Mistranslations in the Kama Sutra
If you’ve ever looked at a reprint of the Kama Sutra, I think you’ll agree that reading it without being careful can lead to some interesting things. Such as this:
Philosophizing on the Move can lead to trouble
The plot twist at the end is awesome, but so is the programmer’s debate going on, especially since we were talking about this at work this week. Another great xkcd from Randall Monroe:
Another great xkcd
Reminding us that perhaps mom wasn’t telling the truth every time….

Facebook is the definite authority on relationships....
Afterall, if it’s real, why not show it to everyone? Here’s a great xkcd strip to illustrate:
This had the subtitle:
Facebook defines relationships. ‘Yeah, we would have broken up last night, but the net connection was down.’
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sudo make me a sandwhich

I think that the single largest source of mirth at the Thanksgiving dinner was Dan’s xkcd tshirt. Dan and I were the only ones who knew what this meant. Dave was the only other person capable of grasping it. Everyone else kept asking Dan to explain the shirt over and over. No matter how many ways he tried to do it, the response was always “I don’t get it”. Later on the response was a sarcastic “OK”. Later on in the evening/night everyone was sudo ordering people to do things even though they had no idea what that meant. The person who was ordered to do something would invariably answer “OK!” IT was hilarious and maddening at the same time.
How I often feel when I'm away from Danielle
from the brilliant mind over at xkcd who captured exactly how I feel when I’m apart from my better half:

How Engineers think...
another great one from xkcd:

What did you think when you saw the first panel? I thought of Roadrunner cartoons RIGHT AWAY!




