• Harrow (unregistered) in reply to RayS
    RayS:
    The real WTF is calling a room without a bath a bathroom.
    Well, I think so, Brain, but if we called it a shitroom, nobody would want to go in there.

    -Pinky Harrow.

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    Yea, but how would you know which way the door opens if it looks like it's screwed in both ends...
    Sounds like it swings both ways.
  • Harrow (unregistered)

    The trash can is fine. Something else was out of order, but is now fixed; the repairman threw away the sign, but missed the opening in the trash can, and it stuck where it landed.

    -Harrow.

  • Just Some Guy (unregistered)

    Too bad the picture didn't show the end of the screws. I've actually seen nuts that looked like that and were meant to tighten down onto a recessed bolt.

  • Kraken Blob (unregistered) in reply to stone

    Up here in Canada, we call them washrooms as well as bathrooms. The terms are used here interchangeably for the most part.

  • (cs) in reply to juniferous
    juniferous:
    Hehe... you said asynchronous screwing.

    Better than synchronous screwing. The latency between request and response is a real mood-killer.

  • Robert C. Sheets (unregistered)

    According to Firefox, www.softlayer.com has an invalid security certificate (Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer). Kind of ironic for a TDWTF sponsor, don't you think?

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    Bluemoon:
    Could it be that the screws without thread are used for decoration?

    For example if you can mount a door opens left or right and the manufaturer has drilled out holes on both sides.

    If you mount the door so it opens left, you place these screws on the opposite site so when closed it looks symetrical (screws on both sides).

    Blue

    Yea, but how would you know which way the door opens if it looks like it's screwed in both ends...

    <butthead>Huh, huh, you said screwed in both ends, huh, huh</butthead>

  • (cs) in reply to c

    Re: the screws; it's not clear from the picture but could they actually be barrel nuts like this? -->

    http://www.greenboatstuff.com/ststbanu.html

  • Emhodew (unregistered)

    I don't see the trashcan as a WTF. First of all what you are looking at is only a cover. (ie PC Case) The "Trashcan" (ie MotherBoard) goes inside. Maybe it got broken or stolen. Put garbage in the slot and it falls on the ground. Quite a mess to clean up. But then I am a field tech used to cleaning up the messes caused by clients and programmers.

  • (cs) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    In the UK, we'd tend to call it a toilet or a lavatory. Of course, these terms are just as much euphemisms as "bathroom", but at least they're unambiguous.

    A toilet is a euphemism for WHAT?

  • (cs)

    My recent WTF from outside of my area of expertise was found in an advertisement in the back of the most current Foreign Affairs magazine. The ad was a full-page ad promoting working for the Department of Homeland Security, and it went on and on about how they employ only the best people and how the work they did was so cool, yadda yadda. So into the third paragraph they're promoting working as a Business Analyst, and all of the great "analusis" work they do. I laughed heartily.

  • (cs) in reply to chrismcb
    chrismcb:
    A toilet is a euphemism for WHAT?
    Bog.
  • (cs) in reply to arty
    arty:
    Re: the screws; it's not clear from the picture but could they actually be barrel nuts like this? -->

    http://www.greenboatstuff.com/ststbanu.html

    I call WTF on zoom functions like on that page. If I wanted to see the barrel nut 8% better, I'd simply lean towards my display.

  • (cs)

    Don't forget your condiments!

    (BTW, I know a place you can cram even more ads!)

  • (cs) in reply to WhiskeyJack
    WhiskeyJack:
    While not the most well thought out kitchen water dispenser, it's clearly an addition to an existing sink setup. The photo is misleading, and leads you to think that it's THE kitchen faucet, and if it was, of course that would be stupid. But it's not.

    It's clearly a Zip tap. It has an integrated filter and heater/chiller for boiling or cold water. Thus it should only be used with a coffee cup or water glass. The hot water is close to boiling and will scald you, which is why there is a two-step process for hot water.

    Anyway, I like to run my water for a second before putting my cup under it. I've had enough cups of ants to know! (I'm not sure about other parts of the world, but most of the time it's a drought and ants need water)

  • Neilius Flavius Cornelius (unregistered) in reply to chrismcb

    I don't think there is any term that is not a euphemism. If you look up any dictionary, every single word that is used is an oblique reference and they can only define it by describing it's function. I wonder if there are other things like that that we don't just not name, but don't even have a word that directly refers to them.

    Hmmm. English is a strange language.

  • MRAB (unregistered) in reply to Sir Twist
    Sir Twist:
    chrismcb:
    A toilet is a euphemism for WHAT?
    Bog.

    Henry VIII had a "great room of easement" which seated 28!

  • Your.Master (unregistered)

    I tend to prefer washroom if there is no bath, and bathroom if there is a bath, but ultimately I interchange the terms. Also, believe it or not, the concept of a washroom with a shower stall but no bath was not impressed upon me until my teenage years, so I tend to call that a bathroom because it's functionally more similar as far as I am concerned.

  • (cs) in reply to MRAB
    MRAB:
    Henry VIII had a "great room of easement" which seated 28!
    Nothing like having a good dump with your buddies, eh? I hope it was well ventilated.

    That reminds me of the bibilical story of Ehud killing king Eglon. Judges 3:24 - "And his servants came and began looking, and there the doors of the roof chamber were locked. So they said, 'He is just easing nature in the cool interior room.'" I guess they didn't have a word for it yet, then.

  • grammernazee (unregistered)

    Here in the UK, we once had some American friends staying (or staying over, if you prefer). One morning, one of them came in to breakfast saying "The cat's gone to the bathroom on the stairs." To which my father replied: "Strange. I didn't know we had a bathroom on the stairs."

  • grammernazee (unregistered) in reply to chrismcb
    chrismcb:

    A toilet is a euphemism for WHAT?

    Well it's obviously a euphemism for the crapper, shitter, john, or whatever you call it. But if you mean "how is it a euphemism?", well it comes from the French meaning little cloth or towel; "Faire sa toilette" literally means something like "To do some towel stuff", but generally means all forms of washing or ablution. Hence euphemism.

  • (cs)

    Is that a sheepdog trial?

    Also, the staff kitchen at TopCod3r's workplace are all designed so the taps are not over the sink - it forces people to have a cup under them before turning the water on, thus saving water. Environmental friendliness is of paramount importance!

  • OutWithTheTroll (unregistered) in reply to CaRL
    CaRL:
    Well no problem then. They just haven't finished the project yet. Under management pressure, they launched phase one, and they'll add the drain when they get some time.

    You must be working at the same place as me ^_^

  • Jurgen (unregistered)

    I don't get it, what's wrong with the kitchensink?

  • (cs) in reply to huh?
    huh?:
    Wow. You have to be trained in harassment? I thought it comes naturally
    Our HR people were not amused when I complained after the mandatory sexual harassment class. I said I was hoping it would be hands-on. I almost got 'extra training'.

    Note, the only reason I got away with this is because I'm female. Kind of funny, kind of sad.

  • TekniCal (unregistered) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    stone:
    RayS:
    the real WTF is calling a room without a bath a bathroom.
    What else would you call it? A restroom? I see no bed or hammock to rest on.

    In the UK, we'd tend to call it a toilet or a lavatory. Of course, these terms are just as much euphemisms as "bathroom", but at least they're unambiguous.

    Dr Seuss called it a 'Euphemism'. Works about as well as anything.

  • TC (unregistered)

    Why didn't they just mark the rubbish bin as deprecated?

  • (cs) in reply to Havstein
    jspenguin:
    I've seen non-threaded screws before. Keep in mind that milling machines are not perfect and that inspecting each screw that comes out would be a collosal waste of time.
    I agree. Nitpick: typical screws have threads that are not milled, but rolled. If you'd compare the diameter of those threadless screws with the outer diameter of same screws with threads, you'd notice that it has grown. Milled screws can only shrink in diameter.
  • BottomCod3r (unregistered)
    Random832:
    .../images/brrlnt.jpg
    Brrilant!
  • (cs) in reply to Voodoo Coder

    Why do most of you think that water exits the pictured faucet going downwards? It almost certainly exits at a 45 degree angle, probably aimed directly at the drain to minimize splashing. The only reason the edge of the sink is wet is because of dripping after turning the faucet off.

  • (cs) in reply to chrismcb
    chrismcb:
    A toilet is a euphemism for WHAT?

    This is called the euphemism treadmill. "moron" and "imbecile" were originally used as medical terms and later replaced by "mentally retarded" ("idiot" comes from the Greek "idios" meaning layman). Now that "retard" has become a perjorative as well, "mentally challenged" or "special" are used. In 50 years or so, calling someone "special" will be considered a grave insult.

  • John Muller (unregistered) in reply to Alexis de Torquemada

    'Special' is already an insult.

    In the new Harvest Moon game for Wii, one of my neices has horses named 'Dazzling' 'Wonderful' etc. My other neice keeps suggesting the next horse be named 'Special', knowing it's now basically a negative term.

    Basically, any label applied to people with mental disability will become an insult.

    Consider: while a person 'has cancer' instead of 'is carcerous', a person does not 'have retardation', but 'is retarded'. You have a body, but you are your mind.

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