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How To Gift-Wrap A Cat
By Laura Northrup on December 8, 2011 10:37 AM
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Giving pets as a gift is rarely a good idea unless it's been cleared with the recipient ahead of time. But that doesn't mean you can't amuse yourself by swaddling your existing pets in wrapping paper and bows. More »
Pretend To Be A Dinosaur, Get A Free House?
By Laura Northrup on August 5, 2011 9:30 AM
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Housing in a major city like Vancouver is expensive. In order to achieve the dream of homeownership, you can work hard for years in order to save up for a down payment on a house. Or you can be like one enterprising resident, and offer your services as a pet pretend dinosaur on Craigslist in exchange for a house. It's just crazy enough that it might... nah, it's still not going to work. More »
Banks Impose Surcharge For Using The Word 'Bank'
By Laura Northrup on July 14, 2011 9:30 AM
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As usual, parody news site The Onion has managed to produce fake news that tells the truth better than actual facts can. This week's radio newsflash: not satisfied with charging us fees to receive statements, use tellers, use ATMs, have accounts, and transfer funds, banks will now automatically charge us seventy-flve cents to use the word "bank." That sentence cost me $1.50. More »
An iPad 2 Smart Cover Is Much Less Entertaining Without The iPad
By Laura Northrup on April 19, 2011 4:35 PM
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Jeremy's iPad 2 has been backordered, and he has to wait another month or so to receive it. That's okay, though. They sent along his Smart Cover in advance, and he's found at least as many uses for the cover as he would have had for the iPad. Kind of. More »
Welcome To The 6th Annual Worst Company In America Tournament!
By Meg Marco on March 15, 2011 12:15 PM
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Ladies and gentlemen of business, it's our proud honor to welcome you, your staff, your customers and your CEO to the opening of the 6th annual Worst Company In America tournament! It's a knockdown drag out battle to the death. 32 companies go in, but only one can come out. It's like Highlander, Battle Royale, the Hunger Games, and Survivor all rolled into one delicious, much-less-profitable package. So without further ado, let us turn it over to a silly video of Ben Popken playing basketball. More »
(James Wojcik/Real Simple)
Use A Beer Holder Thingy To Stop Shaving Cream Rust Rings
By Meg Marco on January 12, 2011 3:40 PM
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You know, a lot of those "New Uses For XYZ Random Item" stories magazines come up with are really pretty stupid, but I hate rust rings on my bathtub and I am incapable of remembering that they will happen if I leave the shaving cream just sitting there. More »
How This $2,000 HDMI Cable Will Change Your Life
By Laura Northrup on January 10, 2011 8:00 AM
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If you have an extra $2,000 in your home entertainment budget, consider investing it in the 12-meter AudioQuest Coffee cable. Oh, sure, it's not for everyone, but online customer reviews report life-changing and scientifically impossible experiences that you just can't get with your ordinary $5 HDMI cable. More »
Collection Of Ridiculous Warning Labels
By Ben Popken on January 7, 2011 1:00 PM
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Woman's Day has rounded up some of the more silly of the fine-print warnings appearing on products. You know, those one's like on the kid's Batman cape where it says, "Warning: Cape does not enable wearer to fly." I think my favorites are the "Terrestrial Digital Outdoor Antenna which warns "Do not attempt to install if drunk, pregnant, or both." And of course there's the iPod shuffles', "Do not eat iPod shuffle." Gotta love lawyers. More »
You Are Not Alone, iPhone Auto-Correct Does That To Other People Too
By Meg Marco on November 8, 2010 4:45 PM
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Do your friends without iPhones wonder why you randomly send them texts with the word "utter" or "boner" in them? The answer, as you've explained over and over again, is iPhone auto-correct. More »
Sears Finally Runs Out Of Living Customers, Reaches Out To Zombies
By Laura Northrup on October 28, 2010 12:30 PM
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In an encouraging step, Sears has made its merchandise and web shopping experience more accessible to a marginalized population that most retailers ignore: zombies. They've even translated the site into Zombian. As they put it, "Zerger bargarz zambah barg!" Yes. More »
If This Snickers Lady Scares The Crap Out Of You, You Are Not Alone
By Meg Marco on October 5, 2010 3:45 PM
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Look, there's nothing really to report here other than lots of people are scared of this commercial, and I'm one of them. That's clearly what they were going for, so bravo to you, Snickers. More »
Zagg Offers Free Shipping To Continental U.S., Mer-people Of Lake Michigan
By Laura Northrup on August 27, 2010 1:30 PM
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Greg received this e-mail newsletter from Zagg, which doesn't just offer free shipping. It makes a strange and wonderful secret known only to those Americans lucky enough to be on Zagg's mailing list. According to this map, Lake Michigan either no longer exists, or is home to a secret society of iPhone-using, water-dwelling mer-people.
The Goodyear Manager That Will Never Let You Down
By Meg Marco on August 23, 2010 1:45 PM
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We really hope he likes that song and has a good sense of humor. Judging by the picture, he seems like a friendly guy, so we'll give him the benefit of the doubt. More »
This Condom Warning Label Arouses Confusion
By Chris Walters on August 23, 2010 8:00 AM
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A reader bought this box of condoms from her local Safeway, and she says this sticker was underneath the outer packaging. People be freaky, but is there anyone who would want a raw chicken condom that you have to keep frozen until use? (Meh, probably.) More »
General Mills Sues So You Don't Confuse Pillsbury Doughboy With "My Dough Girl" Bakery
By Carey Alexander on August 7, 2010 4:00 PM
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Great news, easily confused consumers! General Mills has forced the local Utah bakery "My Dough Girl" to change its name so you won't confuse their hand-crafted specialty cookies with the Pillsbury Doughboy. The company sent the two-year-old local bakery a cease and desist letter complete with a gag order explaining that the bakery could "tarnish the company's reputation." More »
Geek Squad Will Turn On Your Ebook Device For You For $29.99
By Chris Walters on August 4, 2010 10:30 AM
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The best way to understand Geek Squad is to realize that they will help you with anything if it means they can charge you a fee. Want batteries in your remote control? Having trouble putting a USB plug into its port? Need to know the time? OPTIMIZE IT WITH GEEK SQUAD. Those are just solid business ideas and not (yet) actual services, but Geek Squad's real offerings are almost as absurd. For example, Nate from the-digital-reader.com snapped this photo of their newish "eBook Device Setup" service for your Nook or Sony Reader, which promises to turn it on ("provide a functionality check") and show you how to read ("what to expect when you take the device home"). More »
Pair Arrested For Trying To Sell Blocks Of Wood, Paper Binders As Toshiba Laptops
By Carey Alexander on August 1, 2010 4:00 PM
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If you were at the fair this week in Jackson, Mississippi and saw a bunch of Toshiba laptops that you thought looked awfully like blocks of wood and paper binders, well, you were right. Two men were arrested after trying to sell the blocks of wood—which were covered in bubble wrap and secured with duct tape and Toshiba labels—to an off-duty state trooper. More »
Goodwill Fires Worker With Down Syndrome After His Mother Buys Him A $3 Shirt
By Carey Alexander on July 31, 2010 7:00 PM
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The Goodwill in Washington Iowa fired a thirty-year-old employee with Down syndrome after his mother bought him a $3 shirt. Goodwill initially refused to sell the shirt because of a policy banning employees from making purchases on days they were working. Another employee intervened and approved the sale after the employee's mother explained both that she was a family member and not an employee, and that the employee with Down syndrome had no interest in buying clothes. When the employee reported to work the next day, he was fired. More »
Man Demonstrates His Superior Walmart Shopping Technique
By Meg Marco on July 28, 2010 1:45 PM
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There should be more of this sort of thing going on. More »
Homeowners Association Spends $300,000 In Legal Fees Over A Pick-Up Truck
By Meg Marco on July 28, 2010 12:45 PM
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A homeowner in Florida was awarded $187,000 in legal fees from a years-long court battle over the right to park a pick-up truck in his driveway. Now the homeowners association is going to have to pick up the tab for $300,000 in fees. More »
