07w36:3 Foreign Memes

Posted September 4th, 2007 by timothy. 0 Comments

Good Reads Mailing List | 2007 week 36 number 3 (Foreign Memes)

The Bus Uncle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bus_Uncle

Drugs I Wait for You!
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1369

Preved Bear

http://community.livejournal.com/ru_preved/

From Metafilter (2006-03-22): “Превед! Russia’s newest internet craze involves a painting called Bear Surprise [NSFW] by New York artist/musician John Lurie. “Превед”, or “preved”, is an intentional misspelling of “privet”, or “hello” in Russian. There’s a month-old Livejournal community dedicated to the meme and even a branded range of condoms. [Via freewilliamsburg.com]”

http://readrussia.com/a_1_2007_4.htm

http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2006/03/post.html