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Stupid Game Show Answers - Run from the Dumb
via YouTube Subscriptions' Videos by rss@youtube.com (stupidgsa) on February 24, 2008
... thing you own* Match Game - Batman and Robin* Family Fortunes - Something you take from hotels as a souvenir* To Tell the Truth - Birds* Win Ben Stein's Money - What did Ben Franklin attach to his kite?* Family Feud - An animal whose legs are on a restaurant menu Author: stupidgsa Keywords: stupidgameshowanswersnewlywedfamilyfeudfortuneswinbenstein'smoneydumb Added: February 23, 2008
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Origamic Architecture: Stunning Sculptures Cut Out of Paper
via Neatorama by Alex on February 24, 2008
In the Japanese paperfolding art of origami, cutting the paper is frowned upon. But in 1981, Masahiro Chatani, professor of Architecture at Tokyo Institute of Technology proved that papercutting could indeed produce stunning pieces of art.Along with his colleague Keiko Nakazawa, Chatani developed Origamic Architecture, a variation of kirigami (itself a variation of origami where cuts were...
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Morning Glories
via Neatorama by Miss Cellania on February 24, 2008
(YouTube link)So that’s how they do it! This video shows how morning glories find and twine around any support they can. One frame was shot every ten minutes. Link -via Arbroath
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Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
via Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes by admin on February 22, 2008
(I had just started a new IT job for a large school district and was not expecting the level of stupidity I would be dealing with on a regular basis. Within my first 3 weeks, I receive a phone call from a school.)Clerk: “Hi, I am trying to use this new system on these computers and I attempting to make my account. My Principal got me started but now I am stuck.”Me: “What seems to be the...
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purrito
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on February 14, 2008
purritosry, but purrito is no edibles.picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Kate C.
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OMG! FLOTING TEXT
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on February 13, 2008
GASP!picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: t3hOdd
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On Victor Borge
via MetaFilter by disillusioned on February 18, 2008
A world-class comedian, Victor Borge could please a crowd with his Phonetic Punctuation or Inflationary Language bits. But he was also a brilliant pianist, as showcased when he improvised an impressive encore to a piece he had only heard and never played before, much to his apparent delight. Still better was when he'd merge the two passions, like in Page-Turner or The Minute Waltz. He...
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Idea: The last product Polaroid should make
via Ironic Sans by David on February 18, 2008
You may have heard the recent announcement that Polaroid will stop making instant film soon. They're manufacturing just enough to last through 2009, and then they're shutting down the factories. That gives them almost two years to develop what I think should be the last Polaroid product: a digital picture frame that makes sure the familiar look of a Polaroid photo lives on.You just put...
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Nonsensical Hypotheticals
via Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes by admin on February 17, 2008
(Customer has pulled up the the drive-thru after ordering a coffee.)Customer: “Can you add the cream and sugar for me?”Me: “It’s against policy to do that to prevent contamination.”Customer: “Well, what if I had no arms?”Me:*dumb founded*Customer: “If I spill the cream as I’m adding it while driving, I’m going to sue you!”Me: “Sir, you’re in a parking lot. You can pull...
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It was the best of MeFi. It was the worst of MeFi.
via MetaTalk by amyms on February 17, 2008
If you were showing the MetaFilter Universe (including the main page, Ask, Talk, Projects, Music, everything) to someone for the first time, what threads would you choose as examples of MeFi at its best and at its worst?
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