This is something very old, way back in 2002. But it still as cute as it was before. A bug, in software engineer’s life- we all know frustation & remorse they are capable of generating. Have a look at this flash file (takes 5 minutes to load on dial up, with Firefox/ IE).

http://img.tapuz.co.il/forums/8572800.swf

Now what is a Lexophile? The one who loves cryptic words & phrases that often is funny. here are some of them, there might be many more- you just have to find them
1. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
2. Police were called to a day care, where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
3. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
4. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference.
5. To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
6. When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.
7. The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
8. A thief who stole a calendar… got twelve months.
9. A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.
10. Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.
11. When the smog lifts in Los Angeles , U. C. L. A.
12. The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.
13. The professor discovered that his theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
14. The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
15. If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.
16. A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
17. A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired.
18. A will is a dead giveaway.
19. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
20. A backward poet writes inverse.
21. In a democracy it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism, it’s your Count that votes.
22. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
23. If you don’t pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
24. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
25. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I’ll show you A-flat miner.
26. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
27. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
28. A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France , and resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
29. You are stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.
30. Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under.
31. He broke into song because he couldn’t find the key.
32. A calendar’s days are numbered.
33. A boiled egg is hard to beat.
34. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
35. A plateau is a high form of flattery.
36. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
37. When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.
38. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
39. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
40. Santa’s helpers are subordinate clauses.
41. Acupuncture: a jab well done.
42. A lot of money is tainted: ‘Taint yours, and ‘taint mine.

Another one on same line of my previous post. Why don’t people just give indicator when turning left. I have seen this obnoxiously bad habit/ manner/ etiquette with many illiterates. Do these people realize a simple left or right indicator can prevent accidents. Forget about bikers, some bulldozers (read 5-6-7-8 seaters) doesn’t even care to signal when turning. People ride luxurious cars, but still fail to make use of side indicators. May be Car companies should now give Car driving etiquettes as gift to new buyers.

The other bad driving etiquette is Honking. I believe horn was supposed to be used in those emergency situations to alert someone of your presence & avoid accidents. Or may be to curse #$%^ the other guy who break rules. But no, Indians have their own interpretation I guess.  We use to show how hard our horn blows or may be make others deaf. I hope this will change in near future- heard the Mumbai traffic police department declared a special day to be ‘No Honking’.  Let’s pray that someday  “Hum Hog e Kamyaab,….. Ek Din!”.

How many times, you have been frustrated with trying to find a colleague’s telephone number? At least I have been many times.

I have seen few people never leave their contact details, a common signature in their email reads:

(Best) Regards,
XYZ

A common retort will be, Honey! You have something called - Telephone directory or Address books, etc. But have these ever imagined the time it ‘waste’ to first open the Directory, & then Search contact? I guess based on my experience, it takes around 60 seconds to fire up & find contact. Imagine, if I do this 3 times a day & my other 10,000  colleagues do same. Whopping 60*3*10000 i.e 1800000 seconds!.

Now, many people do faithfully leave their contact no in their signature. How easy it is to just open any email from a person & find his number. Isn’t it super fast?

May be someone reading this will think & make other’s work life bit simple.

Hey dude, you must checkout this cute little bug. Ya I know you’re heluva fed up with bugs  in your software, but hey that’s ’cause you invite them! But this is the coolest bug and I bet you won’t ever want to leave it. Checkout Cute BUG!

Here’s short piece with magic in numbers doing round thro’ mailboxes -

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

Well, it’s good to see some fuzzy results. Any comments?