Wikipedia gets edited (not by me)
2008 April 28
Ho ho ho.
(I didn’t write the entry btw, it was like that when I found it!)
In case that text is too small:
Paperbins were first invented in 1852 by an english donkey farmer called Harold J Pumpanickel. Its name come from the latin ‘papierum’ meaning made in china, and ‘binatus’ meaning will fall apart. The original use for the device was as an elephant repelant and was named product of the year for 10 year running (1853-63). It wasn’t untill 1926 that, due to an admin error, a paperbin was was baught by one Joeseph Spanknasty, upon seeing the devise and realizing his mistake he flung it into a corner and deposited his recipt inside, and thus, the paperbin was born.
Very funny.
Hahahaha! Did you leave that bit of gem in wikipedia or did you find it like that??
The creativity of some people is staggering haha!
Anyhow, all the best!!
Hello! I didn’t write that Wikipedia entry myself, no! I was looking to buy a wheelie bin online and saw that there was a Wiki entry on bins… I thought – how much could really go into that? Are bins that interesting? Apparently, they are!
Nice blog, btw.
Hahahahaha! That’s funny! I’m not sure which bit is the funniest!
Just out of curiousity, how do you suppose you’d use a paperbin as an elephant repellant?
Dunno. Best ask “Joseph Spanknasty.” Ahem.
Brilliant! I love people with waaaaay too much time on their hands
Joseph Spanknasty is the greatest pseudonym ever
hahaha,
ok, ok, i confess, it was meeee.
MWAHAHAHA
tarquin paperbin! you’ve come out of hiding! which wikipedia articles are you editing these days?!
i’ve move on from that, fying bigger fish now. but if i ever do any other wiki-work i’ll let you know.
I find the name Tarquin difficult to believe.
Best comment thread on this blog. Yay!
vincent, i can’t belive you have difficulty with the name tarquin and not my sirname. but either way you can find me on facebook, i like to keep intouch with all my ‘janitor’ friends there. i’ll go and make my account viewable by anyone so you can have a good snoop around.
have fun.
Be my facebook friend, Tarquin?