This photo of a busted lip is the world's first known 'selfie', posted to an ABC Online forum more than a decade ago.
The September 13, 2002, forum post was written by a user dubbed 'Hopey' and said:
"Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer [sic] and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps.
"I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie."
Hopey had started the forum thread seeking advice about whether licking his lips would make his stitches dissolve too soon. He went on to offer:
"Anyone wanna see a picture of it? It's pretty cool." =================================
Now for the "TALE"
That was "MY Other Forum".. ..The Science Forum I'd mentioned several times.
I say "WAS" <-- since it too has gone the way of all Forums.. ..it closed down a while back and reopened under different owners & different servers ..yada..yada..yada..
Just a Kick to see Old Friends in the News
_________________________ . "...or am I a butterfly dreaming she's a woman?"
well the way the GOTP has been going lately with the shutdown fiasco, internal fighting between establishment and the new TP wing-nutz... etc... seems like a selfie to me !!
I was just reading about selfies this morning. Never heard of this till this am.
Yar... First I'd heard it used was first thing this morning myself... it was a topic of discussion on "Morning Joe"
It's all over the Web as the Word of the Year but it wasn't until a mutual friend linked me to the thread in our forum where they were all 'waggin' their chins' about it.
Word-Smithing & Language Usage is rampant there so that degree of notoriety is a big deal.
_________________________ . "...or am I a butterfly dreaming she's a woman?"
j/k
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