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Just thought I'd share the world's most disturbing foosball table

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:19:00 -0800

And it can be yours for just $25,000!

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An inspiration for those working on Christmas lights this week

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:08:02 -0800

Thanks to reddit for this gem.

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Heads will roll...at the LEGO store.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:04:00 -0700

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I think I just discovered where the US government hid the Ark. Ikea.

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:18:00 -0700

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" reference for those still scratching their heads.

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42 things that Google+ is more important than

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:09:53 -0700

After reading over and over again from anyone with a blog or Twitter account, I realize that Google+ might just be the most important invention in the history of mankind. To listen to people go on about it, it appears that we've entered a new chapter of our civilization...no...in all of humanity's history. For those who are not familiar with Google+, I suggest you get on it right away, as it will likely profoundly and immeasurably impact everything in your world and your very view of all its components. For those who don't have the time to check it out, I've put together a list of things and inventions in history that Google+ is more important than based on the volume and sentiment of posts that I see online.

Note: list is in no particular order. Please add anything that I'm missing in the comments.

Electricity
Wheel
Sliced bread
Printing press/moveable type
Penicillin
Pulleys
Gunpowder
Computers
Oxygen (also includes air)
Cotton Gin
Mitochondria
Anesthetics
Automobile
Camera
Consciousness
Light bulb
Sanity
Zippers
Airplane
Combustion/Fire
Alcohol
Indoor plumbing
Opposable thumbs
Language
Television
DNA
Economics (includes currency and banking)
Air conditioning
Evolution
Lasers
Nuclear fission and/or fusion
Easy Cheese
Paper
Plastics
Radio
Astronomy/motion of heavenly bodies, etc.
Vaccines
Quantum Theory
Plows
Matches
Pens
Frozen foods

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You think gas is expensive? Just paid $2,620 a gallon for this stuff

Fri, 13 May 2011 18:11:50 -0700

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The only reason to look at this is to make sure I don't buy from this company

Tue, 10 May 2011 13:35:39 -0700

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Dear TSA: thank you for protecting us from the horrible menace that is the snow globe

Wed, 04 May 2011 13:35:54 -0700

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If I share a name with a semi-celebrity, should I be responding to emails like this that I receive occasionally?

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:21:00 -0700

A practical joke moral dilemma. Don't judge me.

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Fuselage cracks? That's no problem when you've got duct tape. This is my plane today. Great.

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:15:36 -0700

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Rolling through the parking lot, I came across this beauty.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:40:40 -0800

The Delorean of SUVs.

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The most ironic ad ever?

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:08:00 -0800

Think about it for a second...

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What's that you're offering samples for again? Not sure that's legal.

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:37:19 -0800

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Thanks for the invite, but I'm going to have to pass, •Čℋáðáĺ ●•»k¡®äñ®äjä«•●

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:34:00 -0800

Just got this invite from LinkedIn. Thinking I shouldn't accept this invite. Something doesn't seem quite right.

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Where else would fly fishing flies be tied?

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:08:00 -0800

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Please explain how a rental car company justifies charging $9.49/gallon for gas.

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:20:00 -0800

I need someone to work out the economics for me on this one. They charge $2.72/gallon if you pay in advance for a full tank. But if you don't pay in advance for a full tank, they charge you $9.49. In other words, if I return the car empty and told them in advance I wanted their "fuel purchase option" then I'd pay $2.72, but if I neglected to tell them this, then I'd pay $9.49.

The part that pisses me off is that regardless of how much they charge me, they refill the tank at the same gas pump requiring the same amount of work. And it's not a lot of work since at most airports the refueling station is about 10 feet away from where you return the car.

What am I missing?

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Google's directions are getting harder and harder to follow

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:00:27 -0700

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Hey naming "gurus", sometimes it doesn't make sense to describe something with the term "HD"

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:35:41 -0700

It's packing tape, people. Tape. "HD"? Really?

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Does anyone, and I mean anyone, still use an actual phonebook?

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:25:00 -0700

I'm thinking we could save the environment if whoever is responsible for these stopped making them.

UPDATE: Thought it was worth mentioning that this post found its way to the front page of Reddit under the reddit.com subreddit. So, it's Internet famous now.

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What is the point of signs like this? Just get back to work.

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:02:56 -0700

I find it hard to imagine that anyone who sees some renovations going on utters aloud, "My word, this is a rude and unacceptable intrusion in my journey." Only then do they notice the sign asking for forgiveness and then says, "Oh, okay, they have a sign asking me to pardon them, so I'll let it slide this time and I can avoid having to write a strongly worded letter to management expressing my disbelief and explaining the extent to which my sensibilities were disturbed."

No one cares. Spend the 5 hours it took to hang all 30 of these signs and finish a day sooner.

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