Andy Gapin

Sometimes, you just have appreciate the little things. For example, on the way to work the morning, I was behind a Honda Accord that had a Superman logo in place of the Honda emblem. This totally made my day and I’m okay with that.

I saw this on the way to work today. Not only does the company name, Peeping Tom’s Window Cleaning, make me feel a little bit like they might not be professionals, but they slap it on that old ass minivan to really hammer home the perv-on-wheels vibe. There is absolutely no way that Tom is going to be cleaning your windows with his pants on. Good luck with that.

I couldn’t resist posting it to failblog.org. Please vote for it!

We tried to have our cat wear a fake bloody finger around her neck for our Halloween party, but it didn’t really pan out so well.

Since I tend to go see the silliest musicals that exist, it should be of no surprise that I went to see the I Can Has Cheezburger MusicLOL. I don’t even know how to describe this. I really don’t. It was complete silliness. The story is the adventure of one lolcat in pursuit of a delicious cheezburg.

I wasn’t really sure what to expect of this. I thought maybe they were puppets, but nope, regular actors…with cat ears. No make up, just cat or mouse ears. Oh, and lolcat pictures projected on a screen behind them. This all sounds silly, I know. And it is silly, but it was a lot of fun actually! The songs have been stuck in my head since I saw the show and I was thoroughly entertained the entire time.

I’d say to go check it out, but I think all the rest of the shows are sold out. Sucker.

I don’t post these often enough, but here are a few gems that I’ve overheard recently. Again, mostly in the work place.

Coworker: You can’t fail if you don’t try! And I never try!

Friend to other friend: Living with you was all fish sticks, chicken nuggets, boxers, and the Colbert Report!

Coworker: It’s like bombing bunnies, you can’t think about it. You just have to go for it!

Coworker: Women are very Gestalt. You gotta take the whole thing. You start concerning yourself with just the parts and you’re going to end up on the evening news!

Coworker #1: I’m going to create a class called Springtime For Hitler.
Coworker #2: I’ve got just the package for you!

I took a very productive burrito trip today, I got both of these pictures out of it.

Feel free to click on this one and vote for it.

I wanted to make a fail picture for this next one, but trying to capture a picture on my phone while driving wasn’t easy (don’t tell the cops) so it didn’t come out too great. Anyway, it’s a commercial van that has a bumper sticker that says “Evolution is a lie.” Seriously, way to attach personal beliefs about science being wrong and God being right to your company’s name. That’s a great way to make sure that you don’t alienate any potential customers. Really.

The company is called ShinyCar, in case you can’t read it and would like to boycott…or give them all your car shining business…which may or may not include Jack Nicholson.

Yesterday, as I was driving around doing some errands, it randomly hit me that I hadn’t been to the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre in NYC in a while. I decided that this should be remedied ASAP and, with the company of a lovely young lady, decided to take a trip into the city. The show we went to was called Let’s Have A Ball and it was absolutely fantastic.

I have yet to have anything but the best of times at this place. I had seen Mother a few times which was pretty awesome, but doesn’t seem to be running anymore. The idea of making people bring music in that the actors have to improv to is absolutely great. Let’s Have A Ball wasn’t really quite as themed, but it was very hilarious. Both of us had pain in our cheeks from laughing. The show has a cast that includes writers from 30 Rock, Conan O’Brien, and The Colbert Report. Scott Adsit from 30 Rock is listed on the site, but was unfortunately not there last night. Regardless, I still had a great time. If you’ve never been before, you’re messing up.

Yesterday, as I was driving around doing some errands, it randomly hit me that I hadn’t been to the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre in NYC in a while. I decided that this should be remedied ASAP and, with the company of a lovely young lady, decided to take a trip into the city. The show we went to was called Let’s Have A Ball and it was absolutely fantastic.

I have yet to have anything but the best of times at this place. I had seen Mother a few times which was pretty awesome, but doesn’t seem to be running anymore. The idea of making people bring music in that the actors have to improv to is absolutely great. Let’s Have A Ball wasn’t really quite as themed, but it was very hilarious. Both of us had pain in our cheeks from laughing. The show has a cast that includes writers from 30 Rock, Conan O’Brien, and The Colbert Report. Scott Adsit from 30 Rock is listed on the site, but was unfortunately not there last night. Regardless, I still had a great time. If you’ve never been before, you’re messing up.

Last night, I was in NYC to hang out with some friends. We grabbed some dinner and cupcakes and then when to this bar that my friend’s friend was having a party at. The bar was called LaVa Gina. Just say it to yourself. Yup. The jokes…um…flowed all night.

Anyway, on the way back to the Penn Station, we needed to catch an F uptown so we walked over to the Second Ave. stop since we were near there. We walk down the steps to the platform and there’s an E train sitting there, just hanging out. I don’t live in NYC so I’m not an MTA expert and I know that there are often service changes, but why the hell was there an E train at Second Ave on the FV line? It was one of the newer trains that have the digital displays and the marquee said “last stop.” What the hell?!? Second Ave. isn’t even the last stop for the F or V, let alone some other subway train that was lost and on the wrong line. We ended up getting on it anyway figuring that no matter what we’d get where we needed to go. The E goes right to Penn Station and if it followed the F line, then that’s what we were planning on doing anyway so we’d be set. The train ended up heading towards West 4th and crossing over to become a real E. It was like some bastard child of the ACE and FV lines. It was weird as hell, but it all worked out.

And in other weirdness and silliness…

This was an ad that I saw in a porta-potty at the field where my friends and I play soccer. I’ve been trying to figure out if it was known ahead of time that the ad was going to be in a porta-potty or if the copy is accidentally ironic.

I submitted this next one to failblog.org, as you can see by the captioning. I saw it in the men’s room of a restaurant.

And finally, this one is a little blurry, but notice the spelling fail on the menu at Pink Pony on Ludlow in NYC. The food was very good though.

I really wanted this to be a regular thing, but I guess you can’t rely on overhearing good stuff all the time. These oneliners are basically all I’ve got from the past couple of weeks and they’re actually kind of lame overall. I’ll try to turn up my general eavesdropping and get more soon.

Coworker: I can’t disable HR?!? … This is why my life sucks.

Coworker: Bad movies shouldn’t be able to make jokes I like!

Coworker on the phone: You can only stick one finger into that device!

Friend: So she bought this used cat…