Sideswipe: Relieving workplace frustration

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The office control freak who made this sign is trying to dictate that glasses of water be poured on an angle, because not tilting the glass sounds like someone urinating - as opposed to angled filling which is quiet like a library. (Source: PassiveAgressiveNotes.com)

Cruising for a snoozing

Riveting TV: Norwegian state broadcaster NRK has gone live with its marathon coverage of a ship voyage from Bergen north to the line's turnaround point in Kirkenes. Viewers will be able to follow every minute of the trip along the Norwegian coastline known as "The World's Most Beautiful Sea Voyage". The broadcast will amount to more than 134 hours of continuous coverage as cameras mounted on the Hurtigruten ship MS Nordnorge chart the five-day trip. Watch it live at http://www.nrk.no/hurtigruten/?lang=en

Definitely smoking something

A fish fancier writes: "I purchased a 450g can of Sealord Chunky Style Fish Fillets - smoked flavour - on Friday. After emptying it of liquid, I weighed it. Complete with can it was 381g and minus the weight of the can it was 311g of actual fish. Since when is this equal to 450 grams! Enough rip-offs already!"

Icecream explained

Steve explains why Tip Top's 2L icecreams all state "icecream contains a minimum 10 per cent milk fat". He writes: "In a number of products the icecream is blended with inclusions, in this case caramel sauce. Blending the 10 per cent milk fat icecream with inclusions changes the overall product's nutrition. Therefore the statement 'icecream contains a minimum 10 per cent milk fat' is correct in all cases. On the ingredient list we also separate out 'icecream' and the characterising ingredient 'caramel sauce' to highlight what is icecream and what are inclusions."