British pensioner becomes YouTube star

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Septuagenarian widower's soft-spoken, humble manner has won the hearts of users of the youth-dominated Web site.

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"Everybody will have 15 minutes of fame." ...Andy Worhol
by disco-legend-zeke August 14, 2006 8:32 AM PDT: Gee someone on the internet that is older than me.

Anyhoo... In spite of the already broken vision of NET NEUTRALITY (did you know cell carriers intentionally introduce jitter into all packets to prevent VOIP from working!!!?!?!?!) it is still possible for ANYBODY to reach a mass audience.

Just pray that YOUR 15 minutes of fame is not on COPS.; Reply to this comment

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