Comments on: Not Salt / Not Pepper shakers http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 11:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tim http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028870 Tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028870 Makes me think of that march chant: Not your left Not your left Not your left Your right. (repeat indefinitely while marching). Makes me think of that march chant:
Not your left
Not your left
Not your left
Your right.
(repeat indefinitely while marching).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029129 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029129 since no one has posted this yet, I've gotta go with: "not salt" is pepper, and "not pepper" is salt .... ;-) since no one has posted this yet, I’ve gotta go with: “not salt” is pepper, and “not pepper” is salt …. ;-)

]]> By: Fantastico http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1030154 Fantastico Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1030154 ¬ Salt ⊃ Pepper ¬ Pepper ⊃ Salt ¬ Salt ⊃ Pepper
¬ Pepper ⊃ Salt

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028884 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028884 when in doubt, the salt shaker almost always has more holes. when in doubt, the salt shaker almost always has more holes.

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029147 Art Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029147 Not Bad. Not Good. Not Bad.

Not Good.

]]> By: wygit http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028895 wygit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028895 The restroom signs in the Fanny Ann's in Old Sacramento have been a source of amusement and confusion for almost 40 years. http://bit.ly/i7iXMs (The women's is on the right) The restroom signs in the Fanny Ann’s in Old Sacramento have been a source of amusement and confusion for almost 40 years.

http://bit.ly/i7iXMs

(The women’s is on the right)

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029158 robcat2075 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029158 Don't worry, they're not real, they're just something hastily done in an image-editing app. Don’t worry, they’re not real, they’re just something hastily done in an image-editing app.

]]> By: phlavor http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028916 phlavor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028916 How about "Salt" and "Also salt, but one of us is lying" shakers. How about “Salt” and “Also salt, but one of us is lying” shakers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028926 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028926 Yeah, it only works if salt and pepper are the only options. I do like "P and ~P" though - condiments for philosophers and mathematicians! FTW! Yeah, it only works if salt and pepper are the only options.
I do like “P and ~P” though – condiments for philosophers and mathematicians! FTW!

]]> By: skabob http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028938 skabob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028938 LIES! LIES! DISINFORMATION! HERETIC! BURN HER! There's no standard, it seems to be a personal preference, like folding or wadding toilet paper (please don't start that one either). LIES! LIES! DISINFORMATION! HERETIC! BURN HER!

There’s no standard, it seems to be a personal preference, like folding or wadding toilet paper (please don’t start that one either).

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029195 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029195 Wouldn't you called powdered cilantro leaves 'coriander'? Wouldn’t you called powdered cilantro leaves ‘coriander’?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029210 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029210 No. Coriander refers to the seeds. At least in the US. No. Coriander refers to the seeds. At least in the US.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028968 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028968 They both have sugar in them, right? They both have sugar in them, right?

]]> By: friendpuppy http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028970 friendpuppy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028970 All you need to do is leave the lids off, then put the lid back on for a few seconds while you dispense the seasoning. All you need to do is leave the lids off, then put the lid back on for a few seconds while you dispense the seasoning.

]]> By: notasheep http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028975 notasheep Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028975 MMmm, the fun -- they're both cayenne pepper! MMmm, the fun — they’re both cayenne pepper!

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028982 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028982 Sodium powder and powdered hemlock. Sodium powder and powdered hemlock.

]]> By: bzishi http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028983 bzishi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028983 I'd feel better if the labels said "not strychnine", because otherwise it might be. It is best to be safe when you are dealing with food labels. I’d feel better if the labels said “not strychnine”, because otherwise it might be. It is best to be safe when you are dealing with food labels.

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028986 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028986 Sodium powder and powdered hemlock. Sodium powder and powdered hemlock.

]]> By: Baron Karza http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028990 Baron Karza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028990 Rather a negative outlook I'd say! I suppose each one is really half empty too. Rather a negative outlook I’d say! I suppose each one is really half empty too.

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029024 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029024 I would like to see a white pepper mill and a black salt shaker. I would like to see a white pepper mill and a black salt shaker.

]]> By: Baldhead http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029848 Baldhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029848 As someone who uses salt almost never and pepper absolutely never (well.. black pepper- every other pepper is superior in every way possible) these would be useless. Great, however if you assume an 8- spice spice rack must have duplicates. As someone who uses salt almost never and pepper absolutely never (well.. black pepper- every other pepper is superior in every way possible) these would be useless. Great, however if you assume an 8- spice spice rack must have duplicates.

]]> By: desiredusername http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029082 desiredusername Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029082 An excellent case for the reason why binary oppositions are so popular in human discourse. An excellent case for the reason why binary oppositions are so popular in human discourse.

]]> By: Marja http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029088 Marja Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029088 Just as long as neither has powdered cilantro leaves. Just as long as neither has powdered cilantro leaves.

]]> By: pbump http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028849 pbump Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028849 Oh my God - imagine, instead, P and ~P shakers. Those would sell like hotcakes near college campuses and in Brooklyn. Copyright, pbump, all rights reserved. Oh my God – imagine, instead, P and ~P shakers. Those would sell like hotcakes near college campuses and in Brooklyn.

Copyright, pbump, all rights reserved.

]]> By: Sork http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029106 Sork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029106 They're both lightbulbs. They’re both lightbulbs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1029107 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029107 At first glance, I would assume they are just opposites. As "desiredusername" said, "binary opposition". Thus I would assume the Not Salt has pepper and the Not Pepper has salt :) Love the concept. At first glance, I would assume they are just opposites. As “desiredusername” said, “binary opposition”.

Thus I would assume the Not Salt has pepper

and

the Not Pepper has salt :)

Love the concept.

]]> By: tylerkaraszewski http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028861 tylerkaraszewski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028861 So what, they're paprika and garlic powder? So what, they’re paprika and garlic powder?

]]> By: wgmleslie http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/not-salt-not-pepper.html#comment-1028863 wgmleslie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028863 I suppose technically speaking that <i>anything but</i> their respective "nots" could be in those shakers. I suppose technically speaking that anything but their respective “nots” could be in those shakers.

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