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Hi ILE. Long time no post. New job with less empty stretches.

In the last two weeks I've been emailed TWICE by journalists researching stories who have come upon my posts in ILE. One was a chap from BBC Devon's sport desk trying to find out Clement Freud's favourite footy team and the other (more interestingly) was a chap from Newsweek researching an article on people who google-stalk their exes (one of many things I am guilty of).

What do you make of that then?

― misterjones (misterjones), Thursday, 7 November 2002 10:51 (twenty-three years ago)

erm, well done??

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 7 November 2002 10:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh shit, journalists, I'm off....

― Plinky (Plinky), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:00 (twenty-three years ago)

IF YOU'RE A JOURNALIST AND YOU'RE READING THIS CAN YUO PLEASE SAY HELLO TO RUPERT MURDOCH THANKS BY.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:07 (twenty-three years ago)

In the past, I seem to recall mass mailouts from people enquiring about Special Brew drinking and not washing (or something equally trampish). ILE has obviously moved up in the world.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:07 (twenty-three years ago)

nonono, Pinkpanther, you misunderstood. I was not seeking your approval or somesuch, tho its something I do crave and dream about. I merely figured that lots of other people who post hereabouts would have been contacted by the same journalists, particularly the Newsweek one. I thought it would be nice to pop in here (I used to come here a lot in a former existence) and tell the assembled that lazy journos are using you for research, and hopefully stimulate some further discussion about Cyber Stalking ( a subject dear to my sad little heart) and maybe alert ILE readers to the existence of a forthcoming NEwsweek article to which they may have in a roundabout way contributed.

But thanks for replying.

― misterjones (misterjones), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:12 (twenty-three years ago)

lazy journos are using you for research

Why does this make them lazy?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh I dunno. Just being mean. No offence meant to non lazy journos.

― misterjones (misterjones), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:18 (twenty-three years ago)

they have visited ILE=they are lazy monkeys?

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:19 (twenty-three years ago)

But ILE is an aknowledge centre of excellence and expertise on many matters including Ally's ass and fremme neppa vennete.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:24 (twenty-three years ago)

aknoelege = acknowledged, strangely.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:25 (twenty-three years ago)

and vennete=venette!

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:30 (twenty-three years ago)

I was trying to separate the sheep from the goats

(where goats=lazy journalists and sheep=coyotes)

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:37 (twenty-three years ago)

you've got it all wrong. sheep/goat=2003.

as coyote=1974 and pig=2002.

lazy journalists=?

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 7 November 2002 11:44 (twenty-three years ago)

is this algebra?

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 7 November 2002 12:07 (twenty-three years ago)

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