Barcode Scanning Mugs

"I come in peace, for more information scan me with your phone."

Barcode Dreams

'Can you loan me *** till pay day?'

'...So you claim this is genuine Rembrandt?'

'DNA...nature's bar code.'

Self-Checkout.

A potter paints a barcode on a pot.

'Apparently the nutrients and the additives cancel each other out.'

'Thanks to a little genetec engineering, we can merchandise these fish right on the farm.'

"I'm just sitting here collecting vast amounts of metadata. And what are you up to?...Oh, I already know."

'Advanced warning: High cholesterol 10mtrs ahead.'

"Do you have anything with FOOD in it?"

Another archaeological site where some believe ancients had help from aliens.

'Does your phone have a scanner thingy? I've got a barcode on my butt if you want my number.'

'Okay. Now. Insert Part K into slot G...'

Woman and sport trainer

Man and dog with QR-code heads.

"By the time I've read all the nutrition and ingredients information I've lost my appetite!"

Man is attacked by barcodes.

Where Processed Beef Comes From

'Blimey, you must have charged for the trolley as well!'

Animal Crackers. What a mess! I have to check them all. The box says "Do not eat if seal broken" --- Does this look like a seal to you?

After work, of course, they'd relax and talk deconstruction. Isn't a blueprint just a series of markings with no meaning by themselves? Our job, as I see it, is to find the true essence of the materials.

"The sniffer dog had found cocaine again."

'Darn it! The bar code doesn't seem to be working. . . flip him over and let's try the other side. . .'

Self Checkout

"Ah, good old DNA...nature's bar code!"

A woman needlepoints a barcode.

Lack of Nutrition Information

Robot asking for money in bar code language.

"It's a baaa-code."

'Yes, yours is a myopic cell.'

Workers constructing barcodes

"Wait a minute, that's my bar code" Product Identity Theft

"The chocolate pudding is chef's digital signature dish."