I watched a friend drop her iPhone last week. It wasn’t pleasant to watch and I felt bad, but I was also inspired!
She was holding a couple of things in her hands, so when she lost her grip on the phone it went tumbling down and all she could do was use her foot to try to soften the landing.
Well, at least that’s what I thought. My friend actually managed to kick the phone softly back up to waist height, and pretty much directly back into her hand! Super impressive!
Unfortunately the story doesn’t end there. She didn’t manage to get a good grip on the phone this time either, and it dropped back down hard onto the cement. Ouch.
Still, it got me thinking that smartphones with all their sweet gyroscopes and motion sensors ought to look into developing a hacky-sack app. I think my friend would be a top-scorer.
A couple of readers from Evanston, Illinois were kind enough to share with us a photo they captured on the entrance to a local post office.
The sign on the door reads:
NO PETS ALLOWED
Except for Visually and Hearing Impaired
Our readers commented: “[Our] theory is that someone is putting on “The Miracle Worker” comprised entirely of dogs.”
Many thanks to our loyal readers from Evanston for submitting this quirky take. Our readers who capture something quirky are encouraged to email us at chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com!
Possibly overheard today within the chickenmonkeydog.com editorial office:
<begin conversation>
Technical Editor: So, what’s the post gonna be for today? Do you have anything in particular you want to publish?
Creative Editor: Nope. Hope ’bout you? Anything you want to see on there today?
Technical Editor: Well, let’s look at our drafts. Have you looked through those? Any jump out at you?
Creative Editor: Um … nothing seemed brilliant. Probably why they are still drafts.
Technical Editor: Ok. Well, let’s see. Maybe we should do something different today. Out of the ordinary. Unexpected. Quirky.
Creative Editor: (sounding skeptical) Like what?
Technical Editor: Me, Technical Editor. You, Creative Editor.
Creative Editor: Hmm … back to me then. So much for my punt.
Technical Editor: (interrupting) Hey!
Creative Editor: What?
Technical Editor: Never mind. Silly idea.
Creative Editor: Ok …
(Long pause)
Creative Editor: Got it!
Technical Editor: What?
Creative Editor: An idea! I have an idea for today’s post.
Technical Editor: Great! Let’s hear it.
Creative Editor: We ask our readers to tell us what to talk about today. We ask then an open-ended question and they reply in the comments. We open the doors to a conversation … and just wait to see where it goes.
Technical Editor: (sounding incredulous) Um … think it will work? I mean, really, will it start a conversation?
Creative Editor: I think so. Can’t hurt to try. Right?
Technical Editor: Ok. I guess I’ll get that ready for today.
</ end conversation>
So, Dear Readers, what topic would you like to talk about as we gather ’round the office water cooler that is chickenmonkeydog?
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a list of some of the more ‘interesting’ search phrases that have brought visitors to our website. As always, the process of collating the lists for this sort of post brings us great amusement, and at times, concern.
So, here we go …
We hope we are not the only source of reliable information:
- what are the risk assessment for an escalator?
- a 737 plane
- escalator myth busters
- eyjafjallajökull
In the good/reasonable advice column:
- avoid big crotch
Looking for social advice/guidance:
- urinating in lifts in singapore
Questions for the commuter:
- camel is one hump more comfortable?
We can only guess for what they were really searching:
- dog and crotch and jump -smell -sniff -s
- the family pees together
- roman dog likes boys crotch
- rapeseed deer
- stuffed bactrian
It was a sign of protest. It was a call for freedom. It was a demand to let the Brake Retarders live their lives without the yoke of oppression around their necks.
