Speaking of Photoshop contests, a Far Side fan will really appreciate this. Both links via Waxy’s links.
Month: March 2004
Product Placement of the Christ
Offensive, but oh so damn funny, Photoshop fun.
MSIE Gone Bad
This is what your browser would look like if you installed almost every toolbar available. This guy has way too much time on his hands. Another link from Neil (can you tell I’m cleaning out my links?)
Interesting domain
supermodelswithseethroughtops.com. Try it — it’s not what you think (and it’s safe for work). Thanks Neil for the link.
Smack the Penguin
Don’t play this at work, otherwise you’ll keep trying it until you beat my score:
Good luck 🙂
Update: The above link is down, but one of the comments gave us a new link, which is where the folks posting comments are getting their higher scores.
Update, this time on 1/29: Looks like the guy who originally created this game has it posted here. The link in the update above was reverse engineered off the original with his logo added, but it makes it so the scores are really high (as you can’t get a very high score with the original — at least compared to above).
Update on 2/4: Another variation.
Update on 3/10: There are actually a pile of variations of this game. Many listed in the comments to this entry, but this site lists a pile of variants, as well as a history of the the game. Thanks Neil for the link.
Still to this day, this is by far the most commented on entry on my site, surpassing even the One Weekend a Month my Ass entry.
Update on 10/31/05: Simone sent me a new link for this game. Just so you know, however, you are no longer the most commented on entry on this site. That title belongs to a couple entries.
Update Some Time later: Here’s a good article that sums up the Smack The Penguin Phenomenon.
Raining on Your Parade
(Joke that my cousin just sent me…)
A woman was at her hairdresser’s getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her boyfriend. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded, “Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It’s crowded and dirty and full of Italians. You’re crazy to go to Rome. So, how are you getting there?
“We’re taking Continental,” was the reply. “We got a great rate!”
“Continental?” exclaimed the hairdresser. “That’s a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they’re always late. So, where are you staying in Rome?”
“We’ll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome’s Tiber River called “Teste.”
“Don’t go any further.” I know that place. Everybody thinks its going to be something special and exclusive, but it’s really a dump, the worst hotel in the city! The rooms are small, the service is surly and they’re overpriced. So, whatcha doing when you get there?”
“We’re going to go to see the Vatican and we hope to see the Pope.”
“That’s rich,” laughed the hairdresser. “You and a million other people trying to see him. He’ll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You’re going to need it.”
A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome.
“It was wonderful,” exclaimed the woman, “not only were we on time in one of Continental’s brand new planes, but it was overbooked and they bumped us up to first class.”The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot and the hotel was great! They’d just finished a $5 million remodeling job and now it’s a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner’s suite at no extra charge!
“Well,” muttered the hairdresser, “that’s all well and good, but I know you didn’t get to see the Pope.”
“Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors and if I’d be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me. Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me.”
“Oh, really! What’d he say?”
He said, “Where’d you get the shitty hairdo?”
News 14 Carolina should’ve known better
(Been sitting on this link for a while, just haven’t had a chance to post it, so ignore the fact that everybody and their dog has probably already posted it). News 14 Carolina should have known better. They made the mistake of using an automated system for that posted school and business closure information across the bottom of the screen. Thanks to some pranksters on the WolfWeb board, hilarious information started to appear across the bottom of the screen. Some of the closures: “Tutone Inc., Closed Thursday and Friday, Call Jenni at 867-5309”, “Cecil’s Cockring emporium, Back up Tomorrow”, “Bring ’em Young Daycare, Closed Friday, Contact R. Kelly for details” and “Windows 32 Exception Error, if this is the first time you’re seeing this, please reinstall Windows.”
There are a few sites with screen-shots of the mess here, here, and here. Full story on the mess here and here.
But really, when they let things run unmoderated, they get what they deserve.
Biggest Sandwich Ever?
A guy buys a loaf of normal white bread. Takes it home to discover that it’s sliced horizontally instead of vertically. So he decides to make a sandwich fit for a king. That’s a thing of beauty, and even bigger than the monster I had at Lindy’s in NYC. Link via b3ta.
The worst last name for a cop
This guys’s a police chief. He’s trying to convince his city to create medical marijuana guidelines. His name is Kenneth Thrailkill. His last name is pronounced “Thrill Kill”. Tip via Barney.
Is Donald Trump’s Face on it?
Woman tries to pass a $1 million bill at Wal-Mart. The rumor has it that she tried to pass one of these novelty bills and had two more in her pocket. Thanks Barney for the tip.