Posts by TheProf

Wonderful

Almost enough to restore my faith in mankind.

Shocking!

"Less than three in ten science and engineering job are held by women."

FEWER than three in ten blah blah blah.

Looks like the female dominated education system needs a kick up the arse too!

Cheaper option

What public transport needs is to turn up on schedule.

Thank you.

Speaking as an Englishman

Diolch am y gwersi iaith. A diolch i Dduw am Google gyfieithu.

But I'm Special.

"the dismissals included workers over the age of 40 and workers who are women, so age and gender discrimination are also being claimed in the EEOC filings."

So the dismissals also included workers under the age of 40 and workers who are men?

Yep, that's age and gender discrimination in my book.

(Over 40? You young people don't know your born you don't. Eeee.)

£10?

Ten pounds to see this? Brilliant!

Oh hold on. Return train tickets and somewhere to stay for the night plus food and drink at London prices.

Try this

260,000 different images strung together to make a 3 hour film. (Think the opening credits to The Big Bang Theory but much more headache inducing.)

Then they'd have their work cut out scanning the lot for unsuitable scenes.

Wow!

“Less than one in six 8-11s and a third of 12-15s in 2015 are able to correctly identify advertising displayed in online search results,” Ofcom’s research found.

Wow! You'd think youngsters had no experience of the world. I mean, 8 year olds not being able to spot shady tactics? What is the world coming to?

Comment

Well this was a pretty poor On-Call.

Every comment, except this one obviously, has been more entertaining than the article.

Well done all you chaps!

No title sequence

I wonder why?

I'm not in the least bit worried

Every time I typed my credit card details into their web page I made sure there was a padlock icon in the address bar.

Upvote for the author

'Third bathroom reading material'

Well said, Sir!

Women on top

They can't fire her now, it'll look bad for the 'more women on the board' campaign.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34663119

Quids in!

'while a 2 cent coin costs 1.94 cent to produce.'

Hmm! Produce a million 2 cent coins, take 'em back to the bank and cash them in. 60,000 Euro profit!

Kerching!

'ere! Where the Euro symbol gone from my keyboard?

Cockwomble!

Thank you for that. I've often wondered what to call those 'gentlemen', usually wearing grey sporting trousers, who seems to be looking for spare change in their crotch region.

And people wonder why I'm reluctant to shake hands.

Ironic

Jack Dorsey’s message is sent using email.

Not very practical

If it means walking around with a huge clumsy backpack on then the attacker is going to stick out like a sore thumb.

Oh wait, never mind.

Awesome

Literally.

Voice

Of course it's the people calling in who should be talking like robots.

Caller: Extension three please.

Robot: Did you say 'eggs pens and peas?'

Very common

"They couldn't turn it on at 100% Design because the cable was too short to reach the socket".

Cable length is a common review complaint on Amazon.

I can't remember what the item was but one reviewer knocked a point off because 'the cable was to short to reach the socket', the next knocked a point off because 'the cable was much to long.'

Handy Hint: If the cable is too short, move your appliance closer to the socket. If the cable is too long, buy a new house with bigger rooms.

Don't cut

I occasionally have trouble with razor-blade labels in clothing but I don't use scissors to cut them out. That just leaves a very short annoying label behind.

I use a seam unpicker to, err, unpick the seam. It takes a little bit longer but the end result is smooth fabric.

unpicker picture

My recent purchase of M&S Hipsters (I know! I don't even have a beard.) had a 'heat sealed label for minimal irritation'.