In case of fire … “PULL DOWN SIEMENS”

Sure, on my way out of the burning building, I’ll stop just long enough to bring a $20 Billion company crashing to the ground.

This strikes me as a fire alarm which would only really come in handy for extremely experienced and talented corporate raiders.

Piñata apples: Because there are some days when you’d rather swing a large stick at your fruity snack while wearing a blindfold.

Seen on an advertisement card found in magazines. At first glance, a misuse of parentheses.

Maybe there’s some hidden subtext? The sentence without the parentheses reads “The most culture can buy”. Maybe the authors are hinting that there’s no point being cultured because all you get is a subscription to “Cheap Eats”.

As an (interesting) aside of (useless) trivia, these advertisement cards are called “blow-in” cards because they are blown in to magazines.

Spotted on 50th Street (or thereabouts) in Midtown Manhattan, the placard and matching standpipe heads made me think of that scene with the Siamese Cats in Disney’s Lady and Tramp.

A meander down a snowy sidewalk in Cleveland, Ohio quickly turned into a quizzical pondering session when I crossed this patch of sidewalk without any snow on it. What’s under there that’s melting the snow anyway?

Is it just the building heating system, or could it be something more exotic or unsettling?

- Tip of an as yet undiscovered volcano?
- The apartment of certain heroes in a half-shell?
- A fire-breathing dragon?
- Cleveland’s nuclear arsenal?

Is this a cousin of Luke or Anakin? Perhaps a more distant relative.

This is where Groupon fails. I do NOT want to know that there are 189 other couples about to have the same experience.

“How is one supposed to get a bay leaf out without removing the top?”

A great question posed by a reader from Chicago!

Any clever suggestions for this reader?

In thinking about the life that astronauts lead when they are in space, I wonder about how well they adapt to the day-to-day of existence once they return to gravity-effected earth.

I’ve made a short list of some pros and cons about returning to life on earth after an extended stint on the international space station.

Pros

1. Not having to drink recycled piss
2. Being able to go for a walk outside without an extensive ‘getting dressed’ session

Cons

1. Actually having to walk everywhere and all the time if wanting to change locations
2. Not flying
3. Not being able to pick up and throw everything
4. The standard hum-drum of the office routine
5. Not being allowed to throw food at the dinner table

What pros and cons would you add to my list?

While we are generally fans of that phrase, for a site named chickenmonkeydog, the phrase “let the cat out of the bag” seems ill matched.

Can you help us think of a more appropriate phrase which means the same thing, for us to use around chickenmonkeydog?