Internet Cliche

the age of hipstamatic photos

2010-02-25T19:58:00.002+13:00

So posting photos online taken with the iPhone app Hipstamatic is all the rage lately. I took this photo completely by accident but I like it. I don't have anywhere to post it for any reason, so I'm posting it here.

Are people sick of well formatted crisp high resolution photos? Is 2010 the turning point?

Many hands make light work rimshot

2009-11-16T13:57:00.004+13:00

Have you ever wondered to yourself how many people it takes to change a Stella Artois light bulb? Well wonder no more because the answer is seven!

Spotted outside the bar Leuven in Wellington

More cone shenanigans

2009-11-16T13:55:00.001+13:00

This cone spotted sitting on a traffic light in Adelaide Road in Wellington. I can't help but wonder how many drunken attempts it took to succeed.

A bit of toy aisle engrish

2009-10-17T15:27:00.003+13:00

Spotted today in a department store, this toy truck features engrish that makes a toy company appear to have only modest goals.

Top-Quality the Product's.
21 'Century new Design
TO RANK FIRST AMONG SIMILAR PRODUCTS

It's enough to turn you to the dark side

2009-09-21T08:42:00.002+12:00

There are some things you can't use the force on. This appeared in near Aro in Wellington, New Zealand. Click for bigger.

Black out the Wallabies

2009-09-19T14:34:00.004+12:00

There is a very odd promotion in Wellington at the moment where people dress up in lame kangaroo/wallaby costumes, and you are asked to stick black stickers on them to "Black out the Wallabies" - i.e. encourage the All Blacks (NZ) to beat the Wallabies (AUS) in Rugby tonight.

These odd looking kangaroo costumes have been wandering around Wellington in the last few weeks and finally I took a photo of them. They tend to sit creepily and silently down on seats, holding out stickers for you. the photo is bad because I didn't want to go too close.

as much as I am totally uninterested in sport, I did want to shout "Go Wallabies!" every time I saw them :)

Wrong number

2009-09-12T11:23:00.003+12:00

*phone rings*

Me: Hello?

Some Guy: Hey is that you?

Me: ..........who's 'you' ??

Some Guy: Hehe yeah, what's up Adam?

Me: I'm not Adam

Some Guy: I think I might have the wrong number then eh?

Me: Yeah I think so, cya

*hangs up*

Wont someone think of the cables?

2009-08-27T22:01:00.003+12:00

There has been a lot of fuss in the media about the race of the middle man changing when this Microsoft ad was used in Poland. But what no one points out is how ridiculous the picture is to begin with. It's about providing IT tools but the monitor and keyboard the woman is using are not plugged in to anything.

You could maybe explain away the keyboard going to an unseen computer, but the monitor doesn't even have a power cable!

Overhead at work today

2009-08-27T12:37:00.002+12:00

"So, the G and T keys are pretty close on the keyboard. That's the last time I try to sign an email with 'Regards'..."

I was worried

2009-08-26T13:58:00.001+12:00

I asked myself, "Self, what will happen to my cat when I'm gone?"

Now I know....

My roommate says not to worry. The Rapture will have no effect on me.

He's probably right.

Personality goes a long way

2009-08-21T14:06:00.001+12:00

Power line poles aren't such a blight on the view when they have a name. This is Larry who lives in Aro.

Overheard in the street

2009-08-10T12:46:00.003+12:00

The scene: A group of teenagers in tuxedos yelling up at a youth apartment building, pre some kind of Prom.

The guys are yelling up at the friend shouting "Get your cock out!, show us your cock!" multiple times but he refuses. Then one of them decides that the cock might be "A bit gay", so one of them asks for "a nut". The unseen friend taunts at them that he will show them his nuts.

So the guys agreeing that this is not gay anymore, start a clap-a-long chant:

Nuts out!
Get your nuts out!
Get your nuts out for the boys!

S-R-I-R-A-C-H-A

2009-08-09T21:25:00.004+12:00

This is my friend, Dean. His knuckle tats really do spell out S-R-I-R-A-C-H-A, (you know, this stuff) which is almost better than my old room-mate's knuckle tats that spelled out "STAY DOWN." What would you get tattooed across your hands for all to see?

Sore Spot/Jenny

2009-08-09T21:02:00.002+12:00

A couple of my roomies in Philly dubbed this cat "Sore Spot" because she was "adopted" by this idiot guy that I used to date (who had conveniently gone from dating me to dating my room-mate) and apparently his idea of "adopting" a stray was to leave her on our porch for weeks and expect us to watch over her till he could get his shit together. I think he named her "Jenny" which just goes to show you...damn, I have the worst taste in dudes. Who names their cat "Jenny?" Unimaginative jerks, that's who!

Anyway, look at the teeth on this specimen! I hope she gets them into her new owner's flesh. RAWR.

What was she thinking?

2009-08-08T09:36:00.003+12:00

We spotted this girl while out last night. The questions must be asked:

1) Does she have no sense of good fashion or is she just bit of a slapper?

2) How many times last night did someone unhook her bra?

milf

2009-08-06T11:28:00.002+12:00

A place where I'd like to...fall asleep at.

Adult Nappies!

2009-08-04T07:03:00.003+12:00

A baby shop in Wellington which also caters either to the incontinent or to all those adult baby fetishists out there...

Map suggestion fail

2009-08-03T14:02:00.003+12:00

How rude. This is what happens when you type kitten adoption columbus ohio in to Google. Found by Brandie.

Incorrect rooster noise

2009-08-03T13:37:00.006+12:00

This rooster doesn't even know how to say what he's supposed to say.

I see what you did there

2009-08-03T12:36:00.000+12:00

I saw a computer repair store on campus today called "DOS Boot".

Hurrr.

Overheard in the street

2009-08-02T11:39:00.005+12:00

The scene: Two middle aged women and a man jogging down the street, they approach a women's accessories store.

Mary: Ooh Lynn, that's a groovy handbag! *stops to look*

Man: (frustrated at yet another distraction) Oh come on! Mary!!

Lynn: *mischievously grins and stops to look*

2009-08-01T17:10:00.003+12:00

I have rediscovered this picture that I took about a year ago. Students in Dunedin do like to create urban chaos. The placing of traffic cones in unconventional places is cliche, but it's the single gumboot and hockey mask hanging there too that makes it for me.

What became of the other gumboot? Is the hockey mask the result of broken hockey playing dreams?

2009-08-01T10:52:00.002+12:00

I'm lovin' it. I took this picture one groggy morning while walking down Girard St. in Philadelphia. The clouds parted and the shadow fell upon the wall like a dark beacon with promises of clogged arteries and adult onset-diabetes. Being a child of light, however, I shielded my eyes but snapped a quick picture with my iPhone in order to document this black evil that had inked it's arch-like tentacles into the day. And there you have it, little girls and boys. None of us are safe.

City street instruments

2009-07-31T20:49:00.003+12:00

A couple of days ago I came across this sight on my walk to work that had appeared over night. At first I couldn't work out what it was meant to be, I thought it was just some random art installation. That evening it was still intact and I showed it to a friend who determined that it was an instrument. The sticks and metal bars in the buckets are to tap against the wood. The sound did not change greatly along the scale so it was not the best design. The next morning it was completely gone.

Internet Cliche

the age of hipstamatic photos

Many hands make light work *rimshot*

More cone shenanigans

A bit of toy aisle engrish

It's enough to turn you to the dark side

Black out the Wallabies

Wrong number

Wont someone think of the cables?

Overhead at work today

I was worried

Personality goes a long way

Overheard in the street

S-R-I-R-A-C-H-A

Sore Spot/Jenny

What was she thinking?

milf

Adult Nappies!

Map suggestion fail

Incorrect rooster noise

I see what you did there

Overheard in the street

City street instruments

Many hands make light work rimshot