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ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
frozen in time
#2: Sep 11th 2009 at 6:32:58 AM

Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs

6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss of Formal Schooling

Study: Depression Hits Losers Hardest Hope nobody takes this one too seriously...

edited 11th Sep '09 6:33:25 AM by Imipolex G

no one will notice that I changed this
JethroQWalrustitty OG Troper from Finland Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
itsmeyouidiot Stone Head of Confusion from Ra Murana Since: Jan, 2001
Stone Head of Confusion
#5: Sep 11th 2009 at 8:23:26 AM

Lovecraftian School Board Member Wants Madness Added to Curriculum

"'We already changed the name of the school from Abraham Lincoln High to Nyarlathotep Academy,' Perry added. 'What more does he want?'"

edited 11th Sep '09 8:23:43 AM by itsmeyouidiot

It would be a lot easier for me if you imagine there's something funny or interesting here.
Midna Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Sep 11th 2009 at 1:21:02 PM

I think they used to have an article on Bonzi Buddy and parental controls being added in the sequels to The Matrix, but I can't seem to find it. (You have to admit, though, it would improve both of them tenfold...)

blakyoshi7 I'm a secret character! from the Bone Dragon Pit Since: Jan, 2001
I'm a secret character!
#7: Sep 11th 2009 at 1:40:34 PM

Ominous Music Heard Throughout U.S.

Grabbing is where you must begin Shaking for treasure from within Throwing far is how to win!
Korgmeister Sapient Blob of Tofu from Zimbabwe Since: Dec, 1969
Sapient Blob of Tofu
#12: Sep 12th 2009 at 4:55:02 AM

My favourite isn't actually on their website, but it's still classic:

HOLY SHIT, MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON!

Oh and here's a video of What it might have looked like if it really went like this.

Oh and MP3-age, too.

edited 12th Sep '09 4:55:56 AM by Korgmeister

Again with the data mining, dear Aunt?
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#13: Sep 12th 2009 at 6:17:07 AM

I liked the "World's Largest Metaphor Sinks" bit from Our Dumb Century.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
Charlatan Since: Mar, 2011
#14: Sep 12th 2009 at 7:13:25 AM

"Our Dumb World" is one of my favorite books ever, and I'm sure that for this reason I have earned a special room in Hell.

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#15: Sep 12th 2009 at 8:03:13 AM

Oh, when I saw Our Dumb World at Barnes & Noble on a trip, I convinced my friend to buy it... we were all practically laughing continuously for hours. "The editor has a goddamn family to get back to, will it really kill you not to know about some godforsaken island in the middle of the Pacific?!"

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tennessean Since: Jan, 2001
#16: Sep 12th 2009 at 12:24:36 PM

Speaking of Our Dumb Century, I loved their take on the JFK assassination. Talk about overkill!

Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#17: Sep 12th 2009 at 1:42:22 PM

I know I've got Our Dumb World somewhere...and my favorite bit was the with the Swiss.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#18: Sep 12th 2009 at 1:42:56 PM

We could probably have an article on it. I'd write it, but I don't have a copy.

It would be a new medium for the site: Atlases.

edited 12th Sep '09 1:43:11 PM by Tzetze

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JethroQWalrustitty OG Troper from Finland Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
(weaving)
#20: Sep 13th 2009 at 12:27:43 PM

I want to second Jethro Q Walrustitty's selection of the Arnie article. Because Arnold Schwarzenegger's election was so ridiculous that The Onion couldn't parody it.

SHIKI is dead.
VampireBuddha Calendar enthusiast from Ireland (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
JethroQWalrustitty OG Troper from Finland Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Landstander God Of Cake from Somewhere else Since: Jan, 2001
God Of Cake
#23: Sep 16th 2009 at 3:40:16 AM

Dope Just Galumphing Where Life Takes Him

Obama's Hillbilly Half-Brother Threatening To Derail Campaign

Oh man, both of those articles it is impossible not to bust a gut laughing.

Emperor Wu liked cake, but not exploding cake!
LullTheConqueror Love Freak from eternal loli Hell Since: Jan, 2001
#24: Sep 16th 2009 at 4:20:07 AM

The Onion article I remember laughing the hardest at was the venerable Alzheimer's Sufferers Demand Cure For Pancakes.

Yeah, maybe that's in slightly bad taste, but I was thirteen years old when it was first published. tongue

And the thought that I've been reading The Onion for more than twelve years is threatening to make my head asplode.

the dice are loaded, the deck is stacked, the game itself will hold you back
itsmeyouidiot Stone Head of Confusion from Ra Murana Since: Jan, 2001
Stone Head of Confusion
#25: Sep 16th 2009 at 4:27:20 AM

"Lovecraftian School Board Member Wants Madness Added to Curriculum"

I just realized that the said "Lovecraftian School Board Member" is implied to be an aspect of Nyarlathotep.

It would be a lot easier for me if you imagine there's something funny or interesting here.

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