In the right company
A man's ludicrously expensive wristwatch has gained him the respect of other total pretentious gits, he has revealed. Sales manager Martin Bishop's 1400 ($2394) highend timepiece has made him more popular with tedious, materialistic men who also enjoy golf. Bishop said: "It's beautifully crafted in chunky, masculine steel with little dials that are hard to see without a magnifying glass but which do important things like telling you the month ... A guy in the office saw it and straightaway he was telling me about his new BMW and how much his house is worth. I expect it'll be my turn to talk about myself next time we get chatting ..." (Via The Daily Mash)
Lift 'close door' button more a placebo
Pressing the "close door" button in a lift is officially pointless. According to the Guardian, as tempting as it is to hammer the "close door" button in a lift when you see your arch-enemy approaching, there's no point. "It's most likely a placebo button, designed to give you the illusion of control and stop you remembering that you're in a metal box dangling from a wire 45 metres in the air."
