This is hilariously funny...

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Michel Van said:
Arjen said:
Hiring Santiago Calatrava for anything is a mistake. Technically deficient, cost overruns guaranteed. Style an acquired taste.
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same thing with Train station of Liege
Far Over budget and far behind time table and now neglected
but the Problems with Mons footbridge are other reasons:

SOCALIST PARTY aka the Political Mafia of Belgium
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The costs were indeed too high. But nowadays it is a nice looking trainstation, with stores in it and quite busy.
My last visit was before Covid-19, but I don't think much has changed...
Yeah, the PS are the worst ( It is a well-known fact in Belgium, so there is no discussion here)
 
Freezing Cold in winter (I nearly died there wearing a suit with no trench coat waiting for my train).
Nice piece of art indeed, but botched in term of practicality (there wasn't enough waiting space protected from the freezing breeze sweeping the perfectly flat and exposed elevated surface of the station).

I have no idea who designed this thing, but he must be tripple as much hairy as anyone can be!
 
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T. A. Gardner said:
These days it's easy peesy to get a product name...

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My product will be called Light Stattax...
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Mine apparently will be Scot Zoztrax -isn't he a Bond villain?

SRJ.
 
SeaslugMk2 said:
T. A. Gardner said:
These days it's easy peesy to get a product name...

Product Name Generator

Generate product names and cool brands with the Product Name Generator. Product and Brand name generator
online-generator.com

My product will be called Light Stattax...
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Mine apparently will be Scot Zoztrax -isn't he a Bond villain?

SRJ.
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I'm pretty sure he was a comic relief sidekick in one and played a red-shirt guy on Star Trek...
 
SeaslugMk2 said:
T. A. Gardner said:
These days it's easy peesy to get a product name...

Product Name Generator

Generate product names and cool brands with the Product Name Generator. Product and Brand name generator
online-generator.com

My product will be called Light Stattax...
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Mine apparently will be Scot Zoztrax -isn't he a Bond villain?

SRJ.
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Reminds me of a Dilbert episode where the company tries to name a new product only for the Pointy-haired-boss to tell them "the only names not copyrighted are illnesses" - and so they do, their product is called according to an illness. I'll try to check which episode it is.

A man walks into a restaurant.
"We have beef tongue" the waiter proposes
"What ? meh, seems dirty, imagine, the mouth of an animal."
(makes a brief pause)
"I prefer eggs."
 
God damn it, it is from the very first Dilbert animated series episode, the name.

Dear gosh...

Thank you all for coming.

Especially those of you who weren't invited and have no reason to be here.

Sure, no big deal. No problem. Whatever.

To save time, I've hired a consultant to help us find a name for our next product.

He doesn't look like any consultant I've ever seen!

Recommendation...

Downsize the loud guy.

I take it back!

Anyone else want a piece of me?

[MURMURING]

As you probably know, all the good product names have been trademarked by companies who are competent.

Competent?

How are we going to compete with that?

There's still plenty of names left in the area of Greek mythology, bodily secretions, diseases and everything involving intestines.

I like all of those things.

Remember, the first rule of brainstorming is to openly mock the opinions of others.

I thought it was the other way around.

Swift.

Let's start with you accounting guys.

Walter's good at this creative stuff.

He just named his baby.

How is Walter Jr.?

She's fine. Thanks for asking.

Well, that was a dry hole.

Do we have anyone here from Marketing?

[SMOOCHING LOUDLY]

Lie to me!

Our next upgrade will solve the problem.

[MOANING] Uh-huh-hoo!

I like the sound of it but how do you spell "uh-huh-hoo"?

Walter has a name for the product.

How about... Ford?

Hmm, that seems to be taken by the Ford Motor Company!

[SOBBING]

Maybe Ford will sell the name.

Everyone has a price.

You're not allowed to talk anymore.

How about something from the disease category?

They can't all be that bad.

How about seborrhea?

I like the sound of it.

[LATIN ACCENT] Seborrhea...

Seborrrrrrhea.

That's not a disease. It's a condition.

It doesn't have to be a disease.

Let's stay focused.

Diseases, secretions, Greeks.

How about Sisyphus?

The guy who pushed a rock up a hill for eternity?

That fits this project.

Hmm, I like it.

It conveys a sense of playfulness.

It's supposed to convey a sense of futility.

You have to look at it from the rock's point of view.

How about toe fungus?

That's a disease.

Cellulite... cellula... cellulex.

And when you take your sock off and you can still see the indent on your ankle Is that called anything?

That's it! I can't take it anymore!

I will not turn into the Chicken Man.

Pick a name, any name.

Here...

Acorn.

Acorn, okay? That's the name.

I know it's taken but it's just a little mom-and-pop dry cleaners.

We can buy their name.

Okay then, buy it.

We'll present it to my boss next week.

I feel the curse of the Chicken Man lifting already.

Now all you need is a second name to present at the same time -- a really bad name.

Why do we need a second?

It's a decoy.

Always give your boss two choices.

One to reject, one to approve.

It creates the illusion of leadership.

You always bring me two choices.

For you, both choices are always real.

Oh...

All right, we need a decoy name that's plausible, yet frighteningly bad.

Hmm, how about salmonella in honor of rooster boy here?

Can I speak with the owner?

[FRENCH ACCENT] Why?

So you can make false accusations about us wearing customers' clothing to sporting events?

I defy you to prove it. No, I--

You don't scare me, you potato-shaped bully.

You four-eyed, tall-foreheaded, short-pants man.

I'm not here to complain.

[NO ACCENT] Oh, well, we're not French.

Why do you talk-- Because we're rude.

It just sounds better with a French accent.

So, what do you want?

My company would like to buy the name Acorn. We'll pay...

[FRENCH ACCENT] Never! Acorn was our only son's nickname.

It is not for sale as long as this store still stands.

I need that name.

Leave the premises now or I will be forced to call the strip mall security guard who, although old and feeble will whip you and beat you without mercy until you sing campfire songs in the voice of a little girl.

Thanks for all your help.

The Acorn Dry Cleaners won't last forever.

Just let nature take its course.

Nature? How long will that take?

Hmm, not long.

I'm part of nature.

[VOICE VIBRATING] Would you like to try a vibrating chair?

Get out of my way, you pervert.

Will you be sitting down in any of these?

No, I'm going to run for it and you might want to do the same.

Sweet mother of God!

[YELLING]

Remind me to never negotiate with you.

Ah, am I late?

Right on time, sir.

Oh, in that case, I've got time to make some phone calls.

That is so rude.

Am I late now?

Yes, but it's not because you're an inconsiderate dolt.

It's because you're more important than us.

All right, so, what do you have for me?

We need your approval for the name...

Wait.

[SNIFFS]

The smell of fresh ficus -- it transports me back to my youth.

Summers in the Catskill Mountains.

Settle in. This could be a long one.

VICE PRESIDENT: Ah... we'd all go to Turtle Pond to swim and laugh and play games amongst the wild ficus.

One day tragedy struck.

A turtle made off with my trunks.

I stayed in the water as long as I could but the water was cold.

Soon... a crowd formed.

They gave me a nickname on the spot -- one that still haunts me.

Acorn.

[♪♪]

My awful, non-French parents even named their dry cleaning store Acorn.

[CLUCKS]

But that's all in the past. What do you have for me?

We just need your approval on our next product name.

Salmonella.

Salmonella?

I like it.

[GROWLS AND CLUCKS]

What?

Nothing. No.

What's my other choice?

People usually give me two choices.

Ah... Seborrhea.

Isn't that a disease?

It's a condition.

I like the first one.

By this time next year I want every person in the country to be driving a Salmonella.

It's not necessarily a car.

It's not?

Then why are we giving it a car name?

What else do you have?

How about The Gruntmaster?

The Gruntmaster.

I don't know. It's missing something.

Gruntmaster... 6000.

That's it.

Less features than the Gruntmaster 9000 but just as fun.

[ALL SIGHING]

Good work, Dilbert.
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A sketch that may have been on Not The Nine O'Clock News or Alas, Smith and Jones. I can't find it on YouTube.

Remember the soccer team that crashed in the Andes? An interview with a survivor...

Q: ... and when you realized that you could die of starvation, what did you do?

A: We... we... decided to... we.. (sobs) Oh God! We went into the wreck and we... cut strips off... it was horrible! (Breaks down in tears).

Q: You actually ate... the airline food?

A: (Suddenly calm) Well, we'd already eaten the other passengers.
 
martinbayer said:
jstar said:
I'm sure he was just being sarcastic. No elected official in the United States could actually be that ignorant.
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Haha - good one! (just kidding...)

Seriously though, does the term "Jewish Space Lasers" ring any bells?
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They need an airliner as platform, and we all know early airborne laser used a C-135, a close sibling of the 707.

Thus, behold:
https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/hxnqh0
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/hxnqh0/air_israel_please_clear_the_runway/


Air Israel laser
 
martinbayer said:
jstar said:
I'm sure he was just being sarcastic. No elected official in the United States could actually be that ignorant.
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Haha - good one! (just kidding...)

Seriously though, does the term "Jewish Space Lasers" ring any bells?
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That women is an insult to human beings intelligence. Consanguinity, here we go - you can see it has ran deep and probably way too long in her family - only looking at her face.
Did you liked "the man who stared at goats" ? You will like its sequel "the woman who shouted at mail slots".
 
Rhinocrates said:
A sketch that may have been on Not The Nine O'Clock News or Alas, Smith and Jones. I can't find it on YouTube.

Remember the soccer team that crashed in the Andes? An interview with a survivor...

Q: ... and when you realized that you could die of starvation, what did you do?

A: We... we... decided to... we.. (sobs) Oh God! We went into the wreck and we... cut strips off... it was horrible! (Breaks down in tears).

Q: You actually ate... the airline food?

A: (Suddenly calm) Well, we'd already eaten the other passengers.
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Oh, that takes me back. Not the nine o'clock news was awesome...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bq_abof4lg
 
Iunno. My experience is some kinds of stupid can be detected at a distance.
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Back in 2002 my local newspaper caricaturist (Michel Iturria)

Michel Iturria — Wikipédia

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...created a "Mad german scientist" character

le professeur Joachim Von Bierkirchnaps, génial inventeur du « conomètre » (« l’instrument de mesure de la connerie humaine, la seule chose qui puisse donner l’idée de l’infini et qui s’emballe dès que Jacques Séguéla s’en approche »)
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The gist of the joke was that the guy had invented a machine to measure human degree of stupidity.

You can see where this was going.

Over the next weeks, the baffled caricaturist randomly picked the silliest sods in the news, and illustrated them through his mad scientist character.

"Trying his machine on [insert random idiot in the daily news here] Doctor Joachim Von Bierkirchnaps saw, startled, that the fuse of his machine had just melted..."

(the period encompassed the disastrous French 2002 presidential election campaign, including Jospin and Chirac electoral promises. When the mad scientist tested his machine on these two, it exploded, nearly killing him).
 

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