Tonight’s episode of The Simpsons opens with a couch gag that warms our fantasy-loving hearts. Watch as Springfield is transformed into Westeros, with King Burns overlooking his nuclear-powered domain.
Is it April yet?
A quest I have undertaken many times before - Absolutely brilliant.
Angry Birds for BlackBerry.
I knew there was something I didn’t like about those creepy little buggers…
Library Restroom Enlightenment
So, today I used the library bathroom at my community college…
..for the first time.
First thing I noticed when I walked into the stall was:
“RULES 1 & 2 ARE DEAD, /b/. LOVE, ANON. P.S. /x/ WAS HERE”
Scrawled on the right wall of the stall, in #2 pencil. I thought about writing(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST), but nahh.
There was some other stuff you might expect, call xxx-xxxx for a good time, shit like that. However, it was pale in comparison to the full-fledged conversation taking place on the toilet roll dispenser.
Black ballpoint pen (who really is a cool guy) proudly stated “I LIKE TRANNY VIDS!!”, to which blue ballpoint pen rudely professed “its because your gay”. Sharpie chimed in (with unnaturally neat and legible handwriting despite the awkward position of the toilet roll dispenser), “Who doesn’t like trannies?”. Sharpie seemed like the reasonable type.So, here I was, observing these musings, and pondering their meaning. It crossed my mind that the library must be the home of horny internet addicts.
Later it occured to me that those people used the toilet I was sitting on and the whole thing felt kind of surreal.
(via Twice Removed Awesome and Anonymous reader)
After watching about 30 different versions of this video, I stumbled across ‘the original’ posted by the director, Dave Rondot.
All the versions of the story behind the video I managed to find are slightly different, but there are some common threads; it’s a is spoof of the copy written for a GMC trucks training film. The narrator is “Bud” Taggart, top voice talent for technical films in the 70’s.
Bud pioneered use of ‘the ear’ which lets you deliver live speech without a teleprompter, and is now used in almost every live TV broadcast. Bud was tired of not understanding what he was being paid to read, so he decided to make something that nobody would understand.
Wikipedia says the original description of the Turbo-Encabulator was written in 1942 by Artthur D. Little Inc (and I found this which says the same).
Fascinating trail of stories. Wherever it came from, the delivery is outstanding and utterly convincing. Probably the best example of technobabble you will ever hear - it’s not cheap, but I’m sure the government will buy it.
