Off the Plate: Toy Instructions

My son got a remote control Lightning McQueen for his birthday. After we’d been playing with it for a while, I decided to read the instructions. It’s similar to many toys these days in that it opts for visuals only (probably so they don’t have to spend extra money on translations). Since they’re a little vague, I’ll attempt to translate for you…

Frame #1: It’s OK if the batteries are dead. Just drive slow.

Frame #2: Even though this car is SO FREAKING HUGE you could drive it on a major road, please don’t.

Frame #3: If you’re Aquaman, you can control this car with your mind as if it were a fish.

Frame #4: Even though this car is SO FREAKING HUGE you could navigate small ponds, don’t. Seriously, look how FREAKING HUGE this car is. Besides, this might not be water… see frame #5,

Frame #5: Even though you may be tempted to do so, please don’t let the sun impregnate your car with his super powerful sperm. I know he looks all cool, and he says he’ll be there for you, but this sun will set when you give him the news and he won’t be back 12 hours later.

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Font Choice and Kerning Matter

Looks like my kind of event…

You can check out the actual web page here.

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Return of the Plated Grapes

With bowl season, and other themes, grapes on plates have been scarce, so here’s today’s image (trust me, there’s a plate under those grapes).

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Rejoice, it’s National Penguin Awareness Day!

So, be sure to wear black and white today. My biggest complaint is is it’s just one day. Seriously, how can you fit all your penguin related celebratory events into one day. Or, maybe you should just buy a book.

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SPam of thE Week!

It’s been a while since our last dose of SPEW. You can blame that on the jerks over at Steam. Their Thanksgiving to New Years sales were so ridiculous I had to buy, like, 40 games. When the hell am I supposed to find time to play all those games? Inconsiderate bastards…

Our first post comes to us from Dzuback:

“my favorite game is Bionic Commando, what is your favorite game?. I own a Xbox 360 Consolas”

Hey, a topical post! I thought about buying Bionic Commando, it was like $2, but by that time I had 40 games or so to play. By the way, what is a consola? Is that Spanish or a new console co-designed with Sprite?

Our next post comes to us from Jessika:

“great web site yo have ghere”

gthanks!

Finally, this is spam I got back in July, and I’ve been saving it for that… special occasion. I haven’t found it yet, but I figured spam bot Bausch & Lomb was due his SPEW:

“shares use a superb web site decent Give many thanks for the efforts to help out me”

Thanks, and you’re welcome.

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