Category: Carnival of Satire

Greetings comrades. Strangely, this is once again an extremely spiritual Carnival of Satire, though we were sad to see that Buddhism was not included in the religions represented. Come on people! Just because the religion is … like … all detached and filled with the such-ness of the moment, doesn’t mean we can’t satirize it. Think Bart Simpson and his answer to the question: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”

Okay, we’re sure you’ll clap at least two hands for this week’s submissions:

Limerick Savant at limerick savant has a work of genius! It’s rare to find a limerick that not only doesn’t have the word “Nantucket” in it, but that also works on several levels at once. Chef’s return: a dish served cold.

Attention all doctors! Hobart T. Johnson at Hobart T. Johnson has unearthed a tome that you must read. A new Medical Textbook: Inject First, Ask Questions Later.

Amanuensis at Catymology tells us of the first group interspecies nuptials. For anyone with a cat, this might just strike a little too close to home.

Le centre at Centrerion wakes up to smell Osama and Coffee.

Harvey Bluedorn at Trivium Pursuit really tickled General Kang’s fancy with this Unfortunate Omission. You didn’t know that the general is greatly amused by our ancient history, did you?

AbbaGav at AbbaGav has cut through the bureaucracy and found the New Hamas Govt Employee Benefits Form.

Dean Swift at A Swiftian Rant gets all medieval on our buttocks in New Pope Steps Up.

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So this is officially half a year we’ve been doing this, and if this week’s generally excellent submissions are any indication, we’ve just gotten started. We are especially pleased to see more satire from across the political spectrum, and practically breathless to see satire that points out the foibles of multiple parties at once. So on to the Carnival of Satire before we pass out:

We’re not sure, but it seems to me that Dean Swift at A Swiftian Rant may have not gotten his research cleared by the ethics committee. Dr. Tundra was glad Mr. Swift did not, because he was greatly amused by Bored to Flames.

Joan Conde at Mamacita is way excited, because now we can Celebrate “National Buy a Gun Day”.

Imagine if Dashiell Hammett wrote the Hardy Boys. Okay, now go read The Case Of The Origami Taco by El Capitan at Baboon Pirates.

We enjoy it so much when everyone is made fun of at the same time… Madeleine Begun Kane at Mad Kane’s Notables does it so adroitly in Russ Feingold Verse.

You see, here’s another one where everybody gets it. “a4g” at Point Five discovers the ying to the yang in its reportage of a Study: Self-Reliant Kids Grow Up To Be Whiny Liberals.

Jon Swift at Jon Swift has discovered President Bush’s Secret Plan for Winning the War in Iraq. And now the debacle all makes sense!

Big Cajun Man (aka Alan), at Canadian Financial Advice and Rants, has a link to a very funny bit of video from Rick Mercer (who despite thinking the Canadian PM is a “stand-up” guy, still does good satire) — Tax Time: Knee in my Package?

LYT at Pererro produces some day-umn funny stuff in this Exclusive scene from “A Short Story: The Movie”.

Tommy at Striving For Average has discovered The Code Pink Plan. (He makes this look easy, but Mark is pretty sure it’s not.)

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We have a lively Carnival this week, all from submissions, nothing presented by Thag and the results of his “digging stick”. Enjoy!

BiBi Cambridge at BiBi Cambridge; Baseless Accusations has a post not to be missed in The ‘C’ Word. Hope to “see you next Thursday” BiBi!

In a related post, Ahistoricality, at The Weblog, has found a piece of bonefide satire with this Proposed New Logo for the Republican Party.

Tommy at Striving For Average takes flight with his funny take on Bird Hunting.

Elisson at Blog d’Elisson has a heart-warming tale about Mr. Kinky.

Aloysius at catymology has some research for the Phrase Freak to consider in All your snowclones are belong to us (TM).

Vox Poplar at Vox Poplar is Right About Everything & Don’t You Forget It! does a turn as Dante with Slobo is No Mo (Overheard in Hell).

And someplace else, it’s slightly colder. Justin Feng at Pererro presents Hail!

Mr. Right at The Right Place puts the question to rest. Bush is definitely Hitler.

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We know, we know. Why is there a picture of Dr. Tundra’s Norse Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) fouling an otherwise beautiful web page? You will have to scroll through this week’s Carnival of Satire to discover why. (You may be asking yourself what the heck is the Norse FSM? Dr. Tundra has founded his own religious cult, a schism from the original Pastafarianism belief.) But on to an excellent COS this week:

J.C. Wilmore at The Richmond Democrat made General Kang snarf coffee through his nose with a new dismotivation poster “Prevarication”.

Ahistoricality, discovered this wonderful bit of satire on politically correct advice: Ex Libris – What to do when you meet someone who is differently-abled.

International Women’s Day was yesterday, and Coyote Howls put us on to this song from Pink [wmv file]. Her satire is itself kind of ironic (we mean, she does an all-to0-believable job of looking like the thing she’s satirizing), but we still had to admire it. (Thag especially, that dog.)

In keeping with yesterday’s celebration of women, Joan Conde at Mamacita has a new take on an old fable, Cindermom: A Single Parent Fable.

But back to women. Peace Moonbeam, at The Peace Moonbeam Chronicles, presents Hare Trigger. Be careful Peace — that rabbit’s dynamite!

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