Archive | Carnival of Satire

Of course the big news in satire this week was Stephen Colbert’s performance at the White House Correspondents’ dinner (click here for details if you somehow missed it), but there was other satire out there and you will find some of it right here, at The Carnival of Satire. We hope you enjoy:

Thag found this, and asked if it was satire or not. We thought it was, if only barely. Still it explains a lot: English Prof turns marking into drinking game.

Frank the Financially Savvy Atheist (The F.S.A.) has classic, in-your-face satire with The Sanctity of Marriage.

Jon Swift lives up to his moniker with A Government Agency By Any Other Name. Bravo!

We’ve already had this once on the Carnival of Satire, but it’s funny enough to repeat, particularly if you live in Canada and pay taxes. Big Cajun Man presents Taxes: Revenue Canada Wants You!.

Peace Moonbeam is back with a painful economics lesson of the used-car variety in Free Gas.

Ahistoricality has found this charming tale of cross-dressing and power politics: George W. And Pat Robertson Die in Lovers’ Quarrel!!!.

To paraphrase Krusty the Clown, “If you’re not Jeff Foxworthy, then you’re stealing my bit.” Don’t Floss With Tinsel has “You Might Be An Atheist Whackjob If…” Continue Reading →

Musical parody, sarcastic letters, and alien cultures are all par for the course at The Carnival of Satire. We hope you enjoy the 31st (really) edition:

It’s a little out of season, tune-wise, but Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables has a fun White House Shakeup Song Parody.

GrrlScientist has fake news calculated to shock you at Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) with the headline: Teacher Arrested At JFK Airport in NYC.

Ahistoricality has discovered another education-related satire with this letter: Dear search committee posted at Post-PhD Blues. Warning: anyone with an arts PhD might find this cutting a little too deep.

Remulak MoxArgon at The MoxArgon Group has a fun roundup of the MoxArgon’s Mail Sac (particularly the answer to the first letter.)

While on the topic of aliens, Elisson at Blog d’Elisson has a retelling of a story about how Superman pays the bills. And it’s only 100 words! Critical Mass. Continue Reading →

Welcome to the 30th Carnival of Satire, where this week the commentary has 30 percent more clichés and mixed metaphors! Enjoy.

Ahistoricality continues his quixotic search for satire and finds this lovely bit Just Say Don’t Walk! (which doesn’t need the satire warning at the start, in our opinion).

Whoah! We just discovered that Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables has a nice Pair of Limericks For A Six-Pack Of Generals.

Dean Swift at A Swiftian Rant cracks open the books and takes The Harvard 8 behind the shed.

Tommy has Mr. Cruise learning The Finger Trick.

Peace Moonbeam returns to the carnival with a demented Whale Rescue. Continue Reading →

Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Satire, where the spectre of Republican-goat love rears it’s ugly horned head. We believe this edition has a very high LMU ranking. (You will have to read the first entry to understand what that means.) Enjoy.

Ahistoricality unearthed another frickin’ gem with The LMU: A New Formula for Measuring Effective Writing.

Grab your clippers and snippers: Dean Swift at A Swiftian Rant sculpts Cynthia Style

Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables has an appropriate Ode to the Leaker-In-Chief.

Finally! Someone who is willing to tackle the tough issues of the day. Hobart T. Johnson presents Licorice Haters Protest Black Jelly Beans posted at The Baloney Press Satirical Newspaper.

It’s best just to let Gerard Van der Leun’s letter To Borders from Bloggers speak for itself.

What kind of sick bastard puts Stephen Hawking in a hole? Reverend Gisher, that’s who. O infamy, thy name is Gisher! Continue Reading →

Having seen what can happen when you drift away from your mission (the debacle of the Carnival of the Vanities this week, for example) we have tried to keep to our goals by presenting only satire. Okay, a few posts are more satirical than actual satire, but we think we can make an argument for what’s included this week lively round-up. At any rate, we hope you will enjoy this week’s submissions:

We start with a beautiful parody; English professor jokes dressed up in the form of an episode of Law and Order: Special Academic Unit (many thanks to Ahistoricality for finding this!)

Dr. Tundra has kudos for Buckley F. Williams at The Nose On Your Face, who had to alert the CDC when he discovered that Syphilis caught a bad case of Paris Hilton.

Chris Alexion at Welcome to the Fallout has a fake news story for you, English: EPA To Crack Down on Amish Emissions.

Ahistoricality also found this gem: “Symmetrical Pubic Hair Results in Good Behavior Days? Please. You’re Spoiling Me, Sire!” posted in Frankie Can’t Relax.

Amanuensis continues to let us know how the first inter-species marriage is going in Honeymoon interrupted by summit.

While on the subject of history, Mensa Barbie at Mensa Barbie Welcomes You unveils the truth behind the masterpiece in The Oil Lift of Isabella d’ Este .

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