Monthly Archive for April, 2005

Work

Just thought that you should know that there is an alarming new virus going around universities called “work”.

If you receive any sort of “work” at all whether via email by a fellow student. . . DO NOT OPEN IT.

This has been circulating around our campus for the last couple of weeks and those who have been tempted to open “work” or even look at “work” have found that their social life is deleted and their brain is corrupted permanently.

If you do encounter “work” via email or are faced with any “work” at all then use the special anti-virus code pick up any “work” you have attempted and burn it saying “fuck this for a game of soldiers I ‘m off to the Pub!”

The “work” should automatically be forgotten by your brain. If you receive “work” in paper-document form simply lift the document and drag the “work” to your rubbish bin. Put on your hat and coat and go to the nearest bar with two friends and order three pints of beer (or bottles of wicked).

After repeating this action 14 times you will find that “work” will no longer be of any relevance to you and that “Scooby Doo” was the greatest cartoon ever.

Send this message to everyone in your address book. If you do NOT have anyone in your address book then I’m afraid the “work” virus has already corrupted your life.

S.H.I.T

In order to assure the highest levels of quality work and productivity from employees it will be our policy to keep all employees well trained through our program of Special High Intensity Training (S.H.I.T).

We are trying to give employees more S.H.I.T than anyone else. If you feel that you do not receive your share of S.H.I.T on the job please see your manager. You will be immediatelyplaced at the top of the S.H.I.T list and our managers are especially skilled at seeing that you get all the S.H.I.T you can handle.

Employees who do not take their S.H.I.T will be placed in Departmental Employee Evaluation Programs (D.E.E.P S.H.I.T) Those who fail to take D.E.E.P S.H.I.T seriously will have to go to Employee Attitude Training (E.A.T S.H.I.T).

Since our managers took S.H.I.T before they were promoted they do not have to do S.H.I.T anymore as they are all full of S.H.I.T already.

If you are full of S.H.I.T you may be interested in a job training others. We can add yourname to our Basic Understanding Lecture List (B.U.L.L S.H.I.T) Those who are full of B.U.L.L S.H.I.T will get the S.H.I.T jobs and can apply for promotion to Director of Intensity Programming (D.I.P S.H.I.T)

If you have further questions please direct them to our Head Of Training Special High Intensity Training (H.O.T S.H.I.T)

Thank you

Boss in General (B.I.G S.H.I.T)

Trap-building ants torture prey

Saw this on the BBC, and it has to be the best thing ive ever seen from the insect world

Trap-building ants torture prey - A fierce species of Amazonian ant is caught building elaborate traps on which it dismembers its hapless prey. [BBC News]

never trust an Australian !

The questions below about Australia, are from potential visitors. They
were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are the
actual responses by the website officials, who obviously have a sense of
humour.

Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV,
how do the plants grow? (UK).
A: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching
them die.

Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
A: Depends how much you’ve been drinking.

Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad
tracks? (Sweden)
A: Sure, it’s only three thousand miles, take lots of water.

Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden)
A: So it’s true what they say about Swedes.

Q: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia? Can you send me a
list of them in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Hervey Bay? (UK)
A: What did your last slave die of?

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia?
(USA)
A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe.
Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific which does
not… oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every tuesday night in
Kings Cross. Come naked.

Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact us when you get here
and we’ll send the rest of the directions.

Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys’ Choir schedule? (USA)

A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which
is…oh forget it.
Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross,
straight after the hippo races. Come naked.

Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? ( UK)
A: You are a British politician, right?

Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year
round? (Germany)
A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of vegan hunter/gatherers. Milk is
illegal.

Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can dispense
rattlesnake serum. (USA)
A: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come from. All
Australian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled and make
good pets.

Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I forget
its name. It’s a kind of bear and lives in trees. (USA)
A: It’s called a Drop Bear. They are so called because they drop out of
Gum trees and eat the brains of anyone walking underneath them. You can
scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out
walking.

Q: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France)
A: No, WE don’t stink.

Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you
tell me where I can sell it in Australia? (USA)
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.

Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population
is smaller than the male population? (Italy)
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.

Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France)
A: Only at Christmas.

Q: I was in Australia in 1969 on R+R, and I want to contact the girl I
dated while I was staying in Kings Cross. Can you help? (USA)
A: Yes, and you will still have to pay her by the hour.

Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)
A: Yes, but you’ll have to learn it first

‘Cow Capitalism’

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM:
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell the herd and retire on the income.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. You re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create irritating cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them world-wide at a fantastic profit.

A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

ENGLISH CORPORATION
You have two cows. Both are mad.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are. You break for lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

A HINDU CORPORATION
You have two cows. You worship them.

CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.

A WELSH CORPORATION
You have two cows. The younger one is rather attractive

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have 2 stolen bulls but think they are cows You die the first time you try and milk them.

AN IRISH CORPORATION
You have two cows, but who cares, The EU Really owns them now and the pub is still serving

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows. You don’t know what they are used for as they aren’t sheep

revision break

So, on my revision break i am reading the bbc news site, and what do I find:

Bill gates is the most spammed person in the world, receiving up to 4 million spam emails a day.

Alcohol is bad for breastfeeding, no brainer there.

In Florida you can shoot an attacker in the street. The article says it might bring a wild west attitude… I think this is a rediculous idea, but if Dubya Bush’s brother signs it, it will be law. I’ll bet the number of door-to-door salesmen drops!

And some poor woman has received an electricity bill for £38,000 for electricity she didnt use! Hmm, how wierd the world is.