A couple of oddly familiar things appeared in the Metro this morning.
First, the whole third page is dedicated to Rob Manuel, godlike creator of all things b3ta – including I Like Bukkake (SFW, amazingly) and the classic X or Y quizzes (really NSFW).
He gets a loving reprint of his briefly amusing blog feature ‘classic paintings that feature celebs‘ feature.
Then on page 13 comes the bombshell. The star letter printed in MailMetro is from my old bright grey colleague “mighty” Michael Calwell. Predicting the topic of the letter is a no-brainer as MC is a tireless campaigner against, wait for it, heightism.
Sample, controversial quote from letter: “height is a greater influence on salary then gender is.” His rise to fame began with his 2001 essay A Man’s Guide to Being Short, subtitled Wee Lads Cannae Get Burds*. An ITV documentary and two radio shows with John Peel were to follow.
* not really
Tellingly the site above notes, “Michael himself works in IT, and he felt that he was not listened to with as much attention because of his height.”
Au contraire, Mr Peel. I recall from personal experience that our favourite hobbit was indeed ignored; not because of his height, but simply because (i) he was extremely trying on a personal level, and (ii) he spent more time obsessing over heightism than developing his technical skills to an adequate capacity.
The quote I treasure from this period was directed at MC:
“Michael, I admire you as a very balanced person.”
“Really? Thanks.”
“Yes. You have a chip on both shoulders.”
19-Oct-04 at 4:52 pm | Permalink
I collected these pictures of SFW bukkake a while back. I can’t remember why. (I can’t shrink them so I’ll leave that to Bell)
20-Oct-04 at 12:04 am | Permalink
Dude, it’s all flooding back. Oh happy days. Trust me not to get a metro today.
20-Oct-04 at 10:07 am | Permalink
I also remember said person. He was in fact quite annoying and tedious. But mainly I didn’t like him because I had to stoop to talk to the Snow White loving prick.
19-Jul-05 at 12:28 am | Permalink
Can I point out we just got a hit on this article for the search “Michael Calwell”?
Hi Mike!
19-Jul-05 at 5:35 pm | Permalink
ha ha, just looked at the referers list. Think we are attracting some quality readers.
Plus I clicked on that random poster/ spammer’s name and my explorer crashed. Is this bad?
19-Jul-05 at 5:41 pm | Permalink
Oh, and I was chatting to some girls at work and apparently it is the done thing these days to google your dates.
Maybe his date was checking him out.
19-Jul-05 at 7:05 pm | Permalink
> my explorer crashed. Is this bad?
That’s punishment for using a half-assed browser and not Fireyfoxy.
> quality readers
Oh yes. Lots of hits on “sexy boys” and “shaved pussy“.
19-Jul-05 at 8:47 pm | Permalink
I like how not only is there a search for ‘sexy boys’, there is also a search for ‘sexy-boys’.
It makes all the difference.
19-Jul-05 at 11:17 pm | Permalink
Briefly worth pointing out that we are – for the first time – the top Google hit for taking fire. No quotes needed or nuffink.
20-Jul-05 at 2:36 pm | Permalink
I don’t know why I ever wanted my name to appear on Google because I don’t particularly want to be traced to such a disreputable site as Taking Fire
21-Jul-05 at 7:24 pm | Permalink
Oh dear, we are hit #3 for “being a prostitute”.
Thanks Ree.
The Referrers fun never ends! EVER!