Archive for February, 2005

Lessons Learned From Kids

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005

Got this in an email … yeah … one of them, but it’s just so classic it had to be shared:


The following came from an anonymous mother in Austin, Texas:
“Things I’ve learned from my children (honest, and no kidding):

1. A king-size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 3 bedroom house about 4 inches deep.

2. If you spray hair spray on a nylon duster and then run over it with roller skates/blades, they can ignite.

3. A 3-year-old’s voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

4. If you hook a dog lead over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 3-stone boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. However, it is strong enough, if tied to a paint tin, to spread paint on all four walls of a large room.

5. You should not throw balls up when the ceiling fan is on, using the ceiling fan as a bat; you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can then hit a ball a long way.

6. The glass in windows (even double-glazed) doesn’t stop a ball hit by a ceiling fan.

7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words “uh oh,”it’s already too late.

8. Brake fluid mixed with bleach makes smoke, and lots of it.

9. A six-year-old can start a fire with a flint rock, even though a 36-year-old man says they can only do it in the movies.

10. Certain bits of Lego will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year-old.

11. Playdough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.

12. Superglue is forever.

13. No matter how much jelly you put in a swimming pool you still can’t walk on water.

14. Pool filters do not like jelly.

15. VCR’s do not eject toasted sandwiches, even though TV commercials show they do.

17. Marbles in petrol tanks make lots of noise when driving and are very expensive to remove.

18. You probably do not want to know what that smell really is.

19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on. Plastic toys do not like ovens.

20. The average response time for the fire brigade is about 20 minutes.

21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.

22. …It will, however, make cats dizzy.

23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

24. The mind of a 6-year-old is a wonderful and amazing thing. One day the infant school teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home.

She read, “…and so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw And said, “Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house? “The teacher paused then asked the class, “And what do you think that man said?”

One little boy raised his hand and said, “I think he said …’Holy xxxxx! A talking pig!’ “The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.

25. 60% of men who read this will try mixing the bleach and brake fluid.

Why Does Windows Still Suck?

Friday, February 4th, 2005

Slashdot had this – and I just had to get in on the act !
Why Does Windows Still Suck? / Why do PC users put up with so many viruses and worms? Why isn’t everyone on a Mac?
Here, then, is my big obvious question: Why the hell do people put up with this? Why is there not some massive revolt, some huge insurrection against Microsoft? Why is there not a huge contingent of furious users stomping up to Seattle with torches and scythes and crowbars, demanding the Windows Frankenstein monster be sacrificed at the altar of decent functionality and an elegant user interface?

Theology !

Friday, February 4th, 2005

Yep, it’s been a strange sort of day, especially on #linux … the sort of day where things like theology get discussed – and everyone has their own opinions.

I have to say though – the best post of the day goes to kae – and Colm:

18:05 < kae> Cogito Ergo Um, i think it was
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18:05 < Colm> I do like “cogito ergo um”, though… “I think, therefore, er…”