People who think The Onion invented satire.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Anybody with a name like "Naked Gents Rut" is already speaking from a position of sexual fantasy awesomeness.

[MrFun]

I invented satire, you douchebags!!

[Dry]

Wasn't it Al Gore?

EDIT: I got the wrong guy the first time I posted. Corrected.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Also, to Cort Haus, "twunts" is a fantastic word and should get a damn sight more circulation than it currently does. Back at my school in the Midlands we had a similar word, "twange", which is a matching heady potpourri of sweariness.

Whereabouts in the Midlands? You get some very localised vocabulary there, having lived in Coventry and Birmingham, and worked in the Black Country ("Yam's a fooker").

We can certainly do our bit here to at least get 'twunt' into the Apolyton lexicon, btw.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by MrFun
I invented satire, you douchebags!!

You're not funny.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


You're not funny.

IRL I am funny.

[DanS]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
since fapping is considered sex in some circles

What kind of circles are those?

[DirtyMartini]

Originally posted by MrFun


IRL I am funny.

I sincerely doubt it.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by DanS


What kind of circles are those?

Jerk

[Alinestra Covelia]

Believe it or not there actually is a group that I used to cover as a journalist called the Circle Jerkers. They were a green eco friendly gardening group and they operated out of a liberal left wing suburb in the DC capital area. (The same place where Goldie Hawn was born.)

Other groups included the WACO group (it's an acronym but it was still funny to call them up and ask for the WACO viewpoint on a given story) and "Stitch-'n'-Bich", a genuine social group given to meeting and doing knitcrafts.

Journalism was a lot of fun. If it paid anywhere near a decent wage I could see myself going back to it.



Oh, and back on topic, it's obvious Spitting Image invented satire. They may even have gotten it patented.

[DirtyMartini]

I've changed my mind, I think it is "go f&*^ yourself"

[Alinestra Covelia]

Pshaw, Cheney is so passé these days. Although Biden doesn't have any memorable quotes yet. We'll have to give him some time.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Oh, back on topic, I remember a site I used to read called Satire Wire. It won some Internet memehood back in 2001 when it published the "Axis of Just as Evil" story. It's been silent since 2002, when its writer went on to do bigger and better things, but still it's a good read, and pretty remarkable when you think that only one man came up with all those stories.

ANGERED BY SNUBBING, LIBYA, CHINA
SYRIA FORM AXIS OF JUST AS EVIL
Cuba, Sudan, Serbia Form Axis of Somewhat Evil; Other Nations Start Own Clubs

Beijing (SatireWire.com) — Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil," Libya, China, and Syria today announced they had formed the "Axis of Just as Evil," which they said would be way eviler than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush warned of his State of the Union address.
Membership closed

Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new axis as having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right. They are Just as Evil... in their dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody knows we're the best evils... best at being evil... we're the best."

Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being excluded, although they conceded they did ask if they could join the Axis of Evil.

"They told us it was full," said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"An Axis can't have more than three countries," explained Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's tradition. In World War II you had Germany, Italy, and Japan in the evil Axis. So you can only have three. And a secret handshake. Ours is wicked cool."

THE AXIS PANDEMIC

International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was swift, as within minutes, France surrendered.

Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate status in what became a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba, Sudan, and Serbia said they had formed the Axis of Somewhat Evil, forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the Axis of Occasionally Evil, while Bulgaria, Indonesia and Russia established the Axis of Not So Much Evil Really As Just Generally Disagreeable.

With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs filling up, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be called the Axis of Countries That Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics; Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the Axis of Nations That Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts About America, while Spain, Scotland, and New Zealand established the Axis of Countries That Sometimes Ask Sheep to Wear Lipstick.

"That's not a threat, really, just something we like to do," said Scottish Executive First Minister Jack McConnell.
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While wondering if the other nations of the world weren't perhaps making fun of him, a cautious Bush granted approval for most axes, although he rejected the establishment of the Axis of Countries Whose Names End in "Guay," accusing one of its members of filing a false application. Officials from Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges.

Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis, but privately, world leaders said that's only because no one asked them.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Believe it or not there actually is a group that I used to cover as a journalist called the Circle Jerkers. They were a green eco friendly gardening group and they operated out of a liberal left wing suburb in the DC capital area. (The same place where Goldie Hawn was born.)

There were a punk band too.

Oh, and back on topic, it's obvious Spitting Image invented satire. They may even have gotten it patented.

Spitting Image were teh Awesome. I just watched the Genesis video "Land of Confusion" a couple of days ago and was trying to remember who all the celebs in it were.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Yes! That video came out when I was about 5, and I still remember the bit where they say "And these are the hands we're given" with the puppet hands opening onscreen.

Thank heavens for Youtube.