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January 28, 2006
The Perfect Gift...
... for the man who has everything:
The Asahi Beer-bot:
Japanese beer maker Asahi plans to give away 5000 personal bartending bots, each of which can store up to six cans of beer in a refrigerated compartment within its belly. At the push of a button the simple robots will open a can and pour the chilled contents into a glass for a thirsty owner.
Now if they could just invent a machine that would warn people when they were about to make jackasses of themselves in public. From CNN's 2005 101 Dumbest Moments in Business:
Men, on the other hand, have a charming self-destructive quality:Speaking at an ad industry event in Toronto, WPP Group's worldwide creative director, Neil French, says there aren't more female creative directors "because they're crap" and they eventually "wimp out" and "go off and suckle something." French speaks from a stage decorated as a hunting lodge while being served drinks by a woman in a skimpy maid's outfit, of whom he asks, "Could you lean over a bit more?"
Two weeks later WPP accepts French's resignation.
Posted by Cassandra at January 28, 2006 09:50 AM
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French speaks from a stage decorated as a hunting lodge while being served drinks by a woman in a skimpy maid's outfit, of whom he asks, "Could you lean over a bit more?"
Well...could you? :©)
Posted by: Masked Menace© ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.villainouscompany.com/vcblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 28, 2006 10:39 AM
Well of course she could.
Posted by: Pile On at January 28, 2006 01:30 PM
I had a snark, but did not want to encourage the oinkery, so I will just say that it was a good thing he didn't ask her to do a lap dance.
:@) :@) :@)
Posted by: Crckt at January 28, 2006 02:27 PM
Mmmm...beer!
Posted by: camojack at January 29, 2006 06:34 PM
Cricket, having spent an entire weekend in an unsuccessful attempt to combat rampaging and unrepentant oinkitude, I decided to let silence be the better part of valor... :)
I know when I'm beat.
Posted by: Cassandra at January 30, 2006 08:23 AM
rampaging and unrepentant, eh?
Sounds like fun.
Posted by: Crckt at January 30, 2006 10:15 AM
As I'm sure you know, a rampaging and unrepentant Capricorn is mostly exhausting and exasperating :)
But also fun.
Posted by: Cassandra at January 30, 2006 10:25 AM
YEP!
:)!
Posted by: Crckt at January 30, 2006 10:49 AM
Whatever would we do without all that boundless energy and enthusiasm... ;)
Posted by: Cassandra at January 30, 2006 10:58 AM