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Seems that Novell has done some spoofing and goofing around with the infamous Mac’n'PC ads.
Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cldeHjFig_c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVOnFdMf0RU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1RCg-Ccp0

The people who make Onion happen are ingenious. The dripping sarcasm always refreshes me when I see those clips.

Anonymous Hero Donates Hospital 200 Human Kidneys - They left a note in the bag that indicated that they might be making
more additional donations in the future (the same time a bloody letter
is shown “This is only the beginning!!!”).
Multiple Stab Wounds May Be Harmful To Monkeys - test group of 300 monkeys was stabbed with sharp edged objects.
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 08 Election - From now on we at Diebold will properly see to it that our illusion of democracy is properly guarded.
Concentric Circles Emanating From Glowing Red Dot - a series of concentric red circles have begun emanating from this glowing red dot in the big blue area over my left shoulder.
Kim Jong-Il’s Approval Rating Plummets to 120% - from 150%.
Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again - A record crowd 3,000 people came out to not see the ninjas

Found a fun post about estonians from Kaur’s web (he found it from another site which he also links, but the link isn’t working anymore):

1. You use the word ‘normal’ if something is ok.
2. When visiting friends abroad you bring along a box of Kalev chocolate.
3. You attended a song festival at least once either as a performer or as a spectator.
4. You know that going to the sauna is 80% about networking and 20% about washing

5. You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company)

6. ‘Kohuke’ belongs to your menu

7. You declare your taxes on the internet like all modern people
8. You actually believed for a while that Latvians had 6 toes per foot when you heard that as a child

9. You are convinced that Estonia is very strategically located
10. You spent at least one midsummer in Saaremaa, Hiiumaa or one of the smaller islands

11. You can quote films like “Viimne reliikvia” and “Siin me oleme”
12. You spit three times around your left shoulder for good luck
13. Words like “veoauto”, “täieõiguslik” or “jää-äär” sound perfectly pronouncable to you
14. You like bold statements, such as this one…

15. There can never be too much sarcasm
16. You can at times drink hot tea to hot food
17. You are disappointed that Jaan Kross never got the Nobel prize in literature
18. It would not be suprising for English-speakers to find your name
naughty (Peep, Tiit, Andres [sounds like undress]) or hippy (Rein, Rain)
19. You have been to Finland
20. You say ‘Noh’ (sounds like NO) even when you speak English, just to confuse people
21. You know the lyrics to “Mutionu” and “Rongisõit”
22. You would never mistaken Kreisiraadio for a radio station
23. You would agree that wife-carrying is a real sport (at least as long as Estonians are winning)
24. Your best friend’s girlfriend is your English teacher’s daughter
and they live next door to your grandparents, who were colleagues with
your advisor, who is friends with your…

25. You think that any beverage below 20% is non-alcoholic
26. You check the thermometer before going out

27. You look in both directions before crossing the road, even if it’s a one-way street
28. You grin very mysteriously when people ask about your national food

29. You teach a non-Estonian speaker the word “Tänan” before “Aitäh”
30. You put ketchup inside your pasta (french-cooked gourmet faire la
fine manger pasta) in order to not to get the ketchup-bowl dirty
31. You cheated on your wife/husband at least ten times but you still think you’re in a good marriage.

32. When someone asks you “where is Estonia?” you quickly reply that it’s located in Northern Europe close to Finland…
33. Your grandmother’s “purse” is an old plastic bag that has been reused several times
34. Sour cream tastes good with everything

35. A foreigner speaks to you in broken horrible Estonian and you go on
and on about how wonderful their Estonian is compared to “the Russians’”
36. You have ever worn or seen anyone wear “karupüksid”
37. You have heard the phrase “Estonians are slow” at least once
38. Kui sa saad aru, mis siia kirjutatud on

39. You find yourself continually ignoring the gender in other languages
40. You say ‘kurat’ as at least every second word
41. You consider running to the shop at 19.50 on Friday evening to buy some booze, a sport
42. You are a true Estonian when you come from Tallinn, because if you
are from Tallinn you think Tallinn IS Estonia and that’s true of course
that Tallinn is Estonia
43. When someone says “Estonians are so beautiful” you answer almost without emotions “I know”
44. You have tried to explain people that “kauboi” is actually a word in Estonian

45. You don’t think that terviSEKS is a funny word
46. You don’t find the Estonian equivalent to the expressions “twelve months”, “1002″ and “12 buses” remotely funny
47. Even though you never met Toots, Teele and Kiir you know exact what they are like

48. You grin when someone you know says that they bought a BMW
49. You know how to end the sentence “Kui Arno isaga koolimajja jõudis…”

Via XKCD.com #399