• (cs) in reply to AlpineR
    AlpineR:
    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.
    +1. It's worth emphasising that single chemicals when extracted from natural foods often don't behave the same way in the human digestive tract as they do when digested in the context of the whole food. Bioavailability fallst through the floor when you only have one molecule of a co-transported pair, for example ...
  • m0ffx (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    m0ffx:
    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.

    I wouldn't consider anything purchased in a fast food restaurant "decent quality" :-P

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymouse Cow-ard
    Anonymouse Cow-ard:
    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

    ?gnihsulf teloit nailartusA a fo dnuos eht taht si oS

  • TimB (unregistered) in reply to RobFreundlich
    RobFreundlich:
    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.

    Depends where you are. Here in UK, I was taught that this is the correct thing to do. Not slamming the brakes on, admittedly, but if you're driving at the speed limit, the driver behind is tailgating and you aren't able to move over to let him pass, you should slow down to ensure the vehicle behind you can stop in time if you're forced to brake suddenly.

    I have on one occasion slowed to about 10mph, and eventually stopped, approached the driver and told him that we'd be continuing the journey at 5mph until he decided to leave a safe gap.

    That's the bike test though, and it's quite possible that it doesn't apply when you've got a big metal cage and airbags to keep you safe.

  • W Klink (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?

    Well, in "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman," he tells a story that he took a leak while standing on his head to settle a bet with his college classmates (who bet it couldn't be done because of gravity).

    When I read the story, I just assumed that the classmates had a side bet that they could make him pee standing on his head.

  • bob (unregistered)

    That Target sign definitely isn't a WTF. You'll see it at every Target you go to. The entrances have signs on the designated exit doors that say "do not enter: exit" while the exits have signs on the door that say "do not enter: entrance". It makes sense because you wouldn't enter an entrance when exiting.

  • (cs)
    JRH:
    I've seen that door sign before. It means "Do not walk through this door, because it's the entrance, not the exit." Fairly clear to me.
    Then why on earth does it say "Enter only" instead of "Entrance only" or "Entry only"? That means something completely different, it is an imperative-tense verb phrase issuing an instruction to the reader, rather than a noun phrase describing what the doorway *is*? By using the word "Enter" twice, the second time in a gramatically invalid sentence fragment that becomes semantically ambiguous because of its incompleteness and the surrounding context, they've made the sign confusing. It was a very poor choice of wording and totally unnecessary.
  • Suomynona (unregistered) 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.

    So, how long until we see the "new computer system" featured here? If the upgrade makes it slower, it HAS to be riddled with WTFs...

    Windows Vista. I’m a graduate student and my school just upgraded all of it’s computer labs to vista. While it used to only take a couple seconds to log in, it now takes 20-30. In fact, in one of the labs there is precisely one computer they forgot to change to vista, and people really compete over it.

    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.

    Toilets do not flush the other direction in Australia. The coriolis effect is far too trivial on the scale of something such as a toilet. The primary factor will be which direction the water jets point. Even in a style without water jets the imperfections in the surface of the toilet will still be large enough to determine which way the water will go.

  • (cs)

    (also in Australia) At my workplace one of the mens' room cubicles had a similar sign taped up for a few weeks showing one allowed and five forbidden positions/activites. I'm pretty sure it was just someone's idea of a joke, which is why it was eventually removed.

    I rather like the 'slower than usual' sign - very honest!

  • Robert (unregistered) in reply to Whoevar
    Whoevar:
    It's in Australia. Everything's a bit different down under. The toilet also flushes in the other direction.

    captcha: bene (gezereth?)

    Yeah, and the cats and dogs chase their tails the opposite direction as American pets do too.

  • LeftNut (unregistered) in reply to kastein
    kastein:
    Hit the brakes... hard. They'll either buy you a new rear bumper or back off.

    Or you could go ahead and make your pass and get out of the passing lane.

  • IT Girl (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.

    Only in Quebec, and thankfully, I'm not in Quebec, so the original post is acceptable as is.

  • BooMonster (unregistered) in reply to Mad Bob
    Mad Bob:
    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".

    When I wake up with a morning glory in a public restroom which specifies NOT to do a headstand-pee, I just stand back about three feet, and see how well I can calculate the trajectory.

  • Stewie (unregistered) in reply to BooMonster

    Hmmm... I don't know what I'd do if I woke up in a public restroom... Certainly wouldn't be a good start to the day.

  • (cs) in reply to Stewie
    Stewie:
    Hmmm... I don't know what I'd do if I woke up in a public restroom... Certainly wouldn't be a good start to the day.
    I've done that before... it certainly wasn't a good start to the day, but it was a good end to it. Well, better than not waking up until the bar closed and the cleaners came round to turf me out, because they were still serving and a few of my mates were still there :-) hic!
  • Anonym (unregistered) in reply to ContraCorners
    ContraCorners:
    Anonymouse Cow-ard:
    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

    ?gnihsulf teloit nailartusA a fo dnuos eht taht si oS

    So where on earth is Asutralia?

  • Cow orker (unregistered) in reply to Anonym
    Anonym:
    ContraCorners:
    Anonymouse Cow-ard:
    !hsooooooW

    ?gnihsulf teloit nailartusA a fo dnuos eht taht si oS

    So where on earth is Asutralia?

    And what is a tiolet and where can I get one?

  • Invisible Tape shopped (unregistered)

    the 'no standing on your head' sign was a picture taped to the wall before the picture was taken

  • (cs)

    Real ingredients are way cooler than integer ingredients

  • (cs) in reply to diaphanein
    diaphanein:
    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...

    How are you going to get a sympathy fuck from a total hottie if she doesn't think you've been abused? Or are you proposing that it's better to beat oneself up?

  • anonymous (unregistered) in reply to RobFreundlich

    The prohibition on headstand pees was obviously homemade, but that doesn't mean it's fake. Someone, probably a custodian, said "how the fuck do they miss the toilet" once too many and decided to make a funny sign.

    RobFreundlich:
    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.
    It's not, but "there was a child|turtle|snake|bird|possum|rabbit|fox|deer|leaf in the road" is.
  • eric bloedow (unregistered)

    i read a story about people (mostly women) "hovering" over the toilet for fear of getting dirty-thus POOPING ALL OVER THE FLOOR-but why the hell didn't ANY of them instead use the disposable toilet covers from the dispenser hanging on the side of the toilet stall LESS THAN A FOOT AWAY from the toilet!?!?

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