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50 Amazing Ads You Haven't Seen

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:30:30 GMT

clipped by: luci_m

50 Amazing Ads You Haven't Seen

A set of 50 advertisements that stand out from the rest. Each of these is unique and creative. Collected over a 5 month period.

50, 49 Braun Shavers

48, 47 The Washington Zoo

46, 45 Honda Auto Parts

44 Animal Rights

43, 42 Eukanuba Pet Food

41, 40, 39 Chambre 69 Dildos

38 Durex Lubricant

37, 36 Club Med Vacations

35, 34 Music Inside

33, 32 Ariel Bleach

31, 30, 29 An Art Studio

28, 27 Blood Donations (in India, I believe)

26 Anti Smoking

25, 24 Animal Rights

23, 22, 21 HUMO Magazine

20 Post-It Notes

19 Generic Condoms

18 Sony PSP

17 Cooking Utensils

16 Milk

15 BMW Mini

14 Relpipe Pipes

13 Car Wax

12, 11 Telefonica Long Distance Calling

10 Perrier

9 Tampax Tampons

8 City Sport (anti-steroids

7 Some Type of Orange Juice

6 Mercedez

5 Wonderbra

4, 3, 2, 1 A set of ads for Puma Store:

Tags: advertising, media

"What We Are Seeing Is the Fall of America"

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:40:20 GMT

clipped by: invictus
clipper's remarks: Harold Bloom speaks...

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Harold Bloom, Yale literature professor and cultural critic, is one of America's most prominent and provocative intellectuals.

Speaking at his home in New Haven where he is recovering from a recent health scare, a pale and weak Bloom seems to have symbolically embodied what he calls the "poor state of the nation."

"I am 77 years old and I have never seen this country in such a bad state. It is madness. What we are seeing is the fall of the Roman Empire, only now it is the fall of America, the glory of our Empire. This war is what Parthia was to Rome.

"We have caused a monstrous mess. We don't even count killed Iraqis. God knows how many Iraqi women, children and men have been killed by our accidental shootings, which we are such experts at, or by other Iraqis. No, 'Benito Bush' (Bloom's pet name for President George Bush) deserves, if we had a functioning civil law in the world, to be condemned for crimes against humanity. Bush is ultimately responsible for this war," Bloom says

Tags: iraq war, united states, middle east, chaos, war

Map of the Cat Brain

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:53:24 GMT

clipped by: karaokeron
clipper's remarks: ...if you've ever tried to figure out your cat..

Clip Source: www.xmission.com

Tags: cat, cats, pet, pets, animal, animals, funny, humor, humour, humorous. mind

101 Greatest George Carlin Quotes

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:48:51 GMT

clipped by: swampfoxz
clipper's remarks: Carlin for pope!
This is one of the few humans that makes any sense at all.

Clip Source: blogzarro.com

101 Greatest George Carlin Quotes

I don’t have pet peeves — I have major psychotic fucking hatreds!

A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.

Have you ever noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff?

I wanna live. I don’t wanna die. That’s the whole meaning of life: Not dying! I figured that shit out by myself in the third grade.

I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I’m an American — you know, you grow.

No one knows what’s next, but everybody does it.

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.”

Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.

“No comment” is a comment.

So far, this is the oldest I’ve been.

Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.

Tags: carlin quotes

English Bulldog Is A Hero: Saves Kittens From Lake

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:14:08 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Napoleon got a much deserved hero’s welcome at the adoption center as crowds gathered to praise the brave bulldog and cuddle the rescued kittens.

English Bulldogs are notoriously bad swimmers. With a giant head and chest compared to a lighter tail end, they have a tendency to go bottoms up in the water. It’s hard to keep that head up above the waves when it’s the largest part of your body!

Most owners are very aware of this problem, and will take care to see that their dogs have a good life vest on if they’re going to be boating or there’s a chance the bulldog could end up in some deep water without someone right at hand to save them if they look like they’re starting to struggle.

Don't call me Napoleon, call me Churchill

Clip Source: www.bulldogabbie.com

Because of the breeds history of poor swimming ability, this morning’s news came as a bit of a shock to me! Napoleon, an obedient and well behaved two year old white English Bulldog in Michigan abruptly left his master’s side yesterday and raced out across a road and into a nearby lake.

Napoleon’s owner met him in the driveway as the bulldog came back up out of the lake dragging something in his mouth. It looked like a burlap sack, and Napoleon appeared determined to drag it up from the shore and back to his master’s side.

It was then that Napoleon’s owner heard the meowing and realized that there were abandoned kittens inside the bag! Six kittens in total, although two of them didn’t survive and the remaining four were in bad shape. Napoleon’s mom cared for the survivor’s for the next two weeks until they could be taken in to the city pet adoption center and found new homes.

Tags: "napoleon", english bulldog, michigan, kittens in lake, rescue

Parrot's oratory stuns scientists!

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:28:41 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: read this!

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Parrot's oratory stuns scientists

Feathered prodigy: N'kisi leads the field

The finding of a parrot with an almost unparalleled power to communicate with people has brought scientists up short.

The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour.

He invents his own words and phrases if he is confronted with novel ideas with which his existing repertoire cannot cope - just as a human child would do.

N'kisi is believed to be one of the most advanced users of human language in the animal world.

He uses words in context, with past, present and future tenses, and is often inventive.

One N'kisi-ism was "flied" for "flew", and another "pretty smell medicine" to describe the aromatherapy oils used by his owner, an artist based in New York.

When he first met Dr Jane Goodall, the renowned chimpanzee expert, after seeing her in a picture with apes, N'kisi said: "Got a chimp?"

School's in: He is a willing learner

He appears to fancy himself as a humourist. When another parrot hung upside down from its perch, he commented: "You got to put this bird on the camera."

In an experiment, the bird and his owner were put in separate rooms and filmed as the artist opened random envelopes containing picture cards.

Analysis showed the parrot had used appropriate keywords three times more often than would be likely by chance.

Captives' frustrations

This was despite the researchers discounting responses like "What ya doing on the phone?" when N'kisi saw a card of a man with a telephone, and "Can I give you a hug?" with one of a couple embracing.

Alison Hales, of the World Parrot Trust, told BBC News Online: "N'kisi's amazing vocabulary and sense of humour should make everyone who has a pet parrot consider whether they are meeting its needs.

Tags: birds, word power, learning, knowledge, science.

Some useless facts

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:55:33 GMT

clipped by: LeSaucisson

Clip Source: togare.info

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

Slugs have 4 noses.

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

Tags: facts, useless, things

10 WORDS THAT DON'T EXIST, BUT SHOULD

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:59:20 GMT

clipped by: swampfoxz

Clip Source: pages.videotron.com

10 WORDS THAT DON'T EXIST, BUT SHOULD

1. AQUADEXTROUS
(ak wa deks'trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.

2. CARPERPETUATION
(kar'pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.

3. DISCONFECT
(dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of confection (lolly) you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow 'remove' all the germs.

4. ELBONICS
(el bon'iks) n. The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater.

5. FRUST
(frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.

9. PUPKUS
(pup'kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.

Tags: words

Your Bi-Lingual Kitty

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:43:54 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: "It’s kind of nice to think your kitty has gone to the effort to learn a second language to communicate with you. Sure, she did it mostly out of necessity, but also out of affection. She wouldn’t meow just for your attention if she didn’t enjoy a relationship with you."

Clip Source: www.petcentric.com

Your Bi-Lingual Kitty

Adult cats, living apart from humans, have very clear communication with one another. It is spoken mostly through scent, then through facial expression, complex body language, and touch.

Meowing is not part of this language. Meow-ese, it would seem, is a language developed exclusively for humans.

The only meowing in the cat world is done between mom cat and her young kittens.

So why do cats have two “languages?” Because meowing is unnecessary in a cat’s world. But in your world, your pet cat is dependent on you, and quickly learns that you are clearly not picking up the scent messages she leaves on your things, and you are not completely fluent in cat body language.

“meow” however gets you to do what she wants

cats have refined their meows specifically to manipulate people.

You may find that the meows that tug at your heartstrings the most are the ones your cat is using

Meow-ese seems to be generally understood by “cat people.”

We have to admit it works.

Tags: language, meow-ese, cats, communication

Stop Resizing Your Firefox Window!

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:12:26 GMT

clipped by: abbysname
clipper's remarks: Amazing tip!

Clip Source: www.techpwn.com

Stop Resizing My Firefox Window, $%@*!

21 Mar, 2007 Web, Software

I must say, nothing really angers me more while I’m browsing the internet than when a website resizes my browser window. It’s like a pet peeve. I just hate resizing it. I use Firefox, so I’ve been looking for a quick fix that won’t allow websites to do this. I couldn’t find it in the Firefox preferences anywhere, and it was starting to get on my nerves. But, to my avail, I just found it!

Here is how to prevent sites from resizing your Firefox window…

1. Open Firefox, Preferences (or if you’re on Windows…Tools, Options)

2. Go to the Content Tab

3. To the right of “Enable Javascript” hit “Advanced…”.

4. Uncheck “Move or Resize Existing Windows”

That’s it…

Tags: firefox, windows, computer, how to, tips

Snowball-The singing and dancing cockatoo

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:01:32 GMT

clipped by: pokkets
clipper's remarks: Snowball is now spokesbird for an animal shelter

Clip Source: www.mail.com

An online video of pet cockatoo dancing to a Backstreet Boys song has a northwestern Indiana couple dealing with some worldwide attention. Irena and Chuck Schulz have more than 30 birds in their home, but the cockatoo, Snowball, is the star.

Whenever they play the 1997 song "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)," the 11-year-old medium sulfur-crested Eleonora cockatoo lifts his legs, squawks and bobs his head, flashing his bright yellow crest to the beat.

Television programs "Inside Edition" and "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" have featured Snowball's moves. The couple says people from around the world have contacted them after

seeing the bird dancing on the video-sharing site YouTube or elsewhere.

The couple runs a rescue shelter for birds called Bird Lovers Only Rescue.

"He makes a great spokesbird for the rescue," Chuck Schulz said.

Snowball joined the family a couple of months ago

Irena Schulz said she almost fainted at the sight of the bird dancing to the beat.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: snowball, singing, dancing, cockatoo, animal, shelter

Inventions of the Millennium, a Top Ten List

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:15:06 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Clip Source: www.everything2000.com

#10 The Telescope

#9 The Microscope

#8 The PET scan

#7 The Laser

#6 The Computer

#5 The Transistors

#4 The World Wide Web

#3 The Steam Engine

#2 The mechanical clock

#1 The Invention of the Millennium: The Gregorian Calendar.

Tags: technology

The Web Knows How

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:29:35 GMT

clipped by: wildcat
clipper's remarks: and again where is clipversity?

Clip Source: www.technewsworld.com

Just about any practical task -- from changing a motorcycle's oil filter to the proper care and feeding of a pet monkey -- can be found on the Web on sites like WikiHow and Howcast. The sites vary widely in their approaches. Some limit their offerings to in-house video clips, while others employ a wiki model and make themselves completely open to revisions from anyone.

Terri Rossman considers herself a visual learner. So when the 52-year-old marketing professional wanted to learn a new knitting stitch, she turned to the Web.

"I searched for 'knit bobble stitch' on Google and I found a video of someone doing it," said Rossman, who lives in the Detroit area. "It was perfect for me."

The Web has become the place where people go to learn new tricks. Traffic to sites like eHow.com and WikiHow.com have doubled over the past year, according to figures from ComScore Networks, while start-ups such as Howcast.com and Findhow.com, a search engine to find "how-to" content, are entering the field.

Tags: web, net, knowledge, learning

Sarcasm Society

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:02:32 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: www.sarcasmsociety.com

Sarcasm Society^TM

We would love to hear what you think!

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky