Archive for the ‘Humour’ Category

How I wish I had the talent to make a point like this so well

Via Tim Carmody’s Snarkmarket blog, this awesome argument with illustrations demonstrates the sexist double-standard operating in (sigh) comics … merely a microcosm/reflection of wider society. It’s an argument (discussion, really) that’s been running for a while … and is worth following if you care. But my point is the way Megan Rosalarian Gedris has pretty [...]

Juxtaposition

What is this advertising? Any idea?

Start spamming young…

Now, look, I know Twitter meant this image as a joke … … but the line “I’m a 7 year old SEO GURU!” just soooo reminded me of the Geekversity Instant Expert Shaun Stenning so breathlessly promoted by down-on-their-luck ‘property experts‘. I needed to visit Twitter’s how to respond to spammy mentions page after I [...]

OK, so this is different from Rep. Weiner … how?

This morning in the aftermath of Congressman Weiner’s disgrace (Self-inflicted wounds) for tweeting [what some saw as] sexually provocative pictures of his body to people following him on Twitter, I, your humble correspondent, received a tweet from a South African model-slash-actress-slash-internet marketer? (she used to say she ‘works in digital’, which is how I read [...]

Thinking can be overrated

‎’Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits…’ — Satchel Paige, US baseball player (1906 – 1982)

Caption competition: Obama in Ireland

“Is this how you do a terrorist fist-bump?” Put your suggestions in comments or at ThePaepae’s Facebook page.  

Ugh! Adding insult to injury!

Apropos our discussion about targeting the gullible in Calling all gullible gamblers! and All that glitters is not gold … I guess ‘self-knowledge’ can be seen as by-product? Visit Mark Joyner for more of his personal development brain puzzle cartoons. NOT funny! (Well, OK, just a bit.) Thanks to Sarah for sharing. – P

A rebel general has been killed by the Empire

It’s worth reading this homage to the NY Times report of President Obama’s announcement. It engenders a bit of empathy. CORUSCANT — Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mastermind of some of the most devastating attacks on the Galactic Empire and the most hunted man in the galaxy, was killed in a firefight with Imperial forces near Alderaan, Darth Vader [...]

A sad case of amateur signwriting

Spotted on a walk near Burswood the other day… Oops. (Same on both sides!) Where’s a good proofreader when you need one? -P

Yeah, I thought so all along … waste of space

The email disclaimer emperor has no clothes, according to this article from The Economist … I was never impressed with plonkers like Shaun Stenning fatuously filling up their email disclaimers (example here) with nonsense — it looked like a bush-lawyer’s attempt to intimidate the gullible. As for this mush … The information presented in this [...]