All the world's a stage.....
Thursday, 3. September 2009, 19:48:43
...and all the men and women merely players
It has often been said that the internet is a global village where distance is an irrelevance. It has it's market place and fulfills many social, political and other worthwhile functions. It gives us spaces to unwind, have fun and make new friends. It offers a safe and anonymous environment in which to resolve issues that would otherwise blight our daily lives. Amongst this wealth of worthiness, perhaps more importantly, are those hapless individuals who have enriched our work days and leisure hours. Once in a blue moon, hidden amongst the viral advertising and Dilbert jokes, you're cc'd on a timeless gem. I'd like to think these people have built bridges between continents and contributed in their own little way to future World Peace. Sometimes it's through shameless self promotion, at other times in ignorance but more often than not it's a complete ambivalence towards making complete a&ses of themselves in public. This is my homage to those glorious individuals who have reminded us all just how ridiculous life can be. Cue a fanfare of LOLs and, dare I say, an arpeggio of ROTFLMAOs...its...The Top Ten Global Village Idiots.
10 - Odd and Even Johansen. Ok, Ok. This is what is technically know as OCBN - 'Opera Competition Brown Nosing'. Look at those wacky Scandinavians. One's like Bjorn Borg and the others like the bearded one from Abba. Or did they both have beards? - anyway, definitely not the blonde woman. She was tasty.
Click here to see the Johansen boys in Action
9 - Gary 'Numa Numa' Brolsma This is poetry in motion. Joy incarnate. And why, pray tell, hasn't Peter Griffin from Family Guy ever done a version of this? Gary released a follow up to this single but it wasnt a wise career move. Perfection can never be bettered Gary. Sorry. Its a sobering thought to think that more human beings have enjoyed the ad-hoc choreography of Gary Brolsma than the combined talent of Nijinsky and Nureyev.
8 - Me Let he without sin, cast the first stone I say. So by that very token, he who openly admits to his sin should be able to throw stones at other sinners? Anyway, at number 8, its me. I figure if I don't get to Oslo I might make it to Nashville. So I was a little short of clips. Sue me. Give me fame or give me death.
Watch me in action
7 - Chris 'She's a human' Crocker During the summer of 2008, Britney Spears was being hounded by the press and driven to the brink of insanity. The drinking, Kevin Federline, the haircut. Her life was in tatters and she needed help. SOMEBODY needed to say something. Step forward, Chris Crocker. 'LEAVE HER ALONE!' I'm with you all the way brother. Let it out.
6 - Dubyah A relatively unknown local politician
from Crawford, Texas until the Internet got wind of his incredible knack for making linguistic boo-boos. His career sky-rocketed on the back of youTube clips and his Bebo page and within a short time he had become the most dangerous...er...important person in the World. Give it up for Dubyah. 'Fool me once, shame on you'
Watch Dubyah in action
5 - Star Wars Kid According to Internet folklore, the Star Wars Kid was deeply traumatised by his meteoric (pardon the pun) rise to fame. His parents even took out a lawsuit against the parents of the children responsible for distributing the clip. His moves with a light saber were never quite good enough to make it into George Lucas' final cuts but it's a motion picture classic nevertheless. 'Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope'. Indeed young Jedi.
4 - Angry Cat Man Not suitable for children, for people who don’t like swearing or for those who are offended by psychological cruelty to cats. I’m off to re-edit it to the Van Halen hit ‘Jump’.
Watch the Cat Man get real ANGRY!
Not the Angry Cat Man, but a cat man all the same!
3 - Techno Viking Now not in a million years would I want to call the 'Techno Viking' a village idiot. Well certainly not to his face. That's the beauty of the internet. It's a fight club for cowards. You've got a stupid beard TecVik. What you gonna do about it? This one is a golden oldie, going all the way back to 2000. Sit back and enjoy - justice, might, prowess and dancing all in one clip.
2 - Tron Guy Hmm. A real warrior of the world wide web.
Click here to see the Tron Guy at work
And so, as we draw a close to the proceedings I'd like to share a few thoughts with you: DON'T HIDE YOUR LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL. YOU ARE ALIVE. As Andy Warhol once said 'I think sometimes it hurts you when you're afraid to be called a fool', he also liked painting tins of soup so it's difficult to know what to believe. Keep surfing suckers. The truth might not be out there but you'll have some fun trying to find it!
..oh, yeah. 1 - Ok Go. Soooooooooooooooooooooooo damn cool. Here it goes again. My favourite global village idiots. Need I say more?
It has often been said that the internet is a global village where distance is an irrelevance. It has it's market place and fulfills many social, political and other worthwhile functions. It gives us spaces to unwind, have fun and make new friends. It offers a safe and anonymous environment in which to resolve issues that would otherwise blight our daily lives. Amongst this wealth of worthiness, perhaps more importantly, are those hapless individuals who have enriched our work days and leisure hours. Once in a blue moon, hidden amongst the viral advertising and Dilbert jokes, you're cc'd on a timeless gem. I'd like to think these people have built bridges between continents and contributed in their own little way to future World Peace. Sometimes it's through shameless self promotion, at other times in ignorance but more often than not it's a complete ambivalence towards making complete a&ses of themselves in public. This is my homage to those glorious individuals who have reminded us all just how ridiculous life can be. Cue a fanfare of LOLs and, dare I say, an arpeggio of ROTFLMAOs...its...The Top Ten Global Village Idiots.
10 - Odd and Even Johansen. Ok, Ok. This is what is technically know as OCBN - 'Opera Competition Brown Nosing'. Look at those wacky Scandinavians. One's like Bjorn Borg and the others like the bearded one from Abba. Or did they both have beards? - anyway, definitely not the blonde woman. She was tasty.
Click here to see the Johansen boys in Action
9 - Gary 'Numa Numa' Brolsma This is poetry in motion. Joy incarnate. And why, pray tell, hasn't Peter Griffin from Family Guy ever done a version of this? Gary released a follow up to this single but it wasnt a wise career move. Perfection can never be bettered Gary. Sorry. Its a sobering thought to think that more human beings have enjoyed the ad-hoc choreography of Gary Brolsma than the combined talent of Nijinsky and Nureyev.
8 - Me Let he without sin, cast the first stone I say. So by that very token, he who openly admits to his sin should be able to throw stones at other sinners? Anyway, at number 8, its me. I figure if I don't get to Oslo I might make it to Nashville. So I was a little short of clips. Sue me. Give me fame or give me death.
Watch me in action
7 - Chris 'She's a human' Crocker During the summer of 2008, Britney Spears was being hounded by the press and driven to the brink of insanity. The drinking, Kevin Federline, the haircut. Her life was in tatters and she needed help. SOMEBODY needed to say something. Step forward, Chris Crocker. 'LEAVE HER ALONE!' I'm with you all the way brother. Let it out.
6 - Dubyah A relatively unknown local politician
from Crawford, Texas until the Internet got wind of his incredible knack for making linguistic boo-boos. His career sky-rocketed on the back of youTube clips and his Bebo page and within a short time he had become the most dangerous...er...important person in the World. Give it up for Dubyah. 'Fool me once, shame on you'Watch Dubyah in action
5 - Star Wars Kid According to Internet folklore, the Star Wars Kid was deeply traumatised by his meteoric (pardon the pun) rise to fame. His parents even took out a lawsuit against the parents of the children responsible for distributing the clip. His moves with a light saber were never quite good enough to make it into George Lucas' final cuts but it's a motion picture classic nevertheless. 'Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope'. Indeed young Jedi.
4 - Angry Cat Man Not suitable for children, for people who don’t like swearing or for those who are offended by psychological cruelty to cats. I’m off to re-edit it to the Van Halen hit ‘Jump’.
Watch the Cat Man get real ANGRY!
Not the Angry Cat Man, but a cat man all the same!3 - Techno Viking Now not in a million years would I want to call the 'Techno Viking' a village idiot. Well certainly not to his face. That's the beauty of the internet. It's a fight club for cowards. You've got a stupid beard TecVik. What you gonna do about it? This one is a golden oldie, going all the way back to 2000. Sit back and enjoy - justice, might, prowess and dancing all in one clip.
2 - Tron Guy Hmm. A real warrior of the world wide web.
Click here to see the Tron Guy at work
And so, as we draw a close to the proceedings I'd like to share a few thoughts with you: DON'T HIDE YOUR LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL. YOU ARE ALIVE. As Andy Warhol once said 'I think sometimes it hurts you when you're afraid to be called a fool', he also liked painting tins of soup so it's difficult to know what to believe. Keep surfing suckers. The truth might not be out there but you'll have some fun trying to find it!
..oh, yeah. 1 - Ok Go. Soooooooooooooooooooooooo damn cool. Here it goes again. My favourite global village idiots. Need I say more?
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