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Back In The USSB

  • November 5, 2009
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Sorry about this readers but GOOD GOD have you seen this utter piece of rubbish? It is an offi­cially sanc­tioned Beatles USB stick, announced yesterday. It's got Beatles songs on it and some other bits. 

It costs about £200 and is limited to 30,000 units. 

200!

30,000!!

This reminds us of the time we attempted to pop­ular­ise the idea of muffin USB stick formats as a new way to sell music. 

Except at least you could eat the muffin. And a muffin single would cost £2.29. This Beatles thing costs about two hundred pounds! Yes, we know they could put the Beatles back catalogue inside a baked potato then shove it up a cow's arse and you'd still shift 8,000 units but Christ alive, what are you supposed to do with a small plastic apple? Put it on your shelf? Oh yes that would be a good idea because it's not as if every single person who came round your house wouldn't see it and imme­di­ately recognise it for what it is: a miniature beacon of your massive stupidity. Yes put it on your shelf. It def­in­itely won't be the first thing to be picked up and chucked out of the window by your wife when she's screaming at you about a divorce. Brilliant. 

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