6/5/2006: Ant world cup - Page 2

BigV · 06-06-2006, 09:13 AM

There's this cooking show on the radio, which I dislike, and one of the segments that annoys me most is where the caller rings up the host and tells them the pathetic contents of their refrigerator and pantRy and challenges the host to make a palatable dish from the short and comically mismatched list of ingredients. Just get in the car and go buy some freakin groceries, 'k?

Anyway that's what this story reminds me of. A couple of bored students in the school biosciences lab with too much time and too little...guidance. "I'm bored. I don't *want* to work on our term project. There's nothing to do. What can we do? We got ants, and some nail polish, wait, here's a chunk of poo on my boot. :lightbulb: ..." you get the idea.

edit: corrected funny/embarassing/misleading typo. Thank you LabRat. You may read the original post by subtracting the obvious edit.

footfootfoot · 06-06-2006, 09:20 AM

BigV's post has the authoritative ring of the voice of experience...

LabRat · 06-06-2006, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

tells them the pathetic contents of their refrigerator and panty and

panty?

I thought Howard Stern went to pay radio?

milkfish · 06-06-2006, 12:12 PM

Those slackers ought to get back to what the rest of the world needs and expects - fielding an all robot World Cup soccer team.

glatt · 06-06-2006, 12:34 PM

FYI: This was just Boing Boinged.

Griff · 06-06-2006, 12:36 PM

Yar! Prepare to be boarded.

Undertoad · 06-06-2006, 12:47 PM

Thankfully they linked to the blog view version, which uses less resources, so the server will survive.

Sadly they linked to the "general" IotD, not the permalink version, which means that if I post a new IotD today, that will be what Boing Boingers get, not the Ant W. C.

I will hold off posting a new IotD until later, for the sake of the Boingers. Welcome Boingers!

Kitsune · 06-06-2006, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I will hold off posting a new IotD until later, for the sake of the Boingers.

Just e-mail 'em. They're usually really good about updating stuff very quickly.

mitheral · 06-06-2006, 02:01 PM

I think instead you should flush the backlog to IotD, give 'em something different every 5 minutes

PS: How should links to the IotD be done? This one for example.

Undertoad · 06-06-2006, 02:18 PM

I've emailed em and they have fixed it. (Thanks again Mark!)

The best way for high traffic site to link to an IotD is to link to the "permalink" of the blog view version, which is found in the upper right hand corner of the blog view version. The box where it says "Permalink Latest Image" is the "permanent" link to that particular daily image.

Angel · 06-06-2006, 02:41 PM

Hooray

I wonder how long it took them to tie their boots

mitheral · 06-06-2006, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

The best way for high traffic site to link to an IotD is to link to the "permalink" of the blog view version, which is found in the upper right hand corner of the blog view version. The box where it says "Permalink Latest Image" is the "permanent" link to that particular daily image.

Thanks. Now I just have to try and remember there is a special way to link.

Wiz · 06-06-2006, 03:11 PM

Just wait until FIFA get's to know how much the ants get payed. LOL!

Wiz · 06-06-2006, 03:16 PM

They look like they've been Photoshopped for a WORTH 1000 Competition, done something similar myself.

Kagen4o4 · 06-06-2006, 04:37 PM

this is all just another example of humans being completely bored with where they stand in the world and how evolution is working to slow for us

06-06-2006, 09:13 AM	#16
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	There's this cooking show on the radio, which I dislike, and one of the segments that annoys me most is where the caller rings up the host and tells them the pathetic contents of their refrigerator and pantRy and challenges the host to make a palatable dish from the short and comically mismatched list of ingredients. Just get in the car and go buy some freakin groceries, 'k? Anyway that's what this story reminds me of. A couple of bored students in the school biosciences lab with too much time and too little...guidance. "I'm bored. I don't want to work on our term project. There's nothing to do. What can we do? We got ants, and some nail polish, wait, here's a chunk of poo on my boot. :lightbulb: ..." you get the idea. edit: corrected funny/embarassing/misleading typo. Thank you LabRat. You may read the original post by subtracting the obvious edit. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 06-06-2006 at 01:05 PM.

06-06-2006, 09:20 AM	#17
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	BigV's post has the authoritative ring of the voice of experience... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-06-2006, 12:36 PM	#21
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yar! Prepare to be boarded. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-06-2006, 02:41 PM	#26
Angel Recruit or Something Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4	Hooray I wonder how long it took them to tie their boots __________________ To Be Or Not To Be What Was The Question?

06-06-2006, 03:11 PM	#28
Wiz Rapscallion Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5	Cool Just wait until FIFA get's to know how much the ants get payed. LOL!

06-06-2006, 12:12 PM	#19
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Those slackers ought to get back to what the rest of the world needs and expects - fielding an all robot World Cup soccer team.

06-06-2006, 12:34 PM	#20
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	FYI: This was just Boing Boinged.

06-06-2006, 12:47 PM	#22
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thankfully they linked to the blog view version, which uses less resources, so the server will survive. Sadly they linked to the "general" IotD, not the permalink version, which means that if I post a new IotD today, that will be what Boing Boingers get, not the Ant W. C. I will hold off posting a new IotD until later, for the sake of the Boingers. Welcome Boingers!

06-06-2006, 02:01 PM	#24
mitheral Abecedarian Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 170	I think instead you should flush the backlog to IotD, give 'em something different every 5 minutes PS: How should links to the IotD be done? This one for example.

06-06-2006, 02:18 PM	#25
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I've emailed em and they have fixed it. (Thanks again Mark!) The best way for high traffic site to link to an IotD is to link to the "permalink" of the blog view version, which is found in the upper right hand corner of the blog view version. The box where it says "Permalink Latest Image" is the "permanent" link to that particular daily image.

06-06-2006, 03:16 PM	#29
Wiz Rapscallion Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5	They look like they've been Photoshopped for a WORTH 1000 Competition, done something similar myself.

06-06-2006, 04:37 PM	#30
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	this is all just another example of humans being completely bored with where they stand in the world and how evolution is working to slow for us __________________ something we both can enjoy??

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