The Internet Is a Playground

by Thorne, David

• ISBN13: 9781585428816
• ISBN10: 1585428817
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-28
• Publisher: Tarcherperigree

Summary

"There is usually a fine line between genius and insanity, but in this case it has become very blurred. Some of the funniest and most clever writing I have read in years." (Terrance Fielding, WIREDmagazine) "I laughed so hard and uncontrollably I could hardly breathe. Reading this on public transport is not a good idea." (Penthouse magazine) "Brilliantly funny." (Jezebel.com) From the notorious Internet troublemaker who brought the world the explosively popular "Next Time I'll Spend the Money on Drugs Instead", in which he attempted to pay his chiropractor with a picture he drew of a spider; "Please Design a Logo for Me. With Pie Charts. For Free," which has been described as one of the most passed-on viral e-mails of all time; and, most recently, the staggeringly popular "Missing Missy", which has appeared everywhere from The Guardianto Jezebelto Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish, comes this profoundly funny collection of irreverent Internet mischief and comedy. Featuring all of Thorne's viral success, including "Missing Missy", The Internet Is a Playgroundculls together every article and e- mail from Thorne's wildly popular website 27bslash6.com, as well as enough new material, available only in these pages, to keep you laughing-and, indeed, crying-until Thorne's next stroke-of-genius prank. Or hilarious hoax. Or well-publicized almost-stint in jail (really).

Author Biography

David Thorne is an Australian humorist, satirist, Internet personality, and author. His website, 27bslash6, receives several million unique hits a month, and his work has been featured on the BBC, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In his own words, he reads too much, generally exceeds others' tolerances, and listens to Linkin Park. He stays up too late, drinks too much coffee, smokes too much, hates getting up in the morning, and has offspring who thinks he doesn't know what he has been up to when he deletes his Internet history. He lives in Virginia.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Overdue Account	p. 3
It's Like Twitter	p. 10
Slyseb	p. 19
Flash Drive Infringement	p. 23
I Wish I Had a Monkey	p. 29
Recommended Tire PSI	p. 32
Matthew's Party	p. 34
IKEA	p. 41
Grubby Tenant	p. 45
Matchbox Contents	p. 50
One Thousand Characters	p. 52
Permission Slip	p. 61
Good Ideas for Websites	p. 72
Blockbuster	p. 76
Shannon's Lunch	p. 85
Working Out with Jeff	p. 88
Flight Commander 50	p. 95
Foggot 53	p. 99
Tom's Huge Head	p. 109
Pi	p. 3.14159265
Scott's Blog	p. 111
Nigerian E-mail Sex Scam	p. 114
Missing Missy	p. 116
Page 121	p. 121
Mark's Headlice	p. 129
Strata	p. 133
Courier	p. 139
Good Drawer	p. 143
One Girl, Twelve Cups	p. 145
Simon's Guide to Camping	p. 151
Massanutten	p. 157
Bill's Guide to the Internet	p. 166
SA Police	p. 170
Investment Opportunity	p. 177
Tennis	p. 179
Rocket Science	p. 183
Portals	p. 184
Kaleth	p. 192
Frogs	p. 195
Tom's Diary	p. 198
Roz Loves Adelaide	p. 205
Craig Loves Dolphins	p. 212
A Baby's Smile	p. 215
Sell Me Your Car	p. 217
Wilderness Survival	p. 223
Photography	p. 227
Ten Jobs	p. 230
Professor Thomas	p. 236
Chatroulette	p. 239
Thomas Brady	p. 243
Magic 8-Ball	p. 244
CCTV	p. 251
Monarto Zoo	p. 254
St. Kilda Swamp	p. 256
Beverly Hills	p. 90210
Shannon's iMac	p. 259
Lucius	p. 261
Aqua Lucius	p. 264
Love Letters from Dick	p. 265
Life-size Lucius	p. 277
Three Weeks in the USA	p. 279
Belly Messages	p. 283
Mr. Carganovsky	p. 286
Mr. Carganovsky's Lawyer	p. 290
That Tuesday	p. 296
Jason's MacBook Pro	p. 302
Tom the Sad Caveman	p. 305
Speech	p. 306
Fine Art Scanning	p. 313
Dunning-Kruger Effect	p. 317
John's Bicycle	p. 328
Josh	p. 331
Jenny	p. 8675309
Bees Like Yellow	p. 333
Bamesyfan67	p. 340
Bababada Didva	p. 345
Fahrenheit	p. 451
Lesley	p. 346
About the Author	p. 355
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