Jumbo Paper Towel Holder

I’m not sure how to set it up yet, but the “easy tear arm” is wicked sharp.

How ’Bout Them Orange Dot?

I used to have a T-shirt from Pasadena’s second-finest institution of higher learning, the Art Center College of Design. I really liked that shirt, and decided to see if it was still for sale on the Internet.

What I found was… different.

The Gaga-Burroughs movement [Gross]

If we go by the book, hours could seem like days

Seen on AccuWeather.com:

There’s an old joke: Guy walks up to a diner with an “Open 24 Hours” sign, late in the evening. The proprietor is turning off the lights and locking the door. The guy says, “Hey, I thought you were open 24 hours.” The owner says, “Yeah, but not in a row.”

Apparently that’s how they record weather records in Madison. Their 24-hour record snowfall was spread over 5 days.

The Occasional WTF #10: Now with organic chemical-free mineral resources!

Seen on an enameled cast iron dutch oven:

(Click to embiggen, but it’s not very legible.)

The green tag reads:

Enamel is Organic – No Chemicals!

Enamel manufacturing uses pure natural mineral resources such as iron, quartz, clay, feldspar, borax, soda ash and potash – making enamel 100% recyclable.

The Occasional WTF #9: Species confusion

Seen at my local Giant Eagle supermarket:

This USDA Choice beef roast is made of Natural Pork. At least it’s $3.00 off.

Why, that looks delicious!

Via Food Network Humor, Paula Deen Flour™:

Jillian Madison rightly calls out Paula for charging $4 for two pounds of all-purpose flour. “This is Paula Deen using her persona to swindle her fans into paying more than they have to for an ingredient, y’all.”

But I think the best part is the caption at the bottom: “SERVING SUGGESTION.” Paula Deen recommends serving a bowl of flour? I hope I get the tablespoon!

The Occasional WTF #8

Math is hard.

The Occasional WTF #7: This tool intentionally left blank

The Occasional WTF #6

As soon as Office 2010 was released, I purchased Office and Visio through my employer’s participation in Microsoft’s Home Use Program. The Visio installation DVD exhibited… less-than-professional spelling.

The Occasional WTF #5

This is Amazon’s product photo for the Optima 34 RedTop car battery:

Optima makes a similar battery, the Optima 34R. It’s the same size and shape as the Optima 34, but the polarity is reversed; that is, the red and black terminals are switched. Here’s Amazon’s product photo for the 34R:

The Occasional WTF #4

This is another one from the archives.  It looks like it’s been fixed on Google Maps.  Click to embiggen.

The Occasional WTF #3

My Coke Rewards registration (taken a while ago).  Click to embiggen.

(Guess why I posted this today.)

The Occasional WTF #2

Value(Cheese XOR Bacon) == –$0.05
Value(Cheese AND Bacon) == +$0.75

We can deduce that cheese and bacon are exceedingly complementary goods, but only in the context of the Angus Beef hot dog.

(The menu board at the shop had entirely different, but still crazy, prices for the toppings.  I’m going from memory, but “Cheese or Bacon” was something like a $0.25 surcharge, while “Cheese and Bacon” was $1.00 more than that.)

The Occasional WTF #1

Amazon Music Downloader