Tag Archives: silliness

(Tipped by JMG reader Ohio Bill)

Hey, if those God-haters at the higher education board won’t let your school grant master’s degrees in creationism, just get your friendly local legislator to pass a law that forces them to do it. State Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) proposed House Bill 2800 when he learned that The Institute for Creation Research (ICR), a private institution that specializes in the …

This cake was unveiled in Sydney this weekend to honor the 50th anniversary of Barbie. And yes, they really ate her after the ceremony. I wonder where they first stuck the knife? “Skinny bitch, I’ll cut you!” Please note that by Australian law you must include the Opera House in the photo or it didn’t happen. (Via – Cake Wrecks)

Chris: I wanna start an all-lesbian radio station called WVJJ.

Wait, what? The New York legislator who brought the nation its first law against driving while using a cell phone is proposing a $10 tax for patrons of nude and seminude dance clubs and strip bars. Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, a Bronx Democrat, says the revenue would go toward helping victims of human trafficking at a time when government budgets are …

(Via – Towleroad)

If you work in downtown Manhattan, you might enjoy Scanwiches, a site devoted to scanned photos of sandwiches made by the various lunchtime eateries below Houston Street. The above photo there is captioned “Parisi Bakery: Salami, Cheddar, Lettuce, Roasted Red Pepper, Oil and Vinegar on a seeded roll.” (Via Jen Chung @ Gothamist)

From Sunday’s upcoming episode in which Peter gets injected with “the gay gene” and leaves Lois for a man. (Tipped by JMG reader Alex)

According to the latest dumbass “study” to hit teh intertubes, NYC is the least “manly” major city in North America, as ranked by number of hardware stores, sports bars, monster truck rallies, and other such nonsense. The story has been been picked up by almost every major news outlet, particularly in the “manliest” towns, but so far only the Chicago …

Via Brainz, who also breaks down LinkedIn, MySpace, Digg, and Slashdot.

Dramatic chipmunk. We like the moon. Charlie bit me. Tron guy. Leave Britney alone. Spaghetti cat. Chocolate Rain. Asian Backstreet Boys. Evolution Of Dance. OK Go. I like turtles. Numa Numa. Mentos & Diet Coke. Go to Greg Rutter’s “Definitive List Of The 99 Things You Should Have Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re A Loser Or Old Or Something.” …

A Dutch performance artist has set up a voicemail account for God, just in case you’d like to leave a few words about the way the Almighty has been running things lately. Van der Dong said he set up the number to give people an opportunity to take pause and contemplate life. “Like praying, leaving a voicemail message is a …

To about about a no-frills airline: Irish carrier Ryanair, Europe’s largest budget airline, might start charging passengers for using the toilet while flying, chief executive Michael O’Leary said on Friday. “One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door so that people …

Sigh. I thought we’re supposed to be all post-ironic and shit now that it’s Obama time. Anyway, go sign up here if you want to take part in the NYC Snuggie Pub Crawl. Benefits an orphanage. In Tanzania. For realz.

Last night on the Larry King Show, Dolly Parton denied that she is gay for the umpteenth time in her career. Her mysterious husband of 42 years is discussed, but Dolly says she doesn’t really care what people think and that’s “it’s for God to judge, not people.” (Via – Towleroad)

The next time Hasbro lays somebody off, they should probably change the password for the guy who edits the “Scrabble Word Of The Day.”(Via – Boing Boing)

Princess Sparkle Pony points out the amusing name of this show at DC’s Newseum. Head over to Sparkle Pony’s site for an amusing reworking of the billboard.

There’s an amusing discussion over at Fark over this letter to a Michigan newspaper: On the Feb. 8 “60 Minutes” program, we were captivated while viewing the Katie Couric interview of the crew and passengers of Flight 1549. However, we were struck there was not one mention of God, who directs pilots of planes and secures the safety of passengers. …

This clip of some woman completely losing her shit because she missed her flight has been all over the net for the last couple of days. But I’m posting it so y’all will stop sending it to me. Somebody needs to do a remix of this.