Feb
22
The Ultimate Exam Answers
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Have you ever been so stumped by an exam question that your brain fizzles out and you resort to desperation? The scans below show the hilarious answers of some exam takers. Some of these questions make me very very happy that my school days are long behind me.
The ramp question:
How to explain Batman using calculus:
This one needs to be on suicide watch:
How not to impress your teacher:
Hey, the person did answer the question:
This person’s got a career in accounting:
I rather like this person’s description:
Hmmm…
Feb
18
Pictures that lie
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An interesting exhibit posted September 11, 2006 by Cnet. The pictures run the gamut from doctored promotional pictures to pictures spliced together to imply something that isn’t to a review of urban legend pictures making their run through the Internet.
Source: Pictures that lie
Feb
18
Music and Lyrics
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So, I saw the cute flick “Music and Lyrics” today. The movie stars Hugh Grant as “Alex Fletcher”, a former 80s pop singer with Drew Barrymore as “Sophie Fisher”, his a slight crazy but soulful romantic interest who helps bring him out of his 80s slump by partnering with him to write a pop song for “Cara”, the latest “Britney” style sensation. The movie particularly appealed to me as a child of the 80s Eurotrash and bubblegum pop music (I’m not too ashamed to admit I had a collection of colorful fingerless gloves back then). The opening credits was a treat with a hilarious mimic of the vapid music videos of the 80s with Hugh Grant’s character spritzed, blow-dried and bopping to perfection. The first part of the movie dragged a bit until Drew’s character developed some depth and I could see past the vapid, slightly eccentric front. The movie is funny thereafter with upbeat pop music thrown in for good measure. The movie was a perfect uplift for a Sunday afternoon or if you’re in the mood for a silly laugh.
On an interesting side note, I found it interesting that, while the tabloid world is atwitter with news about the apparent demise of Hugh Grant’s relationship with girlfriend Jemima Khan, that the concierage to whom Hugh and Drew’s characters tested their lyrics with was also named Khan.
Feb
17
My Personal List of Crappy Companies
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Have you ever had an experience with a company that’s so horrible at what they do that you are frustrated beyond belief and just can’t believe that a company that operates like that can stay in business? Here’s my own top companies that are so bad I had to put them on my “never again” list. First, let’s get the caveats out of the way. This is my personal list based on my own experiences with these companies. What makes a crappy company for me? Generally, it’s either one that puts out an inferior product and doesn’t stand by it, or a company that has a horrible customer service operation.
In 2003, this company sold me a Mercedes certified lemon. The 1997 c230, which Mercedes proudly touted as having gone through its “blah blah blah” point inspection program, was a dud straight out of the gate. The “check engine light” came on the very night I took the car home. The transmission dropped a few days later. The car was in the shop more often that it was out in the beginning. I tried to get the dealership to swap the car out for a reliable one which they refused. When I called Mercedes’ customer complaint hotline they rarely answered and when they did, the person complained how many complaints they were getting. Ever since the marriage to Chrysler, this formerly esteemed company has gone downhill. I had always envisioned myself a lifelong Mercedes owner but this was my second and last Mercedes.
This no-service airline company has the lockdown on the cattle call of airlines. It’s the only airline that I’ve flown on that consistently overbooks their flights and refuses to give you a boarding pass until the absolute last moment before your flight takes off. It’s always great to be up in the air, not knowing if you’ll actually get to fly to your designation, while rude, frazzled gate agents try to squeeze 30 people also waiting into five available seats. Then the cherry on top, of course, is that they split you from your travel partner and place you both into middle seats, telling you, try and switch once you’re on board to sit together. Oh yeah, when was the last time you gave up your cramped aisle or window seat for the “I love having no personal space” middle seat? I definitely don’t recommend this airline for any tall people (umm… that would be defined as anyone over 4’6”) since you spend the flight with your knees crammed up against the back seat in front of you, praying that that person doesn’t lean their seat back.
For six years, I enjoyed reliable DSL from this company until I had the audacity to move. I called up EarthLink to transfer my DSL to the new house. After three weeks of waiting for the blinking yellow light on my DSL modem to turn to green, I called them up. “Oops! We don’t have a transfer order on file for you, it will be ANOTHER three weeks for your service to transfer.” When I tried to call their customer service, it was impossible to get through to a live person in under 30 minutes. When I did get through, my phone call was routed to India where I was put into the customer service circle of hell of being transferred to one clueless representative after the other. After two months of EarthLink hell, I finally cancelled the service and ordered DSL from AT&T which took three days to arrive.
I refuse to call this a newspaper. It’s a rag mostly made up of opinion pieces. I used to get both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times and the quality of reporting and news journalism by the NY Times is far superior. All newspapers have a slant but the strong bias and subversive agendas in the reporting by the LA Times is horrific. You would think they would get a clue based on their rapidly falling subscriber base that people are turned off by reading opinion piece after opinion piece instead of actual news.
This is the King of Hidden Fees. Both my husband and I couldn’t tolerate staying with this bank anymore. Even if you read the guidelines, you still get nailed for some hidden fee. We even got nailed for an “excessive” deposit when we moved money over for our house renovation project. You’d think they would encourage high balances since banks make money off of your accounts.
Feb
5
Does Banana Republic think its shoppers are exhibitionists?
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I admit, I shop a lot at Banana Republic. I shop there so much, I’ve even earned the Luxe card which really means I shop there too much. When I go there I notice that most of the shoppers are like myself (if I ignore all the studio assistants that seem to be shopping for wardrobe for one show or another). We are pretty much a diverse group of females in our twenties and thirties who tend to dress conservatively but fashionably. Now, for some reason lately, Banana Republic has interpreted this to mean that we are all exhibitionists who like to wear flimsy tops that are see-through. Whether it’s t-shirts, tanks or sweaters woven from Mongolian goat yarn, the stuff is designed to show the world your bra style and color. Even if I get super sneaky on them and wear a nude bra, I can still see my belt and pants through the tops. What gives?