Uhh, is that REALLY a sign you want to ignore?

This stupidity is VERY local, and VERY stupid.
These pictures were recently taken at a nearby park where I enjoy going often.
Not only are there young children playing, wading, and swimming in the fountain, but there is an adult walking around in there, too.
I'd say that if you are just dying to get cryptosporidium or another delightful parasite or illness from the water, this is the best way to do it. Were warnings like this just made to be ignored?
I'm sad to say that every time I walk through the park, there are always people in that fountain...

A gassy situation

Just read the first two words of this sign out loud, and you'll be sure they did it on purpose.
I wouldn't have expected that here in Happy Valley, I guess.

What's the point?

CRAIG DILGER/Daily Herald

Illustration: Vitamin D Milk - February 27, 2008

Thursday, 28 February 2008

Got Hormones?

The Associated Press

Utah officials want to control the labels on milk cartons and other dairy products. Milk processors would be able to promote their product as being free of artificial hormones. But only if they also say there's no significant difference when compared to milk from cows that are treated with growth hormones. THE PROPOSAL RANinto some opposition during a public hearing Tuesday. The Utah Food Industry Association said the federal government should regulate labels, not states. The Dairy Foods Association, based in Washington, D.C., said there's no public outcry for label restrictions. But Utah's agriculture commissioner, Leonard Blackham, said a rule is necessary to prevent consumers from being confused. He recalled seeing dairy products in Utah stores declaring, "No hormones!" "All food from a living organism has hormones," Blackham said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says companies are allowed to claim their milk comes from cows that were not treated with rBGH, as long as the labels do not "mislead consumers" to believe the milk is safer or better. "You're headed in the right direction," Brian Lowry of the Monsanto Co., maker of the hormone, said at the Utah hearing. Ogden dairy farmer Kerry Gibson, who also is a state lawmaker, said labels that say there are no artificial hormones elicit "an emotional response in consumers who don't have time to research the issue." Under Utah's proposed rule, the state can penalize violators up to $5,500 and could recall mislabeled products. If the rule is adopted, there first will be a 30-day comment period. Pennsylvania banned hormone-free labeling in October, but later rescinded the ban. Ohio has held hearings on the issue, and the state's agriculture director is expected to issue a decision. A bill in the Indiana Legislature was recently pulled because it stirred too much controversy. Some opponents of stricter labeling, including Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., say it's a First Amendment issue. The company has labeled its ice cream as free of a synthetic hormone.

There's a reason this tree is 50% off...

Looks like a great tree, until you realize....
IT DOESN'T HAVE A TRUNK!
Nice Photoshop job, K-Mart!

Wedding Ring Coffin

weddingringcoffin.com

I don't know whether to call this ridiculous or clever. It's a funny concept but just so...strange. After the divorce, this is a way to let your marriage "rest in peace" or something like that.

I think I'd sell the ring instead of holding onto it for grieving, but that's just me.

Pop-Up Pirate

Yeah...that's a GREAT educational game for young children...
(yes, they ARE trying to stick swords into the pirate guy inside the barrel.)

Fun Bugz

At the checkout stand, I noticed this package of gummi candy from everyone's favorite maker of gummi-related products, Black Forest. The idea is that they have a gummi outside with a juicy inside (like Gushers).

But upon observing the wrapper more closely, I realized that it had some serious issues.

Why is that bug sitting back and relaxing when his guts are gushing out all over the place?!

I'm so glad Dave had his camera phone.