Yeah, that's right, we got you!
Forget Me Not Panties
is a hoax. The Panty Raiders (that's us) made this website in one night, and it cost us $18.
Thousands of men from all over the world tried to buy our panties... and they were not alone.
Lots of women begged us to make Forget Me Not Boxers.
We had over
600,000 people come to our site in 3 weeks, and then shortly after that
we hit a
million, and then we lost count.
If you thought Forget Me Not Panties were real, you got duped, but you aren't stupid.
We had
over 300 distribution requests and 90% of the press we got never figured
out the "GPS panties" was really an art project. We even created a fake
PR company
to handle the press that suddenly bombarded our inbox.
We had press from all over the world, but we credit the success of the site to our
blogging fans, and it was because of them we won
Eyebeam's Contagious Media Showdown
The following are just a sample of some of the
press
and emails we received.
EMAIL:
Email from May 26, 2005:
I thought I had gotten lucky in this life by being born after the 1920's, where
women are, for the most part, no longer kept in servitude by their husbands. This
product, I would like to remind you, helps no one: those who buy these undergarments
are being robbed of the bond of trust between partners and family members, having
it replaced with chains of technology. Were I a young woman and found out that
my parents were tracking my vagina, I would have felt raped. It is extremely sad
that people like you and those in charge of this business will do anything to make
a quick buck. I hope it at least gives you some kind of buzz to bring shame back
to women.
Email from June 6, 2005
SICK PEOPLE
U SHOULD BE ARRESTED, PUT TO JAIL AND ROT TILL DEATH
YOUR PRODUCT IS ABSURD AND TOTALLY UNETHICAL
DIE PAINFULLY,
B
Email from June 11, 2005
Just a little friendly advice on your marketing approach. This idea has a lot
of potential, but you will sell a much, and I do stress MUCH larger amount of
this product...fear needs to be your motivator...think about changing the name;
ie...keepyourchildrensafe.com or preventkidnapping.com
Email from June 24, 2005
(from a Canadian member of the press)
Ah, you had me !!! Now we have to publish an erratum tomorrow...
Well done.
-n
Email from June 5, 2005
Have you forgot about the men? What do they have? Please, don't mind my rudeness,
I'm only thirteen. It's an invasion of privacy and if she was cheating of him,
he's probably a big butthole.
Email from June 7, 2005
I contacted the magazines in which you claim you have testimonials but they have
never heard of your product before. I can only assume that your [sic] a scam
artist and it's a good thing your not taking any orders or I would report you
to the Tokyo authorities so they can arrest you. Have a nice day
Email from June2, 2005
I read with interest about your Forget-Me-Not panties. I think they are an
excellent product and am considering purchasing about a dozen pairs. I have one
question however; if the woman wearing the panties indulges in "self enjoyment"
and causes her temperature to rise, will the panties be able to to tell that she
is not engaged in activties with a partner ?
PRESS:
Magazine/Newspaper: Rolling Stone (US), Marie Claire
(US), Cosmopolitan (Australia), The Sun (UK), The Obersver (UK), FHM (Greece,
Lithuania, Netherlands), Zink, The Harrow Technology Report, High Tech Magazine,
Which? Magazine, Manager Magazin, Squeeze Magazine, Montreal Gazette, GigaHz,
Vancouver Sun, Macleans Magazine
TV/Radio: CBS Evening News, NBC News, Arthur et les Pirates (France),
Today FM (Ireland), WPYX(NY), KCFX(KY), WMGK(PA), KISS (TX), WBSX(PA), KICK (SD),
WJRR (FLA), KSLZ (MO), KWWV (FLA), KLLI (TX), WIOQ(PA)
Blogs: Over 18,000
Online Journalism Review
The Register
Marketing VOX
Elvira Ramirez (Defunct site)
FEMINISTing(Defunct site)
Slashdot
Gadgetism
Gizmodo
FeministsUnite
I BE FLOATING (Lost Page)
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