Задумался, откуда же китайцы берут этот поганый шрифт, которым, кажется, выполнены все надписи на русском на этикетках и афишах, “Made in China”. Очевидно, что все китайские шрифты включают в себя кириллицу, но большинство надписей выполнено шрифтом Mincho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincho). Это такой вытянутый шрифт с засечками, непропорциональными толщинами букв и плохим кернингом.
Месяц: Февраль 2014
A Fair Fight is a Losing Battle… | 02 февраля 2014 года, 07:23
Cool joke about being fair… being dumb.. and being a woman.. at the same time
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Police officer pulls over a speeding car. The Officer says, ” I clocked you at 80 mph. sir.”
The driver says, “Gee, officer, I had it on cruise control at 60, perhaps your radar needs calibrating.”
Not looking up from her knitting the wife says sweetly, “Now don’t be silly dear, you know that this car doesn’t have cruise control.”
As the officer writes out the ticket, the driver looks over at his wife and growls, “Can’t you keep your mouth shut for once?”
The wife smiles demurely and says, “You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did.”
As the officer makes out the second ticket for the illegal radar detector unit, the man glowers at his wife and says through clenched teeth, “Dammit, woman, can’t you keep your mouth shut.”
The officer frowns and says, “And I notice that you’re not wearing your set belt, sir. That’s an automatic $75 fine.”
The driver says, “Yeah, well you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket.”
The wife says,” Now dear you know very well that you didn’t have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you’re driving.”
And as the police officer is writing out the third ticket the driver turns to his wife and barks, “WHY DON’T YOU SHUT THE HELL UP??”
The officer looks over at the woman and asks, “Does your husband always talk to you this way, Ma’am?”
“Oh heavens no, officer. Only when he’s been drinking.”
Six Words, Endless Emotion | 02 февраля 2014 года, 06:09
Что-то вспомнилось, рассказ из шести слов, приписывается Хемингуэю. Просто шедевр.
For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.
(Продаются пинетки. Не пригодились)
Проводится много конкурсов six word stories, пытался найти что-то столь же интересное — не удается. Вот победители прошлых лет:
Jon Scott Kendrick
“Biographer wanted: short life, long story.”
John Quirk
“High heeled, glancing backward, she sashayed
Ami Hendrickson
No taxidermist loved his daughter more
Dan Powell
His Russian bride hid others inside.
Being in America 