http://www.cracked.com/article_15767_third-reich-fortune-500-five-popular-brands-nazis-gave-us.html Devilishly bitchy article highlighting (lowlighting?) some of the many, many going concerns who happily supplied goods to the Third Reich, often while taking advantage of the Reich’s peculiar “temp agencies”. (How’s that for German efficiency?) Just be sure to skip the comments, which are heavy – hopefully inordinately so – with Holocaust deniers and […]
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All That And A Bag Of Rice: The Dakigokochi Virtual Baby Simulator/Announcement – Daddy Types
http://daddytypes.com/2008/01/13/all_that_and_a_bag_of_rice_the_dakigokochi_virtual_baby_simulatorannouncement.php I’m anti-baby but pro-cute packaging ideas. Consequently, I think this Japanese alternative to the cigar is both far healthier and far more squeeful. Best of all, there’s no squalling brat to soothe, and you can eat its weight in rice. Somewhat Swiftian, when you think about it… To celebrate the birth of a baby […]
decio: il blog: Commercial made real: Holy Trinit, Rome
http://decio.blogspot.com/2008/01/commercial-made-real-holy-trinit-rome.html Man, first I missed the bloody Trevi, and now this! If you can overlook the schmucky “artiste” nature of this prank, you’ll be left with the sublime image of half a million coloured balls bouncing down the Spanish Steps. I loved the enhancement it provides to the Bernini fountain. And – best of all […]
Yellow crazy ant – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_crazy_ant I’m dealing with a pharoah ant infestation at the moment, so grumbles galore. My grumbling stops, however, when I realise that there are people who must have it waaaaay worse than me: “Crazy Ants?” Those are two words you never want to see together…
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http://www.serifpublishing.com/?p=2952 I am of an age where “personal audio” appears to have come full circle: Ghetto blasters gave way to Walkmen, which reduced in size and capacity, and somehow these have lost their earphones and stepped back to become tiny, tinny, just-as-annoying digital ghetto blasters. And the twerps who use them really put the emphasis […]
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http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8384/texasdeerstand2cv7.jpg Red-state America, illustrated:
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The Sesame Street Personality Quiz
http://www.blogthings.com/thesesamestreetpersonalityquiz/outcome.php I’ve got at least two friends on SU who are going to laugh themselves silly when they see this – it’s eerily exact! You Are Oscar the Grouch Grumpy and grouchy, you aren’t just pessimistic. You revel in your pessimism. You are usually feeling: Unhappy. Unless it’s rainy outside, and even then you know […]
Rain Gutters & Spouts & Drains & Funnels | My[confined]Space
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2006/12/28/rain-gutters-spouts-drains-funnels/ This probably makes for some extra decibels on rainy days, but the whimsy-factor easily makes up for it. I wonder if the interiors show any of the same mad brilliance? Cheers, Alzorn, for the Stumble.
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http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2057296.html?menu=news.quirkies Excerpts from the London Review of Books’ lonelyhearts ads, which are as witty as you’d expect from LRB readers. Makes me wish I had a subscription, or better yet the shining wit to come up with my own. Or I may just reappropriate my favourite from the page for my own use. As I’m […]
Traffic Lights Replaced By…Courtesy? : TreeHugger
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/11/traffic_lights.php Drachten, a small Dutch city with around 50,000 residents has removed almost all of its traffic lights. Major intersections have been converted to roundabouts, smaller intersections just let drivers work make decisions on their own. My original reaction to this was extreme cynicism. My 20 minute commute is through the corridor with the highest […]