Category Archives: Funny Stuff

Worst. Analogy. Ever.

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Vail resident Sally Rebehn, master of the apt analogy, describes her experience discovering a bear in her bedroom: “I turned around and it was so odd, your brain takes a while to register. No way I thought there would be bear in the bedroom. It’s kind of like when you think you’re about to drink a glass of water and… Read more »

Kanye West doesn’t care about purple people

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My friend Marcelo, a fellow Trojan, posted this on Facebook and Flickr Saturday: Heh. [Bumped. -ed.] P.S. Washington is now ranked in the AP poll — at #24 — though not in the slower-to-adjust coaches poll, in which they’re effectively #31 (sixth in “others receiving votes”). I’ve gotta agree with the AP on this one: the Huskies have both a… Read more »

One football fan’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad weekend

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For a sports fan, it doesn’t get much worse than what Stewart Mandel reader Josh from Delaware, Ohio experienced last weekend: Friday night, my high school alma mater was down 20-7 with a few minutes left, scored two touchdowns but missed the second extra point and lost in overtime. Saturday evening, my college alma mater held up very well on… Read more »

Barack Obama, Jedi Master

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Back in January, gadget blog Gizmodo stumbled across a Japanese-made action figure of newly elected President Obama. The highly detailed figure included, among many accessories, a lightsaber, as seen in this shot: Yesterday, at a White House event supporting Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics, we found out that this action figure was eerily foresighted, as Obama revealed his Jedi… Read more »

The Onion imitates the LRT

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This article in The Onion sounds hilariously like something lifted out of my old Living Room Times newspaper, circa eighth grade (1994-95). Here’s a taste of the Onion story: In an event that everyone at James Madison Junior High is calling really freaking gross, some kid’s head got cracked open Wednesday during third-period gym class. … Although the extent of… Read more »