Make-Believe Maverick

This is a very long and detailed account of John McCain's history, and there is a lot of disturbing information in it. I thought it was notable because I haven't heard any of this through other news sources, although of course most of it relates to matters of public...

Pole trek needs last explorer

"Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team are looking for a final budding explorer to complete their ancestors' journey to the South Pole. Legend has it Sir Ernest recruited his expedition members with an advert promising "small wages", "constant danger" and a...

World's Oldest Joke Uncovered by Boffins

It has today been revealed that academics have discovered the world's oldest joke.  It is 1,000 years old and was unearthed at Exeter Cathedral in a book of 10th Century Anglo-Saxon poetry.   " They found the wry observation in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th...

Joke Fiends Cheech & Chong Reunite

The infamous pothead comedy duo, Cheech & Chong, have set aside their creative differences and are reuniting after more than 25 years to head out on tour, claiming that "it's time for a revival of dope jokes"....

"The New Yorker" Cartoon: The Jokes on the People

LINK TO FULL STORY OPINIONby CODY LYONThe "New Yorker" cover page makes fun of the sad fact that vast swaths of voters actually believe that the Obama's depicted in the cartoon are real.  But, it also shines a...

Coldplay completes free-show run in NYC

Coldplay performed its third and final free concert at New York's Madison Square Garden last night and it was anything but worthy of full-priced ticket."The 70-minute set featured mostly material from the new album...

YouTube-era crime and punishment

"Here’s a novel punishment: A Florida judge has sentenced two pranksters to one minute of YouTube shame.With the popularity of Google’s video sharing site has come an unfortunate rise in pranks from people chasing their 15 minutes of web fame. Kids plot, film, and proudly...

Cheating husband made the butt of all jokes

"As revenge attacks go, it was ­certainly pretty cheeky – in more ways than one."

Norwegian blue parrot did exist

"This parrot is deceased A Monty Python fan has discovered that Norwegian parrots really did exist. Some 55 million years before John Cleese and Michael Palin immortalised the "Norwegian...

April Fool's Day

Happy April Fool's Day. Well, after reading the origin of AprilFool's day, I am quite confused. You might want to search it yourselfor look at wikipedia. However, in tradition, the jokes only last untilnoon. But when I was in my secondary school, we played madly.Almost10...

Stewie Griffin is GAY!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMAcFarlane stated to the Advocate that his Family Guy character baby Stewie Griffin os Gay.Gee, Who saw that one coming out of the closet?I guess Stewies Catch Phrase...

Parents shocked by 'R-rated' Valentines for kids

Badass Valentine's cards marketed toward elementary school kids have parents and  teachers upset in schools across Canada. Many say the cards, distributed by Scholastic Canada, are inappropriate for children.The...

My daughter emailed this site to me

I would add, when something goes wrong with your computer, don't you call the tech and say, "it's green and blinking in the corner.""Twenty-First-Century Computing,as Explained byMy Mother."

Jay Leno May Have Broken Strike Rules

Well, he may have broken strike rules (though one person breaking the rules might be a bit better than Letterman, whose entire team made a deal with the network that doesn't involve the writers guild) but Leno nailed the late night slot, beating out Letterman's audience by...

Dane Cook's 7-Hour Set Breaks Comedy Record

It's interesting to note that no mention was made of the audience, other than that Dane fed 'em.  All how many of 'em? Could anyone possibly endure seven hours of stand-up (that is, unless it was Dave...

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