Category Archives: WTF

And the advice is ….

Posted on 19 July, 2021 by jb

…that there *is* no advice….

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The Avis scam

Posted on 10 May, 2018 by jb

This post was originally to let off steam about an obvious attempt to palm me off an obviously damaged car and later ping me for the repair bill. It’s since developed into a running commentary on what appears to be … Continue reading →

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Reasons people pulled the trigger in April 2016

Posted on 5 May, 2016 by jb

• I had been carrying a concealed gun all day (for which I have a permit), but then when I got home and picked up a toddler the gun was uncomfortable in my waistband, so I tried to remove it. … Continue reading →

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I’m not sure….

Posted on 21 February, 2016 by jb

….if this is REALLY in the spirit of organics and sustainabiity and stuff. Individually wrapped kumara (sweet potato)? In plastic?

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Why the USPS will die.

Posted on 3 September, 2015 by jb

The US Federal Gummint sent me a cheque (they call it a “check”, but anyway..) a while back in compensation for TSA wilfulling damaging stuff during their security checks. Local bank wanted pretty much the face value to process it, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, you are SO bloody useless…..

Posted on 18 August, 2015 by jb

Finally see the light and migrate from XP to Windows 8.1 (€120 in Germany vs $200 in the USA, strangely enough…). Localise it with the English language pack and….immediately get confronted with a welcome screen in …….German. Better still, all … Continue reading →

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Those clever people who run FIFA….

Posted on 1 June, 2015 by jb

The Onion, a satirical website, ran a story last week about the DoJ indictments and the FIFA executive being panicked into bringing the games forward (by 3 years…) to start on 27 May 2015 and be hosted by the USA … Continue reading →

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Someone described this as….

Posted on 25 May, 2015 by jb

“It sounds like she’s falling off a building” True, that…

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Now you see ’em…..

Posted on 15 May, 2015 by jb

…no you don’t. Fox News appears to have cottoned on to the recent sale of Picasso’s “Women of Algiers(Version 0)” for $179,365,000 Putting them into a mild quandary: we can’t NOT report it, but we don’t want to corrupt the … Continue reading →

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Hillvetica

Posted on 14 April, 2015 by jb

Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager’s 5 year old daughter Someone  came up with a Hillary 2016 logo: An even cleverer person came up with a new typeface…

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