After the series of mirror antics (here, here, here and here), I couldn’t help but continue with the idea of work inventions.
Perhaps Frank’s boss could team up with the inventors at Japanese company Thanko. they have developed the USB powered neck tie fan. And it has the special geniuss touch that Frank’s boss specialises in – being USB powered, means that you need to connect yourself into your computer to get the benefits of the equipment.
I grabbed a tub and lathered liberally in an attempt to bring some control back to my 80’s perm (What was I thinking?)
But these days, one can be overwhelmed by the choice. Take your pick: traditional hair spray, mousse, putty, glue, glypto, whip, styling paste and pomade. Brylcreem, (that stuff Grand Dads put in their hair) is a type of pomade. It was invented in 1928 and made it’s mark in the market place with its successful 1950s TV advertising campaign, with the following jingle:
I can’t help but feel that a group of engineers must have got together and felt the need to create a set of labelled boxes to sort out all of the peculiarities associated with words of the english language. What am I talking about? It’s the old homonym, homophone, heteronym, polyseme and capitonym boxes. So what does each box hold?
Homonym
And now the engineers get a bit tricky with a box partly in a box (the homonym box that is)…
Homophone (‘same sound’)
Another box partly in the homonym box…
Homograph (‘same writing’)
And this type sits squarely inside the Homograph box…
Hetronym (‘different name’)
I think they just wanted to see if they could partly place another box inside the Homograph, introducing the…
Polyseme (‘many signs/words’)
I think they came up with this one after a few glasses of whine… I mean wine…
Capitonym
Poor Frank, but perhaps there is one thing the two of them have in common…the love of coffee!I admit, it’s my weakness. I can’t start the day at work without one. Even though I would like to think of myself as a coffee connoisseur, my coffee of choice shows that my palette is one of an amateur – café latte. But perhaps I shouldn’t feel too bad as I recall the man who came into my favourite coffee haunt the other day and ordered a double double espresso (no, you are not seeing double, it was his coffee that was). Noticing the look of surprise on the barista’s face, he obviously felt the need to explain. Apparently it was only the second time he had ordered one – Oh, I get it, that makes it OK… I guess.
Wiki, has an amazing list of over 53 coffee types, including some you may not be that familiar with, such as:
So why does meat often taste like chicken?…Well maybe it doesn’t. Our friends at MythBusters did a taste test of different meats to see if ‘it is easy to confuse the taste of unusual meats with that of chicken.’ They had twenty meats prepared for tasting (if you’re a vegetarian, or animal lover, skip this paragraph and read the results in the following paragraph), including: frog, peacock, squab, alligator, goat and turtle (What the…!) For the non squeamish, check out there video here.
Tory got 17 out of 20 samples correct and Grant only 11. The giveaway for Tory was the texture of the meat, so they did the test again; this time with minced meat to take away the texture. The results improved with Tory identifying 18 of 20 and Grant 19 of 20. In the words of MythBusters – Busted.
I was once tricked with goat for lamb (not happy, goat is a no go zone for me), but never chicken.
Office in tray management is a big thing these days and many graduates are subjected to assessment centre exercises as part of the job interview process. One of the activities tends to include the in-tray exercise where you are given a hypothetical in tray which you then have to work your way through. With no definitive right or wrong answer, the objective is to assess the candidate’s ability to prioritse, work to a time frame and effectively determine actions to handle the information.
Thank goodness they hadn’t invented this when I went for my initial job interviews, as my uni degree certainly didn’t arm me with these skill sets for when I entered the work force.
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Sloths are probably the closest looking real life cartoon in existence. After drawing this cartoon, I had to do a bit more research on this wonderful mammal. Here are some things you might’t know about the humble sloth.
Credit Wiki Commons: Drei Finger Faultier
Talking mirrors, eh?Well, IKEA have done exactly that with their Motivational Mirror. Their research suggested that in the UK
The solution to this issue – the talking mirror, which compliments you as you stand in front of it. Take a look at the customers’ reaction as they pass by in this You Tube video. Currently on trial in UK IKEA stores; I guess time will tell if it’s a success or not. I don’t think this one is for me, but it could be a fun way to start the day.