Hall Of Technical Documentation Weirdness 437
An anonymous reader submits: "Generally speaking, with the exception of Tina on Dilbert, technical writers aren't very funny. This is something of a rare and unintentional exception. This guy has assembled a bunch of examples of bizarre technical illustration. There's only about 15 at the moment, but he's collecting further examples."
What is wrong with the Slashdot team? (Score:1, Informative)
It was getting slow.. I have Mirrored it. (Score:5, Informative)
There ya go (Score:2, Informative)
Huh (Score:5, Informative)
I kind of expected something like "Engrish" [engrish.com] or the often funny Airtoons [airtoons.com] (but it's probably only funny for those of us that fly a lot). Or even, the hasn't-been-updated-since-the-millennium Kibo [kibo.com] and his amusing criticisms of font use or Gerald Holmes [freeyellow.com], which has outlived the silly
Microfortnights (Score:5, Informative)
At least I thought this was rather funny, but perhaps I am just very childish.
Re:The Law. (Score:2, Informative)
The group of fat people was thrown out of court because it lacked merit.
Re:japanese toilets (Score:2, Informative)
The instruction manual to japanese toilets [hellonavi.com]
Re:Printed on the "Blank" pages of IBM manuals of (Score:4, Informative)
Consumer Reports "selling it" (Score:4, Informative)
I'd have a web link but Consumer Reports website is a subscription based site you have to pay to get into.
Re:Actually, 'may contain peanuts' has a reason (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Actually, 'may contain peanuts' has a reason (Score:5, Informative)
1. Ever seen anything growing under a nut tree (assuming we are talking walnut or similar)?
2. Peanuts are dug from the ground so this means disrupting any tree roots that are there.
Re:Rare and unintentional exception?!? (Score:3, Informative)
If The Boomer Bible taught me anything, it's that a funny cautionary message can often be more memorable than a "serious" one.
Re:Best Quote hidden (Score:1, Informative)
[ezboard.com]
here
Cyrwin-Vega (Score:2, Informative)