Actual transcript of a phone call from my mother last night:

Me: *reads caller id, answers phone*
Me: Hey, mom.
Mom: JULY 4TH!!!
Me: *pause* ... what?
Mom: JULY 4TH!!!!
Me: *longer pause* ... what are you talking about?
Mom: Transformers the movie ( Read more... )

Iran declares war on Sparta. An amusing satire article. My favorite line:

"We have been building a nuclear reactor for peaceful purposes only, but now we plan to drop that peaceful reactor on top of those damned Spartans."

My friends... put a caption on this photo like RIGHT NOW!!!


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From the Wikipedia article for Pwn:

During the telecast of the 2006 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, Daniel Negreanu tells Mike Matusow that Mike Sexton "pwned" (pronounced [poʊn]) Matusow with an especially good play. The closed-captioning, however, misinterpreted Negreanu's remark as "boned."

Well, either is funny, really.

My Taco Bell Border Sauce packets (in the Fire flavor) read the following today:

• At night, the sporks pick on me
• Ahhh... we meet again
• Make a wish
• I'm taking the day off. See next packet.
• Make a wish

Woman Saves Husband's Life by Poking Cougar with Pen

I guess the pen really is mightier than the sword!

Last night, while I was waiting in line, I saw the following scrawled hastily on the corner of a paper sign:

"Rebecca was hear"

Immediately underneath it, someone devised this witty quip:

"Hopefully not for a spelling test."

It was all I could do to not burst out laughing in line.

Leave it to XKCD to combine flowcharting, Hammer, and Vanilla Ice.


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In honor of the PS3's miserable launch, I thought I'd remind everyone of a great satire article written in January 2001.

I wish this PlayStation 3 was the one that came out. From the article: "The PS3 controller also have egg of Sirry Putty and a Rubber Ducky built in ( Read more... )

Bad choice for a group name. From the article:

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said the charges against Ebrahim "al haj" Murad and 20 members of the group could break a 2003 truce and hit talks to end nearly 40 years of conflict in the south.

"We see a third party here out to destroy the image of the MILF," spokesman Eid Kabalu told ( Read more... )