Comments on: Purely decorative then, eh?

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:25:45 +0000

Wait a second, is the fail the life preserver?

Cuz what I thought was funnier is the fact that there are wet spots on the bar and the end of the dock…

Presumably from kids trying to dive off with wet foreheads and wet feet

By: darieniscool

darieniscool — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:24:31 +0000

took me a minute to figure it out..

By: STACY BARET

STACY BARET — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:08:41 +0000

I WILL DECK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YO HO

By: Nigel

Nigel — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:03:14 +0000

Now the dock will be safe :]

By: Jimmylou

Jimmylou — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:14:25 +0000

Hey, at least the bridge won’t drown!

By: 7Rock7

7Rock7 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:22:12 +0000

we’re saving lives here

By: PeaceyP

PeaceyP — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:20:22 +0000

Later, they mounted an axe near the preserver in case it was needed in an emergency, but the axe kept getting stolen so they attached a chain. However, the length of the chain was misjudged and while it was long enough to reach the pole it didn’t have the slack to take an adequate swing. It was decided to put a padlock on the chain and hide a key under a carved wooden seagull at the other end of the pier. Then some hooligans found the key and the chain and the axe disappeared, so they mounted a new axe, chain, and padlock in a metal box with a glass cover and…well, you see where I’m going with this…

By: Nacoran

Nacoran — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:11:39 +0000

Bumper was my first thought too, although this could cause confusion in an emergency, and used tires are cheap.

By: G. James

G. James — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:01:00 +0000

In Case of Drowning
Break Wood

By: docking

docking — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:46:36 +0000

this is to protect your boat when docking. the rope is for tying said boat, to said dock.

By: Feisty

Feisty — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:16:01 +0000

Is giant sized bar puzzle.

By: Statch

Statch — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:04:59 +0000

here! ill save you!!……..*scratches head*

By: Fake

Fake — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:01:34 +0000

This fail is a fail of a fail.
Look at the freshly bright painted wood trapping said preserver, and the rope around the water with yellow ties on it. This is to prevent anyone from entering said water.
When people can enter the water again, it is assumed they will remove said wood entrapping the preserver.

By: nohallucination

nohallucination — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:58:55 +0000

its for boats?

By: youngmulla

youngmulla — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:33:36 +0000

pier* my bad!!! stop the flaming

By: Demut

Demut — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:58:59 +0000

Maybe it’s one of those magic rings.

By: Admiral Apparent

Admiral Apparent — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:55:53 +0000

It just doesn’t look like a fail. This is a fail…a HUGE fail. Someone might waste time in an emergency spotting this life preserver first. This has to be a safety violation as well as one of common sense.

By: o-stara

o-stara — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:29:20 +0000

I have this very sudden sinking feeling.

By: 5 eagles C.C.C.

5 eagles C.C.C. — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:10:28 +0000

Nice analysis.

By: Basara549

Basara549 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:13:34 +0000

OF course, this is actually something for the epic kludge page (as well as it looking like a fail).

Someone took a rescue ring and stuck it over the post deliberately, to be a “bumper” on the dock, to prevent a moored boat from damaging the dock (or vice versa – all depends on the side of the boat), from wave action (especially that created by the wake of other boats). Plus, the rope can be used to tie the boat to the dock.

It’s decorative, and good for a “WTF” from passing boaters, but anyone who’s ever had a boat larger than a bass boat (which are typically too low-profile for the bumpers to have an effect) knows that having such bumpers are important, if you intend to keep your boat (as opposed to having it become a fishing reef just off the dock).

By: jam

jam — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:01:30 +0000

You can see my peaks through the normal distribution channels.

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:57:12 +0000

Show us yer bell curve. . .

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:55:40 +0000

Nommmmmmm-Nom
Nommmmmmm-Nom
NomnomnomnomNomnomnomnomNomnomnomnom

By: Suyalus

Suyalus — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:46:57 +0000

safe against robbery

By: jam

jam — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:44:06 +0000

I can knocker up a good chart.

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:32:36 +0000

(clicky)

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:27:34 +0000

You titillate us with your graphjam. . .

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:26:51 +0000

My struggle with the English language eh?
I’d love to be able to say I did it on purpose to highlight how bad his grammar was.

By: granny

granny — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:06:57 +0000

makes the Moomin go down

By: jam

jam — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:50:51 +0000

That depends on who is asking for an intersection.

By: Arthur Eld

Arthur Eld — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:50:50 +0000

Okay, almost perfect.

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:48:18 +0000

Mutually exclusive sets?

By: Arthur Eld

Arthur Eld — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:48:06 +0000

*SNORK!*

Perfect example, Moomin!

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:47:42 +0000

I accidentied my name and similied my metaphor, time for bed.

By: K@ the custard fairy bouncer & IgnoreButton™

K@ the custard fairy bouncer & IgnoreButton™ — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:47:04 +0000

Would you like some ‘sugar’ to get rid of those !mages at all?

By: granny

granny — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:46:39 +0000

*jaws music plays*

By: The Moomin Poppins

The Moomin Poppins — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:45:58 +0000

I thought the 5% was confusion trying to unravel the metaphors, like a coconut trying to unwrap a squid.

By: The Moomin Poppins

The Moomin Poppins — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:44:32 +0000

These are a few of my favourite things.

No, wait.

By: jam

jam — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:42:28 +0000

My sets don’t overlap.

By: granny

granny — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:42:19 +0000

the feel of the fishnets
against my barnacled ass

By: jam

jam — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:41:19 +0000

the sound of the waves,
against sodden flesh…

By: granny

granny — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:41:17 +0000

hahahaha!

I can save you
but I have to score

By: Arthur Eld

Arthur Eld — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:40:38 +0000

I laugh about 5%. Approval rate: 0% (margin of error: -3%)

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:40:24 +0000

I’m always ready for “that”

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:39:48 +0000

I thought they were venn diagrams?

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:39:26 +0000

My saltlick brings all the bouys to the shore,
And they’re like, give me some more

By: The Moomin

The Moomin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:38:19 +0000

the taste of dead fishes,
my heart picks up pace…

By: granny

granny — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:37:38 +0000

I love pie!

By: granny

granny — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:37:00 +0000

the smell of the sea
the wind in my face….

By: czuhc

czuhc — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:36:55 +0000

You approve of the other 5%?
Is that the part about the leather boots?