B3ta newsletter 385 - thank Christ this is done. We need to get cooking AND do that work we promised a bloke earlier this week and haven't done it yet. ROLL ON THE WEEKEND. (Which sounds like a tagline for deodorant doesn't it?)
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published by
rob on 3rd Jul at 3pm
Tramps
Tramps, burn-outs and the homeless insane all go to making life that little bit more interesting.
Gather around the burning oil-drum and tell us your hobo-tales.
suggested by kaol
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chthonic on 2nd Jul at 3pm
Pirates!
PIRATES. It's time for one of B3ta's famous one word challenges. Piracy is in the news at the moment with the sale of The Pirate Bay and the sea-bound Somalian pirates - so there's scope to interpret this however you wish.
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Fraser on 1st Jul at 6pm
How I Started The Jacko Flash Mob by Accident - if you've got 5 minutes to do some reading then read, read now - for these are words that I've written using a crazy combination of my mind, my fingers and a text editor.
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rob on 28th Jun at 8am
B3ta newsletter 384 - listen Internet, stop your sobbing about Jacko and get with the program. It's newsletter time. Chamone! Whee-hee! Who's bad?
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published by
rob on 26th Jun at 3pm
Michael Jackson
Poor old Jacko has kicked the bucket - you're all shopping Michael Jackson images anyway, so we've opened a mini challenge so we can collect them all into one place. Have fun.
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set by
rob on 26th Jun at 10am
Buses
We've got a local bus driver who likes to pull away slowly just to see how far old ladies with shopping trollies will chase him down the road. By popular demand - tell us your thrilling bus anecdotes.
Thanks to glued eel for the suggestion
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Scaryduck on 25th Jun at 1pm
Make Everything Posh
What with Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, the papers are full of photos of posh people doing posh things. But why should posh people get all the fun? We say make everything posher.
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set by
Fraser on 24th Jun at 7pm
B3ta newsletter 383 out now, in your inbox, on your twitter feed, and now in partnership with ITV, on Friends Reunited.
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published by
rob on 19th Jun at 3pm
The Boss
My chief at a large retail chain used to decide on head office redundancies by chanting "One potato, two potato" over the staff list. Tell us about your mad psycho bosses - collect your P45 on the way out.
Bruce Springsteen jokes = Ban, ridicule
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asked by
Scaryduck on 18th Jun at 1pm
Your Ginger Fuhrer looking like an arsehole - a charity asked us to make a video on green issues. Hope you like it as I've made myself look like an utter prick making it. A team effort from me, Newsletter Dave and the official B3ta wife Lucy Reese.
posted by
rob on 17th Jun at 6pm
Unlikely iPhone Apps
As Apple updates its iPhone software, introducing revolutionary features like 'copy & paste' and 'picture messaging', it's the perfect time to imagine the apps that Apple won't approve, and to show how they'd be used.
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set by
Fraser on 17th Jun at 5pm
B3ta newsletter 382 - Dear Internet, we have made you a newsletter, we hope you like it. Love Rob & Dave xxx.
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published by
rob on 12th Jun at 4pm
That's me on TV!
Hotdog asks: Ever been on TV? I once managed to "accidentally" knock Ant (but not Dec) over live on the box.
We last asked this in 2004, but we know you've sabotaged more telly since then
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asked by
Scaryduck on 11th Jun at 12pm
Nick Griffin
Show us the world through Nick Griffin's eye: just what is the one-eyed nazi simpleton really scared of?
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set by
Fraser on 10th Jun at 11am
B3ta newsletter 381 - out now. Filled to the brim with stuff. Yep, we are the overlords of the internet and we bring you stuff. Some of it might even be nonsense.
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published by
rob on 5th Jun at 1pm
Festivals
Mud, rubbish sex, food poisoning and the Quo replacing the headline act you've mortgaged your house to see. Tell us your experiences
Question from Chart Cat
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asked by
Scaryduck on 4th Jun at 1pm
Shatner!
The new Star Trek film is out, and it's great. The only problem is it completely lacks William Shatner. So let's see Shatnerised movies: Shatner on the Roof, The Good The Bad and The Shatner, Indiana Shatner, Shatnerman! SHATNER!
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set by
Fraser on 3rd Jun at 7pm
B3ta newsletter 380 out now, you sent in the links, you made the projects, you drew the pics, and we... we.... well, we chop it up a bit and turn in into TEH WORDS. And remember children, don't have nightmares, have nighthorses.
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published by
rob on 29th May at 2pm
Unexpected Nudity
There you are minding your own business, looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when suddenly... SURPRISE TODGER!
Tell us just how un-erotic unexpected encounters with nudey people can be.
(suggested by wanderingjoe)
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asked by
chthonic on 28th May at 1pm
Extreme Sports
This week's extreme challenge is to make dangerous sports more extreme, to make dull sports more extreme, and to turn everyday activities into extreme sports. Like, gnarly, dude.
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set by
Fraser on 27th May at 7pm
B3ta newsletter 379, out now - it's the b3ta b3ta newsletter, and just to clear b3ta rhymes with peter and not carrot.
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published by
rob on 22nd May at 3pm
Impulse buys
I'm now the owner of a monster trampoline that's nearly
too big for the garden. Tell us your retail disasters and triumphs.
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asked by
rob on 21st May at 11am
The Letter Art Challenge
This week we'd like you to make an animal or a celebrity, or something generally recognisable... entirely from letters and punctuation. It's like making ascii art, but using Photoshop.
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set by
Fraser on 20th May at 7pm
B3ta newsletter 378, out now - in an attempt to lower productivity the world over, we've stuck the newsletter out on Thursday instead of Friday. Normal service will resume next week.
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published by
rob on 14th May at 12pm
Reinventing The Wheel
As Amazon release a new Kindle (Landfill Edition) show us further examples of useless future technology: cardboard boxes with digital displays to tell you what's inside, rulers that broadcast measurements using an electronic voice... you get the idea.
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set by
Fraser on 13th May at 8pm
Bullies
My mum told me to stand up to bullies. So I did, and got wedgied every day for a month. I hated my boss.
Suggested by Mariam67
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asked by
Scaryduck on 13th May at 12pm
B3ta newsletter 377 - featuring the bestest things on the internet this week. And possibly the worst. Oh I don't know. It has stuff in it anyway.
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published by
rob on 8th May at 1pm
Gambling
Broke the bank at Las Vegas, or won a packet of smokes for getting your tinkle out in class? Outrageous, heroic or plain stupid bets.
Suggested by SpankyHanky
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asked by
Scaryduck on 7th May at 1pm
Twitter
It's officially the biggest thing since the last big thing, and will remain so until the next big thing comes along. It's ripe for one of b3ta's occasional one-word challenges. It's Twitter.
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set by
Fraser on 6th May at 8pm
