What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?

Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Dec 03, 2009 8:10:49 am PST #22656 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Orangutan takes photos, shares them on Facebook

Yes, but does it have any idea what the fuck it's doing?

She's like the Ashton Kutcher of the ape world: An orangutan in the Vienna Zoo now has a Facebook fan page to showcase the photos she takes with a digital camera. The orangutan, named Nonja, uses a Samsung ST 1000 point-and-shoot that automatically uploads the photos.

When this post was published, Nonja had over 9,000 "fans" subscribed to her page.

But there's a catch: Coverage of the camera-toting ape in the U.K.'s Daily Mail explains that the camera has been modified to dispense a raisin whenever the shutter button is pushed. So Nonja is evidently more interested in tasty treats than in artistic endeavors.

The non-orangutan version of the Samsung ST 1000 was released this summer (though not in the U.S.) and is equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS.

See, it's just posting pictures to Facebook to get raisins!


Jesse - Dec 03, 2009 8:10:53 am PST #22657 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Except it won't be in a couple weeks, if I keep this up. The more monstrously unreasonable the deadline, the more my lizard brain says, fuck 'em.

Oh yeah, I hear that. The one saving grace I have is that I keep the hard deadline at least a half-day ahead in my head.


tommyrot - Dec 03, 2009 8:17:24 am PST #22658 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Ooh. I think this wins at Headline o' the Day:

Jesus Christ dumped from jury pool for disruption

A Birmingham woman who changed her name to Jesus Christ turned up for jury duty and was unsurprisingly crazy. This series of events lead to the best Christmas-time headline we've ever seen.


Kathy A - Dec 03, 2009 8:18:34 am PST #22659 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

One of my co-workers was at work on Monday when she got a phone call from one of her neighbors--her house had been broken into. She came back today after getting things worked out.

Bad news: they took all of her flatscreen electronics.

Good news: they skipped over her camera and all of her jewelry (good stuff, with real diamonds) she had sitting out on her dresser.

Better news: one of the idiot teens left behind his cell phone!


megan walker - Dec 03, 2009 8:22:33 am PST #22660 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

What does "Lo Boob Oscillator" mean in English?

Um, none of those words are French.


Connie Neil - Dec 03, 2009 8:23:37 am PST #22661 of 30001
brillig

One of our neighbors apparently just got a big flatscreen TV. I know this because the box was left on the front porch, with the picture and text describing the TV prominantly displayed. I thought, "Showing off much? Also, neighborhood burglars, please stop here."


Scrappy - Dec 03, 2009 8:28:54 am PST #22662 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

they want my home and cell phone number. I really don't like giving them out workwise. Certainly not both of them.

Coming in late to say that I am just finished compiling this list of all our employees. We did it so we would actually have emergency contacts--the home phone is to reach employees if something happens like an earthquake to tell them not to come in, and the emergency contact is so we can contact someone if the employee, say, falls down the stairs and has to go to the hospital. Only a select few will have this list.


flea - Dec 03, 2009 8:30:16 am PST #22663 of 30001
information libertarian

Heh, megan walker beat me to "none of those words is French."

I just had my #2 most exciting library desk shift ever - got to hold a student's hand as she writhed in pain on the floor and we waited for the ambulance to come. Seven minutes is a looong time when a young person is saying softly, "Can you call them again and ask them to hurry? Please?" My "I am not a doctor" diagnosis would be an ovarian cyst. Poor kid.


Vortex - Dec 03, 2009 8:35:29 am PST #22664 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Oh, poor noodle!


Jesse - Dec 03, 2009 8:37:52 am PST #22665 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yikes -- poor girl. What was the most exciting?