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Category: Humor

What to Expect as the Little One Grows Up

21 October, 2009 (03:00) | Humor, Satire |

WHAT TO EXPECT: THE THIRD DECADE.
Keep in mind that all adults reach their developmental milestones at their own pace. It is important not to compare your adult’s rate of development to that of his peers. The following list is meant only as a guideline and not as a cause for alarm

Mr. Met is not Pleased

18 September, 2009 (05:17) | Humor, Satire, Sports |

The Onion: Rare Centuple Play Ends Mets’ Season
This was the most outs recorded on a single play since the 2004 Montreal Expos were eradicated from the league after hitting into an ∞-play
I’m a Yankees fan, making it easier to laugh at this national-league humor.

Getting Your USRDA of Marginal Notes and Doodles

18 September, 2009 (03:00) | Books, Cartoon, Humor |

xkcd: volume 0
The xkcd book is now officially available in the store!

They’re Using Coconuts

12 September, 2009 (03:00) | Humor, Misc | 1 comment

Monty Python Reuniting for 1 Wild Night in New York
Best of all is the reunion itself, which brings together the five surviving Pythonites (Graham Chapman died in 1989) for the premiere of Almost the Truth. Following the Oct. 15 screening of the documentary at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York, Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry [...]

This is Not a Step

7 September, 2009 (05:00) | Humor, Physics |

Physics warning labels
This one has been kicking around, in various guises, since USENET days, but it’s still good.

Whoah, Look at Those Vertices

4 September, 2009 (04:51) | Cartoon, Humor, Physics |

Abstruse Goose: Electron Porn

Reverse the Polarity!

4 September, 2009 (03:00) | Humor, Movies, Satire, Science-general, TV |

Cracked: If Hollywood Taught Science Class

One Giant Lie for Mankind

2 September, 2009 (03:00) | History, Humor, Satire |

The Onion: Conspiracy Theorist Convinces Neil Armstrong Moon Landing Was Faked
Although Armstrong said he “could have sworn” he felt the effects of zero gravity while soaring out of the Earth’s atmosphere and through space, he now believed his memory must be flawed. He also admitted feeling “ashamed” that he had failed to notice the [...]

Homo sapiens

1 September, 2009 (03:00) | Humor, Other science |

Homo sapiens
Zoo visitors and staff have been surprised by the addition of a new and unexpected enclosure at Bristol Zoo Gardens.
A mysterious sign has appeared on the side of the Zoo’s popular Coral Café, designating the area as a place to spot one of the world’s most widespread species – Homo sapiens.
The notice, which appeared [...]

The Barzini Effect

20 August, 2009 (06:19) | Cartoon, Humor, Physics |

Abstruse Goose: Unification
They shot strongy on the causeway. He’s dead.

Nice Car, John Bigboote

8 August, 2009 (08:00) | Humor, Photos |

Use more honey. Find out a-what she knows.

Hunting for the Higgs?

6 August, 2009 (03:00) | Humor | 1 comment

That’s a strange way to be going about the search. They probably aren’t even relativistic when they collide.

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