Archive for January, 2009

Public Condescension Announcements

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Actual script of a television ad I just saw:

“In the real world, there is no spokesperson to prevent reckless driving; there’s only you.”

Do these folks not realize they’re saying this on television? Why do public service announcements always sound like the government thinks we’re all in preschool?

You See But You Do Not Observe

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

This story is quite ridiculous, from a physical point of view, but it’s still most entertaining.