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Texas is its own dumb thing

October 25, 2009 in Wakka wakka | 1 comment

Southern American English

OK, here’s the deal. Wikipedia has it all wrong.

  1. Texas is not part of the South. Texas is its own unique thing. Sure we have dumbasses, but they are our dumbasses, wholly distinct from your typical Southern dumbass.
  2. In Texas, the way you refer to “you all” is “ya’ll”; it’s a contraction of “ya all”.
  3. They neglected to mention the idiomatic pronunciation of words like “oil” (ah-wllllll) or “wash” (warsh).

Please take it under consideration: Wikipedia is edited by a lot of damn Oklahomans.

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Chance Encounter

October 5, 2009 in Wakka wakka | No comments

Another meme-ish “film” by yours truly. This time, the idea is you do something in five seconds, plus a two second intro and a one second outro. Here’s what I came up with:

This is an adaptation of possibly my favorite improvised joke. I deploy this joke when a conversation is interrupted by some disturbance or noisy distraction. Right before the conversation is going to continue, I say “…and that’s how I met the president and the pope on the same day.” Works pretty well.

Funny aside: I found out about this on the Vimeo site, thinking there was a competition this weekend. Turns out, it was last weekend. Figures.

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iPod Spaceman

September 10, 2009 in Wakka wakka | No comments

ipodspaceman.jpg

(With due apologies to the creators of New Math, the writers of 30 Rock and the lovely iPod people.)

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Two cellphones

August 26, 2009 in Wakka wakka | No comments

People with two cellphones worry me.

(More six word stories. Also, an article as such in Wired.)

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Disastersploitation

July 8, 2009 in Curated, Wakka wakka | 1 comment

DISASTER!

Crank that funk.

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The State on DVD, finally

April 20, 2009 in Curated, Wakka wakka | No comments

It would appear that, after long last, The State DVD is forthcoming. I cannot wait. The State and Daria were probably the two best works of original programming ever on MTV. (Via Coudal Partners)

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Postmodern comedy gold

April 13, 2009 in Curated, Wakka wakka | No comments

The Nietzsche Family Circus - random Nietzsche quote + vintage comics = comedy gold.

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The Trading Places solution to the credit crunch

February 3, 2009 in The System, Wakka wakka | No comments

Put on your federal government hat. Get the remaining TARP funds out from under the mattress.

  1. Note bank share prices
  2. Start buying shares in banks
  3. Announce you are going to buy every bank in the country
  4. Let the price go up a bit, but keep buying shares
  5. When the old guys get nervous, start selling
  6. Keep selling until prices drop below the noted price
  7. Put the TARP funds back under the mattress
  8. Use the profits to prop-up the already propped-up banks
  9. Insist they actually lend the money this time

At your discretion, send the SEC on an executive retreat and accidentally disable Blackberry email servers.

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Crazy hair

December 13, 2008 in Curated, Wakka wakka | No comments

walken

A great. Photo. Of Christopher. Walken.

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One Velociraptor Per Child

November 5, 2008 in Curated, Wakka wakka | No comments

The One Velociraptor Per Child project:

The project’s origins go back more than four decades to the early days of paleontology, when most dinosaurs were still the size of skyscrapers, and almost no one dreamed they would ever be suitable for children.

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