22.6.11

..... sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead

see here: http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html

".....best known for an email exchange, offering to pay a $233 bill with a drawing of a spider. When that email was posted on his site in November 2008, traffic soared from several hundred visits a day to half a million, and the post became fodder for David Letterman’s show."
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane, I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.
Regards, David.



also: "Please design a logo for me.
 With pie charts. 
 For free". http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p2.html

one on one exclusive interview, David Thorne talks candidly with Oprah about Lucius doing a sexy dance and his book The Internet is a Playground.



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:  David Thorne (writer)
Born 13 February 1972 (age 39)
Geraldton, Western Australia
Occupation Writer, design director
Nationality Australian
Period 2006–present
Genres Satire

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David Thorne is an Australian humourist, satirist, Internet personality and New York Times best-selling author.[1] His work has been featured on the BBC, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Thorne gained public recognition in late 2008 for an email exchange[2] in which he attempts to pay an overdue bill with a drawing of a seven-legged spider.[3] The exchange spread virally via email and social networking sites, leading to a surge of visitors to his website 27b/6 (27bslash6).[4] 27b/6 features a collection of humorous emails and articles from Thorne's life. These and additional essays appear in Thorne's book, The Internet is a Playground. Published by Penguin Group and released on 28 April 2011, the book debuted at number 4 on The New York Times Best Seller list[5].

Thorne says that he has been a long-time fan of other online satirists like Ross Amorelli, Mil Millington and George Ouzounian (better known as Maddox), stating that they have all been a "constant source of amusement over the last few years."[6] Much of Thorne's humour is autobiographical and self-deprecating, often concerning his immediate family and work associates.

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