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have you guys seen the movie barcode thing yet? has dr.morbz seen it?

There needs to be some way of searching. Trying to find if they've done the Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

― emil.y, Monday, March 7, 2011 8:46 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

open jason segal (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link

Ha!

emil.y, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link

(Wouldn't really consider it a problem, more a thought that I had whilst looking at a site and decided to share with ilx. I should shut up more, I guess)

emil.y, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link

it was just funny to me tbh

open jason segal (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 03:54 (thirteen years ago) link

http://img3.photographersdirect.com/img/13725/wm/pd1118986.jpg

You know, when they do this, it's probably because they're going to do maintenance on it or because it's unsafe to walk on it.

OTOH, I have read that climbing a still escalator results in people tripping because the steps are taller than stair steps, so maybe they're cutting their liability.

Jesse, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link

there are so many poorly designed toilet paper dispensers/holders in public restrooms

gr8080, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 06:39 (thirteen years ago) link

mild insomnia so I'm drinking some beer

bury my heart at wounded nerd (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 07:13 (thirteen years ago) link

i feel like trying to alleviate mild insomnia w/ alcohol is something done across all worlds?

little humma boy (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 07:15 (thirteen years ago) link

Terrible iPod Days

Slow lorax loves getting tickled (dayo), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link

nytimes.com sign-in bullshit

goole, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link

haha, just came in here to post my gf this morning

"oh my god, did you see this, a nuclear plane exploded in Japan and... NO, NEW YORK TIMES I DONT WANT TO LOG IN!"

Whiney On The Goon (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 March 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link

This website is dedicated to watching Internet Explorer 6 usage drop to less than 1% worldwide, so more websites can choose to drop support for Internet Explorer 6, saving hours of work for web developers

Sending this off to the shower of bastards that run our web-based back office system who claim they can't support anything above IE6!! Because it's so "stable"!! Well, so's an abacus!!

Ned Raggett Reads Autumn Almanac (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link

Missed my yoga class because I forgot to turn the clock back.

Virginia Plain, Sunday, 13 March 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link

thats a great one

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 13 March 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link

anytime anyone on ilx has ever said "this poll is impossible"

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:15 (thirteen years ago) link

I am so sick of lodges where the dining room area flows difficultly into the living room.

― Sheneneh et Caro (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:04 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

blingee cummings (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link

Should sub-boards be removed?

Head goes goes goes (Schlafsack), Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link

i went out for a bagel because of this thread and the only decent bagel place i know of closed at 4 and i had to eat all these other foods to compensate and i am still unsatisfied

― horseshoe, Sunday, March 20, 2011 6:16 PM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

horseshoe, Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link

bought box of weet-bix cereal, box won't fit into commemorative weet-bix 2010 world cup tin - might have to eat the top row, cut off the excess section of box and stick it back into the tin but honestly who wants to do that??

beatbox snitchin' (haitch), Monday, 21 March 2011 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

The electricity was out this morning and my first thought was "How am I going to get the car out of the garage?"

Pleasant Plains, Friday, 15 April 2011 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link

Car door openers have an emergency release, silly

mh, Friday, 15 April 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link

I mean, GARAGE door openers

mh, Friday, 15 April 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link

Unsure of the nearest place to buy blank CDs

fucking up the race charts (S-), Friday, 15 April 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm angry because I'm tired of both Panera and Au Bon Pain and they're the nearest options for lunch. Bah.

ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link

I know there's a manual way to open a garage door. I just couldn't picture it in my mind.

And, there's the additional problem I was going to have of being forced to park the car in the driveway, walk back to the garage, pull the door down securely and the get back in the car. Fortunately, the power came back on before that nightmare scenario took place.

Pleasant Plains, Friday, 15 April 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link

being bored of available food is like the quintessential first world problem. sometimes i try to remind myself that i have access to a wider variety of food than most monarchs throughout history. i have a pineapple in my fridge at home. it's unheard of from a historical (and geographical) perspective to have that kind of access to exotic foods. (and assuming a solution isn't found for peak oil, we may be in a unique moment of history past and future where these things are affordable and available). xp

Mordy, Friday, 15 April 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link

being bored of available food is like the quintessential first world problem

I know - that's why I posted it!

ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link

lol of course. i'm agreeing w/ u :P

Mordy, Friday, 15 April 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link

Hmm, Panera, maybe I'll go there for lunch.

mh, Friday, 15 April 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link

if only henry viii had panera, maybe wed all be catholic

ban drake (the rapper) (max), Friday, 15 April 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link

-ran out of coffee this morning, had to go to mcdonalds

dayo, Saturday, 16 April 2011 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link

-no one wants to turn my tumblr into a book deal

gr8080, Saturday, 16 April 2011 00:08 (thirteen years ago) link

been thinking abt this thread a lot, being in a real 3rd world country for the month.

some submissions:

- waiters will never, ever, under any circumstances, bring you your check (or even ask if you want it) until you directly ask them for it. even if your food is bagged up and there is money on the table.

- internet cafes that only have IE

- using alt-gr for the @ sign and bbcode []

- having to wait until the bus is full before you leave

- FALSE GRANOLA (made w/puffed rice)

- no running water except from 5 am to 9 am

sleeve, Monday, 18 April 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link

- waiters will never, ever, under any circumstances, bring you your check (or even ask if you want it) until you directly ask them for it. even if your food is bagged up and there is money on the table.

never had my cheque brought to me unsolicited before (and have only been asked if i wanted the cheque on a handful of occasions).

tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Monday, 18 April 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link

i like referring to the bill as "la dolorosa" when i'm in a spanish speaking country. you either get a laugh or you get looked at like you're a weirdo.

tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Monday, 18 April 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link

I couldn't get over making the "holding out your palm like a pad and squiggling your finger like a pencil" gesture to get the bill. Seemed like the rudest thing to me, but happily expected by the staff.

Pleasant Plains, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link

what's the sign in America?

Hypermotard: (sic), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link

I usually hold an imaginary pen in the air and sign an invisible chit, but I assume that's pretty much the same thing

Hypermotard: (sic), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link

we do the same thing in the US, i dont know what PP is talking about

ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 01:54 (thirteen years ago) link

I usually do it without the pad - just scribble in the air with one hand.

a giant and leaky bag of mayhem (Jesse), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link

Clapping twice briskly while holding your chin up is also the norm here.

a giant and leaky bag of mayhem (Jesse), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link

i just wipe my arm over the table and let all the plates and glasses clatter to the floor and scream "FINISHED!"

i put that on my sub (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link

i poop out the food i just ate and then hand it to the waiter and say "were even"

ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link

i just always drop a $100 bill on the table when i'm done and yell "keep the change" on my way out

2㋡㋡9 style (gr8080), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link

i walk out without paying and when they chase me down the street i say "i own this restaurant" and then i say "youre fired"

ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link

I tweet the restaurant requesting a bill and if it doesn't come within 90 seconds I leave and start a hashtag campaign.

iSnack2.0Grrl (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link

i accidentally rub my hair in the flame of the candle on the table, shove my hand into the spaghetti sauce, start writing FUCK in huge letters on the wall with my right palm, and sprint out the store, where one of my friends is waiting for me with a fire extinguisher

markers, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link

i'm bored. at my job. which i have. in a climate-controlled office. where i get paid a reasonable amount for my time.

pan loco y salsa loca (get bent), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link

xp i have a friend waiting for me with a fire extinguisher so i'll say this

iSnack2.0Grrl (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link

being bored of available food is like the quintessential first world problem

another food-related one: being annoyed that daphne's (fast-food greek chain in socal) started putting thousand island on their gyro "street pitas," and that i was so mildly inconvenienced by having to scrape it off with a knife. food made with fresh ingredients, including green vegetables, in a restaurant that adheres to strict health and sanitation codes. it was a hellish experience!!!!!

pan loco y salsa loca (get bent), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link


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