Category: Humour
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Goalpost Shifting
Jesus and Mo engineer a win-win situation. Or at least, that’s what they think. They clearly seem to have forgotten that in real life, the house always wins… -
Clear As Mud
Jesus wishes that Mo would say what he means. -
A What?
This brought a smile. Clearly there are some young males out there who think this way, but this music video takes the guillotine of humour to cut them down to size.(hat tip to Justin over at Chicken Yoghurt) -
The Fascism Delusion
A peek into a parallel universe. A rather good piece of ironical satire. Godwin’s Law does not apply in this case. -
The Power of Prayer
I’ve never been convinced that praying produces any results other than assuaging the conscience of those doing the praying. However, Pandemian hits upon a possible reason as to why praying is pretty pointless:Maybe, with God being as vain as he is, he can’t be bothered to get out of bed and perform even the most unobtrusive piece of divine intervention unless he can be sure of a certain amount of dedicated worship from people that fully appreciate him. A casual approach to asking for what you want won’t work – he must be persuaded and flattered like an underage girl in a Miss Selfridge boob tube in a provincial disco at closing time.Hmm, it’s possible, I suppose. Alternatively, he may simply just not exist. Mind you, I was rather taken by Pandemian’s transcript of Jesus and his Dad’s somewhat dysfunctional home life. -
A Proof
Diamond Geezer lays out his proof that time travel doesn’t exist. It sounds pretty convincing to me, although there is that inverse effect of inflation to consider. -
Louis CK Learns About Catholicism
If you enjoy the type of humour that infuses Jerry Springer: The Opera, then I think that you will enjoy this. If, however, you have a sensitive skin, then don’t watch it – you’ll be offended. Me? I laughed like a drain, but then I’m a pervert. -
Keep Trying Those Buttons
Brian Sack, over at Banterist, has a nice little video skit: Switching to a Secure Frequency. I have had days like that sometimes. -
The Joys of Parenting
Jon Ronson on bringing up his boy. I hail from a time when one didn’t have conversations like that with one’s parents, but I still ended up knowing the words somehow. -
New Math
A reminder of the great Tom Lehrer. -
Please Can We Have Our Planet Back?
A rant from Marcus Brigstocke that pretty much sums up my feelings re the major religions. -
Maths Lesson
A maths lesson from Stephen Wells via PZ Myers. I’m definitely in the last camp. -
Don’t Try This At Home
This white-coated gentleman tests the validity of the proposition that it is possible to blend an iPhone. What it has proved to me is that while I still have absolutely no desire to own an iPhone, I would kill to have a blender as powerful as that. Where can I get one?(hat tip to PZ Myers) -
It’s All In The Mind
Cranky Media Guy, over at the Museum of Hoaxes, blogs about the overactive imaginations of some of the folks in the city of Keizer.The city of Keizer, Oregon, a suburb of Oregon’s capital, Salem, spent $20,000 to install some run-of-the-mill concrete pillars, designed to keep cars from killing pedestrians should drivers lose control and veer onto the sidewalk. So far, so good. The trouble started when some unspecified people decided that the pillars looked too much like erect penises. I’ll give you a moment to ponder that last sentence.As Freud said: "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". Perhaps the people in question need to get out just a little bit more. They should come to Amsterdam, where they can spend some time contemplating the 30,000 or so Amsterdammertjes that are installed in the streets. -
Poor Planning
With apologies to the good people of Glasgow, but this raised a wry smile.(hat tip to Justin, over at Chicken Yoghurt) -
A Contest For Parents
Martin and I aren’t qualified to enter, but Flea is holding a contest, over at One Good Thing, to find the most humiliating moment in parenting. Mind you, I think that the example she uses to set up the contest will be hard to beat. -
Vivoleum
Jonathan Swift would have been proud. Soylent Green, anyone?
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