SaveToby.com

Just to be clear, this site nor any of the other sites on this blog are endorsed by me or mdmone - we just link to stuff you may want to visit.

Other than that I'll leave this open to your own opinions:
http://www.savetoby.com/

(Update: PayPal have been persuaded by an activist group to close the owner's account.)

mdmone.com Quiz

Triple-click here to reveral answers:


1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
*116 years
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
*Ecuador
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
*Sheep and Horses
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
*November
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
*Squirrel fur
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
*Dogs
7) What was King George VI's first name?
*Albert
8) What colour is a purple finch?
*Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
*New Zealand
10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?
*Orange, of course.

Pub Troubleshooting

Let Yahoo cure your drinking problems...

http://uk.download.yahoo.com/pr/fu/oa/drinkersproblems.xls

For the Brits to redeem ourselves...

The last post sisn't give a particularly great view of the British, so here's some stuff that only ever happens in Britain...

• Only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
• Only in Britain... do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
• Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a DIET coke.
• Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
• Only in Britain... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
• Only in Britain... are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink.

Be proud to be British! (for those of you that are..)

• 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
• 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
• 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
• 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
• 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate.
• British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.
• 101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
• 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
• A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
• 8 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control Scalextric cars.
• And finally......... In 2000 eight Brits cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet.

To spoof or not to spoof?

I assume they're spoofs...

http://www.thetoastshop.co.uk/
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/

Highway Code

Learning to drive? Let this film help you, from the creator of Olympics.

http://windward.nodalpoint.net/doc/media/liikenne.swf

Computer Helpline Quotes

Actual converstaions over a computer helpine:

Helpdesk: What kind of computer do you have?

Female customer: A white one...

******


Customer: Hi, this is Celine. I can't get my diskette out.

Helpdesk: Have you tried pushing the button?

Customer: Yes, sure, it's really stuck.

Helpdesk: That doesn't sound good; I'll make a note ...

Customer: No ... wait a minute... I hadn't inserted it yet... it's still on
my desk... Sorry....

******

Helpdesk: Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left of the screen.

Customer: Your left or my left?

******

Helpdesk: Good day. How may I help you?

Male customer: Hello... I can't print.

Helpdesk: Would you click on start for me and...

Customer: Listen pal; don't start getting technical on me! I'm not Bill Gates!

******

Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can't print. Every time I try,
it says 'Can't find printer'. I've even lifted the printer and placed it in front
of the monitor, but the computer still says it can't find it....

******

Customer: I have problems printing in red...

Helpdesk: Do you have a color printer?

Customer: Aaaah....................Thank you.

******


Helpdesk: What's on your monitor now ma'am?

Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me in the supermarket.

******

Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.

Helpdesk: Are you sure it's plugged into the computer?

Customer: No. I can't get behind the computer.

Helpdesk: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.

Customer: Okay.

Helpdesk: Did the keyboard come with you?

Customer: Yes.

Helpdesk: That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is there another keyboard?

Customer: Yes, there's another one here. Ah...that one does work!

******


Helpdesk: Your password is the small letter a as in apple, a capital letter
V as in

Victor, and the number 7.

Customer: Is that 7 in capital letters?

******

A customer couldn't get on the Internet.

Helpdesk: Are you sure you used the right password?

Customer: Yes I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it.

Helpdesk: Can you tell me what the password was?

Customer: Five stars.

******

Customer: I have a huge problem. A friend has put a screensaver on my computer,
but every time I move the mouse, it disappears!

******

Helpdesk: How may I help you?

Customer: I'm writing my first e-mail.

Helpdesk: OK, and, what seems to be the problem?

Customer: Well, I have the letter 'a' in the address, but how do I get the
circle around it?

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Serious Note: Government Health Concerns

It seems that the use of the net has led to some severe nationwide medical problems. The amount of people LMAO'ing has led the government to beleive that the amount of people wandering around with no A's had risen by more than 800% in the last year. They are also concerend at the amoutn of people openly admitting to the somewhat unhygeinic acticity of PMSL'ing - it appears that even the most basic of hygeine standards are now being broken. Governments are advising people to move their computers nearer to toilets.

Yahoo Mail

Reply to this person, forward something to this person, spam this person... what?

She Blocked Me

Good spoof of the song: nice for MSN users...

http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/blockedme.php

Cure your fear of flying

Real life fligh attendant annoucements: http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/oa/fun.doc

Web Hosting: A "Guide"

Not sure if the non-tech people will get this, but this guide to web hosting is why you need a dedicated server for more than 5MB webspace.

(Edit: dead link, removed)