Woman Called Yoda Blocked From Facebook

Who cares why she was blocked from Facebook. What I want to know is:

Who in their right mind would name their child Yoda in the first place?!

Hiroko Yoda says she made several attempts to sign up to the popular social networking site but her applications were always met with an error message.

The Japanese author suspected that her distinctive surname – which she shares with the wise, green Jedi Master of the Star Wars film series – may be at the root of her problem.

Her suspicions were confirmed when her attempts to sign up using other anglicised versions of her surname, including Youda and Yohda, proved successful.

After contacting Facebook she claims she was told that Yoda had been placed on a name blacklist because so many members pretended to be the fictional three-fingered seer. The website only allows people to join under their real names. <MORE>

Excuse Me, But Are You GAY?

Talk about using words out of context…

Harry Potter Fans Unite!

Harry Potter fans are EXTREMELY upset (that’s an understatement) about the delay of Warner Brothers’ next film in the series, ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP! SEE FOR YOURSELF!

Ever Seen a Cat With Four Ears?

NOW YOU HAVE. By the way, I don’t believe this for a second. Photoshop has been around for a while and so have I. Decide for yourself. Full story HERE

A good listener: Two-year-old house cat Yoda was born with four ears

 

 

At-home attempt to neuter dog leads to charges

This gives new meaning to the phrase “Do it Yourself”

An amateur veterinarian’s failed attempt to neuter a friend’s schnauzer became a police matter when the owner took the dog in for emergency treatment. MORE

The Chinese Can’t Fool Us

 

Chinese officials have admitted deceiving the public over another highlight of the Olympic opening ceremony: the picture-perfect schoolgirl who sang as the Chinese flag entered the stadium was performing to another girl’s voice.

Lin Miaoke who lip-synched at the opening ceremony over the voice of Yang Peiyi [right] who was considered unsuited to the lead role because of her buck teeth MORE

Burger King Employee Found Bathing in Sink

 

Some workers at an Ohio Burger King are in hot water with the health department, after an employee took a bubble bath in a store sink. MORE

Beijing Fireworks Faked?

The Beijing Times has revealed that the footprint fireworks sequence for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, was computer generated and inserted into the coverage too look like the real thing. Beijing’s hazy night skies and camera shake as though it was filmed from a helicopter was even added to the sequence to make it look more authentic. MORE

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Recut)

Great Taste, New Name!

Microsoft's Online Advertising Efforts

This reminds me of a blind taste test gone bad–really, really bad. What were they thinking?

Microsoft’s most recent “Mojave Experiment” reveals that most people have negative perceptions about Microsoft’s latest OS–Windows Vista–even if they’ve never actually used it.

 Microsoft sat 120 people in front of a video demo of what they were told was the forthcoming “Mojave” operating system.

So what did they think of it?

 

They LOVED it.

Only it wasn’t anything they hadn’t already seen or used before. The video demo they saw was actually that of Windows Vista–it just had a different name.

Wait, what?! Yes, this is a TRUE story. Microsoft challenged all of the Vista haters by calling the OS by another name.

While this was certainly an interesting experiment in social-psychology, I don’t think it’s something a company would want to advertise or brag about.

So here it is, straight from Microsoft: People think our operating system sucks, so we’re changing the name. If you would just try our product (assuming you have the hardware to support it–good luck with that btw), you will love it!