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Shit, man.

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Oh, those helpful, singing, dancing scrubbing bubbles! They frolic through your shower and make all a-sparkle! But what happens after the cameras stop rolling? Let's see. Looks like some of these bubbles don't want to leave, but remain as chemical residue, and watch you shower... The video is an amusing piece of animated propaganda from Method to drive interest in the Household Labeling Act, which would require cleaning products to list all their ingredients on their labels.

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Er.... I thought marriage was defined as being between a man and a woman. Can a body pillow be a girl?

Remember how much attention was given to the Japanese man who married his Nintendo DS? It seems strange to me that there hasn’t been as much coverage of the Korean man who just married his body pillow.

This leads to the inevitable question: would you rather marry a body pillow or a video game?

I’m torn. A game can give you some mental stimulation and companionship. Then again, it’s easier to snuggle with a pillow. Maybe if they combine the two there will be a lot more marriages to inanimate objects.

Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL Clients From Hell

Client: “I heard you are the one that can help me with anything.”

Me: “Thank you, how may be of service?”

Client: “I have this site an Indian team built for me, but i doesn’t work. I need you to fix it for me ASAP.”

Me: “That’s quite a lot of work. I can do it, but it will take [amount of time] and will cost you [amount of money].”

Client: “No, you don’t understand, I ALREADY PAID for this website. I just need you to fix it.”

Me: “I am sorry, what do I have to do with the Indian team?”

Client: “You are an idiot! Why would I pay you for the work I have already paid for? The Indians coded the website, you just have to fix it! It’s not like you are making me a new website.”

Me: “You are right, sir. I am just making it functional and clean. Unfortunately I have the bad habit of getting paid for this.”

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Try Garfield minus Garfield the book.

Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL STFU, Conservatives

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fousheezy:

Those of you who know me know I despise “demotivational poster” style anything. It’s trite, and uncreative. This is the only time I will post one, and I think you can tell why.

Well done, fousheezy. Personally, I’ve always thought of Old Glory as a banner to be held high as you charge forth in life, not as a shield to hide behind. Which, it seems Palin enjoys rather openly.

I’m not really religious but I pray to God this image was photoshopped.  And if Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) traveled back in time a hundred years to make the quote, how come he couldn’t stop Hitler?

Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes

(Grocery Store | Minneapolis, MN, USA)

Me: “Hello, ma’am. What can I get for you today?”

Customer: “Do you have any kosher ham here?”

Me: “No, I don’t think there is such a thing.”

Customer: “Darn it! I’ve been to three stores today, and none of them had it either. My husband’s parents are in town, and they’re Jewish. I wanted to make them dinner.”

Me: “I don’t think Jews are allowed to eat pig.”

Customer: “Duh, that’s why I need to get it kosher, so they can eat it.”

Me: “Ma’am, I don’t think they make any kosher ham.”

Customer: “What about pork?”

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HDGuru reports that Best Buy is at it again, charging innocent customers for truly unnecessary services. This time, they're offering to sync your 3D glasses as part of a Geek Squad package to hook up your new 3D TV and Blu-Ray player. Sure, the connection services are logical enough, but the glasses sync thing makes no sense. Why? Because 3D glasses don't need to be synced.

HD Guru called three Best Buy stores. After confirming each employee received training on 3D TVs and installation services, we asked them to explain the process of “syncing” the 3D glasses. We received three different but oddly similar responses.

Blue shirt one said the glasses need to be synced with the Blu-ray player. The second geek referred to the 3D glasses needing to sync to the player via the USB port within the glasses, an impossible feat as there is no USB port on the glasses. The third stated the need to acquire the glasses’ IP address to sync with the Blu-ray player. There is no IP address for 3D glasses; they have no connectivity to the Internet. The Samsung battery powered glasses “sync” to the 3D content wirelessly via an infra-red pulse emitted by the TV.

We contacted Best Buy’s media relations department and asked why the company offers a fictional service. We are still awaiting a response.

Maybe what they really mean is that they "optimize" the glasses by cleaning the lenses with a nice silk cloth.

Best Buy Offers Bogus 3D Sync Service [HDGuru] (Thanks, Vince and GitEmSteveDave!)

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poor marcie. What will you do?

While the current Soda Tax trend looks doomed to fail in New York state and Philadelphia, researchers are already making a suggestion for the target of the next sin tax -- pizza.

A team of doctors writing in the Archives of Internal Medicine allege that levying an 10% tax on yummy, delicious, mouth-watering pizza would cut the average person's caloric intake by around 11.5%.

The study claims that, by raising the price of both soda and pizza by 18%, the average person would cut enough calories to lose 5 lbs in one year.

"While such policies will not solve the obesity epidemic in its entirety and may face considerable opposition from food manufacturers and sellers, they could prove an important strategy to address overconsumption, help reduce energy intake and potentially aid in weight loss and reduced rates of diabetes among U.S. adults," wrote the team led by Kiyah Duffey of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Our findings suggest that national, state or local policies to alter the price of less healthful foods and beverages may be one possible mechanism for steering U.S. adults toward a more healthful diet."

In their conclusion, the researchers lay some blame on government subsidies for corn: "Sadly, we are currently subsidizing the wrong things including the product of corn, which makes the corn syrup in sweetened beverages so inexpensive."

Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, researchers say [Reuters]