Comments on: "We can repair anything" http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lod Tilly http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-857398 Lod Tilly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-857398 From the looks of the shop in the background, it seems to be fairly well-run. Decay is inherent in all compounded things... From the looks of the shop in the background, it seems to be fairly well-run.

Decay is inherent in all compounded things…

]]> By: GauchoAmigo http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-857187 GauchoAmigo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-857187 Maybe it's a cobbler's-son-has-no-shoes situation. They're too busy fixing everyone else's crap. Maybe it’s a cobbler’s-son-has-no-shoes situation. They’re too busy fixing everyone else’s crap.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-858475 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-858475 It's just a joke. I work as IT/SYS admin and there is a similar message on our door: Theory is when you know everything and nothing works. Practice is when everything works and you don't know why. In this office, theory and practice go well hand in hand: nothing works and we don't know why! It’s just a joke.
I work as IT/SYS admin and there is a similar message on our door:

Theory is when you know everything and nothing works.
Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
In this office, theory and practice go well hand in hand: nothing works and we don’t know why!

]]> By: cbrooke http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-857238 cbrooke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-857238 ya... after reading this I'm not so sure I would trust them with MY repairs. Whatever their excuse may be... ya… after reading this I’m not so sure I would trust them with MY repairs. Whatever their excuse may be…

]]> By: bwcbwc http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-857246 bwcbwc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-857246 Nothing unintentional about the irony. If it was unintentional, the part about the bell being broken would be on a separate piece of paper, or would be handwritten on the original signage. Nothing unintentional about the irony. If it was unintentional, the part about the bell being broken would be on a separate piece of paper, or would be handwritten on the original signage.

]]> By: ben http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-857007 ben Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-857007 Oh I get it now. The bell is broken, and they claim to be able to fix anything. Oh I get it now. The bell is broken, and they claim to be able to fix anything.

]]> By: technogeek http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-858288 technogeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-858288 "Unintentionally"? Epic fail on BoingBoing's part, folks. “Unintentionally”? Epic fail on BoingBoing’s part, folks.

]]> By: Junior http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-856776 Junior Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-856776 On my cubby wall, I have a page from a one-a-day calendar called "Anguished English" by Richard Lederer (who you San Diego KPBS listeners recognize...) - anyway, it credits this same thing to "the door of a Gloucester shop". On my cubby wall, I have a page from a one-a-day calendar called “Anguished English” by Richard Lederer (who you San Diego KPBS listeners recognize…) – anyway, it credits this same thing to “the door of a Gloucester shop”.

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-857550 wrybread Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-857550 Thanks Ben! Thanks Ben!

]]> By: TraverJ http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-856783 TraverJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-856783 Just because they can repair anything doesn't mean they have to repair everything. Looks like they have some other work lined up. Just because they can repair anything doesn’t mean they have to repair everything. Looks like they have some other work lined up.

]]> By: Junior http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-856796 Junior Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-856796 But yeah, the reason it's on my cubby wall (since July 26, 2009) and it's the only such thing there, is because I really got a chuckle out of it. :) I'd have to ask Richard Lederer if I should have used 'whom' above. But yeah, the reason it’s on my cubby wall (since July 26, 2009) and it’s the only such thing there, is because I really got a chuckle out of it. :)

I’d have to ask Richard Lederer if I should have used ‘whom’ above.

]]> By: nutate http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-856798 nutate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-856798 Yah, old joke is intentional. An astute observer might wonder is there a bell... at all? Yah, old joke is intentional. An astute observer might wonder is there a bell… at all?

]]> By: Markle http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-856801 Markle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-856801 Should be the basis for a Farside cartoon. "Once the Jr. High school kids learned about the service gallery in the mall Fred's work life was never the same" This is the next day. Should be the basis for a Farside cartoon. “Once the Jr. High school kids learned about the service gallery in the mall Fred’s work life was never the same” This is the next day.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/we-can-repair-anythi.html#comment-857338 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-857338 Agreed. This was not unintentional irony. This is what we on the Internet call a "joke". Agreed. This was not unintentional irony. This is what we on the Internet call a “joke”.

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