1 | becominginvisible Sep 5, 2014 3:30:58pm |
You post this and a few hours later I get one in the mail. Going to be laughing about this for days, thanks! The first thing I thought when I saw your post was is this the same ad company that did Somersby Cider ads last year?
Video
The Store, The BookBook, wonder which product is next.
3 | CuriousLurker Sep 5, 2014 7:03:45pm |
LOL, that’s too funny. It reminds me of the Middle Ages help desk video that’s been floating around on YouTube for several years.
4 | b.d. Sep 6, 2014 2:34:25pm |
Goo job IKEA, so that is the one thing that they offer that you don’t have to assemble?
5 | Kragar Sep 6, 2014 2:36:14pm |
re: #3 CuriousLurker
LOL, that’s too funny. It reminds me of the Middle Ages help desk video that’s been floating around on YouTube for several years.
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Mr. Show - The Limits of Science
7 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sep 6, 2014 2:38:39pm |
Since the topic is books…
If you fancy it, obtain the #verybritishproblems book. If not, that's fine. Honestly. http://t.co/IobglR7GtU pic.twitter.com/L6wTpox4qy
— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) September 6, 2014
8 | ObserverArt Sep 6, 2014 2:39:12pm |
About 75% of my graphic arts work has been in print design, mainly catalogs, brochures and tech/specification sheets and books.
I approve! Thanks IKEA.
9 | Lidane Sep 6, 2014 2:40:55pm |
Behold the power of tying two Twitter memes together:
#ExplainAFilmPlotBadly “Black man kidnapped and enslaved for 12 years in movie that inexplicably portrays whites as villains”—The Economist— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) September 6, 2014
10 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 2:46:40pm |
3rd set: Cilic 6-3 6-4 0-2 Federer
Must buy more beer.
11 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sep 6, 2014 2:49:20pm |
#ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Young steel welder practices for a life-changing audition at Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance pic.twitter.com/81aSpR3z3I
— LoveMyKittyo (@LoveMyKittyo) September 6, 2014
13 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sep 6, 2014 2:54:32pm |
I have no idea what’s going on, but according to my twitter TL there’s a successful ceasefire or all hell is breaking loose in Mariupol, Ukraine.
14 | Kragar Sep 6, 2014 2:58:25pm |
Corporation seeks to rebuild Detroit into modern paradise using cyborg law enforcement #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 6, 2014
15 | Teukka Sep 6, 2014 2:59:28pm |
re: #13 Backwoods_Sleuth
I have no idea what’s going on, but according to my twitter TL there’s a successful ceasefire or all hell is breaking loose in Mariupol, Ukraine.
Swedish newspaper expressen just ran with the story that it is allegedly over: Vapenvilan I Ukraina uppges vara över (Swedish)
16 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 3:01:13pm |
Yukon bar patron swallows famous sourtoe, pays fine, leaves town
An unidentified man took the local “sourtoe cocktail,” which features a mummified human toe, and willfully swallowed it, according to witnesses
The severed human toe that is the key ingredient in the Sourtoe Cocktail is plunked into drinks, which are downed by patrons of the Downtown hotel in Dawson City, Yukon.
17 | ausador Sep 6, 2014 3:06:16pm |
re: #13 Backwoods_Sleuth
I have no idea what’s going on, but according to my twitter TL there’s a successful ceasefire or all hell is breaking loose in Mariupol, Ukraine.
Russian media: “Ukrainian forces broke the ceasefire in #Mariupol.” By shelling their own positions apparently. #Ukraine— tuumapomm (@tuumapomm) September 6, 2014
18 | ausador Sep 6, 2014 3:09:27pm |
??????????? ???? ?????????? ????? ?????????.— ??? ?????????? (@press_dnr) September 6, 2014
Translation:
DNR Novorossia @press_dnr
Armed Forces Novorossia take Mariupol.
19 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 3:11:49pm |
Oh well, I’d rather see Federer lose to Cilic than to icky yucky Djokovic. But did it have to be in straight sets? :_(
20 | stpaulbear Sep 6, 2014 3:15:17pm |
I love it. I got the bookbook via my mailbox about a month ago.
I still love bookbooks. I spend too much time reading news and blogs online, but when I want to read an actual book, I always go with dead tree versions.
21 | thedopefishlives Sep 6, 2014 3:17:12pm |
re: #20 stpaulbear
I love it. I got the bookbook via my mailbox about a month ago.
I still love bookbooks. I spend too much time reading news and blogs online, but when I want to read an actual book, I always go with dead tree versions.
I have a few ebooks, but Mrs. Fish and I still indulge in plenty of their forested cousins. I think we’re one of the few customers that still go to a bookstore for actual physical tomes.
22 | ausador Sep 6, 2014 3:20:19pm |
Socialism!!!
Hmmm… Move to Denmark? Or just raise the freakin' minimum wage here! #RaiseTheWage to a #LivingWage pic.twitter.com/qKEQwc4o4s— Kennett Area Dems (@KennettDems) September 4, 2014
23 | thedopefishlives Sep 6, 2014 3:21:32pm |
re: #22 ausador
Socialism!!!
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I’m going to be blunt - I make almost that much for my salary. I think that might be a little excessive for a minimum wage. Either that, or I’m woefully underpaid for my occupation and experience level (which, come to think of it, is probably the case).
24 | Backwoods_Sleuth Sep 6, 2014 3:23:23pm |
re: #23 thedopefishlives
I’m going to be blunt - I make almost that much for my salary. I think that might be a little excessive for a minimum wage. Either that, or I’m woefully underpaid for my occupation and experience level (which, come to think of it, is probably the case).
I have a master’s degree in my field and I have NEVER made anything close to $21/hour, much less have any benefits.
I suppose, as a journalist for more than a quarter-century, I really should have considered plagiarism as a stepping stone to a higher wage. //
25 | Teukka Sep 6, 2014 3:24:25pm |
re: #18 ausador
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Translation:
DNR Novorossia @press_dnrArmed Forces Novorossia take Mariupol.
Why am I not surprised? And why does my gut say “BRACE. BRACE. BRACE?”
26 | stpaulbear Sep 6, 2014 3:25:48pm |
re: #21 thedopefishlives
I have a few ebooks, but Mrs. Fish and I still indulge in plenty of their forested cousins. I think we’re one of the few customers that still go to a bookstore for actual physical tomes.
All of the St. Paul bookstores that I liked closed (and I’m a non-fan of Garrison Keillor so I haven’t been to his new bookstore near Macalaster College), so most of my books come from Amazon or else used from Half-Price books.
27 | thedopefishlives Sep 6, 2014 3:26:20pm |
re: #26 stpaulbear
All of the St. Paul bookstores that I liked closed (and I’m a non-fan of Garrison Keillor so I haven’t been to his new bookstore near Macalaster College), so most of my books come from Amazon or else used from Half-Price books.
There’s one in Eden Prairie that Mrs. Fish and I go to. All the other ones I know of nearby have closed.
28 | ausador Sep 6, 2014 3:26:42pm |
I was making $32.64 an hour as an electrician in Alaska back in 1991, plus benefits that were valued at almost another $7.00 an hour. Wages vary greatly regionally right here in the U.S. too you know.
29 | Dark_Falcon Sep 6, 2014 3:30:49pm |
re: #25 Teukka
Why am I not surprised? And why does my gut say “BRACE. BRACE. BRACE?”
On all but one level, I feel anger that this, if true, makes more people victims of Russia’s duplicity.
The other level will not be sorry if the Azov Battalion gets pounded on.
/I hate Mariupol Nazis!
30 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 3:32:41pm |
The Hotbeats, a Bristol, Rhode Island high school garage band in 1966
Here’s the B-side, Injun, of their only record, a nice surfy instrumental.
31 | dr. luba Sep 6, 2014 3:35:02pm |
re: #18 ausador
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Translation:
DNR Novorossia @press_dnrArmed Forces Novorossia take Mariupol.
Are taking, not have taken. Translation, that is; I have no idea what is true. I have read that Avazov is sending in reinforcements.
32 | RealityBasedSteve Sep 6, 2014 3:37:02pm |
33 | Cheechako Sep 6, 2014 3:38:27pm |
34 | stpaulbear Sep 6, 2014 3:39:15pm |
I’m making $30/hr after 10 years at my job. It is a union shop so the benefits are also good. I have a 2-year technical degree, but it usually takes the new people a couple months to realize that I’m not one of the architects or engineers.
If I was doing what I’m doing without the union benefits, I would probably be working for a temp agency for $25 an hour tops with zero benefits. Nobody in my profession seems to want actual employees any more. It’s all project-to-project. I am very glad to be working at a place where everyone is in a union.
35 | Stanley Sea Sep 6, 2014 3:39:30pm |
re: #16 De Kolta Chair
Yukon bar patron swallows famous sourtoe, pays fine, leaves town
An unidentified man took the local “sourtoe cocktail,” which features a mummified human toe, and willfully swallowed it, according to witnesses
The severed human toe that is the key ingredient in the Sourtoe Cocktail is plunked into drinks, which are downed by patrons of the Downtown hotel in Dawson City, Yukon.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
36 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 3:40:15pm |
re: #32 RealityBasedSteve
And you’re which one?
RBS
I was ten years old in Worcester Mass. at the time listening to my cousin Rob’s copy of these cats’ 45. I vaguely recall they had mutual friends in Fall River. Or maybe it was New Bedford.
Anyway, came across them a few minutes ago on a surf/garage music blog, Surfadelic.
37 | ausador Sep 6, 2014 3:43:18pm |
Not that I’m saying that the minimum wage should be $21.00, but paying employees such a low wage that even single “full time” workers still qualify for food assistance is just stupid.
If they paid more the employees would spend it and everyone would make more money in the end. McDonalds could theoretically double their employee wages and break even by increasing the price of a Big Mac by 68 cents. Of course they wouldn’t actually do either one.
Any wage increase (not 200%) would be offset by spreading the price increases out over the whole menu so that the individual changes were miniscule.
38 | thedopefishlives Sep 6, 2014 3:44:08pm |
re: #37 ausador
Not that I’m saying that the minimum wage should be $21.00, but paying employees such a low wage that even single “full time” workers still qualify for food assistance is just stupid.
If they paid more the employees would spend and everyone would make more money in the end. McDonalds could theoretically double their employee wages and break even by increasing the price of a Big Mac by 68 cents. Of course they wouldn’t actually do either one.
Any wage increase (not 200%) would be offset by spreading the price increases out over the whole menu so that the individual changes were miniscule.
Oh, I’m not disagreeing that the minimum wage should be higher. I absolutely do. And no, I don’t have any suggestions as to what it should be.
39 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 3:47:52pm |
re: #33 Cheechako
The member on the left, is he wearing penny loafers?
They appear to be. Unlike that dork, I used to put pennies in mine for the full dork effect. Whatta amateur.
40 | stpaulbear Sep 6, 2014 3:48:10pm |
re: #16 De Kolta Chair
Well THAT story sure put the kibosh on wondering what I wanted for dinner tonight. Gah.
41 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 3:49:40pm |
re: #40 stpaulbear
Well THAT story sure put the kibosh on wondering what I wanted for dinner tonight. Gah.
Sorry, I should’ve put a warning. That is pretty gross. And I’m guessing they don’t have health inspectors in Alaska.
44 | Rightwingconspirator Sep 6, 2014 3:51:39pm |
re: #38 thedopefishlives
If the minimum wage had been tied to inflation way back… This would have been fine. Incremental is not often disruptive or controversial or politically exploitable. Trying to suddenly shift up a big percentage, 25%, 33% or more is far more likely to be disruptive. Is controversial and politically exploited.
As measured by inflation about $15 as measured by productivity, perhaps $20?
45 | Dark_Falcon Sep 6, 2014 3:53:26pm |
re: #16 De Kolta Chair
Yukon bar patron swallows famous sourtoe, pays fine, leaves town
An unidentified man took the local “sourtoe cocktail,” which features a mummified human toe, and willfully swallowed it, according to witnesses
The severed human toe that is the key ingredient in the Sourtoe Cocktail is plunked into drinks, which are downed by patrons of the Downtown hotel in Dawson City, Yukon.
Did the waitresses remember to bring the fellow his order of fava beans?
47 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 3:57:59pm |
re: #46 jaunte
With pestoe
“Come for the Randy Travis cover band, stay for the fish and finger pie and sorry but we’re all outta fish.”
48 | stpaulbear Sep 6, 2014 4:00:04pm |
49 | ObserverArt Sep 6, 2014 4:02:02pm |
50 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 4:08:34pm |
re: #49 ObserverArt
I love looking at those old 60s band photos.
Me too. Here’s a killer Japanese group The Spiders in 1966:
52 | De Kolta Chair Sep 6, 2014 4:17:55pm |
53 | WhatEVs Sep 6, 2014 4:30:07pm |
re: #23 thedopefishlives
I’m going to be blunt - I make almost that much for my salary. I think that might be a little excessive for a minimum wage. Either that, or I’m woefully underpaid for my occupation and experience level (which, come to think of it, is probably the case).
Here’s my thought: if minimum wage was $21/hr, all wages would be pushed up. We’d have a race to the top (and the best economy on the planet) instead of a race to the bottom and a continuously struggling economy.