Shape Shifting Reptilians about to acheive Complete Control over the planet

April 16, 2002 5:32 PM

This is going to sound like a bizarre joke, but did anyone else on the 'Filter get spam about "Shape Shifting Reptilians about to acheive Complete Control over the planet", with a link that leads to this guy's site. It was sitting in my inbox when I got home today, I can't think of where else on the 'Net I coulda picked this up, and if it's a prank it's a good one, but it's so weird that only a MeFite could've come up with it.

So Anyone else or just me?
posted by jonmc to MetaFilter-Related at 5:32 PM (15 comments total)

And what do you have against the reptiles skallas? Is it that we have the power to make you disappear?
posted by eyeballkid at 5:43 PM on April 16, 2002

He's well known in Canada, at least, because there were disputes at the border about whether to allow him into the country for a reading - many said his "Jews are shapeshifting lizard aliens" comments fell under 'hate speech'.
posted by Marquis at 5:55 PM on April 16, 2002

I just read Jon Ronson's "Them". It's got a great chapter on wacky David Ickes...
posted by owillis at 6:26 PM on April 16, 2002

I've just spoken with my reptiles, who believe that any implied association with this guy is damaging to their reputation. They plan a class-action lawsuit.
posted by mcwetboy at 7:51 PM on April 16, 2002

It wasn't me...
at least, that's what THEY want you to think.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 9:16 PM on April 16, 2002

What a psycho, although I do have to give him props for this hilariously perceptive 'blue pill' page.
*slither*
posted by insomnyuk at 9:55 PM on April 16, 2002

oh that was me. my bad.
posted by jcterminal at 10:21 PM on April 16, 2002

This guy, of course, would be in the phone book under "Icke David," which I would pronounce as "Icky David," which seems just about right. Funny, though.
posted by diddlegnome at 10:24 PM on April 16, 2002

i remember him here in the UK when he used to be a TV presenter.
Then one day he just went wacko.
Quality.
posted by Frasermoo at 12:25 AM on April 17, 2002

I remember him when he was a goalkeeper. I am an old, old man.
posted by ceiriog at 1:31 AM on April 17, 2002

Marquis -

Have a look at the Ronson book (the Icke chapter in its original form as a Guardian Weekend article) - the thing is that organisations such as the Anti-Defamation League think that Icke is using the words "reptiles from another planet" as a codeword for "jew", whereas in fact he means "reptiles from another planet".
posted by Grangousier at 1:34 AM on April 17, 2002

Man, I wish I got spam like that! I keep getting the same old "Herbal Viagra" and "Get out of Debt" crap. I might have actually bought one of those "I know the biggest secret" coffee mugs he's hawking on his site.
posted by macadamiaranch at 5:46 AM on April 17, 2002

Just as I was reading this MeTa post on the main page, "BE A MAGNET THAT ONLY ATTRACTS WOMEN" spam landed in my inbox. I'm forwarding it to evanizer.
posted by NortonDC at 8:09 AM on April 17, 2002

Funny, I've only just finished reading Ronson's "Them" as well. If I've had any spam, I must have missed it. Mailwasher does a brilliant job of filtering it.
posted by salmacis at 8:03 AM on April 18, 2002

I actually believe he's not a wacko but in fact someone with pretty sharp business acumen who realised he could either stick around as an ex-soccer star and a has-been sports presenter... or become the Son of God and make a tidy living while being revered by a loyal bunch of disciples. Oliver Stone's tried for years to become a detested / ridiculed conspiracy theorist and David Icke just strolls in and takes the job.
posted by skylar at 1:44 AM on April 20, 2002