• Mike D. (unregistered)

    Missing image for the ice cream stand.

    -- Ed: fixed!

  • Paul (unregistered)

    Ummm, Spotted Dick is a fairly traditional English desert, school kids have been sniggering over the name for years but hardly a WTF

  • SpudTater (unregistered)

    Shh! Nobody tell him about pork faggots.

  • Tom7 (unregistered) in reply to Paul

    Yep, that's the average American tourist for you...

  • Cad Delworth (unregistered)

    I know that 'spotted dick' always raises a laugh from non-UK residents, but it is a very well-known traditional pudding here.

    Think of a swiss roll, but using suet pastry rather than sponge, and with a 'filling' of sugar and dried fruit (usually raisins): hence 'spotted.' Originally it was cooked by steaming, but nowadays it's often baked instead.

    In the UK in the 19th century, 'dick' was sometimes used as a colloquial term meaning 'pudding.' Other sources suggest that 'dick' came from the German word for 'thick' (spotted dick IS a very thick and satisfying pudding!).

  • Neville Flynn (unregistered)

    In Canada they have "homo milk".

  • Studley (unregistered) in reply to Paul
    Paul:
    Ummm, Spotted Dick is a fairly traditional English desert, school kids have been sniggering over the name for years but hardly a WTF
    Indeed - there should be a replacement image here for us UK readers - may I suggest a fanny pack?
  • John (unregistered) in reply to Paul

    Seconded. No one over the age of about 7 even laughs at that any more.

  • Daniel Pope (unregistered)

    The double entendre is part of what makes spotted dick so delicious. Drawing attention to it is banal.

  • Ben (unregistered) in reply to Paul
    Paul:
    Ummm, Spotted Dick is a fairly traditional English desert, school kids have been sniggering over the name for years but hardly a WTF

    There's a desert in the UK? I thought it rained a lot?

  • TooManyTestCases (unregistered)

    The unit testing center is closed because of too many test cases.

  • Bob (unregistered)

    +1 'meh' for the Spotted Dick. We could be here all day laughing at non-tech translations of traditional products.

  • James M (unregistered) in reply to Ben
    Ben:
    Paul:
    Ummm, Spotted Dick is a fairly traditional English desert, school kids have been sniggering over the name for years but hardly a WTF

    There's a desert in the UK? I thought it rained a lot?

    Don't get us started on weather, you'll never hear the end of it.

  • The Mole (unregistered)

    If the photo had been better he would have known what it is as the description is right there on the packaging

  • (cs)

    What happened to all the other sponsors? Has the economy crisis arrived at TDWTF now?

  • (cs)

    In Soviet Russia, bulletin board pokes you!

  • Kempeth (unregistered)

    That's actually pretty clever. Would you expect a hacker to be war-driving in a truck with "HACKER" written on its sides?

  • (cs) in reply to SpudTater
    SpudTater:
    Shh! Nobody tell him about pork faggots.
    Brains of course. I think I've just decided what I'm having for dinner tonight, followed by spotted dick and custard.
  • Anon (unregistered)

    It's M-M-MONSTER MEASURE, featuring all your FAVORITE UNITS! See MONSTER TRUCKS jumping MONSTER FEET over MONSTER SUBS! This SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!

    (Sponsored by Romeo's Pizza)

  • Another Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to RichP
    RichP:
    In Soviet Russia, bulletin board pokes you!
    No, no, no... In Soviet Russia, unit tests you!
  • Bruce W (unregistered)

    Damn off-by-one errors. Get you everytime.

  • Chris S. (unregistered)

    Romeo's Pizza obviously uses baker's inches.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%27s_dozen

  • Bob (unregistered) in reply to Studley
    Studley:
    Paul:
    Ummm, Spotted Dick is a fairly traditional English desert, school kids have been sniggering over the name for years but hardly a WTF
    Indeed - there should be a replacement image here for us UK readers - may I suggest a fanny pack?

    /sniggers

    They'd only have to show it momentarily!

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    Never heard of "spotted dick"? It's a traditional dessert that's over a century old. Still find "OMG" funny in any other context other than "oh my God"? What is this, pre-school?

    We all know that "Sponsor Appreciation" is just a means of garnering some extra advertising revenue and that's fine by me, hope you get some extra clicks from it. But do you really need to hash out all these crap images? These are obviously Error'd rejects and if they're too poor even for Error'd (and it's amazingly low bar to entry) then please just bin them.

    Having said that, I'm in a bit of a mood today. So thanks anyway.

  • (cs)

    Staples, the wood standard in length measurement.

    BTW- That picture of "Romeo" is a mildly offensive Italian-American stereotype, isn't it?

  • JamieC (unregistered)

    Ive always liked my family's pet name for Spotted Dick; "Hackney Schmack"

    Bonus points for anyone who gets the reference ;)

  • (cs)

    Oxford Media Group used to have the exclusive contract to advertise on Toronto's public trash and recycling bins, so you couldn't even walk out to the sidewalk without having an OMG moment.

    The WTF Group manages a large number of Toronto's historic buildings, so you can still see a lot of signs like these around the city - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fexd/1011317668/

    The trick was to find places where you could see an OMG garbage bin, a WTF building and some kind of BBQ restaurant all at the same time.

  • Jellineck (unregistered) in reply to Cad Delworth
    Cad Delworth:
    (spotted dick IS a very thick and satisfying pudding!).

    There is nothing like thick and satisfying dick.

  • Claire (unregistered)

    When I was at school Spotted Dick was also known as rabbit poo with custard.

  • me (unregistered)

    The lift isn't a WTF - the buttons use the UK floor numbering, and the labels use the US floor numbering system. It uses both standards to keep everyone happy :)

  • T. Dude Sr. (unregistered)

    Umm yeah. HEY ALEX, cross-platform means your buildmaster crap runs on other platforms besides Windows! Stop the misleading advertisements!

    Other than that, some of the images are hilarious.

    captcha:

  • Dan (unregistered)

    Spotted Dick a WTF? The real WTF is the stupidity and childishness of the submitter's nephew, the submitter and Alex.

  • jdw (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    Having said that, I'm in a bit of a mood today. So thanks anyway.
    Aren't we all?
  • Steve (unregistered) in reply to Chris S.

    Or maybe a metric foot!!!!

  • (cs)

    Call now for a FREE and OPEN SOURCE estimate!

  • Woo (unregistered)

    I heard that there were penguins around before Linux. Can we please stop associating anything penguin-like with computers? It's starting to get annoying. Thanks.

    (damnum.. how appropriatum..)

  • Me (unregistered) in reply to Bob
    Bob:
    +1 'meh' for the Spotted Dick. We could be here all day laughing at non-tech translations of traditional products.

    Here's one for all you Germans out there: http://www.quinnandtuites.com/images/irish_18.jpg

  • (cs)

    Wow Dilbert (Scott Adams) @ tdwtf ... epic *g

  • LANMind (unregistered)

    Maybe the sub outfit was smart enough to take into account that the linear measurement changes when you actually put a sub in the bag.

  • Pol (unregistered)

    How is Spotted Dick a WTF?

    Coming from the community of people who call their ass a fanny!

  • Spoe (unregistered) in reply to Cad Delworth
    Cad Delworth:
    I know that 'spotted dick' always raises a laugh from non-UK residents, but it is a very well-known traditional pudding here.

    Actually, it's readily available in the markets here in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

  • Ken B. (unregistered) in reply to Chris S.
    Chris S.:
    Romeo's Pizza obviously uses baker's inches.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%27s_dozen

    You'd think the ruler would use smaller inches, so that the same size package would have "more inches". Obviously, it wasn't designed be a man.

  • airdrik (unregistered) in reply to me
    me:
    The lift isn't a WTF - the buttons use the UK floor numbering, and the labels use the US floor numbering system. It uses both standards to keep everyone happy :)
    So if I want to go to the 3rd floor, do I push the button with the 2 on it which says 3 next to it, or do I hit the button with the 3 which says 4 next to it (or do I just hit all of the buttons, and get off at each floor to check if that is the floor that I want)? Yes the US and UK use two different floor numbering systems, but to include both within a single building is a WTF.

    One should hope that they use something sensible for the room numbering like the standard: floor number = floor(room number / 100).
    I suppose one could say that having the two numbers is a simplification: floor number button <= room number / 100 < floor number label. So to get to room number 312, you would hit button 3 which has the 4 next to it because 3 <= 312/100 < 4 (unless the room numbers are based on the US floor number, not the UK floor number, or some other wacky scheme, in which case you have no hope of finding the correct floor)

  • Ken B. (unregistered) in reply to Claire
    Claire:
    When I was at school Spotted Dick was also known as rabbit poo with custard.
    Much better than the common nickname for creamed chipped beef on toast.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipped_beef#U.S._Military_cuisine

  • (cs) in reply to Quicksilver

    I'm not even British and I stopped laughing at spotted dick 20 years ago. C'mon.

    Quicksilver:
    Wow Dilbert (Scott Adams) @ tdwtf ... epic *g

    Yeah, saw that. Although there was an unrelated guy with that name back in my high school too, around when that comic first came out. And many more, I'm sure.

    I do like the name "Hae Yu," though.

  • Simon (unregistered) in reply to Cad Delworth
    In the UK in the 19th century, 'dick' was sometimes used as a colloquial term meaning 'pudding.' Other sources suggest that 'dick' came from the German word for 'thick' (spotted dick IS a very thick and satisfying pudding!).

    Hence 'in the pudding club', 'bun in the oven', 'up the duff' http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/397300.html

  • frits (unregistered)

    Who hasn't "done" something like this?

    [image]
  • BlueCollarAstronaut (unregistered) in reply to PSWorx
    PSWorx:
    What happened to all the other sponsors? Has the economy crisis arrived at TDWTF now?

    Apparently times are tough. I hear the Linux penguin is moonlighting to make ends meet.

  • Neville Flynn (unregistered) in reply to Woo
    Woo:
    I heard that there were penguins around before Linux. Can we please stop associating anything penguin-like with computers? It's starting to get annoying. Thanks.

    (damnum.. how appropriatum..)

    Not sure if you're trolling, but I'll bite: That specific penguin graphic on the van is known as Tux and it was designed with Linux in mind.

  • Dave-Sir (unregistered)

    I guess I'm too old. Whenever I see OMG, I tend to think of these guys: http://www.omg.org/

    I was introduced to (the concept of) "spotted dick" (as well as "drowned baby") when I read Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series ("Jack, you have debauched my sloth.")

    Not sure I get the garlic spread. Is the poster taking "shelf stable" for a noun rather than an adjective?

    I love the ice cream shop, though. Once I saw it, anyway...

    Captcha: ullamcorper. That about says it all...

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