A friend just IM’ed me this line he read in a forum:
some people are like slinkies : they are not good for anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs
Brilliant.
Alison stumbled onto this and sent me a link. There are 2 in stock on Amazon and the product has 70 five star customer reviews. Hurry before they’re sold out.
I love having dogs at the office. Endless entertainment.
A friend of mine emailed me a link to this hilarious AP article about bovine minivan abuse.
Falling cow smashes van near Manson
MANSON, Chelan County — A Chelan County fire chief says a couple were lucky they weren’t killed by a cow that fell off a cliff and smashed their minivan.
District 5 Chief Arnold Baker says they missed being killed by a matter of inches Sunday as they drove on Highway 150 near Manson.
The 600-pound cow fell about 200 feet and landed on the hood of the minivan carrying Charles Everson Jr. and his wife Linda of Westland, Mich., who were in the area celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary. They were checked at Lake Chelan Community Hospital as a precaution.
The van was heavily damaged, including a broken windshield.
Charles Everson says he kept repeating, “I don’t believe this. I don’t believe this.”
The year-old cow had been reported missing by a breeder. It was euthanized at the scene.
You couldn’t make this up if you tried.
I’m a big fan of Google Alerts and with the latest one I received it may have rocketed to the top of my list of cool features.
I normally delete these after reading them, but this one may be a keeper.
I enjoy spotting unusual bumper stickers and spotted this on a Mazda RX-8 parked outside my apartment this weekend.
Awesome.
The list below was from Appsaholic (which is awesome). It shows the Facebook apps with the highest growth rate over the last 24 hours. Number 4 is just hilarious.
I’m not a fan of bumper stickers and generally mock them as I see them. On a walk to coffee last year however, I saw this one which had me in tears. If you have any favorites, add them in the comments.
If you’re not a regular reader of The Best of Craigslist, you’re missing out. Here’s a couple of my favorites:
I am not a fridge pimp. I don’t have any more fridges at that price. No, I don’t know where you can get another fridge at that price. Yes, I know it’s in great condition for the price, and I’m sure you’d like your other crazy-as-bat-shit-mini-fridge-buying-friends to have one just like it, but this is all I have. Here’s a thought, there’s this online classified ads website. Yeah, you may have heard of it, it’s called CRAIGSLIST. I dunno, maybe, just maybe, in this great land of ours, there’s another mini-fridge being advertised there.
I am an engineer. Do you ever see me shaking down bums in the Loin for a calculator and sliderule? No, you don’t. Because engineering is the main thing I do, I went and bought myself a calculator. The main thing you do is crack. How do you get by without a crackpipe? The other crackheads must clown on you non-stop. I mean, the fucking saw you used to saw off my sparkplugs is probably worth five or ten bucks. Why not sell or trade it for a crackpipe? You really haven’t put much thought into this, have you?
Not only is this one of the most detailed, objective reviews on the iPhone I have seen to date, it’s also hilarious. If you’re in the market, I’d urge you to read this. With lines like this, you’ll be entertained while you learn all there is to know about this incredible device. (No, I don’t have one and I’m planning on waiting.)
Apple is in bed with AT&T for at least 5 years. Which circles me back to my metaphor. Signing up for the iPhone is like being tossed into a menage a trois with Angelina and Rosie O’Donnell. You want the beauty, you have to sleep with the beast.
Awesome.
PS: Thanks to Valleywag for the pointer.
