Trivial Contest Won By Ephemeral Celebrity
Posh Spice Website dubbed "la creme de la crap"
July 26-- In a stunning last-minute upset, Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham took the honors in the almost completely ignored Wombat File "Dregs of Online" Challenge. Her Beckingham Palace site, the existence of which was, shockingly the subject of actual press attention, demonstrated a breathtaking combination of stupidity, vanity, and media hoo-hah. The animated "tour" and promotional site combines visual ugliness, pathetic attempts to market her uncompelling family as a brand, and opportunities to join a meaningless "V.I.P" club. One observer characterized a visit to her site as "an experience leaving one drained of emotion or any real human response" and lauded its "commitment to a resolutely valueless endeavor." Others remarked on the irony that this condemnation would itself be ignored by all but the four or five souls who read this webpage.
Although resident Wombat philosopher Michael Green made a strong case for the X10 camera "popunder" ads that litter one's desktop when you inadverdantly click on a site that uses them, their very ubiquity made them, according to the panel "a sensible, but less characteristically pointless" choice.
Ms. Beckingham could not be reached for comment. Of course, nobody tried.
Posted by B T at July 26, 2001 11:27 AM