Comments on: Really bad day at the office

Really bad day at the office

claus — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 06:38:15 -0800

Remember that film which spread like wildfire across the net in '98 nicknamed "Bad Day at the Office". It showed an angry office worker bashing his computer? Well the computer is back, and he ain't happy...

By: Chunder

Chunder — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 06:50:47 -0800

Heh - blatantly an advert, and blatantly artificial, but still pretty amusing... Was it really back in '98 when the original came out??! I feel old!

By: mic stand

mic stand — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 06:52:11 -0800

Well, I chuckled when the keyboard popped up into his face, but then I knew the monitor was going to fly back at him, but I expected so much more. * 1/2 out of *****

By: FormlessOne

FormlessOne — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:34:15 -0800

Feh.

By: tpl1212

tpl1212 — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:39:15 -0800

I'd certainly buy a "desktop firewall" via a link that says "When do you need the NetOp Desktop Firewall? Clik here >>"

By: Corky

Corky — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:47:38 -0800

I don't think I ever saw the original movie from 1998. (don't know what hole I must have been in, since I get all the other i-junk out there...) Anyone have a linkie, or perhaps saved it in their 'Funny Stuff' folder?

By: dabitch

dabitch — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:54:35 -0800

Sure thing, here is the original bad day.

By: chickygrrl

chickygrrl — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:56:01 -0800

Not great, but definitely amusing. The "Bad Day at the Office" video was probably one of the first videos I downloaded when I first got a decent net connection, along with the exploding whale newscast and "Troops", all of which I will probably search for and download this weekend for an hour worth of nostalgia.

By: dannynewbs

dannynewbs — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:00:25 -0800

Can you post the link to that exploding whale newscast? Never saw that and it sounds, well, like an exploding whale newscast, which sounds pretty good to me.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:04:32 -0800

Meh, kind of telegraphed the whole thing really. And now I'm scared of my monitor, thanks. Luckily its an LCD so it probably wouldn't be able to hurt me too much.

By: Corky

Corky — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:04:48 -0800

Thanks, dabitch!

By: xorowo

xorowo — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:14:15 -0800

Ahh...the exploding whale clip. Here is one of the sites hosting it, along with some background information. I must have lost days of my life showing this to everyone I knew. That, and the cat with the ceiling fan, this "Bad Day at the Office" video, Troops....good times, good times.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:23:07 -0800

Wikipedia on the Exploding Whale

By: dabitch

dabitch — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:32:55 -0800

aaaah, I though y'all meant that whale on a city street that exploded on it's own, perhaps the Taiwan one mentioned in teh wikipedia. Now that film is funny!

By: chickygrrl

chickygrrl — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:02:42 -0800

The best part of the exploding whale newscast is the sound of the whale debris falling on the people/cars and the almost total deadpan delivery of the broadcast, if I remember correctly. And I'd forgotten about the cat and the ceiling fan clip. I'll add that to the list :)

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:03:03 -0800

Thanks for this, claus, and for the original, dabitch. It's particularly funny for me because the guy who had my day-job before me actually made it to the point of slamming his fist on the desk daily before, despite having a master's degree and tons of work and military experience, he quit to manage a pizza place. Anything to get outta here... Thanks for the exploding whale too. I'll look for Troops. The Memory Lane of Video Memes...

By: Daddio

Daddio — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:01:01 -0800

Well, since we're talking about old video clips, I thought I'd add a link to the "100 Best Video Clips" that I found recently. Good waste of time for a Friday, anyhow.

By: Corky

Corky — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:07:49 -0800

Okay, Daddio... I'm in big trouble here! There goes the rest of whatever productivity I had for the day! Thanks!

By: xorowo

xorowo — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:41:17 -0800

Jesus Christ, Daddio...I truly thought that I had seen everything...then I saw some of the videos on that 100 Best Video Clip site and I...I...I...I feel sick......