Tag Archives: silliness

NYC’s Gregory Brothers songify a man’s account of his car accident. I never get tired of these, but I’m still waiting for something as culture-shaking as Bed Intruder.

President Obama sort of ruined the class photo at the United Nations.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Ron Artest legally changed his name this weekend just in time for his debut on tonight’s season-opening episode of Dancing With The Stars. If you’ve ever wanted to vote for World Peace, tonight’s your chance.

Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day.

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Today is International Park(ing) Day, when anti-car activists in 140 countries transform urban parking spaces into mini-parks, lounges, playgrounds, and gardens. NYC apparently turns a blind eye to the event and Gothamist has some photos of last year’s installations as well as a map for finding this year’s “parks.” It will not surprise you to learn that Park(ing) Day got …

You probably know what this is about.

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JMG reader Victor tips us to this Mormon-mocking website, which will baptize anybody whose name you submit. And send you a certificate too. Proxy baptism, also called vicarious baptism, or baptism for the dead, is the practice of baptizing a person, acting as another person’s proxy, on behalf of another. Got that? We baptize Joe from accounting, who’s acting as …

“Bitches, I can hear you.”

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It exists.

Here’s a satiric take on the “ex-gay” industry, from the same folks who brought you the amusing Mr. Deity web series. “Doubletree claims to have helped hundreds of men and women escape from their strictly heterosexual lifestyles, or as he calls it, ‘monosexuality.'”

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