• (cs) in reply to Fast Eddie
    Fast Eddie:
    This comment is empty except for a wet spot left by my coffee maker which was accidentally left open 24/7 because someone Please read not instructions this open to (briefly repeat the broken logo). Preventive Measures were taken to constraint the maze of twisty little passages, all alike on a wooden table with Irish Girl. Because someone had to do it.
    What happened to FILE_NOT_FOUND?
  • (cs) in reply to blah
    blah:
    Johnny Awkward:
    SenTree:
    galgorah:
    catch 22? Need to make coffee to think straight but can't make coffee without thinking straight.
    We in the backward parts of the world have a solution for this [pun intended]. It's called 'Instant Coffee'.

    I might be called Instant 'Coffee', but it doesn't taste like it.

    Despite how poor instant coffee is for making coffee, it makes excellent ice cream. So a bootstrappin'-good solution then becomes obvious: Ice cream before breakfast!

    I'm diabetic, you insensitive clod!

  • (cs) in reply to Code Dependent
    Code Dependent:
    Someone You Know:
    Ruquay K Calloway, I'm curious to know how a hill outside Jerusalem was able to fix your coffee machine.
    The coffee machine was "saved", man. Duh...
    That explains why drinking coffee in the morning feels like being nailed to a pole.
  • Anonymous Coward (unregistered) in reply to SR

    Er, shatterproof? That means that WHEN it breaks, it doesn't SHATTER.

  • Anonymous Coward (unregistered) in reply to SR
    SR:
    I like things with "Unbreakable" on them. They're a challenge.

    A fella at primary school was once showing off his new "shatterproof" ruler. Within 10 seconds I'd shown him how to break it. Within 11 he'd broke it.

    Happy days!

    Er, shatterproof? That means that WHEN it breaks, it doesn't SHATTER.

  • Jasmine (unregistered)

    I have always loved it when people call in the Calvary

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

  • (cs) in reply to GettinSadda
    GettinSadda:
    it's that they claim to be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week on each day!

    Annnnnnd... aren't they? Please explain how it is possible to be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, only on /some/ days.

  • (cs)

    Since this was kind of a metapost, I'll ask a metaquestion: why have you stopped featuring comments?

  • Anonymous Coward (unregistered) in reply to Maurits
    Maurits:
    GettinSadda:
    it's that they claim to be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week on each day!

    Annnnnnd... aren't they? Please explain how it is possible to be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, only on /some/ days.

    I'll give you a hint: look at the URL in your browser.

  • (cs) in reply to galgorah
    galgorah:
    Technically if your open '24/7' it means your only open 3.4285714285714285714285714285714 hours a day

    I'd say you're being irrational, but you're not... just repeating the obvious.

  • (cs)

    I don't get the problem with "Unbreakable." Okay, it can probably break under some extreme circumstances. But I would interpret "unbreakable" to mean that "if it breaks for any reason we replace it."

  • Anonymous Coward (unregistered) in reply to Technical Thug
    Technical Thug:
    I don't get the problem with "Unbreakable." Okay, it can probably break under some extreme circumstances. But I would interpret "unbreakable" to mean that "if it breaks for any reason we replace it."

    TRWTF is that it's broken in the photo.

  • JdFalcon04 (unregistered) in reply to Technical Thug
    Technical Thug:
    I don't get the problem with "Unbreakable." Okay, it can probably break under some extreme circumstances. But I would interpret "unbreakable" to mean that "if it breaks for any reason we replace it."

    "Breakable" = It can be broken

    Therefore, "Unbreakable" = It cannot be broken.

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward:
    Technical Thug:
    I don't get the problem with "Unbreakable." Okay, it can probably break under some extreme circumstances. But I would interpret "unbreakable" to mean that "if it breaks for any reason we replace it."

    TRWTF is that it's broken in the photo.

    D'oh! You win. I interpreted the fracture as a line of reflected light.

    I can see how that played out. If I saw an Unbreakable outlet cover in the hardware store I would hit it with something from the hammer aisle.

  • (cs) in reply to Code Dependent
    Code Dependent:
    galgorah:
    Drinking "Instant Coffee" is akin to scraping the tar out of a heavy smokers lungs, adding water and drinking that. At least thats what it tastes like
    Gotta confess, I've never done that, so have no idea what it tastes like.
    think thick crusty vomit. Hope that helps
  • (cs) in reply to Technical Thug
    Technical Thug:
    Anonymous Coward:
    Technical Thug:
    I don't get the problem with "Unbreakable." Okay, it can probably break under some extreme circumstances. But I would interpret "unbreakable" to mean that "if it breaks for any reason we replace it."

    TRWTF is that it's broken in the photo.

    D'oh! You win. I interpreted the fracture as a line of reflected light.

    I can see how that played out. If I saw an Unbreakable outlet cover in the hardware store I would hit it with something from the hammer aisle.

    Perhaps you should do less interpreting...doesn't seem to be workin out for you today.

  • caper (unregistered)

    www.softlayer.com = file not found.

  • (cs) in reply to s0be
    s0be:
    galgorah:
    Technically if your open '24/7' it means your only open 3.4285714285714285714285714285714 hours a day

    I'd say you're being irrational, but you're not... just repeating the obvious.

    I'm going to stop now otherwise this will become some sort of freakish commentary on determining the value of redundency in various situations....

  • (cs) in reply to galgorah
    galgorah:
    Code Dependent:
    galgorah:
    Drinking "Instant Coffee" is akin to scraping the tar out of a heavy smokers lungs, adding water and drinking that. At least thats what it tastes like
    Gotta confess, I've never done that, so have no idea what it tastes like.
    think thick crusty vomit. Hope that helps
    Not really. But now I know that if you ever invite me to a drink, I'll have other things to do.
  • (cs) in reply to SR
    SR:
    I like things with "Unbreakable" on them. They're a challenge.

    A fella at primary school was once showing off his new "shatterproof" ruler. Within 10 seconds I'd shown him how to break it. Within 11 he'd broke it.

    Happy days!

    There used to be a rent-a-storage-locker place on Mass Ave in Cambridge,MA, right next to MIT. On the side of the building was a large sign (possible designed right into the bricks) that said "Guaranteed FireProof".

    That always struck me as quite a bold statement, given the building's location.

    Of course, I haven't been down there in a while, so it's possible someone finally took up the challenge and the building's gone.

  • J (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward:
    three wolves:
    Instant Coffee would probably taste better than what he was going to get out the machine re-running those already used grounds. Or is it possible that picture isn't quite as candid as it pretends to be?

    I'm glad someone else caught this. Either the image is a poor reenactment, or some bastard doesn't know that coffee doesn't work for multiple infusions.

    Anyone who doesn't know how to make sure the spout actually pours over the grounds probably doesn't realize that grounds are best used only once.

  • (cs) in reply to Jasmine
    Jasmine:
    I have always loved it when people call in the Calvary

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

    I can maybe understand not reading the entire thread before posting, but it was the second comment. At least make an effort.

  • anonymouse (unregistered) in reply to SenTree
    SenTree:
    galgorah:
    catch 22? Need to make coffee to think straight but can't make coffee without thinking straight.
    We in the backward parts of the world have a solution for this [pun intended]. It's called 'Instant Coffee'.

    Which tastes almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Coffee.

  • (cs) in reply to Neil
    Neil:
    Nice how the content images were in a "spons" folder and the sponsor images weren't. Of course they were all hidden by my Adblock plus rule set.
    I thought he'd cut that crap out some time ago? Or maybe your filter is overzealous. Mine didn't block them.

    Anyway, https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/X360EmptyBox.jpg https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/X360EmptyBox2.jpg https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/Image_00006.jpg https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/infinite-coffee-loop.jpg https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/DSC00010.JPG https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/SNC00025.jpg https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/paypal.gif https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/Future%20Proof.jpg https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/Image016.jpg https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/IMG_0032.jpg https://thedailywtf.com/images/200905/spons/IMG_1249.JPG

  • (cs) in reply to RobFreundlich
    RobFreundlich:
    SR:
    I like things with "Unbreakable" on them. They're a challenge.

    A fella at primary school was once showing off his new "shatterproof" ruler. Within 10 seconds I'd shown him how to break it. Within 11 he'd broke it.

    Happy days!

    There used to be a rent-a-storage-locker place on Mass Ave in Cambridge,MA, right next to MIT. On the side of the building was a large sign (possible designed right into the bricks) that said "Guaranteed FireProof".

    That always struck me as quite a bold statement, given the building's location.

    Of course, I haven't been down there in a while, so it's possible someone finally took up the challenge and the building's gone.

    Said building is still there. I pass by it quite a lot

  • (cs) in reply to Ilya Ehrenburg
    Ilya Ehrenburg:
    galgorah:
    Code Dependent:
    galgorah:
    Drinking "Instant Coffee" is akin to scraping the tar out of a heavy smokers lungs, adding water and drinking that. At least thats what it tastes like
    Gotta confess, I've never done that, so have no idea what it tastes like.
    think thick crusty vomit. Hope that helps
    Not really. But now I know that if you ever invite me to a drink, I'll have other things to do.
    If you've ever had food poisoning you know the taste. I also abhor any type of coffee. Just let your mind decide the taste and there you go.
  • Irrationally periodic (unregistered) in reply to s0be
    s0be:
    galgorah:
    Technically if your open '24/7' it means your only open 3.4285714285714285714285714285714 hours a day

    I'd say you're being irrational, but you're not... just repeating the obvious.

    Very subtle... might need to tune your sarcasm sensors

  • Lego (unregistered) in reply to North Bus
    North Bus:
    blah:
    Johnny Awkward:
    SenTree:
    galgorah:
    catch 22? Need to make coffee to think straight but can't make coffee without thinking straight.
    We in the backward parts of the world have a solution for this [pun intended]. It's called 'Instant Coffee'.

    I might be called Instant 'Coffee', but it doesn't taste like it.

    Despite how poor instant coffee is for making coffee, it makes excellent ice cream. So a bootstrappin'-good solution then becomes obvious: Ice cream before breakfast!

    I'm diabetic, you insensitive clod!

    Check your glucose level, it sounds like you are a little low...

  • Dan T. (unregistered)

    Well, they could have used a 5.25" floppy, or even an 8" one.

  • Woody (unregistered) in reply to Code Dependent
    Code Dependent:
    Fast Eddie:
    This comment is empty except for a wet spot left by my coffee maker which was accidentally left open 24/7 because someone Please read not instructions this open to (briefly repeat the broken logo). Preventive Measures were taken to constraint the maze of twisty little passages, all alike on a wooden table with Irish Girl. Because someone had to do it.
    What happened to FILE_NOT_FOUND?

    FILE_NOT_FOUND_NOT_FOUND

    BTW, is anyone else here completely intrigued by the idea of Irish Girl on a wooden table?

  • (cs) in reply to Woody
    Woody:
    FILE_NOT_FOUND_NOT_FOUND
    FTW!
    Woody:
    BTW, is anyone else here completely intrigued by the idea of Irish Girl on a wooden table?
    Actually, having experienced sex on a pool table (not wood, but slate is equally hard if not harder), I must say no. A mattress is definitely the way to go.

    Caveat: leaving room here for such things as chairs, carpet, grass, etc... just forego the table/pool table.

  • titter.com (unregistered) in reply to Code Dependent
    Code Dependent:
    Woody:
    FILE_NOT_FOUND_NOT_FOUND
    FTW!
    Woody:
    BTW, is anyone else here completely intrigued by the idea of Irish Girl on a wooden table?
    Actually, having experienced sex on a pool table (not wood, but slate is equally hard if not harder), I must say no.
    You mean you've jacked off on a pool table? Dude, that's wicked.
  • Kef Schecter (unregistered) in reply to jspenguin
    jspenguin:
    The empty box is not a WTF. If you're shipping several small boxes in a bigger box, and the big box isn't quite full, it's often easier (and more eco-friendly) to pack an empty box than to fill the empty space with packing material. You mark the box as "empty" so the receiver doesn't complain about missing pieces.

    They could have bothered to print a brief explanation to this effect on the box. I guess they had no particular reason to care if the customer gets confused about the empty box, but eh.

    Diego:
    The meaning is "in the museum there are SOME (not "same") tortuous paths". The Italian word is "tortuosi", which sounds like "tortoises". Same sounds, same meaning!

    I was going to point out the "tortuosi" thing, but I noticed you beat me to it. I bet what actually happened, though, is they actually tried to write "tortuous" but misspelled it in some way, and the spellchecker suggested "tortoises". A lot of people don't bother to proofread what the spellchecker produces... a lot of EU documents ended up with "Cupertino" instead of "cooperation" because, for some really stupid reason, the spellchecker expected it to be spelled "co-operation".

  • (cs) in reply to three wolves
    three wolves:
    Instant Coffee would probably taste better than what he was going to get out the machine re-running those already used grounds. Or is it possible that picture isn't quite as candid as it pretends to be?

    A more likely explanation is that the poster isn't all that bright. The co-workers made coffee, then drank it all. In he toddles and goes "where's the coffee?" and they're all like "oh, dude, we're totally making a fresh pot, but I guess the coffee maker's on the fritz". So, rather than picking up on that, he instantly assumes it is a mechanical problem. He cracks open the coffee maker, and invents a problem to fit the solution he's been fed. The little arm thing MUST be out of alignment. It's the only way!

  • ddd (unregistered)

    Oh man its almost as if a bunch of nerds forgot about steam and condensation.

  • (cs) in reply to anonymouse
    anonymouse:
    SenTree:
    galgorah:
    catch 22? Need to make coffee to think straight but can't make coffee without thinking straight.
    We in the backward parts of the world have a solution for this [pun intended]. It's called 'Instant Coffee'.
    Which tastes almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Coffee.
    +41.9!

    Personally, I find it an acceptable beverage taken on its own merits; I think the mistake is having the word 'coffee' in the name.

  • Andy (unregistered) in reply to galgorah
    galgorah:
    Wonz:
    galgorah:
    I just hope Savvas was smart enough not to directly link his bank account to his paypal account.
    I doubt it. He wasn't smart enough to just cover it up with a black rectangle and instead went for a gaussian filter
    You sir make a good point. Ahh well eventually he will learn.
    When I make an image like this I copy/paste some other text over the critical text, then I blur the rectangle. Every single time, some smart ass tells me how much of an idiot I am because blurs are "trivial" to reverse. (They read this somewhere. On the Internet!) No one EVER actually tells me what the obscured text is.

    Doing it my way takes me an extra twenty seconds out of my very busy life, but I think it looks better, and it's just as secure.

    Point is, You actually have to prove that the text is decipherable before criticizing. It may not be as trivial as you loudmouths think.

    -Andy

  • real-modo (unregistered) in reply to anonymouse
    anonymouse:
    SenTree:
    galgorah:
    catch 22? Need to make coffee to think straight but can't make coffee without thinking straight.
    We in the backward parts of the world have a solution for this [pun intended]. It's called 'Instant Coffee'.

    Which tastes almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Coffee.

    Doug! You're baaaaack!

  • Phew (unregistered) in reply to jspenguin
    jspenguin:
    The empty box is not a WTF. If you're shipping several small boxes in a bigger box, and the big box isn't quite full, it's often easier (and more eco-friendly) to pack an empty box than to fill the empty space with packing material. You mark the box as "empty" so the receiver doesn't complain about missing pieces.

    At least I'm not the only one who thought that was reasonably normal....

  • Brosert (unregistered) in reply to ubersoldat
    ubersoldat:
    awww!!! I took your stupid Micro$oft survey for the sticker and at the end you tell me you don't ship outside the U.S. ? BTW, how can a company market it's products on a site that mostly despises it's products.

    Yeah VB and .Net suck!

    x2 - never doing a survey or paying any attention to advertising on this Site. I WANT A STICKER!!!!!

  • Blake (unregistered) in reply to Diego
    Diego:
    The sign is a typical example of "macaroni english" translation. The meaning is "in the museum there are SOME (not "same") tortuous paths". The Italian word is "tortuosi", which sounds like "tortoises". Same sounds, same meaning! :D

    I remember a family I saw one day in front of a fishmonger, convinced that "scallops" and "scaloppine" were the same thing. :)

    When I visited Sydney, and asked for 6 scallops at the local Fish and Chip shop they gave me potato fritters instead (I've since found this is the norm). While the Italian 'Scalopine' generally refers to thin slices of meat rather than potato, I can't help but wonder whether this confusion is caused by exactly that same sort of translation....

    (and with a captcha of bene - italian for 'well/good')

  • ewwww (unregistered) in reply to galgorah
    galgorah:
    Johnny Awkward:
    SenTree:
    galgorah:
    catch 22? Need to make coffee to think straight but can't make coffee without thinking straight.
    We in the backward parts of the world have a solution for this [pun intended]. It's called 'Instant Coffee'.

    I might be called Instant 'Coffee', but it doesn't taste like it.

    Drinking "Instant Coffee" is akin to scraping the tar out of a heavy smokers lungs, adding water and drinking that. At least thats what it tastes like

    You've done that???

  • JD (unregistered) in reply to SR
    SR:
    I like things with "Unbreakable" on them. They're a challenge.

    A fella at primary school was once showing off his new "shatterproof" ruler. Within 10 seconds I'd shown him how to break it. Within 11 he'd broke it.

    Happy days!

    Hehe... I remember someone visiting a Defence establishment I was working at to promote 'Toughbooks'. He claimed they were indestructible.
    Apparently, that didn't include being kicked by an officer with 'steel caps' on...Oh well, lives and learns.

  • Anony (unregistered) in reply to Blake
    Blake:
    When I visited Sydney, and asked for 6 scallops at the local Fish and Chip shop they gave me potato fritters instead (I've since found this is the norm).

    That is because they don't sell scallops, they sell seafood bites (ie fake scallops). They gave you scalloped potatoes instead.

  • Ruquay K Calloway (unregistered) in reply to Someone You Know

    yeah, i saw that mistake only later... must have been lack of coffee.

  • Booboo (unregistered) in reply to ubersoldat
    ubersoldat:
    BTW, how can a company market it's products on a site that mostly despises it's products.
    They don't. The skilled developers on this site have an open mind to all technologies*. Only the idiots with no budget to manage "despise" MS products, and MS aren't trying to sell developer products to idiots **

    *except maybe PHP **they try to sell them MSWorks instead

  • IByte (unregistered) in reply to Someone You Know
    Someone You Know:
    Jasmine:
    I have always loved it when people call in the Calvary

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

    I can maybe understand not reading the entire thread before posting, but it was the second comment. At least make an effort.

    In her defence, a quick Ctrl+F shows nothing, as that post does not actually contain the word. No need to crucify her for overlooking that...

  • AngryAtMicrosoft (unregistered)

    I'm blaming microsoft because it is popular, but really - I just filled out that form for nothing because the sticker isn't available in the UK, where is the love and the advanced warning.

    Please correct this lest I hire 4chan to down vote .Net a lot.

    Also It should be "I'd rather QUIT my job first" not "I'd rather quite my job first"

  • Brady Kelly (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward:
    three wolves:
    Instant Coffee would probably taste better than what he was going to get out the machine re-running those already used grounds. Or is it possible that picture isn't quite as candid as it pretends to be?

    I'm glad someone else caught this. Either the image is a poor reenactment, or some bastard doesn't know that coffee doesn't work for multiple infusions.

    Maybe it's the end of the month, and they're low on coffee.

  • Brady Kelly (unregistered) in reply to Blake
    Diego:
    I remember a family I saw one day in front of a fishmonger, convinced that "scallops" and "scaloppine" were the same thing. :)

    Not to be confused with scopolamine.

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