Can you spot the fake flake?

Forgive me for sounding ignorant but is plagiarism really one of the big issues currently plaguing the breakfast cereal industry?  Apparently so as Kelloggs has invested time and presumably cash (during one of the worst recessions in ages)  to develop a way to laser tattoo each  of their crispy flakes with their logo.

Seriously? Most people don’t even have their eyes open enough in the morning during breakfast to see if they are eating out of a clean cereal bowl let alone to check the fine print to ensure they are getting authentic Kelloggs Corn Flakes.  I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in that meeting room.  If that idea was the one they went with, how sh*t were the other ideas?  Couldn’t they just put a serial cereal number on the box? (insert hysterical laughter here)

re: please don’t call me a chinchilla

I am sure if you have read more than one of my posts you know that it doesn’t take much to amuse me so my most recent finding wont surprise most of you. The Yahoo Mail subject generator….I found it by accident when I clicked on the word subject instead of ‘cc’ and saw that each time I clicked on it a new random topic was generated.

I now spend copious amounts of time chuckling to myself before selecting the best stupid subject line for my emails….I equally enjoy it when my friends reply to my emails without changing the subject and I receive emails like:

Re: please don’t call me a chinchilla
Re: Pandora didn’t think outside the box
Re: Shortcut for next week’s marathon
Re: There’s a great juggler on the radio tonight!
Re: Eating pasta with chopsticks
Awww the little things…

Typos are funny…

I don’t know why but I always seem to have a good laugh over typos…like this one (the typo is in the bottom line that starts ‘Cars…)

Unless it isn’t a typo and they think that the $25 gas card can be considered ‘car food’

Edible typos have to be the best though…check out this one below from http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ – great site for those who like cake and like to laugh.

It’s probably not what you think….

So it turns out that they don’t use the word caulk or caulking here and to be honest the exact second the word came out of my mouth I knew this.  I didn’t even need to see the horrified look on my colleagues faces before realising that even if they did use that word it would sound posh as they probably pronounce the ‘L’ and say cal-k or something less dirty sounding.

To explain, a colleague asked me what I am up to this weekend and I said ‘I desperately need to caulk my bathroom so I might try my hand at caulking’ (I added that last bit as soon as I realised she did not know that word ergo I needed to repeat it again for comic relief).

To clarify I was talking about caulking as in sealing our shower to prevent leaks….and to be honest the more I say it the word more ridiculous it sounds (similar to that whole milk thing growing up) and I think I have to side with the English on this one and say sealant from now on….it won’t however prevent me from running the caulk joke to the ground in this post.

And yes, on top of how ridiculous the word sounds, I am aware of how pathetic the whole concept of spending my weekend ’sealing’ the bathroom actually is…because of that I now change my answer to said question and my new response is ‘I am going to lay in the park, get drunk and have a Sunday roast’ all which seem to get a better response from the colleagues. Bring on the weekend!

…Should I have put a disclaimer on this post? Surely you can’t get that worked up over a little caulk…hahah yes, I am 13 years old and the more I say/type it, the funnier it sounds.

Away from my blog at the moment…

Apologies as it may be a bit quiet on the blogging front. I am currently on a sunny week long break with the hubby. We have had great sunny weather so much so that my milk bag white legs are turning a slightly tanned colour.

I don’t think I can’t post pictures remotely but will when I am back if this doesn’t work.

In the meantime I am off to the poo(l) ….yes, I do laugh every time I pass that sign.

I'll be by the poo

What a feeling indeed!

I know most of the UK readers will have seen this but I love it and have to see it again and again.

This is a clip from a tv show that is part of Comic Relief. Comic Relief is an annual fundraiser where basically through February and March celebrities (and normal people) do funny things to raise money for a series of charities …being a massive fan of anything funny I think its a great concept. Anyhoo this year the BBC has put together a weekly programme where celebrities perform iconic dances with hopes to be voted through to the finale.

The one below was clearly the winner for the night, and probably the whole thing as I can’t imagine what could beat this.

The dancer is this great comedian who is on two of my fave shows called Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb look (this clip came from that show), he mostly plays a fairly dense/thick/moronic character but in real life seems fairly low key, which adds to the fabulous-ness of this dance (that and his high cut leotard! thankfully there was no ‘flash’ in this flashdance but the risk was certainly there)

WTF? Friday

How much do I love this kid…I love this kid’s Dad even more for filming his son in this state and posting it for the world to see!

I felt like this once when I had my wisdom teeth out except I went from laughing to crying in half a second straight although that isnt’ that strange for me I can do that under the influence of Valium, alcohol or nothing at all…

Here’s a happy thought

Here’s a nice one for you optimists…today is Blue Monday which the UK papers have claimed might possibly be the most depressing day in history (that is a bit harsh don’t you think?). Apparently the weather, lack of daylight, fading Christmas memories, broken new years resolutions, the fact that it is a Monday and the current economic condition have all contributed to why today is so gloomy.

I actually haven’t found it to be that bad, it is a little chilly and I have always hated Mondays but  I think my porridge hit on me this morning…

Tuck in & enjoy hot stuff!

I am this happy that its Friday…

I love Fridays.  I am the first to admit I live for my weekends…for no particular reason other than I tend to do more fun things on a weekend then sitting at work all day (nothing against work, its lovely and pays the bills but I do like my free time).

Anyway I couldn’t help but laugh at this jumping dog, how much fun is he having!….(yes, I am so out of things to blog about that I am actually showing you a video of a jumping dog)

Enjoy

While oot and aboot

For lack of being able to think of anything better to blog about I thought I would share some pictures of things I thought were funny while out and about London (and no I don’t say it oot and aboot).

This ‘yummy’ Chinese food restaurant caught my eye as we waited for a bus the other day. I am not sure that the shop window is the best place to be advertising things like leg or bikini waxes and body piercing (you may need to click the picture to read it properly).  I hope the staff aren’t doing double duty…um yes I would like a lemon chicken and a bikini wax (not necessarily in that order).  I wouldn’t want to find a hair in my food at this place! 

 

I saw this one this morning in Tesco.  This is one of those lovely customer service/marketing ideas to show you that the store has a very caring staff willing to help you out with whatever you need.  My particular favourite picture was of the store manager who is willing to help you pick out your favourite Bacardi Breezers…oooh the local 12 year olds will be so happy, its always so hard to choose between rockin’raspberry and outrageous orange!

"My favourite is outrageous orange!"

The last one is one of those ‘you had to be there’ type things but unfortunately I didn’t have my camera and you weren’t there so I will try my best.  There is this little Polish cafe on the high street that has been closed for a month for renovations and last Saturday was having a grand opening party which included a DJ and some funky disco ball type lights (both of which made me laugh laughed a bit as I didn’t really figure the little Polish cafe would turn into the little Polish night club – but nevertheless there were a few people bopping around when we walked by so it must have been a good party).

The next morning we happened to be walking up the high street and passed a glasses shop that was beside the little Polish cafe/club and noticed that all the glasses on the wall that the shop shared with Polish cafe had fallen off the wall!! It made me laugh out loud…must have been a pretty rocking party to shake all the glasses off!!  I can just see the optician on their hands and knees Sunday morning swearing under their breath while having to put 100 pairs of glasses back up on the wall…can’t wait to see if it happens next Saturday!