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  1. First time first…

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    1. Íà ýòîì ñàéòå äåéñòâèòåëüíî åñòü âñå ÷òî ìû òóò îáåùàåì> http://gapkol.8m.net < òàê ÷åãî æå òû æäåøü? Ñìîòðè êàê ñàìûõ ìîëîäåíüêèõ òåëî÷åê òðàõàþò â èõ ðîçîâûå êèñêè. Çàõîäè ñåé÷àñ è ïîëó÷è äîñòóï êî âñåì íàøèì âûñîêîêà÷åñòâåííûì ïîðíî ôèëüìàì ñ òèíàìè!
      Ïðîøó
      ñåêñ ñ ó÷èëêîé

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  2. i see by the post in comments that you get your share of porn spam too. lol I don’t feel so bad now. Nonetheless, you sure spoke the truth about packaging and the amount of it per little product. Sad fact of out commercial world.

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    1. yatta

      I’m sorry. Those were all of my private IM’s. I entered them into the Rocketboom comments by accident. :-D

      But seriously, yeah, our filters usually take care of it but occasionally they get through.

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      1. Kam

        A sense of humor, I love it! & thank you for deleting the dirty bastard.

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    2. Spam is something that is emailled, not posted to a forum.

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      1. Nab

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      2. Nab

        This is not a \”forum\”. This is \”comments\”.

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      3. Kam

        For some un-godly reason, they eat huge ammounts of Spam here!

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  3. vbg

    Happy Earth Day, Joanne!

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  4. brandon

    This is sad but true! When the packaging is more complex than the product itself, something isn’t right!

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  5. Speaking of Earth Day

    http://www.livescience.com/environment/070417_ap_gw_water.html

    …and I thought it was International Polka Day, boy that stuff in the Weed Van was mighty strong!!!

    http://www.madisonhorns.com/MadisonHorns/polkaband/Victory%20Polka.mp3

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    1. Nab

      Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! (It’s a frog?)

      It’s !!!!!

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      1. Just like I always pictured him…brings a tear to my eye….(or is it way too smokey in here)

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  6. BREAKING NEWS!

    Homer hijacks Weed Man Van

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fab_1177068186

    (after all, The Earth has a sense of humor, and it packages the stuff in such a lovely looking plant…Thank you Mother Earth) No waste here!

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    1. Nab

      Ha ha, that was great! Now I know the words to Smoke on the Water.

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    2. Nab

      Did ya know b-man spelled backwards is nam-b? Hey, that’s almost my name! Now I’m scared.

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      1. Me too!

        Maybe this will help…

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  7. Nab

    That was ironic. Happy e-day y’all.

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  8. Kam

    I hate those kind of packing jobs, what the hell are they expecting, nuclear fallout, the bullet proof, acid proof containers that cause severe bodily injuries when trying to open it with your teeth (didn’t your mum tell you never to use your teeth for stuff like that!) or a pair of scissors or a razor knife, by the time I’m done, I wanna strangle the guy who thought this stuff up. But I need printer ink.
    I hate to say this but I’m LOOKING @ a product on my desk next to my computer & THINKing about how much of what I PAID for will end up in the TRASH. It’s a can of Radio Shack Velocity Dust Remover Spray, canned air. Yep, I bought air in a can, even have nothing to show for it when it’s gone, it’s flippin’ air & oh, some stuff called Tetrafluroethane, which probably contributes to global warming. All this for slightly less dust in my keyboard & a substitute for flossing. So I vow right now to never buy any of that stuff again.
    Now I can take the empty can, build a fire, toss it in & wait for the explosion. Pyrotechnics, love it!
    Don’t know if any of you caught my Thurs/Fri post but this is what was happening @ the White House today @ 4:20 pm
    http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.justfunnypics.com/data/thumbnails/1/92.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.justfunnypics.com/funnypics-cat-1.html&h=80&w=80&sz=5&hl=en&start=64&sig2=6nNwv9hS6e3JsBhn8hYEBg&tbnid=llte4omLKHpqSM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=74&ei=gfAoRtTNMJTYgAOQtZyYDw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsmoking%2Ba%2Bjoint%26start%3D60%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
    am I babbling or what, huh? hey bogart!
    later people

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    1. John P

      I recommend a large-ish artist’s paintbrush (~ 1/2″ or 3/4″ wide) for the keyboard. It gets between the keys, picks up dust of all manner, and doesn’t blow everything into the air where it can settle back into the keyboard or cause breathing problems. It also stores conveniently anywhere you keep pens.

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      1. Good idea but can you see Kam flossing with a paintbrush?! However; if he got dental floss he could still floss his teeth and possibly floss the keyboard too! And the cotton string will degrade fairly quickly, or he could recycle it into a new hammock.

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      2. Kam

        For your kids, they like light sabers right?
        http://youtube.com/watch?v=fNAKE_rw4i0

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      3. It\’s a HIT! Thanx Kam! It\’s now on his list of favs along with that Japanese potty training video from Nab. Go figure; it took forever to get them to go when the time came and if I would only have thought of introducing them to foreign films back then things could have gone so much smoother!

        They both have the tune stuck in their heads and their Japanese is picking up nicely too!

        Arigato & Sayonara!

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      4. Kam

        Sable of course, I have one, thanx!

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  9. Buterfly

    what happened to the 79+ posts RB used to have?
    Joanne is wonderful!

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    1. Kam

      26 & counting

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  10. Classy!

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  11. anonymoustroll

    After printing your message, you should have brought back the orange twist-off thingie that canon uses to… hell, I don’t even know why the twist-off thingie is on the ink cartridge in the first place… probably to keep the ink from leaking, but does it really need to be so big?

    …and you should have busted out a fresh ream of paper too! …fresh out of the box.

    …uh, anyway: point made (very well, I might add).

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  12. Joanne,

    I know it’d kinda defeat the point of your video, but get one of these: http://www.myopenx.com

    They slaugher every type of invincible plastic shrink wrapping that these companies seal our products in!

    Oh, and hi from London.

    -funkyberry-

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    1. Have they shrunk-wrapped Big Ben yet?

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  13. Bravo, Bravo Bravo !!! You are 100 % right! Hope the people at Canon and thousands of other manufacturers take it to their hearts.

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  14. Very nicely done RB - lesson in pictures.

    Point of note for packaging designers and printer companies: those sealed rigid plastic packs make me LESS likely to buy your products. Green issues aside, I cannot be bothered to have to tackle the thing with a hacksaw. Green issues onside, if you take back the cartridge to recycle it, why won’t you take back the packaging? You made it, you force me to eviscerate the thing so you can bloody well take back the mangled plastic mess and recycle it too….

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  15. John P

    I’m completely mystified as to the reasons for the ubuquitous spread of the hardened “blister pack”. I’ve also often thought that products — all products — should be rated with an “estimated time to landfill” rating, based on expected usage patterns. If this were done properly, a tax could be levied based on amount and immediacy of landfill usage, which should deter people from unnecessary consumption, as well as help pay for the environmental impacts of these damaging products.

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    1. I think the new iPhone will have such a feature/function and will be able to scan every item you buy down to the last neutrino.

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      1. Nab

        My tinfoil hat stops the neutrinos from hitting my brain. It\’s the only thing keeping me sane.

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      2. http://youtube.com/watch?v=LSnXjE66tvQ

        David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World

        Nab, insanity’s not so bad…(it’s from the above LP/CD)
        All The Madmen - The Song
        Words and music by David Bowie

        Lyrics

        Day after day
        They send my friends away
        To mansions cold and grey
        To the far side of town
        Where the thin men stalk the streets
        While the sane stay underground

        Day after day
        They tell me I can go
        They tell me I can blow
        To the far side of town
        Where it’s pointless to be high
        ‘Cause it’s such a long way down

        So I tell them that
        I can fly, I will scream, I will break my arm
        I will do me harm
        Here I stand, foot in hand, talking to my wall
        I’m not quite right at all…am I?

        Don’t set me free, I’m as heavy as can be
        Just my librium and me
        And my E.S.T. makes three

        ‘Cause I’d rather stay here
        With all the madmen
        Than perish with the sadmen roaming free
        And I’d rather play here
        With all the madmen
        For I’m quite content they’re all as sane
        As me

        (Where can the horizon lie
        When a nation hides
        Its organic minds
        In a cellar…dark and grim
        They must be very dim)

        Day after day
        They take some brain away
        Then turn my face around
        To the far side of town
        And tell me that it’s real
        Then ask me how I feel

        Here I stand, foot in hand, talking to my wall
        I’m not quite right at all

        Don’t set me free, I’m as helpless as can be
        My libido’s split on me
        Gimme some good ‘ole lobotomy

        ‘Cause I’d rather stay here
        With all the madmen
        Than perish with the sadmen
        Roaming free
        And I’d rather play here
        With all the madmen
        For I’m quite content
        They’re all as sane as me

        Zane, Zane, Zane
        Ouvre le Chien

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      3. Nab

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  16. wonderful video! one question - was that last print out on recycled paper!? But seriously I loved this one and have been showing everyone.

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    1. yatta

      Why yes, it was printed on recycled paper!

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      1. Prove it! :) :) :)

        No really, prove it!

        Here, I’m recycling this song, it’s yours if you want it.

        http://www.madisonhorns.com/MadisonHorns/polkaband/Victory%20Polka.mp3

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      2. yatta

        Aw man, are you serious!?! I knew someone would ask this. :)

        How about this: you take a picture of a compact fluorescent light bulb in your home and I’ll take a picture of the package of recycled paper we used.

        If yr in the US, a major retailer is giving away free CF light bulbs tomorrow.

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      3. yatta

        Wow. No one\’s taking me up on my deal. Hopefully you\’re all getting in on the free light bulbs, though. ;)

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      4. Kam

        Ya know, if someone was looking for you, they\’d call out \”yatta, yatta, yatta\” ;=)

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      5. yatta

        When I’m ordering takeout and they need a name I say ‘Bob.’ It’s easier than explaining how to spell my name.

        If I’m home visiting my parents and we’re out at dinner at a Friday’s or Chili’s or whatever, I always leave my name as ‘Mr. Snuffleupagus’ (no joke.) That way they have to announce over the loudspeaker, “Mr. Snuffleupagus, party of three.”

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  17. Joanne, I hope that the plastic bag was a reused one!

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  18. cp

    Thanks for a great video. Nicely done.

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  19. BjorkAteMyBaby

    I involuntarily clapped my hands in applause.

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    1. I\’m so glad someone else did that…

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      1. Nab

        You\’re so glad someone else \”AteMyBaby\”?

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  20. Another Earth Day exclusive!
    If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the desert.

    http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/070419_lizard_sex.html

    >>>>>>>>>>>AND>>>>>>>>>

    ‘Sex change’ for Chinese trees in honor of Earth Day?

    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21590997-1702,00.html

    I thought ED was about not tampering… guess they don’t get RB in China yet.

    < <<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>

    Seems the Earth is really going Wacko Jacko

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4ba_1177127259

    Ok, back to the Weed Man Van….

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  21. why Prefix links with http:// for auto-linking. Allowed HTML:

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  22. Reading this reminded me of RB… it’s the latest from Joy of Tech, “How to Monetize your Podcast”. I apologize in advance if it offends. ;)

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    1. Kam

      @ least the geeky old perverts are hip enough to use a Mac!

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  24. The Earth Day video is too long and too boring.

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    1. Kam

      Looks like you win the most negative reaction award Arvin!

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      1. Kam

        & holy smoke, I’m gonna win the plus award. Which I accept graciously. (reaches to inside jacket pocket & pulls out paper) “First I’d like to thank the academy…hey Jack how’ya doin’”

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      2. Nab

        Howard Stern is telling everyone to get over here and vote for you comment Kam.

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  25. ronen

    WIN

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  26. They pack crap that way to make it less pilferable. If 20 of us, ahem, accidentally cut ourselves opening that nasty blisterpack plastic and sued over the same weekend, packing that way would be more expensive than the pilfering. Hey, there is good news though. A few hundred thousand years from now when future archeologists are trying to figure us out, there will be a pristine record of unopened consumer products in perfect condition to help them put the pieces together.

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  27. jo

    why do you do earth-day,today?That is anything of the publicity and no-war but how always do your sexy at you.no,j like hi-tech for x.thank you,Joanne

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  28. Brilliant! I get so depressed thinking about all the waste that takes place each and every day but it\’s refreshing to know someone out there, RB, thinks the way I do!

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  29. Simply terrific.

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  30. 56 and counting—will we reach 76 ?

    Joanne, come on, you started all this…leave a comment…PLEASE!

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    1. Kam

      What happens @ 76?

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      1. You go shopping for Depends & Polident.

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      2. Kam

        now THAT was funny!

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    2. Joanne always keeps up with all the comments - she is traveling today but promised to chime in B-Man!

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    3. We\’re at 66 + this one = 67. Now what can I write to validate this as a post? Hmmm … it\’s too damn early to think straight. Oh Hell …

      67th!

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    4. Thanks for the nudge B-Man, I\’ve been in a comment cocoon for awhile now and I feel like I\’m ready to unwrap. But of course I\’ve always read all the comments and love it!

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  31. Takes me back to the days of CD longboxes. Ahhh, good times. ;)

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  32. Auguris

    They come in packages like that to prevent theft. It\’s ridiculous, though; Staples uses reusable plastic security boxes for pretty much everything in the store that has a chance of being stolen, but the Canon packages are — here you go — TOO BIG to fit in those security boxes. All someone needs to do is bring a pair of scissors in with them, find the bathroom, and they have free Canon ink!

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  33. Lots of packaging crap, I see. It occurs to me that clothing is also packaging, as is hairspray, women’s makeup. We should get rid of those, too.

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    1. Nab

      OK, you asked for it. <rustle rustle> Done! Except for the makeup and hairspray part, I really can’t do without those.

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  34. Kam

    Got the RB jones & it\’s only 6:30 am here. It\’s cold, it\’s raining & I\’m off to work. Boo-who, poor me…
    later people

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    1. “…I’m off to work.” Does that mean crossing the kitchen to the living room or going across the front lawn to the beach ;)

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  35. dhenry

    HAPPY EARTH DAY, DREW, JOANNE, AND STAFF. You bring it on!

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  36. Great message! Happy Earth-Day! :-)

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  37. A great point well made. It inspired me to make my own short video in response here: http://sustainablemagic.com/blog/2007/04/24/sustainanomics/ Comments welcome. I think many individuals have already worked out how to live greener lives, but most corporations and even most states need to work out how to have sustainable trade / economies. And it needs to be done in non-cynical ways i.e. not just market a green image to win customers and votes.

    http://www.sustainablemagic.com/

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