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Global Roundup: New Stuff from Singapore and San Diego
via Improv Everywhere by Charlie Todd on March 07, 2008
A few new missions to report from our IE Global site. The first is from Scene Diego, the local IE Global group out in San Diego, CA. They got 7 agents to infiltrate a Starbucks and then fall asleep.(youtube link)The IE Global group in Singapore also staged a “sleeping in public” mission, getting a dozen or so agents to fall asleep by a public fountain.(youtube link)Finally, one more from...
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Customer To The Rescue
via Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes by admin on March 04, 2008
... be ridiculous!”Customer #2:*in a very apologetic tone* “I’m sorry, I thought it was my turn to make insane demands.”Original Customer:*storms off talking to the air about how rude people are*Customer #2: “That was fun!” *walks away*(Unfortunately, I never got to thank that second customer. Wherever you are Customer #2, thank you.)Related:We Need One Of These In Every Store
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March 02, 2008
via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (updated daily) by (author unknown) on March 02, 2008
Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0.00POPE!
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So Much For That First Impression
via Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes by admin on February 29, 2008
(We are accustomed to seeing celebrities walk into our store. One day, Forest Whitaker came in looking for a book. We played it cool and treated him like any other customer. Just as he was leaving, one of our regulars recognized him.)Customer: “Oh my god! You’re Forest Whitaker! You were in [movie]!”Forest: “No, I wasn’t.”
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It Pays to be Bilingual
via Neatorama by Miss Cellania on February 27, 2008
This photo of a sign in Argentina was posted by Dan Harris. Link -via Digg
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Pop Song Charts
via Stereogum by Stereogum on February 28, 2008
Some time ago, we offered some hip hop charts and graphs. Fine and dandy for finding the pie chart for it's like this/that, but how about if you're more in need for pop mathematics? Well, you may need your glasses for the first one.Which we're guessing is somehow ironic. Luckily, we also have pop charts with bigger fonts.
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Jonathan Coulton performs "Still Alive" in Rock Band
via Waxy.org Links by (author unknown) on February 26, 2008
backed by Merlin Mann, Leo Laporte, and Veronica Belmont; it's a geekgasm
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When "FireDogs" And "Geeks" Don't Know What's Wrong, You Pay [Undercover]
via Consumerist by Meg Marco on February 25, 2008
Channel 10 out of Columbus, Ohio recently conducted a sting operation in which they equipped themselves with an easily repaired laptop and took it to Geek Squad, FireDog and Micro Center to see who could figure out what was wrong. The station's IT guy changed one settling in the BIOS. "This is definitely something you can find out while you're doing your diagnostics or troubleshooting,"...
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