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David Thorne (born 23 February 1972) is an Australian humourist, satirist, and Internet personality. His work has been featured on the BBC,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IivXENMiI8 )〕 the ''Late Show with David Letterman'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmO0JNEFOk8 )〕 ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'',〔 and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''.〔 Thorne gained public recognition in late 2008 for an email exchange in which he attempts to pay an overdue bill with a drawing of a seven-legged spider.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/man-behind-spider-email-a-serial-prankster/story-e6frf7jo-1111118082231 )〕 The exchange spread virally via email and social networking sites, leading to a surge of visitors to his website 27b/6 (27bslash6). 27b/6 features a collection of humorous emails and articles from Thorne's life. These and additional essays appear in Thorne's book, ''The Internet is a Playground''. Published by Penguin Group and released on 28 April 2011, the book debuted at number four on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list. Thorne says that he has been a long-time fan of satirists such as Ross Amorelli, Mil Millington, Chris Lilley and Shaun Micallef, stating that they have all been a "constant source of amusement over the last few years". Much of Thorne's humour is autobiographical, often concerning his immediate family and work associates. == 27bslash6 == The name of Thorne's website (27bslash6) is a reference to George Orwell's address - Apartment 6, 27B Canonbury Square, Islington London. The phrase "27B stroke 6" is also used by Terry Gilliam in his movie ''Brazil''. The website went from receiving a hundred hits a week from a small and consistent group of people to gaining a larger mainstream audience – a few thousand hits a day – when the article ''I Wish I Had a Monkey'' was listed on the Bored At Work website. Following the spider drawing page being posted on Digg, the 27bslash6 server crashed after taking over half a million hits in a 24-hour period before being moved to a dedicated server.〔 The second server crashed following Thorne's next article, "Party in Apartment 3", in which Thorne repeatedly RSVPs for a party he has not been invited to, before the site was moved to a third server in the US and has since continued to receive a large volume of traffic. The spider drawing itself became so popular that it was auctioned on eBay, where a user posted a high bid of US$10,000, but subsequently said he had no intention of paying. When asked how he felt about the refusal of the buyer to pay, Thorne stated, "The internet is a playground and I would not have it any other way." The spider email has also been featured on several television and radio programs, including BBC's ''Have I Got News for You'' in the UK and the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' in the United States. The news article regarding the spider email was voted most popular news story of 2008 in Australia, where it received five times the views of any other article for the year. Thorne has also had international success with many of his other articles from the 27bslash6 website such as "Missing Missy", a series of correspondences between Thorne and a secretary who requires a missing poster designed for her lost cat, "Strata Agreement", and "Party in Apartment 3",〔 which became so popular that it was read out during a prime time broadcast on BBC Radio in the United Kingdom and reprinted in more than 300 newspapers worldwide. Thorne's article regarding a former client contacting him for pro-bono work titled "Simon's Pie Charts" (November 2009) became such a viral hit due to being passed on by email and social networking sites that it has been described as one of the most passed on viral emails of all time and has been mentioned on Twitter by many celebrities, read out on radio throughout the UK, United States, and Germany, and featured on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', Australia's ''The 7PM Project'' and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. On 3 March 2010, the website was taken offline for several hours and any attempt to access it was directed to a page stating the account had been suspended. Thorne had published an article a few days earlier detailing an email exchange with an officer from South Australia's E-Crime unit regarding an earlier article in which Thorne wrote of purchasing drugs to sell at a profit. Following the correspondence with the officer, Thorne replaced the word ''drugs'' with ''cats'' in the original article to avoid the threat of having the website shut down. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Thorne (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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