Darwin
Posted: Mon 1 January, 2007 Filed under: 1BEM, Cynicism Leave a comment »One thing that’s a joy to read is always the Darwin Awards.
Dedicated to the stupidity of people, it invariably makes you either laugh, or despair.
The 2006 finalists are just as good as usual…
Chilly
Posted: Mon 11 December, 2006 Filed under: 1BEM, Cynicism, Travel 6 Comments »Look, dear, if you’re really cold enough to be wearing a big long fluffy scarf, and Ugg® boots, don’t you think it might help to not be wearing a top that’s leaving your belly and both shoulders bare, and no jacket?
After all, how shall I put this delicately, it does make you look like a bit of a fuckwit.
Avoiding Scams
Posted: Wed 6 December, 2006 Filed under: 1BEM, Cynicism, Getting Organised Leave a comment »The Motley Fool has an interesting piece today about avoiding various scams etc.
Personally, I still find it amazing that people fall for scams like these. I love the way people are so stupid that they’ll send money out as a ‘transfer fee’ to get their winnings from a lottery they’ve never entered in a country they’ve never even visited. So far as I’m concerned, that’s just like an idiot tax – you’re an idiot, you deserve to lose the money.
In a semi-related note (and I know I’ve whittled on about this one before) I also find it amazing that spam comments or emails get any results at all. I mean, what’s the point of the ones I get every day, that say things like (and this is a copy of one of the texts)
Thank you for your loan request, which we recieved yesterday, your refinance application has been accepted
Bad credit OK, We are ready to give you a $339,000 loan, after further review, our lenders have established the lowest monthly payments.
Approval process will take only 1 minute.
Please visit the confirmation link below and fill-out our short 30 second Secure Web-Form.
Does anyone respond to the damn’ things? And lets face it, if they do, they deserve everything they get…
Gullible
Posted: Sun 8 October, 2006 Filed under: 1BEM, Cynicism, Weirdness Leave a comment »I’m intrigued – how many people actually open up those spam emails that have subject lines like “Necessary Notice of Default from Bank” ?
Is anyone really that stupid?
I mean, as Scaryduck pointed out earlier this week, there’s plenty of people who still fall for the entire “you’ve won a lottery you’ve never entered” scam, so I suppose there’s plenty of numpty twats out there who do open up those spam emails.
But really, its worrying to think that people still haven’t got the idea about these things, isn’t it?
Holiday In The Sun
Posted: Tue 25 July, 2006 Filed under: 1BEM, Travel, Weirdness 4 Comments »OK, now this one befuddles me a bit – and every time I read the words, I still don’t get the concept behind them.
Who the hell would actually go on holiday to Beirut?
What’s next? Parachute holidays to Afghanistan? Fire-fighting trips to Iraq?
“Not Me”
Posted: Mon 13 February, 2006 Filed under: 1BEM, Weirdness 5 Comments »You know those Securicor vans with the really loud “BEEP BEEP BEEP! Caution, this Securicor vehicle is REVERSING!” alarms? They’re useful because, well, Securicor vans are supposedly fairly secure, have no back windows, and thus the driver can’t see out the back. So if you’re standing behind the van, the poor sod can’t see you, which could cause thumpage.
I’ve just been looking out the window at work – well, the reversing alarm’s loud enough I can hear it from across the road, through the window – and watching two blokes just miss getting squished because they’d somehow missed a) the announcement, and b) the connection that it might be linked to this purple van with Securicor written all over it, that was reversing towards them.
What was even better was that these two then start having a go at the driver! Like it’s all his fault that they’re a) deaf, b) blind, and c) fucking stupid. You just couldn’t make it up.
One Born Every Minute
Posted: Tue 6 September, 2005 Filed under: 1BEM, Thoughts, Weirdness 2 Comments »Again, a title that may end up becoming a category – in fact, in this case I think it’s a certainty.
The latest piece of Barnumism is this – a “businessman” who bottles “Welsh air” for expats to breathe and (supposedly) go back to their homeland for a while. For the princely sum of – are you sitting down? – £24 per bottle.
How fucking brilliant is that? And if there are people who’ll go for this sort of crap, I’ve a lovely bridge I can sell ’em…