The Occasional Solipsist

Just got home from seeing Superbad with a friend. Awesome movie about a couple of high school kids having one last good time together before going their separate ways to college.

Reminded me so much of me and my boy Cooley, back in the day. All of that swearing and talking about boobs. And how to get our inept, untrained hands on some. Oh the talks Jon and I used to have. If I didn't know better, I'd think the writers of this movie used us as source material.

Too tired to blog about it anymore (it is a workday tomorrow!), but it was so good that it deserved some kind of entry, short though this one is.

Labels: everything else, funny, movies

Title pretty much says it all.

Previously I adhered to the adage 'Everything I learned in life I learned from Star Trek'. But I think most of the lessons learned here trump 'Women with pointed ears never lie.' But not by much.

In case the embedded video isn't all that embedded, you can hit it here.

Labels: everything else, funny

Ok, maybe not the funniest ever, but definitely the funniest thing that I can recently remember. Its a skit on CBC's 22 Minutes, spoofing Quebec's recent decision to throw a Muslim girl off of a children's soccer team. You'll watch it, laughingly horrified that they can get away with jokes like these until the end when you get who they're really making fun of.

Here's the link.

If the file gets moved, I've mirrored it it here.

Labels: funny

Remember those Budweiser adds from a few years ago? Whaaaaaaassup? The ones that stayed on the air so long that they were funny at first, you got bored with them, and they got funny again?

They're even funnier done Super Friends style, especially at 4:30 in the morning:

Labels: comics, funny

Funniest Monty Python skit. Ever.

I just don't get people that don't think Monty Python is funny, Superwife included. I mean how can you not laugh your ass off when you see this skit?

'Everybody else quite content to join in with myyyyy little scheme?'

Christ-in-a-sidecar, that's funny.

In case the embedded video isn't showing up, look for it here.

Labels: funny

A woman walks into a bar and sits down, she notices a man sitting a couple seats down. She watches as he takes a shot, runs to the window, jumps out, flies around the building and then sits back down.

Astounded the woman asked how he did this.

He answered, "magic shot." She tells him to do it again to prove it.

He slams another shot and repeats his performance.

The man looks at her and says "go ahead give it a try." The woman orders a shot, slams it, runs and jumps out the window and falls to her death.

The bartender looks over at the man and says "You know Superman, you can be a real asshole when you're drunk."

Labels: funny, superman

In one of those weird random remembrances of something I once found funny, I just recalled an old Phil Hartman SNL commercial parody for Colon Blow cereal and started giggling to myself. I think the guy I work nights with is seriously starting to question my sanity.

After 20 seconds of online searching, I came up with this link.

Its definitely worth a look.

Labels: funny

If you live anywhere in Canada you know all about snow. Or at least you used to. This year in Southern Ontario we haven't seen very much of it yet and we're well into the season. I really miss it. I mean if its going to be cold enough that I can't wear shorts and sandals, there might as well be snow on the ground. The kind you make snowmen with.

[begin sarcasm] But thanks to Al Gore and His Damn Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, we no longer have any snow to speak of [/end sarcasm].

I did however, just come across this series of Calvin and Hobbes comics that offered some mild relief. In all of them Calvin is heeding his parent's directive to get outside and play in the snow and taking it to a dark place using his overactive imagination. Some of these are really funny. Probably funnier to me than some because I was just like Calvin when I was a kid.

In case the link isn't working, I've mirrored the comics here.

Labels: everything else, funny

One of the funniest movies I have ever seen, and easily the movie I have watched more times than any other is Spaceballs, Mel Brooks' brilliant spoof of almost all things science fiction.

I have seriously seen this movie hundreds of times, and quote it very often, much to the chagrin of Superwife.

I read an article today that reports that after almost 20 years, Spaceballs 2 is finally getting made. Not in the format that Yogurt was so hoping for, but it is coming to tv as an animated series.

So if you're so inclined, get ready to watch Lone Star, Barf and the gang make space tracks again sometime in 2007.

Story here.

Labels: funny, movies

If you haven't been to the website Spamusement and are in the mood for (or could use) a really good laugh, you should check it out. The artist takes Spam email lines and makes ridiculously funny cartoons out of them. This site was sitting unouched for the last few months; The Creator was going through a bit of artist's block I think. But he's back and better than ever.

Here are two of my all-time favourites. Look for the link after the jump:

Did You See Me?


Hide What You Watch on Cable TV From Your Wife


Set aside an hour or so, and get ready to laugh your ass off as you check out the hilarity at Spamusement.

Labels: funny

Last week, the genius that is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart came up with an appropriate title for people like me:

Child in Man's Body.

The name came in a bit about ESRB ratings that Stewart et al would like to see on videogames, in response to the recent brouhaha surrounding game violence. Okay, not recent at all; more like constant. But recent because of the governmental committee currently investigating an alleged connection between violence in videogames and violent crime.

The bit is very funny, and worth watching. Have a look here.

And while we're on games...



I think it likely that I am one of only a very small group of people that think XPlay, the G4TV show starring the spectacular Morgan Webb and the unimpressive Adam Sessler, is worth watching.

In talking to other gamers online I have read that most self-respecting gamers can't stand the show; either because Sessler can't get past the first level of any game he's ever played, or because the show spends too much time doing skits about reviewing games, and not enough time actually reviewing games.

But you can get reviews of games anywhere, and most of the time, you're better off to try a game yourself than listen to what someone else thought of it. Videogames as a medium are far more complex and suited to individual taste than tv or movies are.

So I watch the show for skits like this, a parody of RPGs that makes me laugh my ass off.

The bit with Sessler 'Summoning Intern' and the bouncing in place he does while waiting for his turn to fight are totally worth the watch.

Child in Man's Body, indeed.

Labels: funny

When I first heard the news about the new Star Trek movie in production, I wrote on this blog my feelings about the project.

As a Star Trek fan, particulary one who has been without new Trek since the (un?) timely demise of Enterprise, obviously those feelings were positive. Giddy, even.

And the fact that the new Trek movie would go back to the series' roots and tell the story of how Kirk, Spock and McCoy first met? I can say it: I was fucking elated.

I also wondered who they could possibly get to play the young Kirk part, a role that catapulted William Shatner to fame (and infamy) through his over the top performance.

And it seems that that question has been answered.

And check out the thread at blogcritics.org on which other actors the fans would like to see in the movie.

Labels: funny, movies, star trek

I was looking through some articles on wikipedia tonight, in response to a thread going on a friend's blog about the art teacher Tamara Hoover who was fired for some topless photos of her that surfaced. Or maybe she was really fired because the school board didn't like that she was gay.

Both the article and the comment thread can be seen here.

But while looking through the related articles, I came across this gem about animal sexuality. The article is interesting, and sometimes funny, but the picture really speaks for itself. Apparently they were in the midst of filming a nature show when the kangaroo .... well .... he was alone.... You know what I mean.

Here's the link.

Labels: funny

Pretty much all moderate-to-hardcore Trek fans were aware that there were multiple pitches being thrown around during the demise of Enterprise. Pitches that took Star Trek in different directions; some used new characters, while others re-imagined old ones; some were for tv series, others were for feature films; some stuck with cannon, others threw it right out the window.

What those same fans know is that all of these pitches died without so much as a whimper when the powers that be at Paramount, tired of the miserable ratings that Enterprise was getting (I still liked it!) and bored with a franchise that even I'll admit had gone somewhat stale, let the latest series die and closed the door firmly on Trek. Supposedly for good.

But with the recent announcement of an 11th Star Trek feature film currently in production, a feature that tells us the story of a young Kirk, McCoy and Spock, how they met, and how they ended up working together, (see my post on I wonder who is going to play Kirk) there has been renewed interest in some of the other pitches that were being thrown around.

One such pitch was a complete reboot of the Original Trek, told in the same style as Ron Moore's brilliant and extremely popular Battlestar Galactica re-imagination: Using established characters and universe but removing ALL cannon, and completely starting from scratch. It would probably not be such a notable idea, except that it was co-written by JMS of Babylon 5 fame.

Mostly due to the fact that because there will now be a movie made telling a similar story, the treatment has been made available for all who care to read about it. Read the article and download a copy of the treatment here.

This is a must for any Star Trek fan, both because of what might have been, and because rumour has it that Abrams Trek movie, due out in 2008, is largely based on the plot.

Labels: funny, movies, star trek

A friend of mine (thanks M) just sent over a link to a story about the forthcoming 11th Star Trek feature, reminding me that I've been meaning to make a BIG FUCKING DEAL about this.

A new Trek movie is slated for release in 2008!

Just in case you glossed over that last sentence, there is going to be a new Star Trek movie made and it will come out only 2 years from now!!

Rumours have abounded for months (better make that years) that there will in fact even be an 11th Star Trek movie after the dismal treatment and sendoff Paramount gave to Star Trek: Enterprise, and the poor box-office showing of Nemesis (and don't even get me started on that either).

According to an official press release from Paramount, the creative team now in charge of new projects is looking to revitalize the franchise by using 'A' list talent like the creators of LOST and the writers of MI:3. The story is tentatively said to center on the early careers of Kirk, Bones and everyone's favourite pointy eared Vulcan.

Links (each tells pretty much the same story):

• SciFi.com article
• TrekToday's entry
• IGN's take
• A Spacecast/Canadian perspective
• The Variety piece that started it all
  
• Dateline's satire of the announcement (very funny)
• The official and definitive word from StarTrek.com (Paramount owned)
  

Yes I have a rich, full life. The best wife in the universe. A wonderful, healthy daughter. Good job. Relatively good health. Blah. Blah.

Blah.

But now. Finally. A genuine reason to live.

At least until the summer of 2008.

Labels: funny, movies, scifi, star trek

I love William Shatner. As any good Star Trek fan should. But I don't love him exclusively because of Star Trek.

Like everyone else on Earth, I of course know him first from his inimitable portrayal of James Tiberius Kirk in the original series.

But what I love about him the most is that no matter what he has been doing for the last 30 years or so, be it a movie, tv drama, reality show, documentary, commercial, or even music album, he is always taking a little poke at his own persona, in a way that endears him to his fans.

I think anyone in the entertainment industry that can make fun of themselves the way that Shatner does actually gets what a trite and silly thing fame really is.

Case in point: One of my favourite movies is Free Enterprise.

But this. The William Shatner DVD Club. This is just too much.

Btw, the t-shirt above can be found here, a killer vintage tee site that I completely coincidentally have done some web work for. I own one myself and wear it proudly. Though probably not as proudly as I did before I read about this latest silliness.

Labels: funny, movies, star trek

I received this great clip today about the birth of a new technological innovation sweeping the globe called 'internet'.

Its a very old CBC news clip with Peter Mansbridge, circa 1970something describing the advent of a network of global computers.

The clip is here. It is hilarious. Especially the explanation of emoticons and that whole bit about how no one swears or is mean to others on the internet.

And I got it from my boss of all places. Who knew he had a sense of humour?

Well, he is responsible for my continuing current employment.

Labels: funny

Yes I'm a fan of Star Trek. A big fan. I own all the movies. I have attended a convention. If an episode of TOS or TNG or Enterprise is on and I don't have a good excuse to do otherwise, I'm watching it.

I'm a firm believer that there are worse (and far more harmful) things to occupy a person's time.

And for the most part when I tell people that I am a Trekkie, Trekker, Star Trek fan, they just look at me funny briefly and then shake their heads.

But it is shit like this, a video currently going around the net of Sims-style Trek characters dancing to a song that someone put together with various audio clips from TNG that makes the rest of us look bad. It just doesn't get any worse.

Except maybe that Whitewater juror wearing her fucking Starfleet uniform to court. That was pretty close.

Labels: funny, scifi, star trek

After watching this week's CommandN, I found out about another internet video archive, similar to Youtube.com called Video Bomb.

And that is where I found this fake trailer for The Shining, done up as a romantic comedy.

I don't know if it's because I just watched the Shining with Superwife a few weeks ago, or if it’s the Peter Gabriel song playing in the background, but this is one of the funniest things I've seen on the internet in a long time.

Here's the link.

Labels: funny

Great new comic posted yesterday at VG Cats. Check it out over here.

I love that site.

Labels: funny, gaming

Last week I plagiarized the hate-mail correspondence sent to tshirthell.com, along with the hilarious editor's replies.

I think it likely that the good folks (actually the twisted, cynical folks - my kind of folks) at T-Shirt Hell would tend to frown on people republishing their email correspondence. But then, I posted it because it was just so damn funny, and has made me want to buy many more of their t-shirts, so maybe they'd be cool with it.

So, having just received the latest newsletter from them, I now feel compelled to post even more of their email hilarity:

----- Original Message -----

From: Kara B.
To: info@tshirthell.com
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:21 AM
Subject: FYI

I LOVE most of your products! Heck, I was going to do most of my xmas shopping here. My cart was filled with $270 worth of shirts (not including
S&H) but you just had to ruin it for me!! I went back to look for one more and ran across you Autistic Kids Rock Shirt! Assholes. I am the PROUD mom of an autistic child. We did not chose this, they did not chose this!! I will take my business and cash elsewhere until that shirt is taken down!! It really dissapoints me, cause I did like the shirts I picked out! Guess I won't be getting them and you won't be featured in my weekly column! That's a shame!
Regards!

Kara

Kara, proud mother of a child damaged by mercury.
Cure Autism NOW!

(Editor's Note: Fuck you and your $270 order. Fuck you and your "weekly
column". We make millions and millions of dollars every year. I spend
$270 a day on my morning tea. I have a single cup hand brewed from rare herbs mixed with the tears of lost children. I'm sorry I've never heard of you or your weekly column. I can't believe we have lost not just your gigantic order, but the potential orders of both of your loyal readers.
Please be sure and send me a copy of your community newsletter, club circular, or the link to your LiveUrinal account that it appears in. I'm always looking for something new and interesting to use to wipe my ass. I love your signature. It's always funny to see what people have as a point of pride. Why would you be proud your child was damaged by Mercury? And what was your kid doing on Mercury in the first place? Children and space exploration don't mix. It's simply irresponsible parenting. And what's the deal with ending your letter, "cure autism now!" I'll cure autism when I'm good and ready! I was going to cure it next week, but now you've pissed me off. Now I may not cure it for another few years, or maybe not ever. That will be on your head, not mine.)


----- Original Message -----

From: tandra d.
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:25 AM
Subject: disgusting

this t shirt is down right degrading and disgusting.............why would you be so ignorant as that to down grade our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ....SHAME ON YOU.

tandra d.

(Editor's Note: Presently, we have about a half dozen shirts that are degrading, disgusting, and down grade your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
So, while I applaud your charming use of alliteration, it is hard to know how to respond to this when you are so vague about which particular shirt offended you. As Judas once said to Jesus, "I know you're going to be crucified, but lighten up." Tandra, take that cross out of your ass and enjoy life and learn to laugh a bit. Your devotion should be a source of joy, not anger. I've found that a good set of rosary beads can double as ben wa balls. That way it's good for you and for the Lord. Shame on me?
Jesus didn't believe in judging people so how dare you judge me. Do you think you're better than Jesus? Well you're wrong. Because me, and all of my friends who are better than Jesus discussed it, and agreed that you're not.)


----- Original Message -----

From: Girlygirl*** @ ***.com
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: blacks shouldnt be any different from whites

i think it is wrong to just surpose that all blacks will become crimanls.
there are also white crimanls then if u locked up whites our world would be nothing. a lot of blacks and whites are close and some even family. so i think that it was just wrong to think of this. so i think they should never had proght it up.

Sincerenly,
a person with her own opinion

(Editor's Note: Girlygirl, this may be the most profound statement on race
relations since Sir Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder wrote, "Ebony and Ivory" in 1982. Truly, you are one of the great thinkers of our time. You should get to work right away on solving world hunger, and figuring out why Larry King is still on the air. But seriously, you're an idiot. Did you know that shotguns taste like candy canes? Put the barrel in your mouth and pull the trigger for an extra blast of minty goodness!)


----- Original Message -----

From: "Zack P."
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 3:47 PM
Subject: your shirts

I'm a big fan of your shirts, but almost all of them have sex and drugs and curse words on them. Now, I'm not protesting these, because your shirts crack me up, but I was wondering if you could make some more shirts that would be in the school dress code. I love offending people, but I don't want to get in trouble.
Just a thought. Thanks.

Zack

(Editor's Note: Hey Zack, thanks for the suggestion. I understand your concern. If I was a big pussy like you I would also be concerned about getting in trouble. But you clearly have your priorities screwed up. You like our shirts, which is a good start. But you seem to think going to school is about getting an education. Going to school is about getting as much ass as possible. And I'm not talking about the fat girls in the drama club or those whores in the marching band: I'm talking pretty, popular girls; and the dirty sluts who smoke and like to party. If you want to bang the really hot chicks in your school, you want to start developing a reputation as a rebel. It is important that you start getting in trouble, and wearing offensive t-shirts is just the start. They might get you suspended, but you really want to get expelled. I suggest random acts of violence and vandalism. Just make sure your hijinks doesn't land you in jail. If you end up in jail you won't be getting ass, you'll be giving it.
Good luck.)

Labels: funny

For those who don't know, t-shirt hell is a company that markets extremely funny, oftentimes offensive t-shirts for the online shopping enthusiast. Some shining examples of shirts that I would like to buy but probably will never fork the cash for are Don't Neglect the Balls, Your Sister is Hot, But Your Mom Does That Thing With Her Tongue, Mary Was Only a Virgin If..., and my personal favourite I Support Single Moms. (In a 3/4 jersey, baby blue/navy, size Small)

I received the monthly t-shirt hell newsletter today and included with the latest in their very funny offensive t-shirts was copies of correspondence between the company and some very offended hatemailers. I thought I'd include the emails for those who like me, have the kind of warped sense of humour that finds these kinds of shirts funny.

I'll also throw in a disclaimer that while I like a good joke as much as the next guy (so long as the next guy is middle class and white - HA, just kidding. see?), I don't recommend all of the products that t-shirt hell sells. Just the funny ones.

Here's the email traffic:

----- Original Message -----

From: Kellijean*** @ ***.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:26 PM
Subject: (no subject)

Dear who ever makes money off of a disability that not only effects my brothers but also millions of children and adults in the world your shirt "autistic kids rock" is beyond horrible autism is not a joke its a horrible disorder and I would like to know how you sleep at night making money off of hurting handicapped children I hope your company goes under and you someday have the pleasure of meeting one of the disabled misunderstood children that you are hurting so you know how truly disturbed and ignorant you truly are!

sincerely,
Kelly N.

P. S.: I am also a teenager who frequently buys tee shirts online along with my friends and I'm am going to work very hard to make sure no one i know will buy any of your "funny tee shirts"

(Editor's Note: It is ironic that you complain about our autism shirt, when one of the symptoms of autism is that the person lacks a sense of humor.
Perhaps, your brother's autism has rubbed off on you? Perhaps, it occurred when you were having him eat candy corn out of your panties in the back of your parents' walk-in closet? Or perhaps you don't really have a brother and the autistic person in question was you all along? The shirt in question does not hurt autistic children any more than it hurts them when you poke them with pointed sticks. Maybe that's a bad example. Regardless, the enjoyment of this shirt hinges on the person who sees it having a sense of humor, regardless of whether they are autistic. The boy who collects carts at the grocery store finds this shirt hilarious and I know he's some kind of retard. Of course he also finds soda cans, and bits of broken glass to be amusing, consequently he may not be the best judge. But I'm sure he is quite fond of candy corn, so you may find a use for him.)


----- Original Message -----

From: Rev. James J.
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:35 PM
Subject: Offensive

"Nothing runs like a queere"?

This is patently offensive and is yet another example of how it is still ok to "smear" the lgbt community.

How fitting that this came across my email desk on the 7th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepherd, a young gay man brutally beaten and left to die on a fence in Wyoming. A student brought it to my attention, a young man struggling with issues of sexuality himself. This product, others like it, and the sentiment behind it make my job much more difficult.

I would suggest that you withdraw this product.

The Rev. James J. OCC
University Chaplain
Associate Dean of **** Chapel
**** University

(Editor's Note: It's always nice to see a University Chaplain take the time out of his busy schedule to address the important issues facing college students today. No, not date rape, substance abuse, or dwindling supplies of financial aid. You want to devote your time to exorcising the funny t-shirts from campus. I'm sure the young man struggling with issues of sexuality is tormented by our t-shirt. I doubt his struggles have anything to do with the warm welcome he has received his entire life from organized religion, and people like you, telling him his soul is doomed to eternal damnation just because he enjoys a little ass play and the occasional reach around. We are equal opportunity offenders. We poke fun at all races, colors, religions, and sexual orientations equally. So, until your church performs a Wiccan coming of age ceremony don't preach to me about tolerance.
It's too bad the young man in question didn't seek out a Catholic priest who could not only offer spiritual guidance, but also valuable tips on
technique.)

Labels: funny

Cosplayers: Whenever I get it in my head that I devote too much time to videogames (playing, reading & blogging about them, thinking about playing, reading & blogging about them) I think of the people that get together at conventions that are held for the express purpose of wearing the outfits of their favourite videogame/anime/scifi characters, and just laugh and laugh.

But as much as these people are (and should remain) the object of everyone's ridicule, I came across an article today about a few cosplayers that, silly as they are, at least got the costumes right. The picture of Tifa and her anatomically incorrect boobies speaks to that point. Full article here.

Don't get me wrong though: If Superwife comes to bed in full Princess (from Battle of the Planets) costume, complete with gogo boots and the ridiculously short skirt, you can be sure I won't kick her out.

Labels: final fantasy, funny, gaming, superwife

I saw this today and I just had to get a picture.

I'm thinking the good folks at A&W are largely unaware of how their marketing strategy could be misrepresented by people like me.

Labels: funny

I know I heard someone say the phrase rigoddamndiculous in the third Austin Powers movie, but I can't remember what part. If anyone could help me out, I'd appreciate it. I think it was Dr. Evil at least.

For whatever reason, the word popped into my head earlier today and its been bouncing around it there all day.

And every time I think about it, I start laughing my ass off.

Rigoddamndiculous.

What a great word.

Labels: funny

Got a great joke sent to me from a buddy this morning. Funny, and local:

A young blonde woman in Niagara Falls was so depressed that she decided to end her life by throwing herself into the Niagara River.

She went to the Rainbow bridge and was about to leap into the frigid water when a handsome young sailor saw her tottering on the edge of the bridge, crying. He took pity on her and said,"Look, you have so much to live for. I'm off to Europe in the morning, and if you like, I can stow you away on my ship. I'll take good care of you and bring you food every day."

Moving closer, he slipped his arm around her shoulder and added, "I'll keep you happy, and you'll keep me happy."

The girl nodded yes. After all, what did she have to lose? Perhaps a fresh start in Europe would give her life new meaning.

That night, the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat.

From then on, every night he brought her three sandwiches and a piece of fruit, and they made passionate love in the boat until dawn.

Three weeks later, during a routine inspection, she was discovered by the captain. "What are you doing here?" the captain asked.

"I have an arrangement with one of the sailors," she explained. "I get food and a trip to Europe, and in return, all I have to do is let him keep screwing me."

"He certainly is," the captain said. "This is the Maid of The Mist!"

Labels: funny

I finally figured out what the eff X-Play stands for. I watch the show all the time, and always thought it was an in-joke that I wasn't getting.

I think I was right: The X button on a PS/PS2 controller and the word Play in pretty much every game ever made.

I'm a little slow.

By the way, the 'eff' is my attempt to curb the inordinate amount of swearing I use in the hopes that my child's first word won't be cocksucker or something simlilarly eloquent.

But since my baby won't likely be reading the blog for at least a few weeks, I should probably be ok on here.

Anything on at your place at 1:30am? Cause up here with the country cable, there's sweet shit on.

You either pick between a terrible movie where Michael Ironside is the only recognizable name, or an infomercial of bikini clad babes trying to coerce callers to have the time of their lives on the chat line. The same chat line that the girls in question wouldn't call because they're out laying pipe with real men, not fuckheads that think a good time awaits them for only $19.95 a call.

So you tune that shit out and fire up the browser to check out the daily reads. Ordinarily you'd load up the RSS reader and have enough stuff to read until the rapture, but that's all the way downstairs.

So you get your reads in and tonight, you end up coming very close to getting punched out by the wife you wake up from laughing so hard at the gems you come across.

In fact, you haven't laughed this hard, this late, since you stopped the occasional visit to the weed man on the chance that you might have to drive that same wife to the hospital for the whole labour thing. Course, when you're in that state, everything's funny.

So the first gem, a nice poke (couldn't resist) at the sanctimonious right-winger's wet dream Ann Coulter, a one-shot blog called I Fucked Ann Coulter in the Ass, Hard is about as good a laugh as you're likely to get without the assistance of the afforementioned medication. Until you read the author's follow-up Back in Ann Coulter's Ass Saddle Again. Very funny, made funnier by how on point the guy's observations about the object of his cynicism are.

But the best laugh of the night you'd have would be from the Dog vs Roomba clip from stevenf's blog. The Benny Hill soundtrack is the kicker I think. Though I might find it so funny because the dog in the clip looks exactly like my sister Lisa's dog Rahea.

So now that's done with. What channel was that chatline on again?

Labels: funny, gaming

My alternate title for this entry wasThe Best Laugh I've Had in a Long Time!

See, I got two new high tech toys last week, that when used in combination with each other pretty much put me in the best mood I can get into without my wife's help.

One, a wireless router, allows me to take my meetings out on the patio, in my bed, even on the can (haven't tried that one yet, but I'm so looking forward to it). So alone, this item is great. Thanks Lis.

The second is a new digital cable box that allows me to use all of that crap they've been plugging for months - pause live tv! and never miss another of your favourite shows again! spring to mind. The truth is that the only reason I got it was so that I could get to watch Techtv, or G4Techtv, or G4tv or whatever the fuck its called now. So I love this device too.

But the good mood maker happens when, just like dipping peanut butter into chocolate, I use the two together. Because now I get to watch 'Attack of the Show' (formerly The Screen Savers) and wirelessly check out all of the links they talk about on the show while its on.

Man, have I been jonesing for my Techtv.

So to my laugh: Tonight's episode of 'Attack of the Show' had a very funny website to check out called Spamusement, a collection of poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines. Great idea, and the spams that they make fun of are ones that everyone will recognize.

But the one that made me almost piss my pants and had Superwife laughing herself just cause I was howling so much was the one that played off the 'Amazing Software Types While You Talk!' spam. If you didn't get it the first time, go back up and read it again. If you can't read it go here.

Even now, I'm still laughing. Maybe you have to have a dog to really get it, but fuckme that's funny.

Labels: funny