you know what they say about honesty

Best policy, indeed. Even in web copywriting:



1. Our server is taking a nap - Vi.sualize.Us
Appreciate the heads-up! I understand that your server needs to doze off and you are so considerate for letting me know.

2. Twitter is Overcapacity.
It seems Facebook is the next Multiply and Twitter is the next king of the social networking world. I would love to know what's the stats on overcapacity, how many people have to be accessing the site before it declares it's over the usual capacity?

Btw, I love seeing the Fail Whale (before the SMRT rip-off!) but it's a bit cruel to those birds lifting the whale, don't you think? It seems like the whale is enjoying itself. Fail.

3. Well, this is embarrassing. - Firefox, after failing to recover your tabs
It is my dream to start a corporate message like this, particularly that of a firm suffering from net losses. Well, this is embarrassing. Our dismal performance in 2010 - nah. Never going to happen.

4. Brace yourself from an ingenious dispatch /
The muse has struck /
Prepare to be enlightened/
(chatmate name) is hammering out a wicked comeback
-Yahoo Messenger

We could do more justice to Yahoo Messenger's poetic attempts if we say more than Hahaha! or LOL. Your muse came and the best you can say is Hahaha!? No enlightenment there. Thank you YM for these witty copy, please add more!

5. You have arrived at a location not expected by the program.

This is not really a problem; we just didn't expect to see you here. If you were directed to this page by another, or if this error persists, please contact the airline and inform them of the problem and what you did to arrive here. You may use the form on the left to start a new booking.
- Tiger Airways

We just didn't expect to see you here. I didn't expect to hear that from you, Tiger!
Well, this sounds so Hollywood: a protagonist having a blast from the past, this-is-a-small-world moment: Oh Hi! What are you doing here? I did not expect to see you here.
But kudos to Tiger Airways for being straightforward. I do not know what I have done to come across that webpage, but I'm glad I did.


6. The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. -Twitter
Okay, bratty server.


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I hope I would encounter new straightforward copy in the net again. If ever I do, I'll make sure I update this. :D