Shiny TV lady watches me clean my flat...
Well here's something weird that happened to me today. Yahoo! has this thing called The 9 and it's like nine memes that they think are funny or cool or interesting or whatever and it's presented by this lady who is sort of perfect and shiny and full of happiness and not in the slightest bit frayed around the edges. The very idea of her and me operating on the same planet seems to me completely implausible. But now she's watched me cleaning my flat and somwhere deep inside I can't tell you how funny I find that. It all feels a bit backwards—I thought I was supposed to be watching the shiny lady on television while cleaning my flat, not have impossibly airbrushed happy people glued to their screens while I do the dishes. Totally freaky bizarre. Thank you Great Aunt Yahoo for making my afternoon more entertaining than I could possibly have expected!
Don't forget of course that you can see this video in its full original context on plasticbag.org - home of pointless ephemera, grouchy curmudgeonising and occasional brilliant insightery since 1999.
Comments
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That's fantastic. You're quite the celebrity. And, you're right, she's got some serious shine.
→ Posted by: Steven at October 11, 2006 10:47 PM
I like the fact that you're paid by the same company. There's something perfect in that...
→ Posted by: sippey at October 11, 2006 11:43 PM
Dear lord... was your apartment burgled again?
→ Posted by: kerry at October 11, 2006 11:49 PM
Yes! I also love the fact that I could bump into her in the corridor if I ever went down to Santa Monica. Maybe she eats in the canteen! Who am I kidding. She doesn't eat, she must be the product of a large render farm somewhere. No real person is that full of vim!
→ Posted by: Tom Coates at October 11, 2006 11:57 PM
You've written the best description of the 9 that I've ever seen! Well done.
→ Posted by: Jeremy Zawodny at October 12, 2006 1:08 AM
Now you just have to live with the fact you were denied the number one spot by a collection of creepy stuffed animals...
It's a cruel world...
→ Posted by: Andrew at October 12, 2006 8:40 AM
Best shiny lady ever!
→ Posted by: Dave at October 12, 2006 11:41 AM
But what is she wearing?
→ Posted by: Mac at October 14, 2006 8:17 PM