Archive for December, 2009

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Insane Pics Inside Amazon UK’s Distribution Center

So… many… toys. These pix showcase the perfectly organized chaos of Amazon UK’s distribution, or, “fulfillment” center, as they like to call it.

Remember All the Jokes We Made About the Rating Agencies?

Boy we used to really slam the rating agencies. You know Moody’s, S+P, and Fitch primarily. These were the guys that gave the “good housekeeping seal of approval” (or not!) to allow people to buy all kinds of bonds over the years. When it got to the world of structured securities (the stuff with acronyms [...]

Baby Hammock Recalled After Two Deaths

Maybe those hamsters are okay, but these Amby Baby Motion hammock beds are not. Two infants have died–one in June, the other in August–from suffocation, prompting Amby Baby and the CPSC to issue a recall notice. You can make the hammock safe to use after repairing it with a free kit, which you can order [...]

Domino’s Pulls Ads From ‘Jersey Shore’ Show

MTV’s gross new reality show, Jersey Shore, goes too far into offensive stereotype land as far as Domino’s Pizza is concerned. After seeing the first episode last week, the pizza chain asked MTV to stop airing its ads during the show, apparently before anyone starts complaining. But really, there’s no way you can eat Domino’s [...]

HP Won’t Replace My Messed-Up LCD Monitor

Chris bought a Hewlett Packard-Compaq laptop that started suffering an ink blot-like glob of dead pixels several months later. Convinced that the malady is due to a manufacturing defect, he’s trying — so far unsuccessfully — to get HP to warranty it out. He writes:

Lowe’s Travels To The Future To Discount Your Appliances

Mary was purchasing a washer and dryer set for her home at Lowe’s. Just as she was finalizing the purchase, a sales circular with a lower price on the very appliance she was buying dropped through the time/space continuum, and visited the store from the future. Or maybe an employee put it out early. Either [...]

White Castle Couch Pouch: For When You’ve Really Given Up

Sure, there’s the Snuggie. If you’re the enterprising sort, there’s the homemade Snuggie. There’s even a Snuggie for your best friend. But when you’ve truly, truly given up on both physical activity and on life, forget a blanket with sleeves. That’s not hardcore enough. What you need is a sleeping bag with sleeves. White Castle [...]

Big Dick Is Here To Stay

Editors Note– Big Dick had some overtime studying going on this Friday. Despite what some of you thought, that Big D could be taking the week off, no way. There’s no keeping the Big D down. Yeah he went 1-2 last week but this will change……Now. You have the floor Mr. Big Dick–R.B.

Minnesota: Not Serving Personal Mobility Scooters At The Drive-Thru Is OK

Back in June a woman in a personal mobility scooter rolled up the drive-thru at a St. Paul White Castle and was refused service because she wasn’t in a car. The drive-thru was the only part of the restaurant that was open — so she decided to complain to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. [...]

You Gotta Have a J-O-B, If You Wanna Be With Me

No that wasn’t Shakespeare who penned those words but it was a big hit song back in the 80’s for Gwen Guthrie. Also part of the song was the chorus, “no romance without finance, no romance without finance”. It sounds like Eldrick Woods was clearly showing ladies all over this land that he had a [...]

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