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Prior art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface
by blast 3mo ago
Prior art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface
- breppp 3mo agoI thought that's the prior art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment
- rf15 3mo agoLord Buckethead is much older than Boaty McBoatface.
- rjsw 3mo agoBetter prior art [1], in an actual election. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Drummond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Drummond
- manarth 3mo agoAlso members of the Original Monster Raving Loony Party, who have achieved multiple seats, including Mayor of Ashburton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party#Electoral_performance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_...
- lproven 3mo agoStill no: "Lord Buckethead" first stood in 1987, some 15 years before the "H'Angus the monkey" campaign in 2002.
- Lio 3mo agoActually the prior art is Screaming Lord Sutch of the Monster Raving Looney Party[1] who started in 1963. As a former Monster Raving Looney I have decided to defect to the Binface Party based on their sensible policies on the hand dryer in the Uxbridge Crown & Treaty pub. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch
- lproven 3mo agoNope. Several decades later. The "Boaty McBoatface" campaign was from 2016. "Lord Buckethead" first appeared in 1987, some 30 years earlier.