That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
http://garbi.online/forum/
GreenGoo wrote:I am watch that soon.
And an hour after I wrote this a co-worker made the joke. "Did you try turning it off and on again?" Haha. *punch*GreenGoo wrote:The problem is that I am currently working in IT, and hear that joke on average, once a day. Sometimes from my own peers. What humour it might have contained is long since wrung out of it.Max Peck wrote:Tell me "When he told her he worked in IT support, it really turned her on. Then it turned her off. Then it turned her on again." isn't funny. I dare you.
I will say that once upon a time I would have found "did you try turning it off and on again?" at least mildly funny.
Yeah but was it about her husband?GreenGoo wrote:And an hour after I wrote this a co-worker made the joke. "Did you try turning it off and on again?" Haha. *punch*
Rip wrote:Hallo?!?
One afternoon in March 2007, Jack Daws stepped up to a newsstand in Los Angeles International Airport with a handful of change, including a counterfeit penny made of 18-karat gold that Mr. Daws, a Seattle artist, had fashioned.
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He never expected to see it again, but he wondered where the penny ended up: stuck in a giant penny jar, melted down with other coins back at the United States Mint, lost in a street gutter. Meanwhile, one of his other counterfeit pennies sold for $1,000 to a collector through the Greg Kucera gallery.
Then, Mr. Daws woke up one morning in October [2009] and listened to a voicemail left by a Brooklyn graphic designer named Jessica Reed.
“I think I found your gold penny,” the message said.
Kathleen Quinn just finished creating a popular gooey concoction called “slime” at her kitchen table last week when she noticed both of her hands were starting to hurt.
The 11-year-old girl from Rockland, Massachusetts, said her skin suddenly started to feel “really hot and tingly.”
She told her parents, who noticed her skin was starting to turn bright red and starting to bubble. They immediately drove her to a nearby hospital, where they discovered her hands were covered in second- and third-degree burns, CBS Philly reports.
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The blistering burns were a result of handling homemade slime, the newest social media craze that’s inspiring kids to make their own with do-it-yourself recipes.
In fact, it’s become so popular, liquid glue sales rose during the second half of 2016, and during the last four weeks of the year they more than doubled, according to Newell Brands (NWL), the parent of Elmer’s Glue.
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Quinn was using three key ingredients Elmer’s glue, water and Borax -- sodium borate -- to make her slime.
Borax sales are also on the rise because it’s a key ingredient in making slime. Doctors, however, have warned parents that Borax can be toxic if it’s not safely diluted, which may have been the case with Quinn.
According to CBS Philly, doctors said Kathleen’s blisters came from “extended exposure” to Borax.
Though she’s in pain, Kathleen is expected to make a full recovery. But her parents hope others share their daughter’s story as a warning to beware of homemade slime, and be extra cautious when using Borax.
Though I suppose it's better than them playing with a found lighter or matches in their bedroom and burning the house down.Isgrimnur wrote:But her parents hope others share their daughter’s story as a warning to beware of homemade slime, and be extra cautious when using Borax. not supervising your 11 year old's internet usage as well as their use of chemical cleansers
After watching a few episodes of the Primitive Technology guy, my 4.5-year-old son decided he wanted us to build another house in the back yard, using only tools we made ourselves, of course.coopasonic wrote:Both of my kids love watching videos about making stuff on youtube. So far it is just watching. They ask about trying stuff but I always say no... that will probably have them trying without me. Time to hide the borax.
That isn't slime, that is known as Gak. you are suppose to saturate water with borax and use it as one component. the idiots probably put borax directly into the glue.Isgrimnur wrote:Maybe don't make things off the internet:
Kathleen Quinn just finished creating a popular gooey concoction called “slime” at her kitchen table last week when she noticed both of her hands were starting to hurt.
The 11-year-old girl from Rockland, Massachusetts, said her skin suddenly started to feel “really hot and tingly.”
She told her parents, who noticed her skin was starting to turn bright red and starting to bubble. They immediately drove her to a nearby hospital, where they discovered her hands were covered in second- and third-degree burns, CBS Philly reports.
...
The blistering burns were a result of handling homemade slime, the newest social media craze that’s inspiring kids to make their own with do-it-yourself recipes.
In fact, it’s become so popular, liquid glue sales rose during the second half of 2016, and during the last four weeks of the year they more than doubled, according to Newell Brands (NWL), the parent of Elmer’s Glue.
...
Quinn was using three key ingredients Elmer’s glue, water and Borax -- sodium borate -- to make her slime.
Borax sales are also on the rise because it’s a key ingredient in making slime. Doctors, however, have warned parents that Borax can be toxic if it’s not safely diluted, which may have been the case with Quinn.
According to CBS Philly, doctors said Kathleen’s blisters came from “extended exposure” to Borax.
Though she’s in pain, Kathleen is expected to make a full recovery. But her parents hope others share their daughter’s story as a warning to beware of homemade slime, and be extra cautious when using Borax.
Eating homemade silly putty made from cleansers?Smoove_B wrote:EDIT: As the parent of an 11 year old, I can confirm this is all the rage now.
In fairness to Smoove, that's preferable to the reeking malignancy of New Jersey.LordMortis wrote:Eating homemade silly putty made from cleansers?Smoove_B wrote:EDIT: As the parent of an 11 year old, I can confirm this is all the rage now.
True. My 5th-grader came home with some of it smeared on his sleeve.Smoove_B wrote:A little salty. Then burny.
EDIT: As the parent of an 11 year old, I can confirm this is all the rage now.
You just need to use a lot more with children. The amount depends on the body weight.wonderpug wrote:I've only ever used Borax as an ant-killer, so the idea of using it for children's arts & crafts sounds a bit odd to me.
Seriously. Children can only carry, like, one-third of their body weight at most more than fifty yards or so. Ants are total champions there.coopasonic wrote:You just need to use a lot more with children. The amount depends on the body weight.wonderpug wrote:I've only ever used Borax as an ant-killer, so the idea of using it for children's arts & crafts sounds a bit odd to me.
Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
gbasden wrote:I, for one, welcome our new arachnid overlords.
Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year
We may never hear from KKBlue again. Speaking of, has anyone heard from KKBlue?For instance, one study estimated that global average spider density stands at about 131 spiders per square meter.
Spiders are pretty hardy. I just use a tissue and pinch them gently through it. They are typically still alive when I flush them down the toilet.Giles Habibula wrote:My gf freaks when she sees a spider, but made me promise not to kill them when I try to get rid of them.
Therefore, I certainly get my exercise whenever she spots one. I have to go get a paper cup and a piece of cardboard to slide underneath, and then try to capture the spider by trapping it under the cup. I invariably wind up in a sweat by the time I've (usually) captured it. Because I'm not allowed to kill them, my success rate is not very good. Maybe 50%. After I capture them, I throw them outside. I didn't bother to tell her that they likely wouldn't survive long outside with the winter we just had. But the weather is getting nicer now, so I won't be feeling so guilty.
I also have to do this with moths.
Flies and mosquitoes, however, I am allowed to terminate with extreme prejudice, so I do.
On Facebook, yes.coopasonic wrote:We may never hear from KKBlue again. Speaking of, has anyone heard from KKBlue?
not play doh(R) or kindergarden paste. silly putty.The Meal wrote:But how does it taste?
.. A list of April Foolery for your perusal
PC gamers have reacted angrily to a joint admission by Nvidia and AMD that both companies have been working together to make identical graphics cards, then simply paint them red or green and ship them off.
"We can't live a lie any longer," confirmed Nvidia's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang as he stood side-by-side with AMD CEO Lisa Su at a joint press conference organised earlier today. "This has gone on too long. It's time that we set things right."
The press conference included a walkthrough of the joint graphics card factory, which showed a highly advanced production process that finished up with sheepish-looking workers carefully painting the cards red and green and coughing in an embarrassed fashion.
Su revealed that the two companies joined forces years ago, after realising it would be "much cheaper" and "pretty funny" to simply make one graphics card and then pay for advertising to convince people the two were different.
"Watching people analyse and pore over every detail, convincing themselves they were 'an AMD man' or a 'diehard Nvidia fan', was immensely satisfying," Hu said. "We had some good times. We laughed as each new card release 'took the lead'."
This will be a comfort to any brick-and-mortar bookstores that still exist.dbt1949 wrote:Amazon is now collecting state sales tax from everyone.
Funny, this was the exact subject of the nightmare I had last night.Daehawk wrote:Unless its a large spider or strange looking I either pick it up by the legs or let it fall or crawl into my hand and then set them outside.
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