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blue eyes, not black

Just to clear up some confusion: I am not the poor bloke with a black eye in one of this site’s former featured photos. That is my friend Glen. I was the photographer.

To see the photo click here.

Several readers have asked, “What the hell is going on in that photo?” I told Glen he can use this forum to inform. So let’s see if he does.

In the meantime, a caption for the photo was submitted by none other than Confucius himself — or is it herself in this case? Whatever, here it is:

So my Chinese teacher wrote this pick-up line on the back of a candy wrapper and I ended up telling this chick at a bar where to insert a firecracker …

03.07.2003, 1:59 AM · Photos

5 Comments

On Jan 12, 2004 7:09 PM, nick said:

done waiting dan. dob Glen in - you know you want to…
On Jan 12, 2004 7:10 PM, dan said:

dob?
On Jan 12, 2004 7:18 PM, nick said:

Australian phrase. Turn someone in (usually a bit sneaky in the English “grass” sense)
On Jan 12, 2004 7:18 PM, Black-Eyed Aussie said:

I really wish I could say that I fell down some stairs in a drunken kungfu street brawl, or, that I just got done playing a game of rugby with fellow expatriates….but……this is really a prank I did for the lovely folks at Mars Co., Australia….I am claiming a “one king-sized bar” in compensation for an alleged “incident” where I got beat by the end of a broom by an angry Chinese vendor when I tried to claim my free bar (part of the Mars bar promotion) that I purchased from him!
On Jan 12, 2004 7:19 PM, nick said:

Jesus that was unexpected.

I was “chercing la femme” if you’ll pardon my wonky french.

btw Glen as an Australian living overseas you may want to register your disapproval for today’s attack on Iraq without UN approval at a website launched this week in Sydney www.notinourname.org.au
(sorry for using your site Dan…)