with one graph!
Too funny for words (that’s why it’s more of a picture…)
humor
These are the stories that have been posted to the humor category.
Nature, Nurture, naturally… From TechRepublic:
According to a new workplace poll from Harris Interactive and Adecco (surveying 1,455 workers), men 18-34 are more likely than women to need to extra thanks from the boss in order to be productive. Apparently, guys older than that don’t need outside praise that much.
It’s impossible to interpret a poll unless you see the questions but it’s fun to poke fun at stuff regardless.
Quote: “Brushing their teeth through their ears”
Published to unClog by Gary King January 30, 2008 14:31
I heard this from someone over the weekend. I can’t remember who but it’s a wicked good quote. Way visceral. (Yes, I do sound like a valley-boy. go figure.)
I just found this on my hard drive.
A group of managers is given the assignment of measuring the height of a flagpole.
They go out to the flagpole with ladders and tape measures, but they continually fall off the ladders and drop the tape measures - the whole thing is just a mess.
An engineer comes along and sees what they’re trying to do, walks over, pulls the flagpole out of the ground, lays it flat, measures it from end to end, gives the result to one of the managers and walks away.
After the engineer has gone, one manager turns to another and laughs. “Isn’t that just like an engineer! We’re looking for the height and he gives us the length!”
Old, but good.
Quote: Search and looking for information, go figure
Published to unClog by Gary King February 27, 2008 01:56
This is probably taken out of context but “duh”,
“It’s clear that when people are looking for information on the web, search is the number one activity,” she said.
From the BBC.
(Update: the folks at Calais actually found this posting and fixed the glitch. I’m impressed.)
From the OpenCalais terms of service
Reuters run a service called Calais. Our basic service is free, and we offer paid upgrades for advanced features such as guaranteed service levels.
Though Reuters sounds plural, it’s a single agency and therefore “runs” things. Sigh.
(BTW, I know I’m not perfect in this regard (ha) but I’m also not a major news reporting agency…).
Because this photo makes me laugh.
I think it’s supposed to make me feel all patriotic and stuff. Gosh. It’s just so jingoistic. (It’s for some conference).
I’ll never look at a carrot the same way again.
Published to unClog by Gary King March 13, 2008 19:10
I just saw Shoot ‘em up. Worth watching if you’re in the mood for mostly senseless and gratuitous violence.
This is a wonderful piece of animation. Rube Goldberg lives!
Today, our public discourse is dominated by people who have been wrong about everything — but are still, mysteriously, treated as men of wisdom, whose judgments should be believed. Those who were actually right about the major issues of the day can’t get a word in edgewise.
(Paul Krugman, via John Gruber)