Kapitän zur See Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (Iron Cross First Class, Iron Cross Second Class, Hanseatenkreuz)
(20 March 1894 – 19 December 1939)
Kapitän Hans Langsdorff takes a smoke as he reads the morning newspaper on the morning before his death.
Perhaps, for some, Captain…
Introducing our new game called:
“Don’t Be A Di*k During Meals With Friends.”
The first person to crack and look at their phone picks up the check.
Our (initial) purpose of the game was to get everyone off the phones free from twitter/fb/texting and to encourage conversations.
Rules:
1) The game starts after everyone has ordered.
2) Everybody places their phone on the table face down.
3) The first person to flip over their phone loses the game.
4) Loser of the game pays for the bill.
5) If the bill comes before anyone has flipped over their phone everybody is declared a winner and pays for their own meal.
Variations/house rules:
-Starting the game after everyone is seated.
-In the rare event that multiple people flip their phones simultaneously, the bill is split between said players.
- Feel free to invoke penalties/strikes systems.
Notes:
- No touching or messing with anybody else’s phones.
- You don’t have to stack the phones. This was done for picture taking purposes.
- I realize I should perhaps think of a different name for this awesome game. Because I don’t mean to imply that everyone who checks their phone during meals is a di*k.
- I recommend not being such a stickler or hardass on people about the rules and even initiation of the game. Basic premise is to just get people open to the idea of staying active and attentive to one another. But if someone has to take a call; they have to take a call =).
- Have fun! It’s really more of a fun concept in this new age high tech life of ours. Conversation is the spice of life.
Brilliantly smart-ass responses to completely well-meaning signs.
Most of these signs were designed to help people — to get where they’re going, to find a pet, to avoid grievous bodily harm — and yet some writing-utensil-wielding wiseasses felt compelled to come along and totally deface them. We’re so glad they did. Does that mean we value a wry sense of humor or even just a lazy reference to an outdated song over the safety of our fellow human beings? We’re insulted you would even ask. Of course we do. Updated 8/12/11: Updated on 7/29/11: Updated 7/8/11: Posted on 6/24/11:
Via Happy Place
Super Mario Genderswaps! This was a super fun design challenge, and I’m pretty pleased with how they all turned out — especially Luigi. My favourite thing is how Waluigi just looks the usual design, but in drag.
Via rollingrabbit
“You’re a nice guy.”
I’ve heard this many times, and just recently I’m beginning to understand what it really means.
It’s a compliment at face value, of course. It means I’m polite and friendly. It means I’m a good guy and a trustworthy guy. I’m someone you can depend on. A nice guy.
But…
Still Life with Spirit and Xitle by Jimmie Durham.
I would really like to know the circumstances of this photograph. Did a rock just fall down a hill and hit that car perfectly in the center and then someone put eyes and a mouth on it?
So I sat by the old man and asked him… “Dont you get bored out here ? doesn’t it get lonely ?”
To which he replied … “Only a person who cannot appreciate the beauty of this place will find it lonely…”
