Archive | October, 2008

Ask General Kang: I have a hot date tonight — should I wear boxers or briefs?

Ask General KangThe General can tell you’re a guy. Only a human male would frame the question in such a crass way. What you’re asking, essentially, is how you should prepare yourself for having sexual congress with this hypothetical human female. In The General’s opinion this event seems to have a high degree of improbability.

The very fact that you’re asking an interstellar overlord who is, without stretching the facts, a superior being but nevertheless of a different species entirely tells The General something.

Sorry to interrupt, but are you speaking about yourself in the third person?

Yes, it makes The General sound more distant and authoritative. However, when it comes to human females, The General is not an authority. What The General does know is that human females value power and wealth. And if you live in North America, then they also like their men to have a sense of humor.

Therefore, I suggest gold-plated, kevlar briefs, with some kind of laser defense array — this will demonstrate both your power and financial wherewithal — perhaps you could get the goldsmith to engrave some kind of happy face or something comical on the outside, thus showing your lighter, humorous side.

Even better — in the seat have your engineers build-in a whoopee cushion. That’s funny.

Next time: My screenwriting prof says it’s important to line up talent before you pitch a movie. Would you be willing to act as a technical consultant on my epic scifi opera, SpaceMonkeys!

Boxers or briefs? Humor-blogs or Alltop? It all depends on how you much ventilation you require.

Sunday O-Rama

As you know, XKCD is one of my favourite web comics, and he acquits himself quite well in this death match with The New Yorker.

After seeing this one, I suspect its creator, Randall Munroe is eavesdropping on my thoughts:

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Somehow Professor Quippy missed the news of Pzifer’s new miracle drug, Placebonex™.

You’ll find more Sunday craziness at the Carnival of the Insanities.

More demented diversions at humor-blogs.com and alltop.

Palling around and other codswallop

I think I may have to start watching Letterman on a regular basis again. Apparently last night, Letterman finally had McCain on his show and actually got in a few shots about the whole “palling around with terrorists” thing. (After he’d forced McCain into an uncomfortable mea culpa for McCain blowing him off a few weeks ago.) According to Gawker:

Letterman later hit McCain for paling around with Watergate burglar and would-be firebomber G. Gordon Liddy, even though McCain has slammed Barack Obama for an arguably more distant relationship with 1960s radical William Ayers.

You can see the video at Gawker. And if you want more commentary, check out Roger Caitlin’s column.

Now, if you’re thinking these tenuous connections to people from the past are all codswallop, you may not be alone. You may be thinking, “what the hell is codswallop, anyway?” Well, luckily there is a certain Russian bimbo who has the chops to explain the etymology to us:

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Codswallop explained by hot Russian word-nerd.

The etymology clips are much easier to take than the segments where she explains how to pronounce words.

Alltop and humor-blogs.com also have trouble with the “r”, dahling.

Carnival of Satire (#106)

Carnival of Satire #106Welcome to the frightening 106th edition of the Carnival of Satire, where if you can’t laugh, you will fill with bile and explode. Let’s jump right into the mayhem!

Pre-Halloweenie Horrors

Ahistoricality has been busy digging through the web, and has found a number of delectable terrors for us, including this panicky email: Your Urgent Help Needed

Ahistoricality also uncovered this seasonal satire: The Hellborn Spawn of the MLA Swamp Monster: A Horror Film in Five Acts.

Politics

Despite the market meltdown, political concerns still dominate the carnival this month, beginning with gem: presents The time has come to ask: What might happen to our country if we elect a black Muslim terrorist president? (HT to Ahistoricality again, and for the next entry too.)

Then again, some of the hypothetical candidates might understand what the economy is really doing: Obama to Nation: ‘Fuck this shit, I’m outta here’

Rickey Henderson had an illuminating debate preview that you will kick yourself for missing: Rickey Presents: The Vice Presidential Debate of Submisunderestimanation (AKA The Only Vice Presidential Debate Preview Worth Reading) .

GrrlScientist did some digging of her own and discovered one of the candidate’s index cards: Sarah Palin’s Debate Strategy Flow Chart.

Madeleine Begun Kane rhymes in with some poetry about the manic McCain: Finally, A John McCain Statement I Can Agree With .

Metapundit Edgy the Anticlown has an insight into what this is all leading towards in his Brief History of the Next 20 Years of Presidential Politics.

Starcasm discovered the Fake Sarah Palin Bikini Photo Is a FAKE!.

Howling Mad Jay has a fun toy for reporters frustrated by their lack of access to Ms. Palin: Pin Palin against the wall .

Other Satirical Nightmares

Satire Patch reveals all in: Man Dies, Discovers John Malkovich Is God .

banquet manager discovered The BEST Wedding Invitation Ever!

Sara Goldstein presents a fashion don’ts poem: ‘Mom jeans’ .

And B.M. Garrett takes us out on the one non-satirical note of the carnival, with this hilarious collection of additions to the English language, or as Garrett says, “neologisms for the purists “: Are you Obamatose or in Nirbama?

And that’s it for the 106th edition. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, Ferdy’s permanent floating ping festival, and for the listings at the Blog Carnival too. Also, you may find some satire here if you poke around a bit. Here too. Thanks to Riv for the scary pumpkin.

Holy Crap, I almost missed Global Handwashing Day

Global Handwashing Day logo

Dear Readers,

It’s Global Handwashing Day, so live it up! This is that day that you are allowed to wash your hands with soap and water. At all other times of the year, this is not permitted. If you desire to wash your hands on other days of the year, you will be allowed to use two of any of the following to accomplish the task:

  • carbolic acid
  • hammer
  • Diet Pepsi (all it’s good for really)
  • acetylene torch
  • banana
  • live bait (of any kind)
  • leaf of Toxicodendron radicans
  • your own mucus
  • fecal matter (any species)
  • Budweiser (because drinking it is like making love in a canoe)
  • chili peppers
  • sandpaper
  • masticated wads of tobacco
  • Red Dye #6
  • Holy Water
  • molten lead.

(I recommend a light sanding followed by lashings of carbolic acid. I once tried Holy Water, but it just burns too much.)
You can learn about Global Handwashing Day from the official site.

Frequent handwashers can also be found at humor-blogs.com and alltop