From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Someone’s getting fired for this.

August 15, 2008

A real good ol’ boy would impress his buddies by shooting beer cans off fence posts. Who couldn’t hit this target? From WYFF4.com, some idiot started the New Year with a bang.
Town’s [...]

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Bad Bottle #8 and #9: Man and Beast

August 14, 2008

If you’re feeling a bit guilty enjoying your ”Human Water” while hitting your dog’s bowl with the garden hose, break open some “FortiFido” and treat him to the ”natural peanut butter flavor” he craves. [...]

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A floor plan that flows well

August 13, 2008

From the Sudbury Star, Ontario, Canada, this interesting “development:”
People may soon be living in old water tower
If a Greater Sudbury developer gets his way, people will soon be living in [...]

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Incredible four-feed hit!

August 11, 2008

I have four news feeds to the right; one feeds a news search for “water towers”, another for “freak” accidents involving water, the third for “water main break” and the [...]

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Bad Bottle #7: We’re not doing this for our health

August 11, 2008

Double marketing entendre: good for the body and the corporate kingdom, too. From www.engrish.com.

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Tower of Power #2

August 10, 2008

Atlanta, Illinois: happy to have avoided the drought. This photo by Neato Coolville on the Flickr pool “Save Ferris–Fun Water Towers.”

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Tower of Power #1

August 10, 2008

Smile, you’re in Millington, Michigan. Photo by Sentrawoods, found in the Flickr “Michigan Water Towers” pool.

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Bad Bottle #6: Lettuce buy you a drink

August 9, 2008

There is no niche too small in the Japanese beverage market. I would have liked to have been at the meeting where they tossed this idea around. From the always [...]

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As Pure as it Gets

August 8, 2008

If you’re lucky, you might find one of these on ebay, at an estate sale or a vintage shop. It’s funny on purpose–apparently from the 1920s through the 1960s this [...]

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