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06 November 2006
Things that don't work. 1. Secret deodorant.
2. Dyson vacuums.
3. Nails as a substitute for screws.
5. Me much this afternoon after taking my pain killers and anti-inflamatories (both "may cause drowsiness", both, in fact, do cause drowsiness). Should've taken more time off work...
Hey Specklet - I saw your "running in between the rain..." on some kind of myth busting programme on UK TV. Somehow you actually get wetter running in the rain than you do if you just walk. I don't know why, though; I think my brain got bored at the science bit
11. Computers (as hats. Trust me.)
12. Magic 8-balls for big decisions (Should I buy $3,500 in lottery tickets? A: All signs point to yes. Fuck you, magic 8-ball.)
13. Blow-up dolls (doesn't matter which brand. Trust me.)
For added accuracy, they wore plastic garbage bags underneath the sweat suits to keep their underclothes from wicking away any water.
Right. Because it's a lot more trouble to take off your underwear and go commando then it is to rig some sort of layer of garbage bags to cover your underwear.
(rhomboid, thanks for linking to Bad Designs - I was obsessed with this back in my early engineering education. Everything is very methodically laid out. It's quite a creativity boost, actually.)
20. my lazy fucking colleagues. not the ones I work with in my dept, thank buddha. we bust our collective tush. I am talking about the asshats who used to 'run' this department, whom, after doing such a stellar job of completely fucking up, have now been replaced, by us... which, of course, leaves us to clean up their lazy incompetent messes that they claim no responsibility for.
and they're STILL employed... and they STILL do nothing.
I would like to bring this discussion back to the topic of deodorant, if I may. I have recently discovered Mitchum unscented deodorant cream. ≡ Click to see image ≡
The classic Mitchum motto is, of course, "So Effective You Could Skip a Day." And that still applies to the cream version, though Mitchum might append "Just don't lift your arms if you want your skin intact." I feel like I've been smearing wood glue on my pits. But sweat doesn't stand a chance against this stuff.
21. The hair of the dog. Oh, sure, it works for a while, but then it becomes the whole damned dog and you have to start all over again.
posted by elizard 06 November | 18:26
21. Boxers which are anything other than 100% cotton.
posted by danf 06 November | 18:26
24. Buckley's cough syrups. "It tastes awful, but it works." Bullshit. But to cut them some slack, it does taste awful and I have yet to find any cold/flu medications that work for me. And believe me, I've tried brazillions of them.
(I think only residents of Canada will get this one)
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