It’s Valentine’s Day, and what better way to express your love than to rip into something with a vicious bit of satire. (Actually, we mean, “what better way to express your love if you don’t have access to whipped topping, a recording of Bolero and a fool-proof way to occupy Iraq?”) You could start by questioning the very existence of love, or say, a state ….
According to arch-skeptic Chris, “credible evidence for the state of Pennsylvania remains elusive”, and he takes us through his compelling case in: A Skeptical Look at Pennsylvania. We would like him to debunk the myths of Winnipeg and love next.
Mind Scalpel has more precision blogging for us in his proof that One Frenchman Beats A Hundred Monkeys.
A horrifying fact, but what about Blue Sunshine’s insightful ideas about Horror Movies? Can they really make people uncomfortable in every situation known to man?.
FitBuff reports on an actual scientific study of the Seinfeldian term: Double Dipping. As far as we can tell this research was not conducted in Pennsylvania, so it is statistically reliable.
Newsflash: Fair at Radiactive Liberty has jumped on the Obamawagon!
Bloggledoggle has news of some interesting research that shows some 1980s Video Game Cause Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Kids born in that era. We are somewhat skeptical, as the research is from someplace called “Philadelphia” (Pennsylvania).
M’, yeah, I’m going to need you to go ahead and work this weekend … disgruntledemployee stuffs the suggestion box.
Speaking of stuffing. And suggestions. Charles H. Green claims that he did not make up this Conversation with a Spambot, but we have our doubts.
Joe Canzano is also experiencing some work issues, as relayed in his Yearly Review
Oscar DaGrouch has a modest (and disgusting) proposal for ending world hunger: Fat transplant surgery.
Jay Groce has this ironic take on how to Make Money Blogging.
Avant News has this report: Citing Faltering Economy, Lawmakers to Forego Cocktails.
jim presents Whirled News Tonight – Illinois Presidential Primary Yields Surprises.
Sammy Benoit explains more political shenanigans in the US: Why Rush and Ann hate McCain- the real reasons.
Dr. Deb has an adorable video about What Therapists REALLY Do In Between Sessions.
This gives us a chance to include a non-satire post from TherapyDoc. (And let’s face it, if you’ve read every post to this point, you will need some help now.) What ‘Faking It ‘Til You Make It’ Really Means
And that’s it for the VD edition! If you have some satire to share, please consider submitting next time. Remember, TherpyDoc’s post is an exception, and we’re looking for satire. To the kind-hearted stranger who sent us soft-core Japanese porn videos, thank you, but we’re looking for satire. Someone wrote something about it once, we think. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too. A special thanks to Boodoo for the image at the top and to humor-blogs.com for putting the “gei” into geisha.
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Mark, you are right to question any research conducted in “Philadelphiaâ€. Thanks to skeptical voices such as yours, the people may one day be freed from their pro-Pennsylvania ignorance.
Thanks for the mention in your carnival! According to the movies, you just never know when there’s a maniac out to get you…… 🙂
Glad to have you guys join the Carnival! m.
Okay, so it wasn’t very satirical. But how about lyrical? I really appreciate you throwing it in your carnival. What I was thinking? Who knows, right?
Yes, it was lyrical therapydoc, and it did make me think (in a good way!) m.