Want to buy a tattooed fish?
It looks like tattooed fish may be the next fad. Pet stores have started carrying the fish with messages tattooed in to their sides and they are selling fast.
Archive for the 'Corporate Stupidity' Category
Pork board takes on breastfeeding
If you happened across the Lactivist CafePress site and saw a shirt that said “The other white milk”, what would your first thought be? (Hint, the Lactivist is a website that supports breastfeeding of children). Would you associate that shirt with pork?
Now that you’ve had a chance to think about pork you may [...]
Assmann Polyethylene Tanks
This has got to be top 10 worst business names ever. Assmann Polyethylene Tanks appears to be a real business with a terrible name.
On second thought, maybe it’s brilliant - there’s a fine line between stupid and brilliant. I’m linking to ‘em and so did CollegeHumor.com, and there’s bound to be more.
Playboy with no nudity?
It sounds like they’re just trying to use the Playboy brand to sell magazines in Indonesia. But they certainly are getting publicity. Protestors have taken to the streets against Playboy publishing an Indonesian version. The strong Muslim community is against the magazine, even the fully clothed version published specifically for Indonesia. [...]
Man arrested for drinking children’s urine
Alan Patton, 54, was arrested in Ohio after being caught drinking the urine of young boys.
While the act itself is disturbing, the methodical way he goes about it is even more so.
Patton goes (or went) to family restaurants and movie theaters and cuts the water to the child height urinals and [...]
Fun with McDonalds signs
Just a quick link to The Great McDonald’s Sign Prank.
It’s the story of a guy in Illinois who decided to have a little fun with a poorly designed McDonalds sign.
Technorati Tags: Illinois, McDonalds
Home Depot lifts ban for pencil thief
A Home Depot in Metheun has decided not to ban a customer for walking out with a pencil.
Dish, Texas - Free satellite TV for everyone
Clark, Texas, has become DISH, Texas. Residents of the 55 household town voted to change the name in exchange for free satellite TV from DISH network for the next 10 years.
Dish network executives said that it works out to a deal of about $4,500 per home. The two memeber town council [...]
Windows Live: DOA
Life lesson - demonstrating software to the media isn’t always a great gig. Take Blake Irving, who was supposed to demonstrate Windows Live for the press. Irving’s demo wouldn’t start, but most of the audience could start theirs.
Technorati Tags: Windows
Better go to the bathroom quick
If you work for Ford you’d better be prepared to take short bathroom breaks.