Blog Tag: Humor
Pope Palpatine?
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With apologies to Catholics everywhere... Is it just me, or does Pope Benedict XVI look an awful lot like Emperor Palpatine? For me, it's the sunken eyes that cinch it.
Apparently it's not just me, because this image was in the first page of results for Pope Benedict XVI on Google Images:
Sincerely, no disrespect meant at all. Maybe the guy needs some Cleansing Raspberry Scrub?
And of course, we have to link to Benedict Says..., a fun online generator that let me make this image.
I'm going straight to hell now, I just know it.
Free Joke!
"There's no such thing as a free joke!"
Beryl at work commenting on daily text message content delivery.
I've Got The (Humor) Power!
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Cue the CC Music Factory, because I've got the power, the Humor Power that is. I sent in a few captions to the Humor Power December Cartoon Caption Writing Contest and I won 2nd Place. Hooray for me! All the entries were funny and I had a good laugh over them.
I encourage you to check out John Kinde's blog and web site, Humor Power. John does different contests every month including caption writing, and other joke writing contests. His observations, critique, and lessons on humor make being funny accessible to everyone. Good stuff!
(The recent addition of the photo of me in the header wearing noses-glasses is coincidence.)
Bi-Planes Bombed
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Seen on YouTube: In an Absolut World. I'm reminded of TMBG:
"...And happiness bled from every street corner
And biplanes bombed with fluffy pillows"
The Day
Unrelated, but hilarious: 15 Unfortunately Placed Ads. A must read. (via SVN)
The Hilarious Solution
Earlier this week at work I was entering some data into the 'rules' table. I needed a related record ID from the 'delivery' table but I didn't want to worry about figuring out what data it needs ('delivery' has about 20 fields).
On a whim, I tried this:
mysql> insert into delivery set id = 0;
I thought the query would fail. Instead the response was:
Query OK, 1 row affected, 7 warnings (0.00 sec)
Seven warnings?! That made me laugh out loud. But hey! The row got inserted and I could move on. Sometimes the hilarious solution to a problem is the best solution.
Absurdity
I try to look for the absurdity in every day life,
but sometimes feel as though it is a redundant search.
Said by me, this year, I believe... Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Mr Watson, Come Here
It happened like this:
...Bell experimented with a water transmitter, using an acid-water mixture. Vibration of the diaphragm caused a needle to vibrate in the water which varied the electrical resistance in the circuit. When Bell spoke the famous sentence "Mr Watson—Come here—I want to see you" into the liquid transmitter, Watson, listening at the receiving end, heard the words clearly.
WikiPedia
But what if...
Al (to his friends) had been asked to hold?
He got a busy signal?
He dialed himself? "Oh crap I dialed 1, I meant to dial 2..." *click*
He got that, "Doo-doo doot! We're sorry. The number you have dialed is no longer in service..." Watson shouts from down the hall, "Hey man, I changed my number to 3".
He got an answering machine? {Scott Joplin music plays then fades out...} Hey man! You're tryin' to call me, but I aint in right now. I'm probably strung out on opium in some den right now... But I'll call you back if you leave a message at the sound of the bell! *DING!*
(Remember, at this time, the "beep" hadn't been invented yet, not til people started swearing on tv, then it went on to find other uses in daily life, like on answering machines...)
Anyway, what if...
There was a phone tree? "To ask Mr. Watson to come here, dial one. If you want to see Mr. Waston, dial two. For both, dial three. To hear this message in Scottish, say, 'Aye'. If you're calling from a telegraph, please tap twice...
It was a 900 number? "You've called the hottest line in the country for hot 1 on 1 electrical designer action! Calls will be billed at 9¢ a minute with a 2¢ connect fee..." (It was the 19th century, every thing was cheaper then).
What if? Any others?
Vader Sessions
The voice of James Earl Jones from other movies, dubbed into scenes from Star Wars: Vader Sessions. Some language, adult themes.
