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Crisis? What crisis?
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:51:56 AM
So, there's a crisis going on around the world. It has also hit Denmark - wages aren't going as much up as the prices on groceries and other stuff are going up, and unemployment goes up too.
So what do we do to get out of this crisis? What do we do to avoid people losing their jobs? How do we get to make people spend their money instead of saving it - so that we can keep the wheels running, so to speak?
I must admit that I find it hard to see what the government actually does.
Recently I stumbled over a new law, that demands that people who live in houses are supposed to move their letterbox so that it is outside the fence, and in a height so the postman can put the mail in without leaving his bicycle. Estimates say that this will mean that about 775,000 house owners will have to either move an existing mailbox or to buy and put up a new one.
I don't live in a house like that, but the same rule has been made for apartments last year, where we had to put up mailboxes by the entrance, so the mail man doesn't have to walk the stairs.
Who is this good for?
Well, the only one I can think of is the company that produces mailboxes. The residents of the apartment building I live in had to pay over 10,000 DKK (>1,300 EUR) to buy a new set of mailboxes, and lots and lots of house owners have had to do the same.
Isn't it good for the mail man, you might ask? Well, by the first look of it, it is. He doesn't have to walk the stairs and he can throw the mail in much faster than previously. But : now the Postal Service announces that lots of mailmen will be fired, because it doesn't take as long to deliver the mail.
And the house owners and people like myself, well, we lose, first of all because we were forced to spend money on new mailboxes, but also because we don't get the mail delivered by the door any more.
So this law make the population pay for something they do not really want in the first place and that eventually will reduce the number of mail men - with larger unemployment as a result.
Talk about making laws that are good for absolutely nothing!!!
So what do we do to get out of this crisis? What do we do to avoid people losing their jobs? How do we get to make people spend their money instead of saving it - so that we can keep the wheels running, so to speak?
I must admit that I find it hard to see what the government actually does.
Recently I stumbled over a new law, that demands that people who live in houses are supposed to move their letterbox so that it is outside the fence, and in a height so the postman can put the mail in without leaving his bicycle. Estimates say that this will mean that about 775,000 house owners will have to either move an existing mailbox or to buy and put up a new one.
I don't live in a house like that, but the same rule has been made for apartments last year, where we had to put up mailboxes by the entrance, so the mail man doesn't have to walk the stairs.
Who is this good for?
Well, the only one I can think of is the company that produces mailboxes. The residents of the apartment building I live in had to pay over 10,000 DKK (>1,300 EUR) to buy a new set of mailboxes, and lots and lots of house owners have had to do the same.
Isn't it good for the mail man, you might ask? Well, by the first look of it, it is. He doesn't have to walk the stairs and he can throw the mail in much faster than previously. But : now the Postal Service announces that lots of mailmen will be fired, because it doesn't take as long to deliver the mail.
And the house owners and people like myself, well, we lose, first of all because we were forced to spend money on new mailboxes, but also because we don't get the mail delivered by the door any more.
So this law make the population pay for something they do not really want in the first place and that eventually will reduce the number of mail men - with larger unemployment as a result.
Talk about making laws that are good for absolutely nothing!!!
Maybe it's Maybelline - Maybe it's Photoshop!
Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:15:54 AM
People seem to strive for perfection. Lots of people suffer from a bad self images, and want to look different than they do. There might be a bulge too much here and there, and some of the things we really want to change, isn't just that easy to change. So, how is it that models, singers, actors and actresses always look so good? How do the manage to always deliver fantastic pictures?
Maybe they're born with it. Maybe it's PhotoShop.
Let me give you a few examples!
Keira Knightly - suddenly got boobs, and also got a much more flat stomach. Her hair changed its tone into red-ish and her skin colour got weird - and I honestly prefer the original picture!
Here's Madonna. I wonder if they have made the original picture worse than it actually was. Anyway, they've changed her skin dramatically, made her look at least 20 years younger, removed bags under her eyes etc. The woman will be 54 years old in August - there's no need for her to look like she's 30 anymore! But that's just my opinion, of course.
This is an unknown woman, but she got PhotoShopped badly. They made her look if she's got the yellow fever or something. They removed her little tummy. They took away her love handles and made her thighs and arms thinner. Oh yeah, and they changed the colour of her underwear, and removed the water that ran between her legs.
She looked more like a real girl before!
Here's someone I don't know the name of, but she's probably an actress. She got her skin airbrushed and had all her moles disappear. They even added some lip colour, and made her cheekbones more visible... And they removed a bulged near her right arm.
Again: I liked the original better.
Last one is Nikki Webster, Australian singer.
She definitely got herself airbrushed, but at least they didn't change her skin colour into something totally unreal. The did something to her normal looking thighs, and removed moles etc. from her arms and back. Her hair looks more golden too. Oh yeah, and they removed a bulge on her back. It would have been nice if that one had stayed, to show that even normal weight girls have bulges!
What do you think? Which ones are the nicest pictures of them?
Maybe they're born with it. Maybe it's PhotoShop.
Let me give you a few examples!
Keira Knightly - suddenly got boobs, and also got a much more flat stomach. Her hair changed its tone into red-ish and her skin colour got weird - and I honestly prefer the original picture!
Here's Madonna. I wonder if they have made the original picture worse than it actually was. Anyway, they've changed her skin dramatically, made her look at least 20 years younger, removed bags under her eyes etc. The woman will be 54 years old in August - there's no need for her to look like she's 30 anymore! But that's just my opinion, of course.
This is an unknown woman, but she got PhotoShopped badly. They made her look if she's got the yellow fever or something. They removed her little tummy. They took away her love handles and made her thighs and arms thinner. Oh yeah, and they changed the colour of her underwear, and removed the water that ran between her legs.
She looked more like a real girl before!
Here's someone I don't know the name of, but she's probably an actress. She got her skin airbrushed and had all her moles disappear. They even added some lip colour, and made her cheekbones more visible... And they removed a bulged near her right arm.
Again: I liked the original better.
Last one is Nikki Webster, Australian singer.
She definitely got herself airbrushed, but at least they didn't change her skin colour into something totally unreal. The did something to her normal looking thighs, and removed moles etc. from her arms and back. Her hair looks more golden too. Oh yeah, and they removed a bulge on her back. It would have been nice if that one had stayed, to show that even normal weight girls have bulges!
What do you think? Which ones are the nicest pictures of them?
No more Nutella! :/
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:02:43 AM
The Danish meat giant "Danish Crown" has now banned Nutella. That means that the staff can't bring Nutella sandwiches for breakfast, or nut paté sandwiches for all that matters. They can't even add nuts to their salads if they want to. Similarly, the canteen has stopped selling chocolate with nuts. The banning of Nutella and nuts in general is not because the company cares about the employees' health. No, it's all about the customers.
The big British supermarket chain Tesco, which each year buys tons of meat from the Danish Crown, has required that the nuts must go.
Tesco fears that a nut in one way or another ends up in the meat, and that the "nut contaminated" meat unfortunately get sold to a British person with allergies - with lawsuits to follow.
The employees have accepted the ban.
Thank god I don't work there!!
Pokémon
Friday, January 13, 2012 6:10:14 AM
Pokémon. The second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's Mario series.
The name Pokémon is the romanized contraction of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters.
Pokémon is basically about collecting all of the available Pokémon species found in the fictional region where that game takes place; and to train a team of powerful Pokémon from those they have caught to compete against teams owned by other Trainers, and eventually become the strongest Trainer, the Pokémon Master.
The species look weird. The most famous of them is of course Pikachu:
And the rest of the species have just as weird names, for instance Clefairy, Squirtle, Rattata and Jigglypuff...
As if those names weren't weird enough, just imagine what would happen if they bred!!
Here's what would happen if Butterfree and Primeape bred:
Butterape!!
The name Pokémon is the romanized contraction of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters.
Pokémon is basically about collecting all of the available Pokémon species found in the fictional region where that game takes place; and to train a team of powerful Pokémon from those they have caught to compete against teams owned by other Trainers, and eventually become the strongest Trainer, the Pokémon Master.
The species look weird. The most famous of them is of course Pikachu:
And the rest of the species have just as weird names, for instance Clefairy, Squirtle, Rattata and Jigglypuff...
As if those names weren't weird enough, just imagine what would happen if they bred!!
Here's what would happen if Butterfree and Primeape bred:
Butterape!!
Oven fresh cookies
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 5:52:05 AM
Cookies, cookies, cookies. One can never get too many cookies.
We bought some new cookies in an Indian shop. They looked pretty interesting and I'm always willing to try out new sorts of cookies.
I was intrigued about the signs on the front of the package saying "100 % oven fresh" though:
How can they be oven fresh when they're actually in a sealed package. And for how long can a shop claim that they're fresh?
I turned the package around and looked:
Apparently for an entire year!!!
We bought some new cookies in an Indian shop. They looked pretty interesting and I'm always willing to try out new sorts of cookies.
I was intrigued about the signs on the front of the package saying "100 % oven fresh" though:
How can they be oven fresh when they're actually in a sealed package. And for how long can a shop claim that they're fresh?
I turned the package around and looked:
Apparently for an entire year!!!
Christmas Help
Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:55:50 AM
There's only nine days to Christmas now and it's time to plan the Christmas shopping. In case you can't think of the perfect gift for Uncle Reg or Auntie Hilda, this is the post for you. Here are a few ideas to get the gift juices flowing:
A brains hat...
Einstein's watch. Time is relative. That's why it's the numbers that rotate on this watch and not the hands.
Stamps with "like" and "dislike" on them. Cool for office people like myself.
A knitted frog. Dissected...
Cookie shapers. Foetus shaped...
A blood stained shower mat. I want one myself. If I don't get one, I'll make one myself...
A brains hat...
Einstein's watch. Time is relative. That's why it's the numbers that rotate on this watch and not the hands.
Stamps with "like" and "dislike" on them. Cool for office people like myself.
A knitted frog. Dissected...
Cookie shapers. Foetus shaped...
A blood stained shower mat. I want one myself. If I don't get one, I'll make one myself...
Allergy Warning!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:04:04 AM
Last time we were at the Hard Rock Café they put ketchup and mustard on the table. Nothing special about that. Here's what the mustard bottle looked like:
I don't eat mustard myself. It's not because of my allergies, but simply because don't like it.
Should you be allergic, be sure to read on the backside of the mustard bottle:
It says: Allergy Advice: Contains Mustard.
Now you're warned!
I don't eat mustard myself. It's not because of my allergies, but simply because don't like it.
Should you be allergic, be sure to read on the backside of the mustard bottle:
It says: Allergy Advice: Contains Mustard.
Now you're warned!
The Perfect Body?
Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:27:24 AM
Do you think it's hard to make the clothes you buy look as good on you as on the models in the magazines? If so, worry no more. The models can't make it look good on themselves either.
In the latest underwear ad from clothes chain "Hennes & Mauritz" different women are showing panties and bras. Their bodies are strikingly similar; take a look:
They are similar because the bodies are computer made, and the heads are photoshopped on afterwards.
- "It is not to create a specific ideal, or to show a perfect body. We have only made it to show our clothes. We do this on all clothing. Not just underwear, and and with both women's and men's wear", assures Håcan Andersson, who is press spokesman for H & M in Sweden.
I say it's bullshit! This is another step towards creating an unreachable ideal! Another step to show women that there is no such thing as "the perfect body". Another step towards eating disorders and low self esteem.
Shame on you, H & M. You won't be seeing me in your shops before you get real again!
In the latest underwear ad from clothes chain "Hennes & Mauritz" different women are showing panties and bras. Their bodies are strikingly similar; take a look:
They are similar because the bodies are computer made, and the heads are photoshopped on afterwards.
- "It is not to create a specific ideal, or to show a perfect body. We have only made it to show our clothes. We do this on all clothing. Not just underwear, and and with both women's and men's wear", assures Håcan Andersson, who is press spokesman for H & M in Sweden.
I say it's bullshit! This is another step towards creating an unreachable ideal! Another step to show women that there is no such thing as "the perfect body". Another step towards eating disorders and low self esteem.
Shame on you, H & M. You won't be seeing me in your shops before you get real again!
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