Near where I live is a NQR (not quite right) style supermarket. The kind of place where end of line, shop soiled etc. goods get sold off cheaply. Its a great place for a bargain and it can be fun trying to work out why the goods are there. Or why I’m shopping there – [...]
Category Archives: Odd Spot
Cute & Cuddly – Steve Jobs???!
1/4/09 – 22:32
Many think he has a halo but cute and cuddly – I don’t think so. Still if you feel like sleeping with your Apple (as many who own one do) you may as well go to the top and sleep with the CEO. Plush Jobs (unfortunate – should have been Plush Steve) available from PodBrix.
Its a Sign – A sign someone's taking the piss…
13/2/09 – 00:26
Well actually there taking the signs. The roads signs of some of the more interestingly named roads in Litchfield Shire, Northern Territory, Australia (where else). It must be painful naming roads either that or some data entry bod has been at the Darwin stubbies. How else can you explain Iiii, Eeee & Aaaa Roads and [...]
"Just do it!" – Tokyo Metro tells you where…
23/1/09 – 11:07
Public safety posters can always be a bit of a laugh. Take a look at what the Tokyo Metro have come up with.
President-elect "Little Beach"
7/11/08 – 21:27
President-elect Barack Obama aparently has something in common with a city in the south of Japan – his name, Obama, which translates from Japanese as “Little Beach”.
Jimmy Knows God
25/1/08 – 21:24
We have an SMS service where I live that you can send any question you want to and they will send you back an answer. The service is called “Ask Jimmy”. I’m sure I’m not the first to do this but today I asked Jimmy “Is there a God?”. Jimmy Answered: “Jimmy knows that no [...]
"Ladies and gentlemen, on top of my wife, I am delighted to be in Palembang."
16/9/07 – 17:08
CANBERRA (Reuters) – In the world of international diplomacy, the best chosen words or phrases can leave an audience laughing, bewildered or simply lost in translation, if the experience of Australia’s former top diplomat is any guide…
Citysherpa
9/7/07 – 22:11
They say the best way to get to know a place is to live there. Or if you don’t have that sort of time get a local to show you around. Helsinki (Finland), a city I have visited a couple of times in my past, have come up with a novel new way for tourist [...]
A Triumph for the Environment – Save on Bags in More Ways than One
9/11/06 – 09:24
Triumph International (Japan) have release another in there line of “concept bras” – its a push-up bra that can double as a handy-dandy shopping bag.