Complex Numbers

Revisited: "Took the train down to Athens"

Today is the day when I dig into the archives for a past post and talk about what's changed—in me or in the world.

Unfortunately, what's changed in this case is that both of the links I shared are now broken: "Took the train down to Athens" , from 14 years ago.

On one talon, it should be no surprise that 14-year-old links are broken. On the other talon, they were from The Daily Mash (kind of the British version of The Onion, still in existence) and Cracked (which, though it's gone through its own changes, I continue to read and, on occasion, share).

Everyone knows that Greece's economy has taken a turn for the worse, right?

I reiterate: this was 2010. Lots of economies had already tanked. Some had even begun to recover.

(There followed a movie reference that was probably a lame attempt at a joke even way back then.)

But it's the next-to-last paragraph that had me rolling on the floor laughing my acronyms off.

And sadly, whatever that funny bit was is probably lost in the mists of time. Someone might be able to find it by searching the internet archives. But that someone will not be me. The world has moved on since then, and there are more relevant jokes around. Besides, I just can't be arsed.

Bonus link is from Cracked:

Back then, that site ran Photoshop contests that schlubs like us (not me, though, because I suck at photo editing). This was apparently one of them.

Incidentally, The Daily Mash was paywalled last time I tried to look at it (it's been a while). They're funny, but not funny enough for me to subscribe.

The title of the post was, as with some of my other entry titles, a reference to a song. If you feel cheated by all the broken links, at least I can post the relevant music video, Euro-Trash Girl from Cracker, who I once had the pleasure of seeing in concert:

Took the train down to Athens
And I slept in a fountain
Some Swiss junkie in Turin
Ripped me off for my cash
Yeah, I'll search the world over
For my angel in black
Yeah, I'll search the world over
For a Euro-trash girl