Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category

Friends’ away messages are sometimes fun

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Take this image I pulled from my friend William’s away message. So true. The part that made me crack up laughing though was the “null set” bubble. Ok, so I’m a math geek, but hey its still funny (and true).

Physical vs Mental Attractiveness

Other funny ones from the same source:

This one may get me shot by some of my friends in Illinois, but oh well…

OK, enough for now. Suffice to say there are more where that came from. :)
*wanders off to kill a couple hours looking at funny images*

Well, now we know what they do all winter..

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness
Mon Jun 9, 1:24 PM ET

I thought this article was pretty damn funny. I’m pleased that they’re handling the problem intelligently though. I don’t know why, but it sorta surprises me that they’re able to. It really shouldn’t; maybe I’m just getting cynical in my “old age”. Or maybe its just that anything that involves sexuality that the US government touches gets f’ed up. Nah, can’t be that…

Best spam of the day

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

It’s not often I get spam that makes me laugh out loud. This one did.

From: Friends at Match (.com)
Subject: What does your hand say about you?
Body: Your answer to this question reveals something about your love life. (snip)

*shakes head* Did they really send that out?

Comic: Jerry Falwell in Heaven

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

LOL.

http://www.sj-r.com/sections/opinion/pictures/large/8811.jpg

RIAA wins the worst company in America award

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

I thought this was rather amusing. Apparently, I’m not anywhere near the only person with a low opinion of the RIAA’s tactics. :)
March 19, 2007
RIAA Wins Worst Company In America 2007
http://consumerist.com/consumer/worst-company-in-america/riaa-wins-worst-company-in-america-2007-245235.php

Worthwhile items from EFF newsletter

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

I pulled these two items out of an Electronic Frontier Foundation newsletter. The first is just funny and the second is way over due. Maybe more states will follow.

The Right Way to Respond to Parody

Recently, Darren Barefoot posted Get a First Life, a
hysterical parody of virtual world Second Life’s website.
Linden Labs, the creators of Second Life, responded with a
letter that is so right-thinking and clever that it would
horrify the over-reaching copyright and trademark holders
whose missives litter the archives of ChillingEffects.org

Instead of a cease-and-desist letter, Linden Labs sent a
proceed-and-permit letter:
http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2007/01/ my-project-du-jour-getafirstlifecom.html#comment-75509

This letter is exactly what we would hope companies might
do when faced with a parody. Not only does it acknowledge
that the site is a fair use, it also provides an explicit
license for trademark use. Kudos to Linden Labs, and shame
on the rights holders who claim that they have to go after
anyone who makes any use of their copyrights or trademarks.

For this post and related links:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005085.php

Maine Rejects Real ID

The Real ID Act took a blow last week, when Maine became
the first state to formally declare its opposition. The
Maine legislature voted overwhelmingly to refuse to comply
with the act’s mandates, and requested that Congress repeal
the law.

The Real ID Act essentially forces states to create a
national ID. Under the law, state drivers licenses will
only be accepted for “federal purposes” — like accessing
planes, trains, national parks, and court houses — if they
conform to certain uniform standards. The law also requires
a vast national database linking all of the ID records
together. Estimated costs of $12 billion or more will be
passed on to the states and, ultimately, average citizens
in the form of increased DMV fees or taxes.

“It’s not only a huge federal mandate, but it’s a huge
mandate from the federal government asking us to do
something we don’t have any interest in doing,” said
Maine’s House Majority Leader Hanna Pingree.

Meanwhile, opposition in other states is growing. Similar
measures rejecting the Real ID Act are under consideration
in 11 states, including Montana, Georgia, Massachusetts and
Washington state.

For information about the dangers of Real ID:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/ID/RealID/

For this post and related links:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005098.php

The Idiot Report 2006

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

A friend sent this to me. LOL.

Number One Idiot of 2006

I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center.

Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants.

I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants.

I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away.

Here’s your sign, lady. Wear it with pride.

Number Two Idiot of 2006

Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home.
Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them.

It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated.

They are no longer employed at Boeing.

Here’s your sign, guys. Don’t get it wet; the paint might run.

Number Three Idiot of 2006

A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote “this. Put all your muny in this bag.”

While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller’s window.

So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fa rgo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn’t the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America.

Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, “OK” and left.
He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.

Don’t bother with this guy’s sign. He probably couldn’t read it
anyway.

Number Four Idiot of 2006

A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that; measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photogra ph of $40.

Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs.

He immediately mailed in his $40.

Wise guy…….. but you still get a sign.

Number Five Idiot of 2006

A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer.

After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf.

He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, “Because I don’t believe you are over 21.”

The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn’t believe him.

At this point, the robber took his driver’s license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk.

The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag.

The robber then ran from the store with his loot.

The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license.

They arrested the robber two hours later.

This guy definitely needs a sign.

Idiot Number Six of 2006

A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers.
The first one shouted, “Nobody move!” When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.

This guy doesn’t even deserve a sign

Idiot Number Seven of 2006

Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he’d just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run.
So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass.

The whole event was caught on videotape.

Yep, Here’s your sign

Idiot Sighting 1

I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road.
The reason:

“Too many deer are being hit by cars out here!
I don’t think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.”
From Kingman , KS .

Idiot Sighting 2

My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for “minimal lettuce.” He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg.

He was a Chef?

Yep…From Kansas City !

Idiot Sighting 3

I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked,!
“Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?
To which I replied, “If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?”
He smiled knowingly and nodded, “That’s why we ask.”

Happened in Birmingham , Ala.

Idiot Sighting 4

The stoplight on the corner buzzes when its safe to cross the street
I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine.
She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for.

I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.
Appalled, she responded, “What on earth are blind people doing driving?!”
She was a probation officer in Wichita , KS

Idiot Sighting 5

At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker. She was leaving the company due to” downsizing.”

Our manager commented cheerfully, “This is fun. We should do this more often.”
Not another word was spoken.

We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.

This was a bunch at Texas Instruments.

Idiot Sighting 6

I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself and for the sake of her own life, couldn’t understand why her system would not turn on.
A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office no less.

Idiot Sighting 7

When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the drivers side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. “Hey,” I announced to the technician, “its open!”

His reply, “I know - I already got that side.”

This was at the CHEVY dealership in Canton , Mississippi!