Hey! I used to have this!

A gaming magazine kidnapped a bunch of children and made them play videogames from before they were born, and recorded their reactions:

I used to have this exact same Handheld Football game:

Brian: What's this supposed to be?

EGM: Football. It's one of the first great portable games.

Brian: I thought it was Run Away From the Dots.

John: I don't see how this has anything remotely to do with football.

EGM: Which team are you playing?

Kirk: The red lines.

Tim: They could've just as easily called this game anything—Baseball, Bowling, Escape From the Monsters.

EGM: Did you score?

Kirk: I bumped into a dot.

Complete article is here

This one was funny

From an article in Today's Philadelphia Inquirer:

Bush told his senior aides on Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media anymore, and if he did, there would be consequences, a senior administration official who asked that his name not be used told Knight Ridder.

Is Pay & Park trying to scam me?

During Eugene Celebration last month, we unloaded our car using a corner of the Hilton parking lot. The rent-a-monkey that they had assigned there to profit off of the non-profit groups doing this immediately ran over and stuck a ticket under our windshield (after first making out the ticket while sitting across the lot, and when he thought our backs were turned).

I was rather annoyed, and sent the following letter to the General Manager of Hilton. I have, predictably, heard no response:
( The letter )

But, as mentioned in the letter, I immediately sent in the fee (it's only $25.00 if paid within 15 days). The fee doubles to $50.00 if not paid.
I used the pre-printed envelope included with the ticket, but just today (after they'd had it for nearly a month), they sent it back, unopened, hand-written on it "Return to Sender". When I call them, they don't answer the phone, but do have an address on the machine which differs from the one on the envelope. (The address on the envelope is a street address, 811 NW 19th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97209-1447).

So, do they intentionall direct payments to the wrong address so that they can double the fines or are they really just this disorganized?