Surgeon General’s Warning

Posted 16 Jun 2009

Daily Life, Food | 1 Comment 

These bars are unbelievably delicious. You may be tempted to eat the whole box in one sitting, but we don’t recommend it. Gradually increasing fiber to your diet over time is a better idea and your digestive tract will thank you. Plus, you’ll have another bar to look forward to tomorrow.

Is this subtle warning enough to keep you from eating more than one granola bar?  At 150 calories and 4 grams of fat in 1 bar, your diet will also thank you for not eating the entire box (total of 5 bars).

I’m a sucker for you

Posted 15 Jun 2009

Language, Signs | Leave a Comment 

Here at chickenmonkeydog, we like straplines (or tag lines) that work. We especially like witty and slightly edgy ones.

That said, I can’t decide whether this particular strapline works:

The “I’m a sucker for you” strikes me as too simple, too obvious and too blunt. Accurate, yes, but I think it fails in the end to strike a real impact. I didn’t even try to find the company online at all.

WYBMABIITY

Posted 12 Jun 2009

Drinks, Places, Signs | 11 Comments 

This sign was posted in a grungy little bar in Melaka, Malaysia. I think every bar owner ought to seriously consider putting this up above their bar.

Scorpion Nose

Posted 11 Jun 2009

Clothing, Daily Life | 2 Comments 

Conventional wisdom dictates that when staying in rural areas, one ought to shake their shoes (or boots) upside down, and look inside, before placing their foot in.

I have been told that this is to make sure that no animal (for some reason it’s always a scorpion in the admonition) has made a home out of your footwear.  This got me to wondering, do scorpions have no sense of smell?  My feet stink! I wouldn’t even want to live in my shoe! I don’t think I could get a wink of sleep with the stench that’s going on in there.

Old people are funny

Posted 10 Jun 2009

Commuting, People, Weird | 3 Comments 

On my way home from London yesterday, I sat next to an older couple on the bus. The cute old woman was probably in her early 70s. Her husband was seated next to her, looking out the window. The woman and I exchanged niceties before retreating to our own activities.

With that, I pulled out my lap top computer. Suddenly, the woman spoke up:

“The last time someone with a computer sat next to me on a bus, he had porn on his computer. He watched a porn movie.”

I was a little stunned, too stunned to answer immediately.

She turned to and tapped her husband on the shoulder, “Do you remember when that man had the porn on his computer?”

“What? Oh, yes … but I didn’t get to watch it,” the husband mumbled under his breath.

By then, I had recovered my composure enough to advise the old woman that I did not have any porn on my computer. She was neither pleased nor disappointed with my answer. She just sort of nodded.