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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Supermodel.. Work it Girl!!
And They Say The Post Office Is Slow
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Post Office | Troy, NY, USA
(A customer is buying a stamp for a letter shortly after the 2007 price increase.)
Customer: “Why can’t I get a 39 cent stamp? You still have them.”
Me: “We still have them in stock, but we have to make up the difference with 2 cent stamps. Don’t worry, we’ll stick the right amount on for you.”
Customer: “I just want a 39 cent stamp.”
Me: “Okay, but your letter will not get there.”
Customer: “Just give me it!”
(The customer takes the stamp, affixes it, and tosses the letter into the slot. I promptly pick up the letter from the bin and stamp it “Insufficient Postage, Return To Sender”.)
Friday, June 13, 2008
Stiff Of The Day: Chief Cochise
"I am alone in the world. I want to live in these mountains; I
do not want to go to Tularosa. That is a long way off. I have
drunk of the waters of the Dragoon Mountains and they
have cooled me: I do not want to leave here."
Full Name:
Chief Cochise
DOB/DOD:
1815
June 8, 1874
Buried in the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona,unknown area.
Claim To Fame:
Cochise (pronounced /koˈʧis/) (K'uu-ch'ish = "firewood") (c. 1815–June 8, 1874) was a chief (a nantan) of the Chokonen ("central" or "real" Chiricahua) band of the Chiricahua Apache and the leader of an uprising that began in 1861. Cochise County, Arizona is named after him.
Cochise was one of the most famous Apache leaders (along with Geronimo) to resist intrusions by Mexicans and Americans during the 19th century. He was described as a large man (for the time), with a muscular frame, classical features, and long black hair which he wore in traditional Apache style.
Cochise and the Chokonen-Chiricahua lived in the area that is now the northern Mexican region of Sonora, New Mexico, and Arizona, which were traditional Apache territories until the coming of the Europeans. Due to encroachment by Spain and later Mexico, the Chokonen and Nednhi-Chiricahua became increasingly dependent upon food rations issued by the Mexican government to placate them. When this practice was abruptly ended in 1831, the various Chiricahua bands resumed raids to acquire food.
The Mexican government began a series of military operations in order to either capture or neutralize the Chiricahua, but they received stiff resistance from Cochise and the Apache who were implacable foes. Mexican troops were largely unsuccessful in their attempts and were often fought to a standstill by the Apache. As part of their attempts at controlling the Chiricahua, Mexican forces, often with the help of American and Native American mercenaries, began to kill Apache civilians, including Cochise's father. This hardened Cochise's resolve and gave the Chiricahua more reason for vengeance. Mexican forces were finally able to capture Cochise in 1848 during an Apache raid on Fronteras, Sonora, but they exchanged him for nearly a dozen Mexican prisoners.
Following various skirmishes, Cochise and his men were gradually driven into the Dragoon Mountains but were nevertheless able to use the mountains as cover and as a base from which to continue significant skirmishes against white settlements. This was the situation until 1871 when General George Crook assumed command and used other Apaches as scouts and informants and was thereby able to force Cochise's men to surrender. Cochise was taken into custody in September of that year.
The next year, the Chiricahua were ordered to Tularosa Reservation located in New Mexico, but refused to leave their ancestral lands in Arizona, which were guaranteed to them under treaty. Cochise managed to escape again and renewed raids and skirmishes against settlements through most of 1872. A new treaty was later negotiated by General Oliver O. Howard, with the help of Tom Jeffords who had become blood brother to Cochise, as the Americans relented to some of the Apaches' terms. Cochise quietly retired to an Arizona reservation, where he died of natural causes.
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A Nasty Case Of Selective Hearingitis
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Call Center | Salt Lake City, UT, USA
(I was working for the billing department for a big cable company. I speak english clearly but it’s my second language.)
Lady: “I just got my bill and it says I owe you $400 in adult films, but I haven’t watched them.”
Me: ”I apologize for the inconvenience, but we got that information from your receiver. Do you think maybe somebody in your house might ordered them?”
Lady: ”No, there’s only me and my nephew.”
Me: ”How old is your nephew?”
Lady: ”He’s 14 years old, but he would never do that! I need you to credit my account for the whole amount!”
Me: ”Again, I apologize for the inconvenience but I won’t be able to do this at this time. I see we have credited your account twice in the last six months.”
Lady: ”I need the credit NOW, you hear me!”
Me: ”I understand your frustation, but as I told you before it’s impossible for me to do that at this moment.”
Lady: “What? What did you say? I can’t understand you… you have a really thick accent!”
Me: “I apologize, I said I won’t be able to credit your account at this time”
Lady: “What? You need to learn english before you get on the phones, I can’t understand a word you said!”
Me: “Okay… so would you like me to credit your account for 600 dollars?”
Lady: “Yes, that’s what I’m asking for! THANK YOU…”
Me: ”Oh, so now you understand my English. Sorry, we cannot credit your account at this time.”
Lady: ”Let me speak to a supervisor!”
Thursday, June 12, 2008
SAY IT ISN'T SO!!
Beloved Characters as Reimagined for the 21st Century
By BROOKS BARNES
Published: June 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Strawberry Shortcake was having an identity crisis. The “it” doll and cartoon star of the 1980s was just not connecting with modern girls. Too candy-obsessed. Too ditzy. Too fond of wearing bloomers.
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Angelina Ballerina has been redesigned, above, from her 1980s look, top, into a more modern character. She will star in an animated show, based on the popular children’s books, which is scheduled to begin this fall on PBS Kids.
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Warner Brothers struggled to make the Looney Tunes characters relevant to modern children, and introduced futuristic-looking “descendants” of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and others in a television series in 2005. But many parents hated the “Loonatics,” which had mohawks and menacing eyes.
So her owner, American Greetings Properties, worked for a year on what it calls a “fruit-forward” makeover. Strawberry Shortcake, part of a line of scented dolls, now prefers fresh fruit to gumdrops, appears to wear just a dab of lipstick (but no rouge), and spends her time chatting on a cellphone instead of brushing her calico cat, Custard. Her new look was unveiled Tuesday, along with plans for a new line of toys from Hasbro.
She is not the only aging fictional star to get a facelift. An unusually large number of classic characters for children are being freshened up and reintroduced — on store shelves, on the Internet and on television screens — as their corporate owners try to cater to parents’ nostalgia and children’s YouTube-era sensibilities. Adding momentum is a retail sector hoping to find refuge from a rough economy in the tried and true.
Warner Brothers hopes to “reinvigorate and reimagine” Bugs Bunny and Scooby-Doo through a new virtual world on the Internet, where people will be able to dress up the characters pretty much any way they want. American Greetings is dusting off another of its lines, the Care Bears, which will return with a fresh look this fall (less belly fat, longer eyelashes).
And 4Kids Entertainment, which licenses the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, will revive them next year in new video games, where they will have more muscles and less attitude.
Even Mickey Mouse is getting an update, although the Walt Disney Company is still mulling what tweaks to make.
“I love classic Mickey, but he needs to evolve to be relevant to new generations of kids,” Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, said in an interview.
Reinventing these beloved characters without inflicting indelible damage is one of the entertainment industry’s trickiest maneuvers. Go too far, as Mattel did in 1993 when it gave Ken a purple mesh T-shirt, a pierced ear and the name “Earring Magic Ken,” and it can set off a brand crisis on a global scale.
Done correctly, it can be incredibly lucrative. Mickey Mouse produces an estimated $5 billion in merchandise sales every year. Strawberry Shortcake, even in her diminished state, has generated $2.5 billion in revenue since 2003, according to American Greetings.
If the classic characters look less stodgy, the companies hope, they will appeal not only to parents who remember them fondly, but also to children who might automatically be suspicious of toys their parents played with. For parents, nostalgia is considered a bigger sales hook than ever because of the increasingly violent and hyper-sexualized media landscape.
“It’s a terrible world, and modern parents are trying to cocoon their kids as much as possible,” said Alfred R. Kahn, chairman of 4Kids Entertainment, which also manages franchises like Pokémon and the Cabbage Patch Kids. “What better way to protect them than wrapping them in nostalgic brands?”
Mr. Iger talks about the need to balance “heritage and innovation.” For Mickey and other Disney characters, one method is to keep the core attributes of the characters the same, but to update the world in which they live. For instance, Disney is updating Toontown, the section of Disneyland that Mickey calls home. One plan features an old-fashioned trolley, but Mr. Iger is not sure that is a smart idea. Will modern children know what an old-fashioned trolley is?
Warner Brothers, by contrast, is leaving the styling decisions up to the customers, some of whom were weaned on virtual worlds like Disney’s Club Penguin (where they can, say, dress a virtual penguin in a pirate costume and make it dance). At KidsWB.com, which is rolling out a revised site over the summer, the studio will let people customize Looney Tunes characters as they see fit.
“You want a dark, Goth version of Tweety Bird? Have at it,” said Lisa Gregorian, executive vice president for worldwide marketing at Warner Brothers Television.
New media applications have created opportunities that companies did not have before, Ms. Gregorian said. And one reason the characters bring in so much money is that their owners have pumped them out all over the place: on direct-to-DVD movies, television programs, toys, clothing, video games, furniture and even live stage productions.
There have been some noteworthy misfires. Warner Brothers has struggled to make the Looney Tunes crowd relevant to modern children, introducing futuristic-looking versions of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in a new television series in 2005. But many parents hated the “Loonatics,” which had mohawks and menacing eyes.
Earring Magic Ken is the industry’s nightmare. The character, who had blond highlights in his hair and a leather vest, drew howls from consumers, who did not see him as a realistic boyfriend for Barbie. Ken was already coping with arched eyebrows over his sexual orientation, and he seemed to have come out of the closet — something that Mattel most definitely did not intend.
Most of the brands getting a makeover are from the 1980s. Licensing experts say they perceive a subtle psychological game at play, an attempt to hit the nostalgia button on a generation of young parents just as they start to feel their first twinges of middle age.
Playing up nostalgia, of course, has long been one of this industry’s favorite gimmicks. But this time, companies have an added incentive from the sour economy. Chains from Wal-Mart to Toys “R” Us are less likely to take a shot on untested product lines during weak economic times — especially because efforts to create new characters have had mixed results in recent years, said Christopher Byrne, an independent toy consultant.
The same for TV networks. As new cartoon series flop, familiar names start to look like a good bet. Witness “Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps,” a new animated show based on the popular children’s books, which will begin this fall on PBS Kids.
For American Greetings, updating Strawberry Shortcake was about leaving the troubles of the modern world behind and playing up a fantasy angle, said Jeffrey Conrad, the company’s head creative designer.
Artists produced nearly 400 drawings depicting new looks, then American Greetings asked licensing partners for feedback. With the drawings hanging in a single room, he told focus group members to put Post-it notes on the 20 that they liked. “We refined it from there,” he said.
On top of her new toy line, Strawberry Shortcake is getting a new computer-animated movie and a new TV series, starting next year. This time, in keeping with contemporary nutritional concerns, the franchise will downplay the sugary dessert theme and move, as Mr. Conrad put it, “fruit-forward.”
“It’s also about creating a cohesive line,” Mr. Conrad said. “We’re downplaying characters that were part of Strawberry’s world but who didn’t immediately shout out fruit
Dumbasses X 2:Nazis Drunking Drive Twice in 2 Hrs
Parents Lose Custody of Their Children for Teaching them Nazi Ideology
Children who were taught Nazi ideology by their parents were taken to the authorities to have a permanent custody of the kids.
A couple from Manitoba province, Canada lost custody of their children when it was found about their attempts to impose Nazi beliefs and racists feelings on their children. Two children, a seven-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy were removed from their parents and are cared by the local Child and Family Services .
The court ruled in favor of the government authorities, who wanted to preserve the children's emotional well-being from their white supremacist parents.
Winnipeg Free Press announced that the case was revealed after the event happening on March 25, when a girl appeared in school with a sign of swastika and Nazi markings "14/88" on her arms and one leg.
The numbers had a Nazi symbolism with 14 referring to a 14 words slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children", while 88 refer to the "Heil Hitler" words.
The man is known to be a white supremacist, who cared for his stepdaughter and his son. In 2005 he was presumed to be involved in "hate crimes" related to children. He told that he has dedicated his entire life to being a skinhead and is not going to change. His wife, who called herself a "white nationalist", was considered by court to be unfit for parenting.
Man accused of drunken driving twice in 2 hours
Tue Jun 10, 8:06 PM ET
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A Sheboygan man is behind bars after being arrested twice for drunken driving within two hours early Tuesday. Police say the 24-year-old driver was stopped by an officer about 1:50 a.m. after he was spotted driving the wrong way on a one-way street in Sheboygan.
The man was arrested, cited for driving drunk and released to his brother about 3 a.m. at the police station.
Police say about 40 minutes later, an officer saw the same man, driving the same vehicle at 20 mph over the 30-mph speed limit.
He was pulled over and cited again for operating while intoxicated. This time he was taken to the Sheboygan County Detention Center.
Legend Of Nessie
Nessie
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If it's information about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster you're after then this is the site to visit. With documented evidence, film, first-hand accounts, stories, scientific studies and expeditions you will find that we are one of the most informative Loch Ness Monster sites on the WWW.
Browse through at your leisure and enjoy the wonders and mystery of Nessie and Loch Ness. Nessie is waiting.
Visions Of Dogs Chasing Their Own Tails
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Key Shop | Chicago, IL, USA
Customer: “This electronic key does not work in my car.”
Me: “Does it turn in the ignition?”
Customer: “Yes, but it will not start.”
(I put the original and copy key in my magic decoder box and they check out fine.)
Me: “Well, let me have a look… where is your car?”
Customer: “At home.”
Me: “Well, you have to drive it here.”
Customer: “But the key does not work.”
Me: “Use your original key.”
Customer: “That does not work either.”
Me: “Okay, let me explain how this works. I make a copy of your key. If your key does not work, then the new key will not work either.”
Customer: “What?”
Me: “Let me put it like this. If you copy a paper with misspelled words the copier will not correct the spelling, because it’s a copy! What happens when you try the key?”
Customer: “The dash says ‘Code not found’.”
Me: “Well, then the problem is the car, not the key. It is not reading the code on the key.”
Customer: “So make me another.”
Me: “The problem is the car. Are you going to pay when the next one does not work?”
Customer: “No, I’m not going to pay for a key that does not work!”
Me: “So you want me to keep making keys for you until one works or I run out of them. But you will not pay for any of the keys that do not work even though the problem is your car, not the key.”
Customer: “Yep.”
Me: “Sorry, I’m just not that stupid.”
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Dumbasses Of the Day:Armed robber’s take? A dollar bill Amd Student Goes Nuts At Graduation
SOUTH BEND — A man was robbed at gunpoint early this morning, but the armed suspect only got $1.
Police said a 50-year-old Niles man was delivering fuel to a gas station in the 2200 block of East McKinley just after midnight when he was approached by a man demanding money.
The suspect – described to police as a 6 feet tall man weighing about 160 pounds, wearing dark clothing with a bandanna pulled over his face – pointed a gun at the truck driver, who told the man that he didn’t’ have much money in his wallet.
The suspect took the solitary dollar bill and fled on foot away from the gas station. The truck driver was unharmed.
AHS graduate arrested following ceremony
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:56 AM CDT
An Arab High School senior was booed by the crowed when he "shot a bird" and cursed at his family, AHS principal Patrick Crowder and Arab superintendent John Mullins when he was called up to receive his diploma at Friday night's graduation ceremony. He also took a swing at Crowder, but only slightly grazed his back.
Joseph Bryan Shore, 18, of Golfview Drive, was arrested following the graduation ceremony. He is charged with disorderly conduct.
"We truly regret having to involve the Arab Police Department at graduation," Crowder said. "We felt that the levels of spoken and expressed obscenities left us no other recourse."
Mullins called the incident "unfortunate."
"On behalf of our seniors, their parents and their families, I regret that it did take place," he said. "The incident is certainly not truly reflective of our students, their families or our community."
According to Arab police reports, school officials asked officers to assist with Shore after graduation.
"(Shore) was cursing school staff and, as Sgt. (Gina) Smith and Sgt. (Lauren) Harnack approached, it appeared the subject was about to run," the report said. "Smith advised him to place his hands behind his back, but he began resisting."
Another officer was called to pick Shore up and carry him to jail.
"Shore was still cursing at Crowder and Mullins," the report said. "Shore's family was behind us and becoming irate because he was under arrest. Several times they had to be told to calm down and back off."
Police also had to tell a gathering of people, some of whom were arguing and cursing, to disperse.
Shore was taken to Arab City Jail without further incident.
Writ In Water
Writ In Water
A cemetery is a quiet place. Graveyards are the silent cities of the dead. They are homes where our loved ones continue to visit us in death, just as they once visited our homes. Some cemeteries are so grand they truly deserve to be called a city of the dead - a necropolis. Wherever I go, I try to capture the voices suspended in marble, the dead remembered by roses.
Bang Head Here
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Tech Support | London, UK
Me: “Hello, technical support, how can I help?”
Customer: “I don’t know what’s wrong with my computer. Can you tell me?”
Me: “Well… can you explain what’s wrong?”
Customer: “Your job is to tell me what’s wrong.”
Me: “Yes, but unless you help me I can’t tell you what is wrong.”
Customer: “Why? Can’t you guess what’s wrong?”
(I have decided a this point whatever is wrong will be something stupid.)
Me: “Okay, maybe you can’t turn your computer on because it hasn’t got any power.”
Customer: *angrily* “DO YOU THINK I’M STUPID?”
(Suddenly, the customer calms down.)
Customer: “Sorry, you were wrong. It’s plugged in and the light is green. Can you guess what’s wrong? It’s still black on the screen.”
Me: “Well, is your screen on?”
Customer: “Yes, I just said it was. It’s just black!”
Me: “Right click.”
Customer: “Hey, it worked… oh, it was a screensaver. Couldn’t you have guessed it was that at the start?”
Me: *thud thud thud*
Customer: “What was that?”
Me: “Guess.”
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