Reply to: Monday Links from the Bench vol. CXCIX

[Mich the Tester]

[*]The Original "Mahna Mahna" - "It's a fair bet that you've heard "Mahna Mahna" from The Muppet Show. If you're of a certain age, just mentioning "Mahna Mahna" starts the tune in your head, and you're off to the races! (Doo-doo-dee-doo-doo, doo-doo-dee-doo!!) But while most of us think of the song as the opening number on the original Muppet Show, its first Muppet rendition came on an early episode of Sesame Street, performed by a trio of then-nameless "anything Muppets" just messing around." Chris Higgins tracks down various manifestations of the classic Muppets song. Turns out Sesame Street wasn't its first appearance...

I like this version;

[Mich the Tester]

A very interesting and sobering article.

The bit that made me think was the one suicide victim who said: ‘I’m going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.’ Obviously no-one smiled at him.

Sobering indeed. I try to smile every day, because as Louis Armstrong sang, 'when you're smiling, when you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you...'

Maybe that just makes me an irritating coont for some people; I never stopped to think it could save somebody's life though.

[NickFitz]

I've just read that for the first time, and Facebook is now offering me their sponsored posts in my timeline

If you'd kept up and read it last year, they'd have got bored and gone away by now

[TheFaQQer]

• Our Logo Looks Like Underpants: A Case Study in Internationalization - RJMetrics unveiled a new corporate identity, and soon identified a disconcerting trend on social media: "Without exception, every tweet that ever suggested that our logo looks like underpants had come from the United Kingdom."

I've just read that for the first time, and Facebook is now offering me their sponsored posts in my timeline

[Bunk]

Someone just pointed out to me that clientCo's logo is a thong.

Yes, I can see that, a whale tail

[mudskipper]

Once these are posted, I can go out foraging for bacon:
[LIST][*]Our Logo Looks Like Underpants: A Case Study in Internationalization - RJMetrics unveiled a new corporate identity, and soon identified a disconcerting trend on social media: "Without exception, every tweet that ever suggested that our logo looks like underpants had come from the United Kingdom."

Someone just pointed out to me that clientCo's logo is a thong.

[DirtyDog]

Its a sliding scale.

level of Madness ∝ (Cats) + ((knitted items with cats on)/3).

Note squirrels can be substituted for cats if you are Russian!

Plus, there's the concept of crafting with cat hair.

[DirtyDog]

Oh, and there's Not on the High Street too, but i think their commission is a bit steep or something

NOTHS are very picky about who they let in and are a bit of a nightmare to deal with, by all accounts.

[DirtyDog]

The Original "Mahna Mahna" - "It's a fair bet that you've heard "Mahna Mahna" from The Muppet Show. If you're of a certain age, just mentioning "Mahna Mahna" starts the tune in your head, and you're off to the races! (Doo-doo-dee-doo-doo, doo-doo-dee-doo!!) But while most of us think of the song as the opening number on the original Muppet Show, its first Muppet rendition came on an early episode of Sesame Street, performed by a trio of then-nameless "anything Muppets" just messing around." Chris Higgins tracks down various manifestations of the classic Muppets song. Turns out Sesame Street wasn't its first appearance...

And they missed the Sandra Bullock version!

[mudskipper]

Its a sliding scale.

level of Madness ∝ (Cats) + ((knitted items with cats on)/3).

Note squirrels can be substituted for cats if you are Russian!

I've cross stitched cats. In my yoof - I've grown out of it now I'm old.

[vetran]

There are sane cat ladies?!

PS I don't mean you Norrahe, you are a lovely cat lady

Its a sliding scale.

level of Madness ∝ (Cats) + ((knitted items with cats on)/3).

Note squirrels can be substituted for cats if you are Russian!

[SimonMac]

It's ebay for mad cat ladies

There are sane cat ladies?!

PS I don't mean you Norrahe, you are a lovely cat lady

[mudskipper]

• In The Picture: Michael Paul Smith - HT to northernladuk for this great piece about a photographer who blends reality and models seamlessly, strictly without the use of Photoshop:
  

Saw this on facebook - Cleverly Placed Miniature Cement Sculptures by Isaac Cordal «TwistedSifter Not quite the same thing, but quite cool.



He could have done without the real people reflections though!

Edit: Lots more here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/isaacordal/

[NickFitz]

There's even Adra - a welsh version*

* disclaimer - i have an interest in a plan B shop operating on these sites

You are a sadra boyfriend and I claim my five pounds

[barrydidit]

It's ebay for mad cat ladies

Mad US cat ladies mainly, I think.

UK version is Folksy - here*

There's even Adra - a welsh version*

* disclaimer - i have an interest in a plan B shop operating on these sites

Oh, and there's Not on the High Street too, but i think their commission is a bit steep or something