John's Blog and Stuff

Two sites (or one, really, divided into parts) finding humor in the difficulty that is the English language.

Rated 'PG':
http://www.engrish.com

...and it's Rated 'R' counterpart:
http://adult.engrish.com

My sides ache after reading through them...

Funny Videos

OK, so I've already posted about this on FaceBook, and I'm sure I had something about it 2 years ago on my (old) blog, but Chris Rae has a really funny book out that compares the American definition of various words to their British counterparts.

Here's the link...if you go check out the site, you can get a very good sample of Chris' writing style and sense of humor, without paying a penny.

This definition was categorized as 'cynical', but it looks pretty honest to me...

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
--P. J. Plauger, Computer Language, March 1983

Found on the Quotations Page.

I wish I could remember which airport this was in...it just struck me as funny that EVERYONE has trouble with Windows and the 'help' it offers:

In scanning through a ZDNet article/interview with Lawson's Harry Debes, this quote caught me as particularly funny...

People are stupid. History has shown it repeats itself, and people make the same mistakes.

Warning: Strong Bathroom Humor

I don't know if this is original, but a quick Google search didn't turn it up. If you wrote it, let me know and I'll give you credit:

From email:

"Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

Recently, a client's custom-built computer (submitted for service work) caught my attention. It was obviously a custom-built machine, as there were no name brand tags glued to the case's front; but something else made me think it might not be a finely-tuned commercial production...