[Mac User #001]

Okay, I was just messing around with taking multiple screenshots of my desktop, each time opening that new screenshot so I have a desktop inside of desktop and so on.

My results...



Then I got the idea of taking a snapshot of someone's desktop with a new file or folder there or something, and then erase that file/folder, and place that image as the desktop picture. It would perfectly line up and everything, the question I'm asking is, do you think it would fool anyone?

[- - e r i k - -]

Oldest (GUI) computer joke in the book.

[Buckaroo]

I don't know if Safari does it, but I know that Internet Explorer will go into Theater mode. If you took a picture of their desktop, and linked it to an html document and when they opened up the html document, they'd get a full screen of the picture of the fake desktop.

[iM@k]

Ooooh! Ooooh! Ooooh! IT'S MINE TURN TO POST THE TIMELINE!

[Randman]

Originally Posted by iM@k 

Ooooh! Ooooh! Ooooh! IT'S MINE TURN TO POST THE TIMELINE!

I missed that graphic.

[Mithras]

Now with iPhone-gradient corners.

[Lint Police]

Original is Better®

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Lint Police 

Original is Better®

Thanks for telling us point-blank that you have been around MacNN for a long time.

-t

[Mac User #001]

Well... apparently I stumbled upon the past.

But it DOES work, right? See, I could probably still have fun with it. I'm not the only one who doesn't own the book, hence not the only one who knew it was the oldest trick in it.

Sorry for bringing up ancient history everyone.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

But it DOES work, right?

Does it make coffee ?
Does it vacuum your house ?
Does it do laundry ?

See, I don't really see how it works.

-t

[Lint Police]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Thanks for telling us point-blank that you have been around MacNN for a long time.

-t

I said that. I did not say I hadn't been around. I said I haven't posted. (recently)

[Kerrigan]

Mmmmm... oh yes

[Mithras]

OMG Cody? love-heart-guy? SWG? (clearly not)

[design219]

Would This Pass As A Joke?

Why do those big bears north of the arctic circle have white fur?

 

Because it's cold up there.

 

Yes, I know it's lame, but I just made it up.

[- - e r i k - -]

Cody = ♥

[- - e r i k - -]

My sister made this one up as a kid:

Two dyslexic tomatoes are crossing the road when one of them gets hit by a car. The other one quips: "Come on Kenneth!"

[Kerrigan]

It's funny how long that passed as a mystery, even though it was pretty obvious

edit- now I'm going to make my own lame joke referencing Erik's lame joke: jeez would somebody kill that cricket?

[Mithras]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Cody = ♥

Okay, I'm mixing things up. What was the name of Cody's 'NN-"boyfriend", the gentle one who always had something nice to say to even the biggest clown?

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Mithras 

Okay, I'm mixing things up. What was the name of Cody's 'NN-"boyfriend", the gentle one who always had something nice to say to even the biggest clown?

WDlove.

But that's not him.

-t

[Railroader]

I've done the cracked LCD prank on someone. I'll never do that one again.

[Randman]

W/e happened to them?

[Lint Police]

I can't make that cool ass heart.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Randman 

W/e happened to them?

WDlove left after being badly pranked by that kid, forgot his name.

Cody still makes appearances now and then as {heart}.

-t

[Buckaroo]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

I've done the cracked LCD prank on someone. I'll never do that one again.

Why don't you never want to do it again?

[- - e r i k - -]

Something like this?

YouTube - cracked lcd screen

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

My sister made this one up as a kid:

Two dyslexic tomatoes are crossing the road when one of them gets hit by a car. The other one quips: "Come on Kenneth!"

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

I've done the cracked LCD prank on someone. I'll never do that one again.

That is AWESOME! Especially since I've experienced the horror of a cracked screen and know how bad it will suck. More to mess around with people, thanks

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Lint Police 

Original is Better®

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Thanks for telling us point-blank that you have been around MacNN for a long time.

-t

Originally Posted by Lint Police 

I said that. I did not say I hadn't been around. I said I haven't posted. (recently)

Kevin?

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by Buckaroo 

Why don't you never want to do it again?

Picture an adult woman, a iBook, and a nearly thrown computer across the room.

It's just too mean.

[Lint Police]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Kevin?

I have a brother named Kevin, but no, not who you are thinking of.

[auto_immune]

One of my all time favorite jokes:

How do you catch a polar bear?

 

dig a hole in the ice and place a lot of peas around the hole.
When the bear comes to take a pea, kick it in the icehole!

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Lint Police 

I have a brother named Kevin, but no, not who you are thinking of.

...and so my record on guessing mystery nicks is intact.

[Peter]

I basically invented the timeline

[Eug]

I put a picture of the creepy mother (that was in that video) from the movie The Ring, as the wallpaper used for a screensaver, so after a specified delay the screen would automagically change to that creepy woman.

I did this right after we saw the movie, and totally freaked out my GF.

[Mac User #001]

Now that is a genius at work!

[ajprice]

Originally Posted by Peter 

I basically invented the timeline

Pfft, thats nothing, I made the new timeline graphic that nobody likes for some reason...

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Oisín 

Come on, Oisín. Surely you know the best pun joke of your childhood:

Two tomatoes are crossing the road when one of them gets hit by a truck. The other one says: "Come on kethcup!"

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

My sister made this one up as a kid:

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Come on, Oisín. Surely you know the best pun joke of your childhood:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but what I'm getting from this is Oisín is your sister? Could be old or even ancient news, but it would be new news to me.

[- - e r i k - -]

What I am getting from that is that you are a very strange man.

come on ketchup joke - Google Search

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

What I am getting from that is that you are a very strange man.

come on ketchup joke - Google Search

Oh I get the ketchup joke perfectly.

Though I guess that means I was wrong, huh?

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Mac User #001 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but what I'm getting from this is Oisín is your sister? Could be old or even ancient news, but it would be new news to me.

That would be very new news to me, as well. I think you also just called Erik’s sister a transsexual.

Erik’s sister made up the dyslexic variation on the ketchup joke, not the pun itself. I do get it now, I just didn’t make the connection at first (perhaps because I haven’t heard or thought of that terrible joke for at least a decade).

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by Oisín 

That would be very new news to me, as well. I think you also just called Erik’s sister a transsexual.

Hehe, sorry about that. I thought maybe I had something!

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by Eug 

I put a picture of the creepy mother (that was in that video) from the movie The Ring, as the wallpaper used for a screensaver, so after a specified delay the screen would automagically change to that creepy woman.

I did this right after we saw the movie, and totally freaked out my GF.

Now that's good.

[ghporter]

Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!

When I was a kid, really inane and bizarre jokes were popular. Like elephant jokes: "Why did the elephant paint her toenails multiple colors? To hide in the M&Ms!" Or even just plain stupid ones "What's red and white and goes 'put put put'? An outboard radish." Looking back, I can't figure that one out to this day. There is a nice little set that still makes me smile though:
"Why do ducks have webbed feet? To stamp out forest fires." "Why do elephants have flat feet? To stamp out burning ducks."

[Mithras]

Umm, I still don't get the dyslexic tomato joke.

[design219]

Originally Posted by Mithras 

Umm, I still don't get the dyslexic tomato joke.

That's why it's funny. In fact, it's hysterical.

[Tiresias]

Try this one on your friends.

A: Ok, I've got a joke. Ask my if I am a duck.
B: Are you a duck?
A: No.

[design219]

Originally Posted by Tiresias 

Ask my if I am a duck.

Who is "my"?

[analogika]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!

When I was a kid, really inane and bizarre jokes were popular. Like elephant jokes: "Why did the elephant paint her toenails multiple colors? To hide in the M&Ms!" Or even just plain stupid ones "What's red and white and goes 'put put put'? An outboard radish." Looking back, I can't figure that one out to this day. There is a nice little set that still makes me smile though:
"Why do ducks have webbed feet? To stamp out forest fires." "Why do elephants have flat feet? To stamp out burning ducks."

Why do elephants paint the bottoms of their feet yellow?

So they can hide upside-down in the custard.



Have you ever seen an elephant hide in the custard?

Shows how good a disguise it is.







How do you get an elephant in a matchbox?

Take out the matches first.

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by design219 

Who is "my"?

A. ...