And now, for something completely different

May 05, 2006 23:59

I love McSweeny's. Especially their lists---

Music Industry Trends Not Yet Overexposed
- Trance tuba
- Self-deprecating hip-hop
- Teamsta Rap
- Immature adult contemporary
- Amino acid jazz
- Despariraoke

Eleven Lunch Meats I Have Invented
- Brumschlagen
- Cran-pepper Hen Loaf
- Spiced Saucetail
- Nippleroni
- Fleen
- Taste It
- Hammed Beef
- Meatwurst
- Head Tongue
- Buffalami
- There Are Five

Acutal Responses By My Fourteen Year Old Japanese Students to the Prompt "In The Future I Want To Be..." and "Because..."
- "In the future, I want to be.... a worker because....the worker looks great."
- "In the future, I want to be... bogs because... bogs is interesting and very furry.
- "In the future, I want to be....eat egg because....eat egg."

Sexual Euphemisms That Won't Catch On
- Taking the F Train to Queens
- Trying on the sweater Nana sent you
- Paying Extra for Refills
- Deboning the salmon fillet
- Buying pants at Marshalls

Corrections I Have Had To Make to Oddly Translated Japanese Anime Scripts
- Original - "Your mind of this is like a toy."
Fix - "You've got it all wrong."

- Original - "You will laugh on me?"
Fix - "What's so funny?"

- Original - "No no no no"
Fix - "Yes yes yes yes."

Oh, Humor.
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