Posted by Scott Hughes
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:59:00 GMT
On the way back from the airport a few days ago, I noticed a building in a shopping center claiming to be a “Christain Office Supply” store. Going into the mexican restaurant in front of it, I just remembered it as kind of odd. Coming out of the mexican restaurant (after I’d had a little tequila), I got a few ideas about what they might sell there. The first one that popped into my head was a 20-pack of Jesus Died for your Pens. I thought this was hilarious, but Nicole told me I only thought that because I’d been drinking… It wasn’t long before she and Erik joined in on the fun. We came up with:
- A Crucifax Machine
- Sermon on the Mounting Board
- 3 Holy Punch
- Stationary of the Cross (Apparently, Stations of the Cross is a Catholic Prayer)
- Silent Nite-lite (not really an office supply)
- A-Toner for your Sins (ok, we obviously ran out about here)
Can you think of any other good ones? If so, please leave it in the comments. Blasphemy is a blast for me!
Too bad there isn’t a CafePress option for making big, fancy pens… I wonder if I could make any money selling Jesus Died for your Pens.
Posted in Humor | Tags blasphemy, humor, word_play | 2 comments
Posted by Scott Hughes
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:38:00 GMT
I’m just a little embarassed at how familiar this music video sounds. I’d never heard of the comedy trio Tripod before Dare let me know about that video, but you can call me a fan after hearing this line:
Oooooh Baby, I can’t wait until we start…
It’s just that the save points are quite far apart!
And this one:
You know I can’t stop thinking about you baby…
And all the magic coins that I need to collect, yeah.
So true, Tripod… So true…
Posted in Humor | Tags games, humor, music | no comments
Posted by Scott Hughes
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:31:00 GMT
Now, I consider myself a fan of good comedy. I wouldn’t necessarily call myself an aficianado, simply because I don’t have the time or energy to keep up with whose got the best material nowadays. I have a few favorite comedians I keep tabs on occasionally and I’m really familiar with some recent great acts (Bill Burr, Dane Cook, Sarah Silverman). On the other hand, there’s a few folks out there that think they have what it takes to be a comedian… Yet, they resort to just telling jokes (i.e. tired, obvious setup-punchline-repeat), as opposed to really connecting with your audience and making us laugh at true absurdities.
You might even agree with me that the obvious most trite expression of hack comedy would be the Blonde Joke. I’m of the opinion that if you’ve graduated past Middle School age and repeated a blonde joke, then we can’t be friends. That said, I’m going to be a little hypocritical here now… Because I really think you need to check out this blonde joke. No matter your feelings about blonde jokes or blondes, you’re going to laugh your ass off at this one.
Posted in Humor | Tags humor, joke, meme | no comments
Posted by Scott Hughes
Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:10:00 GMT
Am I the only one who finds these lip-synching Asian kids hilarious? I first discoverd that video a few years ago and found it quite laugh-out-loud funny. Now I’ve discovered some slightly more mature knock-offs singing a couple of Backstreet Boy’s songs : As Long As You Love Me and I Want It That Way. On Google Video it seems that this is inspiring a few other Asian kids to try their luck at becoming video-casting stars. Some of them aren’t very talented and have crappy web cams, but they are all hilarious.
Posted in Humor | Tags asians, humor, lipsynch | no comments
Posted by Scott Hughes
Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:41:00 GMT
Forget the doomsday prophets and their cries of panic as we approach some alleged day of reckoning with our “natural resources”… Their is a bona fide shortage that must have peaked ages ago: Good Movie Ideas.
Unfortunately, it may be far too late to do anything about it. The steady increase in movie ticket price did not result in an increase in movie quality, as we had hoped… We may have to experience a Movie Apocalypse before we can revive the medium with good art.
Don’t believe that it’s gotten that bad? You must not have heard of Snakes on a Plane. Synopsis: On board a flight over the Pacific Ocean, an assassin, bent on killing a passenger who’s a witness in protective custody, let loose a crate full of deadly snakes. That’s right… It’s called Snakes on a Plane because, well, it’s about snakes… on a plane. As Erik puts it, next we’ll see movie titles like Someone gets stabbed and You just gave up $8.50 to see this?.
As an aside, if you don’t know what the title and the first sentence are referencing, I was alluding to the Peak Oil prophets. They claim that we’ve reached the end of our oil supply and the whole world is going to end because of it. The author of this Peak Oil website got more than just the idea for a ranting single-column layout from TimeCube guy. Besides our memories of the assorted Y2K-disaster theorists, if you need any reason not to waste your time on this disaster-du-jour you can browse the criticisms area of wikipedia.
But Good Movie Ideas… I would be interested in hearing a solution to this problem. Lately, Nicole and I have spent more time at the independent theater than the standard theater. But, we’ve been watching mostly documentaries, so I don’t think it stands in opposition to the problem necessarily.
Posted in Movies, Aggravation, Humor | Tags humor, movies | 2 comments
Posted by Scott Hughes
Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:39:00 GMT
The Onion has hit comedy gold again with this article…
Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New ‘Intelligent Falling’ Theory
“Anti-falling physicists have been theorizing for decades about the ‘electromagnetic force,’ the ‘weak nuclear force,’ the ‘strong nuclear force,’ and so-called ‘force of gravity,’” Burdett said. “And they tilt their findings toward trying to unite them into one force. But readers of the Bible have already known for millennia what this one, unified force is: His name is Jesus.”
The strength of my laughter is slightly dullened by how scarily accurate this article is to the actual arguments made by the ‘Intelligent Design’ religionists. The Onion did such a very good job in constructing their argument for ‘Intelligent Falling’ that this article could be refiled as an amicus brief, to help defend Evolution against the (equally silly) ‘Intelligent Design’ theory.
Posted in Philosophy, Humor | Tags humor | no comments
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