Stephen Colbert suggested a mashup between The Beatles’ White Album and traditional Christmas songs. The response – well, see for yourself. Keegan Grayson has a long list already – go see! There is also a download for you to mash your own combinations, and as some are better than others there is plenty of room for your own version. Here are just a few from the list: While My Reindeer Gently Weeps(Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer/While My Guitar Gently Weeps)by…
Brown’s Law: If the shoe fits, it’s ugly. Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about. Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch or you’ll have to pee. Law of the Bath: When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings. Law of Visual Probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. Law…
The Washington Post Style Invitational contest asked readers to submit “instructions” for something (anything), written in the style of a famous person. The winning entry was “The Hokey Pokey” as written by W. Shakespeare: O proud left foot, that ventures quick within Then soon upon a backward journey lithe. Anon, once more the gesture, then begin: Command sinistral pedestal to writhe. Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke, A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl. To spin! A wilde release from…
Some of the Jehovah’s Witnesses jokes have been translated into Swedish. Very fun. Du vet att du är ett Jehovas vittne om… 1. Om din reaktion inför ett kors är densamma som en vampyrs, kan du vara ett JV. 2. Om du tror att demoner kan krympa sig själva för att komma in i smycken, möbler, böcker eller blÃ¥ smurfar, dÃ¥ kan du vara ett JV. 3. Om du förknippar siffrorna 1 till 5 med timmar pÃ¥ en rapportblankett, kan…
A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error…
Saxby and I correspond quite often, so I feel comfortable thinking of him by his first-name rather than by the whole ducal title “Republican Senator of Georgia, Saxby Chambliss.” I’ve never known anyone named Saxby before. His job is to work for me and to protect my interests, as a citizen of Georgia and the United States. I don’t feel as though I really have that many people working for me, so I take the responsibility very seriously. I write…