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I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds

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It’s been a couple of months now since I wrote one of these, but I’d like to resurrect them. I love a good laugh and so when I find little nuggets of hilarity, no matter how offensive, I will post them here.

This week’s first funny comes from an unfortunate typo story as recounted on fmylife.com, which leads me to this week’s second funny: the whole fmylife.com site. Very offensive in most cases, but very funny. Funny because so much of it is stuff most people can relate to in some way.

On to something even more disturbing. By now you’ve probably heard of the new Doritos Guru Contest to name their new chip flavour and submit a campaign around it (brilliant idea from the Doritos folks, btw – free advertising and free creative. Nicely done; my hat’s off to you!) Here’s one from a friend of a friend… his idea: Searing Cheese.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ohF9XZi1Q

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I put my ipod through the laundry. Oddly they don’t stand up to that.

Yeah, that’s not really so funny I guess… well, maybe for you, I don’t know. But at least now I have a good excuse to go get another one; I just simply cannot go for a run without one, so off I go to Future Shop.

An Army of Prayer Warriors

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childhood-friend-wedding-dayMy long-time childhood girlfriend got married today. She met her husband last fall. They began dating some time in December… he proposed on February 13th and they got married today – one month later.

When you know, you know.

This was one of the most unique weddings I’ve ever seen. I suppose it wasn’t unique to your average Orthodox Jew, but as a common gentile, I sure had never seen a wedding like it before.

Last night was a planned girls’ night before the wedding, but certain formalities were to be included. Both the bride and groom had to participate in ritual baths and fasting from sundown the night before, so we shoveled in some dinner together before the sun dipped below the horizon and proceeded to spend the rest of the evening engaged in some serious girl talk.

We finally called it a night around midnight because the wedding was scheduled for roughly 8am the next morning. We got up about 5am and proceeded to primp and prep and get ourselves dressed in our modest but stylish ensembles. All of us gals are married, so we had some fun deciding what hats to wear – married women are to cover their hair. And while I did have a really good time trying on every hat for sale on the North Shore, my favourite preparation was squeezing myself into panty hose for the first time in a zillion years… ack, those are awful.

An army of young men arrived with two Rabbis about 7:15am to pray over the wedding for about half an hour or more. There was something touching about that. I know it’s ritual, but there’s something special about knowing the people around you and your community are coming together in prayer to bless their marriage. Marriages should be honoured so much more than they are in our society.

happy-familyThe wedding was really quiet – but I think I did a really good job of standing still and saying nothing. That doesn’t really come naturally to me, so I did feel a hint of pride at my own accomplishment. The prayer warriors held up the chuppah – the marriage canopy – under which the groom gave the bride a ring and her silence indicated no objections. There was a signing of the marriage contract, some more blessings, some ceremonial hand washing, breaking of bread and again more prayers.

In the end someone who means a great deal to me is moving on to share her life with a wonderful man who makes her happy, loves her as she deserves and makes a great dad to her adopted two year old son. I couldn’t be more happy for her… or for him.

Today is the first day of the rest of their life together, and I wish them the very best this life has to offer – love, laughter, peace and joy and many many years of blessings to come.

Mazel Tov!

I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds

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Well, this week I am lounging in Cancun, and this post is all that’s left of me in the real world. I did, however, want to make sure that I share a funny while I’m away…

I got this email forward from my mother in law. I am not normally a fan of email forwards, but I did find this one really funny. As it’s a forward I don’t know where it came from, nor to I know who these images belong to. If they’re yours, I’m sorry. Let me know and I’ll link it up.

If they’re not yours… enjoy!

25 Interesting things you find out from boys

  1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.
  2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
  3. A 3-year old Boy’s voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
  4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20×20 ft. room.
  5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
  6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn’t stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
  7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words ‘uh oh’, it’s already too late.
  8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
  9. A six-year old Boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36- year old Man says they can only do it in the movies.
  10. Certain Lego’s will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year old Boy.
  11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.
  12. Super glue is forever.
  13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can’t walk on water.
  14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
  15. VCR’s do not eject ‘PB & J’ sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
  16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
  17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
  18. You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is.
  19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.
  20. The fire department in Austin! , TX has a 5-minute response time.
  21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.
  22. It will, however, make cats dizzy.
  23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.
  24. 80% of Women will pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.
  25. 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.

Now it’s your turn to share

Do you have boys? Know boys? I’d love to add to this list with the funny things boys do and see some links to more pics!

I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds

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So this week has been filled with a little craziness. Work has been busy; I’ve been dealing with some injuries; and driving has been rediculous as people went back to work after Snowmageddon. I’ve honestly seen places where I was quite certain someone would die unless something was done about the sidewalks…

Anyway, here are some fun finds of the week to make it all better:

I was commenting on Tuesday about a woman who brought her two sons into a public women’s washroom. The boys were probably 10 and 12 – no joke. I really think she should have saved them the total embarassment they so obviously felt and just went into the mens with them if she was so worried about it.

Anyway, after a quick discussion about it on twitter, the Ask A Urinal site came to my attention, quite by accident. Certainly fitting, though, and definitely funny.

Then one of my bloggers on Grouse Park Sessions posted this hilarious tip on how to deal with fogged up goggles. I can’t explain the many ways this makes me giggle.

My physiotherapy appointments have been funny all on their own, and quite the exercise in humility.

I’ve had a problem with my right hip for some time. It causes pain in my lower back and has been particularly troublesome in the last few weeks. I’m certain it’s from a combination of one-sided activities (8 years of kickboxing plus snowboarding) and running (which is just generally hard on the body) with very little stretching and weight training to speak of. Anyway, the first time I showed up my physiotherapist ended up being a guy I’d gone to high school with… okay, so I’m an adult now and I can deal, right? Not so much. I had to stand in front of him, facing away while he sat with his head at my butt level and his hands on my hips… then what do I have to do? Bend forward and touch my toes. WHAT?! Um… m-kay. It never ceases to surprise me some of the positions we get into that would absolutely NOT be okay if it wasn’t a professional situation. Kind of strange that it’s okay when it’s for the pursuit of a properly functioning body. But things seem to be getting better.

So, uh, would you get a WordPress logo tattooed on you? If you really want to, I’d like to suggest you go with Billy – he’s great, despite the state of his website. Don’t worry, I’m going to fix it soon.

Favourite quote of the week: “click my junk” from Mashable’s FOLLOW FAIL: The top 10 reasons I will not follow you in return on Twitter in reference to auto-DM “thank you for following now click my junk” messages.

Thanks to the very talented Jess Sloss, I came upon this post called Lists That Aren’t Interesting, by Jay Grandin. At first I was wondering why he wrote a list about bowel movements, but it did get funnier from there. And, well, as I’ve said before, my favourite 0ne liner from a movie comes from the monkey in Madagascar, “If you have any poo, fling it now.”

So really, yeah, all my funny stuff I find on Twitter. Twitter got hacked. And phished. And here are 15 Tweets that tell the story from Sarah Jones-Larson.

And last, but certainly not least, the funniest find of the week: Combover for Science!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k83ECj4mGz0

Oh, but wait, there’s more: Combover Revolution!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgdDTc1eh34

Well, that’s it for this week… see you next time!

Car Warranty Expiring: Phone Scam

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I just got a call from an automated message letting me know my car warranty “may have expired” and that if I’d like to renew it I can still do so… just press 1. Well I assumed it was a scam and hung up. I’m glad I did.

Here’s what I’ve found:

This note from the RCMP warns of a similar phone scam in Sussex, New Brunswick, in early December.

This article from the Vancouver Sun warns of a similar scam perpetrated via a direct mail piece.

This CBC piece by Karen Kwan profiles the phone scam; dated mid December.

The above are just a few of these instances. They just want your credit card number.

DO NOT GIVE IT!

I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds

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Well, this crazy Friday saw me out directing lineups of people, answering questions about lessons, rentals, prices, snow conditions, etc., and directing traffic in the parking lot. At least I didn’t have to feel bad about it; I was right next to our Corporate VP, General Manager, Communications Director etc. We all took to the operational side of things to get through what will likely be the busiest day on the mountain this season. All this is to say I am posting this late as I forgot to do it this morning.

So, here are this week’s fun finds. I hope you’re not easily offended. Some are in poor taste.

Try as I might for a different outcome, this post from Kimli about the Duggar family had me laughing. God bless them for continuing to “go forth and multiply” but WOWZA! It’s actually the stream of comments I find funnier than the photo caption, well… until they start really getting into argument. Anyway, that’s my first fun find of the week.

My friend Chaddo set this up on Facebook for me: 11 more drunk photos you don’t want to be in. Some are decidedly not funny, but #4… SO funny. I can’t imagine.

So on Monday, Chris Brogan posted about the use of Twitter auto-DM’s. As of Monday night there were over 200 comments. An awesome Monday night laugh came from comment #106 from the lovely Amber Naslund. I guess if you don’t use twitter you won’t get it. But I just love Amber’s way with words.

Here’s a totally random and yet funny tweet from @benjaminluk about his cat in heat. Not sure why I find it funny, but then that just makes it even funnier.

I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds

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And now for your weekly dose of the giggles…

Last Friday evening I was online at 10pm (yeah, cuz I’m cool… what of it?) and came across Miss 604′s Graph Jam post. So funny. It made my evening… it could have been that I took too much cold medication, but whatever.

After corporate holiday card season came to an end I had a good laugh at this hilarious post by Make The Logo Bigger on Agency Holiday Card time. I can only imagine what goes on when you’re in the business of being creative.

I’ve always been one to silently roll my eyes whenever I’m included on a bulk email meme or stupid forward. I’m grateful now there’s a way I can respond politely. BCC Please came to my attention thanks to @davedelaney on twitter, not that I was the subject of his dissatisfaction. I would like to add, people should not only BCC, but perhaps check Snopes ahead of time and then reconsider sending the email altogether. Would all those who enjoy email forwards please put up your hand.

This is the best this week, though… I had a good chuckle when I stumbled across DM Fail. It’s a collection of Tweets that were meant to be direct messages, but were prepended with “dm” instead of “d @username”. This one is my favourite!

I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds

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This week was much better than last. While I’ve been down and out with a cold, winter season started and I got a chance to get out on my Snowboard last weekend, so that’s always a nice start to my week. Here are my fun finds for the week:

Monica Hamburg  on twitter put me on to Not Hired – “dedicated to all those who wonder why no one has called to set up an interview…” – some good stuff on there! Sort of like True Office Confessions, but for HR professionals to dish on the worst applicants or least-promotable.

I saw this ad for Helzberg Diamonds while watching Superbikes with big-man on Sunday. So funny to see how targeted ads are on different shows and networks:

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My favourite FAIL from failblog in recent history:

fail owned pwned pictures Nice.

And, um, thanks to the guys at Highly Obsessed, I stumbled upon this bit of i-dunno-what-to-call-it… I’m not sure what the boys over at DC are up to, but this strange commercial (?) featuring Devun Walsh and Iikka Backstrom is entirely too weird for me. I’m not the target market, clearly. Not even a little.


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Oh yeah, and the folks over at the Student Doctor Network sure get some funny stories to share on a forum. Awesome.

In the spirit of the festive season of non-denominational holiday celebrations I bring you a little icanhascheezburger…

funny pictures of cats with captions

And absolutely last, but certainly not least, I was just browsing twitter before going to bed and happend upon what is suddenly my favourite tweet of the week from @unclespeedo.

Telus: The Anti-Customer-Service

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I have spent over 5 hours on the phone with Telus since Tuesday, trying to figure out why my internet stopped working on Monday. It’s now Friday.

About 3 or 4 weeks ago, someone from Telus called me to offer me a change. If I switch my home phone from Rogers to Telus, they’ll upgrade my internet from high speed to high speed enhanced and my overall bill will be reduced. I asked specifically if there would be a disruption in service and I was assured I would never notice the change.

How could I say no?

So Tuesday evening I came home with the intention of getting a whole bunch of work that I didn’t get done Monday and Tuesday because of a leadership training seminar I attended. I thought I’d do a couple of hours and then do some blogging – a couple of entries for Urban Shore and some new photos uploaded to Flickr. I put mini-man to bed about 7pm and tried to connect… no internet.

Great. So much for working.

Apparently on Monday, they made the phone switch from Rogers to Telus. That was exactly the same time my internet stopped working. It turns out they cancelled the order for my high speed enhanced internet service because of their own technical problems, instead leaving my existing high speed internet account active. Unfortunately, that account was on the old Rogers number and not the Telus number, hence, no internet for me.

The World’s Worst Customer Service

It seems every time Telus touches anything in my life it turns to excrement.

No one seems to be able to get anything done. No one seems to know anything about anything. Even the management staff won’t give anything more than a first name. Three times this week I’ve been told by someone that they would call me back and I never heard a peep. I’ve also been accidentally disconnected 3 times now and still the issue isn’t resolved. You would think a telephone company would not have much trouble transfering phone calls without disconnecting people. I’m convinced that even their tech support people are completely untrained and simply working with a checklist of troubleshooting tips in a flow chart… like if A doesn’t work, move on to B. If B doesn’t work, jump to C etc.

When searching the Telus website it’s impossible to find an actual phone number or name of anyone within the company management at all. The idea of service just simply doesn’t exist there. I’ve been told tech support can’t turn my internet back on – that’s repair. Repair can’t do anything without Customer Service’s blessings even when they find it’s their own error. Then I’m told it’s working fine and it must be a problem with my equipment. Not true. The PS3 works fine as does my laptop.

That a company can operate without any accountability to service is against everything I stand for. I work for a company where if anyone screwed up so badly that a customer had this horrible an experience, any number of us (us, being management personnel) would be happy to resolve the issue even from home if need be. In a heartbeat.

I had a Telus “manager” tell me on Tuesday night that he couldn’t call anyone from Customer Service because it was after hours and they’d have to come back to the office to resolve the issue. Then, he said I would have to call back to Customer Service during business hours on Wednesday. When I asked him to take care of it and call my work number if he needed anything from me he agreed and took down my number. No call. No resolution. But before he got off the phone, he went through his robotic “Thank you for choosing Telus. Can I help you with anything else this evening?”

WHAT?! You. Are. Joking.

Thursday night’s call was equally frustrating. Thanks to Richard (tech support #3) in the Philippines I at least know what happened. Sadly, for me, he still can’t manage to get it fixed. After a flurry of mathematical calculations pertaining to time zone, he promised to call me Friday at 3pm with a Customer Care agent to get this resolved. Glad I didn’t hold my breath. It’s 4:30 now.

I have now sent my request to Shaw.

I will bundle my existing Shaw TV service with a new internet and phone service and have it all in one nice and neat package. I may even upgrade to digital TV. I don’t know why I’ve fallen for a few dollars saved when I’ve never had any problems with Shaw’s service. Ever.

Bye bye Telus. I’m out.

A few notes:

  • There are 492 Google Blog Search results for “telus+shitty”
  • There are 153 Google Blog Search results for “telus sucks”
  • There are even 35 Google Blog Search results for “f*** you telus”

This is not new, and Telus doesn’t care. And until people like you and me simply stop using their services, they will not begin to do so.

I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds

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Your weekly installment of laughter and pondering…

I didn’t have much to go on this week. I found little to laugh about: I had two days of leadership training out of the office, three days of trying to get my internet re-connected at home while wishing I could be getting caught up on work that I missed while in leadership training. I was on the phone forever and missed out on valuable time with my son and husband.

I didn’t find much to make this week funny. However…

Apparently Vaseline makes a nice gift for runners. Um, yeah… okay. I guess.

I much prefer to laugh my way through every day of my life. So I know that this post=FAIL, but I’ve committed to looking for the funny each week no matter what. I’ll do better next week.

What I would like to say this week, in the absence of laughter, is that I think we all – myself definitely included – need to sometimes step back and look at what we have in our lives and stop being so angry about the things we don’t have. I’ve seen people get irrate over cheap crap at Wal-Mart, road rage gone nuts on my drive home from work. It’s time we all stop and take a look at ourselves… and try and laugh through the frustration in recognition of the fact that we have more than we need.


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If you’re reading this, I guarrantee you have more than you need. Give something to someone who has less.