2009–2011
641 posts
2011 256
December 2011
- A Simple Answer
- Recycling Through Wastefulness
- Get It Together, Bank of America
- If Only He’d Lived as Long as the Rumors
- The Reason for the Season
- Bus 19
- Standardized Tests
- Parity in Baseball
- “Go Team Baby!”
- Aliquando Fidelis
- No Content This Week
- Unimpressed Astronaut
- Air Force Trashed Troops’ Cremated Remains
- Technology Doesn’t Make People Rude
- That’s Just Good Advice
- Sour Solutions
- Not Exactly Jason Bourne
- Wouldn’t a Soda Be More Appropriate?
November 2011
- Woman Removed From Symphony Performance
- Looking Out for Number One
- Well, Who Wants to Look at Dirty Art?
- Wal-Mart Shoppers Hit by Pepper Spray
- Counterproductive
- Law Firm of Steven J. Baum Shuts Down
- The Poetry of Mitt Romney
- Brilliant Work, Dudley Do-Right
- That’s More Expensive Than Phone Sex
- Europe Bans X-Ray Scanners
- The NBPA Has Disbanded
- This Week in Crappy Deals
- Countering Grenades With Balloons
- Nobody Messes With Megalon 14
- Noel Gallagher, Super Excited To Be Here
- Domenick Scudera’s Gay Lifestyle
- Sex With Animals Linked to Penis Cancer
- Dog Leading the Blind
- Louis Vs. Rick
- You Know, Like the Amish
- Headline Review: November 2nd, 2011 Edition
- Tax Planning Slogans
October 2011
- Stay Classy, Law Firm of Steven J. Baum
- Real Or Fake? (October 28th, 2011 Edition)
- Aaron Rodgers – Photobomber
- The Callousness of Siri
- Penguin Sweaters
- Surprised, Uncertain, and a Little Queasy
- Pop Culture Paper Cuts
- Don’t Mess With Another Man’s Beard
- Subversive Needling
- Book Sculptures in Edinburgh
- A Renegade Basketball League
- Barvd: October 14th, 2011 Edition
- Where’s That Go in the Dewey Decimal System?
- Sure, Sure, Cat Elections
- A Completely Normal Thing to Do
- Hilarious Horror
- A Different Kind of Creative Writing
- Nine Iconic Sweaters
- As American as Appleless Pie
- Tank Mayor in America
- “A Mustache Grows on You”
September 2011
- Sarah Grunfeld, Explained
- Yellow-Bellied
- Seismologists on Trial for 2009 Quake
- A Train Ride From the Past
- One Sexy 74-Year-Old
- My Most Expensive Tweet Ever
- Always Watch for Subpar Puppetry
- Polish Drinks Are Different
- No, No, Dig Up, Stupid!
- More on Cherry-Picking
- Signs of Intelligent Life: Poland
- Extreme Tidying Up
- Greek Tragedy
- Sanity Prevails
- Cherry-Picking
- Drunken Moose Ends Up Stuck in Apple Tree
- Fun With the Airlines
- The Boss in Boston
- Right in the Face
- Fool Them Four Times
- Storm Chasers
- Shipping Bargains
August 2011
- “Deeply Bizzarre and Deeply Creepy”
- Dumb Headlines
- Beneath This Mask, There Is Profit
- Hurricanado
- Yup, That’s The Look
- XKCD on Earthquakes
- Frankenstein Food
- Phil Hartman, Class Act
- Start-Up Country
- Yeah, But…
- Was That Necessary, Jennifer Medina?
- Seen On The iPhone, August 2011 Edition
- Responding May Have Been Unwise
- She Likes The Bad Boys
- No Helmet, That’s The Key
- Do Neo-Nazis Even Do Laundry?
- Shape Up With Chávez
- At Least Until That Top Jackpot Gets Hit
- Reunited, and It Feels So Good
- On The Road Again
- Bulletproof
- Oh Sure, Blame Billy Blanks
- It’s Right in the Name
July 2011
- RIP, Tunnel Boring Machine
- Cuckoo Birds Are Jerks
- Is This Selling Out?
- Barvd: July 26th, 2011 Edition
- Why Is There A Plane On The Roof?
- Autocorrupt
- Hope Your Face Is Unique
- Be Honest, Facebook
- Semi Non-Violent Protest
- Fixing Soccer
- The Physics of Cheating in Baseball
- The Latest in Horse Technology
- Worth The Wait
- An Answer to the Koan
- This Joke Kills Facists?
- Shame on You, CBS
- Nadir
- Don’t Miss The Stipple Hoodie
- The 2011 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest
- Happy Fourth of July, Everybody
- So Much for Enlisting
June 2011
- Headline of the Week
- Gotta Spend Money to Make Worthless Money
- Slipperier Than a Happy Pig in Shit
- That’s a New One
- Looking for a Partner in Crime
- Snapple Apple “Juice Drink”
- Netflix Doodles
- Now There’s a Shitty Trade
- A Different Kind of Quickie
- After All, We’re All Somebody’s Father
- How To Beat Up Anything
- Sorry If You Went to Penn, Columbia, or Cornell
- Operation Cupcake
- “Congratulations Miami!”
- Peanuts and Twitter, Together at Last
- Someone’s Gonna Lose Big
- Big Spender
- Got Dinged for Misuse of Army Property
- An Incomplete List of Untrustworthy Adults
- Can a 33-Year-Old Guy Lactate?
- The Town Car Is Worse
- Prison Gaming
May 2011
- Just Ride This Stick With a Horse Head on It
- Shedding Light on the Darkness
- A Swiftian Proposal
- They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot
- “I Can Not Wait to Get This Party Started”
- Fight Monkeys With Monkeys
- “My Mom Says I’m Not Getting Into Heaven”
- How Many Dads Can You Have?
- Jim Alesi – World-Class Hypocrite
- Honest to a Fault
- Stay Classy, Disney
- This Is Funny if You’re Not Me
- Overanalyzing BJ and the Bear
- Life Imitates “Art”
- Jane Corwin – Talking to Old People
- The Hidden Costs of Hiding Out
- Blew All the Money on the Helicopter
- Leprosy’s Comeback Tour
- You Can Get High on Bath Salts?
- Hanlon’s Razor Doesn’t Help
- Confession via Tattoo
- 4 Out of 7 Is Bad
April 2011
- That Kid’s Not a Very Good Salesman
- Flew Too High
- A Mud Volcano?
- Free Confetti!
- The $24 Million Dollar Book
- Bad Ads: Five Questions for Hot Pockets Sideshots
- The Death Penalty Provides No Second Chances
- Even in Death, You Can’t Escape Ads
- Obsessed with Jacob
- How to Write (and Sell) a Blank Book
- Ain’t That America
- Death of the True Voice
- Savage Car Talk
- Denny’s Has Lost It
- For Reference, Senators Earn $174K a Year
- Perhaps This System Needs Some Redundancy
- Barvd: April 7th, 2011 Edition
- Olympic Ski Jumping Is No Longer Bullshit
- A Win Is a Win. I Guess.
- Shakespeare and Verlander
- The Day The Movies Died
- How to Fall in Love with Baseball Again
March 2011
- If It Ain’t Broke, Reboot
- False Alarm Scares The Hell Out Of Everyone
- Yakuza to the Rescue
- A Man for All Seasons
- Hideaki Akaiwa: Supreme Badass
- Money Quotes: Animal Edition
- It’s Not a Change Purse!
- QR Codes Aren’t
- It Might Make a Good Notebook
- Richard Feynman Interviews at Microsoft
- The Most Human Human
- The Lego Illustrated Bible
- Real-Life Up House
- Real Or Fake? (March 14th, 2011 Edition)
- Three Reasons OFT Isn’t Being Updated Today
- The Change Was Probably About $40
- A Tenth of a Buck Short
- And Then There Were None
- Aim Directly at Foot
- A Spider-Based Recall
- The Hathaway Effect
- Sheen, Beck, or Qaddafi?
- These Colors Something Something
February 2011
- Why Not Steal The Witnesses Too?
- Blockbuster’s Timeline
- The Most Rockin’ Jingle Ever
- I Hate Everything About This
- Cheese or Font?
- Beatha Lee, Civic Association President
- Googly Eyes: Lucky’s Lounge
- Ken Jennings’ Puny Human Brain
- Ridiculous Products: Crown Jewels Condoms
- Who Is Arcade Fire?
- Happy Valentine’s Day!
- The Monkeys You Ordered
- Jinxed Himself
- The Dome Was Closed
- The Worse Cell Phone on Earth
- Barvd: February 7th, 2011 Edition
- That Poor Cancer-Sniffing Dog
- At Least They’ve Got Full Bars
- The United States of Shame and Awesome
- Can’t Resist Andy’s Place
January 2011
- Here’s to Another Year of Paying Your Debts!
- Marijuana Delivered Via Catapult
- Sex Injuries
- For His Sake, I Hope It’s Not
- Nobody Walks in L.A.
- Jim Alesi – World-Class Asshole
- Don’t Ask Me About My Nickname
- The Snow Blower
- Laughter Is the Best Impregnator
- Fox Shoots Man
- Probably Not Politically Advisable
- A Video Game, Sans Video
- At Last!
- Top Two Reasons to Avoid a Rabid Skunk
- Jailhouse Currency
- Good for Cars, Not for You
- Real-Life Costumed Crime-Fighters
- If I Were a Billionaire
- Crazy Cores Skittles
- Why Does Bottled Water Expire?
2010 297
December 2010
- Inside a Strip Club
- Border Collies Love Busywork
- 50 Cent Charges a Bit More Than That
- It’s a Belt! It’s Suspenders! It’s Stupid, Man!
- Kindle Cover Crashes Kindle
- The Dumbest Peripheral of the Year
- …In Bed
- Nativity Innkeeper
- How MAME Saved My Ass
- Possible Slogans for Total Whole Grain Cereal
- Just Do Your Job
- Never Heard That “Power Corrupts”?
- Fox News Has an Agenda? No!
- Tashard’s Choice
- The Island of Stone Money
- Amazing Super Powers
- Misleading Movie Synopses
- This Is a Real Job
- Must Have Run Up Quite a Tab
- Giant Pandas Are Poorly Designed
- A Very Specific and Convenient iPhone Glitch
- Spotted at the Five and Dime
- Quite A Prank
November 2010
- Guess I’m Done With the Ocean
- Go Phish
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- Maybe Take a Deposit
- That Seems Pointless
- Fines Terrorize the Terrorists
- Sleeping None Off
- Four Loko Finale
- “Pls Can You Will Write Me Paper?”
- Steve, Don’t Eat It!
- Mistakes I’ve Made: Drinking Four Loko
- Money Quotes: Angels, Devils, and Car Salesmen Edition
- Amusing Search Clusters
- Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Comedy?
- Misinterpreted
- Clearly, We Can Trust the TSA
- Just Not a Sensible Reaction
- Carjacking a Limousine
- Daylight Savings Stories
- Ridiculous Products: Four Loko
- I’m Not Joking! You’re Dumped!
- Testing Sensefly’s Personal Spy Drone
- Meet the Resistance
October 2010
- Seen on the iPhone
- The Mike
- Cop Logic
- That’s Depressing Dedication
- Well, That Was Obvious
- Someone’s Going to Be Grounded
- Never Cut Off a 9-Year-Old on a Mountain Pass
- That’s One Way to Get a Job
- Always Backup. Always.
- Rabbit Bites Car
- Bad Ads: Travelers’ Rattlesnake Ad
- In The News: October 15th, 2010 Edition
- ‘Fedelity’. That’s Our Word. We’re Keeping It.
- Looks Brand New
- Insane Christian Posse
- A “Parts Model”?
- That’s Quite the Battery Pack
- Follow-Up on Buckyballs
- Follow-Up on Foreclosures
- Things I Learned Watching ‘Let The Right One In’
- Six-Pack Abs!
- Amusing Search Terms
- Get the Clubs, Man! And Grab My Shoes!
September 2010
- Ochocinc-Oh-Oh-OHHHHH!
- Love in the Time of Anthrax
- This Seems Unnecessary
- Barvd: September 28th, 2010 Edition
- Dark Patterns
- One Hell of a Mistake
- Adding Injury to Insult
- I Love A Good Insult
- Cuil Is Dead
- An Expected Level of Quality
- OK Go With Friends
- The Sign of a Good Toy
- Luck of the Irish
- By The Numbers: Amazon Shipping
- Think of the Miners
- The Shaq Came Back
- The Big, Self-Absorbed Apple
- The Onion’s 2010 NFL Preview
- Pavement Patty
- MLB.com’s At Bat App Suspended for 50 Games
- PowerPoint Centimeters
- Your Pants Are Lying to You
- The Worst Way to Name a Baby
- Cruel Copyeditors
- There Is a Horse in the Apple Store
- In The News
- Corporate BS
- Bed Bugs? Disgusting. Bed Bug Scientists? Worse.
August 2010
- That’s Horrifyingly Educational
- The Newest 9/11 Truther
- Ol’ Salty
- Octopuss
- Want a Raise, Ladies?
- Unbranding
- Rent a White Guy
- Life in the Minor Leagues
- Solving The Golddigger Problem
- Bad Ads: AT&T’s ‘Ballet’ Ad
- RCMP Bust Grow Op Being Guarded by Bears
- Spite Painting
- The S&M Park Bench
- Oh Come On!
- Welcome Back, Kafka
- The Many Uses of Google Earth
- The “Lost” Wedding Ring
- Officials Say
- Way to Be Supportive
- The Best Quitting Ever
- More on Tiger Mike
- The Tiger Oil Memos
- I’m Surprised
- Ya Know, For Commuters
- I Have Some Questions…
- Monkeys Hate Flying Squirrels
July 2010
- Craig Venter – Scientist, Asshole
- Maybe You Should Just Brown Bag It
- Another Ridiculous Baseball Injury
- We Didn’t Know You Knew
- Take Candy From Strangers, Kids!
- Nipple Pinkening
- Does Not Compute
- Speaking of Animal Cruelty and Stupid Criminals
- Overdriving an Animal?
- A Guide to Visiting Hawaii (Part 2)
- A Guide to Visiting Hawaii (Part 1)
- Have You Gotten Taller?
- Maybe It’s the Founder’s Name
- Money Quotes: July 14th, 2010 Edition
- Pronunciation Guide: Baseball Edition
- The Beginnings of a Horror Film?
- Catalog Living
- Alright, Once More
- Carvel Follow-Up
- Yay! Cabel’s Fireworks 2010!
- Quotes From the 2010 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest
- Difficult Math Calculations
- The Giant Phallus Protest
June 2010
- Amazon Buys Woot, CEO Pens Amusing Letter
- Drew’s Directions
- Don’t Eff With Fudgie the Whale
- Just Because Something Is Funny…
- “You Too!”
- Planet BP – A World of Delusion
- Three Day Match Finally Ends
- Crowd Reaction
- Bizarre Billionaire Deaths
- Alt 1977
- Every Other Division
- A Vuvuzela Primer
- Man Receives Ransom Call for Child He Doesn’t Have
- Ethnic Children In Mural Nearly Get Whiteface
- Touchdown Jesus Burns to the Ground
- The Fish Part On Top
- Pete Rose’s Corked Bat
- The Run to Home Base Photo
- Sony Dong, Bird Smuggler Ordinaire
- Ridiculous Products: Fireworks
- Doc Rivers – Master Motivator
- “There’ll Be Other Mustaches”
- The Man Behind @BPGLobalPR
- Two Short Lists About Characters
- More Baseball Insanity
- Fake Science
May 2010
- “I’d Pay to Make That Not Happen.”
- AirTran, You’re Killing Me
- Wakaresase-Ya: The Splitter-Uppers
- The Cockpit Con
- How to Land a U-2 Spy Plane
- TD Bank Needs Some Physics Lessons
- More Productive Ninjas
- When a Walk Is a Bad Thing
- Notes From Bay to Breakers
- Simple Rules for Airport Electricity
- Twitter’s Raison D’Être
- PM’s Approval Rating Even More Awful Than His Shirt
- What the Hell Is Going on in Seattle?
- “Let Him Sue Us”
- Misspelling and Punctuation in Names
- Real Or Fake? (May 10th, 2010 Edition)
- Barvd: April 2010
- The Victim’s Name Is Italian for “Bitter Valentine”
- A Different Kind of Pub Crawl
- Burger King’s “Brunch”
- The Big Picture: Shanghai World Expo
April 2010
- That’ll Teach Her!
- It Seems Like an Awfully Niche Market
- The Entire Planet’s Wacky Neighbor, North Korea
- The Costco Price Tag Prank
- A Video Tribute to Doing It Wrong
- Letters of Note
- Ridiculous Products: As Seen On TV Hat
- Learn Something New Everyday: Trap Streets
- EnvironMentally Challenged
- Police Noted
- Better Than Sitting in the Watering Hole
- Not Suing? This Is Georgia the Country, Right?
- An Incomplete List of Words That Sound Like Ethnicities, But Aren’t
- Passive-Aggressive Crash Reports
- A Rising Tide Solves a Territory Dispute
- What a Letdown
- Help Pay Down the National Debt
- Step Into the Memory Palace
- The Mechanized Madness of Cuil’s Cpedia
- SOIL: Valet Parking
- More Fun With Air Traffic Controllers
- Flying The SR-71 Blackbird
- Baseball Game Games
- Rush Limbaugh’s Atrocious Apartment
- Nissan Sentra Ad Shot Entirely With RC Equipment
- Christoph Niemann’s My Way
- Barvd: March 2010
March 2010
- The Airplane Repo Man
- Safe and Affordable Jetpack Appears to Be Neither
- Godspeed, You Poor Wet Bastards!
- Where Does the ‘J’ Come From, Anyway?
- Battlefield Earth Writer J.D. Shapiro Is Sorry, World
- Perception Is Reality
- Monkey Continues To Evade Police After 14 Months
- Iggy Pop Retires From Stage Diving
- Round and Round the Mulberry Bush…
- The Origin of the Black Card
- The Visa Black Card
- Bernie Madoff, Deserving Victim
- The Snoop Dogg GPS – So Fly!
- Possibly Useful Information About SXSW
- How to Build an Ark
- Drunk Crossing
- The Republican Census is Depressingly Evil
- Hey, That’s Me! I’m a Resident!
- The Watering Hole Is Disgusting
- The Rebellious Cabinet
- As If Third Place Isn’t Bad Enough
- Lindsay Lohan’s Subconscious Files a Lawsuit
- Hi There!
- Consolation Oscars
- The Time Is Now, to Get a Vasectomy
- America’s Sexual Hang-Ups Extend to Snowmen
- How to Choose a Good PIN (Number)
- Never-Opened Video Game Sells for Over $40k
- The Quickest of Quickies
- Winter Olympics WTFs
February 2010
- Steve Jobs, Prank Phone Caller
- Pizza. In A Cone.
- By The Numbers: Banking
- Ridiculous Products: Homemade Brand Ice Cream
- Pros and Cons: Vibram FiveFingers
- How to Buy a Bar Stool
- Olympic Ski Jumping Is Bullshit
- My New Avatar
- “Delightfully Bureaucratic” Is Totally a Thing
- Barvd: February 16th Edition
- Just Turn Your Head 180 Degrees
- Flash Websites Are Garbage
- Buy 100 Shares of CJ Corporation
- Real Or Fake? (February 12th, 2010 Edition)
- Ridiculous Products: New York Spring Water
- Jeremiah Sadler’s Big Adventure
- Randall Munroe Reports Android Bugs
- Since the Arrest, Crime in Vermont Is Down 93%
- Perhaps He Needs a Nickname?
- Sarah Palin Reads Crib Notes Scribbled on Her Hand
- One Word Replies To News Headlines
- The Bell Tolls for Glen
- Kick ‘Em When They’re Down
- Hundreds Overdose, Zero Die
- Follow-Up to the Human Bed Warmers
January 2010
- Oops
- What Matters to America
- Paid Access
- Great Tits!
- The $3000 Chassis
- Human Bed Warmers
- Terrible Ways to Determine a Winner
- Barvd: January 22nd Edition
- Sweaty Models
- Googly Eyes: Dunkin’ Donuts
- By The Numbers: Birthday Wishes
- Shuttle Engine: Free. Must Arrange Shipping.
- Reviewbomb Follow-up
- Amazon Reviewbombs
- Ridiculous Products: The Durex Variety Bowl
- YouTube Capture Mode
- The Blessing of the Mobile Phones
- Overheard in Accenture’s Ad Review Meeting
- That’s Pretty Cold
- Shame On You, H&M
- NBA Jam Is Returning
- The Drive-Thru Diet Is Not A Parody
2009 88
December 2009
- Real or Fake?
- Ted Wilson Reviews the World
- Photoshop Disaster by Victoria’s Secret
- Things I Learned at My Local Sporting Goods Store
- Holiday Cards In Decline
- One Snap, One Ad
- HP Face-Tracking Webcams Don’t Recognize Black People
- A Horrifying Realization
- Will Ferrell’s Latest Cameo
- Barvd: December 19th Edition
- The Newest Tweet Tracker
- Drunk 4-Year-Old Steals Christmas
- By The Numbers
- William Styron Must Be Rolling Over in His Grave
- Fuck You Too, Rob Kindler
- Why I’m a Vegetarian
- Italian Police Crash Lamborghini Supercar
November 2009
- Ignorance Is Swastika-Free
- Incorrect Favorite Colors
- Safeguarding Marriage From the Evils of Divorce
- Jones-Drew Apologizes to Self, Other Fantasy Owners
- At Least Label the Button ‘Sucker’
- Gape in Horror at the OpenOffice Mouse
- Powerball Letters
- Tear Down This Wall Too
- CNN’s New Graphic Novel Approach to News
- Assorted World Series 2009 Thoughts
- The Majestic
October 2009
- Tragic but Self-Inflicted
- The Best Part of Waking Up…
- Musicians Are Setting Themselves Up
- Take the Stairs, but Feel Free to Dig for Gold
- Chicago’s Great Flood
- Money Quotes: October 23rd, 2009 Edition
- Where Could That Cocaine Have Gone?
- Great Grandma Wins Gold
- Bavrd: Origins
- (Bring Your Own) Phone Booths
- Things I Learned From the Cell Phones of Obnoxious Jerks
- Voice Control Takes on Classic Rock
- Why I Love Wikipedia
- What the Fuck Is a Balk?
- Fake Blood, Really Screwed Up
September 2009
- What a Smrt Name for a Phone
- Things I Learned Sitting Next to Tom Brown on a Plane
- Yet Another Reason to Learn to Fly a Chopper
- “The World Has Been Cancelled”
- Sinister Dingbats
- Ridiculous Products: Virgin Condoms
- Carrier Pigeon vs. South African ADSL
- Signs of Intelligent Life?
- This Is Why the Internet Exists
August 2009
- ‘Moon Rock’ Neither Moon-Based Nor a Rock
- In Beijing, IKEA Is a Restaurant That Happens to Sell Furniture
- Are You Reading Fuck You, Penguin?
- Less Than a Penny of Electricity
- More on How You Get Jury Duty
- Get ‘Em Before They’re Immediately Discontinued
- How You Get Jury Duty
- T-Rex Skeleton To Be Auctioned
- Things I Learned From a Baby’s First Birthday Party and Associated Toys
- 22-Year-Old Police Officer Fails to Recognize Bob Dylan
- The Squirrelizer
- What’s the Opposite of the Uncanny Valley?
- Zenith Phonevision
- Questions About the Virgins
- Dogs as Smart as 2-Year-Old Kids
- Metro News (August 5th Edition)
- Inside the World’s Busiest Air Traffic Control Tower
- Victor Martinez Bobblehead Night
July 2009
- That’ll Work Great
- Amusing Answers
- Giving Me the Business
- Ask a Stupid Question
- Eliminating Customer Support
- Look at What We Can Do
- Sometimes You DO Have to Say That
- The Weirdest 151 Seconds of Your Day
- A Denial We’ve All Had to Issue at Some Point
- Is It Thirteen O’Clock Already?
- This Isn’t Helping
- I Am Not a Good Reference
- Googly Eyes: Subway Ads
- The World’s Strongest Vagina
- Assorted Quotes from the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest
- Results of an Email on My Condo Mailing List, Regarding Anonymous Dog Poop Left in a Public Space
- Food & Sex
- Transformers 2 FAQ