Leaf blowers are the vuvuzela of autumn
Category: Stuff
From the “That’s-Gonna-Leave-A-Mark” Department
If you don’t come home muddy or bloody, you didn’t have a good time.
— David Poore, circa 1992
[My mother really didn’t like the effects of this motto — Editor]
Fortune
Living in the world is not a dress rehearsal. You better have fun with it.
— Mark Gubin
Source: http://m.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/a-typical-welcome-sign-that-wont-fly-b99519325z1-307301071.html
Cannibalism
Cannibalism holds the potential to solve both hunger and over-population problems
Flossing
i have flossed very regularly since my previous dental cleaning six months ago – at least twice a week, every week. I have never flossed regularly before. I always brush, but I never really flossed because I was lazy.
I had another cleaning today, and for the first time ever my teeth don’t feel funny.
I rate this experience 9/10, will floss again.
Fisher Cats
What Does a Fisher Cat Sound Like, from Cape Cod Wildlife Calling
More than just what a fisher cat sounds like, it has video of what a fisher cat looks like, AND audio files of red foxes and raccoons for disambiguation.
Halon
You know that big button near the door in the data center, the one labeled “Halon?” That’s French for “exit,” so you push that to unlock the door and get out.
From a slashdot post
Hint: don’t hit the ‘halon’ button unless you like getting a big bill for disaster recovery and cleanup — Editor
Muzak in Market Basket
Van Halen’s “Yankee Rose” playing in the supermarket.
I’m getting old.
Cars
“The sixties were good to you, weren’t they?”
— George Carlin
Now I really get it when Sarge says “The sixties weren’t good to you, were they?” to Fillmore (voiced by Mr. Carlin) in Pixar’s ‘Cars’.
I don’t have any cash
“No! I work on a cash-only basis.”
“But it’s a perfectly good check!”
“No! I’ll make it very clear. You slip me the cash, and I’ll slip you the wiener.”
“But I don’t have any cash.”
“Then I don’t have a wiener!”
— Adventures in Babysitting