Sad pervert news this week I’m afraid, Cracked readers. Congressman Peter King has put forward a bill that will require all camera phones to make a “tone or other sound” every time they take a picture. This would serve to warn anyone nearby that a picture has been taken, thus thwarting the attempts of amateur underpants documentarians to take pictures surreptitiously of ladies or attractive children.
All kidding about felonies aside, those are reasonable grounds for the passage of such a law. In fact, they’re so reasonable, that I doubt them immediately. So I’m going to go ahead and question Congressman King’s motives for presenting this bill. I’ve got no evidence or reason for doing this, but you know, hey, it’s the Internet. So here we go: Congressman King is passing this bill because he doesn’t want people looking at him naked. What could you be hiding under there Congressman? ARE YOU TWO MIDGETS SITTING ON ONE ANOTHER’S SHOULDERS? IS THAT IT?
Look at them, sitting there, scheming their tiny little schemes.
And it’s because of that premise, and also because Cracked does not endorse any type of illegal activity at all (unless it’s hilarious,) that I’m not going to write an article about how to take pictures of attractive young ladies on the bus. Even if they are asking for it by using mass transit like dirty little whores. Instead I’m going to write an article about how to take pictures of Congressman Peter King without his clothes on. And you’re going to read it. You’re actually like a third of the way done already. Kudos!
How to Take Pictures of Congressman Peter King without his clothes on.
Conceal a web cam in an area where Congressman Peter King is likely to get naked. A change room at a gym, the upstairs shower in his home, a barn.
Use a cell phone camera, but make a loud covering noise to drown out the camera when you take a picture of Congressman Peter King. Again obviously you’ll need to be in an area where he’s likely to be naked (Turkish Bath.) For the sound itself, a cough works well here, as does a fart, or a noisy disavowal of the ownership of a previous fart.
Offer Congressman Peter King money to pose naked. If he refuses, offer him more money. Repeat. This will work with almost everyone actually, often sooner than you may think. Everyone has their price, and it has been empirically determined that most legislators price will be between 400 and 500 dollars - more in election years.
Use X-Ray Specs. Does anyone have any old Cracked back issues and is willing to see whether we ever offered these back in the days when Cracked was a physical journal of intellectual curiosities instead of the shallow electric cesspool it is today? I don’t think it’ll work anymore, but if anyone wants to send me 50 Proof of Purchases for the web site, I’ll see if I can send you something that you can pretend allows you to see rude titties.
Offer him a role in an arty flick. Make vague talk about Oscar potential if he acts out with his sack out.* Observe that this is exactly how Gwyneth Paltrow got her Oscar, being sure to explain that the actual scene with her sack was cut when the film ran long.
*According to Google, I just invented that phrase. How bout that? Check out this guy! (If anyone else has also invented it, I am willing to split any residuals with you, once we figure out how to monetize this bitch. Call my people.)
During a torrid inter-class love affair aboard a doomed vessel, ask to render a charcoal drawing of Congressman Peter King in the nude. Upon its completion, reveal that you are a pervert and run off.
Get a shiny piece of metal or mirror, and fabricate it into a round shape, ideally concave. Attach a thick black strap to it, and fasten it to your head. Put on a white lab coat. Now disguised as a doctor, enter the congressman’s doctor office, and incapacitate the staff in the usual manner. When the congressman comes in for an examination, ask him to disrobe. Take a moment to drink it all in. Mumble something about needing to take a biopsy, then snap several pictures with a Polaroid before revealing yourself as a pervert and scampering away.
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And that’s about it, or at least all I could come up with without needing to retain a lawyer. On a final note, significant by its absence in the text of the bill is any reference to what “sound” a camera phone should make. Most commentators have assumed that it will be a shutter sound like on an old caveman camera. My personal vote would be for an enormous “BOING!” sound. You know, something that will hang in the air for a couple seconds, quivering like a fat man on a trampoline. How about you? What sound do you think all cameras should make?
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November 1st, 2009 at 12:36 pm
should make a sound like a middle aged child molester exhaling
August 28th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
“I think it should be Michael Ironside’s gravelly voice announcing ‘I saw your titties.’”
Holy shit, someone give this man a job in the camera industry. He’s the kind of genius that the industry needs to stop not making money. I will happily kill any and all of your enemies if you hire this man.
July 16th, 2009 at 11:27 am
“During a torrid inter-class love affair aboard a doomed vessel…”
That one took me a second, but three seconds later when I got it, I nearly shot coffee out of my nose.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
“I’m Rick James, bitch.”
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:26 am
throw “act out with your sack out” on a shirt
May 26th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Ha!
You would think that they world have OK’d it at the beginning instead of allowing it to go so long without saying a thing and then bringing it back up when it was too late. I don’t understand it at all. Vivaxa Reviews
May 25th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Aderas: The “usual manner” is of course showing them pictures of Peter King naked. It’s like looking at Medusa, they turn to stone. Just tell him that when you replaced the doctor he took it out on you by putting up creepy statues of himself and his staff.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Imma clickin’ mah shutter! SHOOP DA WOOOOOOP!
May 19th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
I think it should be Michael Ironside’s gravelly voice announcing “I saw your titties.”
May 10th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
hi
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Pervert. Well at least i get to see his fucking dick-sack.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:57 am
it should be something loong and irritating. Maybe you should get a choice of either stupid sounds or sentences that r sure to get u fucked up. And it should all be played at several decibles higher that a 3 year olds happy scream of excitement. Really! this is a good idea. Imagine if every camera made a loud and distinct sound like an elephant calling to his group or a male swans trumphet. Or if the other option were phrases like, “Damn ur fat!” or “man, ur hideous but i cant take my eyes off u! Or my personal favorite: “That right! im trying to catch u in the act and turn this pic in for a reward!” Cud u imagine how phucking quick they wud totally drop that law from existence? With my ideas, id give it a week and everyone in the country will finally unite on something for the bettr good….killing that bill!
oh and Congressman Peter King wud prabubly have his home burnt down, his town rioted, and his dick irreplacably btchered. So theres always that plus…..
March 7th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Wouldn’t older model camera phones owned by the not so tech savvy not be an issue then?
February 27th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Peter King can eat all the dicks
February 26th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
“…enter the congressman’s doctor office, and incapacitate the staff in the usual manner.”
What?
February 25th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
its my firm belief that if the brown note is ever discovered then it should definately be the sound cameraphones make!
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:45 am
How about the sound of silence? That qualifies as a sound! Or maybe a really obnoxious sound played at -10dB? Even at -10dB, it’s a sound, so it’s legal!
February 17th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
boing is good,but what is brown and sounds like manure?DUNG!
February 15th, 2009 at 8:03 am
The sound should be “schwing!”
My camera phone has a ’shutter’ noise… but luckily it is easily turned off.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I would go for a loud “Wawaweewa!”.
In response to namorgasm, the law runs in Japan most likely because the Japanese are born pervs who get horny with just about anything!
Mmm, what about zee Germans? (”Essen meine Scheisse?”)
February 11th, 2009 at 12:22 am
I propose something like ” Oh yeahhhhhhh”, “do it again” from the speaker. you know get your mood up for more pictures.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Lo Says:
January 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
. . .
Sorry if I sound overly cynical, but I manage to defeat perverts just fine through the magic technique of not dressing like a whore. Amazing!
Sorry, but if you are an attractive young girl, you will still attractive pervs like flies, even if you are dressed conservatively.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I think the required sound should be thus: “Look! A pervert just took a picture of your underpants and/or attractive child!”
February 8th, 2009 at 10:09 am
I can’t beleive how people think of such stupid ideas. Must be hell of an imaginery.
February 6th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
a BOING sound is exactly the sound my camera phone makes when i snap a picture. that instantly labels me as qualified to take on this task. i’m on the job, Bucholz
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:38 pm
I’m casting my vote for a very long belch of resonant timbre.
February 2nd, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Heh heh heh…
A sound that goes “HA HA! YOU JUST GOT YOUR PICTURE TAKEN!” for several minutes until the congressman finally realizes that he’s had his picture taken.
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 am
act out with your sack out.
lololol
January 30th, 2009 at 3:46 am
“Namorgasm Says:
January 28th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Anyone who says it’s a person’s fault for being scantily clad in the first place is a filthy misogynist. I should have to make my daily decisions assuming the other people out there are creeps, huh? I should preemptively tailor my decisions based off of not inciting the uncontrollable lust of the poor helpless males? Fuck that. ”
No wear what you, but don’t come bitching and calling people pervs.
and “uncontrollable lust of the poor helpless males?” Really? because women would NEVER look at a guy on the bus, right? Get off your damn high horse. theres 6 billion humans and we all have natural instincts.
January 29th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Correction:Smell yo Dick.
January 29th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
The only real choice is to have the camera play smell you dick. Anything else is failure.
January 29th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I have a pair of X-ray specs in front of me at this very moment. What are you willing to do for them?
January 29th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Dosn’t it seem logical to just put a bit of tape on the speaker and take the photo in a secluded, noise polluted place? Then again…If you have tape and are in a noise polluted place with no-one around, might as well attempt what some people (Just me) call “Mandatory sexy time”
January 29th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Vegetarian Love - PETA’s controversial new sex-with-vegetables ad with naked hotties!
http://www.tokillfor.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f1649b553212e0b61731&page=3&viewtype=&category=mr
January 29th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Because Senate should be deciding whether people fap off to shitty camera phone pictures instead of fixing the economy.
January 28th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Treating every scantily clad girl like a whore is like treating every black guy with sagging pants like a criminal. It’s presumptuous. You shouldn’t cast ultimate judgment on someone that quickly.
January 28th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
I can’t beleive this douche bag politician is trying to pass such a stupid fucking law. Our government is just out of conrol. If this asshole can’t suggest something constructive he should just shut the fuck up!
There are a lot of dumb laws…. for example an I-9 proof of citizenship that everybody fills out when they get a job has to be filled out in black ink or it isn’t valid. Who the fuck cares what color pen you use to fill it out? We should find out which jerk off politician had that brilliant idea so we can make fun of him and make sure he doesn’t get re-elected.
January 28th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
i think that we shuold get a hot guy and make out!!!!!!!!
January 28th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Yo said “people”, but It seems that only the Congressman is the object of your dementia.
January 28th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Namorgasm, yes it is your fault for dressing half naked, and regardless of taking pics or whatever men do have eyes and memories…
January 28th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Those people who take nude pics of people without their knowledge are rat bastards, and should do time. That is just fucked up. However, I will get you some pics of Peter King if you give me a couple weeks. *evil grin*
January 28th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Namorgasm you are a stupid cunt. Yes you have to consider other peoples reactions when you dress. If you dress like a whore and get treated like one, you are just as much at fault as the “misogynist”. You don’t live in a fucking vacuum.
January 28th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I want mine to meow…but not a cute meow…more like a, “MURHoww?” …question mark and all.
But in reality, camera noises are really obnoxious. Real camera equipment no longer makes noise…and the cellphone noises just annoy people (I turned it off on mine).
January 28th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I agree with Namorgasm. For the misogynist comment. As for the law being passed, I think it’s a waste of time.
However, I like the Boing and the Wolf Whistle ideas.
January 28th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Anyone who says it’s a person’s fault for being scantily clad in the first place is a filthy misogynist. I should have to make my daily decisions assuming the other people out there are creeps, huh? I should preemptively tailor my decisions based off of not inciting the uncontrollable lust of the poor helpless males? Fuck that.
That being said, this bill is only now being passed? It’s been around in Japan for a few years.
January 28th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Haha if the phrase you’re talkign about is SACK OUT - then nah mate, you didn’t invent it, people say it here in Australia more than they probably should.
January 28th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Sorry if I sound overly cynical, but I manage to defeat perverts just fine through the magic technique of not dressing like a whore. Amazing!
Exactly where are you living where 10 year old children are “dressing like whores”? Are you armish?
January 28th, 2009 at 6:33 am
How about not dressing like a dirty dirty slut in the first place?
Failing which a heavy moan sound or a continous moaning sound if they are videoing it
January 28th, 2009 at 6:16 am
If it isn’t a giggle, with a soft, snarky snort at the end……someone’s clearly dropped the ball in R&D.
January 28th, 2009 at 4:07 am
There is the issue of how someone with a zoom lens is supposed to alert the subject that they’re being photographed. I recommend duct-taping megaphones to zoom lenses so that “Incoming!’ can be heard for at least a quarter-mile.
January 28th, 2009 at 3:38 am
“kkazican Says:
January 27th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
How about he not pass the bill since a similar law is already in effect in Japan due to the same reasons, and since 98% of all cellphones created are made in Japan they already have that feature built in.”
Actually, since one of the most popular brand of cell phones is Nokia, and Nokia is a Finnish company, I’d say your estimate is…slightly exaggerated.
January 28th, 2009 at 12:48 am
“incapacitate the staff in the usual manner”
Genius!
January 27th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
That’s right so you perverts watch out, cause we will know that you have just taken a picture when the little sound alerts us…after the picture is taken.
Or you could be like the professional perverts out there. Just buy a DVR pen or wristwatch!! http://www.gizmag.com/spygear/
January 27th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
If those guys writing the law aren’t pussies, it should sound like an AK-47 on automatic firing about 100 rounds. However, the real perverts would probably enjoy not only getting pictures up a girl’s skirt, but also of her soiling herself. Still, you would have to be really serious about your photography…particularly in the city. Or theater. Or operating room. Or classroom. I could go on…
January 27th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
The first third of this article is utterly hilarious. Kudos, Bucholz.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Lo Says:
January 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
. . .
Sorry if I sound overly cynical, but I manage to defeat perverts just fine through the magic technique of not dressing like a whore. Amazing!
Lo, you’re my new hero for today.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
The noise should be “HES LOOKING AT YO POOTERTANG!” Then no one will ever take a candid photo (dirty or not) ever again, for fear of being labelled a pervery.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
The noise should be the ‘dun dun’ sound used in Law and Order SVU to cut between scenes. It will immediately alert everyone in the vicinity to the existence of a pervert. I’ve also heard that if the sound is used outside of the Law and Order context Richard Belzer appears on scene. He’s contractually obliged.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
The sound it should make is that weird “mosquito” ringtone that anyone over the age of around 19 or so for some reason can’t hear at all. Mainly because that would completely defeat the purpose….. if you’re over whatever the stupidly specific age was.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I think it should scream “Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!” as a reference to the ultimately brilliant Monty Python group.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
lol Raptor boobs? O.o
January 27th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I suggest that the sound should be of two giraffes flailing their heads in a malicious fashion.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
How about he not pass the bill since a similar law is already in effect in Japan due to the same reasons, and since 98% of all cellphones created are made in Japan they already have that feature built in.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
My camera chirps - like a little bird. It’s actually pretty endearing. Who doesn’t love bird calls? Cheep cheeeep.
January 27th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
I think it should be the sound of a mime falling off a cliff into a huge pile of pillows.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
“Ayyyyyy Wanda, I got me Social Security cheque!”
January 27th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I think it should be the sound of a gypsy’s mating call.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
For the noise, how about those iconic loud horn parts from the James Bond films? That would get the point across: imagine hearing that as you step out of the shower. Hell, I’d pay for that feature.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I’m genuinely shocked this law doesn’t exist already. I thought it had existed here (either England or Belgium, wherever I was when I heard about it first) for years.
The sound the camera should make is a fart. Since the camera will be held around upskirt height, it will be easy to dismiss the sound as actual farting. Your model will not wish to mention the fact you are farting repeatedly, due to social norms. And if she does get suspicious, tell everyone else that she’s the one who keeps farting.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
fat bastard screaming ” I ATE A BABY”.
over and over again
for 12 minutes
January 27th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
You know, most regular digital cameras either don’t make any sound, or if they do, the sounds can easily be turned off. They also come in very small sizes and take much higher quality photos than cameraphones.
There are so many ways around this law that’s it ridiculous.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I think the noise the cameras should make is the song She Loves My Cock by Jackyl.
The entire song.
Twice.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
For the noise, I’m gonna go with an audio clip of Wayne and Garth shouting “Schwing!”
January 27th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I’m pretty sure that most peple know how to use the “silent” feature of their phones
January 27th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
All of our leaders could be little midgets. Even I might be a midget… And you too.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Cameras shouldn’t make noise, pfft, everyone knows the secret of taking nude pictures is the element of surprise.
Particularly if you catch one of these rare beautiful creatures in the wild, I mean, you track a naked woman from the watering hole or say, the gym locker room showers, and you try not to disturb them from their cleaning, but then they stop. They spot you and they flee as these great creatures often do, becoming only audible by their harsh, shrieking cries of alarm.
God, isn’t nature wonderful?
January 27th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
my phone already quacks like a duck when i take a picture
January 27th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Not that I’d know or anything, but what if you turn your phone on mute to do it? It won’t make a noise.
Plus, if you’re in a business conference with your phone on mute and you accientally bump it funny so you hit the camera button, then everyone will here it if they do this. Grrrr.
January 27th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
But cameraphones already make a loud noise when you take a picture. It makes that stupid shutter sound. Quite obnoxious, actually.
January 27th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Cymbal crash. Especially for baby photos.
January 27th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Next up, we’ll have to make sure that Tazer’s emit a loud sound. You know, so people don’t use them inappropriately.
January 27th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
So if I use a video camera and take stills from it later, I can still be a perve rite?
January 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Sweet, a new way to make life even more annoying! Kudos to this guy, I didn’t think it was possible. Glad to see he appreciates the gravest threats currently facing humanity.
Sorry if I sound overly cynical, but I manage to defeat perverts just fine through the magic technique of not dressing like a whore. Amazing!
January 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
“incapacitate the staff in the usual manner”. bucholz, i love you.
January 27th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
No, I lied. Definately the sound of one hand fapping.
January 27th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
It should make a rooster crowing sound. I already use it for when I get a text message, and it is a hit.
January 27th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Why would you bother making this law? Any idiot with a screwdriver can open up the back of the cell phone and take out that little speaker that plays all the little ringtones and noises and such. Or you could take a much simpler mehtod and COVER UP THE SPEAKER WHEN YOU TAKE A PICTURE! You might as well pass a law that bans all phones from having cameras
January 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Just have it shout “HEY EVERYBODY I’M TAKING A PICTURE HERE!”
Sure its a reasonable law, but it will take all of two minutes for the internet to come out with a hack/mod/script that disables or otherwise mutes the sound.
So it will invoke a sense of security even as the pervs continue their illicit paparazzi ways.
January 27th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
It’d be kinda cool if a camera exploded in the hands of a person who took a picture of another person naked without the other person’s permission.
January 27th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
The sound of one hand fapping
January 27th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I’ve had a sleazy guy take my picture on the bus, as I was trying to get to work wearing my very unprovocative retail uniform. Was it you Bucholz!? I’m on to you! Delete that picture right now!
January 27th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
But, I don’t want to see rude titties.
January 27th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Whenever I take a picture, my cellphone goes “Nice bum, where ya from?” Looks like I’m gonna have to start using a regular camera for all my invasions of privacy.
January 27th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I third Ein Dose’s suggestion. Bring on the “Gay Bar”!
January 27th, 2009 at 11:52 am
hahahaha.
pigdick is on the ball.
January 27th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Why not just have it wolf whistle? That way, your privacy may have been invaded, but at least your ass got a compliment.
January 27th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Shouldn’t it be ‘How to take pictures of naked people’
January 27th, 2009 at 11:29 am
I think the camera should emit a nice, loud, “GOTCHA!” as it takes a picture.
January 27th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I’m going to take pictures of deaf girls
January 27th, 2009 at 11:07 am
I’m just going to jump on here so I can compliment somebody on their sign-in name. Nicely done, a kick-ass duke!
“I’ve poisoned yours…as well!”
“NOOOOOOO!!!!!”
Where’s my Tenacious D cd?!
January 27th, 2009 at 10:27 am
my phone would make the shwing from waynes world
January 27th, 2009 at 10:17 am
My phone will make the aforementioned, inconspicuous coughing sound– so that I don’t have to.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Hmmm… my cell phone is always on silent. My friends were actually a bit amazed at that feature.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:15 am
On the other hand, I myself will work on a way to change all camera noises to a “fart” sound. That way, when you take a picture openly, everyone will smile, and when you take a picture surreptitiously, everyone will look away.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:12 am
There’s going to be a mad rush to figure out how to disable or mask those sounds. I predict it will take less than a day, and will be something along the lines of “use a Sharpie marker to defeat the billion-dollar copy protection on CDs.” Remember?
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/05/52665
January 27th, 2009 at 10:03 am
It should sound like Star Trek phasers.
From there it’s only a small step from camera to lethal laser thinger and tight suits.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Surely, if the camera now makes a noise everytime you take a picture, you’d just use it to make a video instead, no stupid noise and just as good.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:51 am
it should make a really high ringing sound for about 3 minutes.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:46 am
A muted-trumpet making the “wha-wha-wawawawawa” sound when your subject is wrinkly and sad. But then we’d need cameras that can distinguish between sad wrinkly people and us beautiful folk. Come on, Science. Get on that.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Well, with my phone you can choose a number of noises for the phototaking machine. My personal favourite is the one which sounds like a beercan being opened and drank from. So natural to me it’s foolproof hahah
January 27th, 2009 at 9:37 am
I’m a fan of the “BOING!” sound.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:35 am
I don’t happen to take pictures of naked ladies without them realising but I’m kind of annoyed that I can’t take a quick anonymous photo of a crowd scene or an oblivious couple without someone noticing. I’m camera shy, but from both ends.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Mine makes noises, which is really friggin’ annoying. I have 4 different options. Two are shutter sounds, one is a *poof* sound and the 4th one is a squiggly noise. Yeah.
I like Ein Dose’s suggestion.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I wonder if Congressman King woke up one day when he was little and said “When I grow up I wanna the first Congressman to pass the most useless and innecessary bill EVER”.
Every kid’s dream.
And by the way, where the hell is Wolinsky???
January 27th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Have the devices play “Gay Bar” by Electric Six. Either it’ll work brilliantly and nobody will ever take photos again, or it’ll backfire spectacularly because Gay Bar’s actually pretty awesome.
We can’t lose!
January 27th, 2009 at 8:57 am
They might as well just scream, “Hey! Pervert over here! Right here! The guy with his hand in his pants!”
January 27th, 2009 at 8:52 am
It’s impossible to take a picture with a japanese cellphone because they all make a shutter sound (and other shitty noises). It sucks. But I get their point… still, with all the noise in the escalator/train station, no schoolgirl would notice a picture of her panties being taken.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:43 am
i dont see what the big effin deal is. people arent nearly as cute naked unless they are famous anyhow
January 27th, 2009 at 8:36 am
I’d be amused if it made a screaming sound. Like a really tiny person running from Godzilla. “AAAAAAAAH!”
Alternately, “WAAAGH” appeals to the Orky people.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:17 am
well, shite
January 27th, 2009 at 8:17 am
FIRST!
boing
January 27th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Yeah, in Japan all camera-like devices make the *click* sound: digital cameras, cell phones, my DS, that cool new watch-camera. And fuck, they should have, with the amount of short skirts and perverts here…
You would imagine the entire country being one big symphony of *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click*
but luckily Japan still feels shame over their perverse nature.