We’re Back… And you suck!

That’s right. You’re not imagining it. This isn’t some sort of weird David Lynch-esque dream sequence. As was prophesised in the Book of Revelations - Notfussed has returnethed!!

It’s been a long time coming… Allow me to explain a little of what happened…

Cast your mind back… back over the mists of time, to a time where things were simpler. The year was 2003… A rag tag group of internet mercenaries were sat in a pub, discussing the apparent success of their website while supping a few choice lagers…

“I say chaps!” said Deps, “This internet website lark is spiffing good fun isn’t it?”

“Aye, Sir! That it is! Let us celebrate by having some Pimms shall we?” said Taff, idly lighting a cigarette. “I do believe that in short time, we shall have moved up the search rankings of the Google Foundation, and will begin to increase our wealth through the medium of online advertising! Huzzah!”

“A jolly good show all round I feel!” said the barman, proud to have such obviously talented internet entrepreneurs in his establishment. “Pray, what is the address for the website of which you speak?”

“Why my good man, ’tis Notfussed.com. A veritable cornucopia of wit and mirth coupled with popular cultural and news worthy discussion!” explained Deps.

At this point, Taff’s mobile communications device emitted a piercing shriek as he received a text message…

“Erm… Deps…. I think we may have a problem…” said Taff, as his eyes scanned the screen of his Nokia 3210 (Yes - it was THAT long ago) “Rob’s just tried to update the site… and all he was presented with was a page explaining that this site was under construction. And that if he wanted to purchase said domain name, then he should contact this young Russian fella… You did renew the domain didn’t you?!”

Deps smiled, put his pint down carefully on the bar, and loudly proclaimed “Bugger!”

So, that’s it in a nutshell. Due to a severe lack of planning and far too much alcohol, the domain name was lost… for, we thought, ever.

But, as you can now see… We’re back! And all it took was a quick war in Iraq, a fixed election or 2 in Russia, a large amount of Nazi gold, and the sacrifice of a 3 year old rooster according to ancient mu-mu tradition. Oh, and a small amount of Polonium 210… Sorry about that

Of course, due to our unforeseen downtime, we’ve missed out on some choice events for our inspiration. 5 years is a long time, in which loads of stuff has happened. Stuff such as…

The London bombings, the resultant shutdown of Britain (which some would argue is still in place), Madeline McCann, George Bush and his second term, Global Warming, Global Cooling, Global It’s All A Natural Process, Madeline McCann, Britney and her Amazing Technicolor Breakdowns, Saint Tony Blair, The Return of Doctor Who, Liverpool and the Champions League Comeback, Madeline McCann, 2 Rugby World Cups (encompassing the rise and subsequent fall and fall and fall of the England team), 2 Football World Cups (encompassing the fall and fall and fall of the England team), the American economy (hee hee), the UK General Election that never was, Madeline McCann, Taff working in a school(!), Deps STILL working in a school(!!), Shannon Matthews (and therefore Madeline McCann), 30th Birthdays, 2 Grand Slam victories for Wales and the search for Madeline. Oh… and Heather Mills… We can’t forget good ol’ Heather…

And that’s just the stuff off the top of my head!

Still… here we are again… The world is on the cusp of change… A new American President will soon be in power… Possibly. We might have a general election in this country in the next couple of years, The Iraq Invasion/Conflict/War/Mission/Game of Risk shows no sign of going away, Afghanistan is the same as always, and we still haven’t found Osama or Madeline (a coincidence?! I think not!)

So, for now that is all. Over the coming weeks, the technical gurus will be guru’ing away trying to make head or tail of the ancient (5 year old) code that used to run this site and will be patching and hacking to try and get it to work on today’s new fangled technology. And then once more, we shall return to the fore-front of internet commentary!

If we can be bothered.

- Taff