You see that information box at the top
corner of your JoeUser window that gives your user points and rank?
(Non-registered users need not apply.) I've been sitting here staring
at those icons wondering just what the hell they are supposed to
represent. Even the ones I recognize don't make sense.
"My Account" Icon. Okay, that one's easy. It looks like
half a computer monitor. Or, if I don't look too closely, my old
Mac+.
"My Blog" Icon. Easy but with a twist. It's obviously our
planet Earth, but is it just me or is the Earth frowning? The
planet actually looks depressed. Do they make enough Prozac to
feed an actual planet? How would you administer it? CORE II:
The Prozac Suppository "When the planet succumbs to deadly
depression, a highly trained team of scientists tries the
unthinkable!" *
"Create New Article" Icon. I'm clueless. Is it a Bic
disposable lighter? An aerosol spray can? Spray paint, maybe? (I
guess that one might make sense.)
"My Articles" Icon. I'm not sure but I think I saw this
turn Christopher Lee into a pile of dust once. What it has to do
with my articles is beyond me. I mean, I have a high opinion of my
stuff, but not that high.
"Track Watch List" Icon. This is the only one that is both
obvious and makes sense. It's a magnifying glass, the
site-wide symbol for the "tracked articles" list. Like Sherlock
Holmes might pull out his magnifying glass and track down the
criminals. Yeah, that one I get.
I'm open to suggestions. Anybody have any
idea what these things are and how they are representative of what
they supposedly identify?
* Actually, using The Core I as a
suppository might be much more enjoyable than watching it.
P.S. -- In case you don't read the comments,
I don't want you to miss Mr.
Frog's hilarious response. (Forum people, sorry for the
redundancy.) Here it is:
Reply By: Mr_Frog Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2004
You got it man. Here's the scoop on the symbolism of what those
icons *really* mean:
My Account : The reason that they used this icon is to
represent JoeUser's attachment to his monitor while logged in.
Every five minutes Joe is checking his point count, watching his
rise to success as he nears the top 10. The fact that only half of
the monitor is there represents the symbiotic relationship with
the user, since it is half of the user.
My Blog: The Earth is depressed because everyone is
arguing about politics and religion, which is ruining our planet.
It is frowning because the whole reason we are in Iraq is that we
are actually trying to deliver said suppository right up its ass.
It's pretty big, so there's some stretching involved.
Create New Article: This my friend is a pipe or "monkey"
wrench. This is actually correct symbolism here, because it is
actually a warning that joeuser.com is inevitably going to give
you a '500 - internal server error' after writing a ten page
article in the WYSIWYG editor (thereby throwing a wrench into the
works, so to speak).
My Articles: This icon is actually a representation of a
four-way lug nut wrench. Imagine yourself on the highway and you
get a flat. You're outside your car changing the tire with said
wrench. Then some careless driver runs you over and kills you
because he doesn't agree with what you say in your latest
political tirade against Dubya or the war. That is what this icon
is trying to warn you of.
Track Watch List: This is a magnifying glass so you can
burn all of the little ants in the JoeUser system that Jepel so
dutifully warned us about. Never lose track of an article again!
10 points if you fry the queen.
Glad I could help.
-- B
Now, go visit
his blog and give him some points! 
---Gene