Humor

This is a list of archived entries published in the Humor category.

kobold

From a suggestion by Stone: “The E-Team,” an RPG campaign set in the Dungeons and Dragons world of Eberron.
This is also a fitting post in that last week’s Family Guy focused on Peter’s obsession with the A-Team, right down to a shot-for-shot cartoon remake of the show’s opening.
At the end of the Last War, [...]

11.15.2005 | Blog, Humor | Permalink | Comments closed

chiroptera

As we celebrate the release of perhaps the best–or certainly most artistically ambitious (and potentially pretentious) Batman film–I’d like to take the opportunity to remind people of the character’s most ignominious moment: the Batusi.
The Batusi is that silly little mod dance, made famous in the 1960s Batman television show and made famous again by John [...]

06.15.2005 | Blog, Humor, Movies | Permalink | Comments closed

Mr. Owl is a Lying A-Hole

See that punk? That’s Mr. Owl. You may remember him from a commercial that ran for nearly twenty years, from 1970 to the mid-to-late ’80s. The commercial was for Tootsie Roll-Pops. As a kid the ad amused me, but as an adult I now realize the truth: Mr. Owl is a lying a-hole.
In the spot, [...]

05.03.2002 | Humor | Permalink | Comments closed

Journal of the Alien from “Signs”

NOTE: Major spoilers from the film Signs below. You’ve been warned!
The Journal of Gorgem, Invader First Class, as recorded in real-time by telepathic input device:

Day 1: Have been assigned to scouting mission for upcoming raid on the third planet from star #1463. Mission will be to locate suitable landing sites and mark them. Ship will [...]

05.02.2002 | Humor | Permalink | Comments closed

Economics Study Claims “Free Parking Prize” Destabilizes Monopoly

Geneva, SWITZERLAND—A group of international economic researchers released the findings of a three-year study on Tuesday, claiming that the traditional - but illegal - use of the “Free Parking prize” in Parker Brothers’ “Monopoly” board game hopelessly destabilizes the game, allowing players to win by chance rather than skill.
“‘Monopoly’ already contains a built-in factor of [...]

05.01.2002 | Humor | Permalink | Comments closed