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The Sun newspaper drops some acid, officially shits its pants

EndlessWindow [Edit] [Delete] 70 replies 00:57, 31 July '13

Normally I'd wish to avoid this poisonous Murdoch rag as the filth it is, but the Wednesday front cover is...well, just take a look for yourself.

httptwitter.com/suttonnick/status/362318649815605248/photo/1

Done laughing? Lovely. Quite why they've chosen now to print the newspaper equivalent of The Day Today's emergency broadcast film I'm not entirely sure - distraction from the numerous Murdoch sexual rumours perhaps - but the extravagant weirdness of the spectacle is interesting at least. Right?

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Looks like a quiz

Wheaty | 31 Jul '13, 01:02 | X
I like the cheeky little dalek next to the eden project

fappable | 31 Jul '13, 01:04 | X
lolwut

japes | 31 Jul '13, 01:04 | X
- hopefully you can click this
  
  https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/362318649815605248/photo/1
  
  japes @japes | 31 Jul '13, 01:20 | X
it looks like someone started playing Sim City for the first time without doing any tutorials

Oh_Shangri-La | 31 Jul '13, 01:05 | X

Parsefone, fappable, umlaut_ampersand, Launchpad, jordannn, Antelope, jontosh2001, Epimer, berksy, urbanfox, ElthamsmateOwen, incandenza_, chris_81, and imaperv this'd this
I thought the Millennium Dome was supposed to be shite

and who's that coming out of that building above it? Is that Lampsy?

mug_mug_mug | 31 Jul '13, 01:08 | X
Is this their paywall launch?

"A physical copy of our paper is now so humiliating to be seen carrying you might as well pay for it online instead. Go on."

umlaut_ampersand | 31 Jul '13, 01:14 | X
It's just totally inexplicable,

And you have to wonder what crisis or bad news story has prompted it.

Unless they're kicking off their party political broadcasts very early, the timing seems really off as well.

marckee | 31 Jul '13, 01:14 | X
Quite like the "What the fuck am I reading" pose the woman in the bottom right has adopted

Parsefone | 31 Jul '13, 01:23 | X
- it's weirdly self-referential
  
  anal_schwarzenegger @Parsefone | 31 Jul '13, 01:24 | X
easyjet!?

umlaut_ampersand | 31 Jul '13, 01:23 | X
- flying dangerously close to that wind turbine
  
  (intentionally??)
  
  ohgood @umlaut_ampersand | 31 Jul '13, 01:37 | X
heh

https://mobile.twitter.com/thesundaypeople/status/362340699087175680/photo/1

marckee | 31 Jul '13, 01:27 | X
- :D
  
  fappable @marckee | 31 Jul '13, 01:29 | X
  
  lukowski, mug_mug_mug, shrewbie, japes, Oh_Shangri-La, gonad, TheWza, mfmcd57, EndlessWindow, joeymahone, lemonbrickcombo, Epimer, fitzcarraldo, littlebirds, berksy, GayGuevara, splitterwill, Loui_Tacceh, ma0sm, ElthamsmateOwen, JGJug, meths, Antpocalypsenow, and incandenza_ this'd this
  - One ex-NOTW journo isn't getting the joke...
    
    http://usvsth3m.com/post/56953430391/former-news-of-the-world-news-editor-fails-to-get-joke
    Tee hee.
    
    EndlessWindow @fappable | 31 Jul '13, 09:53 | X
    - :D
      
      What is the significance of the onions?
      
      joeymahone @EndlessWindow | 31 Jul '13, 10:03 | X
      
      thewarn, Epimer, JGJug, berksy, TheoGB, justanothersheeldz, littlebirds, marckee, GayGuevara, oojimaflop, splitterwill, deadonthestairs, lemonbrickcombo, 84joe, BobRickerton, didyousayhand, alcxxk, japes, TheWza, Royter-Hatfood, ma0sm, ElthamsmateOwen, Cementimental, incandenza_, hanshotfirst, badmanreturns, and imaperv this'd this
odd

didyousayhand | 31 Jul '13, 01:32 | X
- wait is that john terry middle right?!
  
  didyousayhand @didyousayhand | 31 Jul '13, 01:34 | X
  - also i don't recognise a worrying amount of things there
    
    didyousayhand @didyousayhand | 31 Jul '13, 01:35 | X
    - why is any of it there though?
      
      is there a story behind it?
      
      odd
      
      didyousayhand @didyousayhand | 31 Jul '13, 01:36 | X
      - Rupert Murdock has been fucking Rebecca Brookes, who in turn has been fucking his son,
        
        and Rupert Murdock's wife has been fucking Tony Bliar, in some sort of bizarre sex cult, inexplicably linked to Operation Yewtree.
        
        It's a distraction piece, basically.
        
        cavemanteeth @didyousayhand | 31 Jul '13, 01:39 | X
        
        WABZNASM
        
        -dan- @cavemanteeth | 31 Jul '13, 01:40 | X
        
        Loui_Tacceh, abbathehorse, and lyserge this'd this
So, when's the Scottish referendum again?

-dan- | 31 Jul '13, 01:38 | X
It's ok, I found the reason:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2290289/why-the-Sun-is-going-batshit.html

-dan- | 31 Jul '13, 01:45 | X

fappable, Antelope, and berksy this'd this
- I also see that Eamonn Holmes groped his wife on the This Morning some TV sofa.
  
  Wooly31 @-dan- | 31 Jul '13, 01:49 | X
- I like what you've done with the URL
  
  HOW HOW HOW?
  
  Gringo @-dan- | 31 Jul '13, 10:41 | X
  - it works with all Mail URLs
    
    as long as you leave everything up to "article-<number" alone, you can write whatever you want at the end
    
    guntrip @Gringo | 31 Jul '13, 10:48 | X
This is basically The Sun's equivalent of this, isn't it?

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=30b04lg&s=6

Let's hope cowcow doesn't go and tell Murdoch as Thursday's edition is due to play In Da Club upon purchase.

umlaut_ampersand | 31 Jul '13, 01:49 | X
- or this
  
  http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6152/6140319631_0260e1790b_o.jpg
  
  sean @umlaut_ampersand | 31 Jul '13, 10:00 | X
  - or this
    
    http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/toryatlasoftheworld2.jpg
    
    guntrip @sean | 31 Jul '13, 10:50 | X
www.ilovemycountry.co.uk

TheWza | 31 Jul '13, 02:43 | X
The Sun about to pick a fight with The Mail?

And the Gov. over internet curbs etc in an attempt to win back some public good will?

It's either that or it's a (unexpectedly) piss-poor reaction to the Bradley Manning conviction.

I can't think of anything else Tech related that's that big news.

mfmcd57 | 31 Jul '13, 03:13 | X
Note in the inclusion of The Liver Building

Cheeky sods

beautiful_balloon | 31 Jul '13, 09:35 | X
- It appears to be raining quite heavily on Liverpool & Blackpool
  
  No Sun for 'the north'
  
  Body_In_The_Thames @beautiful_balloon | 31 Jul '13, 10:37 | X
*stands up*

*sings national anthem tearfully*

Songs_about_ducking | 31 Jul '13, 09:54 | X
Oh wow

thewarn | 31 Jul '13, 09:56 | X
That cricket ball's the size of the Houses of Parliament.

GetOffMyLawn | 31 Jul '13, 09:58 | X
Finally! I've been waiting for silly season to start, I think this officially must be it.

See you in mid-September, actual news!

hip_young_gunslinger | 31 Jul '13, 10:04 | X
You could just look at that instead of ever listening to Al the Pub Landlord ever again

and it's much cheaper.

cocodaLOL | 31 Jul '13, 10:05 | X
2002(approx): Joel Veitch marvels the world with cats dancing to Beyoncé on rathergood.com

2013: The Sun copies the aesthetic; everyone laughs.

colon_closed_bracket | 31 Jul '13, 10:10 | X
On the top of the white cliffs of dover

there appears to be a man throwing rocks into the sea. I like to think he is screaming 'fuck off' at foreigners. Glorious.

cocodaLOL | 31 Jul '13, 10:12 | X
- I'm more concerned about the 100ft tall Mr Bean myself.
  
  EndlessWindow @cocodaLOL | 31 Jul '13, 10:16 | X
Wait til you see inside and the Sun's "Where We Stand" article on health, welfare, immigration, defence etc.

Great DiS troll bait.

GayGuevara | 31 Jul '13, 10:27 | X
- Nobody here is going to see the inside of The Sun are they?
  
  Gringo @GayGuevara | 31 Jul '13, 10:40 | X
  - its online
    
    oojimaflop @Gringo | 31 Jul '13, 10:44 | X
    - behind a paywall
      
      marckee @oojimaflop | 31 Jul '13, 10:53 | X
      - Not until tomorrow
        
        Gringo @marckee | 31 Jul '13, 10:55 | X
    - Oh well...
      
      Gringo @oojimaflop | 31 Jul '13, 10:54 | X
I actually really love this

Its pretty tongue in cheek. The Mr Bean at the bottom made me crack up, as did the picture of John Terry.

oojimaflop | 31 Jul '13, 10:45 | X
- If the Sun's mission statement
  
  is to admitt they are a pratfalling comedy rag, then I'm all for it.
  
  Pharyngeal @oojimaflop | 31 Jul '13, 10:49 | X
  - The Sun's been rumbled!
    
    GayGuevara @Pharyngeal | 31 Jul '13, 10:52 | X
    
    japes this'd this
    - they walked into the wrong bar
      
      in the wrong part of time
      
      *hangs up gun holster, leafs through case files*
      
      Pharyngeal @GayGuevara | 31 Jul '13, 10:56 | X
      - :D
        
        oojimaflop @Pharyngeal | 31 Jul '13, 11:02 | X
  - Haha, they are and they know it.
    
    I just view this from the perspective of imagining being in the meeting where the cover was planned :')
    
    oojimaflop @Pharyngeal | 31 Jul '13, 10:54 | X
What's the building far left, just up from the middle, next to the ambulance?

halfagiraffe | 31 Jul '13, 10:51 | X
- Welsh Assembly building?
  
  marckee @halfagiraffe | 31 Jul '13, 10:58 | X
  - Millennium Centre in Cardiff
    
    Gringo @marckee | 31 Jul '13, 11:07 | X
    - That's the fella.
      
      marckee @Gringo | 31 Jul '13, 11:20 | X
- Welsh parliament, I reckon.
  
  Not the most common view of it though.
  
  TheWza @halfagiraffe | 31 Jul '13, 11:10 | X
  - Nope, the Millennium Centre
    
    and its a front on view of it
    
    Gringo @TheWza | 31 Jul '13, 11:12 | X
    
    TheWza this'd this
  - Well that'll learn me to refresh before posting.
    
    TheWza @TheWza | 31 Jul '13, 11:14 | X
- The le tourneoi building
  
  in wales I believe
  
  Songs_about_ducking @halfagiraffe | 31 Jul '13, 11:19 | X
Gonna be ahead of the murdoch tapes being finally released innit?

super cluster fuck

cocodaLOL | 31 Jul '13, 10:56 | X
- my money's on this for sure
  
  plus, I think I read somewhere that they're going to relaunch News of the World online
  
  Body_In_The_Thames @cocodaLOL | 31 Jul '13, 11:18 | X
gonna get this whole cover tattooed on my chest

alcxxk | 31 Jul '13, 10:56 | X
Brief comment on this:

http://www.theguardian.com/p/3hkpj

marckee | 31 Jul '13, 11:02 | X
- roy greenslade usually on the money yeah
  
  Loui_Tacceh @marckee | 31 Jul '13, 11:13 | X
Everyone seems to be quite excited about this

Royter-Hatfood | 31 Jul '13, 11:14 | X
the sun doesn't really have the target audience for digital does it?

probably why they're trying to convince the readership that it's the patriotic thing to pay money to read the paper online.

michael_w | 31 Jul '13, 12:06 | X
Struggling to spot what cliches they've missed.

James Bond's car, page 3, a fry up, Emeli Sande. That's it so far.

itsgits | 31 Jul '13, 14:13 | X

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