Goofy stuff makes me laugh some times. For example, check out this jacket – perfect for identifying yourself at the scene of a crime.
[tags]Suspect wear[/tags]
Category: Humor
Bizarre signs
Now I can tell what this sign means. I know what the intended message is. But couldn’t they have done a better job putting this one together? That’s a really poorly illustrated ski-list instruction sign. See more nearly incomprehensible signs. (via Retro Thing)
[tags]Funny signs, Bad sign design[/tags]
Handy work gadget
I could really use one of these. I doubt they exist in real life, though (but I could be wrong – I haven’t checked). Click the comic for the full size image.
Genius criminals
A short video showing some criminal masterminds at work. (via Blue’s News)
[tags]Dumb crooks, criminals[/tags]
Dubious Pimpage
If you aren’t reading Dubious Quality, you should be. Here are a couple of articles from Bill that show some of the reasons why I am a fan:
The Definitive Load Screen From Hell
Kotaku had a very funny link yesterday to a video of “Smackdown vs. Raw 2006” on the PSP. It’s not the game, actually–it’s the loading screen(s). All six minutes of them. That’s right. To go from inserting the PSP dingle-thingy to actually wrestling in career mode, it takes over SIX MINUTES. And some guy made a little film of what’s happening during that time, complete with Benny Hill theme
The rest of Bill’s commentary on this is spot-on. And next:
The Women’s Cross-Country Sk–Commercial–ii–Commercial–ng–Commercial Finals
Even though the Olympics have become far more spectacle than sport, cross-country skiing is still the real deal. Anybody who can ski eighteen miles in a race on a torturously hilly course is a warrior. They’re bad asses. And seeing it in high-definition for the first time was a real treat.
So I decide to watch this race, because it’s incredibly intense. And here’s what I get to see:
4.5 minutes of skiing
2.5 minutes of commercials
2.5 minutes of skiing
3.5 minutes of commercials
3.5 minutes of skiing
3.0 minutes of commercials
7.0 minuts of skiing
2.5 minutes of commercials
1.5 minutes of interviews
2 minutes of commercials
Read the whole article for more insight.
Well done, Bill.
[tags]Load screen hell, Olympic hell, Dubious Quality[/tags]
A fashion don’t tip
Normally, I wouldn’t even want to admit looking at an Academy Awards fashion page of do and don’t tips, but I couldn’t pass this one up. I remember this event. I remember everyone talking about it. What really makes this worth pointing out is the caption for the picture:
DON’T… let sunglasses ruin an otherwise elegant outfit.
(Matt Stone & Trey Parker in 2000)
And here is the original dress that set up the above picture.
[tags]Academy Awards, Do and Don’t fashion tips, Matt Stone, Trey Parker[/tags]
“Lawer” threatens to sue Cory Doctorow
This article and series of emails is just too funny. Here are a few tips for future pretend lawyers:
- Learn how to spell “Lawyer” correctly.
- Learn how to spell.
- Learn the difference between libel and slander.
- Make sure you are registered with a recognized law society/association.
- Don’t make up a title for yourself that has no meaning
[tags]Boingboign, Cory Doctorow, Pretend lawyers[/tags]
On making time estimates in the techie world
I read Shark Tank every day. Plenty of the posts aren’t worth the time they take to read. But occasionally, something really good comes through. The latest post
is a good example of this.
Pilot fish at this retail chain gets an assignment to add some functionality to four reporting applications. One change request is to add passwords to one of the four applications — but just one.”Just doing one sounded suspicious to me,” says fish. “So I decided to code the password logic in a separate module for easy reuse. I only had to add one line of code to the existing executable.”
[tags]Shark Tank, time estimates, Techie humor[/tags]
Kids learn about healthy eating, refuse to sell candy
Who says kids can’t be taught? Some kids were taught about healthy eating, and then asked to sell candy and chips for a fund-raiser. Apparently, the kids thought that wouldn’t be right.
The North Side Elementary students said selling the chocolate bars and potato chips went against what they were taught in school about healthy eating. They were raising money for a field trip to Washington D.C.
[tags]Health yeating, Education[/tags]
joystiqreadersaremorons.com
Just read the original. If that’s too much work, just hit the end site.
[tags]Jack Thompson, joystiq, gaming morons[/tags]
Medical tips learned from ER patients
How can you even argue with these? Read and learn how to live a better life. Some of the more important ones are:
- If you’re on the street corner selling coke and you see the cops coming to bust you don’t eat all your coke.
- Never, ever leave flashlights, shampoo bottles, beer bottles or any long, circular object on the floor because someday you will fall on it and it will somehow, work its way up your rectum.
- No matter how annoyed you are at being incarcerated dont slash open your scrotum and shove razor blades up your urethra.
[tags]Medical advice, How to live[/tags]
