Franken fixes
From the geniuses who brought you I Can Haz Cheezburger? a new-ish website called There, I Fixed It will leave you either inspired or completely mortified. But most likely, you’ll just have a good LOL session.
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Posted By Rebecca - Thu, Aug 20 2009 at 4:21 PM ESTheres your duct tape fixes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh5XVPSx9Dk i thought this was one of the best ones when i saw it when i was younger ^_^ ...i still do :P
Posted By Anonymous - Sat, Aug 08 2009 at 2:01 AM ESTdon't you know slurs?
maybe I'm wrong but I've always thought the expression to be "Jerry-rigged"which, if I'm not mistaken includes the perjorative Jerry which was as "towelhead" is to an arab to a WWII German and the phrase is somewhat grudgingly respectful.
Posted By Anonymous - Sun, Aug 09 2009 at 6:45 AM ESTJerry-built
Jerry-built is bad workmanship and refers to the biblical story of Jericho, where the walls fell down after a blast from a trumpet. Any reference to Germans is coincidental or a joke from Auf Wiedersehen Pet.
Posted By Anonymous - Sat, Aug 08 2009 at 3:18 AM ESTClean your ears.
Jury-rigged! Not Jerry-rigged. It comes from the improvisation of a jury mast on a ship.
Jerry-built is a different term. It implies shoddy workmanship, something badly made.
Posted By Pesti - Fri, Aug 07 2009 at 9:48 PM ESTI always thought it was......
A "Jimmy Rigged" "Micky Moused" contraption......lol
Posted By Anonymous - Sat, Aug 08 2009 at 10:10 PM ESTI use Jimmy Rig also
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jimmy+rig&defid=1213538 To Jimmy Rig something then you cross your fingers and hope that it works. I think this is the midwest version
Posted By jh - Fri, Aug 07 2009 at 7:47 PM ESTit is jury rigged you nitwit
get your facts straight before you spout off stank chicken. "Jury rigging refers to makeshift repairs or temporary contrivances, made with only the tools and materials that happen to be on hand. Originally a nautical term, on sailing ships a jury rig is a replacement mast and yards improvised in case of damage or loss of the original mast."The phrase "jury rigged" has been in use since at least 1788.[1] However, the adjectival use of "jury" in the sense of makeshift or temporary dates from at least.... More
Posted By Anonymous - Fri, Aug 07 2009 at 7:43 PM EST"Jury rigged"? Gimmee a break.
The expression is "Jerry rigged." As in the derogatory term for German soldiers used by GI's in WWII.
Posted By Anonymous - Fri, Aug 07 2009 at 10:58 PM ESTnothing wrong with it
ju⋅ry
2
–adjective Nautical.
makeshift or temporary, as for an emergency: a jury mast.
Origin:
1610–20; cf. jury mast (early 17th century), of obscure orig.; perh. to be identified with late ME i(u)were help, aid, aph. form of OF ajurie, deriv. of aidier to aid, with -rie -ry
- http://dictionary.reference.com
Jury rigging refers to
Posted By BoggyWoggy - Fri, Aug 07 2009 at 11:40 PM ESTStop arguing about it...
and just check this out:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jerry-rig
Posted By Anonymous - Sat, Aug 08 2009 at 2:50 AM ESTCongratulations
Obviously UrbanDictionary is the be all and end all of etymological study. It's certainly not user submitted content. Nope. Nuh uh, not at all. That wouldn't explain the multiple definitions of the word at all. Anyways. It is Jury Rigged, btw.
Posted By Anonymous - Fri, Aug 07 2009 at 2:02 PM ESTNeeds more!
Theses are ideas that will come in handy in the zombie apocalypse or robot apocalypse! I love it
Posted By GreenErinF - Tue, Aug 04 2009 at 4:23 PM ESTheadline
These are hilarious. Thanks. They made my day. Some of them look impractical but others are genius.
Posted By Nikki In College - Mon, Aug 03 2009 at 3:20 PM ESTFantastic
I have a feeling I will be trying some of these in the near future...
Posted By Anonymous - Mon, Aug 03 2009 at 1:50 PM ESTLove this!
I think I just found the answer to one of my household problems.
That's not it at all
Since the term comes off as racist....I use afro engineered