A blog of aggregated miscellanea and things I like uncovered from my daily travails. I'm Jacob, a peripatetic interdisciplinary designer of British persuasion, having interests in gastronomy, fashion, technology, interiors and sustainability. I'm currently working on online e-Commerce and identity. I dig Macs, mountain biking and smelly cheese.
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Posts tagged “humour”
«LOL… Trinkets for those with OCD. Do they come in sterilized baggies?» (via Skip The Hand Shake Now Has A Wristband)
![Tobacco Will Kill You, Jimmy [Unattributed]](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks7m77kXnY1qz4yr8o1_500.jpg)
“ That’s the whole world’s flag… we just haven’t added the extra stars yet. ”
Comment by Morgan on «Courtesy of the red, white and blue? Let’s show some at TC50»
“ The quality of an area can be judged by the number of kebab shops. ”
Anonymous (via Lucie’s Pocket Guide to Judging Areas of London)
Clip from ‘The Endless Summer’ (1966) by Bruce Brown. A brilliant and supremely narrated surf movie, that I’d recommend even to those without webbed feet. It’s an ethnographic classic of the modern TV travel-show, and although the narration early in practically bordered on xenophobia, it’s all in the vein of wit. “Apparently sharks and porpoises have yet to integrate in South Africa.” Grab a copy, or if you’re not convinced watch the original trailer (but like modern trailers, it gives rather a lot away!)
“ The “rhetorical question mark” or Percontation Point was invented by Henry Denham in the 1580s and was used at the end of a rhetorical question; however, its use died out in the 1600s. ”
“ The whole internet, from top to bottom, is a series of nested foil-wrapped pigs. ”
Comments from ‘On HTML 5 Drag and Drop « alert debugging’
“ [‘American’:] Developing nations like Brazil and France are where we go to for vacations. ”
Adolf bin Streisand (a TechCrunch Troll) commenting on ‘Why TechCrunch Is Not Coming to Brazil After All’—or ‘how to boost your traffic by stirring up nationalistic tendencies’.
