Fail!

[Ivan Seeking]

These folks have some pretty good stuff.
http://failblog.org/

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8615/fail10.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fail10.jpg)

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1918/fail20.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fail20.jpg)

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6431/fail30.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fail30.jpg)

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2739/fail40.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fail40.jpg)

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8733/fail50z.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fail50z.jpg)

[Cyrus]

I Love these things!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/1272549006_294f713d3c.jpg
FAIL!

http://www.spartan5.com/images/fail_boat.jpg

FAIL!!

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2008/11/18/633626267691843190-thefailboat.jpg

FAIL!

http://www.yeahitscold.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/33928617.jpg

FAIL!

http://images.paraorkut.com/img/funnypics/images/b/boat_fail-12858.jpg

http://www.lolblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/faildawg.jpg

http://pictures.mastermarf.com/blog/2008/081205-epic-fail.jpg

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/fail-tollbooth-race.jpg

http://nheerdesign.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/poster53488988.jpg

[GeorginaS]

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/Bean-2008/fail-owned-floor-level-fail.jpg

[Ivan Seeking]

Here a few from my files.

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5923/funtreetruck.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=funtreetruck.jpg)

This happened at a customer site.
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4051/td1mishap.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=td1mishap.jpg)

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9775/bridgeaccident.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bridgeaccident.jpg)

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7200/bridgeaccident3.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bridgeaccident3.jpg)

[Moonbear]

This one got a good laugh from me, but I don't think it's a "fail."
http://failblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/fail-owned-kid-tow-fail.jpg

I thought that one was a hilarious way to suggest that parents should supervise their children in that shop.

[FredGarvin]

We have a "Fail Friday" where we distribute failblog's stuff. There are some real classics on there.

A personal favorite:
http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/fail-owned-canadian-language-fail1.jpg

[Moonbear]

This one's for Zz! :rofl:
http://failblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/02/fail-owned-storage-box-fail.jpg

[Cyrus]

http://www.ratemyeverything.net/image/7731/0/Dog_FAIL.ashx

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff127/tetrabinary/Two/cats/cat_fail.jpg

[Moonbear]

Aww...I feel sorry for that dog now. By the way, thanks Ivan for linking to a site that I can waste all day visiting! :grumpy:

[turbo]

Ivan your first one was particularly good. A good friend of mine called a couple of years back to let me know that he and his wife were going to be in town, and he was telling me that a new mini-mall opened up in their town and the first two tenants were Curves and a Tim Horton's donut shop...side-by-side.

[BobG]

Failed at piloting the tug:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat01.jpg

The bridge didn't have time to open and the tug releases the barge as it tries to resist the current.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat03.jpg

Uh, oh.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat05.jpg
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat06.jpg
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat07.jpg

The pilot has officially failed.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat08.jpg

Or maybe not...
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat09.jpg
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat12.jpg

The deck is still low, but rising, and he's chasing the barge.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat16.jpg

And the engines are running again.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat19.jpg

In fact, that wasn't a fail. That was pretty darn impressive. Must be a kayaker in his spare time.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat20.jpg

[Pengwuino]

You can all quit your day job now that you've discovered FAILblog.

The tugboat one was hysterical. If that's real.... wow. There should be the anti-failblog... WINblog.org for amazing things like that.

[BobG]

Here's another fail. They couldn't even get the lights on the billboard working right.

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/fail-owned-conservation-win.jpg

Oh, wait! That's not a fail!

[Pengwuino]

Oh, wait! That's not a fail!

:rofl: :rofl: it would have been even better if there actually was something on the rest of the billboard.

[Math Is Hard]

oh dear.. :bugeye:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/fail-owned-no-squirl-fail.jpg?w=496&h=364

[Moonbear]

Ivan your first one was particularly good. A good friend of mine called a couple of years back to let me know that he and his wife were going to be in town, and he was telling me that a new mini-mall opened up in their town and the first two tenants were Curves and a Tim Horton's donut shop...side-by-side.

My favorite was when a shopping center near one of my friends opened up and only had three stores in it. The giant sign at the entrance read:
Dick's
BJ's
Babies R Us

My friend drove me past that shopping center when I visited her just to show me the signs, and I nearly died laughing.

[Moonbear]

Darwin approved birth control:
http://failblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/fail-owned-fetish-fail.jpg

[cristo]

oh dear.. :bugeye:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/fail-owned-no-squirl-fail.jpg?w=496&h=364

Call me dumb but.. I don't get it!

[qntty]

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1918/fail20.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fail20.jpg)

How can we be certain the this is a typo?

[Ivan Seeking]

How can we be certain the this is a typo?

He's smiling.

[NeoDevin]

Call me dumb but.. I don't get it!

At many pools they have small electric swimsuit driers (basically just spins it like a washer's spin cycle). The opening is approximately squirrel sized.

[TheStatutoryApe]

The tugboat one was hysterical. If that's real.... wow. There should be the anti-failblog... WINblog.org for amazing things like that.


http://winblog.org/
http://winblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bottlecap-win.jpg

[BobG]

A popular Mexican restaraunt in New Haven, Connecticut - c.o. jones (street view) (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=CO+Jones+mexican+restaurant&ie=UTF8&ll=47.694974,-81.738281&spn=0,306.298828&z=4&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=41.31544,-72.91003&panoid=rkA23sJ2qHIrp_wxvQgsAg&cbp=12,143.09,,0,5)

Clever name, but bad food - C.O. Jones has balls, but no good Mexican food (http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/22790)

[Andre]

having grenouilles (http://images.google.nl/images?hl=nl&rlz=1W1GPEA_nl&um=1&sa=1&q=grenouilles+dish&btnG=Afbeeldingen+zoeken&aq=f&oq=) for dinner

http://www.readthesmiths.com/articles/Images/Humor/Fail/saladfail.jpg

[Office_Shredder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9GxN7tezds

This is an absolutely hilarious video

[Jimmy Snyder]

Lots of guffaws. Here's one of my favorites.
The war on Hanukkah (http://failblog.wordpress.com/files/2008/12/fail-owned-santa-dreidel-fail.jpg)

[Moonbear]

having grenouilles (http://images.google.nl/images?hl=nl&rlz=1W1GPEA_nl&um=1&sa=1&q=grenouilles+dish&btnG=Afbeeldingen+zoeken&aq=f&oq=) for dinner

http://www.readthesmiths.com/articles/Images/Humor/Fail/saladfail.jpg

:rofl: At least you know it's fresh if the frog is still alive. :biggrin:

[GeorginaS]

:rofl: At least you know it's fresh if the frog is still alive. :biggrin:

It'd be a more accurate indicator as opposed to a Best Before Date on the package. Maybe they're onto something.:wink:

[TheStatutoryApe]

Maybe "Fail" should be a theme for one of our PF photo contests.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/thestatutoryape/1238820231181.jpg

[Cyrus]

OMG!! HAHAHAHA!!!

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You just cant make this up!!!


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[junglebeast]

My favorite was when a shopping center near one of my friends opened up and only had three stores in it. The giant sign at the entrance read:
Dick's
BJ's
Babies R Us

My friend drove me past that shopping center when I visited her just to show me the signs, and I nearly died laughing.

You should have taken a picture...you could have written "FAIL" in big bold letters under it and contributed to that big beautiful anonymous beast known as the "internetz."

[drizzle]

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/4461/67756791.png

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6223/454.png

[TheStatutoryApe]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/thestatutoryape/1244982284796.png

[D H]

Failure in Seminole County, Florida, 2007:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/6/3/4/5/7/0/i/3/3/9/o/14221644.jpg



The street painters still need to repeat a grade. This reflects the level of education in Miami-Dade in 2009:

http://www.wsvn.com/images/news_articles/389x205/090624_painters_misspell_school.jpg

[Ivan Seeking]

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Ty-vH42H_7k

pj4yUpR1PB0

[Borg]

My favorite was when a shopping center near one of my friends opened up and only had three stores in it. The giant sign at the entrance read:
Dick's
BJ's
Babies R Us

My friend drove me past that shopping center when I visited her just to show me the signs, and I nearly died laughing.

Here is a similar one that has been haunting my computer for some time.

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy250/HughOfBorg/Humor/movies.jpg

[JaredJames]

J_X4aSfH8hA
It sounds like the seagulls are laughing.

pj4yUpR1PB0
Fair play, he kept on giving that talk.

[Borg]

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/fail-owned-pork-fail.jpg

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/fail-owned-mcdonalds-fail.jpg

[Borg]

Searched for physics fail and found that we CAN travel faster than light!
http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/cnnsucks.jpg

[Ivan Seeking]

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7948/warningactual.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/i/warningactual.jpg/)

Actual size. The warning for a medication.

[Redbelly98]

Never get a truck aroused while it is parked under a bridge.


http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9775/bridgeaccident.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bridgeaccident.jpg)

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7200/bridgeaccident3.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bridgeaccident3.jpg)

[Math Is Hard]

Twitter Billboard fail:
http://mashable.com/2009/11/29/live-twitter-billboard/#mb
http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/twitterbillboard.jpg

[Borg]

Does this qualify as a hetro-sexual marriage? :rolleyes:

Mom and Dad must be so proud (http://failblog.org/2009/12/02/mom-and-dad-must-be-so-proud/)

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/epic-fail-marriage-fail.jpg

[Ivan Seeking]

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[cronxeh]

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[Dembadon]

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2HaBiEtcAto&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2HaBiEtcAto&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

[cronxeh]

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2HaBiEtcAto&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2HaBiEtcAto&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

ahahaha. wow

[Dembadon]

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/epic-fail-cd-fail.jpg

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/fail-owned-cleaning-fail.jpg?w=500&h=393

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/epic-fail-firemen-fail.jpg

What the hell are they doing?

[Moonbear]

Hey, I like that idea of using a baby as a mop. :biggrin:

Though, the one for the firefighters has too obvious of an explanation to be as funny. It's probably a training exercise, where they use an old building that they set on fire intentionally to practice putting out fires, so have time to pose for a photo before someone decides the building is ready for them to use for the exercise.

[Dembadon]

Hey, I like that idea of using a baby as a mop. :biggrin:

So does my wife, but she was thinking of something that would fit a grown man...

:eek:

[cronxeh]

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64f416cec5/tv-demonstration-fail

[Borg]

Direct and to the point. Nice. :biggrin:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/129090170651439281.jpg

[drizzle]

Direct and to the point. Nice. :biggrin:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/129090170651439281.jpg

:rofl:

Here's another indirect one :biggrin:

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8431/20070625221950memorialb.jpg

[Quincy]

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/129098713848115151.jpg

[ƒ(x)]

http://i46.tinypic.com/2epszex.gif

http://i47.tinypic.com/x2kq3k.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/2vjeyhk.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/2zi2ets.gif

http://i46.tinypic.com/2jf14hu.jpg

I couldn't resist this post.

[ƒ(x)]

Sorry for large pictures, the see image size option on tinypic was incredibly misleading.

[lisab]

Sorry for large pictures, the see image size option on tinypic was incredibly misleading.

I agree, it's not a great feature. Size option on tinypic - Fail!

[The legend]

All of these. They are simply hilarous!!!!!!!1

[tatiana_eggs]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1JxvgbkEF08/Sh1BoAJ1ubI/AAAAAAAAArE/gtlf5Dpq4As/s320/fail.jpg

Haha, this is cute.

http://i47.tinypic.com/2eobq5l.jpg

I wonder if this was a TA or the professor?

[zomgwtf]

I wonder if this was a TA or the professor?

Probably neither, looks like highschool math.

[tatiana_eggs]

I took linear algebra at a uni, we did stuff like that.

[Borg]

Hmm, I don't remember learning about these forces. :confused:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/epic-fail-physics-fail.jpg

[Dembadon]

Hmm, I don't remember learning about these forces. :confused:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/epic-fail-physics-fail.jpg

The answer given is clearly incorrect. The test taker was not clear about what the misconceptions were in his/her answer. They also spelled "metachlorians" wrong.

[Gokul43201]

What are metachlorians?

[WiFO215]

Midichlorians are part of the fictional Star Wars universe. Like the "chi", the characters have access to a mystical force. Your ability to use this force is determined by the MC count.

[Gokul43201]

I know what midichlorians are, but have heard nothing about metachlorians.

[Dembadon]

I know what midichlorians are, but have heard nothing about metachlorians.

It was an attempt to extend my sarcasm beyond just pointing out the test taker's poor phrasing.

It was a poor use of irony, and a bad joke. :rofl: *hangs head in shame*

[Ivan Seeking]

KwDAXgmqBfc

Looks to me like a brake failure.

[hamster143]

Probably neither, looks like highschool math.

"1502 F3" is a section of an undergraduate Calculus II course in Georgia Tech.

My money is on the professor. Most TA's are too old to know about charizards and blastoises, but many professors have children of the right age.

[Gokul43201]

KwDAXgmqBfc

Looks to me like a brake failure.Wow, that looks like what's happened to dozens of my fantastic contraptions (http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=250805).

[Kronos5253]

Wow, that looks like what's happened to dozens of my fantastic contraptions (http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=250805).

"Oh no, my erector set!"

[Borg]

Here's one for all the aviators here.

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/129138429470325153.jpg

[Ivan Seeking]

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[Ivan Seeking]

http://www.hilarious-pictures.com/files/picture/58059486.jpg

http://www.hilarious-pictures.com/files/picture/33459435.jpg
http://www.hilarious-pictures.com/picture/advertising-fail

[The legend]

Oh man!!!

These are Hilarious!!!!!!!
(I almost died laughing!!)

[Argentum Vulpes]

KwDAXgmqBfc

Looks to me like a brake failure.

That would defiantly be a day where you just go punch out, and come back to the mess tomorrow.

[Ivan Seeking]

That would defiantly be a day where you just go punch out, and come back to the mess tomorrow.

No kidding! Also, I take back the guess about a brake failure. It looks like the entire structure of the lower crane fails at its cable begins to lift the load. Also interesting, on the right side of the screen, an object is thrown as fire erupts, before the crane hits. I tend to assume that it must have been a cable spool failing.

[cronxeh]

We should do this more often!

Grt-MuzIiJk

[jostpuur]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1JxvgbkEF08/Sh1BoAJ1ubI/AAAAAAAAArE/gtlf5Dpq4As/s320/fail.jpg


I think we should use conventions

yes = +1

no = -1

here. If you put forward a contradictory claim where you say both yes and no simultaneously, you are actually saying absolutely nothing :wink:

[hamster143]

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[magpies]

I got an idea why dont we use a railgun to send a bus into outer space also make sure its aimed at our worst enemys and get the people who are working at nasa to do it.

[rootX]

We should do this more often!

Grt-MuzIiJk

One of the comments:
China FTW! If this was in the US, people would be too afraid of getting sued.


Recently in New York, a man helped a lady while the offender stabbed the man. No one helped him while he was dying.

[cronxeh]

One of the comments:



Recently in New York, a man helped a lady while the offender stabbed the man. No one helped him while he was dying.

Not only over 2 dozen people passed him by thinking he was just another drunk guy, mind you laying prone on the street in a pool of blood at 6am, but some actually took pictures with their cellphone and passed by. Needless to say we have some of the worst scum on earth right here in Jamaica, Queens, NY

[Borg]

Psychic Fail (http://cheezburger.com/View/3505477632)

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/5/9/129178800141818595.jpg

[Galteeth]

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I assumed the gun was loaded with a blank in the second shot, and that was the point of the demonstration, to show how easy an "accident" can happen. It happened just after he said "I'm a professional and I can handle this gun." If that was live ammo, I don't think he'd keep giving the talk.

[Ivan Seeking]

I assumed the gun was loaded with a blank in the second shot, and that was the point of the demonstration, to show how easy an "accident" can happen. It happened just after he said "I'm a professional and I can handle this gun." If that was live ammo, I don't think he'd keep giving the talk.

4/17/06 - ORLANDO, FL) -- A DEA agent who accidentally shot himself in the foot while demonstrating gun safety to school children is suing the agency, saying video of the incident has made him the joke of the Internet.

Lee Paige was making a presentation to children at the Orlando Youth Minority Golf Association on April 9, 2004, when he shot himself. Moments before the shooting, the 14-year agency veteran was displaying his firearm and telling students he was the only one in the room professional enough to handle a gun...
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/bizarre&id=4090491

Also
http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/gunsafety.asp

[Ivan Seeking]

Wow, the video only contains raw footage, but the story was reported by CBS.

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[rootX]

Wow, the video only contains raw footage, but the story was reported by CBS.

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I was reading that they were found dead on their couch and were watching hockey game. Interesting that it all happened in one instant.

[DaveC426913]

I was reading that they were found dead on their couch and were watching hockey game. Interesting that it all happened in one instant.
And how did they know what they'd been watching?

[Evo]

Does anyone know the cause of death? Drowning? Suffication from mud? If they were lying on couches, were they crushed?

[rootX]

Does anyone know the cause of death? Drowning? Suffication from mud? If they were lying on couches, were they crushed?

They were in the basement and the upper floors collapsed.

Edit:
The family of four were effectively "buried alive" and died of the resulting lack of air — as opposed to drowning or trauma, said Guilbault.

The Prefontaines were sitting in their basement Monday night, and believed to have been watching a Montreal Canadiens playoff game, when a landslide occurred on and around their property. Their house tumbled down 40 metres into a giant crater created by the landslide, 400 metres long and 600 metres wide. The four bodies were found submerged in thick sludge in the basement. Their bodies were found Tuesday night by firefighters who scooped away the sludge by hand, according to Michel C. Dore, the government of Quebec's emergency-management supervisor.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Family+buried+alive+landslide+authorities/3023520/story.html

[lisab]

There's a thread, albeit a short one, on this tragedy.

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=403272

But check out the link from the thread:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/no-survivors-in-quebec-slide/article1564432/

Scroll down to see an aerial shot of the area, and then further down to see a before shot of the house. It's not on a hillside...in fact it looks level.

[DaveC426913]

Scroll down to see an aerial shot of the area, and then further down to see a before shot of the house. It's not on a hillside...in fact it looks level.

??

I'll grant that the 20 or so feet in front of the house is nothing but a gentle slope, but look at the pic above it. Each of those terraces has got to be 40 feet if they're an inch.

[bp_psy]

g0cosKhRdbA:surprised

[jostpuur]

I laughed at the "head smashes board" video so hard that my eyes bled. For a minute I thought I had encountered the funniest fail ever. I feel slightly cheated now when I noticed that the uploader comments that the video was acted parody :grumpy:

[bp_psy]

I laughed at the "head smashes board" video so hard that my eyes bled. For a minute I thought I had encountered the funniest fail ever. I feel slightly cheated now when I noticed that the uploader comments that the video was acted parody :grumpy:

Actually it's a parody of this:
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Both guys are insane. The thing is that this entire year I felt like I was banging my head against an unbreakable board. Now I know that is because I didn't believe in myself enough.:cry:

[IcedEcliptic]

This is the most "fail" statement I've ever heard on CNN. "It's not a needle in a haystack, it's a haystack full of bullets" (Daryn Kagen of CNN concerning sniper in Ohio)"

[Ivan Seeking]

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[IcedEcliptic]

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Mother of God, that is TERRIFYING!!!!

[Argentum Vulpes]

Mother of God, that is TERRIFYING!!!!

This one actually failed. The Tacoma Narrows bridge

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[DaveC426913]

This one actually failed. The Tacoma Narrows bridge

I am so old that there are people so young around who haven't seen this clip a million times?? :bugeye:

[IcedEcliptic]

I am so old that there are people so young around who haven't seen this clip a million times?? :bugeye:

I remember clips of "galloping girdy", but I'm not familiar with most american bridges.

[GeorginaS]

I am so old that there are people so young around who haven't seen this clip a million times?? :bugeye:

I'm so old that I was wondering the same thing.

[rootX]

You are not an Engineer if you have not seen that clip.

[IcedEcliptic]

You are not an Engineer if you have not seen that clip.

I'm not an engineer, but I would guess that clip makes for one hell of an object lesson, right up there with Darth Vader's method of instant demotion->promotion.

In Russia, you just play that clip, followed by an old man in a work camp of strict regime, subtitle: "This is the man who designed the bridge." =)

[GeorginaS]

You are not an Engineer if you have not seen that clip.

Of the Tacoma bridge? They showed that film clip to us in grade school. And that was before they'd invented indoor running water.

[DanP]

How many subjects can one master and become a qualified expert; what level of dedication is required? The perspective gained through one hour with a true expert can have more value than a thousand hours of self-study.

Who said this, Ivan ? I beleive Ive heard or read something similar in the work of Edwin Hutchins, but Im not really sure.

[Ivan Seeking]

Who said this, Ivan ?

Yes. :biggrin: Just an observation.

[DanP]

Yes. :biggrin: Just an observation.

cool one.

[IcedEcliptic]

The question posed by the answer: "A jack of all trades, and a master of none." It is a very good observation Ivan, I think.

[Ivan Seeking]

bfW5MqT7CSA

3cHMS_7oqvI

[Count Iblis]

People who have failed to lose weight can go here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Attack_Grill) for a free of charge lunch.

[Ivan Seeking]

r4CCWoF-DCU

[Ouabache]

Lucky guy, got out of that, with just an injured leg. Have you been down to Speedway in Indy?

[DaveC426913]

Poster Fail

These are posted all over the mall where I work.

http://pics.livejournal.com/davesbrain/pic/0008we48

That title actually says something. I had to get four inches away to see the lettering, and I still could not tell what it says (and even PhotoShop won't pull it up)...

but whatever it is, it's on the 2nd floor from 6 till 10. And there's beer.

[Ivan Seeking]

No one was seriously injured!

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[Ivan Seeking]

A Marine Corps helicopter touching down for a Memorial Day demonstration on Staten Island sent tree branches flying into the stunned crowd, injuring at least 10 people...
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/05/31/2010-05-31_marine_corps_osprey_helicopter_landing_injures_ eight_in_staten_island_park.html

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[Ivan Seeking]

Better video
http://statenisland.ny1.com/content/top_stories/119548/spectators-injured-during-military-show-on-staten-island

[Cyrus]

That's what happens when you make a helicopter with high disk loadings..... :rolleyes:.

[Ivan Seeking]

Lucky guy, got out of that, with just an injured leg. Have you been down to Speedway in Indy?

No. I have spent a fair amount of time in the area but have never seen the Speedway.

[cronxeh]

Cloudy, with a chance of penis

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[Ivan Seeking]

http://images.smh.com.au/2010/06/03/1541099/boardingpass-420x0.jpg

... The beleaguered British carrier is in damage control today as it tries to explain how a photograph of a fake boarding pass made out in the name of Osama bin Laden came to be published in one of its magazines...
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/heres-your-boarding-pass-mr-bin-laden-20100603-x144.html

[Borg]

I'll bet this could be popular. :rofl:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129208867536422762.jpg

[Desiree]

LwUIOpOuBuk

[GeorginaS]

I'll bet this could be popular. :rofl:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129208867536422762.jpg

Okay, I had to read that twice.


:biggrin:

[DaveC426913]

I'll bet this could be popular. :rofl:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129208867536422762.jpg

I have a feeling this double entendre was ... entendred.

[Borg]

Daisy Duck is going to be mad. :wink:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/cef42a48-bb46-4a44-b4ef-837815312b52.jpg

[HeLiXe]

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/Bean-2008/fail-owned-floor-level-fail.jpg

:rofl:

[HeLiXe]

but whatever it is, it's on the 2nd floor from 6 till 10. And there's beer.

Isn't that all that's needed?

[Ivan Seeking]

A few weeks ago I had to buy a standard wire stripper/cutter, while on the run. So I bought one from the local auto parts store. At the time I needed to strip some fairly large wires - 10 and 12 guage - which was fine. But when I looked at the thing later, I noticed that it couldn't possibly strip the smaller gauges - 18/20/22 - because it won't close all the way. Everything looks to be properly aligned - the two halves are parallel to each other - and the cutter works, so it isn't just a minor manufacturing error. These things were designed this way! The gap is large enough that I could probably strip 10 gauge wires with the 20 guage hole! The only thing that actually aligns properly is the cutter.

Is it any wonder why there isn't even a brand name on it? Only the word "China" is stamped into the metal. The marvels of cheap goods from China never cease to amaze me. The trouble is that it's usually easier to just throw the junk away, rather than taking an hour to return it.

I'll try to post a pic later. I took a photo, but right now our camera software is loaded on an old computer that won't boot. Below is a photo of a similar stripper, but on mine, the small gauges are at the bottom.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31nanNjEP3L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[Lancelot59]

Here's me having some fun with japanese in high school:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d194/Lancelot59/Hosted%20Images/elelol.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d194/Lancelot59/Hosted%20Images/testlol2.jpg

[collinsmark]

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/32b7b8ed-38ec-45ad-8ca7-68f308c3f2af.jpg

[HeLiXe]

Here's me having some fun with japanese in high school:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d194/Lancelot59/Hosted%20Images/elelol.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d194/Lancelot59/Hosted%20Images/testlol2.jpg

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Ivan Seeking]

_7jENWKgMPY

[Evo]

_7jENWKgMPYI saw that on "Destroyed in seconds" the other day. Crazy.

[Borg]

I want to see mommy explain this to her kids. :biggrin:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/af6a565c-4c33-4a58-8e06-bf59f2b996fd.jpg

[Lancelot59]

_7jENWKgMPY
It's a pretty interesting design. I like it!

Here's my contribution:

http://chzderp.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/2e9ddcad-222d-4bd3-8d15-ef655b169dae.jpg

[The legend]

:rofl::rofl:All of these are just hilarious!!!:rofl::rofl:
Heres my contribution!

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8958/56537247.png

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2585/38071650.png

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5803/49296290.png

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5427/56215811.png

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1765/99511810.png

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/157/49971085.png

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7301/86797096.png

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2725/13669711.png

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6892/20037398.png


... and This is my funniest!

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1139/91775152.png

[cronxeh]

It's a pretty interesting design. I like it!

Here's my contribution:

http://chzderp.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/2e9ddcad-222d-4bd3-8d15-ef655b169dae.jpg

Wow that had to be the dumbest design ever, I can't believe US Forest Service actually sponsored this? :bugeye:

[Lancelot59]

Wow that had to be the dumbest design ever, I can't believe US Forest Service actually sponsored this? :bugeye:

People with your attitude are the reason we don't have free candy dispensers on every street corner, or ornithopters. Silly ideas are the basis for all progress!

[ThomasEdison]

A few weeks ago I had to buy a standard wire stripper/cutter, while on the run. So I bought one from the local auto parts store. At the time I needed to strip some fairly large wires - 10 and 12 guage - which was fine. But when I looked at the thing later, I noticed that it couldn't possibly strip the smaller gauges - 18/20/22 - because it won't close all the way. Everything looks to be properly aligned - the two halves are parallel to each other - and the cutter works, so it isn't just a minor manufacturing error. These things were designed this way! The gap is large enough that I could probably strip 10 gauge wires with the 20 guage hole! The only thing that actually aligns properly is the cutter.

Is it any wonder why there isn't even a brand name on it? Only the word "China" is stamped into the metal. The marvels of cheap goods from China never cease to amaze me. The trouble is that it's usually easier to just throw the junk away, rather than taking an hour to return it.

I'll try to post a pic later. I took a photo, but right now our camera software is loaded on an old computer that won't boot. Below is a photo of a similar stripper, but on mine, the small gauges are at the bottom.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31nanNjEP3L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Buy Klein?

[Ivan Seeking]

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[Borg]

1hvaeHllwtw

Wow. I was going to ask where that guy got the money for the filing fee but found that there is no filing fee. Also, he only needed 25 signitures. They really need to improve their standards. It's not like he's running for class president of the 6th grade.
QUALIFYING PROCEDURES FOR CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CBUQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessee.gov%2Fsos%2Felectio n%2Fqualify%2Fqu-gov.pdf&ei=8j1RTODHOoL6lwfQkLW5CQ&usg=AFQjCNEf4pNtm2P87CrU3Mmq_ZOAUdQmxQ)

[Jimmy Snyder]

They really need to improve their standards.
Wait til you see the other four.

[Borg]

Wait til you see the other four.
I'm not sure that I want to. :rofl:

[HeLiXe]

Did he say something about removing golden fries?

[Topher925]

zomg was that funny. :tongue2:

[hamster143]

This guy ran for Senate in 2002 and got 1,171 votes.

[Ivan Seeking]

You definitely don't want to lose when you fight this bull.

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[mugaliens]

This guy ran for Senate in 2002 and got 1,171 votes.

Wow! That many, huh?

Wow.

[turbo]

You definitely don't want to lose when you fight this bull.

dFo9go9CVysThat was a bull? Might have been male, but calling it a yearling might have stretched the truth.

[Ivan Seeking]

That was a bull? Might have been male, but calling it a yearling might have stretched the truth.

Well, obviously he's old enough to be horny!

That reminds me of Oliver, the so-called humanzee. This is a chimp that has some very human-like qualities, that many people thought might be a human-chimp mix. One woman and her husband took in Oliver when he was just a few years old. He was raised as if he was their child until reaching his teens. One day when in his teens, he bent the woman over a table and tried to have his way with her. She was completely as his mercy! IIRC, luckily, someone else came in at that point and saved the day. At that point they decided it was time for Oliver to go. :rofl:

-C6NkRUbI38

[mheslep]

EPA, Clean Air Act FAIL!!

From the electric vehicle company Tesla's securities report:

We have incurred, and expect to incur in the future, significant costs in complying with these regulations. For example, the Clean Air Act requires that we obtain a Certificate of Conformity issued by the EPA and a California Executive Order issued by the California Air Resources Board with respect to emissions for our vehicles. We received a Certificate of Conformity for sales of our Tesla Roadsters in 2008, but did not receive a Certificate of Conformity for sales of the Tesla Roadster in 2009 until December 21, 2009. In January 2010, we and the EPA entered into an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Audit Policy Determination in which we agreed to pay a civil administrative penalty in the sum of $275,000 for failing to obtain a Certificate of Conformity for sales of our vehicles in 2009 prior to December 21, 2009.

http://www.faqs.org/sec-filings/100813/TESLA-MOTORS-INC_10-Q/#ixzz0yDhK9ON3

[Proton Soup]

EPA, Clean Air Act FAIL!!

From the electric vehicle company Tesla's securities report:



http://www.faqs.org/sec-filings/100813/TESLA-MOTORS-INC_10-Q/#ixzz0yDhK9ON3

i suppose there exists the possibility of ozone and nitrogenous oxides from electric motor arcing.

[Proton Soup]

Yes well aside from the fact these kinds of solid state controlled motors don't arc, then by all means let us get clean air certificates and emissions tests for home ceiling fans, home computers, E clothes dryers... This is ridiculous!!!!!!!!! Government, here, is the not the solution, it is the problem.

well, there's a procedure to follow to ensure that, and they didn't follow it.

[Ivan Seeking]

Please don't derail the thread too much. Take it to politics.

[cronxeh]

No MiH, you can not haz a cheesburger!!11!

WWlX1mn_PP8

[Lancelot59]

No MiH, you can not haz a cheesburger!!11!

WWlX1mn_PP8

Wow...just wow. I can't say anything to that.

[Proton Soup]

http://i.imgur.com/Ges0R.jpg

[Ivan Seeking]

7iNa2K7uYzE

[DaveC426913]

Oh that's awesome.

Twenty pounds. Full speed. Point blank.

7iNa2K7uYzE

[Saladsamurai]

7iNa2K7uYzE

That's hot.

[cronxeh]

7iNa2K7uYzE

Daamn! Is the watermelon ok?

[Lancelot59]

Daamn! Is the watermelon ok?
It should've worn a helmet...when will they learn!?

[cronxeh]

It should've worn a helmet...when will they learn!?

Yeah that girl is dense

[Lancelot59]

Yeah that girl is dense

I mean the watermelon should've had the helmet on.

[cronxeh]

I mean the watermelon should've had the helmet on.

I'm sure we are referring to the same watermelons

[Ivan Seeking]

WARNING: THIS GETS PRETTY ROUGH. NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH

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[Borek]

Just watching hurts.

[lisab]

Just watching hurts.

I agree, I can't watch that sort of thing.

[Ivan Seeking]

I agree, I can't watch that sort of thing.

Sorry, I should have included a warning. It was right on the edge for me, but I don't think anyone was killed here. I know the guy with his head in the gator's mouth was okay. I saw him interviewed later.

[Astronuc]

Re: Idiots Compilation 2009 - Like Hawkeye Pierce said of Col. Flagg, if we had more like him, there'd be less of them.

[Saladsamurai]

I'm sure we are referring to the same watermelons

:rofl:

Even if they played it *4 more* times, I would still laugh every time.

[nucleargirl]

oh my god that compilation was so funny! what do they drink! lighter fluid?!

[DaveC426913]

WARNING: THIS GETS PRETTY ROUGH. NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH


You know, a guy has to be a psychotic a**hole (or be driven to blind rage by incessant torture) to line-drive a pair of scissors at someone hard enough to stick.

[Ivan Seeking]

You know, a guy has to be a psychotic a**hole (or be driven to blind rage by incessant torture) to line-drive a pair of scissors at someone hard enough to stick.

And not just barely enough to stick, they looked fully embedded.

What about the guy with the shovel?

[DaveC426913]

What about the guy with the shovel?
Yeah, That was just nasty.

Jackass - the first degree murder edition.

[mugaliens]

WARNING: THIS GETS PRETTY ROUGH.

Mild. I've seen much, much worse.

I do like the pigeon, though. Reminds me of Mork's "Be Free!" Lol...

Re: Idiots Compilation 2009 - Like Hawkeye Pierce said of Col. Flagg, if we had more like him, there'd be less of them.

So true! "Everyone look away. I'm am off like the wind." "What's the matter?" "The wind just broke his arm..."

Daamn! Is the watermelon ok?

No, I think the watermelon disentegrated on her face. OUCH! Good thing it hit with enough velocity to fracture the rind. If it had hit with any less velocity, it might have actually done more damage!

[Ivan Seeking]

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6688/6v6ut.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/6v6ut.jpg/)

[Borg]

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/a25a2634-87e5-42af-aed8-6955611c8acb.jpg

:rofl:

[Jimmy Snyder]

Their own worst traditional enemy.
http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/9/27/95e28591-900f-4edc-8520-e87f49504106.jpg

[Borek]

Their own worst traditional enemy.
http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/9/27/95e28591-900f-4edc-8520-e87f49504106.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370434/

[Jimmy Snyder]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370434/
Life imitates art.

[Upisoft]

In the old days of DOS a friend of mine was writing a device driver. The computer he was working on was in "work" state, i.e. every piece of hardware was on his desk, instead in the box. So after some work he finally was ready to test it and called everyone to witness the greatness of his device driver (and device - it was a speech recognition controller). Even it happened over 20 years ago I do remember how proudly he typed some commands only to get the following error:

"Out of paper writing drive D:"

The overall reaction was that everyone looked at the HDD and agree there is no paper in it.:biggrin:

[Borek]

That reminds me installation procedure written by by a friend of mine in around 1990. At some point (during presentation of the software to the potential customer) program displayed "Insert disk in drive c:" message.

[Borg]

An old one that's been around for a long time:

At a recent Sacramento PC User's Group meeting, a company was demonstrating its latest speech-recognition software. A representative from the company was just about ready to start the demonstration and asked everyone in the room to quiet down.

Just then someone in the back of the room yelled, "Format C: Return."
Someone else chimed in: "Yes, Return!"

Unfortunately, the software worked.

[Upisoft]

Unfortunately, the software worked.

Lol:biggrin:

[Dasani123]

Nice

[Acuben]

I like the winblog from second page. It's actually good (good enough to waste ma 30 minutes <_< )

I don't get Ivan's picture on this page though.

[lisab]

I like the winblog from second page. It's actually good (good enough to waste ma 30 minutes <_< )

I don't get Ivan's picture on this page though.

Read it veeeeery carefully :wink:

[HeLiXe]

Read it veeeeery carefully :wink:

wow....

[HeLiXe]

well at least they got it right on their website -_-

[DaveC426913]

An old one that's been around for a long time:

At a recent Sacramento PC User's Group meeting, a company was demonstrating its latest speech-recognition software. A representative from the company was just about ready to start the demonstration and asked everyone in the room to quiet down.

Just then someone in the back of the room yelled, "Format C: Return."
Someone else chimed in: "Yes, Return!"

Unfortunately, the software worked.
Agh! You beat me to this story! :biggrin:

[Acuben]

Read it veeeeery carefully :wink:

oh man I ended up googling just to figure out it was missing a letter oO

[Borg]

They really need to install this closer to the TV. :tongue:
http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/b20d7da8-2e3c-47b3-a1df-e809278aa6c5.jpg

[Borek]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_to_Russia_with_krokozyabry.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Letter_to_Russia_with_krokozyabry.jpg

[DaveC426913]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Letter_to_Russia_with_krokozyabry.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Letter_to_Russia_with_krokozyabry.jpg

I don't get it.

[Borek]

Sorry, my mistake - I have edited my original post, first link contains explanation now.

But I am surprised - have you never seen how cyrillic alphabet is displayed when you use incorrect encoding?

[Andre]

I don't get it.

Mojibake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojibake)

[Borg]

Really? :rolleyes:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/b49d6271-9ee1-4e82-ba22-d5f6a991ea93.jpg

[Borg]

And, in the criminals are stupid department...

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/0499a02b-69f2-47a3-91bf-794965b385b2.jpg

[The legend]

Wonder-fool security

http://files.sharenator.com/2043_fail_camera_Fail-s500x420-10287-580.jpg

another one:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/fail-owned-elephant-slide-f.jpg

[Pythagorean]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_to_Russia_with_krokozyabry.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Letter_to_Russia_with_krokozyabry.jpg

Impressive:

The address was deciphered by the postal employees and delivered successfully. Some of the correct characters (red) were written above the wrong ones (black).

[DaveC426913]

Sorry, my mistake - I have edited my original post, first link contains explanation now.

But I am surprised - have you never seen how cyrillic alphabet is displayed when you use incorrect encoding?

I don't get the whole thing. All I see is a package with an address written in an obviously foreign language, then obviously translated character by character into some other foreign language. I don't understand the significance of either language, which one is original, which one is the transcription, nor do I understand what was written by a human versus what was written by a machine, or what emailing has to do with it.


Oh. OK. So:

The original email was written including a snail mail address. The email itself was authored using a Cyrillic character set (the curly ones).
When it arrived in the recipient's Inbox, her mail client output the Cyrillic as Western, which would have it come up in the recipient's email as îǺǑĚ.
The recipient then faithfully copied every incorrect character from her email (having no idea they were now gibberish) onto the package (the bottom set of characters in black on the package).
The red lettering is the back-conversion to the correct character set, done by the posties.

Got it.

:rofl::rofl:

"Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." — E. B. White

[Ivan Seeking]

http://cdn-ugc.cafemom.com/gen/resize/228/302/80/2010/12/02/12/4j/12/poti1tedq8vzcr.jpg
http://thestir.cafemom.com/home_garden/113244/frosty_the_kkk_snowman_with

[HeLiXe]

Really? :rolleyes:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/b49d6271-9ee1-4e82-ba22-d5f6a991ea93.jpg

Who in their right mind would want to wake a sleeping baby?

[mheslep]

Who in their right mind would want to wake a sleeping baby?Those who want the baby to put the baby back to sleep later on a regular schedule.

[HeLiXe]

Those who want the baby to put the baby back to sleep later on a regular schedule.

oh ok if the baby's sleep gets off schedule...still sounds risky to me!

[Borg]

Why take diet pills when you can enjoy AYDS?

gBkVuT5pw1g

[Borek]

Why take diet pills when you can enjoy AYDS?

This is unfair - AYDS was created before AIDS was discovered.

[Borek]

http://failblog.org/tag/pepper-spray/

[Borg]

Game Over! :rolleyes:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/6308335e-35bb-4967-83ec-fb3014a74e92.jpg

[Borg]

Girlfriend to shoplifter:
Are you happy to see me or is that a chainsaw in your pants?


http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/b61ac4f2-7ac6-4259-b3e4-d8609b882835.jpg