Friday, July 17, 2009

Paying Attention? Just Checking.

Two minutes ago I was having a conversation with my younger brother, which ended as follows.

Me: "The meaning of 'geek' has changed a bit since we have the word 'nerd.' Right, dad?"
My dad (on blackberry): "Mm-hmm."
Me: "And if you spill milk, mold grows on the floor, right, dad?"
My dad: "... What??"
Me (laughing with my brother): "I was just seeing if you were paying attention."

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Japanese Jump

This is how I jumped into the swimming pool the other day.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

What did that say?

Every now and then I see something I would like to take a picture of, but I don't have a camera to do so. Fortunately, all such things that I've seen today are in words, so I can easily share the heightening ridiculousness of them.

First, a sign at a McDonald's building read: "Handicapped Ramp." My reaction: "The ramp is handicapped? It's not in a wheelchair; what's its problem?"

Similarly, I was looking for weed killer in our garage and instead found a windshield washing fluid, which claimed to be a "bug cleaner." My reaction: "No, it's a windshield washer. I don't want to clean the bugs, I want to clean the windshield of them."

And now, the one that absolutely drove me nuts: a LEGO magazine ad for a Bob the Builder show with 3D glasses described it as "4D." My highly predictable reaction: ... never mind, it's highly predictable. I don't need to go on about TV and the dimensions for the second time in a year (the first being about the Super Bowl commercial for a show going 3D in which the guy hits the wrong button and they turn flat, and he says, "Oops. That's 1D." Oh, hey, I should have posted that back then ...).