“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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I was walking through the house
the other day with my camera
when I spotted the cat lying on a sofa.
“Hi there.” I said. “Whatya doin?”
“Just chilling out here on the sofa,’” she said.
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“I have a joke for you,” I said.
So I told her a joke.
It must have been a good one,
my how she laughed.
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Then I asked,
“Mind if I take your photo?”
“Oh no, no way,” she replied.
“I haven’t combed my fur or anything.”
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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In the town where I went to school the local photography shop was the place to go when you needed a photo for a passport or driving license or whatever. The guy who owned the store invariably came out with the following line when he got you positioned and was ready to take the shot…
“Would you like a good photograph
…..or one that looks like you?”
It’s easy to be cynical and complain about new technologies. Although on the whole I embrace new technology, I have at times been highly critical about some aspects (as with recent short series about the awful auto-correct cell phone feature – check out the “Bloopers” section if you want to see them).
But new technology has on most occasions made life easier or more convenient. And at times a lot less expensive.
Photography is one area where there can be no doubt that for most people the advances made with digital photography is a big plus.
Just as with musical recordings there are still purists out there who use reel-to-reel tape and prefer the crackly authenticity of vinyl LP records, with photography there are some who prefer to develop and print their own photographs.
For my part, however, the days of running down to the local pharmacy with my 35mm film and then repeating the process the next day to get the prints, many of which weren’t worth the expense and bother, are over. And thank goodness for that!
Nowadays you can snap 100 photos, pick out the best 20 or so, use your personal computer software (even free stuff like Google’s Picasa) to crop and improve them and then print off either professionally or on your own home printer only the ones you really like (the ‘keepers’ we call them).
Of course, there’s always a downside. And the BIG downside to all this is that there really is no excuse nowadays for taking a bad photo – and printing it!
Unfortunately that message hasn’t reached a lot of people yet, as the following examples illustrate.
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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A curious mixture of facts today, or maybe they’re always hat way?
Anyway, I’ll leave it up to you to decide.
But whatever conclusion you come to I hope you enjoy.
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As with many things, Penicillin was discovered accidently
when Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming came back from vacation
and noticed that his bacteria were all being killed off by a strange fungus.
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Every two minutes, we take as many photos
as all of humanity took during the 1800s.
Smile please!
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If you think no one cares if you’re alive,
try leaving some debts unpaid.
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In 1942 Dr. Harry Coover found that a substance he created,
cyanoacrylate, was a failure.
It stuck to everything it touched just a little too well.
So he invented Super Glue.
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When Warner Brothers formed,
the Ottoman Empire was still in being.
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John Pemberton didn’t start out wanting to be a successful businessman.
He just wanted to cure headaches.
His recipes consisted of two things – coca leaves and cola nuts.
When his lab assistant accidentally mixed the two with carbonated water
Coke was born.
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The oldest living person’s birth
is closer to the signing of the US Constitution
than present day.
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John Tyler, America’s 10th President,
has two living grandchildren.
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The last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series,
women were not allowed to vote.
(Sorry for reminding you Cubs fans.)
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If it weren’t for the last minute
nothing would ever get done.
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While building an ocillator to record heart beat sounds in animals
at Cornell University Wilson Greatbatch accidentally grabbed the wrong transistor.
After switching on the device he found it to have
a very familiar rhythmic pulsing sound, very similar to a human heart.
So now we have Pacemakers!
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Basque, a language spoken in the
mountains between France and Spain
is the only European language
not related to any other known language.
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President Kennedy was the fastest
random speaker in the world
with upwards of 350 words per minute.
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Sometimes your mouth is like a zipper,
by the time you realize it’s open
it has already embarrassed you.
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The bagpipe was originally made
from the whole skin of a dead sheep.
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Just playing about with words again.
Yes, it’s another pun day!
Endure or enjoy, whatever is your pleasure.
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I can’t help being lazy.
It walks in the family.
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To Err is human
To Aarrrgh is Pirate.
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I spent today trying to force as many
road signs from the ground as I could.
I pulled out all the stops.
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My son’s been asking me for a pet spider for his birthday,
so I went to our local pet shop and they were $70!!!
Bollocks to this, I thought, I can get one cheaper on the web.
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The Wife bet me fifty bucks that
she could sing more football songs than me.
I beat her.
She had no Chants.
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Barbie has an awful lot of nice mini skirts
for a girl whose knees don’t bend.
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What did the brown tooth say to the white tooth?
‘Iz it ‘coz I iz plaque?’
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Windows 8.
Such a pane!
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I read in the newspaper:
‘Two people killed in separate chain attacks’
That can’t be true I thought.
They must be linked.
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It said on the News today that
“Cuts will hit the poor hardest”.
Why?
Can’t they even afford bandages?
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A friend in the bar said,
“I’ve just realized, your brothers Richard, Harold
and Charles are all named after kings.”
I said, ” Yeah, so! What’s your point?”
He said, ” Nothing. It’s your round Burger.”
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The internet has become too politically correct.
What’s all this nonsense about disabled cookies?
In my day they were called broken biscuits.
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I like to tell women that I’m responsible for
a large team of web designers.
I find it gets a better reception than saying
I live in an apartment that’s infested by spiders.
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A guy walks into a bar and asks, “How much is your beer?”
The barman says, “$4 for a pint and $10 for a pitcher.”
“Just gimme me a pint then,” says the guy.
“I got enough photos already!”
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My friend asked to borrow some money after
losing his job at the local hospital as a Stool Sample analyst.
Of course I couldn’t let him down.
Not after all the shit he’s been through…
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I know this guy who hangs round on the corners of maps.
Legend.
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Is your hair dull, lifeless and boring?
Well it’s hair, what else did you expect?
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I’ve spent five frustrating days
repeatedly shouting “Heal!” at my dog.
If it doesn’t work soon,
I might just have to take him to the vet.
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I called the Suicide Help Line once,
saying that I felt like throwing myself in front of a train and needed help.
They told me to stay on the line.
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I walked into the hairdressers today.
The guy said, “Can I help you sir?”
I said, “I’m after a short cut”.
Then I walked through the shop and went out of the fire exit.
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If an indoor shooting range is burning,
what does one scream to inform them?
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A few weeks ago we had a short series of what were called ‘perfectly timed photos’ because in most cases the shutter was clicked at just the right moment to achieve the perfect result.
This lot are similar in so far as the end result is effective and hopefully amusing, although they are a bit more contrived or ‘set up’ to achieve the required result.
Have a look and see what you think.
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Welcome to another weekend and the final selection of perfectly timed photographs.
Since this is the last in this short series I am going to let the animals have the final word, or the final look might be more accurate.
Below is a mixture of domesticated and wild animals all caught on camera at exactly the right moment in time to produce fascinating and sometimes very funny pictures.
Hope you enjoy this final (for the moment) selection.
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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We’re getting close to the end of another month and close to the end of this short series.
Hope you enjoy this penultimate selection of perfectly times photos.
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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More photos for this weekend.
Nothing beats a perfectly taken photo except perhaps a perfectly timed photo.
You will find a selection of the latter variety below.
Enjoy.
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Welcome to part two of this short series of perfectly timed photos, where the click of the camera caught that perfect moment in time.
I would hazard a guess that most of these were taken accidentally, but however they were done the results are good.
Enjoy today’s selection
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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More photos for this weekend.
Nothing beats a perfectly taken photo except perhaps a perfectly timed photo.
You will find a selection of the latter variety below.
Enjoy.
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