April 20, 2004

The Bureau of Corporate Allegory I'm always a sucker for anything Art Deco, but the captions here are simply priceless.
posted by exppii 20 years ago
  • Those are great. With the duplicates I wonder if that was some kind of . . oh . . I think the word is stereotype although it might be some other kind of type. I was gonna say early clip-art. I wonder if any of those fold into strange patterns a la the $20 / twin-towers thing
  • I've just spent a happy 30 minutes wandering through that, and other stuff on the site, thanks.
  • Awesome find exppii! While the pictures are beautiful it's the commentary that's priceless... What is she sitting on? Dark matter? Is that a nebula to her right, or did her tiara catch fire and fly off her head?
  • I really enjoyed this site. As FreddytheFish hinted, the pictures were sometimes confounding silly, but next to them the dry captions were often laugh-out-loud funny. I'm not exactly sure what this guy's job is, but it seems to be taking a heavy toll on his well-being. (Okay, so that might not be so funny on its own, but next to the illustration: priceless! Thanks, exppii! Several minutes of much needed diversion!
  • Lileks at his best... If only we could keep him from commenting on current issues, his site would be perfect...
  • Lileks is about as amusing as a fart in an elevator.
  • Heh. The best way to do that is to eat beans for days, go to the top, hit every button and let 'er rip right as the the door opens. Great reactions! fine. Lileks isn't funny. Could you at least make a joke out of your annoyance?/snark
  • Ah, delight. Fresh (to me, anyway) Lileks.
  • This is quite funny, thanks exppii.
  • As you delve deeper you even find usefull safety tips. Thank goodness for lileks.com