Phil Gyford (
mefi's own!) realized last year that after he and his friends spent much of their professional lives freelancing, they were missing out on a key part of business life:
Office Culture. So he invented his own, launching a synergizing solutioneering company site called
Pretend Office complete with stock art. The key component that made the ruse complete was the inter-office @everyone mailing list,
which is also online. Through the mailing list, they create the story of the most painful fictitious office on earth. A personal favorite of mine was
the Christmas Dinner thread, do step through the conversation.
posted by mathowie
on Feb 6, 2010 -
20 comments
The story of a speeding ticket, in three acts (click to see full-sized, readable versions). The Cliffs Notes version: man gets speeding ticket complete with a typo on the date of issue, man responds to police with amusing tales of time-travel, infants driving, and automobile prototypes. I won't spoil the ending.
posted by mathowie
on Nov 3, 2008 -
88 comments
You need organs, they need homes. "We are a domestic and international adoption agency where parents are free to adopt a child who is a perfect match (up to 18 yrs) for the transplant of one or more “non-essential” organs to be donated to one of the adopting parents or your own children. Your new son or daughter would give you their heart, if it was possible, but a lung, eye or three feet of intestine might be enough to prove that love."
[more inside]
posted by mathowie
on Sep 19, 2007 -
73 comments
laundryroom swapmeet "I live in an apartment building. We have a laundry room. The laundry room has a table. People put things on the table, and other people take those things away later. It's a laundry room swapmeet. I take pictures of the things and write about them. Hilarity more-or-less ensues." Awesome.
[via mefi projects]
posted by mathowie
on Aug 3, 2006 -
28 comments
It's Friday. It's early. You beat your coworkers into the office. Now for some fun go load up the
Office Poltergeist server onto their machines, note their IP address, and wait a few hours. Later today you can send text to their screen, send sounds, move their windows slightly, and open their CD tray. If you're careful, you can probably keep pranking someone for hours using this. [via
MeFi Projects]
posted by mathowie
on Nov 11, 2005 -
26 comments
You know how when someone dies in a terrorist attack, media always publishes their high school or vacation photos?
youblewmeupyoubastard.com is there to help. "We'll store a photo of you, giving it large at the terrorists what done you in, and in the event of your body being blown to bits by a suicide bomber, we'll supply your disgusted image to all news services." [
via]
posted by mathowie
on Sep 16, 2005 -
18 comments
Bush has a new running mate: Zombie Reagan. From the
FAQ:
What are some other advanatages of adding Zombie Reagan to the ticket? He will demonstrate America's resolve to continue the battle against terrorism. Instead of retreating to an undisclosed location, for instance, Zombie Reagan will be on the front lines, eating illegal combatants.
posted by mathowie
on Jun 9, 2004 -
42 comments
From the always excellent
Sharpeworld comes a true gem: her father's comedy duo's site,
Coyle and Sharpe. Harking back to another era (1960's San Francisco), the site features images, articles, and videos, but the
hidden audio tracks of man-on-the-street bits are not to be missed. They have all the innocence of Candid Camera, but are quite a bit funnier.
posted by mathowie
on Feb 5, 2003 -
8 comments
Cooking With Bigfoot is a flash series about a former TV star turned cable cooking show host (that happens to be a sasquatch). Episode one is up and looks like it could be a fine series when the rest are in place.
posted by mathowie
on Jun 14, 2001 -
1 comment
Jerry Lewis pulled an Andy Kaufman at a recent comedy awards Q&A session. When asked about female comics he admires, he answered with "I don't like any female comedians" and went so far as to say that he considers a woman "a producing machine that brings babies in the world." No word yet on whether or not he'll start professional wrestling anytime soon.
posted by mathowie
on Feb 14, 2000 -
4 comments
Tonight, I found a bevy of Bill Hicks mp3s. God, he was hilarious. He was more a truth-teller than a comedian. Luckily, there's still people out there that dig him too, including the great site at
BillHicks.com. Among the many cool things at that site is a
huge archive of audio clips of his standup and interviews.
posted by mathowie
on Nov 19, 1999 -
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