Thank you, Internet! Part 2: The Onion AV Club
The AV Club's "Cheap Toy Round-Up" is probably the funniest thing I read every year. I'm haven't even finished reading this year's version yet and I'm already in bent-over, side-clutching, laughing-so-hard-I'm-not-making-any-noise territory. Especially when I saw THIS:
"Delicious Can"
and read THIS:
"The ol' snake-in-the-can is part of a grand tradition of humor-they say laughter is born of surprise, and when you're expecting salted nuts and are instead greeted by a popping spring-snake, you can't help but guffaw. (If you're, y'know, 60-plus.) But there's something very, very special about "Delicious Can," a Chinese version of the trick that doesn't exactly get the concept. The outside is decorated with the words "Special Fresh"! and photos of various fruits-none of which would easily fit inside a two-ounce can, nor probably come with a pink lid. But the real joy is inside: In length and girth, the fake snake is, umm, penis-sized and shaped. And the head is pink plastic. And it features a sort-of smiling face. And while the can is open, the snake remains firmly upright."
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/cheap_toy_round_up_2007
How did we ever live without the internet. Christ Almighty I don't want to imagine it.
"Delicious Can"
and read THIS:
"The ol' snake-in-the-can is part of a grand tradition of humor-they say laughter is born of surprise, and when you're expecting salted nuts and are instead greeted by a popping spring-snake, you can't help but guffaw. (If you're, y'know, 60-plus.) But there's something very, very special about "Delicious Can," a Chinese version of the trick that doesn't exactly get the concept. The outside is decorated with the words "Special Fresh"! and photos of various fruits-none of which would easily fit inside a two-ounce can, nor probably come with a pink lid. But the real joy is inside: In length and girth, the fake snake is, umm, penis-sized and shaped. And the head is pink plastic. And it features a sort-of smiling face. And while the can is open, the snake remains firmly upright."
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/cheap_toy_round_up_2007
How did we ever live without the internet. Christ Almighty I don't want to imagine it.