Archive for the News Category

Dave! Wakeup. They’re taking the kids.

Posted in News with tags , , , , , , , on July 18, 2008 by Manchild

Following up on our post from yesterday… this is why we hate cops: because they’re always taking your kids away from you when you pass out behind the wheel in a 7-11 parking lot.

Take a Deep Breath. . .

Posted in Earth is not to be trifled with, News, Our Meaningless Lives with tags , on July 11, 2008 by Bill Arkansaw

They are going to be selling exactly the same iPhone tomorrow. I can almost guarantee that you have something better to do than to wait in line for an iPhone. If you don’t, please go examine your life. Can we get a “your meaningless lives” tag?

Man Do We Love Video Editing Software. (NSFW)

Posted in News with tags , on July 9, 2008 by rydo

Row, Row, Row the Boat. . .

Posted in Earth is not to be trifled with, News, Pirates with tags , , , on July 1, 2008 by Bill Arkansaw

An old, drunk, Swede tried to escape from Denmark by rowing out. We don’t know if this is a triumph of the human spirit or a heads up to lock up our dinghy before getting loaded.

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Has the Whole World Gone Crazy?

Posted in Earth is not to be trifled with, News with tags , , , , , on June 30, 2008 by Bill Arkansaw

We’ve got a story about giraffe helping an “undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine” escape from a Dutch circus (which implies the existence of Dutch clowns and potentially Dutch carnies. The mind boggles and the recoils.)

We also have an article about an old chimp named Moe, who apparently has learned a new trick and escaped. It is your standard “monkeys are funny” type story until the 3rd to last paragraph.

Why Shaun Alexander Sucks

Posted in News, Sports with tags on June 30, 2008 by lucasthayer

Your Food is Poison!

Posted in News with tags on June 17, 2008 by Bill Arkansaw

We just wanted an excuse to sing the song to ourselves:

I know I’m going to miss her, but a tomato ate my sister.

Let the Spectacle Begin

Posted in News, Our Meaningless Lives, Sports on June 16, 2008 by Hamburglar

Seattle v. Dustbowl Billionaires begins today in a federal courthouse in downtown Seattle today. The trial will determine whether the Seattle Supersonics will play their home games here:

…or here:

If You’re Scoring at Home…

Posted in News, The "Arts" with tags , , on June 14, 2008 by Hamburglar

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R. Kelly has joined O.J. Simpson as the only black men who have ever caught a break from the U.S. legal system.

That makes it U.S Legal System ∞, Repressed Minority Group 2.

Don’t call it a comeback.

Free At Last! Free At Last!

Posted in News, The "Arts" with tags on June 13, 2008 by Bill Arkansaw

Thank God Almighty! R. Kelly is free at last!

In depth coverage from Slate.