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Chocaholic 02-06-2010 02:51 PM

Here's another one. Ever see the cap on the Head and Shoulders bottle? There is NO WAY to take the amount you need...you always get doused with waaaay too much and it gets slathered all over the bottle, no matter how careful you are. Ingenious design to make sure plenty of product gets wasted.

Buckterrier 02-06-2010 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by island911 (Post 5169584)
I believe that's done to remind the user that few tissues are left.

With 2/3 the box left? Did you engineer the machine to 'flip' the tissue? :D

bivenator 02-06-2010 03:25 PM

liquid dish detergent collects on the bottom and is impossible to get out, constant waste. On another note, we got a new trash collection company they brought out new bins for recycling when we still have bins from the old.

Chocaholic 02-06-2010 03:42 PM

BMW Motorrad (motorcycles) has a national dealer sponsored "high-mileage" contest with full coverage and updates in monthly issues of the Owners News. Guys are riding the ***** out of their beemers all over the country for the sole purpose of recognition in the club press. A great way to use up bikes and gear quicker than they would if riding was only for pleasure or normal transportation.

Oh Haha 02-06-2010 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ruf-porsche (Post 5169545)
Don't use tissues? Than what do you use to wipe your ass?


Toilet paper. It's been engineered for that purpose.


If cats could be taught to wipe their ass with tissue than I don't see the need for kitty litter.

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imcarthur 02-06-2010 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bivenator (Post 5170143)
On another note, we got a new trash collection company they brought out new bins for recycling when we still have bins from the old.

Just wait until you try to throw a garbage can out. The basterds won't take it. You have to make a big sign for it or forget it. We have serious garbage Nazis here.

And can you recycle old recycle bins????

Ian

scottmandue 02-06-2010 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bivenator (Post 5170143)
liquid dish detergent collects on the bottom and is impossible to get out, constant waste.

Same goes for any product we buy in a pump bottle, 10-20% wasted in the bottom.




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widgeon13 02-06-2010 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by scottmandue (Post 5169656)
New cars with power everything... what if I want to crank the windows up and down? And good luck finding a car without the (crappy) OEM radio or AC... when the advertised switch and bait price is for a car without those options!

That's very interesting because in Europe, you can order a MB or BMW with just about whatever options you want, crank windows, no problem; delete insignias, no problem. Over here is all shlt that can and will fail and is costly to replace. The dealers in the US love that, it's their bread and butter. They love screwing their customers!

DARISC 02-06-2010 05:00 PM

Ya know what really pisses me off? When a waitress (or waiter) gives me an inverted soup spoon! What the FK's up with THAT?

To make matters worse (and I've had this happen to me numerous times) they look at me with this stupid "Huhh?" look in their eyes when I bring it to their attention. Sheesh!

I'll never forget one wiseass waiter. I registered my complaint, he apologized, picked up the inverted spoon, slowly made a 360 degree turn, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, rotated the spoon 360 degrees when it was hidden from my view and handed it back to me, apologizing profusely. WHAT FKN'G NERVE!

Aside from that, he was an excellent water and I tipped him 30%. :D

ckissick 02-06-2010 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Chocaholic (Post 5170080)
Here's another one. Ever see the cap on the Head and Shoulders bottle? There is NO WAY to take the amount you need...you always get doused with waaaay too much and it gets slathered all over the bottle, no matter how careful you are. Ingenious design to make sure plenty of product gets wasted.

Also, "lather, rinse...REPEAT." I don't think so.

DARISC 02-06-2010 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ckissick (Post 5170319)
Also, "lather, rinse...REPEAT." I don't think so.

Yup. That's a marketing classic.

Notice that they don't tell you HOW MANY TIMES to repeat. Oh, they're goood! :D

red-beard 02-06-2010 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ruf-porsche (Post 5169545)
Don't use tissues? Than what do you use to wipe your ass?

If cats could be taught to wipe their ass with tissue than I don't see the need for kitty litter.

I had a girlfriend who would chase after cats, after they used the little box, to wipe their butts.

DARISC 02-06-2010 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by red-beard (Post 5170333)
I had a girlfriend who would chase after cats, after they used the little box, to wipe their butts.

Did you dump 'er? :)

Looking_for_911 02-06-2010 09:11 PM

I go to a fast food joint, place my order - everything I want - and am then asked, "Would you like....?" No. I don't want or need anything else. If I wanted "Fries with that" or "make it a large" I would have said so. I've been ordering my own food in these places over 30-years, closer to 40, in fact, and I know how to do it.
Sheesh.

Heel n Toe 02-06-2010 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by URY914 (Post 5169523)
Tires.

We use less than 10% of the entire tire than throw the rest of the thing away. If you want to save the world find a way to make use of all that used rubber.

I believe I saw a segment on the Discovery channel once that showed how they're ground up, the steel belts are separated out with an electromagnet and recycled, and the rubber chunks are mixed with asphalt and used to pave roads.

So relax... the world has been saved. ;)

wdfifteen 02-07-2010 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe (Post 5170834)
I believe I saw a segment on the Discovery channel once that showed how they're ground up, the steel belts are separated out with an electromagnet and recycled, and the rubber chunks are mixed with asphalt and used to pave roads.

So relax... the world has been saved. ;)

I saw that show too. Pretty impressive the way they can separate the parts of a tire.

wdfifteen 02-07-2010 02:49 AM

I'm skeptical of cynicism.

Buckterrier 02-07-2010 03:03 AM

Celebrities that give a million bucks to charity.
Good for the charity but two things... One it's like me giving ten bucks, second it's a huge tax right off. So don't feel so warm and cuddly about yourself.


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