Naturally, not every review that gets sent to Zagat can make it into the short blurb that goes into the book. “Fairness – and our lawyers – prohibits us from attributing some of the more colorful surveyor critiques we collect.” Like this one? “Eat the crayons. They taste like the calamari.”
One American writer’s experience with this “nauseating sordid gunk” - though he did live to tell the tale. For reference, aquavit is closely related to vodka.
This isn’t really Engrish because there’s no text on the sign, but it does give that same feeling of “who made that sign, and what were they smoking?”
This story about people who aren’t dead yet, brings to mind this other story about people who aren’t dead yet.
A guy on a motorcycle versus “an evil attack squirrel of death.” Who will win?
Of course, if the animals weigh 3 tons, you might not be able to stop them from feeding themselves.
A quick-thinking New Jersey driver was pulled over for having an expired registration sticker. While the officer was writing the ticket (and apparently calling a tow truck - ouch!), the driver called a friend and had the car registered on the state DMV website. Very clever!
The first photo here is of a big fish eating a little fish. The food chain in action! The other photos are pretty darn cool too.
And uses Macs, apparently.
Some nifty Flash toys. Click “ENTER,” then click on the various “Work” links and the “GameB” link at the bottom.
Unbelievable. Here’s a guy (I think English may not be his first language) that implemented PacMan in Excel macros. It works by treating each cell as a pixel, then just changing the cell background colors. It works surprisingly well!
Philip Greenspun, a smartass from MIT, was insensitive to a friend of his. “A friend criticized me for being unsympathetic regarding a concern of hers that I thought was irrational.” A normal person would apologize and profess a desire to be a better listener. But not Phil. Instead, he wonders aloud if professional therapists have made friends obsolete.
These guys are unlikely to have cell phones buried with them.
