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Rube Goldberg lives, in a computer, In Holland
HEMA is a Dutch department store. The first store opened on November 4,
> 1926, in Amsterdam. Now there are 150 stores all over the Netherlands.
>
> Take a look at HEMA's product page. You can't order anything, and it's
> in Dutch; but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens.
> Don't click on any of the items in the picture, just wait and see what
> happens.
>
> This company has a sense of humor and a GREAT web site designer!
>
>
http://producten.hema.nl/
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Don't try this
On dial-up. :-(
I also got a script warning before it even loaded 30%, your results may vary.
They know they can survive
thanks for the link, CaroL, that was a funny annimation
They have a creative advertising firm.
Reminded me of the old Mouse Trap board game by Parker Brothers or was it Milton Bradley?
John in Wauwatosa
P.S. I have basic DSL and it loaded fine.
John in Wauwatosa
My cats
have a similar effect in my kitchen - only it's not SFX or cyber nonsense!
Angharad who gets to do the clean up :(
Angharad
Actually...
You can shop there too, just not on that particular page:
http://www.hema.nl/
Cheers,
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
Wow
How did you find that, do you look at stores in the Netherlands websites. We of the younger generation usually know abou this kind of stuff before our elders, you beat us to the punch with this one. All i can say wow, thats Really funny!
Katie
Katherine Ariel Rebecca
Shalom Alechem
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Pete Seeger
The news has been around the blogosphere for a while
http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?p=335
The above is more than a year ago, not that *I* saw it, but it's evidently one of those viral things. I see beaucoup references to the site on twitter, digg, and so on. If one knows the "right people," one has evidently known about the site for ages.
"Online winkelen" means "online shopping," but my knowledge of Dutch is poor to non-existent otherwise, and I haven't been able to find the link from the real site.
If one is Dutch, presumably an important target market, the joke site comes up as the number one pick if one searches either for "hema" or "winkelen," so it's probably easy to find in their real market. Hema is very well known, evidently, and shopping is always popular.
Cheers,
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
Thanks for the laugh
I and my wife got a great laugh out of this! Thanks for the link.
Hugs!
Grover