This Post Is Brought To You By…People Who Can’t Write Ads.

A little while ago, I put up a compilation of stupid commercials Steve and I had noticed. Here we come with more. Have you ever noticed in a certain commercial for Everest College, there’s a spot where the girl says “The man behind me? he taught me everything I know…” but the way she says …

Did he Want To Get Caught?

The other day, Randy Cassingham said that he wanted a new word to refer to the people so stupid that they don’t even know they’re stupid. Somebody suggested“obliviot”, and he loved it. so do I, and I’ve been itching for a chance to use it. Here’s my chance. I like this one better, but it …

Do the Letter To The Editor Dance

I’ve talked about Roundabouts a little bit before. Well, now they want to put one on a major road in Guelph that basically would be at a pivital spot leading from anywhere to downtown. I’m not happy about this because of pedestrian-safety for the reasons I explained, sort of, in that post before. If you …

Ringing Some Alarm Bells. Get It? *Bells*?

Carin posted a couple of days ago aboutour latest go round with the fine folks at Bell Canada Repair.I left a comment under that post that I’ve decided to put here on the main page. Hopefully somebody from Bell will find it and be ashamed of what the company is becoming,but failing that, maybe it …

The Guide Dog Story to Trump All

Barb left a comment the other day under my latest dog post. It was the stupidest guide dog-related story, and it was so jaw-droppingly stupid that I felt it had to be preserved forever. Here it is. My friend ***name removed*** was walking with her dog ***name removed*** the other day, and she got lost …

I Smell Captcha Trouble On The Horizon

Remember back when I was celebrating the arrival of WebVisum, and I said I knew I wouldn’t be putting those stupid verification thingies in their place forever because they would always evolve and cause more misery? Well, here comes the pain. YUNiTi has come up with a new captcha that’s supposed to be easier to …

Is Carin Crazy? Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope….

In a couple of posts, this one and this one spring immediately to mind, I went yip yip yip yip yip yip yip, uh-huh, or something similar in the title. then I thought “I wonder how many people don’t know what the hell I’m on about.” Maybe they never saw Sesame Street, or maybe they …