• (cs) in reply to RobFreundlich
    RobFreundlich:
    Does anyone else, when seeing one of those "Radar Enforced" signs, expect to see Gary Burghoff hiding nearby with a ticket pad in hand?

    NO, but I will now. Thanks a lot!

  • diaphanein (unregistered) in reply to amischiefr
    amischiefr:
    Ok ok, I understand the "no standing on the toilet" one because quite a few Asian cultures squat over a hole instead of sitting on a toilet. But who the fuck does headstands on toilets?
    You've never heard of swirlies before? Although, I must admit, I've never heard of them being self inflicted before...
  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Someone You Know
    Someone You Know:
    Anon:
    Someone You Know:
    RobFreundlich:
    If they've got 'em, would it kill them to send in the F-15's to help me out when some guy is riding up my tailpipe?

    If you consider that a problem, you're frequenting the wrong kind of bar.

    The type of bar where people do hand stands in the bathroom?

    The type of bar where the things they do in the bathroom wouldn't be printed by a reputable warning sign provider.

    I don't know, are there differences in the etiquette for a glory hole in a western bathroom versus an Asian bathroom that might require a sign? I have to confess, I have no experience in this area. Perhaps we should ask Larry Craig?

  • minini (unregistered) in reply to DaveK
    DaveK:
    GettinSadda:
    "Please leave this toilet as you would like to find it"
    The problem is that most toilets I find (in places other than someone's home) would take a couple of hours with a whole bucket of cleaning items to get anywhere near how I would like to find them, so the best they usually get is "no worse than how I did find it" - usually I manages to leave it significantly better than when I found simply by flushing!
    I think this must be the most misquoted phrase in the whole of history. Fact(*): it's *supposed* to be
    "Please leave this toilet, as you would like to find it"
    See what a difference a comma makes? no

    (*) - May contain non-facts.

  • Yakov (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    I don't know, are there differences in the etiquette for a glory hole in a western bathroom versus an Asian bathroom that might require a sign? I have to confess, I have no experience in this area. Perhaps we should ask Larry Craig?

    In Soviet Russia, there are only two glory holes. Glory hole #1 writes propaganda on penis. Glory hole #2 has KGB agent ordering you to "go back to glory hole #1!"

  • Anonymous Coward (unregistered) in reply to Walter Ego
    Walter Ego:
    Can everyone who claimed it was photoshopped please learn to SHUT THE HELL UP NEXT TIME?!?

    This comment was obviously photoshopped. You can tell that the last bit was tacked onto the end because the casing is completely different. Come on guys, at least try to make it a little hard to spot!

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    Of course the Wendy's one meant to say "natural" rather than "real". But TRWTF is anybody thinking "natural" is somehow magically better than "artificial" despite in many cases it's the exact same chemicals.

    Not only that, but 'natural' does not mean 'good'. There are plenty of 'natural ingredients' which I would much rather not discover in my food.

    "Cowpoo milkshake - 100% natural ingredients"

  • Franz Kafka (unregistered) in reply to RobFreundlich
    RobFreundlich:
    Does anyone else, when seeing one of those "Radar Enforced" signs, expect to see Gary Burghoff hiding nearby with a ticket pad in hand?

    And don't get me started on "State Police Aircraft Used in Traffic Enforcement" signs. I mean, come ON! If they've got 'em, would it kill them to send in the F-15's to help me out when some guy is riding up my tailpipe?

    If you're in the left lane, you can get in the right lane and let him by.

  • (cs) in reply to Schmitter
    Schmitter:
    kastein:
    RobFreundlich:
    Does anyone else, when seeing one of those "Radar Enforced" signs, expect to see Gary Burghoff hiding nearby with a ticket pad in hand?

    And don't get me started on "State Police Aircraft Used in Traffic Enforcement" signs. I mean, come ON! If they've got 'em, would it kill them to send in the F-15's to help me out when some guy is riding up my tailpipe?

    Hit the brakes... hard. They'll either buy you a new rear bumper or back off.

    Great idea, you can prove how right you were from your wheel chair sucking soup through a straw the rest of your life.

    This is far more likely should you be the person doing the tailgating, or if you get hit from the side ;) rear-end collision injuries generally don't include breaking your back and/or neck.

    I definitely like the "downshift while tapping brakes, then accelerate" idea. Also, you jokers with the running quote-war/bar bathroom discussion should keep it up, it reminds me of the "computer you gave your sister" thread.

  • ambrosen (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    amischiefr:
    Ok ok, I understand the "no standing on the toilet" one because quite a few Asian cultures squat over a hole instead of sitting on a toilet. But who the fuck does headstands on toilets?

    You popped some Viagra and you now have one of those four hour erections. You really need to pee. What do you do now?

    A little therapeutic aspiration should cure the priapism, then you should pee as normal. Next question?

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to pscs
    pscs:
    Anon:
    Of course the Wendy's one meant to say "natural" rather than "real". But TRWTF is anybody thinking "natural" is somehow magically better than "artificial" despite in many cases it's the exact same chemicals.

    Not only that, but 'natural' does not mean 'good'. There are plenty of 'natural ingredients' which I would much rather not discover in my food.

    "Cowpoo milkshake - 100% natural ingredients"

    Or snake venom and deadly nightshade shake - all natural!

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to ambrosen
    ambrosen:
    Anon:
    amischiefr:
    Ok ok, I understand the "no standing on the toilet" one because quite a few Asian cultures squat over a hole instead of sitting on a toilet. But who the fuck does headstands on toilets?

    You popped some Viagra and you now have one of those four hour erections. You really need to pee. What do you do now?

    A little therapeutic aspiration should cure the priapism, then you should pee as normal. Next question?

    Holy crap. Okay, so you don't fancy shoving sharp pointy things into the old fella, and besides, you're feeling lucky and might need that erection later. You still need to pee. What do you do now?

    (and personally, I'd try the handstand before taking anything sharp and pointy to mine)

  • (cs) in reply to DaveK

    I just slow down until there's a 3 second delay between me and the guy behind me. In some cases that's 10-20 km/h. Keep it there for about 20-30 seconds then resume your normal speed. In most cases, they get the message and leave some space.

  • Anon (unregistered)

    Actually, the real problem with those bathroom signs is that they only tell you what not to do. How about the sign that shows you the correct way?

  • Zerbs (unregistered) in reply to SenTree
    SenTree:
    Bene Gesserit ?
    nope... but some of my Catholic friends went to their schools.
  • (cs) in reply to themagni
    Anon:
    ... and besides, you're feeling lucky and might need that erection later. You still need to pee. What do you do now?
    themagni:
    I just slow down until there's a 3 second delay between me and the guy behind me. In some cases that's 10-20 km/h. Keep it there for about 20-30 seconds then resume your normal speed.

    Yikes!

  • b0b g0ats3 (unregistered)

    i think i have to poo

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    Of course the Wendy's one meant to say "natural" rather than "real". But TRWTF is anybody thinking "natural" is somehow magically better than "artificial" despite in many cases it's the exact same chemicals.
    Can you give some examples of things labeled "artificial" that are indistinguishable from the "natural" things that they are meant to mimic?

    It's clear that the sign means that the strawberry flavor comes from strawberries and the vanilla flavor comes from vanilla beans and the milk comes from cows. It's true that "natural" does not always mean "safe and healthy". But "natural strawberry" means it's the same as the strawberries that mankind has been eating for centuries. "Artificial strawberry" could be a new concotion invented yesterday that may or may not taste anything like the real ingredient.

    For the sprinkler picture, the word below the connector is "STORAGE". The wordy version would be "Attach hose here to feed the SPRINKLER system in the PROPANE STORAGE area". Clever attempt to hide that extra word, Mr. Photographer.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to AlpineR
    AlpineR:
    Anon:
    Of course the Wendy's one meant to say "natural" rather than "real". But TRWTF is anybody thinking "natural" is somehow magically better than "artificial" despite in many cases it's the exact same chemicals.
    Can you give some examples of things labeled "artificial" that are indistinguishable from the "natural" things that they are meant to mimic?

    Yes, if you extract esters from a real strawberry they are exactly the same as esters you can make in the lab. Ethyl butanoate is the same chemical when it's made in a strawberry as it is if it's made in a beaker.

  • m0ffx (unregistered) in reply to RobFreundlich
    RobFreundlich:
    Does anyone else, when seeing one of those "Radar Enforced" signs, expect to see Gary Burghoff hiding nearby with a ticket pad in hand?

    And don't get me started on "State Police Aircraft Used in Traffic Enforcement" signs. I mean, come ON! If they've got 'em, would it kill them to send in the F-15's to help me out when some guy is riding up my tailpipe?

    http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=speed+limit+enforced+by+aircraft

  • m0ffx (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    AlpineR:
    Anon:
    Of course the Wendy's one meant to say "natural" rather than "real". But TRWTF is anybody thinking "natural" is somehow magically better than "artificial" despite in many cases it's the exact same chemicals.
    Can you give some examples of things labeled "artificial" that are indistinguishable from the "natural" things that they are meant to mimic?

    Yes, if you extract esters from a real strawberry they are exactly the same as esters you can make in the lab. Ethyl butanoate is the same chemical when it's made in a strawberry as it is if it's made in a beaker.

    Well yes. But most DECENT quality strawberry flavoured things won't use chemically extracted esters, they'll use actual strawberry JUICE. Which you can't make in a lab.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to m0ffx
    m0ffx:
    Anon:
    AlpineR:
    Anon:
    Of course the Wendy's one meant to say "natural" rather than "real". But TRWTF is anybody thinking "natural" is somehow magically better than "artificial" despite in many cases it's the exact same chemicals.
    Can you give some examples of things labeled "artificial" that are indistinguishable from the "natural" things that they are meant to mimic?

    Yes, if you extract esters from a real strawberry they are exactly the same as esters you can make in the lab. Ethyl butanoate is the same chemical when it's made in a strawberry as it is if it's made in a beaker.

    Well yes. But most DECENT quality strawberry flavoured things won't use chemically extracted esters, they'll use actual strawberry JUICE. Which you can't make in a lab.

    No they don't. If they want consistent flavor they will separate the components of real strawberries and then blend them back again to a specification. That's why the Wendy's shake you had last week tastes just like the one you had today. Try doing that with real strawberries. Oh, and distillation isn't chemical extraction. Chemical extraction would mean it would no longer qualify as natural.

  • AndyL (unregistered) in reply to amischiefr
    amischiefr:
    Ok ok, I understand the "no standing on the toilet" one because quite a few Asian cultures squat over a hole instead of sitting on a toilet. But who the fuck does headstands on toilets?

    And while we're at it, who the fuck let's their chickens cross the road?

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    Yes, if you extract esters from a real strawberry they are exactly the same as esters you can make in the lab. Ethyl butanoate is the same chemical when it's made in a strawberry as it is if it's made in a beaker.
    Then wouldn't you call that "natural strawberry extract" and not "artificial strawberry flavor"? Maybe you can't because you left behind fifty other components of the strawberry during distillation. And you did perform a reaction by heating the strawberry juice and degrading either the primary chemical or another one that you meant to leave behind.

    If you synthesize the ethyl butanoate from petroleum then you can call it "natural ethyl butanoate" but not "natural strawberry flavor". And in either case it's not likely to be 100.000% pure. So my challenge remains: name something labeled "artificial" that is indistinguishable from the "natural" thing it replaces.

    The closest thing I know of is "naturally decaffeinated coffee" which is processed with supercritical carbon dioxide. If that's natural then I don't know what's artificial. But it's still not an example of something slapped with a chemically meaningless "artificial" label.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to AlpineR
    AlpineR:
    Anon:
    Yes, if you extract esters from a real strawberry they are exactly the same as esters you can make in the lab. Ethyl butanoate is the same chemical when it's made in a strawberry as it is if it's made in a beaker.
    Then wouldn't you call that "natural strawberry extract" and not "artificial strawberry flavor"?

    Wouldn't I call what what? If it came from a strawberry and isn't chemically altered except in ways that are commonly used (e.g. cooking), then it can be labeled as natural. If it's made in a lab from ethanol and butanonic acid it's artificial. But it's still ethyl butanoate either way.

    Maybe you can't because you left behind fifty other components of the strawberry during distillation. And you did perform a reaction by heating the strawberry juice and degrading either the primary chemical or another one that you meant to leave behind.

    You perform chemical reactions when you cook food. It's still considered natural. But besides, under the right conditions, you can distill without degrading, at least without degrading the things you are interested in.

    If you synthesize the ethyl butanoate from petroleum then you can call it "natural ethyl butanoate" but not "natural strawberry flavor".

    No, you can't label it natural anything. You're trying to use natural now with a different meaning that what we use for food labeling, which is what we are talking about.

    And in either case it's not likely to be 100.000% pure. So my challenge remains: name something labeled "artificial" that is indistinguishable from the "natural" thing it replaces.

    I just did. If I make (and purify) ethyl butanoate in the lab, it'll be labeled as artificial, but you won't be able to tell the difference between it and the stuff distilled out of a strawberry, because, and this is the important part, they are the same!

    The closest thing I know of is "naturally decaffeinated coffee" which is processed with supercritical carbon dioxide. If that's natural then I don't know what's artificial.

    Using supercritical CO2 is considered still natural because all you are doing is dissolving the caffeine and removing it. It's analogous to washing your strawberries. Would you say your strawberries are no longer "natural" because you washed the dirt off them?

    But it's still not an example of something slapped with a chemically meaningless "artificial" label.

    I don't know what your point is. Yes the "artificial" (and "natural") label is chemically meaningless, which was kind of my original point. That people think something labeled "natural" is magically better, when it is often exactly the same.

  • (cs) in reply to Erik S
    Erik S:
    OK.. the sprinkler picture says "SPRINKLER PROPANE STORAGE". Which means that line probably feeds the sprinkler in the propane storage area of the building. Probably a place you want to extinguish a fire in a big hurry.

    No, actually, a lot of major sprinkler systems for tall buildings are powered by propane. To pump water up that high, you can't just hook up a garden hose you know, you have to have a dedicated pump for the purpose. Those pumps run on propane (some of them can also use gasoline), because powering them electrically would just be crazy (since a fire usually knocks out the necessary wiring and such).

    That picture is of the fill connection for the sprinkler fuel storage tank, to refill it with propane.

  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    I don't know what your point is. Yes the "artificial" (and "natural") label is chemically meaningless, which was kind of my original point. That people think something labeled "natural" is magically better, when it is often exactly the same.
    My point is that "artificial" and "natural" are meaningless only when applied to simple chemicals. When applied to something complex like food they tell you quite a lot. "Natural" tells you that it was all once part of a strawberry. "Artificial" tells you that it may or may not contain some or all of the components of a strawberry and it may contain things completely foreign to real strawberries. I think that's an important distinction.
  • Franz Kafka (unregistered) in reply to themagni
    themagni:
    I just slow down until there's a 3 second delay between me and the guy behind me. In some cases that's 10-20 km/h. Keep it there for about 20-30 seconds then resume your normal speed. In most cases, they get the message and leave some space.

    So you're the guy doing 20 in the left lane. I hope a cop pulls you over.

  • (cs)

    That SlickEdit logo is definitely photoshopped. Look, it's missing half of a letter!

  • Miguel Fernando Sanchez (unregistered) in reply to OldCoder
    OldCoder:
    jpers36:
    sep332:
    The first one is too obviously photoshopped. At least make an effort, guys.

    Seconded. The "Children at Play" sign isn't even close to the same angle as the post or the "Radar Enforced".

    Round these parts the school children have a habit of randomly rotating some of the roadsigns round the posts, so it's not that unlikely.

    round these parts, the school children are to busy smoking crack to rotate roadsignes.

  • (cs) in reply to ContraCorners
    ContraCorners:
    RobFreundlich:
    Does anyone else, when seeing one of those "Radar Enforced" signs, expect to see Gary Burghoff hiding nearby with a ticket pad in hand?

    NO, but I will now. Thanks a lot!

    My pleasure.

  • (cs) in reply to Franz Kafka
    Franz Kafka:
    RobFreundlich:
    Does anyone else, when seeing one of those "Radar Enforced" signs, expect to see Gary Burghoff hiding nearby with a ticket pad in hand?

    And don't get me started on "State Police Aircraft Used in Traffic Enforcement" signs. I mean, come ON! If they've got 'em, would it kill them to send in the F-15's to help me out when some guy is riding up my tailpipe?

    If you're in the left lane, you can get in the right lane and let him by.

    True, I could. But it'd be so much more COOL to see the look on his face in my rearview mirror right before the Sidewinder removed him from the gene pool!

  • (cs) in reply to kastein
    kastein:
    RobFreundlich:
    Does anyone else, when seeing one of those "Radar Enforced" signs, expect to see Gary Burghoff hiding nearby with a ticket pad in hand?

    And don't get me started on "State Police Aircraft Used in Traffic Enforcement" signs. I mean, come ON! If they've got 'em, would it kill them to send in the F-15's to help me out when some guy is riding up my tailpipe?

    Hit the brakes... hard. They'll either buy you a new rear bumper or back off.

    I once had a conversation with a neighbor who was a police officer and he noted that if you brake without a valid cause, you can be ticketed. And "the guy behind me was tailgating" is not a valid cause. So from the perspective of maintaining the moral and legal high ground, it's not a great idea.

    But I have to admit, from a pure satisfaction perspective, it's a great idea, and I've used it in the past.

    I'd still prefer to see the explosion, though ...

  • jim steichen (unregistered) in reply to Otto

    Yikes! I certainly hope the propane tank is accessible from a different connector than the one firefighters user to access water!

  • Captain Oblivious (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    Of course the Wendy's one meant to say "natural" rather than "real". But TRWTF is anybody thinking "natural" is somehow magically better than "artificial" despite in many cases it's the exact same chemicals.

    Except they're not the same chemicals. You see, no chemical reaction is 100% efficient at producing energy or at using all its reagents toward a goal. This is true for both biological systems and laboratory produced chemical reactions. But biological systems have evolved waste disposal systems that are extremely effective at removing such waste. Laboratory systems are nowhere near as effective, leading to measurable contamination with reagents not even found in biological reactions, since chemists most often use different synthetic processes (that is, processes for synthesis) than those found in nature.

  • Thomas Dark (unregistered)

    If the children don't play fast enough, the school bus WILL explode!

  • jenn (unregistered) in reply to amischiefr
    amischiefr:
    Ok ok, I understand the "no standing on the toilet" one because quite a few Asian cultures squat over a hole instead of sitting on a toilet. But who the fuck does headstands on toilets?
    Mork from Ork?
  • iMalc (unregistered)

    Clearly the right hand door is pivoted half way up along the side and rotates in the x-axis rather than the y axis. Thus you push the top forward and pull the bottom backwards until the point where it is horizontal like a tabletop. Then you're left with the task of crawling under it, unless of course you're game enough to try jumping over it.

    I think I'd take the left door.

  • (cs) in reply to pscs
    pscs:
    Anon:
    Of course the Wendy's one meant to say "natural" rather than "real". But TRWTF is anybody thinking "natural" is somehow magically better than "artificial" despite in many cases it's the exact same chemicals.

    Not only that, but 'natural' does not mean 'good'. There are plenty of 'natural ingredients' which I would much rather not discover in my food.

    "Cowpoo milkshake - 100% natural ingredients"

    I'd rather have that than sauteed deathcaps and nightshade, seasoned with arsenic.

  • (cs) in reply to Rik
    Rik:
    Whoevar:

    It's in Australia. Everything's a bit different down under. The toilet also flushes in the other direction.

    I'd imagine that would get pretty messy..

    No, he means the water spins anti-clockwise.

  • Anonymouse Cow-ard (unregistered) in reply to dwilliss
    dwilliss:
    Rik:
    Whoevar:

    It's in Australia. Everything's a bit different down under. The toilet also flushes in the other direction.

    I'd imagine that would get pretty messy..

    No, he means the water spins anti-clockwise.

    !hsooooooW

  • n (unregistered) in reply to D C Ross
    D C Ross:
    hikari:
    Canadian dual language policy compliant posts. Neat :)

    (Assuming using my pitiful French to work out those two sentences are saying the same thing is correct)

    Under Bill 101, the English part of that post would have to be placed below and printed in letters not more than half the size of the French part.

    Don't let the Language Police catch you putting English first.

    That's only an issue in Quebec, they are the only ones that will hang you if don't use French, also Bill 101 is a provincial law and as such Quebec is the only province with the Language Police. The rest of the country only has to have French on the box that is visible, so there is probably some size restrictions but the French is normally on the other side of the box so its you problem if you can't figure out that you have the container backwards.

    That being said as store is supposed to have all products with the language of the store facing out.

  • Mad Bob (unregistered) in reply to SenTree
    SenTree:
    Whoevar:
    captcha: bene (gezereth?)
    Did you mean Bene Gesserit ?

    And there were multiple groups - the Tleilaxu were from the Bene Tleilax.

  • Mad Bob (unregistered) in reply to hikari
    hikari:
    Monkios:
    I would really like to see firefighters using some propane to extinguish a fire.

    J'aimerais vraiment voir des pompiers utiliser du propane pour éteindre un feu.

    Canadian dual language policy compliant posts. Neat :)

    (Assuming using my pitiful French to work out those two sentences are saying the same thing is correct)

    The only thing I remember from high school was "Je voudrais une kilo de pomme de terre, sil vous plais" or something like that. I can't emphasize enough you how handy that's been during my life :-)

  • Mad Bob (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    amischiefr:
    Ok ok, I understand the "no standing on the toilet" one because quite a few Asian cultures squat over a hole instead of sitting on a toilet. But who the fuck does headstands on toilets?

    You popped some Viagra and you now have one of those four hour erections. You really need to pee. What do you do now?

    You use the same 45-degree lean that all men down through the ages have used when they wake up with their "morning glory".

  • CAPTCHA Test (Required For Anonymous Users) (unregistered) in reply to DaveK

    If you've got a proper transmission, just part the clutch and put it in reverse.

    Reversing lights are indistinguishable from brake lights when they're a meter in front of you on a car doing sixty.

  • (cs) in reply to CAPTCHA Test (Required For Anonymous Users)
    CAPTCHA Test (Required For Anonymous Users):
    Reversing lights are indistinguishable from brake lights when they're a meter in front of you on a car doing sixty.
    They are here in Europe, unless you have Red-White color blindness...

    OTOH, rear fog lights are perfect.

  • Watson (unregistered)

    Sadly, I figured out what the deal was with the extra toilet picture. Sadly, I decided to share it.

    Rereading the caption it makes more sense. The first picture is an attempt to explain by analogy how to interpret the second red-slash-through-red-circle-over-diagram thingy. I'm guessing it's not a universally-understood idiom. For one thing, it isn't mauve.

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  • hugo (unregistered)

    As any proper ACL the entry signs list the deny permissions above the allow permissions. As such you are for certain denied access.

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