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05/01/2010

P0wned by a squirrel...

Category Humor
Forwarded to me by a good friend:

Nothing like a angry mom.

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"What the hell just happened?

 Did I just get my ass kicked by a squirrel!?!! "

02/02/2010

Beautiful story of a bagpiper who was late for a funeral

Category Humor


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As a bagpiper, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man who had no family or friends. The funeral was to be held at a cemetery in the remote countryside and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there.

As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost and being a typical man, did not stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late. I saw the backhoe and the crew who were eating lunch but the hearse was nowhere in sight.

I apologized to the workers for my tardiness and stepped to the side of the open grave where I saw the vault lid already in place.

I assured the workers I would not hold them up for long but this was the proper thing to do. The workers gathered around, still eating their lunch. I played out my heart and soul.

I played and I played like I'd never played before, from Going Home and The Lord is My Shepherd to Flowers of the Forest . As I played the workers began to weep. I closed the lengthy session with Amazing Grace and walked to my car.

As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I overheard one of the workers saying to another...

"Sweet Jaysus, Mary 'n Joseph, I have never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for 22 years."

09/29/2008

Would *you* ride in this airplane?

Category Humor

When we went on our DisneyWorld vacation earlier this month, Alaska Air unfortunately ended up changing our reservations.  What started as a direct PDX to MCO flight turned into the more typical PDX to SEA to MCO.  Not a big deal for me, but Ian doesn't share the same opinion.

Ian hates flying...  *really* hates flying.  Medication is necessary, be it capsules or liquid.  But getting on a plane stone cold sober is *not* an option for him.  The Portland to Seattle leg of the flight uses Horizon Air, which mostly consists of puddle-hoppers that fly every 30 to 60 minutes between the two cities.  Ian took all his necessary "medication" to survive the first leg of the trip, but I'm sure seeing this didn't make getting on the plane any easier...

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I thought it was funny...  I don't think he concurred with my opinion.  :)

08/02/2008

I am now a proud GONAD!

Category IBM/Lotus Humor

This is such a proud and humbling moment...

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Want to join me?  Apply here!

06/28/2008

Show this to your kids as an example of why they shouldn't do drugs...

Category Humor

Classic...

06/17/2008

Gmail contextual ads FAIL

Category Humor

Found in my Gmail contextual ads about five minutes ago...

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05/27/2008

OK... I know that spam titles are designed to get your attention...

Category Humor

And I'm not under any misconceptions that my face is anything worth waxing eloquent about...

But this title sorta hurt...

"what a stupid face you have here duffbert"

05/07/2008

Admins... how they view themselves...

Category Humor

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04/16/2008

Great quote from my doctor today...

Category Humor

I went to the doctor today for a neck and shoulder problem.  I mentioned it was due to the perils of growing old, which he told me I still had three more years before things really started to break down (i.e., the big 5-0).  I said "so you go into free-fall at that point?"  The answer...

"No...  freefall doesn't hurt until you hit the bottom.  You actually start to tumble, which means you feel every ache and pain all the way down."

Gotta love that encouragement...

04/07/2008

Is that a book in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Category Humor

Steve McDonagh points out a very funny (but not probably true) article in the New York Times titled It's Not You, It's Your Books.  I link you to Steve's site first, as there's no way I can improve on his post in terms of laughs or mental images...

Yeah, it'd be nice to be drooled over for six-pack abs or long, flowing hair.  But since my abs are hidden by the effects of six-packs, and long flowing back hair doesn't have the same effect, I guess I'll play the hand I was dealt with the book angle.  And here I thought it was just me being cute and huggable...  :)

04/06/2008

Can someone answer this question?

Category Humor

While out shopping on Saturday, we happened upon this in the frozen seafood department:

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Hence the question...  What part of the catfish do the nuggets come from?

And how many catfish does it take to get five pounds of them???

01/28/2008

Nerd Sniping

Category Humor

Passed along to me by a coworker...  one of those "kids" who is half your age and has twice your talent...

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01/21/2008

And this Google ad is contextual how???

Category Humor

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Since the image is cut off before you see the right hand ads, I'll point them out here...

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01/18/2008

Jonathan Coulton covers "Baby Got Back"

Category Humor

OK...  this has *nothing* to do with Lotusphere or technology or my vacation at Disney, but it's just too funny...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gW6yQZyx5w

11/27/2007

Gotta love the spam writers pushing "male enhancement"...

Category Humor
Generally before I delete the spam in my Yahoo and Gmail account, I'll do a quick once-over to make sure nothing ended up there that's a real email.  I noticed that recently there's been a batch of spam dealing with "male enhancement" that appears to come from the same bot/source/whatever.  The funny part is the whole "English-as-a-second-language" feel to them.  Once I ran across the one promising that I could "hide a hockey team behind my huge member", I decided I needed to start saving some of these gems.  :)

Click the Read More to see the list over the last couple of weeks...  Probably best not to do so during work hours.  :)

11/21/2007

I am *so* gonna pay for this...

Category Humor
Paul "Chippen-elf" Mooney?

08/27/2007

You know you live in America when...

Category Humor
So the wife and I are watching a show on the Animal Planet cable channel last night.  We found it during a channel surfing session.  They're talking about these tiger cubs that are raised by their handlers in such a way as to bond with humans.  Incredibly cute...  

At first I thought they might be talking about Las Vegas and the tigers they have at the Mirage casino.  But then they cut to a clip where the handlers are walking these cubs on a leash in what looks like a Disney theme park.  But I'm sure it's not Disneyland or DisneyWorld, even though the architecture and theming is identical.  They also show the cubs playing in the handler's backyard, overlooking a pond/lake that appears to be taken right out of a Florida landscape.  But then they show the full-grown tigers being walked in the park...  on leashes...  around guests.  And there's an attraction where you can pay a fee and spend 15 minutes or so close up with the tiger cubs...  with minimal supervision.

So what does this American (and the one sitting next to me) say?  "Where is this place located, and what do they have in the way of liability insurance???"

sigh...  

FYI...  It's in Australia at a place called Tiger Island.

07/27/2007

I was pretty sure I'd bomb out on the NerdTests.com exam...

Category Humor
Image:Duffbert's Random Musings - I was pretty sure I'd bomb out on the NerdTests.com exam...

And people wonder why I'm intimidated by most of my Notes colleagues that I hang around with...  :)

07/18/2007

A tough act to follow...

Category Humor
So I was asked by the Strategic Communications department of the company I work for to give a presentation at their two day retreat.  The subject is "social media", as in blogs, wikis, etc.  No problem, as I can talk about that stuff for hours...

I get the schedule today, and what do I find?

That I'm scheduled right after the talk by our CEO...

No pressure...  no pressure at all...

06/19/2007

i'm in ur fizx lab...

Category Humor
Image:Duffbert's Random Musings - i'm in ur fizx lab...

AN GREEN IZ THE ANZWER TO LIF!

If you haven't added I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? to your RSS reader, you must...

06/12/2007

OK, Dr. Dobb's Journal... Get a clue!

Category Humor
I received this email from the publishers of Dr. Dobb's Journal today...

Dear Thomas,

Don't let your Complimentary subscription to Dr. Dobb's Journal end!

Renew today and we won't ask you again for another year.

We value you as a subscriber and don't want to waste your time. As you
probably know, to continue your Complimentary subscription, you must
complete an updated subscription form each year.  This is the time of
year when we update our subscriber file.

And the subject of this email?

7th Renewal Notice

Wouldn't you sort of think that if I didn't respond to emails 1 through 6, that maybe I wasn't interested in renewing?  And yes, there *were* emails 1 through 6...

04/14/2007

Boycott Comic Sans!

Category Humor

Image:Duffbert's Random Musings - Boycott Comic Sans!

12/22/2006

A little Friday humor... Christmas Cookies Recipe

Category Humor
An oldie but a goodie (Thanks, Bas...)

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Christmas Cookie Recipe

1 cup of water                     1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar                     1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar               lemon juice
4 large eggs                       1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit              1 bottle Crown Royal/Whiskey/Rum

- Sample the Liquor to check quality.

- Take a large bowl, check the Liquor again, to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.

- Turn on the electric mixer...Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.

- Add one teaspoon of sugar...Beat again.

- At this point it's best to make sure the Liquor is still OK, try another cup.. just in case.

- Turn off the mixer thingy.

- Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.

- Pick the frigging fruit off floor...

- Mix on the turner.

- If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a dewscriver.

- Sample the Liquor to check for tonsisticity.

- Next, sift two cups of salt, or something.... who giveshz a sheet.

- Check the Liquor.

- Now shift the lemon juice and strain the nuts.

- Add one table.

- Add a spoon of ar, or somefink.... whatever you can find.

- Greash the oven.

- Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.

- Don't forget to beat off the turner.

- Finally, throw the bowl through the window.

- Finish the bottle of Liquor.

- Make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.


- Cherry Mistmas and a Nappy Hew Jear.

11/21/2006

New word definitions from the Mensa Invitational...

Category Humor
(from Bas...  thanks!)

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The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.  

Here are this year's winners:

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.  

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.  

3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. (though this is good too)  

4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.  

6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.  

7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.

11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

 17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

 18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an @$$hole.

10/25/2006

Disney "mis-conception"...

Category Humor
Last night, Ian was boiling some water.  When he poured it out in the sink, some splattered on him and he let out a few "phrases of pain".  I thought he had splashed the water on the crotch of the shorts he was wearing (turned out to be his foot instead).  

I said "So does this mean you won't be having any children?"

To which he answered "Working at Disney pretty much put an end to that idea..."

10/24/2006

Overheard today...

Category Humor
... from a computer person of the opposite gender from myself, trying to communicate an issue surrounding cookies on a web browser...

"It's not like I do this stuff at home.  That's one of those geeky guy things..."

I have some colleagues that would beg to differ on that one...  :)

09/23/2006

Translation request for Get Fuzzy - 09/22/2006

Category Humor
I *knew* I had friends who could help out!  Ben Poole provided an excellent translation of the 09/21 Get Fuzzy strip.  Now let's try the next one:

http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20060922.html

I know if I had mentioned that "some bloke diddled me brolly" here in the States, "stole my umbrella" would not have been the first thought that came to mind...  :)

09/23/2006

I think our English bloggers need to help us out with a translation here...

Category Humor
The comic strip Get Fuzzy started a series on 09/21 where Bucky's English cousin comes for a visit.  The conversation is full of slang, most of which us American readers don't follow...

I think one of the English bloggers needs to provide us a day-by-day translation of the strip, starting here...  :)

http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20060921.html

09/13/2006

Overheard in Portland: Ezactly...

Category Humor
Blond 20-something hipster chick on cell phone to agency...

"And the confirmation code is?  Z?  Z?  Z as in xylophone?"

09/12/2006

Overheard In Portland: Selective aging...

Category Humor
50-ish female bus driver chatting with 60-ish male passenger...

Him: So, I heard you were embarking on an affair with a 30 year old...
Her: You heard about that, huh?
Him: Yeah...  How's it working out?
Her:  Fine...  He's really nice...  I prefer my antiques to be furniture and books...

05/25/2006

Overheard In Portland...

Category Humor
One of my favorite sites on my RSS reader is Overheard In New York.  It's incredible what people say...  But I had my own version of it today on the bus going home...

Teen girl #1 to teen girl #2: I was like, so distressed today.  My cheeseburger was soggy, and I was, like, ewwww.  It made me so sad.

followed shortly by...

Teen girl #1 to teen girl #2:  I want to marry someone tall, dark, and beautiful.  We'll open a private practice and help refugees from Africa and Mexico...  and Japan...  and China...  That would make me feel good.

Guess she needs something to bring her up after the cheeseburger.

03/09/2006

How Would You Like A Much Bigger Pfg Efl Nfd Iem S?

Category Humor

Using the "power" of HTML, the spammer wanted to display this message in the body and subject line:

How Would You Like a Much Bigger Pfg Efl Nfd Iem S?

Of course, what I read in the title was How Would You Like A Much Bigger Pfg Efl Nfd Iem S?

Yup...  Always wanted a bigger one of those...  whatever it is...

01/28/2006

I "found" $13 on the way home from Orlando... :)

Category Humor

So I got to the airport early (no big surprise there), had lunch, and then went through the ordeal that is security in the Orlando airport.  Why on earth they need to see your boarding pass and ID twice once you're in the controlled entrance area is beyond me.  But I digress...

At one point, I went to visit "the facilities" and found an unoccupied stall.  Someone had left a mint copy of From Good To Great propped up on the shelf.  No name or address info in the book, just a small set of initials.  Having already read that book (excellent, by the way...), there was no excitement over finding new reading material.  But I figured it might fetch $3 or $4 used on Amazon.

Wrong!

Used copies were selling for $13.75, and the sales rank for this book is 30, which pretty much means it will sell within hours of listing it.  I tagged my copy at $13, making it the cheapest used copy out there, and I have the *Ship Now!* notice already in my in-box...  :)

12/13/2005

Celebrating your "ethnicity"...

Category Humor

Yesterday my wife brought home a package of smoked salmon from Costco.  When I asked her what it was for, she said they were having a lunch at work the following day, and that everyone was supposed to bring a dish that related to their ethnic background.  I don't know where the next words that came out of my mouth originated from, but they were out there before I could stop them...

"White Canadian chick, eh?"

12/10/2005

Couldn't resist sharing this Pearls Before Swine cartoon...

Category Humor

And it's painfully true...

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11/13/2005

Ian's been gone nearly three months, and today was the *first* time that the car...

Category Humor

... has seen the gas station since he left...  :)

11/10/2005

My favorite "I'm not here" IM message from Ian...

Category Humor

To stay in touch while Ian's "mousekateering" in Florida, he normally has AIM running either on the laptop or on his phone.  And he's usually pretty good about updating his "I'm not here" message when he's away at work.

My favorite one was a couple days ago...

"Working a 12 hour shift...  Can't get much more *magical* than that!"

:)

10/11/2005

Bone of Hobbit-like species uncovered

Category Humor

From CNN.com:  Bone of Hobbit-like species uncovered

Scientists say they have found more bones in an Indonesian cave that offer additional evidence of a second human species -- short and hobbit-like -- that roamed the Earth the same time as modern man.

And this surprises Joe, Rocky, and I how?

Duh!

08/21/2005

A little early morning Enron humor...

Category Humor

Forwarded to me by Bruce...

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A city boy named Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey to him the next day. But the next day, the farmer drove up in his old truck and told Kenny, "Sorry, son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died."

Kenny replied, "Well then, just give me my money back."

The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Kenny said, "OK then, just bring me the donkey."

The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with a dead donkey?"

Kenny, "I'm going to raffle him off."

The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

Kenny said, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."

A month later the farmer met up with Kenny and asked, "So, what happened with the dead donkey?"

Kenny said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at $2 a piece and made a profit of $898.00."

The farmer said, "Didn't anyone complain?"

Kenny replied, "Just the guy who won, so I gave him his $2 back."

Kenny grew up and eventually became the chairman of Enron.

08/03/2005

Another reason I could never apply for a job at Microsoft...

Category Humor

I've read this book, and I *HATE* these types of interviews!

07/30/2005

Your Windows desktop "after hours"...

Category Humor

I always wondered why my icons were moved around...

http://www.xs4all.nl/~jvdkuyp/flash/see.htm

(thanks, Bas)

07/22/2005

Would you trust your online education to this group?

Category Humor

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05/29/2005

Engineers' Conversion Factors

Category Humor

For all you engineers (and other geniuses) who have difficulty converting units:

1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong
7. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
8. Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
9. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
10. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
11. Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line
12. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
13. 1 million-million microphones = 1 megaphone
14. 2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles
15. 365.25 days = 1 unicycle
16. 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
17. 52 cards = 1 decacards
18. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 FigNewton
19. 1000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen
20. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
21. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
22. 10 rations = 1 decoration
23. 100 rations = 1 C-ration
24. 2 monograms = 1 diagram
25. 4 nickels = 2 paradigms
26. 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 IV League
27. 100 Senators = Not 1 decision

05/28/2005

And to those wondering, the 2005/05/27 Dilbert strip wasn't about me...

Category Humor

... but the case could be made that it's not far off...

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05/27/2005

Blindness reported in some taking Viagra...

Category Humor

The big medical news today was that some people have reported blindness from taking Viagra.  This is just *too* easy...

Love is blind?

Mother told you that you'd go blind if you do that?

:-)

03/12/2005

The family quote of the day...

Category Humor

Ian took off to work at 6:30 this morning, and apparently had plans to go visit his friend in Eugene overnight (a couple hours away).  My wife was less than happy that he was going to be heading down there without anyone else going with him (because of his diabetes), and apparently tried to talk him out of it without success.  As she was standing at the top of the stairs telling me about this unfortunate series of events, we got the quote that summed it all up perfectly for her...

"It SUCKS when they turn 18!"

02/25/2005

Addictive little game...

Category Humor


http://www.wagenschenke.ch/

I want to know how far
Wild Bill gets on it.  :-) The best I could do is 62 meters (or should that be metres?)

01/15/2005

A Dog's Top 10 Pet Peeves About Humans...

Category Humor

DOG'S TOP 10 PET PEEVES ABOUT HUMANS:

1. Blaming your farts on me....not funny.....not very funny at all.

2. Yelling at me for barking.....I'M A FRIGGIN' DOG YOU IDIOT!

3. Taking me for a walk, then not letting me check stuff out. Exactly whose walk is it anyway?

4. Any trick that involves balancing food on my nose....stop it!

5. Any haircut that involves bows or ribbons. Now you know why we chew your stuff up when you are not at home.

6. The slight of hand, fake fetch throw. You fooled a dog! What a proud moment for the top of the food chain.....

7. Taking me to the vet for the 'Big Snip', then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back there.

8. Getting upset when I sniff your guests crotches. Sorry, but I haven't quite mastered the handshake thing yet.

9. Dog sweaters. Have you noticed the fur? Idiot!

10. How you act disgusted when I lick myself. Look, we both know the truth, you're just jealous!

01/13/2005

Forget all this "iMini" garbage... *Here's* the computer I want next...

Category Humor

(thanks, Bas!)

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01/08/2005

Having problems with your wi-fi connectivity?

Category Humor

Here's what you need...  WiFi Speed Spray!

09/16/2004

I understand a certain analyst research firm has hired a new spokesperson to repair their image...

Category Humor

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09/01/2004

OK... I know this is spam, but I just found it too funny!

Category Humor

Dear  Sirs,

It's my great pleasure to contact you !

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For example ,what is the height of the tent?

Are you interested in windows?

What type of frame?

Who will supply the metal parts �C

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Do you have a drawing of your requirement?

What quantities do you wish to buy?

We would appreciate receiving your answers to these questions which will enable us to submit our offer.

Feel free to view our website:

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If you don't want to receive the mail again, pls let us know we will take you off from our maillist!

Thanks

We hope information will help you .

Awaiting your favorable responds

Richard Zheng
Qyield (Xiamen) Camping Products Co., Ltd

08/28/2004

A little Saturday morning humor to start things off...

Category Humor

I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.

I had amnesia once -- or twice.

I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Now what?

Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

If the world was a logical place, men would ride horses sidesaddle.

What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?

They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.

Two can live as cheaply as one, for half as long.

Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

One nice thing about egotists: They don't talk about other people.

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail.

A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

What was the greatest thing before sliced bread? Hmmmm.

My weight is perfect for my height -- which varies.

I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.

The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.

How can there be self-help "groups"?

Is there another word for synonym?

Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"?

The speed of time is one-second per second.

Is it possible to be totally partial?

What's another word for thesaurus?

Is Marx's tomb a communist plot?

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants off.

It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.

Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?

08/25/2004

It's been awhile since I had a humor post...

Category Humor

These are from a friend, and I thought they were pretty funny...  (Thanks, Scott!)

1) I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with 'Guess' on it. I said, Thyroid problem?

2) When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realized, God doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.

3) My mum was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father.

4) I've often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

5) I was doing some decorating, so I got out my step-ladder. I don't get on with my real ladder.

6) I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

7) Well I was bullied at school, called all kinds of different names. But one day I turned to my bullies and said - 'Sticks and stones may Break my bones but names will never hurt me', and it worked! From there on it was sticks and stones all the way.

8) My Dad used to say 'always fight fire with fire', which is probably why he got thrown out of the fire brigade.

9) Sex is like a game of bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.

10) I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbor said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, Six should be enough.'

11) If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat?

12) I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.

13) You know that look women get when they want sex? Me neither.

14) Why does your gynaecologist leave the room when you get undressed?

15) If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth?

16) Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

17) Is it possible to brush your teeth without wiggling your arse?

18) Why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing you do is stand up and say, 'My name is Bob, and I am an alcoholic'?

19) Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

20) Why does mineral water that 'has trickled through mountains for centuries' have a 'use by' date?

21) Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp no one would eat?

22) Is French kissing in France just called kissing?

23) Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out'?

24) What do people in China call their good plates?

25) Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

26) What do you call male ballerinas?

27) Why is a person that handles your money called a 'Broker'?

28) If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

29) If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

30) Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?

31) Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

32) Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out of the window?

07/12/2004

Hopefully he'll forgive me for sharing this, but it's just too funny...

Category Humor


Let's frame the story correctly...  This is a Zamboni, the machine used to clear the ice at ice arenas...


A picture named M2

The scraped ice collects in the Zamboni, and then is deposited into the ice pit...


A picture named M3

Hard to see, but that pit can be around 4 to 8 feet deep...


The stage is now set...


I get a call from Ian on Sunday.  He's on the job at Mt. View ice arena.  I hear "Hey Dad, guess what I did?"  Being the typical father, I start thinking about the car being wrecked.  Not quite that bad.  He had just done an ice cut and the load was full.  To get the tip, he was supposed to rev the engine, but the Zam wasn't in neutral.  Oops!


I wish I could show you a picture of a Zam nose first into the ice pit, but I wasn't there.  Fortunately, Ian's fine, he's still employed, the Zam is OK, and it only cost $80 to get a tow truck to remove it from the pit.  He's not the first to do it, and he won't be the last, but he's going to be the butt of quite a few jokes around the arena for the next month or so.


This is the same Ian that shattered a pane of plexiglass with a slapshot some time back (same arena before he was employed there).  As his friend said...  "These things happen...  but not usually all to the same person!"

07/10/2004

Dell Stops Shipping Windows On All Its Computers

Category Humor

From NewsForge:  Dell Stops Shipping Windows On All Its Computers

:-)

07/09/2004

Friday fun... the Age Gauge

Category Humor

http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html

06/29/2004

I haven't done a "what's been Googled here" in awhile...

Category Humor

I know a number of the bloggers occasionally go through their referrer hits to see what sort of search engine hits brought visitors to the site.  I haven't done that in awhile, so let's see what happened in the month of June...
  • Spam Sentinel - Warms the cockles of my heart to see people hit my site for that term...  :-)
  • lotus scream cam - is this some new piece of Halloween software or what?
  • "desperate housewives" and "wifeswap" - one simple posting about ABC's slutty fall lineup, and everyone comes looking...
  • kk32.dll - lots of hits on the latest Microsoft virus a day or so after I posted Microsoft's instructions for cleaning it up.
  • "Please allow me to vent.  I have had it." - Did I say that somewhere?
  • www.google.com free video clips hard core People having sex with animals - Excuse me???  Move along, there's nothing to see here.
  • "enron OR broadband OR girlyman Tom Duff" - From an Intel IP address in Santa Clara....  I'd love to know more about *that* one.
  • "enron OR broadband OR pantywaist dan porter" - Same Intel IP address, a minute before the previous entry.  Dan was my boss at Enron.
  • "is Barry Bonds supplementing" - your guess is as good as mine.
  • anti-gary - I thought this was hitting my thread about Microsoft speakers at IBM conferences, but I was wrong...

Everything else seemed to be Domino related in most cases...  One thing I've noticed.  I've heard that Google can go a number of weeks between visits to your site.  I'm finding that Google seems to pick up my content every couple of days.  I wonder if they have some sort of formula they use to determine how often to index your site based on new content.

06/11/2004

The new U.S. Navy...

Category Humor

With thanks to Bas for passing this along...

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The effects of budget cuts on the Navy are reflected in their most recent acquisition of the modified shallow draft aircraft carrier. Though not quite equal to the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) or the precomm George HW Bush (CVN 77), it's proponents tout it's maneuverability, low profile, and reduced operating costs associated with its fuel consumption and reduced manning requirements. The only complaint received thus far are is from the pilots who think the squad bay has lost some of it's luster.

There have also been discussions among senior Naval and Coast Guard staff who are considering its use in the war on terrorism as part of the fleet used to maintain Maritime Domain Awareness.

A picture named M2

05/27/2004

Humor Thursday....

Category Humor

I was forwarded a number of emails today that just struck a funny bone with me...  So, if you want a laugh (or want to experience my warped sense of humor), read on...

05/21/2004

A, ahem... "unique" way to protect your valuables while on vacation...

Category Humor

http://www.shomertec.com/item.cfm?Action=Index&variable=1164

05/18/2004

Glass half empty, glass half full, and...

Category Humor

After following some forums of late, I've come to the conclusion that IT is made up of three types of people...

There are "the glass is half full" people...

There are "the glass is half empty" people...

And there are "the glass is full, but it's going to be empty some day, and when it's empty all hope will be lost, and even if they refill it when it's empty I'm sure the new contents will be different from what used to be in there, and I'm sure I won't like it, so rather than be happy right now I'm going to start whining because we all know that we're doomed anyway" people...

05/01/2004

I'd hire him in a minute... :-)

Category Humor

From Friday's Shark Tank email...

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Shark Tank: And what would you say is your weak point?


Manager asks this techie pilot fish to sit in on the interview of an applicant for a new technician position.

And what an applicant. "The candidate is a rather large person with short-cropped hair, who is wearing a suit that appears to be too tight," fish reports. "He's sitting ramrod straight with his resume in front of him and arms by his sides.

But when fish and the manager walk into the room, he leaps to his feet and remains standing until the manager invites him to sit down.

Fish looks at the resume. "Oh, I see you just got out of the Marines, where you've been for the last 20 years," he says.

"SIR! YES SIR!" the job candidate barks. "I have been the IT person in the Marines for 10 years!"

While the manager climbs back into her chair, fish asks, "Uh, what did you do?"

"Sir! I would jump out of a plane to our new location and run the cabling for our systems!" says candidate.

"Uh, OK," says fish. "Let's go through a few scenarios. We have a unique situation where a lot of engineering users can be rather difficult to work with, since they feel they are very knowledgeable. How do you handle conflict when an engineer is being rather difficult?"

Candidate turns, leans down and, with an intimidating glare and an icy voice, says, "I usually do not have problems getting people to see things my way."

And that's it for the interview. "The manager quickly asks some fluff questions and gets HR to show the candidate out," says fish.

"I thought it would be fun to hire him -- just to turn him loose on a few of our more difficult users."

04/23/2004

Interesting headline...

Category Humor

Gotta love sites that don't know American slang...

http://www.financeasia.com/Articles/06DD9861-F82C-4BFA-96CC2D57EB769A9E.cfm

For those non-American readers of this blog...  "Pecker" is a derogatory term for male genitalia, and "head job" can be used as a euphemism for oral sex...  Or you could group "Pecker head" together as a derogatory term for an individual.  Any way you go with it, you couldn't have gotten this one into the New York Times.  (Thanks for sharing, Mark!)

04/15/2004

The Retrosexual Manifesto...

Category Humor

Forwarded to me from Bas...  
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Please allow me to vent. I have had it. I've taken all I can stand and I can't stand no more. Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about, redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like "style" and "feng shui." Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual - bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world!

Real men of the world, stand up, scratch your butt, belch, and yell "ENOUGH!" I hereby announce the start of a new offensive in the culture Wars, the Retrosexual movement. "

The Code :   ...

04/06/2004

Some more spam comments...

Category Humor

"Proven (barely legal) seduction techniques" - What I wouldn't have given to be part of *that* legislative debate...

"Enough is Enough Thomas" - No, this wasn't from my wife...

"Get the hottest makeup for Spring" - yes, just a little foundation and moisturizer to get rid of all that problem combination skin...

"Increase breast size naturally" - Note to spammers...  Wrong gender.  I need to *lose* weight, not gain it.

"Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Complementary Trial" - so if I get sent back in time and don't like how things turn out, I don't have to pay?  

"disgustful lackey curium you'll squawbush steer ascend slander ingersoll demo barton duck sheath candlewick causal charity" - This one just *sounds* wrong!

"Get more inches now!" - *That* would really screw up the whole Team-TSG concept now, wouldn't it?

"Get your 0nline MBA now!" - apparently spelling and/or typing is not part of the MBA Curriculum these days.

03/30/2004

Various thoughts from my spam/bulk mail folder...

Category Humor

"Kitten18 Sent You A Message" - she's cute, but I don't remember her...

"V1 agr a  w1th n0 prescr1pt1on" - do people think I am going to trust my pharmaceuticals to someone who can't spell and who's keyboard apparently doesn't know the difference between a 1 and an L?

"Increase the size of your Johnson" - I still haven't found this Johnson dude so that I can forward his mail.

"Cheating wives" - unless it's mine, do I really care?

"Be... a Hero.. In The Bedroom" - that must be some anti-snoring device...

"Go... all Night.. In Bed" - I think I outgrew that by four or five.

"How I Lost 68 Pounds (super photo tips)" - is this about losing weight or taking pictures that make you look like you have?

"Get Bigger Breasts Now" - sorry...  I'm trying to reduce the ones I already have.

"you are the man!" - glad that's finally been recognized.

"upgrade your manhood" - must be some self-esteem course.

"Money In Your Pocket?" - no, I'm just happy to see you...



Thank you very much, I'll be here all week.  Try the veal, and remember to tip your server...

03/16/2004

You know it's been awhile since you cooked anything...

Category Humor

I decided to make pancakes for Ian and Cam this evening.  I was thinking they sounded pretty good, too.  About halfway through the process, Ian took a look at the results and asked the all-important question...

"Did they suffer much?"

03/11/2004

Who is this "Johnson" person, and why does everybody email me about him?

Category Humor

There seems to be a fascination with some person named "Johnson" lately, and people seem to think I'm concerned about him.

They want to know if I'm satisfied with the size of my Johnson...  why ask me?  Ask Johnson.   Apparently he's got a medical problem, because there are a lot of offers to provide Johnson with drugs...  Must be some human growth hormone, as it's normally in some request to make him bigger.  Socially, he must be quite friendly, as there are some emails offering to introduce him to some attractive females.  That's really nice.

If I'm ever able to track this Johnson guy down, I'll make sure to forward all the email I've been receiving for him.  I feel bad that he's missing out on what seems to be very important emails...

02/03/2004

Ordering Pizza In 2008

Category Humor

Forwarded to me by a friend...  funny in a nervous, "ha-ha" kinda way...

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ORDERING  PIZZA  IN  2008

Operator: "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your national ID  number?"
Customer: "Hi, I'd like to place an order."

Operator: "I must have your NIDN first, sir?"
Customer: "My National ID Number, yeah, hold on, eh, it's  6102049998-45-54610."

Operator: "Thank you, Mr. Sheehan. I see you live at 1742 Meadowland Drive,  and the phone number's 494-2366. Your office number over at Lincoln  Insurance is 745-2302 and your cell number's 266-2566. Email address is  sheehan@ home.net   Which number are you calling from, sir?"
Customer: "Huh? I'm at home. Where d'ya get all this information?"

Operator: "We're wired into the HSS, sir."
Customer: "The HSS, what is that?"

Operator: "We're wired into the Homeland Security System, sir.  This will  add only 15 seconds to your ordering time"
Customer: (Sighs) "Oh, well, I'd like to order a couple of your All-Meat  Special pizzas."

Operator: "I don't think that's a good idea, sir."
Customer: "Whaddya mean?"

Operator: "Sir, your medical records and commode sensors indicate that  you've got very high blood pressure and extremely high cholesterol. Your  National Health Care provider won't allow such an unhealthy choice."
Customer: "What?!?!  What do you recommend, then?"

Operator: "You might try our low-fat Soybean Pizza. I'm sure you'll like    it."
Customer: "What makes you think I'd like something like that?"

Operator: "Well, you checked out 'Gourmet Soybean Recipes' from your local  library last week, sir. That's why I made the suggestion."
Customer: "All right, all right. Give me two family-sized ones, then."

Operator: "That should be plenty for you, your wife and your four kids, and  your 2 dogs can finish the crusts, sir. Your total is $49.99."
Customer: "Lemme give you my credit card number."

Operator: "I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid you'll have to pay in cash.  Your  credit card balance is over its limit."
Customer: "I'll run over to the ATM and get some cash before your driver   gets here."

Operator: "That won't work either, sir.  Your checking account's overdrawn also."
Customer: "Never mind! Just send the pizzas.  I'll have the cash ready.  How long will it take?"

Operator: "We're running a little behind, sir.  It'll be about 45 minutes,  sir.  If you're in a hurry you might want to pick 'em up while you're out  getting the cash, but then, carrying pizzas on a motorcycle can be a little  awkward."
Customer: "Wait! How do you know I ride a motorcycle?"

Operator: "It says here you're in arrears on your car payments, so your car  got repo'ed.  But your Harley's paid for and you just filled the tank  yesterday"
Customer:  Well I'll be a "@#%/$@&?#!"

Operator: "I'd advise watching your language, sir.  You've already got a  July 4, 2006 conviction for cussing out a cop and another one I see here on  September for contempt at your hearing for cussing at a judge."  "Oh yes, I  see here that you just got out from a 90 day stay in the State Correctional Facility. Is this your first pizza since your return to  society?"
Customer: (Speechless)

Operator: "Will there be anything else, sir?"
Customer: "Yes, I have a coupon for a free 2 liter of Coke".

Operator: "I'm sorry sir, but our ad's exclusionary clause prevents us from  offering free soda to diabetics. The New Constitution prohibits this.

Thank you for calling Pizza Hut!"

01/06/2004

Despair Bittersweets

Category Humor


Many of you have probably seen the
Demotivator posters at Despair, Inc.  They are a great takeoff of those inspirational posters that are supposed to make us all happy and fluffy inside.  Well, this year they have the perfect Valentine candies...  Despair Bittersweets!  From the website...

Now available in TWO unique collections, "Dejected" and "Dysfunctional", featuring up to 37 unique sayings each!



"Dejected"
sayings include:
I MISS MY EX • PEAKED AT 17 • MAIL ORDER • TABLE FOR 1
I CRY ON Q • U C MY BLOG? • REJECT PILE • PILLOW HUGGIN
ASYLUM BOUND • DIGNITY FREE • PROG FAN • STATIC CLING
WE HAD PLANS • XANADU 2NITE • SETTLE 4LESS • NOT AGAIN


"Dysfunctional"
sayings include:
RUMORS TRUE • PRENUP OKAY? • HE CAN LISTEN • GAME ON TV
CALL A 900# • P.S. I LUV ME • DO MY DISHES • UWATCH CMT
PAROLE IS UP! • BE MY YOKO • U+ME=GRIEF • I WANT HALF
RETURN 2 PIT • NOT MY MOMMY • BE MY PRISON • C THAT DOOR?


Truly, "BitterSweets(tm)" are the perfect gift for you OR for someone you love, especially if that special someone is one who doesn't want to hurt your feelings but just doesn't feel that way about you but still wants to be friends so they can torment you with stories about their crushes on someone who doesn't appreciate them like you do, can't love them like you can, and actually takes pleasure in corralling a herd of fawning "just friends" behind themselves as they indulge in one self-destructive relationship after another, with no hope of ever finding true love, despite an army of souls eager to lavish it upon them.

(You know what we're talking about.)

Supplies are limited. But the pain that accompanies them may not be.

12/10/2003

Attack Squirrel Of Death!

Category Humor

Passed on to me by a friend (thanks, Gwyn!)

WARNING..don't read this drinking coffee or tea in front of your puter screen! Enjoy! :-)

I never dreamed slowly cruising through a residential neighbourhood could be so incredibly dangerous!  Studies have shown that motorcycling requires more
decisions per second, and more sheer data processing than nearly any other common activity or sport. The reactions and accurate decision making abilities
needed have been likened to the reactions of fighter pilots! The consequences of bad decisions or poor situational awareness are pretty much the same for
both groups too.

Occasionally, as a rider I have caught myself starting to make bad or late decisions while riding. In flight training, my instructors called this being "behind the
power curve". It is a mark of experience that when this begins to happen, the rider recognizes the situation, and more importantly, does something about it. A short break, a meal, or even a gas stop can set things right again as it gives the brain a chance to catch up. Good, accurate, and timely decisions are essential when riding a motorcycle.at least if you want to remain among the living. In short, the brain needs to keep up with the machine.

I had been banging around the roads of east Texas and as I headed back into Dallas, found myself in very heavy, high-speed traffic on the freeways. Normally,
this is not a problem, I commute in these conditions daily, but suddenly I was nearly run down by a cage that decided it needed my lane more than I did. This is not normally a big deal either, as it happens around here often, but usually I can accurately predict which drivers are not paying attention and avoid them before we are even close. This one I missed seeing until it was nearly too late, and as I took evasive action I nearly broadsided another car that I was not even aware was there! Two bad decisions and insufficient situational awareness.all within seconds. I was behind the power curve. Time to get off the freeway.

I hit the next exit, and as I was in an area I knew pretty well, headed through a few big residential neighbourhoods as a new route home. As I turned onto the nearly empty streets I opened the visor on my full-face helmet to help get some air. I figured some slow riding through the quiet surface streets would give me time to relax, think, and regain that "edge" so frequently required when riding. Little did I suspect.

As I passed an oncoming car, a brown furry missile shot out from under it and tumbled to a stop immediately in front of me. It was a squirrel, and must have been trying to run across the road when it encountered the car. I really was not going very fast, but there was no time to brake or avoid it-it was that close. I hate to run over animals.and I really hate it on a motorcycle, but a squirrel should pose no danger to me. I barely had time to brace for the impact. Animal lovers, never fear. Squirrels can take care of themselves!

11/06/2003

The Meatrix...

Category Humor

With thanks to Chaz and Brian Livingston, I present to you...  The Meatrix.

Caution...  all heavy moralistic messages contained in this Flash cartoon are theirs and theirs alone.  I don't share the sentiments, but I DO find the cartoon well-done and, I'm afraid, probably more entertaining than the real thing...

10/13/2003

And for those of you who liked my link to the Trunk Monkey commercials...

Category Humor

Now we have...

THE BLOG MONKEY!!!

A picture named M2

10/04/2003

Saturday morning humor - The Trunk Monkey!

Category Humor

There's a local car dealership here in Portland, Oregon called Suburban Auto Group.  They've created a series of commercials touting a revolutionary new service...  The Trunk Monkey!  I'd love to have one of these...

Go watch the commercials...  they are great!  Clip 2 and 3 are very similar, but 3 has some nuances that you won't see in 2.

09/30/2003

I think I need to change my name...

Category Humor

We have an electronic resume collection application that allows us to receive emailed resumes from job boards.  There's a daily email that lists all the resumes received for the previous day.  After looking at that email for the last week or so, I think I've come to a conclusion...

Changing my name to something like "Vishnu Swararhi" would make me more marketable...  :-)

09/28/2003

This picture was too freaking funny...

Category Humor

From Chris King's blog...

A picture named M2

09/19/2003

Cow Economics Redux

Category Humor

(Thanks, Bas!)

 DEMOCRAT
  You have two cows
  Your neighbor has none.
  You feel guilty for being successful.
  Barbara Streisand sings for you.
 
 REPUBLICAN
  You have two cows.
  Your neighbor has none.
  So?
 
 SOCIALIST
  You have two cows.
  The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
  You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
 
 COMMUNIST
  You have two cows.
  The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
  You wait in line for hours to get it.
  It is expensive and sour.
 
 CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
  You have two cows.
  You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
 
 DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
  You have two cows.
  The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.
 
 BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
  You have two cows.
  The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, and then pours the milk down the drain.
 
 AMERICAN CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
  You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead.
 You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
  Your stock goes up.
 
 FRENCH CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You go on strike because you want three cows.
  You go to lunch and drink wine.
  Life is good.
 
 JAPANESE CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
  They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
  Most are at the top of their class at cow school.  
 
 GERMAN CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
 
 ITALIAN CORPORATION
  You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
  While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
  You break for lunch.
  Life is good.
 
 RUSSIAN CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You have some vodka.
  You count them and learn you have five cows.
  You have some more vodka.
  You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
  The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
 
 TALIBAN CORPORATION
  You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two.
  You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's parts.
  Then you kill them and claim a US bomb blew them up while they were in the hospital.
 
 IRAQIAN CORPORATION
 You have two cows.
  They go in hiding.
  They send radio tapes of their mooing.
 
 POLISH CORPORATION
  You have two bulls.
  Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
 
 FLORIDA CORPORATION
  You have a black cow and a brown cow.
  Everyone votes for the best looking one.
  Some of the people who like the brown one best, vote for the black one.
  Some people vote for both.
  Some people vote for neither.
  Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
  Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which is the best-looking cow.
 
 NEW YORK CORPORATION
  You have fifteen million cows.
  You have to choose which one will be the leader of the herd, so you pick some cow from Arkansas.
 
 CALIFORNIA HAPPY COWS
  Crowd herd of happy fun loving cows into a small dirt lot.
  Feed cows weeds.
  Hire Hollywood to show commercial of HAPPY COWS in green pastures.
  Smoke weed left over from cow feeding.
  Make millions selling "HAPPY MILK."

09/18/2003

Tribal wisdom...

Category Humor

A little morning humor... (Thanks, Scott!)

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The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that,

"When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount."

However, consultants working in government have more advanced strategies that are often employed, such as:

1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.
5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.
7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.
9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead horse's performance.
10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.
11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the
bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.
12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.

09/16/2003

Whether true or not, this was "laugh out loud" hysterically funny (to me)...

Category Humor

THE HORROR OF BLIMPS BY: GORDON GARB

STOLEN FROM CHRONICLES OF THE DAWN PATROL BY COL ROGER TENER


The horror of blimps Last week while traveling I stopped at a Zany Brainy store and saw that they had a blimp for sale. It's called Airship Earth, and it's a great big balloon with a map of the Earth on it, and two propellers hanging from the bottom. You blow up the balloon with helium put batteries in it, and you have a radio control indoor blimp.


I'd seen these things for sale in Sharper Image catalogs for $60-$75. At Zany Brainy it was on clearance for $15. What a deal!


Last night my wife was playing tennis and it was just my daughter and I at home. I bought a small helium tank from a party store, and last night we put the blimp together.


Let me tell you, it's quite a blimp. It's huge. The balloon has like a 3 ft diameter.


We blew it up with the tank attached the gondola with the propellers, and put in batteries.


Then we balanced the blimp for neutral buoyancy with this putty that came with it, so it hangs in the air by itself neither rising nor falling.


It was easy and fun, and then I blew up another balloon and made Mickey Mouse helium voices for my daughter.


My three year old girl loved it. We flew the blimp all over the house, terrorized the dog, attacked the fish tank, and the controls were so easy my daughter could fly.


Let's face it, blimps are fun.


Alas, the fun had to end and my daughter had to go to sleep. I left the blimp floating in my office downstairs, my wife came home, and we went to bed, and slept the sleep of the righteous.


At this point it is important to know that my house has central heating. I have it configured to blow hot air out on the ground floor and take it in at the second floor to take advantage of the fact that heat rises.


The blimp, which was, up until this moment, a fun toy here embarked on a career of evil. Using the artificial convection of my central heating, the blimp stealthily departed my office. It moved silently through the living and drifted to the staircase. Gliding wraithlike over the staircase it then entered the bedroom where my wife and I lay sleeping peacefully.


Running silently, and gliding six feet or so above the ground on invisible and tiny air currents it approached the bed.


In spite of it's noiseless passage, or perhaps because of it, I awoke. That doesn't really say it properly. Let me try again.


I awoke, the way you awake at 2:00 AM when your sleeping senses suddenly tell you without reason that the forces of evil on converging on you.


That still doesn't do it. Let me try one more time.


I awoke the way you awake when you suddenly know that there is a large levitating sinister presence hovering towards you with menacing intent through the malignant darkness.


Now sometimes I do wake up in the middle of the night thinking that there are large sinister and menacing things floating out of the darkness to do me and mine evil. Usually I open my eyes, look and listen carefully, decide it was a false alarm, and go back to sleep.


So, the fact that I awoke in such a manner was not all that unusual.


On this occasion I awoke to the sense that there was a large menacing presence approaching me silently out of the gloom, so I opened my eyes, and there it was! A LARGE SILENT MENACING PRESENCE WAS APPROACHING ME OUT OF THE GLOOM, AND IT COULD FLY!!!


Somewhere in the control room of my mind a fat little dwarf in a security outfit was paging through a Penthouse while smoking a cigar with his feet up on the table, watching the security monitors of my brain with his peripheral vision. Suddenly he saw the LARGE SILENT SINSITER MENACING FLOATING PRESENCE coming at me, and he pulled every panic switch and hit every alarm that my body has. A full decade's allotment of adrenaline was dumped into my bloodstream all at once. My metabolism went from "restful sleep mode" to HOLY SHIT! FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE OR DIE!!!! mode" in a nanosecond. My heart went from twenty something beats per minute to about 240 even faster.


I always knew this was going to happen. I always knew that skepticism and science were mere psychological decorations and vanities. Deep in our alligator brains we all know that the world is just chock full of evil and monsters and sinister forces aligned against us, and it is only a matter of time until they show up. Evolution knows this, too. It knows what to do when the silent terror comes at you from out of the dark.


When 50 million years worth of evolutionary survival instinct hits you all at once flat in the gut at 200 mph it is not a pleasant sensation.


Without volition I screamed my battle cry (which is indistinguishable to the sound a little girl makes when you drop a spider down her dress (not that I'd know what that sounds like,) and leapt out of bed in my underwear.


I struck the approaching menace with all my strength and almost fell over at the total lack of resistance that a helium balloon offers when you punch the living shit out of it with all the strength that sudden middle of the night terror produces.


Its trajectory took it straight into the ceiling fan which whipped it about the room at terrifying velocity.


Seeking a weapon, I ripped the alarm clock out of its plug and hurled it at the now High Velocity Menacing presence (breaking the clock and putting a nice hole in the wall.)


Somehow at this moment I suddenly realized that I was fighting the blimp, and not a monster. It might have been funny if I didn't truly and actually feel like I was having a legitimate heart attack.


On quivering legs I went to the bathroom and literally gagged into the toilet while shaking uncontrollably with the shock of the reaction I'd had.


Unbelievably, both my wife and daughter had completely slept through the incident. When I decided that I wasn't having a heart attack after all I went back into the bedroom and found the blimp, which had somehow survived the incident.


I took it to the walk in closet and released it inside where it floated around with the air currents released from the vents in there. I closed the door, this sealing it in, and went back to bed. About 500 years later I fell asleep.



***


At about 7 am my wife awoke. She had been playing tennis and wasn't aware that we have assembled the blimp the previous evening, and that is was now floating around the walk-in closet that she approached.


The dynamic between the existing air currents of the closet and the suction caused by opening the door was just enough to give the blimp the appearance of an Evil Sinister Menace flying straight towards her.


This time the blimp did not survive the encounter, nor almost, did I, as I had to explain to my very angry spouse what motivated me to hide an evil lurking presence in the closet for her to find at 7 am.


I can order replacement balloons on the internet but I don't think I will.


Some blimps are better off dead.

08/21/2003

What to do in a Terrorist Attack...

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A little humor provided from a friend...  (Thanks, Bas!)

The US government has a new website, http://www.ready.gov.  It's another attempt at scare mongering in the style of the old "duck and cover" advice after WWII.

The fun thing is that these pictures are so ambiguous they could mean anything!  Here are a few interpretations.
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If you have set yourself on fire, do not run

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If you spot terrorism, blow your anti-terrorism whistle.  If you are Vin Diesel, yell really loud.

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If you spot a terrorist arrow, pin it against the wall with your shoulder

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If you are sprayed with an unknown substance, stand and think about it instead of seeing a doctor.

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Use your flashlight to lift the walls right off of you!

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The proper way to eliminate smallpox is to wash with soap, water and at least one(1) armless hand.

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Michael Jackson is a terrorist.  If you spot this smooth criminal with dead, dead eyes, run the f*** away.

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Hurricanes, animal corpses and the biohazard symbol have a lot in common.  Think about it.

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Be on the lookout for terrorists with pinkeye and leprosy. Also, they tend to rub their hands together manically.

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If a door is closed, karate chop it open.

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If your building collapses, give yourself a b***j** while waiting to be rescued.

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Try to absorb as much of the radiation as possible with your groin region. After 5 minutes and 12 seconds, however, you may become sterile

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After exposure to radiation it is important to consider that you may have mutated to gigantic dimensions: watch your head.

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If you've become a radiation mutant with a deformed hand, remember to close the window. No one wants to see that shit.

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If you hear the Backstreet Boys, Michael Bolton or Yanni on the radio, cower in the corner or run like hell.

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If your lungs and stomach start talking, stand with your arms akimbo until they stop.

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Austin is radioactive, move to Houston

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If you are trapped under falling debris, conserve oxygen by not farting.

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If you lose a contact lens during a chemical attack, do not stop to look for it.

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Do not drive a stations wagon if a power pole is protruding from the hood.

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A one-inch thick piece of plywood should be sufficient protection against radiation.  Always carry one!

07/27/2003

I think I need new friends...

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I get an email from Joe Litton mentioning that he thought he saw me last night when he was taking a walk with friends...  Here was the picture he sent along with the email...

A picture named M2

06/26/2003

This Shark Tank story was just too funny not to share...

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I get a daily email from Computerworld called Shark Tank.  It normally has "Dilbert-esque" stories from the IT world sent in by readers.  The one today was just too funny not to share...

Shark Tank: The voice from beyond the, um, couch

The receptionist at this small accounting firm doubles as network administrator. And she's sharp, reports the consultant pilot fish who provides outside support: "She only called us when she had a really difficult problem.

"One day, she called to tell me she had a problem she didn't know how to approach. Apparently, one of the senior partners said her computer was talking to her."

Fish knows there's no speech software on any of the bean counters' PCs.  "Well, what is it saying to her?" he asks.

"I'll find out," receptionist says and hangs up. Next day she calls fish back to report that the computer, in a very faint voice, said, "Hey, I need your help, why won't you talk to me?" And this time, the receptionist has heard the voice herself.

"This warranted a service call, if for nothing more than a good mystery and a possible exorcism," fish says.

"I arrived and pulled the computer out from under the desk, untangled the cabling and noticed the phone line to the modem."

A modem? Then he remembers: This is the partner who took time off the year before to have a baby. "We had installed a modem and remote control software on her computer so she could telecommute for the first six months after the baby was born," fish says.

"The modem connection squeal bothered other people in the office, so we had turned down the volume on the modem speaker."

When the partner returned to work, the phone line was supposed to have been disconnected. But when fish borrows a phone and connects it to the line, he gets a dial tone.

And when the phone rings again, he finally learns the reason for the mysterious, pleading voice.

"Apparently, the phone number had belonged to a psychiatrist several years prior, and an old patient had started calling again," says fish.

"He heard the modem pick up and wait for a connection tone -- as if someone picked up the phone and just listened.

"I explained to the caller that this was no longer his psychiatrist's line. Then I unplugged the cable from the modem, and suggested the company REALLY disconnect the line this time."

05/09/2003

The blog's been upgraded, and this was TOO funny...

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OK...  I just upgraded to the latest version of the Blogsphere template, and it was a piece of cake.  I just made sure Chris Miller of Connectria was there to sign the agents, and everything worked great first time through.  There are now RSS feeds too.  I haven't played with them yet, but you're more than welcome to start using it.  If you have any feedback, just let me know...


And now for the funny part...  I was killing some time at Borders bookstore today before I met my son for lunch at Todai's.  While scanning through the tech books, I came upon this title...


A picture named M2 Now...  I suppose one could find humor in the irony of a book from Microsoft Press having the words "secure" and "code" together in the title...  But no, it goes even further than that...

It's not in the picture, but the book has a quote line ON THE COVER at the bottom:


"Required reading by all programmers at Microsoft" - B. Gates


Ok...  they may all HAVE a copy, but I'm betting it's used to raise the monitor a couple of inches...  It's for sure they aren't READING the thing!