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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Mandark on July 25, 2007, 04:48:23 AM

Title: Weekly World News shutting down
Post by: Mandark on July 25, 2007, 04:48:23 AM
I guess this means somebody can scoop up the Batboy IP for cheap. (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/24/ap3947252.html)  Also, I didn't realize that WWN was targeted during the anthrax mailings (remember those?).  Weird.
Title: Re: Weekly World News shutting down
Post by: bagofeyes on July 25, 2007, 04:50:49 AM
Never heard of it before, but reading that article it sounds like a sweet mag
Title: Re: Weekly World News shutting down
Post by: etiolate on July 26, 2007, 07:04:00 PM
That's lame.  WWN was funny, and much better to laugh at at the checkout stand than the Enquirer's "SOANDSOCELEBRITY IS TOO FAT TO GET MARRIED, KATO GIVES HIS EXPERT OPINION!" shit.
Title: Re: Weekly World News shutting down
Post by: FatalT on July 26, 2007, 07:05:47 PM
"We're stunned and shell-shocked."
Title: Re: Weekly World News shutting down
Post by: Loki on July 26, 2007, 09:05:22 PM
This is a blow to gullible people everywhere. :P  WWN was a fun read once in a blue simply to see just how bizarre their stories would be that week.
Title: Re: Weekly World News shutting down
Post by: etiolate on July 26, 2007, 09:23:54 PM
I knew someone who decorated their bathroom by wallpapering the walls with WWN clips.  It was pretty awesome to take a crap with bigfoot and batboy leering at you.
Title: Re: Weekly World News shutting down
Post by: Mupepe on July 26, 2007, 09:29:59 PM
This is a blow to gullible people everywhere. :P  WWN was a fun read once in a blue simply to see just how bizarre their stories would be that week.
shortest Loki post ever.