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Author Topic: Funny Stuff on the Internet  (Read 315312 times)

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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #795 on: January 22, 2009, 02:41:29 PM »
and speaking of The Onion, someone has compiled The True History of the Bush Years, as chronicled in Onion headlines

just brilliant, and a welcome reinder of what a phenomal job the Onion did immediately following 9/11:

September 26, 2001: American Life Turns Into Bad Jerry Bruckheimer Movie.
September 26, 2001: Hijackers Surprised To Find Selves In Hell.
September 26, 2001: God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule.
September 26, 2001: Hugging Up 76,000 Percent.
September 26, 2001: Arab-American Third-Grader Returns From Recess Crying, Saying He Didn’t Kill Anyone.
September 26, 2001: Not Knowing What Else To Do, Woman Bakes American-Flag Cake.
September 26, 2001: Bush Sr. Apologizes To Son For Funding Bin Laden In ’80s.
September 26, 2001: Report: Gen X Irony, Cynicism May Be Permanently Obsolete.
September 26, 2001: Jerry Falwell: Is That Guy A Dick Or What?
September 26, 2001: The U.S. Military Is Pondering Its Response Options.
September 26, 2001: U.S. Vows To Defeat Whoever It Is We’re At War With.
September 26, 2001: President Urges Calm, Restraint Among Nation’s Ballad Singers.
October 3, 2001: U.S. Urges Bin Laden To Form Nation It Can Attack.
October 17, 2001: Woman With Sore Throat Thinks It Might Be Anthrax.
October 31, 2001: CIA Admits It’s Good At Overthrowing Stuff, Not So Much The Intelligence.
November 14, 2001: U.S. To Arab World: ‘Stop Hating Us Or Suffer The Consequences’.

ETA: it would be funny if it weren't so sad -- some of Bush's staff were apparently bitching on the plane back to Texas that Obama's Inaugural speech was mean to them!
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #796 on: January 22, 2009, 03:28:14 PM »
There's just so much good stuff there, from the very first:
January 26, 2000: Bush Reaches Out To Hispanic Community With Generous Tip.

...to the so-painfully-prescient-it's-not-even-funny-anymore:
January 17, 2001: Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’. (in which they have Bush saying he will definitely find a country to invade, increase military spending 250% and build up a huge national debt)

...to the aftermath of each of the last two elections:
November 10, 2004: Bush Promises To Unite Nation For Real This Time.
November 5, 2008: Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job.
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #797 on: January 27, 2009, 01:10:26 PM »
an amusing take-down of Billy Joel on Slate:

http://www.slate.com/id/2209526/
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #798 on: January 28, 2009, 03:51:45 PM »

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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #799 on: January 28, 2009, 04:12:49 PM »
an amusing take-down of Billy Joel on Slate:

http://www.slate.com/id/2209526/

Very amusing. I can't agree with him (all of the time), but I can understand him.

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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #801 on: January 28, 2009, 08:53:17 PM »
Parrot in the bathroom:
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=97772&videoChannel=4


Polly want a magazine?  ;)

Olbermann showed some clips during his "Oddball" segment, sprinkled liberally with quotes from Monty Python's "Dead Parrot" sketch.
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #802 on: January 30, 2009, 11:20:28 AM »
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #803 on: January 30, 2009, 12:54:37 PM »
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #804 on: January 30, 2009, 01:59:47 PM »
My favorite Onion headline of the week:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/asian_teen_has_sweaty_middle_aged

That's great.

That's about the 3rd time in the past month or so that St. Louis has been the punchline for something like this.

Not that I strongly disagree or anything, but what happened to picking on Cleveland?
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #805 on: February 05, 2009, 02:55:47 PM »
so, Nestle is coming out with caffeinated candy: Butterfinger Buzz, a Butterfinger bar with "as much caffiene as the leading energy drink" (!)

http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/02/butterfinger-buzz-the-caffeinated-candy-bar-wtf/

Somebody alert Homer Simpson.

Conan had the best line: "it's perfect for fat people who need the extra energy to be able to eat more candy"
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #806 on: February 06, 2009, 12:39:40 PM »
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #807 on: February 11, 2009, 10:28:58 PM »
Especially for the Gaz-man, and his current avatar -- but really, everyone shoul enjoy this one...

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/uclickcomics/20090212/cx_prc_uc/prc20090212
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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #808 on: February 12, 2009, 07:35:00 AM »
Especially for the Gaz-man, and his current avatar -- but really, everyone shoul enjoy this one...

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/uclickcomics/20090212/cx_prc_uc/prc20090212

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Re: Funny Stuff on the Internet
« Reply #809 on: February 12, 2009, 07:45:49 AM »
Especially for the Gaz-man, and his current avatar -- but really, everyone shoul enjoy this one...

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/uclickcomics/20090212/cx_prc_uc/prc20090212

A random choice, but a correct one!

"Prickly City" is NTM -- seems like every new comic strip is a cheap knockoff of Doonesbury/Bloom County/Boondocks.
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