• Jay (unregistered) in reply to SCB
    SCB:
    OutlawProgrammer:
    Guy Dude:
    No Name:
    The Google one looks fake. I don't understand the one about Division St. The gargoyle is climbing a rope, not a rock.

    The gargoyle has wings, which should obviate the need for rock climbing equipment.

    Yeah, but as per the TV show, they can only glide from high areas, not flap their wings and fly around like birds. Duh.

    Um, they're not real, you know?

    Not real?! But they're on TV! You can see them with your own eyes!

  • (cs) in reply to Guy Dude
    No Name:
    The Google one looks fake. I don't understand the one about Division St. The gargoyle is climbing a rope, not a rock.
    No, no he isn't. If you look closely he's holding a sword in his left hand, and, for some unknown reason, the blade of the sword in his right one.
  • Jay (unregistered)

    Wow, Alex must be running out of material. None of the items on this page seemed particularly funny.

    A street with a prime number named "Division Street". Wow, that's a real howler. I thought I was an ubergeek, but the paradox there didn't even occur to me until someone else explained it.

    Someone faxed you a page with a dark background? Tough on the toner supply, no doubt, but what did you expect them to do, print a new version of the flyer with a white background just for you? If the people sending the fax have a stack of printed flyers and not the original electronic master, how would they do that?

    A creature with wings climbing a rope? Yeah, all creatures with wings are capable of flight, like ostriches.

    I'm not normally one to put on a sour look and say "Well that wasn't very funny," but, well, these weren't very funny. Let's get back on the ball with the humor here guys! How do you expect me to make it through a day at this crazy office without some comic relief that is not contained in a requirements document?

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to computerfreaker
    computerfreaker:
    Don't get the "Please give us feedback" one... looks like a normal enough feedback system to me... ?!?

    Look at the screen.

    Not exactly a WTF since presumably it wasn't installed that way.

  • RBoy (unregistered) in reply to Someone You Know
    Someone You Know:
    I guess I'm neither a moron nor a nerd. What is funny or interesting about the name "Division Street"?

    It doesn't strike me as a particularly unusual name for a street. There are, for instance, two of them in downtown Buffalo.

    If we're saying that it's funny that a highway with a prime number is called "Division", that's...pretty weak.

    Only two? Wow, you guys really need to add more. It needs to be on Delaware Ave/Street/Road type madness.

  • I've seen them (unregistered)

    Um, they're not real, you know?

    Gargoyle are real things. But are man made sculptures, neither alive nor undead.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle

  • TimG (unregistered) in reply to Todd Lewis
    Todd Lewis:
    Turns out 9th and Smythe intersect at two places 4 blocks apart. The local didn't know this, and I was, as you might imagine, from out of town.
    In South Philadelphia (PA, in the US) there's a spot where you're headed south down 2nd street and then *totally without warning* you are on 3rd street. 2nd Street is then a block away. It doesn't "jog", it just jumps for no damn reason. It's the easiest place in the city to get lost (2nd & 3rd & Mifflin, if anyone wants to Google map it for some reason), and that sucks because it's a scary white-trash neighborhood.
  • (cs) in reply to TimG
    TimG:
    Todd Lewis:
    Turns out 9th and Smythe intersect at two places 4 blocks apart. The local didn't know this, and I was, as you might imagine, from out of town.
    In South Philadelphia (PA, in the US) there's a spot where you're headed south down 2nd street and then *totally without warning* you are on 3rd street. 2nd Street is then a block away. It doesn't "jog", it just jumps for no damn reason. It's the easiest place in the city to get lost (2nd & 3rd & Mifflin, if anyone wants to Google map it for some reason), and that sucks because it's a scary white-trash neighborhood.

    This is reminiscent of the North Pleasant Street/East Pleasant Street/South Pleasant Street/Triangle Street insanity in Amherst, Massachusetts.

    I'm sure you can find things like this in any town or city, but I've experienced it a great deal in places that have had roads for longer than there have been cars (like Amherst).

  • Someone (unregistered) in reply to Code Slave

    He's not naked, you can clearly see the construction helmet...

  • Smyle (unregistered)

    Yeah, well I live on "North St." (apparently named after somebody whose last name was "North"). Whoever did this should be shot. They're probably long since dead, but then they should be dug up and shot.

    I put into Google Maps (or MapQuest, or whatever) '108 North St.' and they come back with "Do you mean 108 N. 6th St.?" or something similar. I get packages addressed to '108 N. St.'

    It's a small town - I should petition the city to change it.

  • My Name? (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    computerfreaker:
    Don't get the "Please give us feedback" one... looks like a normal enough feedback system to me... ?!?

    Look at the screen.

    Not exactly a WTF since presumably it wasn't installed that way.

    Mayby the touch screen did not work on soft touches. So someone touched it a bit less softly ...

    Or it had been misread as "Please give us feetbang".

  • (cs)

    On the subject of street names, I am always tickled by one in Douglas on the Isle of Man. It is called Drinkwater Street Lane. Is it a street? Is it a lane? We're not sure, so lets call it both.

  • (cs) in reply to My Name?
    My Name?:
    Or it had been misread as "Please give us feetbang".

    That is more than my job is worth, sir. If you are interested in that sort of thing, I suggest you go to the Philippines.

  • (cs) in reply to highphilosopher
    highphilosopher:
    OutlawProgrammer:
    Guy Dude:
    No Name:
    The Google one looks fake. I don't understand the one about Division St. The gargoyle is climbing a rope, not a rock.

    The gargoyle has wings, which should obviate the need for rock climbing equipment.

    Yeah, but as per the TV show, they can only glide from high areas, not flap their wings and fly around like birds. Duh.

    OMG are you really going to go there? Here? Really? Really. Really?

    So TRWTF is that he has badly functioning wings? Is that it then? Just looking for the point, and it's friday. That always helps.

    It's obviously "9th Grade Gym Class" Gargoyle and he'll fail if he doesn't climb to the top. Double duh.

  • Shinobu (unregistered) in reply to Code Slave

    It's probably viral marketing for Bob the Builder: the dating sim.

  • My Name? (unregistered)

    After Google search, Google images, Google maps, Google news and Google books, Google fruits is the most obvious thing to come next.

  • Candlejack (unregistered)

    why's that dude trying to get pics of his sister in law?

  • spike (unregistered)
    Steve:
    Someone You Know:
    I guess I'm neither a moron nor a nerd. What is funny or interesting about the name "Division Street"?

    It doesn't strike me as a particularly unusual name for a street. There are, for instance, two of them in downtown Buffalo.

    If we're saying that it's funny that a highway with a prime number is called "Division", that's...pretty weak.

    PRIME example... division... ha ha..

    LAME

    Anonymous:
    eh?:
    what's wrong with the photo price list?
    White text on black background = a lot of toner was wasted in receiving that fax

    not if its a thermal fax, those used to be much more common.

  • (cs) in reply to RBoy
    RBoy:
    Someone You Know:
    I guess I'm neither a moron nor a nerd. What is funny or interesting about the name "Division Street"?

    It doesn't strike me as a particularly unusual name for a street. There are, for instance, two of them in downtown Buffalo.

    If we're saying that it's funny that a highway with a prime number is called "Division", that's...pretty weak.

    Only two? Wow, you guys really need to add more. It needs to be on Delaware Ave/Street/Road type madness.

    For people that have never been to Buffalo, there are two intersections of Delaware (Ave) and Delaware (St); they're about two miles apart. The first of the two intersections is just north of North Delaware. A few blocks past the second intersection, Delaware Ave turns into Delaware St and changes directions slightly.

    Most people know not to give directions that include the "corner of Delaware and Delaware".

  • anon (unregistered)

    In Birmingham, England, there is an area called "Bordesley Green". In that area there is a roughly E-W road also called "Bordesley Green", which becomes "Bordesley Green East" towards the east. Then there is a different road, roughly N-S, called "Bordesley Green Road.

    Also I used to live in Springfield Road, Kings Heath. Occasionally we got mail meant for Springfield Drive, a different road also in Kings Heath, and mail intended for Springfield Road, Moseley (a couple miles to the north).

    Who names these things!?

  • (cs) in reply to Krenn
    Krenn:
    RBoy:
    Someone You Know:
    I guess I'm neither a moron nor a nerd. What is funny or interesting about the name "Division Street"?

    It doesn't strike me as a particularly unusual name for a street. There are, for instance, two of them in downtown Buffalo.

    If we're saying that it's funny that a highway with a prime number is called "Division", that's...pretty weak.

    Only two? Wow, you guys really need to add more. It needs to be on Delaware Ave/Street/Road type madness.

    For people that have never been to Buffalo, there are two intersections of Delaware (Ave) and Delaware (St); they're about two miles apart. The first of the two intersections is just north of North Delaware. A few blocks past the second intersection, Delaware Ave turns into Delaware St and changes directions slightly.

    Most people know not to give directions that include the "corner of Delaware and Delaware".

    Not quite.

    What you're talking about is Delaware Avenue and Delaware Road.

    Delaware Avenue becomes Delaware Street maybe half a mile north of there on the other side of the 290, at the border between the Town of Tonawanda and the City of Tonawanda.

    (Yes, there's a distinct town and city with the same name.)

  • Mike (unregistered) in reply to Guy Dude

    My son is a big fan of the Gargoyles animated series. Gargoyles cannot fly. They can glide on air currents with their wings. They climb to reach high places.

    CAPTCHA: aliquam... as Arabic as possible?

  • Bim Job (unregistered) in reply to anon
    anon:
    In Birmingham, England, there is an area called "Bordesley Green". In that area there is a roughly E-W road also called "Bordesley Green", which becomes "Bordesley Green East" towards the east. Then there is a different road, roughly N-S, called "Bordesley Green Road.

    Also I used to live in Springfield Road, Kings Heath. Occasionally we got mail meant for Springfield Drive, a different road also in Kings Heath, and mail intended for Springfield Road, Moseley (a couple miles to the north).

    Who names these things!?

    Probably people who live nearby -- there's a surprise. Also what post codes are meant for, but it's difficult to find an intelligent robot these days.

    I live on the old Kings Norton golf course, which means we have lots of hilarious road names: like "The Fairway," "Spoon Drive," and my personal favourite, "Fairlie Crescent."

    Nobody could possibly pronounce that correctly unless they knew it was originally a golf course.

    In unrelated news, and just to repeat anonymous above, you'd have to be a total tit to think of gargoyles as anything other than a gothic decoration to stonework. Stop playing with your D&D miniature trolls, and try and learn something, for a change.

  • codegirl (unregistered) in reply to Malenfant

    We have Old Olive Street Rd. here in St. Louis...

  • aleph (unregistered) in reply to RobFreundlich

    Very /dev-ious, good sir.

  • Mr. Steve (unregistered) in reply to spike
    spike:
    Anonymous:
    eh?:
    what's wrong with the photo price list?
    White text on black background = a lot of toner was wasted in receiving that fax

    not if its a thermal fax, those used to be much more common.

    That fax reminds me of a little thing we called the "mobius fax". You tape 3 sheets of black paper together, feed one end into your fax machine, and dial someone's fax. As soon as the end of the paper comes out, you bend it over and tape it to the trailing end, so as to form a continuous loop. This would use all the paper and toner on the other end. Or if it were an old thermal fax, the consequences were occasionally more serious...

  • (cs)

    "Do not remove this wall". Hmmm.

    I like the signs that say "This door must remain closed at all times". At ALL times? Then why is there a door there? Replace it with a wall, or brick it over.

    It's a stupid sign, since if there's anything useful on the other side -- empty space that can be used for filing, or anything that anyone might ever want to get to, then the sign is inappropriate.

  • (cs) in reply to Mr. Steve
    Mr. Steve:
    spike:
    Anonymous:
    eh?:
    what's wrong with the photo price list?
    White text on black background = a lot of toner was wasted in receiving that fax

    not if its a thermal fax, those used to be much more common.

    That fax reminds me of a little thing we called the "mobius fax". You tape 3 sheets of black paper together, feed one end into your fax machine, and dial someone's fax. As soon as the end of the paper comes out, you bend it over and tape it to the trailing end, so as to form a continuous loop. This would use all the paper and toner on the other end. Or if it were an old thermal fax, the consequences were occasionally more serious...

    You're malicious. Destructive. I hope bad karma comes back to you.

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    computerfreaker:
    Don't get the "Please give us feedback" one... looks like a normal enough feedback system to me... ?!?

    Look at the screen.

    Not exactly a WTF since presumably it wasn't installed that way.

    I think the joke is that the request for feedback was answered with a punch in the mouth.

  • (cs) in reply to Filo Pastry
    Filo Pastry:
    "I guess I'm neither a moron nor a nerd. What is funny or interesting about the name "Division Street"?"

    I think they art eluding to the fact that 41 is a prime number and hence has no divisors except itself and 1

    Eluding?

  • Coward (unregistered) in reply to Filo Pastry
    Filo Pastry:
    Perhaps Google are trying to get a share of the Apple market.

    no-you-didn't!!!

  • (cs) in reply to Malenfant
    Malenfant:
    On the subject of street names, I am always tickled by one in Douglas on the Isle of Man. It is called Drinkwater Street Lane. Is it a street? Is it a lane? We're not sure, so lets call it both.

    There's a Stonestreet Avenue in Rockville, MD. Caused me a little confusion over the phone one time, as I'm sure it has countless others.

  • (cs) in reply to Candlejack
    Candlejack:
    why's that dude trying to get pics of his sister in law?

    heh, my thoughts exactly. Creep alert...

  • C (unregistered) in reply to DWalker59
    DWalker59:
    "Do not remove this wall". Hmmm.

    I like the signs that say "This door must remain closed at all times". At ALL times? Then why is there a door there? Replace it with a wall, or brick it over.

    It's a stupid sign, since if there's anything useful on the other side -- empty space that can be used for filing, or anything that anyone might ever want to get to, then the sign is inappropriate.

    Even if it's inappropriate, this can easily be solved by someone "accidentally" misplacing the sign... ;-)

  • (cs)

    ... is the forum software.

    wtfed-up CS HTML:

    "If it were any other bank," Dave S writes, "it probably wouldn't be such a big deal, but I think SunTrust really needs to get that 'S' working."

     

    So, precisely WTF is the point of making each pic a link back to this exact same item on the exact same page?

    That kind of thing makes sense when it's a link back to the top of a really huge long page, but do we really need to cater to people who don't know how to scroll three lines up? I think not.

  • Sa (unregistered) in reply to Bim Job
    Bim Job:
    In unrelated news, and just to repeat anonymous above, you'd have to be a total tit to think of gargoyles as anything other than a gothic decoration to stonework. Stop playing with your D&D miniature trolls, and try and learn something, for a change.
    Careful. I currently have an eighteen centimeter tall carved stone gargoyle sitting on top of my monitor. It is facing me with its legs hanging down over the top of my screen. It has a laptop on its lap and it appears to be browsing the WEB. It may be reading The Daily WTF. It may also be getting pissed off about your "D&D troll" comment.

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

  • (cs) in reply to Guy Dude
    Guy Dude:
    No Name:
    The Google one looks fake. I don't understand the one about Division St. The gargoyle is climbing a rope, not a rock.

    The gargoyle has wings, which should obviate the need for rock climbing equipment.

    It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios!
  • (cs) in reply to Sa
    Sa:
    Bim Job:
    In unrelated news, and just to repeat anonymous above, you'd have to be a total tit to think of gargoyles as anything other than a gothic decoration to stonework. Stop playing with your D&D miniature trolls, and try and learn something, for a change.
    Careful. I currently have an eighteen centimeter tall carved stone gargoyle sitting on top of my monitor. It is facing me with its legs hanging down over the top of my screen. It has a laptop on its lap and it appears to be browsing the WEB. It may be reading The Daily WTF. It may also be getting pissed off about your "D&D troll" comment.

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

    Why? It's a fucking lump of inanimate stone.

    What are you gonna do, throw it at me? o_O

  • (cs) in reply to shinobu
    shinobu:
    I find the name unix ware very appropriate. It's written on the box that even FAT pollution is washed off very easily.
    Except we know that it didn't wash off all that easily, because we all know MS secretly funded SCO, don't we?
  • (cs) in reply to Filo Pastry
    Filo Pastry:
    I think they art eluding to the fact that 41 is a prime number and hence has no divisors except itself and 1

    Eluding?

    Or do you mean Alluding?

    Eluding: to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: to elude capture.

    Alluding: to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion (usually fol. by to): He often alluded to his poverty.

  • (cs) in reply to DaveK
    DaveK:
    Sa:
    Bim Job:
    In unrelated news, and just to repeat anonymous above, you'd have to be a total tit to think of gargoyles as anything other than a gothic decoration to stonework. Stop playing with your D&D miniature trolls, and try and learn something, for a change.
    Careful. I currently have an eighteen centimeter tall carved stone gargoyle sitting on top of my monitor. It is facing me with its legs hanging down over the top of my screen. It has a laptop on its lap and it appears to be browsing the WEB. It may be reading The Daily WTF. It may also be getting pissed off about your "D&D troll" comment.

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

    Why? It's a fucking lump of inanimate stone.

    What are you gonna do, throw it at me? o_O

    Or is it ?
  • (cs) in reply to DaveK
    DaveK:
    DaveK:
    Sa:
    Bim Job:
    In unrelated news, and just to repeat anonymous above, you'd have to be a total tit to think of gargoyles as anything other than a gothic decoration to stonework. Stop playing with your D&D miniature trolls, and try and learn something, for a change.
    Careful. I currently have an eighteen centimeter tall carved stone gargoyle sitting on top of my monitor. It is facing me with its legs hanging down over the top of my screen. It has a laptop on its lap and it appears to be browsing the WEB. It may be reading The Daily WTF. It may also be getting pissed off about your "D&D troll" comment.

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

    Why? It's a fucking lump of inanimate stone.

    What are you gonna do, throw it at me? o_O

    Or is it ?
    Dun-dun-duhhhh!
  • (cs) in reply to DaveK
    DaveK:
    DaveK:
    DaveK:
    Sa:
    Bim Job:
    In unrelated news, and just to repeat anonymous above, you'd have to be a total tit to think of gargoyles as anything other than a gothic decoration to stonework. Stop playing with your D&D miniature trolls, and try and learn something, for a change.
    Careful. I currently have an eighteen centimeter tall carved stone gargoyle sitting on top of my monitor. It is facing me with its legs hanging down over the top of my screen. It has a laptop on its lap and it appears to be browsing the WEB. It may be reading The Daily WTF. It may also be getting pissed off about your "D&D troll" comment.

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

    Why? It's a fucking lump of inanimate stone.

    What are you gonna do, throw it at me? o_O

    Or is it ?
    Dun-dun-duhhhh!
    Nah, it is after all.
  • guest (unregistered) in reply to Cidolfas
    Cidolfas:
    The show is very clear that gargoyles can only glide, not fly. The other WTF, though, is that they are always shown climbing up cliffs and buildings by sinking their claws into them, which can break stone. They've never used ropes.

    And I also fail to see what's so strange about "Division St.".

    so, if a gargoyle needs to climb a rope it should sink its claws into a buiding?

    that's a WTF indeed

  • (cs) in reply to DWalker59
    DWalker59:
    "Do not remove this wall". Hmmm.

    I like the signs that say "This door must remain closed at all times". At ALL times? Then why is there a door there? Replace it with a wall, or brick it over.

    It's a stupid sign, since if there's anything useful on the other side -- empty space that can be used for filing, or anything that anyone might ever want to get to, then the sign is inappropriate.

    Those are better when the door is always propped open.

  • (cs) in reply to WhiskeyJack

    Reminds me of ER - why abbreviate "gunshot wound" (3 syllables) to "GSW" (5 syllables, at least with my immaculate enunciation)?

  • Filo Pastry (unregistered) in reply to dunawayc

    Thanks for the correction dunawayc. I get the impression you would have really enjoyed the camp carnival alluded to in the article.

  • Gargoyles Fan (unregistered) in reply to Emperor Obvious

    If you had seen the cartoon though you would know that they can't fly with those wings, only glide. Still, they were pretty apt at using their claws to dig into surfaces to climb.

  • (cs)

    Why would it take a moron or nerd to name a street "Division"?

    Usually streets named Division are boundary streets.

    I think the moron is the person who posted this one.

  • fgjtyi (unregistered) in reply to Markp
    Markp:
    RobFreundlich:
    Federico:
    anon:
    Some people might given those boxes the /boot, but I'd /opt for them. They'd find a place in my /home, maybe in the /lib-rary. I know if my /sys saw them she'd /bin them, but she always is /var-y mean.

    I could /root around for some more puns, /etc /etc, but I think I'll halt there.

    Great! Why did you stop the /proc-ess?

    At the prices they're charging, it's clearly a case of /usr-y.

    /sbin.

    Of course the prices are only /tmp-oraray!

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