Thursday, July 8, 2010
Obama berry Bubble Gum, Tanzania
Magic Obama Strawberry, spotted by Boing Boing reader Mara Abrams in Tanzania (and here is Mara's nonprofit).
Man Charged Killing Dog With Boiling Water
TORRINGTON, Conn. – Helping some kid in Southpark, Colorado bolster his claims of Gingers having no souls, Nathan Mosimann, 22, has been arrested and charged with killing one dog, and pouring boiling water on another. On April 27, a beagle named Carly was found lying on the floor of Mosimann and his girlfriend’s home, unable to get up and suffering a bloody mouth after Mosimann had been alone with the dog. Carly was taken to the vet and treated for an ear infection, but no x-rays were done. Carly would die later that day after found was found lying on the floor unresponsive. An autopsy revealed that Carly had a fractured skull and a fractured neck that did not coincide with the story that the dog had been hit by a car. When family member’s learned that a dog of Mosimann’s had died, they alerted police with some more information. This wasn’t the first dog to die at the hands of Mosimann. Eight months earlier he had “dropped” a pot of boiling water on another dog, Teddy, causing sever burns to 45 percent of its body. The vet at that time determined the injuries were not consistent with an accident. Mosimann has now been arrested and charged with one count of cruelty to animals in connection with both deaths.
Jokes - Lack Of Heir Conditioning
(Rental Property | South Carolina, USA)
Tenant: “The heat in my home hasn’t worked all winter! Do you know how much my children have suffered?”
Me: “Ma’am, we can’t fix the problem if we don’t know about it. Why didn’t you call earlier?”
Tenant: “I’ve already had my uncle look at the heater. It’s not fixable, and you owe me $60 for having him confirm that.”
Me: “By law, we have to supply you with heat. We would have replaced your heater and given you wood to burn while doing so.”
Tenant: “That’s okay. I’m burning the fence.”
Me: “The privacy fence?”
Tenant: “Yes! My babies need to be warm.”
Me: “That’s treated wood.”
Tenant: “My babies need to be warm!”
Jokes - Stupidity Killed The Radio Star
(Radio Station | Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
(I work at a radio station. This caller is live on the air.)
Me: “Hello! What would you like to hear?”
Teenage Girl: “Fireflies!”
Me: “By Owl City?”
Teenage Girl: “Woah! I hear my voice!”
Me: “Yeah, you’re on the air.”
Teenage Girl: “Molly! If you can hear this I’m so totally sorry about kissing your brother!”
Me: “Uh…”
Teenage Girl: “Are you going to play I Like Big Butts or not?”
Jokes - Exchanges At This Rate Will Get You Nowhere
(Post Office | Brisbane, Australia)
Customer: “I need to pay this bill and the bank said I had to come to the post office.”
Me: “Ok, that will be $625.80.”
Customer: “No, it’s $500.”
Me: “No, it’s $500 US. In Australian dollars, that’s $625.80.”
Customer: “No, it says right there it’s $500. You are just discriminating against my daughter!”
Me: “Um…”
Customer: “How else can you justify a $125 fee?”
Me: “Our fee is $8; the Australian dollar is only around .8 of the American dollar.”
Customer: “So what you are saying is, I would be better off paying a thousand dollars?”
(This continues for some minutes until an old lady in line behind the customer speaks up.)
Old Lady: “I’m going to have to go to another post office. This will never get resolved. This woman is just too stupid to live!”
Jokes - Her Heads Up In The Sky With Diamonds
(Record Store | Las Vegas, NV, USA)
(A customer about the age of thirty walks into the store.)
Me: “Hello, how may I help you today?”
Customer: “Yes, I’m looking for some recent Beatles records. Do you have any?”
Me: *assuming she means recent re-releases* “Hold on one second.”
(I find some and hand it to her.)
Customer: “Thank you so much! The Beatles are my favorite band! I would shoot myself if they ever broke up!”
Customer behind her: “Well, get your gun ready.”
AMUL ranked as Number One Indian brand in Asia Pacific !
AMUL has done it again – It has been voted as the Number 1 Indian brand in Asia – Pacific. Branding of Amul is completely different than any other traditional brand that you encounter. Their branding budgets are far less than many other companies, still there is hardly any Indian who is not aware of Amul !
Amul has bagged this honor for second year in a row – Last year also, Amul was ranked as the number one brand in India. It is also the top dairy brand in whole of Asia-Pacific ahead of much bigger conglomerates like Kraft, Dutch Lady, Dumex, Walls, Anchor, Magnolia and Everyday.
The rankings released by Hong Kong based “Media Magazine”, ranked Amul 73rd in Top popular 1000 brands in Asia-Pacific ahead of other Indian brands like Kingfisher (# 140), ICICI Bank (# 182), State Bank of India (#226) and Tata (# 256). Amul also managed to improve its rating by 10 points compared to last year when its ranking was 83rd.
Its interesting to note that Amul is seen very less on tradition media outlets like Television and Newspapers. However, their hoarding Ads are a real treat to watch. They pick-up the most buzzing current topic and integrate it with their Brand Amul and come out with some really funny and catchy hoardings. Some of them are real classics !
Here is a look at some of their recent Hoarding Ads:
Wedding of the Indian cricket captain – July’10
Current turmoil in Kashmir – July’10
Argentina coach Maradona motivates Messi and team to perform well – June’10
Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico- June’10
Goalkeeping howler in the present World Cup- June’10
Imagine that AMUL has kept the traditions of this hoardings for past 35 years ! I think they have been registered in Guinness Book of world records for longest running Ad campaign as well !
They are a real treat to watch, ain’t they ?
Fairyland USA, 1963
Annie sez, 'We just posted this retro little movie from the historical archives of our children's park. It is a 25 minute promotional film made in coordination with the Oakland Parks and Rec back in 1962. In the movie, you follow Alice as she leads kids on a tour through Children's Fairyland, a storybook theme park built in 1950. Walt Disney stopped here while touring the country to get inspiration for Disneyland. The movie shows the different attractions in the park, some of which still exist today, like the talking dragon and Alice in Wonderland-themed merry-go-round.'
