| Ridiculed Rides . . . In a Barbie World. There are some vehicles that you see as toys, but you don't actually expect to encounter them in real life — Optimus Prime, the Batmobile, the Millennium Falcon. Well, I don't think I've ever seen a real vehicle that looked more like an oversized toy than this one (The Smart Fortwo doesn't count as a real vehicle or as oversized). Between the aquarmarine body, the plastic roof, and the ridicoulous white wheelwells, you'd swear it came in a box . . . More . . .
More Scams . A few years ago, this site ran an article discussing some of the more nefarious frauds that inflict civilized society today. We're talking such insidious scams as mail-in rebates, lobster, and of course Kellogg's Special K (it's just malformed and overpriced Rice Krispies!). There are a lot of other scams out there, though, that the public needs to be informed of. And no, we're not talking about Nigerian royalty with 20 million dollars they need to move offshore. Here are a few more everyday scams to be on the lookout for. More . . .
Absurdity in Signage : Oh Will I Now? Many signs offer instructions: eat this, drink that, shop here, etc. Not too many people take these commands all that seriously. Maybe they would if the signs were a little more personalized, and a lot more authoritarian. Maybe that's what the sign guy at Wendy's was going for with this one, but he for some unknown reason opted for 'a' instead of 'our'. Or maybe this is just the worst thing anyone ever got out of a fortune cookie. More . . .
Classic Canadian TV Shows . When I was young, we never had cable television. In fact, for several years, we didn't have a TV at all, but when we did, we only got what came in on the rabbit ears. Most of the time, in this part of Canada in the 1980s, that was a grand total of two English broadcast stations. Every so often something else might come in, but it wasn't very reliable. So most of the television I watched as a kid was either reruns of American shows, or Canadian content. More . . . |
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Celebrity Trademark Clothing . Celebrities are an odd lot. Many of them are wildly famous without a
really good reason. Some of them are no longer famous for the original
reason they became famous, but are rather famous simply on the virtue
of being famous. This can be the sort of fame that earns you a berth on
Fox Celebrity Boxing, or the more solid sort that makes one into a household name.
It is the latter type of celebrity that I'm concerned with today, or more specifically items of clothing that are immediately and universally associated with particular people. More . . .
Bored Much ? Nancy Thomas hates being bored, so for your anti-boredom pleasure, she has created a helpful list of things to do to relieve your couch-potato-ness. (Editor's note: We're not sure if couch-potato-ness is an actual term or not, but we're fairly certain that it describes an actual state of being.) More. . .
The Harry Potter Title Generator . J. K. Rowling might be all done writing Harry Potter stories, but that doesn't mean that the fun is at an end. Whether you need a title for your Hogwarts themed fan-fiction, or if you are going through withdrawl and desperately need a boy wizard fix, or you are just wanting a laugh, the Dontmindme.com Harry Potter Title Generator is here to help with almost unlimited possible Harry Potter titles. More. . .
Too Many Numbers . Yesterday at work I made a call for Purolator to come and pick up a package. That's not the problem. I like Purolator, they're generally fast and safe, although I'm not sure I'd use them to transport human organs (not that I transport organs very often, you understand). This rant isn't about courier companies. This rant is about reference numbers. The nice phone rep at Purolator gave me an 8 digit reference number for my parcel pick up. Not for the package itself, that's more like a 15 digit reference number, but rather for the pick up. More. . .
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