I'm going to geaux out on a limb and say they were trying to be cute with the wording.
I thought so. Why is it that governmental offices think that cute wording equals happier constituents?
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Sep 21, 2009 12:20:04 pm PDT #10059 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
meara - Sep 21, 2009 12:21:14 pm PDT #10060 of 30001
I would be happy to have someone doing a half-assed vacuuming job (or, rather, sweeping, since I have no carpet here) in my house. As long as I'm not the one doing it. :)
tommyrot - Sep 21, 2009 12:21:58 pm PDT #10061 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
remember that a half-assed vacuuming job looks almost as good as a careful vacuuming job.
Heh.
Somewhat relatedly, here is my Guide to Cleaning a Room in Five Minutes:
- Pick the one thing that most contributes to a room's messy appearance.
- Clean/take care of that one thing.
- Repeat until five minutes are up.
This wont' work too well on a room that's overwhelmingly messy, but it can make a big difference on a moderately messy situation.
flea - Sep 21, 2009 12:23:56 pm PDT #10062 of 30001
information libertarian
Thank god I never go on trips. I work until 10pm occasionally and the house is a disaster, and last night he couldn't even get the kids in bed. Even when I leave specific suggestions ('please empty the dishwasher'), nothing happens.
Jesse - Sep 21, 2009 12:25:59 pm PDT #10063 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Pick the one thing that most contributes to a room's messy appearance.
Clean/take care of that one thing.
Repeat until five minutes are up.
So true! I end up with junk (mail, etc.) on the part of my sofa that I'm not sitting on, and just dealing with that makes the room almost instantly not a pig sty.
tommyrot - Sep 21, 2009 12:27:15 pm PDT #10064 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Vortex - Sep 21, 2009 12:32:28 pm PDT #10065 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Or, you know, the four pairs of shoes in front of my couch right now.
Ginger - Sep 21, 2009 12:35:04 pm PDT #10066 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Can we have Gud cloned? I promise to never criticize my Gud clone's housekeeping.
tommyrot - Sep 21, 2009 12:37:20 pm PDT #10067 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cool graph time!
Job Voyager is a set of interactive charts showing changing occupations reported to the US Census Bureau from 1850-2000. It was by the University of California at Berkeley from data collected by the University of Minnesota’s Population Center using the visualization software Flare. You can use the feature to examine the rise and fall of different occupations and gender roles in American history.
Polter-Cow - Sep 21, 2009 12:42:19 pm PDT #10068 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Cool graph time!
Whoa, the one for Actor is interesting. The field peaked in the 1930s, and then plummeted until no one acted in the 1980s, and it started growing in the 1990s again.