Archive for May, 2008, click title to see full post

CSI NY: Killer Pranks

May 29th, 2008 @ 1:35 pm by zymetric

Anyone catch last nights re-run of CSI:NY’s ‘child play‘ (episode 82)? It seems as if it was written by the same writers who recently used a rubber chicken on CSI a few weeks back.
When an aspiring internet entrepreneur (who wants to start an e-commerce gag site, no less) is killed by an exploding cigar, [...]

Speaking Of Groucho Glasses

May 28th, 2008 @ 10:50 am by zymetric

Our “phantom” shipment finally came off a truck. We just got a small shipment in, and we have a larger shipment expected next week.
Don’t everyone order at once now.

Breaking: Hillsboro Wins Coveted Groucho Title

May 27th, 2008 @ 11:09 am by zymetric

Its official. Hillsboro, Oregon has fin-a-lly been recognized by the World Guinness Records for ‘the most people simultaneously wearing groucho glasses’. Way to go guys (psst.. you never sent any pics). There event was held last summer, August 4th to be exact, and they won 3,459 people participating.
Speaking of groucho glasses, our [...]

Happy Birthday S.S. Adams

May 24th, 2008 @ 2:36 pm by zymetric

May 24th marks the 129th birthday of the most prolific practical-joke inventor that you have probably never heard of, Sorenson “Sam” Adams (no relation to the beer co.). During his lifetime he is credited with creating nearly 700 different jokes & gags, from his first invention the sneezing powder, to stink bombs, to the [...]

This Novemeber, Vote Chicken

May 21st, 2008 @ 9:30 am by zymetric

Eh, talk about your rubber-chicken-circuit politics.

Company CEO Speaks Out

May 21st, 2008 @ 9:20 am by zymetric

Priority, First Class Price Changes

May 13th, 2008 @ 1:32 pm by zymetric

It’s May, and for the last year or two at least that means new US mail rates. The 1oz letter rate for 1st class went up by a penny, no surprise there. But other mail classes, namely priority mail, have actually come down slightly for some weight classes & shipping zones. Because [...]

RSS Back Up

May 9th, 2008 @ 11:24 am by zymetric

Back in October of 2005 we tried something novel, even for us. We added a rss feed for new products for early adapters. Back then few customers customers knew (and many still don’t) what the hell rss is, but it caught on big time with spammers. Btw, that post is and will [...]

Baseball Fans Strike Out With Free Gas

May 9th, 2008 @ 10:50 am by zymetric

About 8 hours from now, the Pensacola Pelicans will be hosting a ‘free gas night’. The first 4,000 baseball fans who show up will each receive, not a tank of gas, but a whoopee cushion so they can make the artificial kind. But the joke doesn’t end there – everyone in the stadium [...]

Death by Rubber Chicken?

May 9th, 2008 @ 10:07 am by zymetric

We actually started writing this post a couple of days ago but didn’t publish it until now because we didn’t want to create a spoiler alert. You know for the 2 of you readers that also happen to watch CSI. From TVguide:
The May 8 CSI (9 pm/ET, CBS) is all about rubber chicken [...]