• n (unregistered) in reply to Walleye
    Walleye:
    Matt.C:
    A chalk holder?

    What, in case you're allergic to it?

    There's never a piece of fresh chalk in classrooms when you need it, so you carry your own. Ever tried to carry white chalk in a dark suit without some kind of holder?

    The chalk retracts kind of like an automatic pencil (or mechanical pencil in some parts of the world).

    Also helps to keep the chalk off of your hands so if you are like me and like to put your hands in your pocket, or if you need to scrach nose you don't have chalk everywhere.

  • (cs) in reply to rst
    rst:
    If you want to actually order the cat costumes, they're available here:

    http://www.petoffice.co.jp/catprin/english/

    As a bonus, you'll get not only views of siller-looking costumes ("Ann of Green Gables"), but some absolutely classic Engrish:

    "You need to dress a cat. And you will say to a cat together with a family. "It has changed just for a moment". [ "it being very dear" or ] You will pass pleasant one time."

    Indeed.

    You will also be dead. Dogs will put up with this sort of crap, because they're genetically programmed to obey the alpha male. Cats have more smarts.

    1.Is this thing male? 2.Is this thing alpha? 3. Do I need food?

    OK, I'll rip its throat out later. Human giblets are a dish best served cold ... with Kit-e-Kat sauce, fava beans, and a nice Chianti, num num num.

    What sort of sick pervert would even consider looking at these suggestions? Every darned one of you would be better off with The Finnish Girl.

    Sorry to spoil your delusions about what cats consider acceptable. They are devious. They are prepared to cause you immense pain, just to make a point.

    Dogs just whimper. You'll whimper too, if you click on that link.

  • Lego (unregistered) in reply to TakeASeatOverThere
    TakeASeatOverThere:
    I <3 Finnish Girl.

    You are less than three Finish girl(s)?

  • The box of awesomeness... (unregistered)

    I'm guessing that the "Atomic Fireball" box contains cinnamon candies, or else we're turning you in to Homeland Security.

  • oheso (unregistered)

    Not only do the one yen coins feel like plastic, they actually cling to whatever else is inside your pocket (other coins, keys, lint, Bilbo Baggins, etc.) and then fall out whenever you remove same. Plus they're worth diddly. Japan could probably save the world economy just by removing them from circulation.

    Fortunately, most convenience stores now have "save the Earth" contribution boxes near the cash registers, so my plan is well on its way to fruition.

  • (cs)

    Giant postal machine? Naah, that's just thieving pikey postmen, same as we have here in the UK.

  • (cs) in reply to Matt.C
    Matt.C:
    A chalk holder? What, in case you're allergic to it?

    I took one look at thought it was a "brillant" device... Some engineer has solved a problem that whiteboards already fixed in a much nicer way.

  • death to whiteboards (unregistered) in reply to tin
    tin:
    I took one look at thought it was a "brillant" device... Some engineer has solved a problem that whiteboards already fixed in a much nicer way.

    Have you ever used a whiteboard that actually works? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

    Whiteboards are complete garbage, because:

    • the markers smell terrible
    • if you don't wipe your text fast enough, it becomes permanent
    • if someone uses the wrong kind of marker, (and they will) the text becomes permanent
    • using cleaning agents breaks the surface coating, making your text permanent (and also smudgy)
    • the erasers are usually crap, leaving smudges behind
    • the markers are expensive, also they are always empty
    • the markers are bad for the environment and produce tons of trash compared to chalk
  • (cs) in reply to death to whiteboards
    death to whiteboards:
    - the markers smell terrible - if you don't wipe your text fast enough, it becomes permanent - if someone uses the wrong kind of marker, (and they will) the text becomes permanent - using cleaning agents breaks the surface coating, making your text permanent (and also smudgy) - the erasers are usually crap, leaving smudges behind - the markers are expensive, also they are always empty - the markers are bad for the environment and produce tons of trash compared to chalk
    I call crap! If the markers are always empty, how can they leave smudges and make your text permanent, if you can't write with them?
  • curtmack (unregistered)

    The best part is that Windows XP shows a decimal point in the file size display for the nothing file, "22.0 bytes." Because fractions of bytes are all too common these days.

  • sanjin tajic (unregistered) in reply to kastein

    hehehe CU, e71dx

  • Keybounce (unregistered) in reply to AlpineR

    Trying to open that nothing zip file in MacOS results in it being archived, not opened :-).

    My Capcha: abigo. A Big O? Talk about non-understandable mechas.

  • Maj najm (unregistered) in reply to death to whiteboards
    death to whiteboards:
    tin:
    I took one look at thought it was a "brillant" device... Some engineer has solved a problem that whiteboards already fixed in a much nicer way.

    Have you ever used a whiteboard that actually works? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

    Whiteboards are complete garbage, because:

    • the markers smell terrible
    • if you don't wipe your text fast enough, it becomes permanent
    • if someone uses the wrong kind of marker, (and they will) the text becomes permanent
    • using cleaning agents breaks the surface coating, making your text permanent (and also smudgy)
    • the erasers are usually crap, leaving smudges behind
    • the markers are expensive, also they are always empty
    • the markers are bad for the environment and produce tons of trash compared to chalk

    I see that you've only used the cheapass kind of whiteboards. Also, when I went to uni, a german team of whiteboard engineers came there and taught the teachers how to use the erasers to not leave smudges, and its actually real. If you use them the right way, no smudges.

    also, you are not supposed to use cleaning agents. Water works really well on normal waterbased pens. If you still have smudges, use a cleaning agent made for whiteboards. You wouldnt complain about how paint thinner does funny things with your car when you wash it with it eh? And also, permanent markers are easily removed. Use a waterbased pen and smear all over whatever someone wrote with a permanent marker, then use the eraser. only cheapass whiteboards get permanemt text if you dont wipe it fast. and only cheapass erasers leave smudges really.

    So, learn to use the whiteboards and stop buying the cheap ones. ;)

  • Roman (unregistered) in reply to codeman38

    I'd translate it as (let's drink) for a worthy investment

  • (cs) in reply to death to whiteboards
    death to whiteboards:
    Have you ever used a whiteboard that actually works? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
    I have. We've got a whole bunch of them in our office. Revitalizing them requires the correct solvents, one to remove (with effort) the old marks, and another (very carefully applied!) to slightly melt the surface and get rid of the scratches. And it helps if you're about to go on vacation or a work-trip so that you're out of the way while the solvent disperses. (No, I don't know what I used. A colleague got these bottles of “stuff” from the chemists across the road...)

    Mind you, I've seen both duff whiteboards and blackboards. I've no idea how the blackboards ended up that way, but chalk could not mark them so as to be visible at a distance of more than about three feet. Even for an office that would be irritating, but this was in a lecture theater.

    death to whiteboards:
    - if you don't wipe your text fast enough, it becomes permanent
    You'd have to leave it there for many months for that to happen. Why not just take a digital photograph of the board instead? Even the camera on my phone (several years old now) does a good job at this task. If you have to track something for longer than a month or two, you'd be better off using a proper issue tracker. Or even just a wiki page for that matter!

  • AntiQuercus (unregistered)

    Beer Bug?

    And what's with all the zodiacal symbols?

    And what are all the yellow cylinders on the floor in the cartoon?

    This just gets more and more perplexing...

  • FrostRose (unregistered)

    In case some of you don't know the language. The Finn send you a ad of our most popular daily newspaper (including submission form). And the green plate says "No ads, Thank you", "yes free magazines" last part just is an ad for a political party translated green.

    Left side bottle top is from beer called Karjala. Named after a region Finns lost to Russians at last war. Right one is from booze called Koskenkorva (40%). To add some random knowledge to that. The national alcohol retailer sold more liters of that last year than we have population in here.

  • (cs)

    I just bought the Encyclopedia of Immaturity for my brother, for his birthday. Amusing coincidence.

  • OJ (unregistered) in reply to FrostRose
    FrostRose:
    Right one is from booze called Koskenkorva (40%). To add some random knowledge to that. The national alcohol retailer sold more liters of that last year than we have population in here.

    I think it is a Jaloviina (Noble Booze) cap. That thing is made by mixing vodka with cognac. I don't know if it is drunk anywhere else than Finland.

  • (cs) in reply to Maj najm
    Maj najm:
    I see that you've only used the cheapass kind of whiteboards. Also, when I went to uni, a german team of whiteboard engineers came there and taught the teachers how to use the erasers to not leave smudges, and its actually real. If you use them the right way, no smudges.

    Do you like Linux?

    My teachers used to have a blackboard that caused them to get chalky fingers, so I installed a really expensive whiteboard instead, now they only need to have engineers come round to give them lessons in how to use it so it works as well as the blackboard did. Also, they don't get chalky fingers any more, just inky fingers instead. Long live whiteboards.

  • (cs)

    I have a whole heap of Metcards... I should send them in, haha.

  • KJ Coop (unregistered)

    TRWTF about the notes was that the whole notebook was filled with notes just like that: clearly outlined, color coded, highlighted and legible.

  • (cs)

    Ok, so we've got Irish Girl (who I believe someone determined is an American) and Finnish Girl; can we cover every continent? I'm talking to you, Antarctica!

  • Worf (unregistered) in reply to n
    n:
    Walleye:
    Matt.C:
    A chalk holder?

    What, in case you're allergic to it?

    There's never a piece of fresh chalk in classrooms when you need it, so you carry your own. Ever tried to carry white chalk in a dark suit without some kind of holder?

    The chalk retracts kind of like an automatic pencil (or mechanical pencil in some parts of the world).

    Also helps to keep the chalk off of your hands so if you are like me and like to put your hands in your pocket, or if you need to scrach nose you don't have chalk everywhere.

    Also keeps the chalk from breaking, and lets you use the chalk to a very little point (far smaller than holdable by fingertips). The breaking part is common enough - take a piece of chalk, touch it to the board, and if you hold it far from the writing end (or apply a bit too much pressure), it'll usually snap in two.

    Also, a chalk holder fattens up the chalk quite a bit, which can make it easier to write large and legibly since you aren't trying to hold it like a pen.

  • Capt. Obvious (unregistered) in reply to Erik
    Erik:
    Poor Gallagher not only flies coach, but also gets seated after almost everyone else. I guess smashing watermelons just isn't as lucrative as it used to be.
    He's in seat 3. That means that either he is in first class, or there is no first class on that flight.

    And if there is no first class, then LIFO isn't bad at all.

  • (cs)

    The wiimote gun's trigger is near the front of the 'barrel'. That's awesome enough but the real wtf is that the package claims that it will let you "Feel Apart of the Game." Great writeup.

  • joergb (unregistered) in reply to codeman38
    codeman38:
    Incidentally, Google Translate translates the text on that mug as "worthy of investment".

    Well, that's if I type it in lowercase. If I type it in all caps, as it's written on the mug, it comes out "FOR INSERTION Worthy!"

    Well, "за" means "for, but also is used to start a toast. So better "To a worthy investment."

  • Ilkka Savilampi (unregistered)

    Hi and thanks for the beautiful stickers!

    Would you be kind and and fix my first name in the article from Meka to Ilkka. My handwriting is so terrible that i am not surprised that you got that wrong :)

  • evilbob (unregistered) in reply to Erik

    judging by the last video I saw, it apparently takes more booze than i used to, as well.

  • RealUltimatePower (unregistered)

    your NERF sweat bands pic reminds me of the "best friend Mark showing off" pic from http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm

  • kastein is an anal retentive faggot (unregistered) in reply to m0ffx

    but kastein is too busy doing queenie things to read anything...watch out, he may want to play sky diver and "pack your chute"!!

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