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They are using the wrong car model also. Correct ladder transportation is through the back seat windows
Anyone know what country this is in? Just curious.
It’s in English. That’s like max three countries.
Actually, there are many counrties (India, for instance) where although English isn’t the national language, there are still signs printed in it. There are even some printed in only English. This however, did not take place in India.
Not in the States, either. The phone number is not in American format.
(Not to mention the reg. plate and the left-hand drive
).
South Africa, Gauteng Number Plates.
Vodacom mobile phone number
I googled the number, its in rinvonia south africa.
Great fail.
maybe you are living in a different united states… but the USA I am living in has a phone number format of ### ### ####, and that is exactly what is printed on the car.
Language knowledge fail.
I’m not sure, at an educated guess I’d say South Africa, perhaps.
I think England, my window cleaner is a tard. He uses a filthy cloth to clean.
It’s like wtf?
Hah! Mine creeps me out cos I’ll be lying in bed half asleep in the morning, hear a noise at the window, look up, and there’s a guy staring in at me. I guess that’s what curtains are for, but I hate closing them lol.
Maybe he doesn’t mean to stare, but he’s stunned by your beauty.
Loz is the cause of all those household accidents where guys fall off ladders.
It’s easy, I just give them ‘the look’.
She’s got the look!
You wouldn’t want to go on a picnic, would you?
I’d love to go on a picnic with m’lady.
Would you like to eat out?
You two are so CUTE together.
Sure, or eat in. Muffin, that is.
I enjoy… muffin…
Muffin it is, then!
*eats*
*steals muffin*
(and no I didn’t miss the joke)
I ENJOY THE SMALLNESS OF THESE COMMENTS
It is South Africa, more specifically Gauteng Province (hence the GP in the plates). People not from Gauteng (which include Johannesburg) also think GP means Gangsta’s Paradise.
Do they have their mind on their money and their money on their mind?
Tell me why are we so blind to see that the ones we hurt are you and me.
Too much television watchin’s got me chasin’ dreams.
What’s going on in the kitchen? But I don’t know what’s cookin’. (Funniest lyric ever.)
Best irony ever.
best ironer ever
best ironer never… my shirt still has wrinkles all over the place!
haha I would have loved to have spotted this in the traffic.. should call them and question them about it!
And look at those windows on the back! You can’t even see through them! How’re they going to clean mine if theirs have giraffe’s head stuck on them?
That’s a giraffe’s head? I thought Big Bird had an accident
he had quite the Xlaxident.
nice lol
Win
Now that’s fradulent advertising.
No it’s not! They clean ladderless windows.
But only if the windows are 100% pure and simple
That’s more than half!
Are you kidding? That’s almost 3 fourths!
But is it over 9000?
Depends. Are you using the metric system?
No they’re using the “whatever I have in my pocket at the time” system.
And no, WWMD is not actually happy to see you, that’s a baby carrot…
though I wouldn’t be surprised.
I would.
A pure window would be a hole in the wall and wouldn’t require cleaning.
I briefly contemplated writing something about dirty holes but…
Any news on the Innuendo Machine ?
I believe it was in somebody’s pants.
Heeheehee…not anymore.
Do you have it? where did you hide it?
Who has what where?!?!
I think they are delivering it through the back door after the picnic.
Ain’t tellin’!
:p
(buttseks wont nest below this level)
They were delivering it through the back door, but some one
dropped a load of shopping carts on it.
Maybe it’s referring to the state of their tights and stockings?
I think you’re onto it!
Well there is no way of laddering to the top in this company
In a cleaning company, you have to lather your way to the top.
I’m sure you will get to the top sooner or ladder.
EB, you seems to have shifted your gaze….
you have to pull yourself up the corporate ladder by your own bootstraps
The fail is on us. That’s not a ladder.
I think that it is a ladder. But later on they disguise it as a giraffe (see pic in the van), so the customers think they have trained giraffes cleaning their windows. Priceless experience.
I don’t think any company will have an employee as their logo. That giraffe is probably the CEO.
lol
Giraffe FTW
Unless it’s an Ancient Greek giraffe. Those Ancient Greeks wren’t Zeppelin fans, you know.
Hey dude, are you that british guy?
He might possibly be. I once heard about a british guy, but I don’t know if it is true.
You did too? The legend carries on…
British guy? Have the ancient Greeks gotten to you too? What British guy are you talking about? You clearly haven’t listened to enough Zeppelin lately. Your brain’s going into atrophy. May Inpu help you with your Zeppelin defiecency. And your lack of foxes. You need more foxes.
Haha!
They rule!
Just out of curiosity, how would one clean a window several meters above the ground without a ladder? And why do “ladderless window cleaning” attract customers?
Clearly you don’t understand the corelationship between window cleaning and Zeppelin, times Inpu squared. Factor in the cost of foxes and you’ll come to an interesting conclusion. Your average person is a dumbass.
I just have a bustle in my hedgerow I need taken care of. Im calling Mayqueen Cleaning Services
They use what is essentially a really long broom with a hose of soapy water running through the handle.
I think Ladderless Window Cleaning is cheaper as there is less of a health and safety risk due to no working at height involved.
That explains the giraffe.
he can come clean my window when i’m getting it on with his mum!!
The giraffe? Dude, you have a weird fetish.
That’s why he needs the ladder.
He’s just into…er… GILFs?
It reminds me of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Giraffe, The Pelly and me’ where they set up a window cleaning company. The Giraffe washed the windows and The Pelly (Pelican) carries up the soapy water in it’s beak. They have a human kid running the operation to negotiate with the clients. But none of them drove a van.
It reminds me of “The Heart of Darkness”. That had a ladder in it too. No, not a ladder. What’s the word ? A ship !
Love that book
Glad you liked it. I’ll write another one if you want.
Joseph Conrad? What’s it like being dead?
Would that make “The Heart of Darkness” a better ladderless window cleaner than the above company?
In any case better than “Jacob’s ladder”.
Turned out it wasn’t his real ladder, it was his step-ladder. How we cried at the revelation.
I believe that the allusion to Dahl’s book is exactly what they were trying to get to.
You’re exactly right. In the book, their business was called “The Ladderless Window Cleaning Company”.
Yep. It’s not so funny now.
Yeah, that’s what the company is referencing. The Giraffe illustrations are straight out of that book.
Oh, I should’ve read this before commenting up there ^
But yay, I was right!
Then it would’ve been a highly educated guess!
Haha, true!
Tell me a joke, I’m stuck at home in bed with a horrible cold
Q. How do you fit four elephants in a mini van?
A. Two in the front and two in the back.
Q. How do you fit four giraffes in a mini van?
A. You can’t. There are already four elephants in there.
oh… er, *forced laugh* hehe, thanks…
Well you were probably just coughing because of your cold, but I’ll take it as a laugh.
Oh, the Red Pen Mistress is in bad shape today.
We are FREE, lets teh “bad” Grammar and sprelling spree begin!!!
Yes, HAHA, let’s take advantage of the sick !
*sneezes over lou*
Oh, an excuse for taking some days off at work, you are very kind.
*removes shoes, shirt and pants to accelerate cold incubation process*
Loz also inspires me to remove shoes, shirt and pants, but I find that things tend to get warm, not cold, after that.
beware the socks-only zone
‘I want to cover you in pepper darling and sneeze all over you’
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!
I think Mikey associates pepper spray with sex.
Double ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!
Don’t talk about sneezing. Throughout yesterday and today I’ve sneezed enough to fill my entire lifetime quota.
… … …
*head explodes*
Don’t pay attention to those infidels, Mikey. I get your Black Adder reference.
shoot, I hate missing references. I still think my head might explode if I heard that line, but then I don’t know the context.
let*
the*
bad*
grammar*
spelling*
Let the bad grammar spelling what?
Let it goes to hell!
*whimper*
Heee!
I think she’s become delirious with the cold!
I think I merely overdosed on irony supplements.
I hate it when that happens.
Just joking ^^. I hope you getting better really soon
Any theory about what is the giraffe licking?
typewriter/cistern.
My 3 guesses are:
1: A Spatula
2: Personal Massager
3: Popcorn Eraser
In any case better than “Jacob’s ladder”.
fail is better when it just says fail. funnier without ‘ladderless’. just say fail.
Aesop’s fails? Genius!
I prefer Poe myself
*hands Aesop a towel* you got poe all over yourself.
It reminds me of Mexicans, white Mexicans in Germany with windowless, raping vans and a sign that hides their true purpose of (you know what)
windowless ladder cleaners…. We bring the ladder, you clean it, and pay us to let you do so.
You mean “makes you all look like shadows”. And yes, i come from the future.
Don’t you want to go Back to the Future, away from strange looking giraffes and towards epic picnic wins?
Yes, I come from farther in the future than you do.
The car says “relatively simplol”.
Must be fake
Zomg I failed.
It says “Pure & simplol”.
Still…fake.
It says “Pure & Simple!”
Wa-wait. That’s a giraffe.
Someone told me you guys were making fun of my company here. What’s the problem, folks?
This is in reference to the Roald Dahl book The Giraffe, the Peli and Me, as has already been mentioned.
Hooray for gratuitous explinations!
YAY!
Woo, 1337th vote!!!
I love this, one, I don’t know why, I just laughed at it. XD
Can’t they get arrested for false advertising? :O
I think they mean that their windows don’t have ladders. Obviously!
You are all illiterate idiots. The name of this company is an obvious reference to a delightful children’s book by Roald Dahl called “The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me,” about a little boy who befriends a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey who own a window-cleaning business, called, appropriately, The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company, in which the giraffe acts as the ladder, and the pelican as the bucket. Hence the giraffe on the side of the van.
Philistines.
Yes! Someone else who has actually opened a book!
I’m almost afraid to bring up my own “Ladderless” company… As I took http://www.ladderless.com
Not windows, but light fixtures
Aparently, the giraff option didn’t work out and they had to resort back to the ladder. Need to repaint their van then.
Just in case…
Damn- haven’t any of you ever read a children’s book? This “ladderless window cleaning company” is based on Roald Dahl’s book, “The Giraffe, Pelly, and me.” The giraffe on the side is one of the characters of the book. They can’t paint over it- it would eradicate the purpose!
Kinda false advertisement in a way. He probably means ladderless because of the use of those extension poles or a water fed pole, but it does make him look silly because hes carrying a ladder around with him. Maybe he should name it to “sometimes ladderless window cleaning” ha.
roald dahl reference FTW