, archived)
# I love you for this reply.
In a manly, prison sort of way.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:58, archived)
# When I was a kid
I once found a copy of Razzle or somesuch on some spare ground. On the subscription page was a picture of Fish from Marillion reading said wank mag.

Fish's real name is Derek Dick. 100% FACT.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:50, archived)
# The guy that lived in our apartment before us
was called Dick Nurse. True story.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:51, archived)
# what did he leave behind
for you to find that out?
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:52, archived)
# Momentos of his gay porn career.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:53, archived)
# Evil_twin met him, and we still get mail for him occasionally.
I didn't live here when evil_twin first moved in.
Apparently when she went to view the apartment, there was a video camera set up in the bedroom.
Also he was a Mormon.
And that concludes today's episode of Dick Nurse Facts.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:56, archived)
# I'm going to write this down on a handy flashcard
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:59, archived)
# Was it on the phone?
Was it a prize for being the 34th person to buy an as-yet-unreleased album?
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:53, archived)
# and?
(I helped save b3ta! caffeinefreak, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:46, archived)
# is the part of speech
known as a conjunction.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:49, archived)
# Is this an advert for the internet?
Or a promotion regarding the benefits of paying for something before it exists?
Also: I thought Marillion Monroe was dead, like a candle in the wind?
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:47, archived)
# ALSO:
MORE CFA GODDAMMIT
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:48, archived)
# WOULD --->
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:44, archived)
# I do not get a laugh out of your image size, sir.
No, I am certainly not laughing, no.

:(

^
I am very serious about this. Do not think me "flip".
(I helped save b3ta! hanke murphy, I'm a mess, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:39, archived)
# Psh
a bit wide but well within size limits
(I helped save b3ta! Pope Yoda is OLD, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:39, archived)
# haha
"get a brain morans!"
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:39, archived)
# :D
best..
sign..
ever!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:39, archived)
# Haha
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:39, archived)
# silly sign man! you have messed on KTRK
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:39, archived)
# crop!
you are overwhelming my already quite whelled eyes
(I helped save b3ta! Grundlebiscuit, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:39, archived)
# GAME OVER, MAN.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:40, archived)
# IT'S TOO BROWN!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:40, archived)
# FONT.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:44, archived)
# TOO THIS
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:46, archived)
# TOO MUCH THING! LOOK AT THE CRAZY BASTARD THING! STOP THAT!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:47, archived)
# Tutu . . . too !
(I helped save b3ta! Valin I changed glasses while I wasn't looking, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:49, archived)
# ET TU BRUTE TUTU MOO MOO SKY BLUE HUE
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:51, archived)
# everything's different in Texas

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:40, archived)
[challenge entry] Pearoast for compo

Desperately trying to scrape together enough unused images to make another one :(
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:40, archived)
# Hahahahaha
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:42, archived)
# hahahaha
grand
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:48, archived)
# sorry all i see is a very big blurred image
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:43, archived)
# TIVO
FTW!
(I helped save b3ta! Collatallie Sisters, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 17:00, archived)