Photo: lovestruck on Flickr

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.

Photo: lepiaf.geo on Flickr

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!

Photo: wasaby on Flickr

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!

Photo: geishaboy500 on Flickr

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!

Photo: SharkeyinColo on Flickr

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:

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…

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.

Photo: Aussiegall on Flickr

Here are this week’s inevitable funnies and fascinations:

In light of the recent end of the month of Movember, I did a Flickr search for “Movember Last Day” and enjoyed flipping through the results. Bravo to all who took part.

An entire list of funnies that Amber Naslund collected from her twitter followers.

Internet Commenters PWNED video that I found on Make The Logo Bigger (via College Humor)… what would happen if people commented in business meetings as they do on some blogs? Again, I have a weakness for juvenile humour (and I moderate a number of youth discussions online) so this just makes me laugh my head off.

The race is on – the Chip’s Not Dead Yet Memorial Mile in support of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation (very near and dear to me) is coming June 2009. It’s time to start thinking about what you’ll wear.

Why does Snoop Dogg carry an umbrella? You should follow @officemate on twitter… he’s funny.

I don’t know about you, but I definitely think we need more Laughter Yoga here in Canada, never mind Taiwan. Mind you, I suppose the whole world could use a little more laughter training.

The lack of time to write has been killing me, but I’ve been helping a friend set up a new website, email marketing tool, youtube profile and such… about 40 hours in the last 3 weeks on top of working full time and being a mom to a 2 year old. BUSY!

But to share some of the things I would have written about had I had the time, I’ve decided to do a weekly entry noting all the funny, strange or interesting things I find online or that people email me, forward on Facebook or whatever. So welcome to the first edition of I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds.

Here is a cool post showing a 20 year old model photographed as if she were 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 years old using wardrobe, makeup and lighting.

I might never be the same after watching this Zune Paint video on Make The Logo Bigger. Ew. Ew. Ew. Caution… if you watch this in its entirety you’ll feel dirty. And may need medication… or exorcism.

An online store in Japan is selling men’s bras.

I recently started getting followed on twitter by some seemingly odd people who all have 1960s looking profile images and names that just ring slightly familiar. Then I figured it out: the entire cast of Mad Men is on twitter. What a fantastic marketing idea – I can interact with the characters without ever having watched the show. Wonder if I can watch online somewhere…

This is more than fun, but I wanted to note it: Miss 604′s Best of 604: Best of Metro Vancouver Online. I’m sure this is going to bring a wealth of new reading material my way.

Oh yeah, and for the record, best rickroll EVER at the Macy’s Day Parade.

Quote of the week “I’m reaching out to shake your hand and you’re trying to put your tongue in my mouth.” From Chris Brogan’s When Not To Sell Me Something.

And I don’t know what it means, but when I logged in to YouTube the other day, my home page said it suggested the following video for me. I don’t know how to feel about that. Ironically (or, perhaps not so much so), I laughed my head off. I am completely juvenile, I know…

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[Video] Enjoy!