The odyssey of the german parliament flag
July 17, 2004 4:24 AM   Subscribe

Oh how much can this flag endure?
posted by tcp (11 comments total)
 
A slightly better translated excerpt from the last article:

Until friday more than 17,000 euro have been bid. The earnings (minus 2000 euro) should go to an association helping cancer-ill children.
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According to the seller the hackers who introduced themselves as "the group" explained they targeted this auction because of the large media attention.

German hackers again proved how uncool they are.
posted by tcp at 4:34 AM on July 17, 2004


a near-canonical case of 'hilarity ensues.' Good eye, tcp.
posted by mwhybark at 8:06 AM on July 17, 2004


That's funny; as are some of the translated comments posted after that last article ...

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RH: Full ack?
mike301243

Deppen one can call also intelligent people, us deadly muck crumbled, like the German unit or that Euro.

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17. July 2004 14:20
Hacker, Spammer... all under-exposed waste products of our society.
thinkbig

Brain lots keyboard acrobat those their Inteligenz senselessly dissipate without thinking!

Harm around the lost potential.

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posted by carter at 9:26 AM on July 17, 2004


Oh how much can this flag endure?

Well, at least she didn't use it as a bedsheet.
posted by eddydamascene at 10:55 AM on July 17, 2004


Deppen one can call also intelligent people, us deadly muck crumbled, like the German unit or that Euro.

hmmm... now i'm thinking all that spam i get must be foreign, run through a translator first or something.
posted by schlaager at 12:36 PM on July 17, 2004


So the government sells part of the national heritage for money and now is upset because prostitutes bought it?
At least the hookers are honest about themselves.
posted by faceonmars at 3:22 PM on July 17, 2004


hmmm. "we" have the flag that was flying at one of chile's presidential buildings before the military coup. it's the usual chilean flag plus the presidential seal and was taken down at the start of the coup for safe keeping, then got kind of passed around. wonder if it's worth anything?! i was thinking of putting it up as a wall hanging in my office...

at least, that's the story. maybe someone was winding me up.
posted by andrew cooke at 8:57 AM on July 18, 2004


Why miss the NSFW photos?
Hookers in thongs saluting their new flag.
posted by milovoo at 10:28 AM on July 18, 2004


Ah now it gets interesting. Sorry milvoo, I didn't consider BILD as a notwworthy source in the first instance. Here is the ebay auction. Actual bid is EUR 12.450
posted by tcp at 11:46 AM on July 18, 2004


notwworthy
noteworthy
posted by tcp at 11:47 AM on July 18, 2004


American bordello operators wanting their own piece of this action need only ask their senators.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 10:06 AM on July 19, 2004


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