Fwd: Hilarious Newspaper Retractions.

Hilarious Newspaper Retractions

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         Mahesh

Fwd: A Study of Logos.

A Study of Logos

Tostitos

If you look at the center of this logo, you can see two people enjoying a Tostito chip with a bowl of salsa. This logo conveys an idea of people connecting with each other.

Formula 1

At first, this logo might not make much sense. But if you look closely, you'll see the number 1 in the negative space between the F and the red stripes. I also love how this logo communicates a feeling of speed.

Milwaukee Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers is a professional baseball team from Milwaukee , Wisconsin (well, duh). Their logo is actually made up of the letters M (on top) and B (below the m). These two letters also form a baseball glove. 

Northwest Airlines

This simple looking logo actually carries a lot of information. First of all you can see the letters N and W, the first two letters of the brand name. But what most people don't see is the compass that points to the Northwest, another reference to the brand name. 

Amazon

This logo doesn't seem to hide much at first sight, but it gives you a little insight in the philosophy behind the brand. First of all, the yellow swoosh looks like a smile: Amazon wants to have the best customer satisfaction. The swoosh also connects the letters a and z, meaning that this store has everything from a to z. 

Toblerone

Toblerone is a chocolate-company from Bern , Switzerland . Bern is sometimes called The City Of Bears . They have incorporated this idea in the Toblerone logo, because if you look closely, you'll see the silhouette of a bear. 

Baskin Robins

The old logo of Baskin Robbins had the number 31 with an arc above it. The new logo took this idea to the next level. The pink parts of the BR still form the number 31, a reference to the 31 flavors. 

Sony Vaio

Sony Vaio is a well known brand of laptops. But did you know that the name Vaio logo also had a hidden meaning? Well, the first two letters represent the basic analogue signal. The last two letters look like a 1 and 0, representing the digital signal. 

Eight

Every letter is made of the number 8.

Carrefour

Carrefour is one of the biggest European retailers, and its also French for crossroads. The logo symbolizes this word via two opposite arrows.
They also added the first letter of the name, because if you look closely you'll see the letter C in the negative space between the two arrows. 

Roxy

Roxy is a company that specializes in clothing and accessories for girls who love snowboarding, surfing The company is actually a part of Quiksilver. The Roxy logo is made of two Quiksilver logos that form a heart.

Unilever

Unilever is one of the biggest producers of food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. They produce a huge amount of different products and they wanted to reflect this in their logo. Each part of the logo has a meaning. For example: the heart represents love, care and health - feeling good, a bird is a symbol of freedom. Relief from daily chores getting more out of life. 

Hartford Whalers

This logo also uses a negative space to create the letter H. You can see three different parts: the letter H and W and a whales tail in blue.

Elefont

This logo might look like a simple letter, but don't be fooled: you can see a part of an elephants trunk in the negative space inside the letter e.

Sun Microsystems

The Sun logo is one of the most famous ambigrams in the world. You can read the brand name in every direction; both horizontally and vertically. This logo was designed by professor Vaughan Pratt of the Stanford University . 

NBC

The NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is one of the biggest American television networks. I think most of you have already seen the peacock in this logo. The peacock has 6 different tail feathers, referring to the six divisions at the time that this logo was created. The peacocks head is flipped to the right to suggest it was looking forward, not back.

GreenLabs

I know this logo looks like a simple, boring green tree, but if you look at the tree crown, you'll see that it can also be interpreted as a brain. The logo lays emphasis on the strong intellectual capabilities of the companys staff and also reflects green and labs parts of their name.!

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         Mahesh

Fwd: The Best Out-Of-Office E-Mail Auto-Replies.

The Best Out-Of-Office E-Mail Auto-Replies

 

1: I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position.

 

2: I'm not really out of the office. I'm just ignoring you.

 

3: You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at all.

 

4: Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain removed so that I may be promoted to management

 

5: I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from vacation on 4/18. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.

 

6: Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.

 

7: The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again.'

(The beauty of this is that when you return, you can see how many in-duh-viduals did this over and over).

 

8: Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.

 

9: Hi. I'm thinking about what you've just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response.

 

10: Hi! I'm busy negotiating the salary for my new job. Don't bother to leave me any messages.

 

11: I've run away to join a different circus.

AND, FINALLY, THIS ONE TAKES THE CAKE:

 

12: I will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical reasons. When I return, please refer to me as 'Loretta' instead of 'Steve'...

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         Mahesh

Fwd: 'Different' ads

Title: Chewing tobacco causes mouth cancer     Title: Drive safely       Title: Protect children from online pornography Headline: Is this what your child surfs on the Internet?   Title: Child Abusive Awareness Headline: Most child abuse is committed by the person a child trusts     Title: Save girl child     Title: Feed the Children Headline: The next time you waste food, think     Title: Encourage Adoption Headline: Adopt. You never know who you'll bring home     Title: Save Girl Child Headline: Do not neglect the girl child.     Title: Parenting is by example Headline: Children learn fast. Don't fight at home.   Title: Stop Domestic Violence Headline: 78% of domestic abuse incidents resulting in death occur in the victim's home.     Title: Stop Racism Headline: Defend human rights against racial discrimination

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        ~Mahe.

Fwd: Facts about Human body!

-Scientists say the higher your I.Q. The more you dream. -The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm. -You use 200 muscles to take one step. -The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.   -Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three. -A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands. -The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades. -The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica. -It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.   -The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds. -Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair. -At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell. -There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet. -Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil. -The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body. -Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born. -When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate. -Your thumb is the same length of your nose. At this very moment I know well you are putting this last fact to the test... ...now remove your thumb from your nose and pass this on to the friends you think might be interested in comparing their thumbs to their noses as well. :)

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         -[Mahe]