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If I Was Fighting 5-Year-Old Kids

Monday, October 20th, 2008 | humor | 1 Comment

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It’s important that you are aware of your own prowess, should you have to take on a school-full of angry 5-year olds. That’s why this site was created.
There are a bunch of other quizzes (Disney Quiz, Name That Robot, Name That Alcohol, etc) on the site.
Heads Up: The site is the front-end for oneplusyou.com, and after the quizzes they ask you to join, but you can still get your results without signing-up. This is not a sponsored post, I just like the quizzes.

Hema Product Page

Sunday, October 19th, 2008 | humor | No Comments

Hema is an online household-items store based in The Netherlands. This is their product page, which I highly recommend you look at, even if you can’t read Dutch. Trust me, you’ll enjoy it.

The Customer Is (Not) Always Right

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 | humor | No Comments

This is a great site. If you’ve ever worked, you’ve had customers. This site is a collection of outrageous stories submitted from people like you and I, having to deal with the less bright and less well-tempered customers of this world.

The Customer Is (Not) Always Right.

New Internet Based Scam

Monday, October 13th, 2008 | humor | 1 Comment

There’s a new internet scam letter working its way around the internet. You should be very careful about replying to these sort of letters, which usually promise large amounts of cash if you can help the author. I’ve included the few paragraphs here so you might recognise it if it gets sent to you.

MY DEAR AMERICAN FRIEND:

I AM NEEDING TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AN URGENT SECRET BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF GREAT MAGNITUDE.

I AM MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA. MY COUNTRY HAS HAD CRISIS THAT HAS CAUSED NEED FOR LARGE TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF 700 BILLION OF YOUR DOLLARS (US). IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN THIS TRANSFER IT WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE TO YOU.

I AM WORKING WITH HIGHLY REPUTABLE MR. PHIL GRAM, LOBBYIST FOR UBS, WHO WILL BE MY REPLACEMENT AS MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY IN JANUARY IF MY POLITICAL PARTY WINS UPCOMING ELECTION, WHICH WE CERTAINLY WILL BECAUSE WE ARE IN CONTROLING OF THE HIGHEST SUPREME COURT. YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM AS A SENATOR AS LEADER OF THE AMERICAN BANKING DEREGULATION MOVEMENT IN THE 1990S.

I AM ALSO WORKING WITH HIGHLY REPUTABLE MR. BARNEY FRANK, MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF MASSACHUSETTS, WHO WILL BE MY REPLACEMENT AS MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY IN JANUARY IF OTHER POLITICAL PARTY, LED BY MR. BARACK OBAMA, WIN UPCOMING ELECTION, WHICH HE CERTAINLY WILL BECAUSE HE IS IN CONTROLLING OF VOTING IN ILLINOIS, OHIO, FLORIDA, AND MANY OTHER STATES. MR. BARNEY FRANK IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OF ALL KINDS, FROM WHOREHOUSE ADMINISTRATION TO HOME LOAN BUSINESS, AND FAITHFULLY TEACHES PRECEPTS OF MR. BARACK OBAMA (”FROM TINY A.C.O.R.N. GROWS GIANT FORECLOSURE OAK!”).

Enjoy the rest of the letter at RedState.

Have You Got What It Takes To Work At Google?

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 | humor | 2 Comments

Here’s a set of questions potential employees were asked at a Google interview:

Explain a database in three sentences to your eight-year-old nephew.

How many times a day does a clock’s hands overlap?

You have to get from point A to point B. You don’t know if you can get there. What would you do?

Imagine you have a closet full of shirts. It’s very hard to find a shirt. So what can you do to organize your shirts for easy retrieval?

More here at tihomir.org.

For Your Next Appearance On MTV

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 | humor | No Comments

Now you can pretend you’re on MTV, with these pre-pixilated clothes.

Favorite Headline

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 | humor | No Comments

This link is from December 2007.

Over at Daring Fireball John Gruber reacts to accusations that he is an Apple apologist with an 83-word headline…

The Top Ten List of Top 10s

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 | humor | No Comments

Are you a fan of ‘Top Ten’ lists? If so I’ve got the perfect website for you: toptenz.net

Ryanair Cares

Friday, September 26th, 2008 | humor | No Comments

I have a couple of friends who have a fear of flying. I guess Ryanair included this question in their FAQ just for them: http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=bag&quest=parachute