Post #2298979

2026-05-02 22:09 UTC

@neil fun story: when I was 15 I registered askjeves.co.uk, copied the site and made it respond with “Piss off, I’m busy” to any question. They threatened to sue my parents, I was obviously terrified so immediately transferred the domain. Their lawyers later confessed it was the funniest thing they’d seen. I was not popular with my parents for a while.

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@Owlor@meow.social 2026-05-03 05:45

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

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@peterbrown@mastodon.scot 2026-05-03 07:16

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk and politicians think they can keep under 16s off the Internet?

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@gilester45@twit.social 2026-05-03 07:27

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk That's brilliant. (The piss off bit, not the lawyer threat bit)

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@ric@mastodon.qweb.co.uk 2026-05-03 07:32

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk oh that's brilliant! I both wish I'd thought of that, and that you hadn't caved without getting a proper deal out of them for it.

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@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk 2026-05-03 07:57

Well this blew up. I don’t have a SoundCloud but you should definitely support the Green Party of England and Wales this Thursday if you’re able.

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@JaxVent@lgbtqia.space 2026-05-03 08:07

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk That made my morning 😂

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@CarePackage17@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-03 09:27

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk lmao

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@Workshopshed@mastodon.scot 2026-05-03 10:31

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk so when do you plan the relaunch?

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@toxy@mastodon.acc.sunet.se 2026-05-03 16:02

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk Skillz!

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@sanityinc@hachyderm.io 2026-05-03 21:47

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk legend

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@GinevraCat@toot.community 2026-05-04 11:34

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk Brilliant!

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@sebhans@hachyderm.io 2026-05-05 15:36

@boffbowsh@mastodon.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk I recently heard a comedian (Mario Barth) exhort people, especially youths, to do more dumb stuff. This is probably not what he was thinking about, but I'm sure he would approve.

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