A completely over-the-top review of a Bic pen:
Amazon.co.uk: M. Williams “Matt Wil…’s review of Bic Crystal ballpoint pen, medium point, b…
Some of the comments on this review are equally hilarious:
bq. I often use pencils to write notes on paper, but have been thinking about changing to a pen. Is this pen a good starting point for a novice?
and so on…
posted at 11:11 am on Monday, December 10, 2007 in Humour, Links | Comments Off on giggle
From Bruce Schneier’s security weblog:
bq. Here’s a “clip”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3SfNANtig from an Australian TV programme called “The Chaser”. A Trojan Horse (full of appropriately attired soldiers) finds its way past security everywhere except the Turkish consulate.
bq. At least they remember their history.
“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3SfNANtig”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3SfNANtig
posted at 7:30 pm on Monday, July 16, 2007 in Current Events, Humour, Links | Comments Off on lessons of history
As seen in the Pachelbels Canon – CollegeHumor video, it really is everywhere.
Maybe you have to be a bit of a music geek, but I laughed myself silly over this one…
posted at 11:00 pm on Monday, February 19, 2007 in Humour, Links | Comments (1)
Via “Ned Batchelder”:http://www.nedbatchelder.com/blog/200702.html, I am now reading indexed, a collection of tongue-in-cheek venn diagrams and charts by Jessica Hagy.
I laughed myself silly reading the first page, so I thought I’d share…
posted at 10:39 pm on Friday, February 09, 2007 in Humour, Links | Comments Off on indexed
posted at 9:31 am on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 in Humour, Links | Comments Off on caffeinated Viagra beer
I saw them, I had to share. With everyone! Mu ha ha!
“Irregular Webcomic 1356”:http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1356.html
posted at 9:54 am on Saturday, October 14, 2006 in Humour, Links | Comments (1)
G: “Uh-oh… one of us is going to die!”
C: “Who’s wearing a red shirt?”
posted at 8:24 am on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 in Humour, Personal | Comments Off on peril
My “new favourite show”:http://www.tv.com/eureka/show/58448/summary.html has a products page!
Made in Eureka
I want a laptop transporter :-)
posted at 6:09 pm on Friday, August 25, 2006 in Humour, Links, TV | Comments Off on Made in Eureka
Forget the fake crap that passes for Reality TV these days! “I am Moving to Japan”:http://dogbonesbackyard.blogspot.com/2006/07/i-am-moving-to-japan.html links to a Japanese show presenting a game show done right; make a mistake, get hit in the nuts!
(Ya, ok, it’s not real. it’s actually a comedy team, but the idea is sound. And the inner conflict between cringing in sympathy and laughing ’til you pee is good, too!)
posted at 8:13 am on Saturday, July 29, 2006 in Humour, Links | Comments Off on all men cringe
has everything:
“Monty Python’s Camelot on the Starship Enterprise”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptx98LTGyfE
posted at 4:24 pm on Friday, July 21, 2006 in Humour, Links | Comments (1)
bq. “The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”
– George Bernard Shaw
(via “Quotation of the Day List”:http://ca.geocities.com/quotationoftheday/index.html)
posted at 11:20 am on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 in Humour, Personal | Comments Off on quote of the day
“Anita”:http://the_nita.livejournal.com/ sent me this:
Academie Duello presents – Modern uses for Historical Swordplay
Will you be ready?
posted at 7:58 am on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 in Humour, Links | Comments Off on swords don’t run out of bullets
“The problem with Space Elevators”:http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/stuntmutt.html?type=main&image=187
(The joke doesn’t work for me in Firefox, because I’m missing a plugin :-(
posted at 12:06 pm on Saturday, March 11, 2006 in Humour, Links | Comments Off on going up? part 2
bq. [stock options are] like my boyfriend’s idea of giving me a diamond. He puts a lump of coal in my hand, tells me to squeeze real tight and be PATIENT.
from Sand Hill Slave
posted at 9:54 am on Monday, February 06, 2006 in Humour, Links | Comments Off on hah!
This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address fall on the same day. As Air America Radio pointed out, “It is an ironic juxtaposition: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, and the other involves a groundhog.”
(via “olletho”:http://olletho.livejournal.com/)
posted at 12:00 am on Thursday, February 02, 2006 in Humour | Comments (2)
If our employers can outsource our jobs, why can’t we?
Smartmoney.com: Esquire Magazine: My Outsourced Life
posted at 5:57 pm on Sunday, January 08, 2006 in Humour, Links | Comments Off on My outsourced life
A new variation on “40% of sick days” from The Angry Economist
posted at 10:05 am on Thursday, December 01, 2005 in Humour, Links | Comments Off on sick days
In a wide ranging discussion about endangered species, overpopulation, and the enviroment, I mentioned the “rabbit problem in Australia”:http://www.csiro.au/communication/rabbits/qa2.htm.
bq. H: Unfortunately, rabbits have no natural predators in Australia.
bq. G: Except the Tasmanian devil. But I guess Tasmanian devils don’t actually eat rabbits.
three seconds later, M bursts out laughing….
(think about it :-)
posted at 8:59 am on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 in Humour, Personal | Comments Off on rabbits
I can’t believe I didn’t link to this before!
“Squirrel vs. Biker”:http://www.hftonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16501 subtitled ” And people ask me what I need a Browning .338 Winchester Magnum for… ”
It’s apparently from “The December 2004 newsletter”:http://www.victoriagoldwings.org/newsletters/dec04.pdf of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association of Victoria, BC, but the html link is easier to read.
posted at 7:11 pm on Friday, November 11, 2005 in Humour, Links | Comments (1)
Heck, I even heard that routine while I was riding on the bus a couple of weeks ago — one of the local radio stations rebroadcast it.
(Wandering through from Out of Ambit)