07 May 2008
13 August 2007
Annoying
Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
Specify that your drive-through order is "TO-GO."
If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."
Practice making fax and modem noises.
Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.
Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears and grimacing.
Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
Shout random numbers while someone is counting.
Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
Staple pages in the middle of the page.
Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a croaking noise.
Beep your horn and wave to strangers.
Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints at the cash register.
TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
type only in lowercase.
dont use any punctuation either
Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
Repeat the following conversation a dozen times. "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now."
As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "No, wait, I that's not right," and repeat.
Ask people what gender they are.
While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
Sit in front of your house pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
Sing along at the opera.
Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."
In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
Specify that your drive-through order is "TO-GO."
If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."
Practice making fax and modem noises.
Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.
Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears and grimacing.
Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
Shout random numbers while someone is counting.
Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
Staple pages in the middle of the page.
Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a croaking noise.
Beep your horn and wave to strangers.
Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints at the cash register.
TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
type only in lowercase.
dont use any punctuation either
Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
Repeat the following conversation a dozen times. "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now."
As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "No, wait, I that's not right," and repeat.
Ask people what gender they are.
While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
Sit in front of your house pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
Sing along at the opera.
Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."
02 April 2007
Chongqing "Nail House"
In Chongqing, the Chongqing Zhengsheng Real Estate Company has turned a house into an island after the owners refused to move out. The Jiulongpo Court of the Chongqing has ordered the home owners to move out, but Yang Wu and his wife Wu Ping are defending their home and fighting for their legal rights. The couple even raised a national flag to show their determination to keep their home.
The two-storied house now stands alone in a ten meter pit in Chongqing. Wu Ping, a 49 year old restauranteur, is defiant in the face of the developers. In a recent turn of events her husband has taken up residency in the isolated building to prevent forced demolition. Wu originally asked for a shop front of the same size near the site as compensation but the developers only promised rooms on the fourth and fifth floor or the underground garage.
Despite efforts by the Chinese authorities to quash the story, Wu Ping’s stand against the relentless pace of development in China continues to draw international attention (and support).
The two-storied house now stands alone in a ten meter pit in Chongqing. Wu Ping, a 49 year old restauranteur, is defiant in the face of the developers. In a recent turn of events her husband has taken up residency in the isolated building to prevent forced demolition. Wu originally asked for a shop front of the same size near the site as compensation but the developers only promised rooms on the fourth and fifth floor or the underground garage.
Despite efforts by the Chinese authorities to quash the story, Wu Ping’s stand against the relentless pace of development in China continues to draw international attention (and support).
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28 February 2006
Mr Suicide is guurgling
Mr. Suicide Bathtub or Sink Drain Plug by Massimo Giacon is a piece in the Design Excellence Collection at the Krannert Art Museum. The collection has been organized "to promote design excellence, designers, and manufacturers who are investing in design excellence."
This art can be yours courtesy of Alessi.
This art can be yours courtesy of Alessi.
27 February 2006
Under the Bridge
Phone conversation may have gone like this...
"Yeah! Great news, we can definitely go for that Valentine's meal tonight that I was trying to arrange. "
"My foreman said it would be fine if I left early and not to worry about that 5am start on Monday either. Apparently the work has just dried up. "
"He said he'd be sure to let me know if any other driving jobs came along."
"What? No, I've not seen the news yet..."
"Yeah! Great news, we can definitely go for that Valentine's meal tonight that I was trying to arrange. "
"My foreman said it would be fine if I left early and not to worry about that 5am start on Monday either. Apparently the work has just dried up. "
"He said he'd be sure to let me know if any other driving jobs came along."
"What? No, I've not seen the news yet..."
Questions you didn’t even realise you needed answering
No. 42 What would happen if I drilled a tunnel through the center of the earth and jumped into it?
Answers on a postcard please...
5 to get you started:
Do you wake up or open your eyes first?
What sound does a bunny make?
If you cut a crumb in half, would you have two crumbs or two halves of a crumb?
What do vegetarians feed their dogs?
Why is it that if you hum and then plug your nose, the humming stops?
Do you wake up or open your eyes first?
What sound does a bunny make?
If you cut a crumb in half, would you have two crumbs or two halves of a crumb?
What do vegetarians feed their dogs?
Why is it that if you hum and then plug your nose, the humming stops?