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The BBC needed an illustration for its story about Ubuntu, the sub-Saharan African philosophy meaning "I am because we are," which Bill Clinton this week exhorted the British Labor Party to embrace.

Well, what illustrates Ubuntu? A hug? An image of many hands supporting one person? How about this?

Yep, it's a thong emblazoned with the logo of Ubuntu, a form of the open-source Linux operating system, added to some Cafepress store as an afterthought. Chances are no one ever bought this made-to-order thong, so it technically doesn't exist, but now it's in the BBC News. Fantastic.

All you need is ubuntu [BBC News]