Tidbits

The following is a collection of links I've found fun/amusing/ridiculously interesting oveer the past week. Enjoy them as you will. Reference them at your next cocktail party and go home as "Most Fascinating Person" of the evening.

Google Earth Turns Up Roman Ruins in Blogger's Backyard
Apparently, this guy was Google mapping his house and surrounding neighborhood and found some stranger lines and "retangular shadows". Zooming in more and using his super-genius brain, he some how concludes the lines must represent some sort of ancient burial ground. Score 2 points for Google Earth. Full article here.

Photoshop Frogs Contest
This one is for Chris. Hope you like it, darling. I couldn't resist. The frogs are just so damn cute. Some of the photoshopping jobs are pretty sweet too. Like here.

5 things I'd Ask Every Supreme Court Nominee If I Sat On The Senate Judicary Committee.
Merlin Mann never ceases to amuse.

1. If you knew to an absolute moral certainty that you could capture and consume a live infant without being caught, how many do you suppose you could eat in a weekend?
2. Have you ever been spanked erotically by someone who was not your current legal spouse? Just yes or no, please.
3. Nominee, do you regard these slacks as accentuating my basket in an un-senatorial fashion?
4. Describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about…your mother.
5. Kindly rise, and sing the 1979 hit, The Piña Colada Song, also known as Escape.

Link to MM's 5ives blog here.

How To Disappear In America Without A Trace
Will somebody try this and let me know how it works out for you? Thanks. Link here.

Modern Rules Of Advertising
Or so it seems. With a bit of a UK twist. Still funny and true.

1. Men are obsessed with sex but will forego sex in order to watch football or drink beer.

2. Women are locked in a constant battle with their weight/body shape/hairstyle.

3. Career success is entirely based on your ability to impress your boss.

4. Mums are often harassed but NEVER depressed/unable to cope.

5. Any act of male stupidity (e.g. walking across a clean floor in muddy boots, putting the dog in the dishwasher, etc.) will be met with a wry smile, not genuine annoyance/anger.

6. Married men will flirt with other, younger women but NEVER act upon it.

7. Anyone with a scientific career will have a bad haircut and dreadful clothes.

8. If you work for the emergency services, you are a better person than the general population.

9. Elderly relatives NEVER suffer from senile dementia.

10. Scandinavians are, without exception, blonde and beautiful.

11. Women have jobs they never do in real life, e.g. dockworker (who looks like a model).

12. Children will not eat fruit or vegetables. Ever.

13. Both men and women find driving deeply pleasurable, never boring or stressful.

14. Men are inherently lazy/slobbish; women are the reverse.

15. Chocolate, however, will cause women to immediately fall into the languor of the opium eater.

16. High Street bank staff are (A) friends of the customers, and (B) of slightly above-average attractiveness (only if female).

17. Modern men own a cat.

18. Hot beverages have miraculous rejuvenating effects.

19. Professional people have strangely trivial preoccupations, e.g. a female barrister who is morbidly obsessed with finding a healthy snack bar.

20. All women (except stay-at-home housewives) have interesting and enjoyable careers.

21. Any over-the-counter medical product will work instantly and 100% effectively.

22. Children know more than adults.

23. Women never merely hop in and out of the shower, instead preferring to act out some sort of soapy Dance of the Seven Veils.

24. School is a happy experience for all children.

25. Tortilla chips are the most exciting experience any group of young people can experience.

26. Playing bingo is THE number one pastime among 18-25 year old British women.

Now go be fantastically interesting. And let me know how it works out for ya.