Category: Oddities

07 Jul

Centrelink robots

Tonight I had to call Centrelink. I don’t usually call them because I can do everything I need online but the online thing told me I had call. So I call the number it gives me and I end up talking to a robot. Albeit a very intelligent voice recognition robot, but it didn’t really […]
20 Jun

How to please your IT Department

When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children’s art. We don’t have a life, and we find it deeply moving to catch a fleeting glimpse of yours. Don’t write anything down. […]
25 Apr

Humpty Dumpty

Here’s a thought for the day: Where in the nursery rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty is an egg? Got you thinking hasn’t it? I’ve done a few quick Google searches, but haven’t found a real answer.
20 Mar

Word processor

This one really makes you wonder if Microsoft had this in mind when developing MS Word: If a food processor slices and dices food, what does a word processor do? After all, I thought everyone wanted Times New Roman, size 10 whenever you start a new paragraph.
08 Mar

Toilet humour

I discovered this at work today while surfing the net. This is a real public toilet in Houston. It’s built entirely from one way glass. From the outside it just looks like a mirrored box but on the inside you can see everyone around you. The question is, could you do it?
07 Jan

Deer god

Okay so it’s been a while since I’ve posted something odd and this one is just one of a kind. Naturally you can depend on Ed to dig up something like this on the net and I must warn you, it’s kinda gruesome if you don’t like seeing serious roadkill - deer style. That said, […]