Tag: humour
Gap's upside-down store turns heads
To promote awareness of Sprize, Gap's new loyalty program carrying the tag line "shopping turned on its head", the company turned its entire store on Robinson Street, Vancouver upsidedown. It took 12 hours to flip the instore decor -- including four display tables and 32 mannequins -- as well as a hot dog stand and three cars outside.
Gap’s upside-down store turns heads
To promote awareness of Sprize, Gap's new loyalty program carrying the tag line "shopping turned on its head", the company turned its entire store on Robinson Street, Vancouver upsidedown. It took 12 hours to flip the instore decor -- including four display tables and 32 mannequins -- as well as a hot dog stand and three cars outside.
Take your desperate loneliness to the next level with the Hug-E-Gram
If you thought the recent Snuggie Blanket commercial marked the nadir of craven commercial pointlessness, watch this promo for the revolutionary Hug-E-Gram. You'll need a hug when you're done.
TV news reporting by the book (spoof)
The format for composing TV news reports contains less than meets the eye. Much less, as English satirist Charlie Brook reveals in this searing exposé.
RunPee: An iPhone app that reveals the optimal bathroom break moments in movies
RunPee provides full-bladdered users with several suggested movie “break” times during which not much happens plot-wise. Users start a timer as the movie starts, get told how long each interlude lasts and can access a full plot rundown of what they miss.
OMG! R U 2 old 2 blog? Translation please?
Blogging has moved well beyond the ridicule it once received as the platform for narcissists and propeller heads. But there are still a small few who find the prospect of sharing their whims and wisdom on a regular basis with strangers a tad daunting. That's why I was pleased to discover the following post by satirist, corporate comedian and hoax speaker Graeme Bowman pinged into my Twitter feed.
How to get hired in sales – just ask Abott & Costello
Sometimes, all it takes to move ahead in life is being able to back up your fresh perspective with unique logic. Anyone can crank a widget, but how many people can prove that 7 x 13 = 28?
How to get hired in sales – just ask Abott & Costello
Sometimes, all it takes to move ahead in life is being able to back up your fresh perspective with unique logic. Anyone can crank a widget, but how many people can prove that 7 x 13 = 28?
Anthill made me do it
If you receive our weekly Beer O'Clock (the Best and worst of Anthill TV for the week) email on Friday afternoons, you might have noticed that it went out a little early last Friday - about 3pm. The truth is, we were pretty much done for the week, so we hit send and took our own Beer O'Clock advice.
And it seems we weren't alone.
MySpace halts traffic slide by launching MySpace Graveyard [collegehumor.com]
In the social network popularity stakes, MySpace is having its tail handed to it by Facebook. But CollegeHumor.com thinks it has the answer to how MySpace can turn the situation to its advantage - a social network for users abandoning MySpace.
Classic office meltdown caught on tape
This is an oldy but a goody. It is, perhaps, the most rational manifestation of a meltdown in history.
Will the future ever deliver?
Are you sick of waiting for the future to deliver on its promises? We let the boffins get away with announcing stuff, taking our money and then hiding. Our generation X and Y attention spans mean we forget to hold them accountable. Oh look over there, something shiny...
You can choose your friends, but not your Office Manager
If someone in your office has a 'personal branding' problem, you'll relate to this classic Big Train sketch.
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Website of the Week: Asking machines to nag you, so humans don't have to
HassleMe.co.uk is a simple internet service that allows you to enter a recurring message to yourself and set the time intervals between reminders. For example, you may choose to receive a reminder email every day to "Do some exercise" or to be asked every six months: "How many people want to buy your business?"
Website of the Week: Asking machines to nag you, so humans don’t have to
HassleMe.co.uk is a simple internet service that allows you to enter a recurring message to yourself and set the time intervals between reminders. For example, you may choose to receive a reminder email every day to "Do some exercise" or to be asked every six months: "How many people want to buy your business?"
Apple dispenses with Macbook keyboard
A recent ONN story broke news that Apple was replacing keyboards on its popular Macbook range a big iPod-like scroll wheel. (video embedded below).
Website of the Week: Conspicuous wealth never goes out of fashion
Listening to everyone bang on about cost-cutting, home foreclosures and delayed retirements must be mighty wearying for the über rich. Fortunately, those who have more money than they know what to do with can leave the bear-with-a-toothache investment market alone for a while and indulge in several innovative new spending options.
Mild comic relief from the market maelstrom
The Brokers With Hands on their Faces Blog contains photos, one after another, of stock brokers touching different parts of their faces as they watch on in disbelief at recent manic market machinations. The blog contains no words, for none are required. Amateur anthropologists with a wicked streak prefer their irony served raw.
