David ran across this classic example of a sign or notice in “Engrish,” a mistranslation from Japanese to English: It’s supposed to be “region free.” At least unbelievers can now watch anything they like without fear of being proselytized. I really hate that, and I’m a believer. Can’t imagine how annoying it must be for an infidel. Anyway, this notice is almost as good as the sign I saw in Nara, Japan near the famous garden park there, directing residents and tourists to the nearby “Pubic Library.” I was impressed, “library” is really hard to spell. I took a picture,…
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Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART
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[tags]LOLcats, ICanHazCheezburger, FAIL[/tags]
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Peter Sagal, host of news quiz show NPR : Wait Wait… Dont Tell Me has written a new book that’s being offered as a premium on pledges of $120.00 per month. Sagal is hosting this morning’s pledge drive, and with his quick wit, it actually is fun listening to WBEZ begging for fundage. Actually, as stations go, BEZ does a pretty good job of making pledge drives endurable; they shorten them by a day or so by running a promotional drive at the beginning with crazy big goals – if they reach the goals, they cut the length of the…
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It’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day! I’m not sure I believe this… but I certainly believe the following: Pirate Eucharist.indd The Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Almighty Admiral, Maker o’ heaven and ‘arth, and o’ all things natural and ghostly. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, T’only Son o’ God, says I, eternally begotten ‘o the Admiral, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, nar made, ‘o one Bein’wi’ the Father. Through him all things t’were made. Far us and far arr salvation he opened the hatch o’ heav’n and…
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I went to check the Maui News site for any report on whatever was going on in South Kihei last night – at least 7 or 8 patrol cars screamed past with sirens and lights and all. Someone at the condo explained it was probably a “local fracas” at a beach park south of town. When I checked the site, I wondered if LOLcats are either running their server, or hacking it: they can has website probz. SiteMechanics Lite Engine been not initializes yet! [tags]Funny error message, 404 Not Found[/tags]
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On our flight to Maui, we watched the premiere of “Chuck,” which doesn’t actually start until September 24. I suppose this is a marketing ploy to get “buzz” going, and I’m actually okay with getting suckered and blogging about it. Why? Because “Chuck” is funny and smart and has a great cast that really clicks, and because we laughed… we laughed a LOT, in that way that can only rendered by “OMG LOL.” Chuck is played by Zachary Levi. The end of the episode had a “zing!” comic turn that made us make the “BWAAAAAA!!” noise. It’s almost, almost, worth…
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Damn, I laughed so hard at this, I might need a new chair. Via the ever-excellent Hullabaloo: “White Power!†the Nazi’s shouted, “White Flour?†the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt “White Flourâ€. “White Power!†the Nazi’s angrily shouted once more, “White flowers?†the clowns cheers and threw white flowers in the air and danced about merrily. “White Power!†the Nazi’s tried once again in a doomed and somewhat funny attempt to clarify their message, “ohhhhhh!†the clowns yelled “Tight Shower!†and held a solar shower in the air…
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The back-and-forth between people of different political views in this country could stand some improvement, as currently it’s on the level of ad hominem “yer a wingnut/yer a moonbat” attacks. NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!” news quiz consistently brings the funny LOLs when discussing political figures – sometimes with those actual politcal figures’ participation! Today’s show included a short segment to follow up on an important fact that came up in the wake of Karl Rove’s departure this week – Barney, the White House Scottish terrier, is not terribly well liked by staffers, who characterized him recently as “aloof…
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I struggle to hit all the right notes on the “call center guidelines” we’re supposed to follow at work – this week and next week we’ll be in a big push to improve some of the “number of calls taken” stats and the “feedback” stats. It occured to me that it might be easier to remember the more obscure points that are important to cover in order to “score” well if I translated it into another dialect I’ve recently learned. This example call would score a perfect 100 if LOLcats were running the call center. Halpz U Thxu4callz r cmpnee,…