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Happy Yanksgiving to everyone south of the (CAN-US) border. If we were giving thanks today, it would be for all this fine collection of satire:

Fans of House (the doctor show) and those bewildered by literary theory will both enjoy The Little Professor’s short teleplay: LP in the House. Thanks to Ahistoricality for suggesting this spoof, which may leave you a tremulous wisp with laughter.

Jake Danger is tired of being persecuted and has set up the Society for the Prevention of Mathematical Intolerance.

Mr. Juggles is interested to know How successful has Domino’s been in bringing pooplets to market?

Madeleine Begun Kane has contractual (and seasonal) parody with Office Party Follies.

Tra La La has learned all about the Titanic sequel, which you will have to see to believe:

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Satire is a harsh mistress, but generally, you enjoy that sort of thing, right? Prepare to be chastised with this, the fifty-fifth edition of The Carnival of Satire.

Jon Swift has penned another gem. Unfortunately, he hasn’t posted it yet, and instead beats us with this delicious whip: Save Britney’s Marriage.

Speaking of gems, Ahistoricality has mined a brilliant website that is a massive satire unto itself, and features this news item: WTO Announces Formalized Slavery Model for Africa.

In a similar mode, this is not technically a blog, but still damned funny satire on what would happen if some proverbs were true.

Back to the blogs, and gentle reader, you’d better strap on some Depends because Miriam has discovered The upside of burkas.

John at Hell’s Handmaiden suggests that when it comes to Bird Flu you should have No worries. Of course, he’s not even factoring in Kang’s Corollary. Continue Reading →

This is an excellent Carnival of Satire, because it proves that even after a depraved election season (still ongoing for some of us) satire CAN be written about other subjects. We’ll start there:

Alosius Katz was good enough to find this excellent expose of Pet Porn. It’s catblogging taken to the next (satirical) level.

Ahistoricality found this illuminating article on Why Engineers Don’t Write Recipe Books.

Polliwog did a little time-traveling to find Spring forward, fall back. Also, check out Bobbarama’s “dictiovary” entry underneath.

Mad Kane is worrying about saving time also, and has a few ideas for contending with it. Continue Reading →

The dreaded turkey approaches. Yes, the election. Perhaps some satire will help you choke it down.

Jennifer Miner has some great advice on How to cook a Thanksgiving meal that ensures you’ll never be the host family again.

Suanne Warr from Tales from the Raven has spotted the Mathematician Conspiracy.

Mad Kane has a hilarious limerick about Wine Tasting Robots, Oh My! Be sure to read the anthropophagic poetry too.

You can find some equally amusing Ten Second TV Reviews here, deftly penned by Steve at the Poutine Diaries. Continue Reading →

Welcome to The Carnival of Satire, where the ticker has turned over to 52; so yes, this is the anniversary, though we’ve actually been doing this for more than a year. It prompts an enigmatic smile. We had a few brave souls present some satire that wasn’t their own, and we’d like to start with them.

Madeleine Begun Kane jumped right into the spirit of finding other people’s satire, even though she does a fine job of producing it every week. She brings us: SEINFELD GOES TO BAGHDAD, TO VISIT THE WAR ABOUT NOTHING.

Ahistoricality is a master at unearthing satire, and this week proves no exception, with: Habeas Corpse.

And Madeleine Begun Kane went above and beyond the call, by also finding Limbaugh Denies Going Off Meds to Criticize Fox. Continue Reading →

Welcome to The Carnival of Satire, one week away from our first anniversary. For next week, we’d like to try something a little different — we’d like you to find some satire (and it doesn’t have to be from a blog) that is written by someone else. It can be anything! To start with, let’s look an example:

While technically not a blog, this gem from McSweeney’s IS funny satire: Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied. Thanks to Ahistoricality for showing us how it’s done.

And now back to more bloggish work.

If you skip the preamble, you’ll find an adroit satire from Stephen Littau, titled: Personal Attack Ad…Against Myself! We’re just bitter that this appeared in the Carnival of the Vanities first. Damn you Kehaar!

While thinking political thoughts, you should check out Madeleine Begun Kane’s latest limericks: Trade Deficit, Budget Deficit, Truth Deficit.

David Williams is happy to announce that the State of Florida Says ‘Yes’ to Boobs. We respectfully submit that Mr. Williams shouldn’t get too excited about this. Some years ago they ruled that women could go topless here in the Province of Ontario, but there was no subsequent wave of fleshy sunbathing. Boo!

Kristi at Here in Idaho has an Abramoff-related post with Seriously. Diary pages just fall from the sky in Idaho. Continue Reading →