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  • A sign reads 'No Pen Testing' in Muji's stationary section.

    Muji apparently doesn’t have a bug bounty program.

    2021-05-29
  • 😖 + 👻 = 🤧

    2017-05-03
  • At first they deployed a man with a stick. The groundsman approached one buzzing batch, decided his mode of attack would not work, and returned defeated.

    Andrew Fidel Fernando / Cricinfo
    on an ODI interrupted by bees

    2017-02-04
  • US CONSTITUTION: No person except a natural born citizen shall be eligible for president.

    MACDUFF: 😢

    2016-08-24
  • Urban planning oddities in Pokémon:

    • Kanto Route 17: because a steep hill is the perfect place for a Cycling Road.
    • Cave lighting and sliding block puzzles are an essential part of a transportation network.
    • Hospital-adjacent land is considered prime real estate.
    • Thirsty guards are a major source of traffic bottlenecks.
    • A nonprofit society needing funding convinced Lavender Town council to rezone their memorial tower for radio use.
    2016-08-04
  • I defend my thesis in two weeks, but I’ll be prepared for the snake fight portion thanks to McSweeney’s guide:

    Do I have to kill the snake?

    University guidelines state that you have to “defeat” the snake. There are many ways to accomplish this. Lots of students choose to wrestle the snake. Some construct decoys and elaborate traps to confuse and then ensnare the snake. One student brought a flute and played a song to lull the snake to sleep. Then he threw the snake out a window.

    Are the snakes big?

    We have lots of different snakes. The quality of your work determines which snake you will fight. The better your thesis is, the smaller the snake will be.

    2012-08-02
  • I was recently told that European hotels are subject to a reduced VAT rate. They must have a big lobby.

    2011-06-02
  • My Lords, the administration is fully aware of the problem with mice in the Palace of Westminster. I saw one in the Bishops’ Bar only yesterday evening. I do not know whether it was the same one that I saw the day before or a different one; it is always difficult to tell the difference between the various mice that one sees.

    The trouble [with reporting mice by telephone] is that when the person at the other end of the helpline goes to check this out, very often the mouse has gone elsewhere.

    Lord Brabazon of Tara
    UK House of Lords

    2010-04-01
  • An ant in a top hat and monocle holds a cup of tea and cries 'We're out of cream!'
    2008-10-01
  • An election campaign sign reads 'Elect Ron: a beta particle for a beta future'
    2008-09-24
  • An ad for a fictional product Plato Bismol, with the tagline 'For irregular polyhedra'
    2008-09-08
  • A mock movie poster for Shapes in the Plane, with the tagline 'Fear is constructible with a ruler and straightedge'
    2008-05-21
  • Did you hear the one about the geology costume contest?

    The gneiss guise finished last.

    2007-11-07
  • A beachgoer lies on a towel next a chalkboard with the expression sin/cos. The caption explains that both are 'tanning'
    2007-07-04
  • A monster shaped like the Greek letter pi
    2007-04-18
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