Category Archives for Funny
Son Of Strelka, Son Of God (narrated by Obama)
Hey y’all. Long time no see. For the past four years, I’ve been working slowly but obsessively on a very odd project. Bit by bit I’ve dissected Obama’s self-read autobiography into thousands of very short phrases, usually one to ten … Continue reading
Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period.
Below is a great article on the origin of one or two spaces after a period. I think I finally learned this while writing a research paper for a biology class in college. Can I let you in on a … Continue reading
You Can’t Make This Up
Just got this spam message sent to me. It was trying to get me to buy best man gifts. I couldn’t make something this creative up if I tried! As a man, you tally to take, you most belike someone … Continue reading
Prank Research Papers
Sometimes jargon really is gibberish. Take the “scientific” papers generated by a computer program and submitted by three MIT computer science students to a scientific conference. One of the papers, “Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points … Continue reading
New Math
Aka funny math with words. Just found this awesome site called New Math that has some really funny math equations. Here are just a few of my favorites: Filing = paper – entropy Handball = racquetball – racquet Infomercial = … Continue reading
Sweet Spam Email
I was glancing through the subjects in my spam email folder to make sure nothing good was getting deleted. I was fortunate to do this because I almost missed my good friend Andrew, the Chairman National Audit at Barclays, which … Continue reading
Couple of Funny Quotes
Here are some funny quotes that I’ve found: “(of Ronald McDonald) I know he’s a fictional character but if such a man existed, it would be the duty of social services to warn the local parents that he had come … Continue reading
I’m Twittering
I decided to try the whole Twitter thing. Here’s my page. Scott’s Twitter. I can’t promise much updates yet (until I get my iPhone). It’s been fun to follow Lance Armstrong on his biking come back. But, the best one … Continue reading
“Amazing” Battery Life Predictor Tool
This past weekend, when I had my car’s oil changed, I also was told that I needed a new battery. Rather than buy a battery somewhere else, I just decided to have them do it for me to save time. … Continue reading
Shoe Circus Microsoft Video
Here is Microsoft’s attempt to compete with Apple in advertising. It is kind of funny in the sense of a what-the-heck-is-going-on thing. It is hard to tell if anything is actually advertised. The trick is to wait until the end … Continue reading