365 project – Day 5: The Happy Hank Experiment

Today, we’re going to test out this monkey present I got from Stephanie’s niece for Christmas.
The Happy Hank Experiment
He supposedly grows to 600% his current size
The Happy Hank Experiment
Here’s all the terms of service and such. It takes 10 whole days for him to grow, so we’ll have to come back to see what he looks like.
The Happy Hank Experiment
He sure is happy.
The Happy Hank Experiment
Just under 2 inches tall.
The Happy Hank Experiment
This handy Hot Box Pizza cup will be our monkey pool.
The Happy Hank Experiment
Have fun in there, little dude.

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Credit Card company issues card on torn-up application

Rob Cockerham has been conducting fun experiments for years on his site Cockeyed.com, and I’ve linked to more that a few that were great. Here’s one that’s great and disturbing at the same time…
Rob wondered if a credit card company would accept an application that had been torn up into tiny pieces, and also issued to a different address than where the app had been sent. Of course you would hope that they would balk at that — but nope. They issued him a card. Read the whole experiment; it’s worth the information.
I’m glad I bought that pricy, sturdy cross-cut shredder now. I killed two cheap shredders I had previously, so I finally ponied up the money for a real one.

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