The world is full of hidden details , and the closer you look , the more you’ll tend to find .
Sure, most of these details are just that — small details that won’t affect the big picture in any significant way. But at the same time, finding something that most people don’t notice in the first place is its own kind of reward.
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“My parents gave us this cookbook from 1979 with an interesting recipe…”
This is definitely a joke — I mean, just look at the cooking instructions. It seems that elephant stew joke recipes were commonplace in cookbooks of the era . I wonder if the recipe works if someone actually had an elephant and followed the directions.
“Inside of a LANCOM router.”
Have you ever tinkered with old electronics, or opened your phone’s case, and wondered if you were voiding the warranty? With straightforward stickers like this, you’ll never have to guess at whether you’re in bounds or not.
“The TARDIS on a rooftop in Cambridge, Massachusetts.”
I especially love this detail, because someone has a full-size TARDIS replica and instead of putting it somewhere where everyone can see it, they put it in a place where almost no one’s going to see it. That’s a great job of trolling.
“Graffiti in a bathroom stall.”
I’d never really thought about this binary choice that the stall door offers every time I use a public washroom. Despite the frowny face, I’d still prefer to do my thing alone. It’s nice to know that there’s an option to do it with friends, though.
“Walked past this hundreds of times and never noticed.”
A bit of preliminary research tells me that plaques like this are a popular gag. I really like the message. Sure, there are plenty of places of historical significance — but there are also plenty of places where nothing’s happening and nothing’s ever happened.
“Print on a milk bottle.”
When you see something like this, it’s a little reminder that there are actual human beings involved in the manufacturing and packaging process of everyday products. No robot could ever come up with such a groan-inducing pun.
“In case of fire.”
This leads to a question, of course: what do you do if there’s actually a fire? Well, that box is made entirely out of wood. If there’s a fire, there’s probably not going to be a box anymore.
“Little Earths inside my jeans.”
Of all the iconography and symbols that we see regularly, nothing is more impactful than images of the planet that we live on. I mean, even when it’s printed on tiny buttons on the inside of your jeans, it’s still somewhat moving.
“Snapple telling me to ‘shake it.'”
It isn’t often that a bottle of iced tea encourages you to drop everything and get your boogie on, but perhaps little messages like this are the reason that Snapple commands so much of the market share .
“The tag on my new underwear.”
I like silly messages on tags as much as the next guy, but this one seriously grossed me out. Do people actually do this with their underwear? Turning it inside out almost seems like a worse choice than just re-wearing it.
“Found this whilst on the toilet.”
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Again: silly messages on garments are okay. That said, I’m not really sure what the message is supposed to mean. Is this my fly saying hello to me? Is it saying hello to my nether regions? Why is it trying to talk to me?
“The wash tag on this shirt.”
Let’s file this one away in “harsh truths.” Yes, if you’re wearing an adult-sized t-shirt, you’re probably an adult. And if you’re an adult, you really ought to know how to do your own laundry by this point in time.
“When you go out of bounds.”
I’m not saying that approaching a mysteriously lit-up Christmas tree in the middle of a sinister-looking forest is definitely going to get you killed, but at the same time, I can’t really think of any other way that this might end.
“The tube at the end of a roll of doggie poo bags says ‘use bare hand now.'”
We can all share a chuckle over this silly message at the end of the roll of bags, but somewhere out there, right now, there probably is someone with a dog-related mess, no bags, and a decision to make.
“Opened up my keyboard and found this on the case.”
It would indeed be a lonely life if you were a 3D pictogram who lived on the inside of a keyboard case. Someone would be clacking those keys all the time, with no knowledge of your existence.
“Help!”
Cars really ought to have something like this on the bottom for when they flip over. Just a nice, simple, “Hey, if you can see the bottom of the car right now, something went wrong” would be a pretty helpful addition.
“Hit and run driver left imprint of their license plate on the siding of the building.”
If you’re trying to pull off a hit and run, you might be concerned about a security camera capturing your plate details — but you’re probably not thinking that your plate details will literally be imprinted on the thing that you hit.
“The seat frames at KFC are the same as Colonel Sanders’ necktie.”
This is an absolutely brilliant small thing to notice. I wonder if KFC designed their chairs this way. If so, bravo. If not, they really ought to slap a logo on these and sell them in stores.
“In this aerial photograph of my grandparents’ old house from the 70s, there’s a ‘ghost’ truck in the grass.”
Photoshop hasn’t always been a thing. In the old days, photos could be altered — but they would always look more than a little bit weird.
“Be careful…”
I appreciate the warning on this zipper fly, but I’ve already seen There’s Something About Mary . I’m well aware of the horrors that can result from zipping up one’s fly too quickly. Still, helpful warnings are always appreciated.
