Gratefulness for your Job

Sometimes, when you complain about your job, it might be a good idea to come back to this page and remind yourself that your job is much better than being…

…an Electrician in China

… or a plumber in Hungary

or a delivery service employee in Asia

or a deodorant tester in Germany

or a Zoo keeper in America

or a Horse Whisperer in England

or a Ditch Digger in Poland

or have that really shitty job as a mobile toilet

A few cool optical illusions

Thanks Julie for forwaring these to me.

Greetings from Mr. Escher

 

See them move when you move

 

Yes, these are straight lines!

 

Click for full size and see them move

 

And now the best of them all,
stare at the four little dots for half a minute or so,
then look at a blank wall -
and have a religious experience…

Fun in the Face of Death

Considering that these guys are out there with the intention to kill others they must be pretty good in suppressing any feeling “there is something wrong in this picture” or they must be so much in denial – - Oh no, I see it now – they were ordered to do this, so they are not responsible… Got it!

So – now enjoy pictures from a blog post titled “God bless our troops”…

If you have a son …

See, I got this question in an email (thanks, Beverly!) and I had to answwer – yup!

These pictures and the following text definitely resonated with me, and I have to admit I belong to the 80% of men mentioned in the last point of the fact given below.

Now, without further ado, here are the pictures first, followed by some interesting facts. (trivia?)

And you also find out interesting things when you have sons, like

1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.
2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
3. A 3-year old Boy’s voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20×20 ft. room.
5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn’t stop a baseball 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 Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
9. A six-year old Boy 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 Lego’s will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year old Boy.
11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.
12. Super glue is forever.
13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can’t walk on water.
14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
15. VCR’s do not eject “PB & J” sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
18. You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is.
19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.
20. The fire department in Austin , TX has a 5-minute response time.
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. 80% of Women will pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.
25. 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.