The Whole Foods webpage seems to have a pretty fun April Fools thing happening.
Are you sure that's a joke? I'm pretty sure I saw that by the cafe checkout today.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
amych - Apr 01, 2009 11:33:26 am PDT #5207 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
JZ - Apr 01, 2009 11:51:43 am PDT #5208 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Museum of Hoaxes offers its Top 100 April Fool's Hoaxes of All Time.
Laga - Apr 01, 2009 12:03:17 pm PDT #5209 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Yesterday my car wouldn't start so I bought a bike. Instead of Target I went to Aviation Cyclery because once I'd stopped in there to buy lights and the cashier insisted on installing them for me while I waited. As I browsed the selection of luxury bicycles the clerk approached and asked if I had any questions.
"How does a one-speed cost so much?"
He laughed and suggested maybe I should go to Target. I confessed I'd been at Target the day before and I came to his shop specifically because I'd gotten great service and wanted to pay it back. "Do you ever sell used bikes?"
"I've got a ladies' bike in the back for $50."
"I'd like that one, please."
Of course then I needed a helmet, (it's totally cute, yes I will take pics.) lights and a lock. I spent more on accessories than I did on my bike but I Can Haz Bike! It feels just a little bit like Christmas morning.
Polter-Cow - Apr 01, 2009 12:10:41 pm PDT #5210 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aw, how nice! I love great customer service.
Atropa - Apr 01, 2009 12:14:23 pm PDT #5211 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I keep idly thinking about getting a tricycle (I never learned to ride a bike and I don't want to start now), but then I glumly contemplate bike helmets, find nothing that I like, and give up on the whole notion.
Trudy Booth - Apr 01, 2009 12:18:39 pm PDT #5212 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Museum of Hoaxes offers its Top 100 April Fool's Hoaxes of All Time.
Does ita know about this one?
#71: Michigan Shark Experiment
In 1981 the Herald-News in Roscommon, Michigan reported that 3 lakes in northern Michigan had been selected to host "an in-depth study into the breeding and habits of several species of fresh-water sharks." Two thousand sharks were to be released into the lakes including blue sharks, hammerheads, and a few great whites. The experiment was designed to determine whether the sharks could survive in the cold climate of Michigan. The federal government was said to be spending $1.3 million to determine this. A representative from the National Biological Foundation was quoted as saying that there would probably be a noticeable decline in the populations of other fish in the lake because "the sharks will eat about 20 pounds of fish each per day, more as they get older." County officials were said to have protested the experiment, afraid of the hazard it would pose to fishermen and swimmers, but their complaints had been ignored by the federal government. Furthermore, fishermen had been forbidden from catching the sharks. The Herald-News received a flurry of letters in response to the announcement.
JZ - Apr 01, 2009 12:19:49 pm PDT #5213 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
But, Jilli, think of how charming you'd look riding around on this!
Laga - Apr 01, 2009 12:19:57 pm PDT #5214 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I went in thinking I'd spend $200 on a new one-speed (only to find that the cheapest was $299) and I ended up spending $130 on a used ten speed plus all the gear. You can bet I'll be back there for a basket & a bell & probably a more comfy seat.
Atropa - Apr 01, 2009 12:23:46 pm PDT #5215 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
JZ, I would love to have a bike like that. It's the whole helmet issue that thwarts me.
omnis_audis - Apr 01, 2009 12:23:56 pm PDT #5216 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Dear God. I have to live in one of the most problematic and difficult to-change cities on earth while he's the PM.C'mon down to Texas. Half the guns, and less warfare. Just stay away from the border. The Mexican Drug Lords are battling it out. What? Can't blame a guy for trying, right?
so the rental thing. We are trying to get a keyboard for the musical. The Music Director finally decided on just *A* keyboard, not piano/keyboard/budget buster they were debating for weeks now. And the keyboard they pick is a rather pricey one at $3,599.99 at Guitar Center. The local rental shop has it for $600/week. We need it for 6 weeks. Since it's easy for them to rent out, they don't feel the need to give a price break on the keyboard. So, it would actually cost 1¢ more to rent the damn thing than to buy it! I found a guy in NY who will rent us one for $1,400. But now the theater is debating, why not just buy it. um. well. um. ok. but. aren't we hurting for cash?? @@@@ Whatever. Let me know. I'll head to Guitar Center if ya want.