Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Maybe This Has Something To Do With Chistmas

I see the this sign every morning the garage where I park.


I don't know what a ginch is but an 8 foot one sounds terrifying.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

I Don't Even Know What To Call This

This is a picture of a neighbor's mailbox from last week.

That's Big Bird looking very... intense on that mailbox. Good day, citizens!


Wednesday, August 12, 2020

He Had A Dream

I forgot that I had taken this picture when we went to Las Vegas back in January.  You may click the picture to engiggen.

Now we know how Freemont is answering MLK's quote: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"


Wednesday, July 22, 2020

On The Crest Of Value

We haven't heard from Field Correspondent Shu in a while.  Let's go to him now.


The new economy has required creativity in marketing and Crest and Kroger are at the forefront. Novice shoppers might believe they're getting a deal by purchasing two single tubes of toothpaste at $2.79 each or $5.58 total. But experienced shoppers will see through the facade and for just an additional one dollar and one penny, they'll go for the VALUE 2 PACK.

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

16.95 Proof Cola

I was given this receipt after having lunch a couple weeks ago.  Click the picture to enbiggen.


If I may draw you attention to the line just below "Subtotal".  Am I'm subsidizing someone's Pepsi habit (I drank water with lunch)?

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

For The Father Who Has Everything

Today's post comes from SchnurF.  Click the picture to enbiggen.


He writes:
Happy Father's Day!  Let me remind you of a choice you could have made!

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Sentient Vapors


A day late but here we are.  Click the pictures to enbiggen.

I was doing a project that required contact cement.  As a diligent person, I read the instructions, where I saw this:


"VAPORS CAN TRAVEL TO ANY SOURCE OF HEAT, SPARK OR FLAME IN THE NEXT ROOM OR BASEMENT."  Holy crap!  This stuff will actively seek out a way to kill you.  And, just to drive this home, here is a diagram of how it will do it.


Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Shopper Smurf?

Today's post is from field correspondent, Pappa P.  Click the pic to enbiggen.


Anyone know what a customerf is?

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Kinda Like Sweeping It Under The Rug

Today's post from Outlaw was actually sent to me a couple months ago and got buried in my inbox.  Sorry, Outlaw.  

He writes:
Today is my daughter's birthday, she turns one year old. To help suppress my emotions I've been joking that my wife and I have done a phenomenal job of keeping a helpless tiny human alive for one full year. You know, because it's not about her, it's about us being successful parents... That's cause enough to celebrate, yeah? Joking aside... We've started a tradition, as many parents do, of documenting her growth over each month up to this day. We've been taking photos of her on a blanket printed with numbers (for each month to document) as well as a rough measurement to gauge her height. The blanket, which comes with a simple "frame" to mark the month, was a gift from friends when she was born. What you're looking at here is the back of the bag that the blanket/frame came in. It's a little odd, the back of it being a sort of mesh fabric while the face of the bag is clear plastic. It took me a full year to notice that the "Made in China" mark on the back was actually a sticker rather than being printed on like the rest of the warning. 



I didn't want it falling off on its own allowing my kid to find it and immediately stick it in her mouth (if you don't already know, that's what most kids do with something they discover) so I peeled it off to throw it away. I now see why they put the sticker on the bag. 


Not quite a "bad translation" moment, but at least they realized the mistake. I'm guessing that thousands of these things were printed and it was just easier to cover it than scrap the lot and start again. 


Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Size Matters

We haven't heard from Lord Captain Dr. "The Original Chip" Mac, esq. in quite a while and the wait has been worth it.  Please clicken to enbiggen.


I have nothing to add to what he says:
It is like my penis - 9 inches flaccid but it turns into a softball when excited.