Entries that make you go "Lol"

This is where we talk about things on the site that we find incredibly amusing and intelligent.

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So, as a counterpoint to the other thread, this is where we talk about entries that we find incredibly amusing and intelligent. To start us out, I present the entirety of Real Life, which had me cracking up when I first read it.

Edited by GastonRabbit on May 29th 2023 at 9:30:10 AM

Kerrah Since: Jan, 2001

#1051: Mar 18th 2013 at 2:59:42 PM

From Cicero:

Courtroom Antics: Roman legal proceedings in this period were very nearly a spectator sport, and Cicero was practically an all-star quarterback. Antics Cicero got away with in court (copied from The Roman Republic page):
- Calling the prosecution's witness, who was an attempted murder victim, a shameless slut, whore, and murderess, and then saying he wasn't going to call her a shameless slut, whore, and murderess, and then calling her a shameless slut, whore, and murderess repeatedly throughout the rest of his speech.
- Accusing a political rival of incest in a completely unrelated case.
- Pretending to be Rome personified (it's complicated).
- Pretending to be a long dead Roman Consul (again, it's complicated). Incidentally, he was pretending to be the Consul so he could call the attempted murder victim above a shameless slut, whore, and murderess. And being quite graphic about it.
- Telling the judge he was going to ignore all courtroom procedure for the citizenship application he was arguing and spend the next hour or so discussing Greek literature.
- Giving speaking tips to opposing counsel.
- Complimenting opposing counsel on his skill — because the counsel was once one of his students.
- Accusing opposing counsel of being gay.
- Accusing the jury of being corrupt (although this was often the case).
- Discussing fashion in the middle of a murder trial.
- Discussing town planning in the middle of a murder trial.
- Discussing highway maintenance in the middle of a murder trial.
- Discussing the inconvenient placement of Public Holidays in the middle of a murder trial.
- It is worth noting, after reading the above, that Cicero lost only one case. He lost that case because the court was filled with heavily armed, menacing looking men wanting a conviction and staring meaningfully at the jury throughout proceedings.

It's doubly funny, because I'm majoring Latin in college, and I've actually read his speech for one of those trials.

edited 18th Mar '13 2:59:52 PM by Kerrah

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009

Just awesome like that

#1052: Mar 18th 2013 at 4:47:19 PM

A life well-lived if there ever was one.

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Kerrah Since: Jan, 2001

#1053: Mar 19th 2013 at 2:25:39 AM

Context for the Greek literature one: Cicero's client was a Greek poet, and the jury was disposed against him because they thought Greeks and poets were both sissies who didn't deserve citizenship in Rome. Cicero spends something like twenty pages talking about how even great generals and war heroes appreciated literature and poetry, to try to counter the anti-arts machismo.

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009

Just awesome like that

#1054: Mar 19th 2013 at 8:27:26 AM

Okay, that's pretty amazing.

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LordCrayak Since: Jun, 2009

#1055: Mar 22nd 2013 at 12:14:31 PM

Various on Completely Different Title, such as:

In The Philippines, Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning was released as Hell Wolf: You Will Be Eaten Alive.

Badass.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]

#1056: Mar 23rd 2013 at 2:50:04 PM

Hell Wolf? That is an awesome name.

OT: The fact that the caption for the image of The Eeyore page apologizes for being there in the first place.

I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency

MikeK 3 microphones forever from in the aeroplane over the sea Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Made of Love

3 microphones forever

#1057: Mar 23rd 2013 at 3:36:31 PM

That was my contribution, actually. I discovered that one on it's imdb page and knew I had to add it there. Not sure how well it fits the tone of the movie, but it is a pretty bad-ass title.

Earth is the only planet inhabitable by Nicolas Cage.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]

#1058: Mar 23rd 2013 at 4:09:33 PM

The part on Married With Children's Crowning Moment Of Funny page that summarizes the episode where the Bundys went to Lower Uncton, England. My favorite part is bolded, because Kelly Bundy is one of the most amazing ditzes in the history of fiction:

After Kelly is told that her family will die in Lower Uncton, she goes out to find them. She somehow ends up at the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and in prehistory where dinosaurs lived, before coming back to England, all of these places on foot. Apparently, Kelly defies time and space.

I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009

Just awesome like that

#1059: Mar 23rd 2013 at 4:35:56 PM

Hey, stupidity knows no bounds!

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Wooboo Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: I know

#1060: Mar 23rd 2013 at 4:37:23 PM

Really, most of the What An Idiot page on Wheel of Fortune made me laugh until I had hiccups. Especially the guy who somehow screwed up "Brad Pitt" with "FREE PASS" and "In the blink of an eye" with "IN DAY LAND WITH AN DOG".

Is it possible to have Google Translate installed in the part of the brain responsible for language? Because that's the only explanation I can think of.

MikeK 3 microphones forever from in the aeroplane over the sea Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Made of Love

3 microphones forever

#1061: Mar 24th 2013 at 11:50:22 AM

Yeah, that section is great, thanks for alerting me to it. I think "More fun than a barrel of vikings" ought to be a real expression. And that Leather Mullet would be A Good Name for a Rock Band, maybe for one that does all Hair Metal covers.

edited 24th Mar '13 11:51:40 AM by MikeK

Earth is the only planet inhabitable by Nicolas Cage.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world

Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar

#1062: Mar 24th 2013 at 12:06:36 PM

@Kerrah - That's just glorious.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

PurpleDalek Since: Sep, 2011

#1063: Mar 25th 2013 at 3:04:18 AM

From the quotes for Tumblr:

Person 1: if an opinion falls in the forest and there’s no one around to hear it does tumblr still get offended by it

Person 2: i had a cousin fall and die in the forest you insensitive fuck

MikeK 3 microphones forever from in the aeroplane over the sea Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Made of Love

3 microphones forever

#1064: Mar 26th 2013 at 12:44:54 AM

From Singer Namedrop:

MIDI Mafia decided to do a Producer Name Drop when they produced a Justin Bieber song, leading many to wonder why one of his songs started with a creepy voice whispering mafia...

edited 26th Mar '13 12:45:05 AM by MikeK

Earth is the only planet inhabitable by Nicolas Cage.

Wooboo Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: I know

#1065: Mar 27th 2013 at 9:32:59 PM

This line, summarizing the Japanese Dekotoru subculture in What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?

Japanese truckers whose vehicles look like the results of Optimus Prime having a drunken one-night-stand with a pachinko parlor.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world

Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar

#1066: Mar 28th 2013 at 3:28:19 PM

Pink Means Feminine picture.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]

#1067: Mar 31st 2013 at 12:29:50 AM

This, from Charlie Sheen:

Stupid Statement Dance Mix: Yes, one exists. (With material like this, are you surprised? If so, welcome to Web 2.0, and how is 1999, anyway?)

I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency

PeacefulApocalypse from Planet Fastoon Since: Oct, 2012

#1068: Mar 31st 2013 at 5:07:52 AM

From the Wii Headscratchers page:

If a friend/relative dies, is it in morally poor taste to delete their Mii?
- I'd give it six weeks.
  - Just say it went to Mii Heaven.
  - The Character Died with Him

ಠ_ಠ

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009

Just awesome like that

#1069: Mar 31st 2013 at 11:37:55 AM

I'd wonder more about the ethical implications of still playing with the Mii

Still that's the funniest thing g I've seen all day

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wuggles Since: Jul, 2009

#1070: Mar 31st 2013 at 11:41:01 AM

Cow's milk is so popular with humans that they made it into an industry.
WIN.

From the Periphery Demographic page.

edited 31st Mar '13 11:41:23 AM by wuggles

Wooboo Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: I know

#1071: Mar 31st 2013 at 10:55:13 PM

Either TV Tropes needs to stop being so amusing, or I need to up the standards of what I find Lo L-worthy.

The image caption for the Hindenburg page.

wuggles Since: Jul, 2009

#1072: Apr 5th 2013 at 2:54:24 PM

They hate the show. They hate every one of the 42 hours per week they spend watching it. They hate every one of the 49 hours per week they spend blogging about it. They hate the crappy merchandise and only buy it all so that they can get a deeper knowledge of the many ways it's bad...

From Hate Dumb

Kerrah Since: Jan, 2001

#1073: Apr 5th 2013 at 2:59:59 PM

That describes a depressingly large number of people I know.

HamburgerTime The Merry Monarch of Darkness from Dark World, where we do sincerely have cookies Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: I know

The Merry Monarch of Darkness

#1074: Apr 5th 2013 at 9:08:17 PM

I've encountered people like that, most of them in the Harry Potter and Marvel Universe fandoms.

And speaking of the Boy Who Lived, this may be more of a "wut," but apparently we have multiple Headscratchers pages just for Deathly Hallows, including one entirely devoted to the Molly vs. Bellatrix fight. I always thought that was considered one of the best moments in the series, but apparently it Just Bugs some people...

The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: "You are Hagrid now."

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world

Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar

#1075: Apr 5th 2013 at 10:13:35 PM

From Intentionally Awkward Title page:

My Nipples are Dicks

Ah...huh.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

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